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Chapter 18 - Chapter 18.

After the incident In front of the Freya Tailoring store, Chad continued to give out blessings to the German people and things continued smoothly. Alfred being worried over the fact that Chad had just insulted such an influential person as the rabbi of the local Jews. And the fact that Chad didnt even have his identification jet in case the police came to question him on the situation. Without proper identification he could be suspected of being an illegal immigrant in the country, so with those concerns Alfred had managed to convince Chad to retreat back home to many bystanders dismay.

The rest of the day from then on had continued relaxingly with Chad spending all his time training Calisthenics and swimming in the river Elbe until the familiar policewoman arrived at the door with his identification. Coming out of the river in nothing but his underwear which was hardly large enough to hide his meat, Chad was surprised, to say the least at seeing just how fast the woman had gotten him his ID.

Evenly as he the woman seemed quite surprised herself seeing Chads indecent nakedness on full display. Like a little girl, she yelped at the sight of him. 

" Kyaah! What are you doing? "

Walking right In front of her Chad innocently said. 

" What? I was just swimming thats all. Wanna make good on our deal and join me? The rivers current might be strong, but dont worry Ill keep you safe. " 

With her face completely red like a tomato and one hand covering her eyes she handed him the papers in her hand and said. 

" I-I dont know. Just take this. Bye. "

The woman tossed the papers into his hands and quickly retreated to Chads great confusion. 

" What just happened? Didnt we have a deal? " Chad mumbled out loud in his confusion as he watched the woman run to the dirt road and dissapear behind the trees going along the road. 

Unaware of this encounter, Alfred was simply sitting inside the house with his full attention on his Meteorology and Geology research regarding Greenland and the Arctic. Also now he had a new fascination that he wished to achieve, that being the finding of this mysterious Paradice Island that Chad had talked about but wasnt sure of its specific location.

On the other hand Else was furiously cleaning dishes as she watched the policewoman interact with her Chad. With Chad in the house Else had found a renewed interest in keeping the house clean and spotless so as to impress this godly being. 

From that point onwards time seemed to fly in Chads eyes as nothing of significance happened to him. During the night he left Lotte sleeping alone in his bead as he once again went to work on creating light stones for the fields. During the next day, the girls were free from school so he and Hilda went on a date together at her parents insistence, especially Alfred. 

The prospect of this seemed to scare Hilde greatly, but thanks to some smooth talking he had managed to get the shy girl to go out with him. This time as he went into the city the looks on the peoples faces seemed different, now he could see respect and admiration in many of their eyes. It seemed that word of his previous days actions had spread quite fast in the city. 

But to Chad, none of this mattered as he had much greater things on his mind. Seeing Hilde getting nervous from all the peoples stares Chad took hold of her hand gently to her surprise. 

Hand in hand the two of them walked happily through the streets, went to a restaurant with Alfreds money and then they went to the movies. To Chads surprise Hilde had dragged him to see a movie featuring Charlie Chaplin.

To even a greater surprise of his the movie was completely silent. Only the laughter of the theater audience could be heard as the men on the screen did amazingly choreographed stunts and even managed to make him laugh slightly. Watching such a film made him question the fact if Charlie Chaplin could actually be as bad as history says he is. 

Like so the day went on normally and soon the date came to a quick end. The sun had already started to set as he once again had spent way too much time blessing the ones in need the most along the course of their date. 

Then as it became time to say goodnight Chad decided to end the night with a quick kiss. As they separated from each other Chad couldnt help but notice her standing at her rooms entrance expectingly as if inviting him to do more. With a smile, he simply patted her on the head instead and left the girl standing there alone.

Seeing all of this happen was Lotte who had a pouting face as she climbed into his bed and hugged him tight before falling asleep once more. With Lotte soundly asleep, Chad left the house and went back to blessing the land. 

Like so another 6 days went by with no great Changes happening. So far he had managed to get light stones onto a bit over one thousand fields. He also managed to get the girls involved in his daily exercises, even swimming. On the other hand, Freya seemed to be a bit distant as she kept on working on the Lottery.

