"So…much" Natasha unconsciously exclaimed. Never has she seen so much gold. Gold was very rare nowadays and only the very wealthy had access to it.
Many people wore jewelry made of a new mineral that was found in one of the space travels.
Raizen noticed the shocked expression of Natasha and Chris and didn't think much. Anyway, these things held very little value to him other than using them to get accustomed to the human world.
"Can you guys use this gold to help me get the currency of the current era?" Raizen asked innocently.
"..." Both of them looked at Raizen weirdly. Was this guy serious? Can't you take a job or something if you want money.
Natasha calmed down a bit but she still kept stealing glances at the gold. Even her family didn't have this much gold. It was such a precious resource in this era.
"Can you sell it to me?" Natasha asked Raizen nervously.
"I don't mind. I just need some money, a house, and that VR capsule that can be used to play reverie" Raizen answered without much thought.
"Ah and also a valid Id. I just want to live in this era without much trouble and play Reverie in peace" Raizen said.
'Such a weird guy' Chris thought.
"Okay, come on. Let's go get your Id and all the other important stuff" Natasha suggested.
"If you guys are going to do those boring stuff, I would rather go home and grind" Chris said as he waved goodbye to Raizen and left.
"Well looks like it's just us" Natasha said as she moved toward her hover car.
"Well it's a date then" Raizen said without much thought as he entered the hovercar. To think humans made these things to levitate.
Natasha's cheeks reddened a bit but she soon regained composure before Raizen noticed.
"How long will it take?" Raizen asked. He mainly needed an Id to buy his own capsule and start his own Reverie account.
"Hmm, maximum 2 days" Natasha answered after some thinking.
"That's fast" Raizen commented, a bit amazed. That was indeed fast. But with growing technology, humanity's comfort also increased and every tedious procedure became quick.
After driving for a while Raizen and Natasha reached one of the United World Government offices. The number of people working was minimal and machines did most of the job.
Natasha helped Raizen enter his information into one of the machines. The machine asked for his fingerprint, and iris scan. The process was completed quickly and he was asked to pay a thousand credits.
Raizen was very surprised since they didn't ask any questions about his identity. What Raizen didn't know was that there were many homeless, identity-less people.
After the whole world was unified under UWG, there was only one currency and that was credits. To register as a citizen under UWG, one needs 1000 credits. But there were many people who couldn't afford it.
Raizen was required to come tomorrow and his new Id would have been created. Raizen and Natasha soon left. Natasha left to look for her father to take care of the procedures of converting the gold to credits.
Raizen didn't play Reverie in Natasha's account and spent the whole day learning about VR, Reverie, Modern technology.
The next day Raizen and Natasha went to the office and collected his Id. Raizen Einr, a last name he completely made up became officially a citizen of UWG.
At the same pace, they went to a bank and opened an account for Raizen. Raizen didn't show much interest in these tedious things but these things are needed to be done to live a stable life.
Afterward, they bought a new home that Natasha searched for beforehand. Raizen wanted a home in a quiet location. The house was in an area where most rich people lived. It was a quiet and safe neighborhood. Not that being safe mattered to Raizen. But quiet, that he appreciated.
Raizen and Natasha exited their hover car in front of a huge shop. This shop's design was more exquisite than any other shop Raizen saw. Its design was simple, sleek, and elegant.
Raizen and Natasha entered the shop. Even though there were some people in the shop, it was very quiet and the vibe was good.
"Welcome" a robot greeted Natasha and Raizen.
Suddenly a middle-aged man in a suit came running towards them.
"Young miss, what a surprise to see you here?" he said in a surprised voice while bowing a little.
"Hi, Uncle Mark" Natasha greeted the middle-aged man with familiarity. Mark raised his head and now noticed Raizen.
'What young miss came with a man? Sigh, the bliss of the young' Mark thought very happy that Natasha was with a handsome man.
The man was a bit weird as he was looking around everywhere curiously like a country bumpkin.
"Uncle, can you give us the highest-rated VR capsules we have?" Natasha interrupted Mark's thought.
"Miss, you mean the ones with high synchronization?" Mark asked and Natasha nodded her head.
"Other than the ones already reserved we only have two capsules left" Mark answered.
"Oh ok. Send one to this address. Also, send some people to install it" Natasha said as she gave Raizen's new address.
"Is it for Mr…" Mark asked as he looked near Natasha where Raizen stood. But Raizen was not there. He had already wandered off into the store looking at the various items present in the shop.
'Sigh, it looks like I am babysitting him' Natasha thought, tired.
"Also give him one of the latest models of quantum watch" Natasha said. After completing all the purchases they finally left the shop.
…
After they left the shop, Mark hurriedly called someone using his quantum watch.
"What happened?" a strict and serious voice came from the other end.
"Chief, young miss finally got a boyfriend" Mark said excitedly.
"What?" the chief asked surprised, instantly losing all this seriousness.
"Yes chief, I am telling the truth. She came with him to the shop today. Wait, I will send you the photo of a boy" Mark said as he hurriedly sent a picture of Raizen he took secretly.
"Haha, he is such a handsome young man. Better than most of the models. Very suited for my little girl" the chief, who was Natasha's father, laughed happily.
"Oh oh" he suddenly frowned remembering something.
"What happened chief?" Mark asked.
"I got fed up with sending pictures of handsome men to Natasha for her to date and sent pictures of young women today" the chief answered without much thought.
"Why do you have pictures of young women? More importantly, why did you have pictures of handsome men?" Mark asked, feeling something suspicious.
"..." The call ended.