2024-08-17 05:08:42“Jeremiah,” Mary said with a condescending tone.
Jeremiah paused and slowly turned to face them, only to see the belittling looks they had for him. It was like they were looking at a piece of dog shit on the ground. “What are you doing here? I’m surprised a peasant like you has an account with this bank.” Paul said. Jeremiah frowned at him. “What business is that to you?” Jeremiah asked. Paul scoffed. “What a mouth you have. I’m surprised it hasn’t been permanently shut after last night” Paul chuckled. “Jeremiah, what are you doing here?” Mary asked and Jeremiah looked at her. “I’m the one who should be asking you that question. The last time I checked, you don’t bank with Polaris Bank so what could possibly bring you here?” Jeremiah asked. Mary tightened her hold of Paul’s arm, her breasts pressing against his well-defined biceps as she said “Paul brought me because he wants to open an account for me. From today, he’ll be giving me a weekly allowance of ten thousand dollars. Something that you could never do” She smiled. Jeremiah chuckled. “Ten thousand dollars a week? That’s it?” He asked and Mary frowned. “Like you’ve ever seen that type of money in a month before. If I remember correctly, don’t you make like thirty-five thousand dollars in an entire year, so how dare you speak like you’ve ever known what actual money is?” Mary retorted. She was beginning to let her emotions take control and not wanting to embarrass Paul, she took a breath and calmed down. “I can tell you only said that because of jealousy so I’ll let it slide,” Mary said. Jealousy? What could Jeremiah, who was now a multimillionaire and someone from a very rich family be jealous of? Jeremiah rolled his eyes. “Whatever. I came to upgrade my account and get a debit card with a higher spending limit so I can’t be bothered with the two of you right now” Jeremiah said and was about to walk away when Paul suddenly grabbed his arm. “What do you think you’re doing?” Jeremiah asked as he felt Paul tightening his grip and squeezing his arm. “That’s what I should be asking you. Upgrade your bank account and debit card. Who do you think would believe such a lie? Where would a mongrel like you get the amount of money that justifies an account upgrade?” Paul mocked. Paul pulled Jeremiah forcefully and Jeremiah staggered sideways. All he wanted was to be left alone but these two were starting to become a pain in the ass. “Don’t tarnish this fine bank with your stench so go back to the sewer you came from” Paul said and then lessened his grip on Jeremiah’s arm. Jeremiah’s nose twitched and from the fierce gaze in his eyes, it was clear that he wasn’t going to back down. “I’m not your employee anymore so your days of telling me what to do are over” Jeremiah sneered at Paul and then freed his arm from Paul’s grip. He was about to give some distance between himself and Paul so he wouldn’t be able to obstruct him as he headed to the bank, but something Mary said caused him to halt. “Jeremiah, I can’t believe you’re that disgusting” she said and Jeremiah jolted. “What?” Jeremiah responded. “Your mother just died and instead of planning for her funeral, you’re here trying to increase how much of her life insurance you can squander. Truly, I’m ashamed that I ever called myself your wife” Mary looked at Jeremiah with revolt in her eyes. “Life insurance? What life insurance are you talking about?” Jeremiah grimaced. “Don’t play dumb with me. Your mum died yesterday and you’re suddenly acting like you have money to spend. Do you think I’m an idiot who wouldn’t be able to put two and two together?” Mary frowned at him. The thought that she thought, let alone said, that he could do something like that made his stomach churn. Wanting to save as little dignity as he had left, Jeremiah didn’t say anything back to her. He wasn’t going to waste his strength to try and convince her of how wrong she was so he was just going to leave. Jeremiah walked away but he was wrong to think that things were going to be that easy. “I said you’re not allowed to go anywhere near that bank!” Paul blocked his path and pushed him so hard that he staggered backward and fell to the ground. The button of his left sleeve pulled out. “Look at the cheap nonsense you’re wearing and you think you could just go in there and act like you belong? What a joke. Stay down there where a worm like you—“ Paul said but was interrupted by two of the bank security guards who noticed what was happening there. “What’s going on here?” One of the security guards asked. Jeremiah looked at the two men in uniform and sighed in relief. “Finally, someone who can do something. This asshole has been—“ Jeremiah said but was cut off. “Mister Ludwig, so it was you. Sorry for not noticing that you were around” the same security guard, who had just asked what was going on, said excitedly. “Good to you as well, ma’am.” The same security guard greeted Mary and then looked at Paul “What a beautiful lady you have, sir” Paul smirked. “Yes, she is. How are the both of you doing?” “We’re doing fine, sir. It’s always a pleasure when you visit the bank—“ the second security guard said, but Jeremiah, who was shocked by what he was seeing, cut them off. “What’s going on here? Didn’t you see what happened and how he pushed me down? Why are you ignoring it and not doing your jobs?” Jeremiah asked and everyone looked at him. Suddenly, he saw the two security guards sneering at him with disgust. “Mister Ludwig, is this guy harassing you?” The second security guard asked. Jeremiah’s eyes widened.
