Ein was preparing to meet with the supposed business partner he was wearing a navy blue suit with a black trench coat clasped on his shoulders. Looking ice cold with that drip.
"Sheesh! Damn I look good. Maybe I should change my wardrobe like this? Make some kind of unbreakable cloth with Vill." He checked himself on the mirror.
He then said goodbye to the girls. "Damn... You look nice Ein! Where are you going? Don't tell me you're going to cheat on us!?" Elysia huffed.
Himeko bonked her on the head. "Take care Ein. Just don't do anything too crazy alright? We'll be alright." She exuded wife vibes.
Elysia squinted her eyes. "Himeko, look at him. Women would be all over him if he goes out looking like a billion bucks." She pouted.
Mobius sighed. "Elysia, Ein will just meet with a prospective business partner. He isn't going to a brothel. Let her idiocy pass Ein, don't take too long." She then left the trio.
He got in his car and drove off while waving to them.
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Inside a cafe, Pardofelis was fumbling about. Shaking from nervousness. What am I gonna do? This guy is going to be the end of me or make me able to soar.
She was fidgeting all over while organizing files. No! I can do this, she slapped her cheeks. This is just a deal, whoever that guy is. I'll be striking it big today!
She sipped on some tea to calm down. And then a tall man appeared, he has long and straight silver hair. Coupled with his almond shaped green eyes. He was absolutely gorgeous.
He is a showstopper. Everybody looked at him when he entered, the girls whispering. The guys on dates were absolutely livid, seeing their girl's dreamy expressions.
Squinting his eyes and looking around, he looked menacing. Like someone you shouldn't mess around with.
"Excuse me, did somebody named Pardofelis enter in this establishment? I have an appointment with them." Her ears twitched, hearing her name.
He was pointed to her direction as he looked at her. She froze, he analyzed her from head to toe and grinned.
Arriving at the table, he took a seat and crossed his legs. "So, Ms. Pardofelis? I am Einheri, you can call me Ein." He held out his hand for a simple shake.
She rubbed her sweaty hand on her skirt before reaching out. "Hi, my name is Pardofelis. You can call me Phyllis Mr. Ein, it's a great honor to meet you."
He chuckled. "Relax~ I don't bite. Well then? Let's get down to business shall we? I'm a busy man Ms. Phyllis."
She nodded quickly and took out her files. "Here, please have a look at this. You're a world renowned music producer, even making some of Ms. Eden's songs. You don't have a lot of advertisements and schedule. So the people might have heard of your music, but don't necessarily know you."
He read it with inhuman speeds as he put it down on the table. Scaring the shit out of her, thinking that he wasn't interested.
"Hmm, I think so as well. Eden is a superstar while I'm a producer, so it's only natural that I'd have less popularity. I'm anonymous to the public as well because I don't want any paparazzi or people snooping on me."
She gulped. "I see, would you reconsider showing up for a bit? I'd imagine your popularity would skyrocket if the people will get a glimpse of you."
He pondered. Well, they can't snoop on me when I'm in MOTH anyway. "Sure, I need tons of money you see? So Ms. Phyllis, what do you have in mind if I do partner up with you?" He leaned closer and clasped his hands together.
Bracing herself, she immediately tried to hook him with a deal. "Right now your music is sold on records. And collaborations with Ms. Eden just has your name on it. Which overshadows you already, if we release specific albums that have you in it, and advertise that you're a producer that she's worked with before. Success will just roll in." She smiled.
"Hmm, that's true. But do I really need you to do that? What if I just call Eden for it? As you said, if I show up for a bit and Eden confirms it's me, then I don't necessarily need you right?" He smiled as well.
She froze and started sweating buckets. She sighed and just spoke her mind, deeming this meeting doomed. "Mr. Ein, I didn't even know I could reach this point. Life is just an RNG game, toss the dice and success or failure will mark down a record in life. So thanks for even showing up even though I rolled a failure for this gacha."
About to stand up, she started collecting her files. But he suddenly laughed. "Hahaha! Indeed, life is all about luck and RNGesus Phyllis. But if you don't grind, then you can only whale." He nodded sagely.
She was confused. Is this guy one of my people? She listened intently on what he's going to say next.
"Hah, that got a good laugh in me. I like you Phyllis. You probably put in a lot of effort to even have my email right? I don't know how you got it, but I like your grind. So let's do it, I'll give Eden a call right now. We'll talk and iron out the specifics here."
He took out his phone and called Eden. "Eiiin~ What is it? Did you miss me? Sorry, but I'm going to have some charity work for south east asia. The battle with the 5th did a lot of damage, and the population there as you know is big. Leaving a lot of homeless people." She sighed.
"Ohh? Good for you, but I have a business partner right here." He put Phyllis on the screen as she appeared, gobsmacked. Eden is a world wide sensation after all.
