Alex continued convincing them and trying to make them agree with his idea. At the end he said: "If we do not success in six months, we will start with actual inversions in the finance world and I will cover all the loses if needed."
After Alex said that, they all inhaled air deeply and only then they agreed and were assured. They wanted to have an adventure, but they had to pass this year's quest, if not they would be in trouble, because their families would not accept failures in such a moment.
"Ok, if we have all agreed, we will move to an historical but central place, where we can be found easily and a place where a lot of historians and people interested in treasure hunting are." Said Alex.
Then Maria spoke again, she never thought that she would get this much involved in this quest, because it was not an area that she was good at until Alex came with the idea of inverting in historical research and treasure hunting.
"I can say that Spain is the most suitable place for us. It is in Europe; it has many big and important museums and also a country with deep historical roots from different cultures." She as the princess from Spain is of course very proud of her heritage. She only specialized in arts because of her love for history and the rests of her ancestors.
All the others nodded and knew she was right. Europe was full with heritages, but Spain had more than the others apart from Italy and Greece. It was a Christian country, and it was also a Muslim country and they had all types of people living there. They have different ethnics there and different languages, some of them very unique.
They all nodded and knew that it was true, and they had nothing against Spain, so they could go there.
"Ok, if we go to Spain, then what are our next plan and how will we approach the historians and let them know of our existence?" Asked Valentine after the matter with the place was over.
And so, time passed.
"Did you hear what the director said? There is a company that can finance whatever the expeditions goal is. He said that tomorrow will be an interview for the people that needs their help."
"If director Gonzales said that, then it is a trustworthy organization. Did he really said that they will invest whatever we need? The funds for my search of the old Tombs of Athene are running out and I did not find any clue about where it is."
"You are not the only, almost everyone here in the University needs funds for their investigations and expeditions, but because of the crisis, the public funds are very tight, and the university cannot put any more on us."
"You are right, this happens when a dumbass is the president."
"You are right, they use our own money to save banks and big companies and we the schools and small companies are literally drowning in despair."
"Yeah, we were once a great nations and we are now like this. Let us go to the bar and eat some tapas and a cold beer."
"Politics brings only bad temper; beer is the solution for everything."
These two speaking, were two professors at the University of Madrid and they were well known for their achievements. One would think that people like them would drink exquisite wine and expensive cheese, but their loan was reduced so much that they could only afford going to a bar and drink beer.
Far from the university, that was in the outskirts of the city because it needed a lot of space, in the city center of Madrid in a not so spectacular old building, there was a sign on the wall and right next to it was a door.
In the sign was written the following: "Ancestral Inversions" and nothing more only that. When you entered the building and went up to the first floor, the view changes incredibly.
In the Space on the first floor, there were many people working concentrated and going all over the corners. Some of the faces were very familiar and they all were concentrating doing their job.
"Richard, James, how are the accounts going? Is everything settled? Did the bank made some problems?" Shout a female voice to two young men, it was Maria that had a lot of papers in her hand.
"No, everything is settled. The accounts for our expenses are ready to use, the account for our clients to use the money is settled and the account for external matters is settled. They are all not tangible accounts, and they are very secure." Replied James shouting from the other side of the room.
"Valentine, did you already researched the tax law of Spain and the ways to pay as less as possible?" Asked Maria again, she was like the boss here and she organized the others for what they should do.
"If you were not the princess of this country, I would have bet that you try to make the country poorer and yes I have the law on my side." Replied Valentine laughing.
"I know where the money will go and I can assure you, it will only fill the wallet of some mayor or politician." Said Maria impotently. She was sad, that her country was like this in times of crisis and she as a princess had no power to change anything. Since the royal family lost the power to govern the country, the country began to lose in power and wealth. In the past only the royal family would have took the money from taxes, but today they were hundreds of politicians and everyone wanted a piece of the cake and that made the things worse.
"Hey, I am back. I have new news!" Said Alex after entering through the principal door.