Date- 2 April 2321
Time- 14:47
Location- Sky Blossom City, TSR guild
Following my command, Van awakened the unconscious Ronnie. I watched as Ronnie slowly opened his eyes and uttered, “Where am I?”
“You are home, safe,” I answered, no matter how much I was disappointed with this asshole for his betrayal, I still required him, I mean his origin card. And not to mention I need him to meet Agatha and clarify things to her.
“Wyatt, you don’t know how happy I am to hear your voice,” said Ronnie and then getting up from the bed he bowed to me and yelled, “I am sorry, I not only failed to complete the mission you gave me but also betrayed you in the process. I will accept any punishment you deem fit.”
“Van, slap him hundred times with 10 percent of your strength.” Van was card lord and a calamity daughter gem, a messily ant-like Ronnie would turn into blood and gore paste if he slaps him with his full strength so I asked Van to limit his strength behind the slap to ten percent of his original strength, even this was more than enough for Van to slap Ronnie to dead.
“…” Hearing my punishment for him, the corner of Ronnies mouth twitched and his knees went weak. Yet he turned towards Van ready for his punishment, ” I am ready, get it over with.”
“…” Seeing Ronnie not complain or bargain his punishment that he asked for and face it despite his fear, it seemed that the ordeal with the Buther Bob’s goons helped him mature a little, but people are like animals its hard to change their ingrained nature, this fellow will betray me again if the opportunity arises. Therefore I planned to feed him a calamity daughter gem after he met with Agatha.
“Van, stop.” I stopped Van from slapping Ronnie and looking at Ronnie I said, “I can see you have already reflected on your actions. Stuff happens, let us move on.”
Since I planned to let Ronnie meet Agatha, I can not have him be beaten to a half-dead state before he meets her otherwise it will open another can of worms. So, not only did I stop Van from slapping Ronnie to a half-dead state but also did not feed him a calamity daughter gem. Because when Agatha meets Ronnie she will definitely inspect Ronnies body for any abnormal signs using her cards. So to be on the safer side I decided to not feed Ronnie a calamity daughter gem until Agatha is done inspecting him. Once his meeting with Agatha completes without raising any suspicions, I will have Van punish Ronnie with hundred slaps and then feed him a calamity daughter gem, in the process healing the half-dead Ronnie using the reconstruction ability of the calamity daughter gem. So, until the whole ordeal with Agatha has been taken care of I decided not to make a move against Ronnie.
“Thank you, Wyatt, for forgiving me and saving my life. No matter how much I thank you I cannot thank you enough. I don’t know, how I will repay you in this life. I owe you so much, even if I give this life to you it will not be enough to repay your kindness to me and my family.” Ronnie kept thanking me repeatedly. Since I have already tasted his betrayal no matter what he said or did he can not change my impression of him. I would really be a fool to fall for his tricks again. What surprised me is how could the son of an honest man like uncle Wyatt grow up to be so opportunistic scumbag.
“Say no more Ronnie, I am not your real savior I hired a mercenary group to save you. So you have nothing to thank me for, so stop wasting your time here and go meet your family they must be worried sick for you. Especially, Jackie who is waiting for you at the warehouse. Go pick her up and meet Uncle and Auntie Wyatt, they must be waiting for your return without sleep. Hurry, go, don’t keep them waiting especially your baby mama.” I didn’t want to waste any time with Ronnie anymore so I decided to send him packing on his way.
“Wait, what is Jackie doing at the warehouse? She is pregnant she should be resting.” Ronnie asked in surprise.
“She is waiting for you with your real savior, the leader of the wolf fang mercenary group that I hired to rescue you. Those are the guys that deserve your thanks. So, while you go pick up Jackie, you can also use this opportunity to thank them for saving you. They are really good people they are waiting to check your health to see if there are any other further complications in your health, so go and cooperate with them.” I add in a good word for the wolf fang mercenary because Ronnie could use his slick tongue on Agatha and Aba to convince them there is nothing wrong here for them to look for.
“Wyatt, even though all you did was hire a mercenary to rescue me, you don’t know how much it means to me. For a second, I thought I would never be able to see my unborn baby. If not for you being the bigger person and forgiving me for betraying you and hiring a mercenary group to save me, I may have never really been able to see my lovely wife, the unborn child in her belly, and my old parents. Wyatt you made this possible for me with your generosity. So don’t say you did nothing, you have done enough for me, like I said before even if I lay this life for you it is not enough to pay the grace I owe you.” Ronnie spoke thanking me for saving him and allowing him to reunite with his family. And then added, “Okay, I will head out to fetch my wife and unborn baby.”
Watching Ronnie walk out of the room, I handed Van a storge card containing a few calamity daughter gems and said, ” Save one for Ronnie and use the rest to recruit new members for the sinner squad.”
