After Rose's parents signed the contracts I said," Well, that concludes our B & E session. Now time for the long needed vacation without any drama that involves an evil dragon trying to take over the world. B & E stands for Business and Explanation."
Jake being the polite young man he is went forward to officially introduce himself to Rose's parents. " Hi, I'm Jacob Luke Long but you can call me Jake. Protector of the American magical community and Rose's boyfriend as my dad said. " Introduced Jake while extending his hand.
William accepted the handshake and replied," William Jones. Rose's dad. Used to be the chief consultant engineer at Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group and just joined Infinitum Corporation's Libertywings division." " You must be Daisy and a nice birthmark by the way." Jake said while extending his hand for a handshake which Daisy accepted with great enthusiasm. Before Jake could introduce himself Daisy bombarded Jake with introduction and questions.
" Hey, Daisy Jones here brother in law. What happens to your clothes when you transform? Did you find my sister attractive in her Spandex huntsgirl suit? Does Mr. Long have a Spaceship? Do you have your personal limousine? How many times did you kiss my sister?" Asked Daisy in rapid succession. Jake instead of being flustered by the influx of questions remained composed and answered," Glad to meet you Daisy.
My clothes are turned into chi which remain stored beneath my scales. The huntsclan suits were an insult to Rose's beauty. Dad hasn't clarified what crazy sci-fi stuff he owns yet but spaceships are there. We own one limousine for very formal occasions and I have kissed Rose three times. By the way, love the birthmark on your left hand. "
Daisy rubbed her nape awkwardly and said," Actually, it's a tattoo. I got it done a few months ago and I got done because not only I wanted one but also everyone kept bothering Rose asking her whether her birthmark is a tattoo. I got grounded for a week because I didn't tell mom and dad about it. " " It's cool and you doing it for Rose makes it even more cool." Jake said smoothly.
Rose came over, gave a teasing punch on Jake's shoulder and said playfully," Stop rizzing up my sister Jake." Jake being the flirt he is said," Baby, your sister may be the white Daisy and all but all I want is the golden Rose." Daisy put her left arm over Rose's shoulder and said," Loyal, faithful, humourous, proper balance of humility and arrogance, rich yet kind, got the looks, wits and is also a dragon. I must say little sis you hit the jackpot. I wonder if I can get a boyfriend like Jake."
" Don't worry, you will also find your other half." Said Rose. Jake then proceeded towards Rose's mother who was chatting with Susan. Jake approached Marilyn and patiently waited for the two of them to finish their conversation which didn't last long as Susan made way for Jake to formally introduce himself to Marilyn.
" Hi, Mrs. Jones. I'm Jacob Luke Long but everyone just calls me Jake. It's a pleasure to properly meet you." " Marilyn Jones. I'm Rose's mother which is definitely obvious and I'm a lawyer but haven't been lawyering for quite sometime and your dad knocks on our door with a job offer the moment I considered getting back in the field." Chatted Marilyn with Jake.
When Marilyn stopped talking Jake asked," How far have you completed your law studies if you don't mind me asking, Mrs. Jones." " Oh no, dear. I don't mind at all. I have currently completed LLM ( Masters of Laws) and after a few years I'm planning on getting the SJD (Doctor of Juridical Science )." Replied Mrs. Jones. Seeing everyone interacting happily I feel satisfied but the biggest problem has become Daisy and the council of numbers. I promised that I would keep no secret from my family and technically Rose's parents are not family just yet. " Jake, Rose. I would like to have a bit of your time." I called out. Both of them came in front of me and I simply snapped my fingers which causes time to halt for all except my family. Susan, Lao Shi, Jake, Rose, Haley, Spud and Trixie came forward.
" Sorry for freezing the perspective of time fam but this is of great importance. Rose's sister Daisy is the number I of Council of Numbers and is expected to be the next Infinity when the current infinity steps down." I explained. " Honey, don't tell me it's another huntsclan." Said Susan with an annoyed sigh. I shrugged and said," Not exactly. It's more like a sabotage group that tries to maintain their version of power balance between the human and magical world by trying to control research and industrial progress. They have been doing this for 1,500 years but they can't control mankind's progress much. I have effectively broken their stupid equilibrium."
Rose was clutching her hands so hard that her nails were about to dig in the flesh of her palms but Jake grabbed her hand in his hand which caused her to relax. Rose took a deep breath and asked," Why did she join a cult?" " To find you obviously." Replied Spud.
" Compared to the Huntsclan this council of numbers is inferior in all aspects except intelligence gathering, surveillance, assassination and sabotage. But they haven't assassinated anyone in the last 700 years. As a matter of fact, they had to limit their work to mostly the magical community because humanity's counter intelligence capability kept increasing drastically and they were able to establish somewhat of a miniature foothold during the first emergence of the semiconductor era while also learning things from various national intelligence agencies but I kicked them in the gut when I took over the semiconductor market and I did that unknowingly and my mind shackle nanites made it impossible for them manuver out of my web of intelligence.
Now they still have some sway over the international real estate market, crude oil market and some rare Earth elements mines. Usually dominance in these sectors could be used to control any starting company but I literally had fabrication technology which has the ability to turn anything into any other things and I never played fair. I will give you all the information about their entire organisation." I said.
The equivalent of 15 minutes was spent explaining the Council of Numbers. At first Rose was enraged but when she heard how the girls of the organisation collect information she literally lost it because seduction is like the most taboo thing to Rose because it was Jake's love that saved her and let her have everything she ever wanted.
" Mr. Long, can I break the spine of the number girls who approach Jake?" Asked Rose in a chilling voice. " Yeah, go for it. But I know that they won't approach Jake but rather they will approach you, Spud and Trixie with the intention of being friends with you all." I replied. Rose nodded and I declared that I'm unfreezing time. A snap of my fingers and the stream of time resumed it's motion.