Rino found his way to the intercom by the top side of his bed, hesitating for a second before pressing the call button.
A light "tling" sound buzzed before a different voice sounded from the other side, to prove successful connectivity.
"Serve my breakfast in my room," he said, and after a short pause of not getting any response from the other end, he added. "Just serve mine separately."
Not long after, two maidservants knocked on Rino's door.
When he opened it, he was greeted with two glimmering smiles from the maidservants.
"What?" he asked, not getting to understand the motive behind their unexpected smile.
To him, the smile didn't make any sense. But to them, it made much sense and was expected.
They weren't surprised to find a feminine inside their young master's room.
If having things to do with girls was an actual crime, Rino would have registered as the top defaulters.
Unfortunately, Ikenna didn't actually know about this. His little fragment of memories already told him that the body he was in, was a girls' freak, but, it didn't clear his notion on the part of sexual satisfaction.
Still, somehow, things might get on different ways. It was only a matter of time, to determine.
"...Young Master," one of the maidservants, with long blonde hair tangled by the side of her head to frame her face, broke the brief silence.
"I forgot to mention, serve me breakfast for two," Rino said coldly, his tone flat and firm.
"Yeah, Young Master," the maidservants replied in unison, closing the door behind them before letting out giggles that could be heard from inside.
Not only was he just a lover boy, but his charm and body physique, especially his face, made women flock like bees to a bloom, uninvited yet never unwelcomed.
"If only we can be given a chance..." the maidservants will always say, most times after Rino passes them by.
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"You should go and freshen up for the day," Rino said, turning to Zaria with a glance.
"You look... uhm, not bad, but no great either," he added.
Zaria obeyed.
She got up from the bed, the blankets serving as a cover for her naked body.
"Here," Rino offered her a new towel. "You can use this."
Zaria struggled to catch the towel, causing the wrapped blanket to loosen to show her bareness.
She didn't feel shameful though, since she believed she already shared something with the person who was seeing her naked body.
However, she immediately wrapped herself with the towel and made her way to the bathroom. On getting to the door, she paused and turned to Rino.
"The deal I mentioned earlier, you in?"
Rino hesitated for a moment. The old him might have scoffed at the idea of making deals with girls, but, well—
"Didn't my earlier reply tell you that I'm interested?" he asked, rather carelessly scrolling his phone which he now held in his hands sitting on his couch.
Satisfied, Zaria let out a beaming smile before disappearing into the bathroom.
The opportunity Rino sought was finally here.
He wanted to be alone.
He was going to place his first trade investment as the possessor of Rino Carter's body, not the former Rino Carter.
He scrolled over to his SimCoin Wallet app first to check his account balance.
"$24,995,000," his balance stared at him with blank clarity.
Feeling at ease, he minimized the app, hovered over the WeBull app, and exhaled.
"Time to stop lurking," he said.
Before now, he didn't particularly have a set user account with the platform. He had just downloaded the app at the time and was in a haste to go through the rigorous processes of having a verified user account.
But, the app worked wonders.
It had generated a default user account, having his username look generic like "user103984". That way, he was allowed access to some of their products and services, but not full access like those with verified accounts.
He needed that full access, and so, had to verify his account.
Tapping the settings feature, he began to customize his account.
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«↓ Username: @mistercat ↑»
«↓ Password: f*****duck01 ↑»
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After verifying his username was acceptable, he smiled to himself.
He had gotten fond of the cat ever since his early teenage years. This was after watching a movie, that entailed how the cat had got involved in a play with a smart duckling.
At first, the cat was termed foolish by the fellows for allowing a duckling to play with it, as they thought the duckling used the opportunity to traverse their privileges.
But that wasn't entirely the cat's plan.
At the time, there was immense hunger, and getting prey was difficult for the species.
But there were the ducks, with rich investment in their country.
Mister Cat had become unusually friendly with the duckling he had met, using that as a revolution to carefully cure hunger in their town.
Things went on and the duckling, being a kingdom builder, wanted to use this advantage against the cat kingdom, to rule over them.
That was when the cat let it know it had allowed them to be close friends, to his advantage.
Rino thought, tapping his index finger on his lips. "May not exactly be the full story, but this is the spotlight in the story I guess."
Now, his profile was set, and the interface had changed, unlocking new features and automatically promoting him to the highest tier available in the app. This was because he had only achieved a feat with the earlier investment he made.
He went over to the investment tab, scrolling through forex trading charts and economic indices.
He looked at the different performances of various currency pairs—[USD/JPY seemed to be showing promise, GBP/USD had been showing fluctuations...]
But, he knew better than to judge the performance in that format. Forex was a tortoise in the world of trading, so why should he?
Plus, the fact that he was a month trader. He needed to analyze the economic performances and news of the countries that owned the various major currency pairs before he could technically analyze his trade to avoid dancing to huge losses afterward.
He switched to the stock market and studied the different trends closely. After this, he tapped into the equity feature where he monitored the company valuations as they shifted each second.
Halford Tech was still surprisingly rising, and Rino could remember an anonymous hedge had bought his shares.
Well, greed is not the key to investment, Rino believed. He loved to have everything he did, planned.
He was ready to place his investments using the $2 million in his WeBull account when he remembered, the system.
Just as he was about to concentrate his mind to summon the system, a knock came from the door.
It should be the maidservants.
Rino walked over and opened the door to the maidservant carrying his meal in.
Clasped in her hands, was a metal tray that carried two dishes of creamy oats, garnished with sliced fruits and brown pancakes. Neatly beside the dishes, was a jug that carried their warm tea.
The maidservant walked briskly and placed the tray gently on the glass table beside the window.
"Enjoy your breakfast, young master," the maidservant bowed slightly and left.
"Thanks," Rino retorted, watching behind her as she left.
Immediately the maidservant left, Zaria stepped out of the bathroom fully dressed in probably, one of the new clothes she had bought the night before.
Her skin glowed under the bright day with the softness of fresh moisture, and her hair clung to her shoulders in damp waves, making her look distinguishingly beautiful.
She walked over to the table, where Rino was already setting his stool couch, and sat quietly.
They performed their prayer before the meal rite and began to savor the meal, pouring teas into their empty cups as the solvent for dissolving the solubles.
Silence lingered briefly between them until Rino broke it.
"So, this deal you're talking about..."
Zaria looked at him, chewing off the remaining piece of pancake in her mouth before responding.
"It's about the Red Tann."
"The Red Tann?" Rino's brow furrowed. "I'm not sure I know what that means."
"It's an underground club," Zaria began to explain.
"You see, it houses different calibers of the rich. You can get to meet like business minds, and even wealthy individuals willing to become investors."
"It's a hidden club, strictly for the wealthy."
Rino's gazed came uneasy at Zaria.
"Is this some kind of illegal business club you're trying to deal me into," he said, sipping from his tea cup.
"It's not an illegal business club... well, it seems more like it," Zaria explained. "But they act with the saying that 'The Rich shout, while the Wealthy whispers' and so, preferred hiding out for their leisure activities there."
"The rich shout, while the wealthy whisper," Rino repeated.
Just like you did when we first met.
That was his thought.
"If that's the case, what are you after?" Rino asked.
"Huh."
"So, what's the deal?" Rino clarified.
Zaria chuckled.
"It's not really a deal. I just thought I could introduce you to your fellows since we already share a sweet moment."
Rino smirked, and took a long sip from his cup of tea, before turning it upside down on the tray.
"I see."
Then with a knowing smile, added. "Let me, however, accept your deal."