Shovels In Spades

Ho Ran furrowed her gorgeous brow as she squinted at her grandson. "You want me to teach you how to use Gravital Body and, not only that, but you also want me to promise to agree to join your kingdom as a lesser kingdom after talking with Rose and hashing out the details with her?"

Daz nodded plainly.

"Are you insane?" Ho Ran asked. "Who would ever agree to such a one-sided deal?"

"Well, to be fair, I wasn't done explaining my offer before you cut in. At least Grandfather is only laughing in amusement," Daz said as he gesturing to the still cackling Lorenzo.

"Oh, no, no, please, do go on. I plan to accept your demands to go with you, live under a strict contract and teach you Survivor's Instinct while also helping those children you mentioned better their own chances at living," the old Italian said seriously while still smiling a bit loosely. "I was just laughing when I saw the look on my lovely ex-wife's face turn so sour."

"I hate you too, Lorenzo," Ho Ran fired back. "Do realise you are only alive right now because I respect my grandson enough and have hope for his growth as a person to the point that I'm willing to spare you."

"I only meant to say that it was surprising for you to pout so much. Did I ever tell you when you were younger how gorgeous you are?" Lorenzo asked only to get a cold stare in return. "No? Well, you are. Beyond belief, some might say."

"I'm not a teenager with daddy issues, not like you were. I will not fall for you, Lorenzo. Do not even try. You and Davido are exactly the same in that regard. You may claim to have not liked siring so many children but I didn't hear you denying enjoying the sex with so many women which came as a result of that," Ho Ran claimed coldly.

"Aha, well... Bodily pleasures and whatnot..." Lorenzo said coyly.

Ho Ran quickly ignored the fake look of embarrassment on the old man's face as she asked Daz, "So what's the rest of your deal? It had better be good. Otherwise, I will never help you with Gravital Body. I'm quite happy dying as the power's last living level-5 user."

"... I shall reiterate what I said and expand, assuming I will receive no more interruptions?" Getting a curt nod from both grandparents, Daz continued, "Great. To put it in very simple terms, you will train me in Gravital Body whenever I come to visit, you will allow me to build a teleportation station here which only I and a select few will be permitted access through to make said visits simple, at first, at least. I want to open up Korea to the rest of my kingdom with time. Lastly, you will agree to Rose's proposal of becoming one of my lesser kingdoms. Negotiations with my sister are, of course, allowed, but you will have to accept a proposal before we leave."

He took a moment to pause before saying, "On my side, I will promise to eradicate the entire planet of Esper families; either converting them to acting like normal people or killing them all. Regardless of the method, I'll do it. I will also strive to kill my father with my own hands. I will work hard to protect those born with a power but lacking an esper bloodline, and, finally, I know you are worried about Lorenzo trying to stick a knife in your back for what you did to him. You know, trying to kill him so many years ago and even just a few minutes ago. If you weren't scared of him in some regard then you never would have agreed to making an alliance with me to Rose during the auction in the first place. I'll make sure he can do nothing to you."

Ho Ran frowned deeply. "I won't deny it. He claims the Hamilios aren't fighters but Survivor's Instinct and Shift Locking are not to be underestimated. Otherwise, this senile old man wouldn't be so scared of our son. Now, you say you'll try to protect bloodlineless power-holders. Explain. What can you do to help them that so many esper families have already attempted yet still failed to do despite their vast knowledge bases?"

Daz wore a serious expression on his face as he answered, "I guess I'd have to tell you at some point. I plan to create bloodlines and implant them in the children once I've confirmed it can be done. Until then, I have very skilled healers who can keep them alive during their awakenings. Rose herself received such healing during her second awakening and she's just fine."

Lorenzo nodded in astonishment. "Incredible. I never thought of using system-born powers to fix the body as it tries to explode. There are healing esper powers that people have tried to use before, naturally. Way back when the families still cared for the non-bloodliners. No such power was strong enough to stop the deaths or the effects of said powers were just too obscure to be of any help."

"I'm more concerned with the other thing that he said. Create bloodlines and implant them? Have you lost your mind? If that was possible, the families would have done it millennia ago," Ho Ran scoffed. "If that's all you have to offer me, I'll have to reject. I'll still talk to Rose and hear her out, bu-"

"Be quiet," Daz demanded.

"Excuse me?" the president of Korea hawked in amazement.

"I assume you want proof to back what I wish to do, yes? I can give you that proof, however, what I will show you does not leave this room. I will have the system bind you both by contracts and you, Grandfather, will work hard to nullify all futures where Father could learn of what I have managed to achieve on this front thus far," Daz said sternly.

He had already spent quite a lot of time doing just that himself in the past week; crushing futures where Davido learned of his silver bloodline by using Future Vision.

It served as good training for the power and it also covered his ass, hiding one of his valuable trump cards from his father.

Lorenzo smiled. "You've done something impossible, haven't you? I knew my plan would work. I agree wholeheartedly. Give me a contract to sign, I'll sign it, safe it, then toss that safe in the ocean before eating the key personally."

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"A bit dramatic, but appreciated nonetheless. Grandmother?" Daz asked.

'That's cruel. He speaks without emotion but then calls me 'Grandmother' out of nowhere... Damn it. I hate myself for enjoying this feeling...' Ho Ran sighed. "Fine. I agreed to listen to you, so listen I will. So long as the contract is purely about secrecy, then I can agree to signing it."

Daz nodded and then called upon the system to create a contract that bound the three of them to never speak of what Daz was about to show them. Everyone signed it and was then notified by the system.