Chapter 186 Glittering Gold (1/2)
Jessy went down to the core in his father's workplace. She found her father conducting a meeting with his men in the holding point of the mining ground.
She sat down on the chair at the back.
Fifteen minutes later, her father was done with his talking and dismissed his men.
Hector saw his daughter and approached her. ”Jessy, where's your mother?” he asked.
Jessy greeted his father with a quick hug. ”It's just me, Father.”
”You want to see me in action mining the gold, eh?” Hector smiled at his daughter fondly.
”Not really, Father. But if you allow me I can spare a few minutes watching you while you work, that would be pretty interesting,” she said.
”Okay, let's go!” Hector said.
Jessy walked beside his father as they go deeper into the tunnel of the mining site.
”How many years before the supply of gold will run out, Father?” Jessy asked curiously.
Hector looked at her daughter pondering about her question. ”I have no idea, if we can no longer see any gold deposits around here then that will be the end of the mining business here. So far so good, every time we dig new tunnel there's always gold everywhere, the supply of gold here is endless, but I know that one day it will end somehow...somewhere.”
”Dad, the reason why I'm asking you about this is we need huge money to sustain the clan's needs, once the rest of the 5k vampires will relocate into The Habitat, the population will explode, the more people living in that place the more the financial strain will balloon up. And you know... those single vampires will marry one day and have children of their own. You understand what I mean, Father?” Jessy said.
Hector nodded his head. ”Of course I understand what you mean my child. The King, the Queen and I already discussed that matter two months ago. The royal couple had invested a lot of money in several business ventures run by Ruth and Ruby's company through the years just for this single purpose. Once the royal couple finally turned into mortals and acquired mortal identity then those businesses will be transferred into their names. The profits from those businesses will fund The Habitat to keep it sustainable in the long run, besides, as long the gold will exist in this ground we will keep mining it so that we can have enough gold reserve for future needs,” Hector explained.
”There's also new building being currently built in The Habitat and it will serve as a school building imitating the human beings school so that the children can have a proper education and they can easily be integrated into the mainstream society,” Hector added. ”The classes for children will start in the next five months and Ruth's company hired humans teachers to educate our kids. Once the children will start high school and go to college they will be attending the normal school, that would be six to seven years from now.”
Jessy smiled. She never had normal schooling when she grew up, she learned a lot through reading, browsing the net and with one on one teaching from her teacher online. That's the only exposure she had when it comes to proper education.
”So, Father...what will happen if the outside world will know of the gold deposits down here?” Jessy asked in a worried voice.
Hector wore a grim face. ”The core is a top-secret among the vampires, only trusted individuals know of the gold deposits here. Once this information will leak into the outside and will reach the greedy individual's radar, everyone will be clamoring to find this place and they will start raiding this mining site and you already know what's gonna happen next, we will have more enemies than we can count on our fingers, chaos will ensue for sure. It's has been known that humans have a greedy nature, they will do anything for money.”
Jessy was silent for a moment.
”When everyone is relocated to The Habitat, will you and your men continue mining this gold site?”