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“Harassing him? It’s the exact opposite! I’m the one being harassed here! Can’t you see me on the ground with my clothes ruined? What more evidence do you need?!” He exclaimed but none of them cared for what he said. “Yes, he is. You know how all these beggars behave when you refuse to give them money.” Paul said with a mischievous smirk. “Beggar?” Jeremiah frowned. How dare they call him a beggar? He might have been poor for many years, but he had never begged anyone for money. Not even once in his entire life. They should apologize for insulting him in such a way, but sadly, they continued to ignore him. “We’re terribly sorry for allowing a nuisance like this to inconvenience you, sir. We’ll deal with him expeditiously” the first security guard said. Paul grinned. “Thank you. I’m glad I can always count on hard-working men like yourselves to do a good job protecting the peace of the real customers” “Your kind words are greatly appreciated, sir,” the second securi
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They looked at Jeremiah and gulped as sweat covered their entire face and neck while their bodies trembled in fear. They remembered all the insulting remarks they had made to him and also going as far as laying their hands on him and trying to beat him up. What a massive disaster this was. “What do you want me to do with these two, sir?” Anthony asked Jeremiah. The hearts of the two security guards started pounding in their chests as they realized that their fate was in Jeremiah’s hands. Same Jeremiah who they had just immensely wronged. Suddenly, they both went on their knees and groveled at Jeremiah’s feet. “Hey, look at what’s going on there!” “Why are those security guards bowing to that one guy like that?” “Who do you think he is? Maybe someone very important?” The bystanders stopped what they were doing and watched what was happening where Jeremiah was. “I am terribly sorry for laying my hands on you, sir. I didn’t know who you were and had been convinced
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Jeremiah followed Anthony into his office and being used to what he, as a guest, was supposed to do, he started walking to the guest chair by the desk. “Not that way sir,” Anthony said and Jeremiah halted, groaned then turned to him. He wondered what Anthony meant by that and more importantly, he wondered why the manager was standing in front of another door inside the office but then he saw the truth. “For special guests like yourself, we’ll be using this room,” Anthony said then he twisted the gold-plated knob of the door, revealing what could only be called a lounge for two and at most five people. The place was beautiful and welcoming to anyone who saw it. Surprised that there was such a luxurious room inside the already luxurious manager’s office, Jeremiah walked up to Anthony and both of them walked into the room. Anthony closed the door and Jeremiah took in the premium feeling the room gave. “This is the VIP lounge where our most important customers can sit down a
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“Yeah. I need a card with a higher limit as well. The one I have will not suffice and it’s also close to its expiration date” Jeremiah said and Anthony nodded. “I’ll get on that right away, sir. Just give me a moment” Anthony said then he stood up from the couch and went to the landline on the wall.He called one of the bank staff to come to the VIP lounge and ended the call before returning to sit with Jeremiah. A couple of minutes later, a female banker with blonde hair tied in a ponytail and pink-framed glasses walked into the VIP lounge with one of the company’s laptops in her hand. She walked up to Anthony and greeted him. “Mister Jeremiah, this is Mercy and she’ll be the one to make the upgrades to your bank account and credit card,” Anthony said. “Good morning, sir” Mercy greeted Jeremiah and the multimillionaire greeted her back. “Can you please provide your banking information like your name and account number so I can make the upgrades you want?” Mercy asked as she ope
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“Frozen as how?!” Paul yelled.“I understand your frustration, sir, but I suggest you calm down because you are making a noise and disturbing the other customers,” said the banker who Paul yelled at.Paul looked at the other customers and saw the embarrassed and annoyed expressions they had towards him.“What the hell is wrong with that guy? Can’t he address his issues more calmly?”“Does he think he’s in his living room or something?”“And here I was thinking that he was a cool guy, but he’s just a hothead with a loud mouth and what is this about his account being frozen?”The other customers started gossiping about Paul, which infuriated him more and made Mary feel embarrassed standing next to him.Paul turned away from all of them and focused on the banker who he had decided to pour all of his anger on.“Who gives two shits about these other idiots?! I’m a fucking multimillionaire, which means that I’m the most important person in this goddamn bank, so you better treat me like it!”
