God of Systems: Maker of Heroes and Villains

Chapter 64: Clara's True Plight

Keith followed Amelia and Clara to a bar that was close to the church and ordered a few drinks before getting to the topic.

"Okay, so first let me explain everything. Clara can't get into the details thanks to a contract that binds her from doing so and I've gotten permission from her to tell you about it." Amelia began after downing half of her beer bottle.

"Sure... but how do you know about the details when Clara can't talk about it?" Keith asked as he leaned back against his chair before glancing at Clara who didn't took as uncomfortable as she usually was.

Amelia nodded before smirking, "I'm the princess of the night. She's bound by the contract but that baronet isn't. I simply got the information from him after giving him a few smiles."

"Anyways, let's get to the juicy bits." she began, "Clara's father used to be a Baronet but he messed up real bad and had to borrow some money from others. Unfortunately for him, the only person who agreed, was this Baronet.

His name is Timothy Sanders, just for the record and well... he lent Clara's father a lot of money which ultimately, he was unable to pay. Timothy agreed on letting the debt go as long as Clara marries him and back then, he was twenty nine years old and Clara was barely eight.

It's infuriating, but her father convinced her to make an oath to marry him and he also included an oath of secrecy. There is one other way to break off this marriage and that is by paying off the debts.

She's been saving up like an idiot but even if she turns fifty years old, she won't be able to pay off the debt. The sum of money is that huge. Did I miss something? Uh.. oh yeah, Clara's father lost all of his property and his title as he was unable to pay off a debt directly.

You should know about this rule right? Baronet is a temporary noble title but it has very strict rules. One of them is to not have any unpaid debts. He cheated his way through by selling his daughter but this didn't escape the eyes of the royal family and they immediately took away his title.

Now that I've explained everything, I think you two should talk it out among yourselves. I'll be here to give you information on things she's not supposed to talk about."

Keith took a long deep breath and nodded before asking, "This... Timothy guy, does he have a son named Timmy?"

Amelia raised her right eyebrow, "How did you know?"

"I'm taking that as a yes." Keith said instead of giving her an answer.

'Timmy... it was a shot in the dark but to think that the character who appeared in the novel was really Clara. Skin as pale as a ghost's... I wasn't too sure before, but now I'm a hundred percent certain that this was Clara and based on what Amelia said... it only means one thing. In the novel, she had already married Timothy.

But that should be on the surface level. Timmy... to think that I'd be able hear this bastards name again.' he thought as he recalled information on the guy.

'He had awakened at the age of three and could spot the people who would awaken and the potency of their awakening. A very useful ability in his hands as he managed to make an entire fighting force of just awakened people and even Clark had trouble getting to him.

It looks like he told his father about Clara and got him to make the deal instead of forcing Clara's father to pay the debt. Maybe I'm reading too much into this... but oh man fucking hell.

Amelia did say that Timothy included his sons while he had sex with his concubines so I can't really exclude the possibility. Let's put the dangers aside for now and focus on the present.'

He let out a sigh and looked at Clara, "Did you meet Timmy before? Like before the deal happened? I mean the oath."

She silently nodded, "I met him in a social gathering when I was seven years old. I think he was eight or nine back then."

Keith tapped the table for a few seconds as he contemplated something and then came to a decision.

"I'm going to tell you guys something so listen carefully." he said as he leaned forward and then whispered, "Timmy is an awakened who can tell whether someone can awaken or not and do you want to know something even more important?"

It was a question, but he didn't give them any time to answer, "He awakened it when he was three years old. In his eyes, normal people and awakened people do not have any kind of aura around them.

But the ones who didn't awaken yet and would do so in the future, did have an aura. Based on the size of this aura, he can determine how strong a person's awakened ability will be."

"Wait, so he's the reason why Clara was involved?" Amelia whispered back, but she sounded absolutely furious and bamboozled at the same time.

"You tell me. Clara must have some siblings right? I've never heard of a noble family having just one child." Keith responded as he turned to look at Clara whose expression was a complete mystery to Keith.

Hearing his words, she nodded, "I have an older sister and a younger brother. I was wondering why my father didn't get my sister engaged but I guess I know the reason now... she never awakened."

"Oh god..." Amelia muttered as she downed the rest of the bottle while Keith kept his eyes on Clara, "How much is the debt?"

"Nine hundred Chrons...." she said softly, her eyes almost tearing up but she did a good job holding them in.

Keith nodded silently. For the first time, showing his serious face to both Amelia and Clara as he thought about the absurd situation.

'If it was some other guy, then I would have just helped Clara out with whatever she had planned out for her future, but now that Timmy is involved, there's no way I'm letting him get his hands on her.' he said to himself inwardly as he stared at his bottle of beer intently.