Hollywood Zenith

Chapter 42 Life Detector-1

The party officially started with the queen's arrival. Everyone gathered in the giant room, talking with their associates and acquaintances. I was talking with family and three men whom I had met before when I noticed that mother had returned with the old man. The tension between them was a lot less than before and they were talking harmoniously.

Seeing them, Father stood up and nodded toward the mother and went up to the podium. There were sound system installed to better reach everyone. He tapped the microphone a few times to get everyone's attention.

" Good evening everyone. Thank you so much for accepting my invitation. It has been a long time since our family held a gathering; I feared that you would have forgotten about us." he jokingly said.

It made everyone chuckle, which lifted the mood of the crowd. He continued--

" Today is a special occasion; I want to introduce my son Samuel and it is a surprise birthday for him. I wanted to introduce him on this occasion. I hope everyone will enjoy their stay. " The father said as he pointed towards me, which surprised me. I have totally forgotten about my birthday; I did mention it to my mother a few weeks ago.

I stood up and bowed slightly to the crowd to welcome them. I was feeling pressure, but I knew that everyone arranged all this for me, which made me happy inside.

Father left the stage and everyone flustered. They started to discuss it among them. It was when an old couple came up to our table following Gramdma Margaret; I had read and studied the guest list and knew their identity.

" Sister, Isn't he cute? Are you convinced now?" Grandma said.

" Humph, so what? Beatrice and Eugenie are cuter. I don't believe you. " Queen said.

" How can we compare them? You already have several grandchildren while I only have Samuel. " Grandma said, looking at Aunt Patricia winking secretly.

" Yes, Sigh, George, what do you think about it?" The aunt piled the blame on her son.

" What? Why are you all looking at me? We are busy people with Amelia's business, we hardly have time for one another, much less planning a children. " Uncle George defended himself.

? Aunt Mary who was listening and observing from the side, looked at blushing Amelia, and said with a smirk, " Are you guys sure about it? " She said, pointing toward aunt Amelia with her eyes.

Everyone looked at Amelia, behaving like a maiden, blushing; Who is this person?

" I don't mind. " She said in her weakest voice, but George who was sitting beside her, picked up on its meaning.

" Are you serious? " George said in a loud voice but with a smile on his face.

Amelia nodded and excused herself to the restroom, which made everyone giggle by the sudden development. Seeing domineering Amelia in such a meek state made everyone amused. Queen and others excused themselves, but before leaving she told me we would be having a chat after the meeting.

People started to come up to me and introduce themselves. They were enthusiastic about it; they were more focused about the people around me which I could see in their eyes.

I was casually introducing myself like a machine when a familiar face caught my attention. Thomas, the boss of the book publishing house, was walking toward me.

" Samuel, Happy Birthday. It seems you will make many more headlines shortly. " he said with a meaningful look.

" Thank you, and it's not me alone. I guess you have studied the contents that I sent. " I said.

" Yes, and I am already on it. It will be a very large operation; much bigger than the previous one. I will contact you in the coming days to report the past fruits and our future endevours. " He nodded and left. He was much cryptic about it. People were aware of the connection between the author and Rothchild family, but they didn't know that it was me.

It will be too much shock in one day and I also don't want any more public attention before gathering more strength. I was in my thoughts when I saw Mr. Nagayasu walking over with a few more people.

" Samuel, Happy Birthday. I didn't know about it before, so I came over to wish you. " He paused and introduced the people beside him.

" I wanted to introduce Her Imperial Highness The Crown Princess of Japan, Masako Owada and Princess Kako of Akishino. I mentioned you and your previous exploits, so they wanted to make acquaintance. The people following them are from the japanese embassy; the old man leading them is Jiro Suzuki."

They were staring at me, assessing the situation. With a royality presence on foreign soil, you could never be too serious.

I was confused, I didn't see them on the list. They must be added last minute or kept a secret for better protection. Most of the people present here have their own protection team and most of the preparation was between these different factions but royal families were excluded from this and had direct contact with MI6 and Rothchild's ghost protection squad.

My mind went on overdrive as I assimilated all the information regarding the duo present here. I was already prepared, but this was a special situation. I already knew the Japanese and conversing in their language will be more polite. It will also be good because the Princess was about the same age as Hannah; chances of her knowing English were very slim.

I picked some interesting facts about the crown princess and her life followed a similar path between both realities. I asked Apollo--

" Do any of my titles give me the ability to sense or distinguish different people with or without the naked eye? "

"You can technically do it with your 'Punisher" title, which senses evil, but in a normal sense it can only count people in the near vicinity. You will have to release magic powers and follow the feeling when you use a title." Apollo said.

I followed his instruction when a prompt sounded in my head.

[[ Life Detector acquired ]]

It all happened in a few seconds. I found my answer, which was correct; It formed a small smile on my face. I started speaking--