Chapter 316: Chapter 315 : The Supreme Ruler

“Ladies and gentlemen!” Theodore’s voice sounded in the hall moments after Victor left.

“Now that the groom has departed, let us enjoy the rest of this party this evening! We have a program full of pretty singers and handsome models!” he said. “Just wanted to comment on something through… Did you notice the brides' shiny and youthful skins?” he asked.

Many nodded. Many girls wished to be as pretty, and many men wanted wives this pretty.

“Perfect, right! This is all due to our new beauty cream product! SKINPURE X!” Theodore added in a salesman tone, taking a white pearly gilded package from his pocket and displaying it to the attendees.

“You all saw the commercials on TV lately! They are all true!” Theodore said, “Just look at my wives!” he pointed to Elena and Luna who blushed a little under the eyes of the attendees. Their skin was really smooth and pretty.

“Hell! Even look at my mother and sister-in-law!” he added, pointing to Willow and her daughter whom he pretty much forgot her name. They had been using the cream that Victor gave them when he came to Golden Waterfall town a month ago, and now their skins were as smooth as a baby’s.

The attendees were a little intrigued as they carefully inspected Elena and her family. Maybe this cream was effective but wasn't Theodore a little too shameless for marketing his products at his son’s wedding.

“Now for every one of our guests who attended this wedding, I will present a gift basket that not only includes this beauty cream, but also many of our new things like the yet unreleased beauty shampoo, bath salts, and exclusive diet biscuit… Although it tastes a little bad, you will not feel hungry for 24 hours after eating one!” Theodore said as many servants poured into carrying the gift baskets for everyone.

The attendees looked at each other and then ran to grab their baskets.

“How much does this thing cost?” Yulian asked as he inspected the cream bottle that a polite maid put beside he got. Alice was interested too, she heard her father talk about this thing, but never got the chance to inspect it.

“About $20.000 per package… that’s the official price…” Luna said. She was helping Theodore with his business lately.

“Is it more on the black market?”

“Yes, due to the limited supply, its price can reach $100.000!” Luna said.

“Why are you asking? Are you intending to sell this?” Elena asked, feeling strange from the way Yulian looked at the cream bottle as if it was a treasure.

“No… Yulian is our sales manager… He is just analyzing this product!” Alice interjected as she stepped on Yulian’s toes… He was truly going to sell this thing outside.

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“Don’t taste it… this thing tastes like sh*t!” the drunken El warned the kids at her table who were looking with interest at the energy bar. “Even my aunt Paula who ate everything would not dare to taste it!” she added as she leaned on the table, feeling a little sleepy.

“Really?” Lara frowned. The last time Victor gave her one of those it didn’t taste bad at all! So she took one from a nearby servant and gave it a bite… The next moment she was running out of the hall to the lady’s room. Her taste buds were crying for help, but as a lady, she couldn’t spit her food in front of others.

Theodore chuckled as he saw his daughter leave. This was never meant for humans but for those players among the guests. This thing would make the perfect rations for dungeon explorers, and after testing it for the last month, it was ready for the mass market with the only problem being the taste that no amount of sugar could fix.

“Now… let the dance begin!” he said, but no one listened as they examined their baskets… Well, he didn’t mind. He will get the dance stage for himself and his wives for a while at the very least!

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“That’s how things should be done!” Harvey said as Gary and April got their baskets and began to check them out.

“Are these things real?” Gary asked, a little not believing. Many beauty products are just scams.

“Yes… According to a recent report, Theodore had just struck gold!” Harvey explained. “A few months ago Victor, that lucky bastard was messing around and happened to discover an F-ranked dungeon and clear it! It just so happened to be on a mountain that belonged entirely to Theodore… Not to the Von Weise family, but to Theodore himself!”

“Oh…He can exploit it himself!”

“Yes… he would have to silence his family with some scabs, but he got most of it!” Harvey said, feeling a little jealous. “In it, they found this strange algae… It seems to have the effect of rejuvenating skin, he made that cream out of it! He also seemed to have found some mushrooms that made people less hungry, but it didn’t pass the testing stage yet…”

“They are using dungeon plants for consumer products? Wouldn't it hurt normal people?” April asked.

“Exactly, Otherworldly products are super effective on normal people… so many tests are needed and the doses need to be adjusted but every once in a while, some things just work!” he said. He really likes April, she was both smart and considerate. A good wife for a merchant!

Especially with her class of a Doom Negotiator. She can make some very compelling arguments and find faults in others' reasoning and weaknesses in their actions.

“April… Earlier when I spoke to Victor… Did you feel anything wrong?” Harvey asked April who was checking the new cream she got. She couldn’t wait to try it.

“... No… not really… He seemed pretty sincere, other than avoiding talking a lot, I felt nothing strange… But…”

“What?” Harvey squinted his eyes.

“That maid who held the contract… She was really nervous!”

“Oh… The veiled one?” Harvey said as he looked around. That maid was not in the hall. She must have left with Victor.

“Yes…”

“Interesting…”

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It was sunset when Mirage, who left the wedding right after the ceremony, watched as the drunk priest walked out of the hotel with the help of one girl who bowed respectfully to him after she threw him like a garbage bag into a Taxi.
“Follow him!” Mirage told her driver.
The black SUV stealthily followed the taxi as it left midtown and headed to the suburbs.
When she was reading everyone’s fate earlier during the ceremony she saw it.
His fate was not the one she was looking for but it was a clue! The only clue she found.

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