Angela gave a smile and said, "Who said you could not achieve your goals and also be the elder of the family."
"Huh… I can do that?", asked Axel surprised. So far he had not seen any elders living outside the family.
"Of course, you can. Axel, you had done a lot for the family. From today, you would not be considered an outsider. Don't worry, you don't have to change your last name.
That is why we wanted to give you the position of an elder. Being an elder would give you a lot of freedom. You could look into confidential documents of the family, you could request for the resources and you would get the first pick. There are a lot of perks."
"But what would I be doing as an elder?", asked Axel.
"You decide. Serena was a healer. Sujan dealt with trading, communication, and finances, Drojo made sure that rules were followed and Adam was responsible for training young trainers and Pokemons.
You can choose any one of them or if there is a different field you are interested in, you can tell me.", said Angela.
"I got the gist of vacancy about Sujan, Serena, and Drojo, but why elder Adam? Is he not going to be an elder anymore?"
"Yes, you are right. Cause Adam would be appointed as a grand elder now. His Pokemon had ranked up to pseudo-champion rank. That is one of the requirements of being a grand elder."
Axel didn't even know that there was a position called a grand elder.
He could not be a healer and he didn't like the job of Drojo. It was interested in finances but communication was not where signed at. Training young trainers was interesting but he had to spend a lot of time with that.
He thought for sometime and said, "I would like to handle finances, management of the family, and training young trainers."
"Can I ask why these 3? We have always put trading, communication and finances under 1 elder.", said Angela.
"First of all, a person handling finances should be independent. It is not good to mix the elder handling trading and communication with management. How could you be sure that they are not stealing any money?", said Axel.
Axel was quite interested in finance. In his previous world, he would spend hours studying economic theory and accounts. He may not be perfect but he was better than most when it came to finance.
"You are correct about that but the Venu family operates on trust."
"When it comes to money, I don't trust anyone.", said Axel.
"Ok then, you are perfect for the job. Since this is the headquarter, you would be the head elder of finance, management, and training."
"Wait, how many branches do we really have?"
"I will give you all the documents relating to it. You would know about this after.
Now, since we are lacking a lot of elder figures, I would ask our branch members to fill the positions. If there is any one good enough here to be an elder, do let me know.
Now, let's get into the main topic at hand. We have explored the forest partially. What do you think about it? Anyone?", asked Angela.
"I would like to weigh in. First of all, we crossed the purple crack, then there was a red crack and then you guys said that they was a grey crack. These cracks seemed to have divided the Pokemons and their area.
The Pokemons would not cross that crack no matter what. I have still not been able to tell why. I got a sample of the glow of red and purple cracks. It would take some time.", said Mark.
"Yes, I would like to know more about it. Anyone else?"
"The Pokemons were very weird. You also must have notice. From purple to red crack, there was someone, possibly a Pokemon that could hide the presence of all the Pokemons.
That is not normal. There were only 2 king-rank Pokemons there. I don't think King rank Pokemons have that capability.", said Axel.
"So you feel that there is another Pokemon of a higher rank there?", asked Adam.
"There is a possibility for that. So, I don't think we should venture there anytime soon. The next region was also strange but not so complicated. 10 Pseudo-champion ranks ruled there and each have its own area. The ranks of the Pokemon increased after we crossed the red crack so I believe we would face multiple champion-rank Pokemons after we cross grey crack.", said Axel.
"Yes, you may be right about that. I know it was a stupid decision of mine but we did learn something about the forest now. How much do you think that we should prepare?", asked Angela looking at Axel.
"All the team members should have multiple champion rank Pokemon and we should also have at least master-rank Pokemon.", said Axel with confidence.
"That much preparation?? I would be on my deathbed by that time.", said Angela.
"Besides how are you so confident about this?", asked Adam.
"Well, it is due to my talent but I can't tell you the details. I can only say that I am 100% sure about this.", said Axel.
"We believe you, Axel. Don't worry, we all like to live here.", said Adam.
"Now, Adam get the list of the branch members suitable for the elder positions and if we have some good talents here, I would like to know. Bring me all their details by tomorrow."
"Isn't that your job?", asked Adam.
"Well, you are a grand elder now. My job is your job.", said Angela with a smirk.