"Nay! No too much thought is required, Lady. I am at your service." Lucas quickly wrote his contact details on a ticket slip. There was a ball pen around the pigeon hold of his car. When he was done, he handed over the ticket slip, which held his contact details, to Elaine.
Elaine held the slightly squeezed and haggard ticket slip. She studied for a few seconds before folding it and placing it in the pocket behind her jeans.
She closed the car door and walked in the clean lane of the LA' Enriqus hotel, leading to the receptionist desk.
"Hello, can I help you, ma?" The blonde hair receptionist, who appeared to have gypsy traits and dressed accordingly, was a gypsy or a devotee of the genre, said to Elaine.
Elaine was captivated at first. It was her first time coming into contact with such aesthetic beauty, but she quickly composed herself and replied, "Yes, I need one of your luxury rooms."
"It should be 50,000 Blue Stars a day, ma." The gypsy lady replied to Elaine.
Elaine was caught unaware. However, it was nothing for her jingling pocket. What she could not pinpoint was the inflated room of a backwater region. She has visualised the prices of the costly luxury room at an average of 1,000 BS to 3,000 BS. Surprisedly, there was a hefty price slapped on such rooms. Though they are nothing to write home about compared to prosperous regions whose luxury rooms average millions of Blue Stars a day.
She brought out her ghost credit card and looked up to the gypsy receptionist and said, "Your hotel accepts cards, right?"
"Yes, ma. Although, our region developments are poor. We, the indigenes keep up the the fast-paced growing technologies of our today's world." She rummage the lower desk of her receptionist desk and draw out a card reader.
Elaine swiped her card. She made it certain she would only stay for a day. If needs arise, she can extend her stay, but it will be a complete joke. A high-class hotel should have access to the internet, and the rooms should have pay phones.
It ought to be the cheapest mandatory tech gadget a luxury room should have, right? With such equipped amenities, she can easily contact the regional lord's mansion. The mansions should be her new home.
The matter of them doubting her claim to the seat of Saphila power is groundless. Blue Planet has extremely strict laws for such problems. Denying a Lord his or her seat of power or eliminating her for such a seat will doom the perpetrators and the genealogies.
One can assassinate such Lords if their assassination job was beautifully done but the seat will remain vacate. No one can claim it except the kin of the deceased Lord.
Most regions had their lord assassinated, but the seat of power is vacant. Why? Takeover required the invitation of the high-ranking blue officials under the watch of the Blue Planet central supercomputer. This will spell doom for the region. All necessary investigations into the cause of the lord's death will be carried out. Skeletons in the cardboard will also be discovered alongside the investigation. Frankly speaking, avoiding the claim to such power is the best course of action.
Another way to earn regional power was to buy regions from lords who had many regions to their names. Just like the previous Lord of the Saphila South region. He had a flushing region that continuously broke his bank. He was too lazy to develop this inherited region from his grandmother.
Though there are sea routes, a beautiful environment, and maybe natural resources. He never bothered to find it. The other regions in his hand are great. Plus, he was a miser who didn't wish to waste his hard-earned money developing what he thought should be a slum region.
Although his grandmother, before her death, had been hyping this region. He never bought the idea for once. When she was gone, he quickly sold it off to an interesting young girl who he thought wanted to increase her social status.
All in all, he shared some similarities with Elaine's dad. This was also the core reason Elaine approached him to buy out the region. The wealthy man deemed it beneath him to develop a backwater. It will stain his reputation. The same thought occurred to her dad, who always patronized high-class region holders to negotiate sales of their regions. One successful purchase will uplift his social rank. Even at the cost of his daughter's happiness, he was willing to go the extra mile.
They forgot something... Great regions started from slums. What differentiated a region was the money spent to Terra form it. Next, the resource buried within such regions. Finally, the unity and love of the indigenes. Elaine noticed striking features among the indigenes of Saphila. They have the minimum amount of infrastructural aid, yet they cherish it with love and care.
Another was the rumour of these territory being a buried treasure. Though, no outside investor believed such claims. Elaine was willingly to try until proven wrong.
The gypsy receptionist completed the registration of her luxury room. She handed the room key to the waiting porter. The porter will lead the client to her luxury room while carrying her luggage. Surprisingly, Elaine had no luggage.
Her cloth was her only property. It already stinks to her. She has preparations to order new clothes, preferring some dresses and sunny outfits. The porter left. Elaine walked after him and then stopped. She turned and smiled at the beautiful gypsy receptionist while handling her generous tip. She left after the deed, not waiting to listen to her thank-yous.
She was led to a room by the porter with room number 707.
Entering this room always felt like entering a time warp. It had a wide, enviable view.
The hotel owner(s) has(ve) invested heavily in interior design and décor to make the space classy. They have elegant furniture, beautiful lighting, beautiful curtains or drapes, wall artwork, world-class bed with clean, beautiful bedding, and much more.
In the center of the room, two red sofas - one oversized reading chair faced the other chair across a large, round glass coffee table.
Was that a lazy Susan in the middle of the table or perhaps her imaginations? But, there was a basket of ready fruits on the glass coffee table.
The setting of this room gave her the urge to settle into a deep, overstuffed couch, order champagne from a tuxedoed waiter, and listen to the piano being played.
This was truly money well spent. She had a brilliant idea to build excessive of these marvels.
Quite satisfied with the room. She gave the porter a generous tip.
The porter left her alone. Where should she start? A long bathe to wash off the long travel sweats. No, she needs to order some new clothes. She would hate to wear the same cloth after her long bath.
She quickly went online with the tablet at the glass coffee table. She ordered some clothes. Such clothes would arrive when she was done with her bath. She planned to easily change to one of those outfits. A meal should follow. Should it be room service order or does she intend to use such opportunity to walk around while listening to the description of her region from rich folks.
Why over clogged her brain. She will take everything step by step.
First, she will order some clothes. Then, she will have a nice bath.