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“Jeremiah?” Mary said as both she and Paul looked at him. “Look who it is. The disgusting husband had come to save his whore of a wife. Tell me fool, how on earth did you manage to get in here?” Paul laughed, while Jeremiah looked pissed. Though Mary was a disgusting human being for what she did to him, he still couldn’t stand there and watch Paul do what he was doing to her. He had to step in and put a stop to it. “I think you’ve done enough for today, so let go of her,” Jeremiah said, and Paul frowned. “And who’s going to make me? You?” Paul scoffed “What a joke. Did you forget what happened last night? You’re no match for me.”Jeremiah shrugged.“That might be true, but nobody said anything about me being the one who stops you because there are people paid to do just that,” Jeremiah said, and Anthony arrived with multiple tall and muscular security guards.“I think you’ve overstated your welcome, sir, and it’s time to leave,” Anthony said to Paul. Paul looked at all the secur
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Henry pushed Jeremiah away, then he rushed to the floor and tried to help his father. "Dad, are you alright?""No, my waist hurts! I think that bastard has turned me into a cripple" the landlord said and Henry’s eyes widened.He glared at Jeremiah.“You crippled my father you asshole!” Henry yelled and Jeremiah grimaced in annoyance."No, I didn't. How could I have crippled him when his legs are still moving—?" Jeremiah replied, but the landlord cut him off."Shut your trap boy! I said you've turned me into a cripple, and you're going to pay for it!" The landlord yelled.Just then, one of Jeremiah's neighbors rushes to the scene."What's going on here?" The neighbor asked. The landlord saw the neighbor and he smirked mischievously."Oh Denison, my favorite tenant. It's a good thing you're here." The landlord said, and Denison rushed inside. "Landlord, what's going on? Why are you on the floor like this?" Denison asked.The landlord pointed at Jeremiah and said "This bastard beat me
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The battlefield plunged into eerie silence. Even the screaming winds beneath the dome seemed to hold their breath.Jeremiah stood at the center of it all, his dragonoid form casting a monumental silhouette against the warped sky. His scales shimmered with hues of black, red, and gold, glowing like molten metal in the dome’s unnatural twilight. Wings unfurled behind him like the banners of a god of war, stretching high and wide, stirring the air with every twitch.Mages, scattered across the estate in strategic lines, froze. The resurrection magic that had reanimated their fallen held no expression, no breath—just cold bodies awaiting orders. All of them stared at him, at the beast who had tanked a god-killing spell and still stood.Jeremiah’s molten eyes locked onto the mages who had conjured the lightning-fire hybrid spell. There was no mercy in his gaze. Only retribution.He leapt forward.The impact of his takeoff split the ground behind him, sending fragments of earth skyward and
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The sky darkened unnaturally, casting an eerie twilight over the estate. Jeremiah looked up as the last arc of shadow joined with the rest, sealing them inside a massive black dome. It shimmered with power, humming low like a monstrous heartbeat. The siege had begun.He turned to Lynette. “It’s begun.”“Yes,” she said quietly, eyes locked on the sky. “It has.”Jeremiah glanced down at the box in his hand. Obadiah’s head, expression frozen in death, stared back at him. The man had been a teacher, a guide, a rock of wisdom. And now he was gone. Murdered.“I’m sorry this happened to you, teacher,” Jeremiah murmured, his voice a low promise. “But on your behalf, I’ll make those fuckers pay.”With grim reverence, he set the box down. Then he and Lynette walked toward the convoy, where confusion had begun to blossom into panic.A chorus of murmurs rose as everyone saw the sky had changed. The dome wasn’t just a covering — it was alive. Pulsing. Feeding something.“What the hell is this?” th
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[“How? The gate is—“] the driver of the first car asked but went silent to his surprise the gate suddenly opened. [“But how?!”] the driver asked in a panic.Jeremiah had used wordless magic to unlock and open the gate.[“Don’t worry about it and just keep driving”] Steven interjected, stopping the driver beside him from thinking too much into what happened.Because this security detail was provided by the city of Bakers View and not of the Garrick Royal estate, they didn’t know about Jeremiah’s real identity as Lord Crimson or that magic existed. That was why Steven stopped the driver beside him from asking questions and just moved things along. [“Okay, Captain”] the driver reluctantly said and then hit the gas, leading the cars into the estate. All the while, the third car which hadn’t been connected through the channel didn’t know what was really going on. Second after second, the cars got closer to Jeremiah’s house and when they got there everything looked perfectly fine, surpr