"Uhhh, hello Ms. Eden, please call me Phyllis. Ein has agreed to make a deal with me, he'll appear in the spotlight, but I don't know why he called you..." Her voice a bit shaky. I can't believe it! I'm talking to Eden, everyone's gonna be so jealous.
Eden perked up. "Ein! This is big! You finally want to have a duet with me or something? I've always wanted to film a music video or recording with you."
He nodded. "We'll be making some music, though I'll probably won't go to the stage with you. I'm too busy for that."
Eden smiled nonetheless. "That's fine! Once I finish up here let's record something! You'll have a song already, I know you. Damned workaholic." She huffed.
They ended the call and Phyllis was on cloud 9. "Ein, I'll do my best! We'll rival Eden in popularity, I'm sure!" She pumped her fist.
He chuckled and gave her a flash drive. "These are some things I made in my spare time. Release it on the market Phyllis, I'm sure you'll be able to do that no problem?"
She grasped it tightly like it was a treasure. Finally! All my hard work hasn't been for nothing, I just got an SSR! "Un! Leave it to me." She puffed out her chest.
They exchanged contacts and she said she'll contact him after she released some of the compositions. He also gave a picture of him looking absolutely angelic. As she excitedly returned home all giddy.
"Hehe~ I'll be rolling in money! I'm going to do everything to make this successful! Then I can branch out on other sectors." She rubbed her hands and smiled widely.
"Thank you Ein... Trusting a no name like me. We'll make an empire." Her ambitions grew as she started to contact publishers.
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He met up with Eden and they started to record a music video. He plagiarized (ahem) made No air, because it's one of his favorites and matched it to the tastes of the people here. As they filmed it while Phyllis was right behind the production crew.
"Ein, Eden, you guys have so much chemistry! And I didn't know your voice can rival hers too!?" She admired their looks and talent. Honestly, they look perfect for each other.
Eden scratched her cheek. "Do we? It seems we have great chemistry Ein." She smiled tenderly. "We'll make waves in the music industry with our work. And look at you, women would be majority of your fans I'm sure."
Phyllis nodded. "Right? He'll have tons of fans in no time. Women are suckers for pretty boys after all, and he has the talent to back it up too."
Ein patted her head. "Haha, you really have a glib tongue Phyllis. You're pretty cute too you know? And the works I made that you released is quickly getting traction as well. Maybe I should do some art works next? Rich people like art after all."
Phyllis started to get excited. "Please send them to me when you decide to do so! I'll sell it with the highest price possible!" I'm starting to get famous as well, my small company has been getting tons of offers.
They finished recording as they posted it on social media. It instantly garnered millions of views in a matter of minutes. It was on Eden's official account after all.
And he was famous instantly, being revealed as the one who collaborated with Eden for some of her music.
They read some of the comments, seeing if his appearance was good. *Kyah! Ein-sama, you can choke me! I could live with no air if it's because of you! <3* As they read tons of other thirsty comments.
Reading the thirst comments, Eden smiled wryly. "We expected this, but I didn't know it would be this bad."
Phyllis also gave a strained smile. "They're pretty big fans huh? Well, that's good! They'll gobble up merch and albums like nice little sheep." She grinned.
Ein sighed, thinking of all the fan girls rushing at him. "At least the money's rolling in." He gave Phyllis a high five.
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Ein returned at the base and Elysia latched onto him immediately. "Wow! You're a sensation right now Ein! And these thirsty fan girls won't even have a glimpse on you because you work at MOTH." She smiled widely.
Himeko and Mobius just stared at him. "So? Why did you even do that? You'll have another responsibility you know? You're already spread so thin." Mobius deadpanned at him.
He waved his hands. "Phyllis will take care of it. Don't worry, I just need to send her some works of mine occasionally."
Himeko squinted her eyes. "Phyllis? Who's that? Sounds like a girl..." Her eyes glimmered.
"Hmm, she's my new business partner. She works hard and is a nice cute girl. She was all nervous at first when we met up." He chuckled.
Elysia's smile strained. "Ohh~ can we meet up with her sometime? I'm sure she's a nice girl. Working hard for your sake." She said in a sweet voice.
"Oh, you'll like her Ellie. She's kind of like you, energetic and optimistic. I think the both of you would get along well." He smiled.
Mobius frowned. "I still have a lot to work on. I'll let you know when I need you." Whatever, I already knew he'll be collecting women naturally like it's none of his business.
Himeko then wanted to take advantage of his rare free time. "Ein, let's go train. I think Hua would benefit a lot from training with you. She's been asking me a lot about how strong you became." They then went to the training grounds.
"Hey! Wait for me. I'll have to train too!" Elysia followed them.
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