Too much money

"How much of a small change are we talking about here?" Aric asked. 

"The basic change is the control of hormones. All of them who go through the process are called Ablers. The first change is their lifespan. Their lives extend by at least ten times, and with that comes hormonal control. These Ablers are not only attractive but also great at manipulation, and thus, in most human empires, they are not allowed to marry or have children with non-ablers. This is done to ensure they don't manipulate the non-ablers using hormones. There are other superpowers like generating static electricity, small control of some elements, and other minor abilities. They don't have higher levels of superpowers like shaking countries and continents," Apis replied.

"Don't have or can't have?" Aric asked.

"As far as the records go, they don't have," Apis replied, understanding what Aric meant by the question. Aric didn't respond, but he already considered that this universe might not be as simple as it seemed.

As he landed in this huge city, he needed to find himself a place. At this point, he had loads of money, so getting a place for himself wasn't hard here, and he had already thought about getting his own place. He could do whatever he wanted when he was in Echorysia, but here he would probably be questioned if he just rented a storage unit and never came out.

Buying a piece of land was quite costly, so he had asked Apis to contact someone and provide him a tentative time of when he could go and seek land to settle.

"I have contacted Imperial Vallin Real Estate Agency. I have paid 500 Vallin credits to ensure that you are prioritized and also provided them a rough estimate of what you want to spend to acquire land and a proper home," Apis replied.

"You know me well, Apis." Aric was glad that Apis was there with him. He soon found himself a good hotel where privacy was held in high regard. The moment he stepped in, he checked if there were any monitoring devices, and after making sure there were none, he went to the bathroom and vanished. He was back at the toilet of the mall in Delhi.

Now he needed to see if he could go back to Echorysia's storage unit, which he hadn't given up yet. And to no one's surprise, he was back at the same storage unit. The storage unit was empty as he had half a mind thinking he wouldn't be able to get back here.

Seemed like he had overthought his way.

And it didn't even take a minute to be back in the bathroom of the hotel in Vallin city. Now he could travel through planets using his power. This revelation was enough to make him all giddy and feel powerful. But he knew he wouldn't be able to speak about this to anyone.

After calming himself down, he ordered some food and put up a "do not disturb" sign on the door. He would need to get back home since it had been some time. He was again back at the mall and came out of the toilet. Nobody stopped him as expected, as nobody would remember a young teenager who had entered the mall and didn't come out for two days. After coming out, he took a taxi and found his way to his 5-star hotel room.

"Mira, how is everything?" Aric asked the moment he got in contact with Mira after entering the room.

"Your parents called you, and according to your orders, I have mimicked your voice and your way of talking to assure them that you are fine," Mira replied. Aric knew that his parents would call him once a day or maybe twice a day to make sure he was okay. And thus, he had ordered Mira to mimic his voice and way of talking to not make them suspicious.

"Thank you. Book a flight to Mumbai. We will be leaving tomorrow," Aric said.

"On it."

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"Mom, I am back." Aric knocked on the door after the taxi dropped him off. The door promptly opened after a few seconds, and Aric met with a slightly concerned mother who hugged her son.

"What happened?" Aric asked, unsure if Mira had said something concerning.

"Nothing... Nothing... Your father, after returning, refused to speak of what happened there and how the deal went. It's fine if the deal failed. I am glad that you are back, son. You have no idea how much I fought with your father," Avni said. Aric looked at his father, who was a bit further back.

"You haven't told her?" Aric asked. It was no wonder Mira said that both of his parents didn't mention the deal. It was because his mother was still not up to speed. His father just shrugged his shoulders.

"It's too big of a thing to be spoken casually," his father replied.

"Tell me what?" Avni was confused now.

"Mom, let me freshen up, and then I will tell you. There are two gifts for you in my bag. Open them." Aric said. Avni was curious about what her son wanted to say, so she would rather wait for her son to spill rather than go and open the apparent gifts.

After Aric freshened up, he finally spilled what the deal was. At first, Avni didn't believe him after he mentioned the amount of money they were sitting on, but when Aric's father spoke up, she had her mouth wide open.

"Mom, you will have to promise me that you will not speak of anything to any of your relatives and not even the grandparents about what had gone down in the deal. Uncle Kurien is shutting his mouth too about it, and he would move soon, so if anybody outside the family knows, I would know it was you," Aric said, and this time he was very serious.

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