Chapter 98: 98. Evil relatives

"Go to sleep, master! I’ll sing you a lullaby so you can sleep—"

"Twaila, can you keep an eye on Uncle Rino and Aunt Nela? They might sell anything they can get their hands on from my mansion. I know I can buy it all back, but I can’t let them sell my things and enjoy the money." said Riki, sitting back down.

Twaila, who had gone to the trouble of giving Riki a potion so he could sleep soundly, had also played him a song to calm him down. Now she finally gave up, because Riki’s restless mind was too strong. No potion or spell would be able to make Riki sleep if he was still anxious about his uncle and aunt.

"In that case, I will watch over them now, master. So sleep, you need a lot of energy, so you must sleep," said Twaila.

Riki nodded, "Yes, I will sleep now, but you go watch over them."

"Don’t worry."

Twaila approached Riki and kissed his forehead. A kiss on the forehead from a fairy could make the recipient feel calm, and any restlessness would quickly disappear.

And finally, Riki fell asleep. Perhaps it was because the dreamless sleep potion that Riki bought from the system store only took effect after Riki felt calm.

Twaila smiled slightly, then flew away and disappeared. She teleported to where Rino and Nela were.

The two greedy humans were trying to sell Riki’s car to someone.

Because they were trying to sell it to a large car dealer, official documents were required. However, since Rino and Nela couldn’t find them, they left the place.

Using her powers, Twaila went back to an hour earlier and went to see Jake.

Twaila thought that only Jake would be firm enough to reprimand Rino and Nela. This was because Jake also had a certain charisma that could make people afraid. Actually, Twaila could have asked Evan or Anton for help, but Evan was busy, and Anton... he was too soft to forbid Rino from using anything that belonged to Riki. Anton felt that he had no right to Riki’s possessions, so that made Anton feel that he also had no right to forbid them.

"What did you say?" Jake glared after hearing Twaila’s explanation.

In fact, Jake was very happy that Twaila had suddenly come to his apartment. Jake wanted to invite her to breakfast, but Twaila didn’t like small talk.

"I was asked by Boss Riki to watch over them, but if I just watch, our boss’s car will be sold. You know I’m a woman, right? I would lose against our boss’s uncle and aunt. Even Anton and Sean are powerless against them. And you have that document, right? The one that states that some of the boss’s cars are company cars?"

Jake, who had just woken up and didn’t fully understand what was happening, simply followed Twaila’s instructions.

Suddenly, they were at the car dealership.

"There they are, Jake!" Twaila pointed to two people who had just gotten out of Riki’s car.

"Really? They actually brought Riki’s car? And Riki doesn’t know they’re going to sell it?" Jake asked.

Twaila showed Jake the original documents for the car. "The boss handed everything over to me, Jake. But tell them that the boss doesn’t know yet. We can say that we are the boss’s assistants who oversee all of the boss’s belongings, especially those that still belong to the company."

Jake ruffled his hair, still not ready for the emotions of the morning, because he had just woken up.

"Calm down, Jake, you can do it. You also have to threaten them not to sell the boss’s stuff, or his cousin’s stuff, okay?" said Twaila.

Jake nodded, "Alright, let’s go down. But I’ll get a bonus for this, right?"

Twaila nodded, "Yup! Your bonus is that you get to go on a date with me."

Hearing that, Jake fell silent and froze. Twaila laughed because she was only joking. And she couldn’t believe it when Jake said, "Then I’ll do everything right, and we’ll go on a date today, okay? I’ll decide where."

Excitedly, Jake got out of the car and opened the door for Twaila.

"Do you really want to go on a date with me?" asked Twaila.

"Of course, why would I refuse?"

Twaila, who was still confused, became even more confused when Jake held out his hand. Then he said in a soft voice.

"I know you’re just joking, Twaila, but if you want, we can still go on a date. We can go on a date while keeping an eye on Riki’s uncle and aunt."

Twaila was even more amazed by Jake’s smile. She couldn’t believe there was a man who was gentler and kinder than Riki. He was truly the ideal man.

