Taking the Mafia to the Magic World

Chapter 664 Last Months in Saltstar City

After hearing Newtonʼs concern, Vicente took it to heart and thought about what could happen if the worst really happened.

”My Metal City could hold a maximum population of 300,000 if we developed it to its full potential. Beyond that, the city would become very problematic. Our area isnʼt big enough to hold more than that.” He commented.

”300,000, huh? Well, itʼs better than nothing. Unfortunately, we canʼt build more places like this all over the kingdom.”

”You shouldnʼt be so pessimistic, Professor. Even if other cities in the province donʼt have the same level of defense as Metal City, my group will try to protect the whole province.

The Metal City will be our headquarters. But from there, weʼll try to prevent monsters from entering the province in order to maintain our business here.” Vicente commented, wondering what might happen if his plans worked out in the chaos. ”The province could hold the entire kingdomʼs population if we succeed. That should be enough if civilization falls.”

Newton got up from where he was, planning to leave. But he didnʼt disagree with what Vicente said. ”It is possible. But we should prepare for the worst. So, Iʼll stay skeptical for now. Anyway, Iʼll see you later.”

Vicente waved at the man before watching him leave.

After Newton left, Vicente would take care of some of the Fuller familyʼs business. After the familyʼs recent period of peace and development, its numbers improved significantly.

He now had more than 1,500 direct family members and more than 30,000 indirect members. In some ways, his current numbers were even more significant than those of the royal army, the largest official organization in the kingdom!

Of those 1,500 internal family members, 65% were Acolytes, and almost all the rest were Mages. The number of Sovereigns in the family was still small, and one could count on the fingers of oneʼs hand.

But with these numbers, Vicente had already placed his family in 3 provinces of the Seidel Kingdom and had even completely dominated Scott Province.

His railroads had already reached Snow Province, and with a few more months of work, they would reach Diamond Province, especially the kingdomʼs capital.

While the familyʼs profits were currently growing at a rate of 30% per month and Metal City continued to expand, his men were already setting up sentry posts along the entire border of Snow Province.

What Vicente had said to Newton was serious. He intended to protect all of Scott Province when the disaster from the north reached the continentʼs south.

He wanted everything ready before he left to hunt pentagrams so the essentials were already in place. Once he left with his group, the family in the province would only have to expand what was already prepared.

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In the late afternoon, Vicente picked Nina up from the Royal Academy in Saltstar City.

Nina was in her last year at the academy. Her classes would be over in another nine months, and she would graduate. After that, she would have about a month until her 14th birthday, when she could go through the Awakening.

Then her destiny would be decided!

Having come so close to distancing himself from his sister because of the moment they were reaching into their lives, Vicente couldnʼt help but pay more attention to Nina while he still could.

He picked her up almost every day and taught her for an hour or two each day.

He taught her the art of the family business and talked to her about human nature, how to deal with selfish people, and how to be ruthless with traitors and enemies.

Nina was no longer a child. At 13, she looked more like a woman than a girl. Since this was a traditional world and he wouldnʼt let his sister date just anyone, he knew she was still pure. But if she had looked the same on Earth, he couldnʼt be sure she had never done anything.

In his earthly life, girls like Nina had often had physical relations with her age.

Fortunately for Vicente, this was the Polaris Realm and not Earth!

But that didnʼt change his concern. When he saw Nina in the distance next to Killian, Vicente couldnʼt help but feel uneasy.

He was right. Over time, Killian and Nina had become different. They no longer seemed like the ʼpureʼ and uninterested friends they had been a year or two ago.

”Senior Fuller,” Killian said as he greeted Vicente with respect before saying goodbye to Nina and promising to meet her before the academy tomorrow.

Nina said goodbye to her friend before starting to walk home with Vicente.

”Nina, how are you?” Vicente asked as he walked slowly with his sister, in no hurry to get home.

He kept talking to the family doctors about her situation. But only by talking to her and listening to her opinion could he get a better idea of how she really was.

So Nina was used to hearing this question from time to time.

She said. ”The same as before. My situation is improving. The resources youʼve given me all these years are helping me a lot, brother.

I feel stronger, I can move faster, my agility is better than ever, and I recover more easily. In some ways, Iʼm no different from my peers. In other ways, I can even be considered better than most of them.

The only one I canʼt beat physically in my class is Killian. He still manages to surpass me in every way.”

”Thatʼs natural. Men are physically stronger than women. But youʼll be closer to him by the end of the year. These will be the last months of your treatment before your awakening,” Vicente commented.

”Do you think we can improve my chances?” She asked him.

”Of course we can. Donʼt be pessimistic, Nina. You will likely awaken a good magical form during your awakening.” He said, smiling at her.

She smiled back at him, knowing there was no way he could be sure of that, but she couldnʼt blame him. He had done everything to make her awakening a positive event. If she failed in awakening her powers, she certainly couldnʼt complain to him or think that he hadnʼt done enough.

So she pretended to believe her brother, even though she remained skeptical about this long-awaited moment for her family.