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Jeremiah weighed his options and came to a final decision on which path to take. “We should go back” he declared. “Go back? As in back to the house?” Reginald asked, an intrigued look on his face.“Yes, back to the house” Jeremiah replied matter-of-factly.“Why?” Reginald inquired.“Though I wish you weren’t here, I honestly feel better with you or should I say Lynette by my side rather than elsewhere where y’all can be attacked by who knows how many enemies, and she, for whatever reason, dies because remember, a single temporary death from hers means you’re gone, forever,” Jeremiah said and Reginald groaned as he reflected on every word.“Alright then. I guess we’re going back” Reginald replied. He then looked at the driver and said “Tell the front car that we’re going back to the apartment”“As you wish, Your Majesty” the driver replied, clearly not on board with the decision because he had picked up on signs of there being a problem and would prefer if they left the city— meanin
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Obadiah chuckled.[“I think you underestimate me, young master. But, if you want to know then I found it because of the relic I gave you. You know the one that lets us communicate? Well, you’re able to track the other twin if you have your hand on one and know the right spell”]Jeremiah groaned.“You didn’t tell me it could do that,” he said.[“I apologize, young master. It must have skipped my mind”]“Is that so? Alright then. I’ll head back to the house with Dad and everyone else” Jeremiah said.[“That’ll be great, young master. I’ll be waiting for all four of you”] Jeremiah groaned. “Alright then. Bye,” he said and then ended the call. Looking at him, Reginald asked “So we’re going back to your house to speak with the shaman? I wonder what he wants to talk to us about”“Nothing. He doesn’t want to speak to us about anything” Jeremiah said as he stuffed his phone into his pocket while Reginald grimaced.“He doesn’t? How do you know that?” Reginald asked. With a frown, Jeremiah s
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“I’m sure the young master and his majesty are discussing something important which is why we haven’t moved yet” Kingston reassured. “It’s not about the lack of movement that has me exasperated. I came to this city to spend time with Jeremiah and I haven’t even done that. If we travel back so quickly it would mean that this trip was a complete letdown.” She said. Kingston groaned.“So what do you want to do, Lady Lynette?” Kingston asked “Being the young master’s fiancé, you’re just as influential as he is to those who know the truth. So much so that the artificial intelligence back at the house obeyed your instruction when it wouldn’t have for anyone else besides the young master” Lynette groaned, reflecting on Kingston’s question that asked her what she wanted to do.“Since you’ve already linked yourself and Master Reginald together, you’ve basically protected him from all forms of harm for the next thirty-nine years, so you don’t have to follow us back home if you don’t want to.
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Jeremiah looked at his father, silently asked him if he was ready and Reginald silently answered. He sighed, grabbed the lid of the casket, opened it and there his mother was, looking peaceful and beautiful as she rested.Both Reginald and Jeremiah almost cried but they controlled their emotions. “Your mortician friend really did a great job. Lauretta looks better than I would have imagined” Reginald said, a dejected smile on his face.“Yeah,” Jeremiah sighed. “Alright, let’s do this”He placed his hands on the casket, closed his eyes, and said his final goodbyes in his mind then opened his eyes again. “Are you satisfied?” Reginald asked after seeing the change in Jeremiah’s eyes. He looked resolved.“Yes, I am. I’ll give you some privacy so you can say what is it you want” Jeremiah told Reginald.“Thank you, son” Reginald replied and Jeremiah nodded.Jeremiah walked away, going to meet Kingston and Lynette and telling them to give the king the space he needed to say his final words
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They walked to the door where Steven was standing guard and he wanted to open it for them, but it was locked, so Jeremiah told Charlie to unlock the door which she did.Steven opened the door and as the three walked through, Jeremiah told Charlie to shut everything down because they were leaving.Everything in the house was shut down and as Steven, who was the last to exit the house closed the door, it automatically locked behind him. The five also exited the compound, walked through the gate, and rejoined with the convoy. Taking charge, as always, Steven got the convoy ready for departure and everyone entered their various cars and drove off.A minute into the drive to the estate’s gate, Jeremiah got a call from Emmanuella.He answered. [“We’re on our way to the funeral site, sir”]“Same here. Get everything ready as you should and we’ll be seeing you there” Jeremiah replied and the call ended. A few minutes later, the convoy arrived at the funeral site and already waiting for th
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Everyone came out of the cars and while the security detail waited outside, Jeremiah, Lynette, Reginald, Kingston, and Steven went into the house.“Welcome back, Master Jeremiah” Charlie greeted the moment Jeremiah, who was in front of everyone because he had to unlock the door, walked through it.“Thank you, Charlie. I brought some guests.” Jeremiah said as the four behind him also entered the house.“This is my father, our family’s butler, Kingston, and…” Jeremiah looked at Lynette, wondering how he should introduce her while she smiled, waiting to hear what he would say.“And my friend, Lynette. Charlie is the home’s Artificial Intelligence that helps me run things” Jeremiah ended and Lynette’s expression changed.“Friend? You mean your fiancé?” She said, crossing her arms in annoyance.“Fiancé? I didn’t know Master Jeremiah had a girlfriend and a fiancé” Charlie said, confused.“Huh? A girlfriend?” Lynette was taken aback. Meanwhile, Reginald and Kingston who both weren’t expecti