"In that case, let’s see how things go first. We might go on a date while keeping an eye on them."

Then they both laughed together, before remembering that they still had a mission to stop Rino and Nela from selling Riki’s car.

***

"Do you think I’m stingy?"

That afternoon, around two o’clock, heavy rain fell. From what should have been sunny and hot weather, it suddenly became cloudy and rainy.

Riki had just woken up, and he felt relieved when Twaila reported via telepathy that she and Jake had successfully stopped Rino and Nela from selling Riki’s Rolls-Royce. Jake even managed to scare Rino so much that he didn’t dare to sell anything else he had taken from Riki’s house. After all the legal threats Jake had made, Rino returned to the mansion, escorted by Jake and Twaila.

When Jake explained everything to Anton, Sean, Sofie, and Selene, they were furious with the man.

Sean, who initially seemed soft and weak, dared to kick Rino and Nela out afterwards.

They left, but then asked to stay at Edward’s house, which was currently occupied by Andre, Anton’s older brother.

Since Edward was actually Rino’s distant cousin, and Edward and Rino were both cunning and bullies as teenagers, they were close. Rino was also close to Andre. In fact, there was still Sofie’s father’s house, who was a cousin with a closer relationship.

What was certain was that Riki was sure that Rino and Nela would come back to disturb Riki’s life when he returned home.

Because in their memory, Riki was an awkward, crybaby, weak nephew who was easily fooled.

Riki’s anxiety resurfaced when he went down to the cottage and saw Zeno and Kaivan, who had just returned from buying various junk foods from a fairly popular place.

While eating, they could see Riki looking restless. So, in the end, Riki explained what was happening.

And the question Riki had asked earlier was exactly what Riki was thinking at that moment.

"Of course not, Riki. What part of all that makes you stingy? Of course they are wrong for doing whatever they want. What normal person would suddenly come to their nephew’s house, ask for fancy food, forcefully take their nephew’s car, and want to sell it without their nephew’s permission? Only crazy and greedy people would do that," said Zeno, feeling annoyed just hearing Riki’s story.

"You did the right thing. Luckily, Jake memorized all those legal provisions and managed to scare your uncle away. Otherwise, they would have tried to sell other items secretly. Right?" replied Kaivan.

"How can there be people like that in this world?" said Nicho, chewing on his cheese pizza.

Kaivan laughed, then ruffled the boy’s hair, making Nicho grumble as he smoothed his hair back.

"Of course there are many people like that in this world, Nicho. There are many like that in my family too, even though they have no shortage of money. But when my family looks happy, they don’t like it. Even though we are still close relatives," said Kaivan.

"There are many people like that in my family too, especially since my father and uncle are among the five richest people in this country. They are greedy and always ask for help. If my father or uncle get fed up and don’t want to help anymore, they get angry and act as if they have never been helped at all. They really have no self-awareness," replied Zeno, looking very emotional as he remembered those inconsiderate people who still had the nerve to call themselves close relatives.

"I’m relieved that it’s not just my family who is like that," muttered Riki.

"You’re relieved?" asked Kaivan.

Riki nodded, "I think other people’s relatives are all good, understanding, helpful... I’ve always felt that only my relatives are evil and try hard to bring down my family. You know, the plan to kill my father, my mother, and the plan to take over my father’s company... all of it was planned by people who call themselves relatives and close friends. I know not everyone is good, but why are almost all of my relatives evil to my family?"

They fell silent upon hearing this. Because none of them had relatives who were that evil.

And then, Nicho’s remark made them feel even sadder.

"You guys are so lucky, huh? I don’t even know who my parents are or if I still have any relatives."

Riki put his arm around Nicho’s shoulder, "What are you saying? Now, you’re my little brother. So, I’m your relative."

"Hahaha, I know. Besides, I don’t even want to know who my parents are," Nicho said casually.

However, it was Riki who was curious.

Who were Nicho’s parents, really?