Chapter 34 - The Decision (2/2)
”First, I have heard that Venu family never accepts an outsider. Have you ever accepted an outsider before this?” Axel asked. ”No” ”Then I want to know, what is your reason to accept me?” ”sorry, I can not reveal it to you until you are part of the family.” ”You said, I would get lots of benefits if I am to be a part of the family. Can I know those in detail?” ”No. You will know about it after you are part of the family,” said Angela.
Hearing that, Axel showed a displeased expression. He can't know why he is accepted as a family, he cannot know the benefits, then why the hell would even accept this proposal. It is like going inside a black hole, you would not know where you would end up.
Seeing his expression, Angela continued ”The reason I cannot tell you about it, is the cause of the secrecy. See, our Venu family is very reserved compared to other families. There are some secrets of our family that are not revealed to the world and your question just touches these secrets. What I can assure you is that you will be treated well and if the answer to those previous questions, doesn't satisfy you after becoming a part of the family, then you are free to not engage in the family business.”
Of course, that was a lie. She carefully picked those words. The elders have decided that, if Axel ever wanted to leave the family, there must be a valid reason, and he would have to serve for at least 10 years. She said him not to engage in the family business, but that doesn't mean he would be free. He would have to report to the family once a month and do all the tasks that are assigned. But she was confident that he would not leave the family, cause she knew that the answer of those questions would not affect him badly.
”Alright then. My condition is that I want to be treated fairly. Since I am the first outsider, I think that I will be discriminated.” Said Axel. ”You don't have to worry about it. I will make sure that you are treated fairly.”Said Angela.
”Alright, then I am ready to be the part of Venu family”
”Before you say that, I would have to specify your duties. The dealing with league association, Pokemon traders and auction should be done in the Venu family premises. We have a branch of them here in our land. But the auction here is handled by Venu family, not the Zard family. So if you want to buy from the auction, then you could do it outside too but if you want to sell in the auction, then you would have to do it in Venu family. 20% of your income in any way should be contributed to the family. Since you are the first outsider, I would relax you a bit. Venu family, would not care about small incomes that you will have, but if something big happens that affects the entire region then, you will be contributing. And lastly, any influence you have in the future, Venu family will be a part of it. Don't worry, like if you make a huge discovery, then your name will be the first to come up but you should also mention that you are a part of Venu family”
He thought about it for some time and thought that it was a fair deal. He would not have to loose anything.
”I have no problem in that” Axel said.
”Then Venu family is glad to have you in our home,” Angela said and she shook his hands.
”Then what I have to do to become a part of the family?” Axel said after drinking some tea. ”Nothing much, you will have to sign some doc.u.ments and your Pokecard will be updated showing your affiliation to Venu family” said Angela.
”That's it?” asked Axel. ”Yes, what did you think, that there would be some blood ritual?” asked Angela with a grin.
Then the papers were done and his card was updated. Axel had finally become Venu family member.
”Your 2 previous questions will be answered tomorrow since it is already late at night. But first, let me tell you about your task tomorrow. Starting tomorrow, for at least 3 months you will be training inside the family premises. You are the first outsider of us. We can't have a weak trainer outside the world. It will ruin our reputation.”Angela said like it is the most natural thing to say.
”What I cannot stay here for 3 months. The elite 4 competition is in 1 year and 9 months and I don't even a gym badge yet” shouted Axel openly. ”Haha, you think that you could win the elite 4 competition in the first 2 years of your journey. Don't make me laugh kid, beating a Gym and an Elite 4 member is not a walk in the park. Even Prof. Oak took 5 years to beat the elite 4 and extra 4 years to be the Champion. And that is the record time of being the Champion. You don't even have a rare Pokemon that could fight. The evolution from rare to higher-level takes more time than from common to rare. Believe me, kid, this training is the thing that you need to shorten your training time.”
Axel reluctantly nodded. He also realized that Angela was right. Because of the quest given by the system to be the champion in 2 years and cause of his seeing the anime and playing games, he thought that beating the gym and elite 4 would not be very difficult. But he was starting to realize that he was wrong. To be a Champion, you at least must have a Champion-ranked Pokemon, and besides Venu family, even the other families didn't have Champion-ranked Pokemon. To beat the first gym, he must at least have 3 rare ranked Pokemon but he didn't even have a rare ranked Pokemon that could fight. So he thought that training here might not be a bad idea.