During this time Chad had only managed to spend a few hours a day messing around with her, as most of the time she kept on working. Freya also had asked him for mens fashion advice and soon Chad had found himself acting as a fashion model for her. In revenge, Chad made her act as the womens fashion model and soon both their figures would be used as fashion advertisements. 

During such sessions of posing and modeling the two of them found it extremely hard to get anything done as most of their time was spent on lovemaking instead of work. But little by little new clothing designs were made and set to be produced in the factories in the near future. 

Unknowingly with his ever-growing reputation and now with him being plastered on the side of Freyas stores and the countless newspapers that had started to write about him the sale of lottery tickets saw a quick increase. 

Then as the fateful Saturday, the day for the first lottery draw came Chad and Freya were completely stunned. In but a single week the lottery had managed to accumulate a huge 3 and a half million marks for them.

With huge smiles on their faces Chad and Freya now stood in her house next to a metallic caged ball machine that held the 50 numbers of the lottery. Around them in the room were multiple people from the news and radio stations with cameras and microphones that were sending a live signal all around Germany.

Then as the clock hit 8 a clock Freya announced the drawing of the numbers. Chad grabbed a lever attached to the side of the ball and started to rotate it. Immediately the balls with numbers inside the metallic ball started to spin around the cage in circles and one by one they were randomly sent into a small metallic tube. 

All the people in the room looked at the tube expectingly as the ball rolled down it and then they came out of the tube and revealed themselves as they were spit out the tube and onto a big silver plate. The cameras immediately all went off as Freya then took the ball into her hands and announced the first number with a charmful smile. 

" Number 23. "

One by one she then continued to announce the numbers as CHad kept on spinning the ball until the final number was announced. 

" number 24, 30, 31, 32 and the bonus numbers are 38 and 40. Congratulations to all the winners. Please keep in mind that If you have at least 4 out 5 numbers right then you have won money, so be sure to inform your closest Freya Tailoring store of your winning numbers before Monday or your winning number will no longer be valid since on Monday we will be starting the next round of the lottery. And keep in mind that 10 percent of the money you spend on lottery tickets will be used to help charity. Now then I Freya Redshield from Freya Tailoring and my partner Chad Wass thank you all for playing and I wish to see you again next time for even bigger prices. "

Later that day a man covered in black dust and sweat from working a hard 12-hour shift in a coal mine was walking home when he noticed a large commotion around the store he had visited a few days ago. Curious of the situation the man walked closer to the store only to see that all the people were looking at a sign with the winning numbers of the lottery written there. 

Eagerly they all were checking their numbers and one by one they all put their head down in disappointment as their numbers were nowhere near to being right. Some people spoke amongst each other thinking that the whole thing must have been a scam. 

But as the cole miner walked closer and pulled out the scrambled piece of paper in his pocket he yelled out loud in excitement. 

" I won! I actually won! Oh my god! "

People turned to look at the man in disbelief not believing his words, but as soon as the man walked inside and showed the piece of paper to the clerk and she checked it they were all dumbfounded to find out that the man had actually won. Not only had he gotten the 5 numbers right, but he also got all the bonus numbers right. 

With a smile on her face, the clerk said. 

" Congratulations you just won the 100 thousand along with the two bonus numbers giving you an increase of 20 percent in your winnings. Meaning that you just won 120 thousand Marks. " 

Hearing the number the mans mouth dropped and tears of joy came to his face. He couldnt have been more relieved to hear this news. Maybe god was truly watching out for him and his family after all. Around him, many celebrated the mans amazing luck, but many also felt great jealousy and swore that next time they would most definitely win also. 

Overall there was great excitement in many places around Germany over this lottery. Along with the one lucky coalminer, 3 other people had also gotten 4 numbers right meaning that they all won 10 thousand Marks each. Also, an additional 3 hundred thousand Marks were given to charities that targeted veterans of the great war, the homeless and food aid programs. Like so Chad and Freya had hoped to reach out to as many people in need as possible. 

And now with over 2 and a half million Marks added to Freyas pockets, Chad felt that new big changes were ahead. Changes that would not only shake Hamburg to its very core but the whole of Germany with it. Or thats what he hoped.