Identity Card

Infected by her carefulness, he too acted carefully, when taking the card from her. Although the solid touch of metal made him wonder even more why she handled this card so carefully.

He took a closer look at this card, made out of black metal and inlaid with golden characters. On the front was the word Lex as well as an H, while on the back was his name and a number.

"This is your Family Identity Card. It represents your status as a Primary Honorary family member of the Lex family.", Jenny explained, "Besides that, it can also be used as a bank card and a VIP card for all Lex family-owned stores." When she said the last sentence, her eyes lit up. It was clear that the VIP was quite valuable.

He carefully put the card away and then asked, "Anything else?"

"No, that is everything. But please save my phone number, so you can call me if you need my assistance."

After saving her phone number, he made his way to the counter to get his blood checked. A young male nurse took some blood and inserted it into a machine.

"This directly does a primary analysis of your blood. Later we will then make a more detailed analysis.", he explained after seeing Ivan's curious look.

"So what does a primary analysis tells you?"

"A surprising amount. If there is something wrong with your body, it will often show off in your blood. For example, even small infections will raise some indicators.", he explained readily while looking at the display of the machine. Suddenly an alert showed up on the screen. "Huh?"

"What's wrong?", Ivan asked worriedly. Even though he guessed that the alert was because of his compatibility with the old man, an alert like this would surely make one nervous.

"Don't worry, this isn't something bad. Instead, it is great news.", the nurse turned towards him with a wide smile on his face. "We have a VVIP patient in the hospital at the moment and this alert showed that you are a possible donor. I'm sure you will be rewarded greatly if you agree to donate."

"Donate what exactly. Blood?", Ivan asked, pretending not to already know the answer.

The nurse shook his head, "No, it's bone marrow. But don't worry, our method for extracting it is extremely advanced and nearly painless."

After that he explained it in more detail, clearly trying to convince him to accept being a donor. Ivan first acted as if he was hesitant and then slowly came around.

"Alright, I will do it. After all, this will save a life.", he finally relented. His agreement created an ecstatic look on the young nurse's face.

'Does he gain something from this as well?', Ivan couldn't help but be curious. His reaction was to exaggerate if he was just doing his job. Well, not that it mattered to him.

After he had agreed, the nurse called over a doctor who brought an agreement form with him and did the procedure as soon as he had signed.

Soon he found himself at the hospital's entrance. The procedure had been surprisingly fast and painless. The only effect he could feel was the exhaustion. The doctor had told him that he would feel a bit exhausted and tired for the next two or so days, so he had already expected it. What he hadn't expected was for Miss. Lex to wait for him in front of the hospital.

"You are done.", she stated in her emotionless voice. "Get it."

After these two statements, she got into the car. Not daring to make her wait, Ivan too got into the car.

His bottom had barely touched the seat when the car started moving.

"You haven't signed the contract yet.", although it was formulated as a question, the tone made it seem like a statement.

"No, I have to read through it first.", he replied.

"Good."

Her response surprised him. He had expected her to ask him to sign sooner. He looked at her questioningly, as if wanting to ask her what she meant, but she didn't react.

Seeing that he wouldn't get an answer, he instead leaned back and looked out of the car.

How had his life changed. Just a few days ago, the appearance of the dungeon had thrown a wrench into all his plans. As soon as they had appeared, he knew that the world would change. And he also realized that in order to have control over his own destiny he too had to change.

As such he had decided to change from being relatively unassuming to becoming a powerhouse, whom nobody could control.

While he was still thinking about how to proceed, the car stopped in front of a large office building.

"Come with me.", Miss. Lex ordered and got off the car.

He followed her into the office building and to an elevator.

Only now did she start to explain. "I'll show you around the company which will be changed to supply dungeon supplies."

"So this is the company I will own a part of?"

"Yes. It is a clothing company specializing in leather clothes, which will be a great foundation for the future. It also has the personal, capable of working with dungeon materials."

It made sense. Since the company specialized in leather clothing, they should be experienced with leather and thus well suited for making clothes out of goblin leather.

The company was currently renting three floors with the lowest one being a storage area and the one above a crafting area. Finally, the top one was an office area. The elevator stopped at the second floor and Miss. Lex and Ivan got off and into an open space filled with tables and machines.

"Welcome.", an elderly man greeted them.

The man introduced himself as the main craftsman and a member of the companies leadership. He then started to introduce them to the area and explained how things worked. Or at least he tried. But before he could even really start, he was cut short by Miss. Lex.

"I'm only here to look at your work with the goblin leather."

When she said that, a look of depression appeared on the man's face. "I'm sorry, young miss. But we have been unable to make any real progress. The leather is just too resistant. We haven't been able to cut it without destroying a lot of the raw material. Not to mention sewing it. Currently, we have only been able to make some simple things where there is need for any sewing and not a lot of cutting."

"As expected.", Miss. Lex nodded without any surprise.

Ivan too wasn't surprised. He had some goblin leather as well and he knew well how tough it was. It was already quite surprising for them to be able to still craft something out of it.

"This is Mr. King. he will be a co-owner and special designer from now on.", she then introduced Ivan to the elderly man. "He will also be responsible for crafting some needles for you to work with."

As soon as he heard her words, the man's eyes lit up. "Really? Can you really craft some needles which will work with the leather?", he asked excitedly.

"You two talk about what he needs to be crafted. When you are finished come to my office on the next floor.", before Ivan could respond to the man's question, Miss. Lex interrupted them and after saying her piece she directly left.

Not caring about her actions, the man pulled Ivan over to one of the tables. He then picked up a set of needles. "These are the needles we usually use for sewing leather. If you could make some like them but capable of penetrating the goblin leather that would be awesome.", the man then pushed the set into Ivan's hands. Before grabbing a pair of scissors. "And these are the standard scissors for cutting leather. Please make some of them as well."

Ivan couldn't help but be amused. Although Miss. Lex had introduced him as a co-owner, this man before him clearly only focused on the fact that he was responsible for crafting needles for them. It was clear, that this man was fully dedicated to his job.

"Sure.", he agreed. Although he had only promised to make needles, this was now his company as well, so there would only be benefits in helping them a bit.

"Can you do it now? We have all the materials here.", the man directly asked.

Ivan put his hands inside his pocket, caressing the NAT. Should he directly try crafting some needles? Weighing the pros and cons, he decided to just do it. Even if someone knew about the NAT and had seen it. He knew that nobody else could use it since it was bound to his nanite suite and mind.

"Alright, just get me some iron ore and rocks and I will try to make some for you.", he agreed.