The middle aged man's eyes got widened , he gasped for air and then took a few deep breaths to calm himself
" You're one of greatest geniuses in the empire ? , young master can I please see your academy ID "
I showed him my academy ID and asked him " you're not from the capital and yet you heard of me sir ?"
" Youngmaster almost all the students in academy are quite famous in the empire because they're said to be the best in our empire and people are always eager to recruit them after their education but you are famous in not just our empire but also in the entire continent "
.... I was silent for a few seconds, trying to contemplate why this kid is that famous , I think the middle aged man understood my thoughts and continued
"It's because of your name young master , the name bheeshma is rare , almost never seen , as you know he's one of the strongest in the continents history but he was on the side of injustice, after you got selected in the academy for your talent and news got out that you're the second strongest in your generation , there are people who think you are a reincarnation of the original bheeshma himself , they even say that when you were born , the goddess of the river Ganga changed the direction of the flow and made her way to our empire to bless you "
".... Really ? , that is one useless reason to be famous "
( I thought I was famous for being the most handsome or something , damn my imagination)
" Well young master , the river flow did change on the day you were born so it's considered a miracle "
"Let's forget all this , tell me something about yourself sir , you're from a wealthy merchant family , the naidu's are quite famous for their business minds , how come you're here in late night , racing horses "
" Well young master this matter is not really a secret , me and my elder brother are fighting for the clan head position, before we created our own forces and we're about to compete with each other, my father, the current clan head ordered us to stop ," currently the market in our empire is very unstable we need all hands working instead of fighting " he said but in reality he just doesn't want any bad blood in the family , so he ordered us to have a one on one race instead, which is why I'm working in the mornings and racing people in the night for experience "
" Is your brother doing the same as you ? " I asked while looking at the moon , it's a really beautiful night , very pleasant and windy
" Yes young master roy , my brother even bought the same horse as me , the race will be held in a month , so I'm trying my best to prepare , i usually win my races, it's the first time I lost "
"Well mister you see , you would have won the race if our destination was the west gate , a nakota is absolutely the fastest horse , it has the highest acceleration as well as speed but even a black gold rank nakota can only run at its full speed for almost half an hour or so , their stamina is terrible and as you can tell by their size , they're not that good at carrying heavy weights " I looked at the horse and smiled as it was nodding it's head , like it's agreeing with me
As I was explaining him about the horse , we reached our destination, the bridge of ghosts , I got down from my horse and sat down on the bridge , the middle aged man followed me and sat down after cleaning the area with some wind technique, we didn't speak for sometime , just kept watching the moon and after a minute or two , I took a deep breath and said " can you remove the saddle on her mister "
" Why? " he asked back while still looking at the moon
" Nothing special, i just want to brush her "
He got up and unbuckled the saddle on his nakota , seeing this the tiger stripped Andalusian of mine started shaking his head
" Calm down boy , I'll brush you too "
I looked at Naidu and he understood what he needed to do , he took the saddles off from the horses and I started brushing the nakota from the side
" It must have felt very uncomfortable huh girl " I fed her a sugar cube while brushing her and then looked at Naidu " have you ever brushed her sir Naidu ? " I asked him
" No young master, she's being taken care by the servants in my family , I figured it's better to let experts do their jobs " he said with a smile but I can see he's a bit annoyed at my question
" You're brother has the same horse , it's being taken care by the servants as well , without any external help or advantage , the race will either be a draw or a really close win for both of you , I'm pretty sure you know that ..... I have an idea to make you win , ofcourse it still includes you to be in sync with your horse and lighten the load by managing your weight , I won't tell you something so obvious as that but I can help you get an advantage " he got surprised for a second then asked with a questioning gaze
"And what is it that you wish to get from helping me youngmaster ?"
" I just have a few product ideas that i would like to implement, I need your help in selling them , ofcourse I'll also give a you share for the effort " I said while trying to control my smile, the amount of knowledge i have from all those shark tank episodes I watched and the bunch of ideas that really worked in my previous world should be more than enough to make me billionaire in this one , no matter what world we live in , humanity can't walk away from useless luxury just because they can cultivate
" Well then young master, I will take you up on that offer but remember I'm not going to cheat in this race " Naidu said with stern look
" Relax , I'll just send you a fruit , make sure she eats it before the race and i assure you it's not a drug or an evolution fruit , so you won't be cheating.... , how about we write a contract now ?" I said while making the best
salesman smile I can make
He thought for some time , then replied " alright then , its already a very good trade for me and I see no reason to say no , I'll write the contract right now " he took out some paper and a pen
"Oh wait , write that this contract is between both of our families , that way I don't have to do the paper work "
He nodded his head and started writing the contract and after some time it was done and we signed it with our spiritual energy
In my mind there was only one thought "successfully scamming someone just gives me such a boost of adrenaline .... This was too easy.....hehehe"
I kept brushing the nakota while trying to stop my laughter , which was soo hard , I felt I was going to burst and then suddenly we heard a shout in the forest next to the bridge
We looked at each other and then headed towards that direction and stopped at some distance to scout the problem first
This was something that wasn't there in the game , this is something too new for our brains to comprehend , me and Naidu looked at each other with a weird expression , not knowing what we are supposed to do here