《Became a Store Owner when the system came!.》 My parents,The System and me. Let''s start with some basic info my name is Jay Smith, I''m 17 born on the 20th April 2220, In my 11th year of high school, I have some friends which I think is a good amount, am not popular that''s ok and don''t have a girlfriend (I wish I did) and did I tell you my parents died two weeks ago yeah not something I wanted to experience in high school. By the way, it''s New Year''s Eve and there''s school on, what sort of place is this well all I can say to that is the world went to shit in between the time of 2100 and 2200 nothing being damaged besides population numbers and that sort of thing but it was at the end of 2200 that made people unhappy because someone had the bright idea after making a world government made up of representatives from each continent (Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia, Australia and Antarctica) that the younger generations were stupid and passed a law for the entire world that each school has the chose whether or not students have to come to school on Christmas that year and if you can''t tell already I talk to myself like someone can hear me but anyway let''s get into what I''m doing right now sitting at a desk in a classroom waiting to go home and sort out my parents will. Currently, ms march my year''s math teacher is going on about what I think is algebra I don''t know I haven''t been listening. As I''m thinking this another student starts to whine. "Ms March cant we just not do anything else for the rest of class we have like 10 minutes left" some student in the back row. "We really should keep going but what the heck do what you want for the next ten minutes" Ms March "Yes!" 99% of the students. Ms March takes a seat down at her desk at the front of the room and starts doing something on her laptop while the students get out of their chairs and move them around to talk with their friends or play on their phones with a couple going to flirt with Ms March can''t blame those that try she is a gorgeous woman but I don''t think she''s interested in someone she teaches. But she does seem to be ignoring the flirting hmm. "Jay do you want to come over to play some Monster Gacha?" Kendall "Cant have to go sort out the stuff with my parent''s will" "Damn that sucks well hope it goes ok" "yeah so do I" As Kendall goes back to talking with are other friends Den and Christian. I sigh and start thinking about how two weeks ago I saw my parents like any other morning went to school and when I got home police were waiting at the gate and asked me if they could come in, I said ok wondering why after they got in the house and sat down I asked them if I could get them anything and that my parents should be home soon the police told me that''s why they''re here and asked me to sit down for what they have to tell me. the police told me that my parents both died in a car accident sometime a few hours ago and asked me if they had a will which I told them they do but they gave copies to some friends I don''t know who personally but mom told me when they die I''m to go and call the first name that I see in her gold diary book. So I showed them, moms, gold book which they took note of some of the names and phone numbers from it and handed it back to me, saying thank you for allowing them to see that and that they''d call Mia Talon and inform her that they will be needing her to send them a copy of the will and that I need to talk to her asap. With that said they got up and left leaving me to think about what I''ve just been told. I cried myself to sleep that night. Anyway, in the morning I got up from bed having slept in the clothes I wor yesterday to school. Had a shower, made myself some toast as a was sitting down eating the home phone started ringing so I went to answer it while still chewing the rest of the toast I made. "Hello" "Hello can I speak to Jay Smith" "Speaking whos this?" "Oh, my I''m sorry my name is Mia Talon I''m a friend of your parents and well they asked me and others in the case that they both died that someone come and live with you and the person that was picked was me but I''m currently in Germany on some business and would like to come to meet you in two weeks on new years eve before your parents will is finalised. Is that ok?" Mia "Well I suppose its fine but I have school on that day so would you be coming by plane or something from Germany?" "Yes by plane and then limo to your parent''s house to pick you up and we''ll go to Dan and Jen''s local lawyer''s company and get the will be sorted out ok?" "Yup that''s fine" "Awesome see you then!" "Alright bye" I hang up the phone and finally take a sigh of relief. When I see the clock on the wall and notice that I may be late if I don''t get a move on now so ran and grabbed my phone and ran to school after locking the door to the house and putting the passcode in for the security and electrick gate lock and just getting to my first class of the day being math with less then a minute to spare and so that was the day I got told that my parents had died and that I would be getting a present of someone I''ve never met living together with me starting Christmas.Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on. Getting back to the present I''m taken out of my memories by everyone else in class crowding around ms March with her looking like she is uncomfortable, looking at the time 4 minutes are left till school ends so I may as well see what the fuss is about. Getting out of my chair passing my friends and walking to the group I ask one of the guys in my class, Denver I think his name is?. "Hey, Denver whys everyone crowding around ms March?" "Didn''t you hear just now that ms March was on a dating website?" "Oh no I didn''t but whys everyone crowding her about it?" "Because the guys that flirt with her in class are blowing it out of proportion for her refusing to go on a date with any of them and the girls thought she already had a boyfriend because she is a beautiful and mature woman" "Well I have had enough of this already" "What are you gonna do Jay?" "make them stop harassing her simple" "Oh" Walking to the rest of the group I start raising my voice until I get everyone''s attention. "Hey guys" [students bickering Noize] "Hey, guys" louder this time. [students bickering Noize] "Hey, guys" louder again but ignored. Ok, now I''m not happy, not angry but more annoyed than anything. Getting a bit closer, squaring my feet and clenching my fists I yelled "HEY" Everyone in the class went dead silent and turned their head to me. "Why are all of you harassing ms March" one of the girl''s steps forward and says. "We''re only here because those guys started harassing her, we only wanted to help" "Well it looks like you just helped make it a bigger thing" "And what about the guys" random generic average guy speaks up. "Um well Douglas was flirting with ms March when he started calling the other guys over to look at her computer" "and because she wasn''t flirting back he thought it was a good idea to see what was on her computer that she was staring at and turns out it was her profile on a dating website?" "Yeah" "So your the reason that made ms March unfordable" "Uh yes?" "The fuck do you think you are doing harassing a teacher and this teacher imparticular, she has been nothing but nice to everyone in the time she''s been here and how do you treat her!" "Um not good" "Yeah, that''s an understatement" turning my attention to ms March and to ask her if she''s okay which she answers with a yes when the principal starts to speak on the speakers saying that everyone can go home now. Which made everyone look at the time and notice that its 1 minute away from 3. With that over with, time to go home, walking back to my seat closet frontmost window seat. I pack up my stuff and wait for Ms March to say we can go. Just before ms March says we can go she says. "Jay can I have a word with you" ms March "Oh um ok, I hope it''s quick cause I need to be somewhere." "Don''t worry it''s just me saying thanks for speaking up last minute there, so thanks for doing that" "No problem ms March" "If you have a problem come to me, please I have to repay you for doing what you did there" "It''s fine if you don''t do anything for me though" "But I want to repay you somehow" "Okay, I''ll think about it see ya in a week ms March" oh and its Friday so we get 9 days of holidays after Christmas which is normal when we go to school on Christmas. So I set off to my locker, finding it I have it scan my thumbprint, put in my passcode and unlock it with the key that I have on my necklace. The school has a thing with the security of personnel property being kept in lockers because stuff was stollen years ago or something. anyway after say bye to my friends I run home getting through the gate and front door, down the hallway, I throw my bag onto the marble kitchen tabletop and go up the stairs to my room, mom and dad don''t stay in the house a lot but I knew that I was their whole world so to do right by them I should try my hardest for the life they wanted me to have. In my room, I go to my wardrobe and look to find the black suit that mom had me get with the black tie and shoes that dad had chosen for me only a few months ago. Looking at what I''m going to wear, let''s get this over with, a few minutes later I''m dressed and having a look at myself in the mirror in the bathroom that is connected to my room, with my blond hair, greenish-blue eyes, (what I think is) a slightly below average face, lean but still sort of athletic body, wearing the suit, tie, and shoes. I think I look alright for having not needed to such things before. After finishing getting dressed and everything I go downstairs to the kitchen to make something to drink, looking through the cupboards I find my favourite brand of hot chocolate Cadbury, once I''ve made it I sat down to watch some tv. Halfway through the hot chocolate, the phone rings so I put my drink on the coffee table and got up to get the phone. "Hello" "Hi Jay I called to let you know that I''m waiting in the car in front of the gate out front" "Okay I''ll be out in a minute" "Alright see you then" she hung up. I put the phone back on the wall and walked back through the dining room into the loungeroom to get my hot chocolate, picking it up then walking back to the kitchen I dump the rest of the drink into the sink and wash out the cup. Get the house keys, my phone and some other stuff from out of my school bag, walk to the front door check the security and out I go after locking the door, walking down the driveway to the gate to put the passcode in to open it I see a black limo parked just beside it. My Parents, The System and me (Chapter 2) Closing the gate behind and locking it, I walk to one of the doors of the limo and nock on the window. The window winds down revealing the face of a beautiful woman in her late 20s with silvery blonde hair that reaches her shoulders, ivory skin, and electric blue eyes. I''m stunned for a minute just looking at her, but came back to and ask her. "Are you ms Mia Talon?" "Yes I am, is your name Jay perhaps?" "Yes, shall I hop in?" "Oh yes yes come in Ill open the door" I take a step back from the door and after waiting for a second the door opens revealing ms Talon in her full glory in her formal black dress, I couldn''t help but feel I should thank her mother for bringing her into this world just so that I can see this sight. After getting into the limo, I see that ms Talon had moved over so that I could sit next to her. sitting down and closing the door, I noticed that the inside of the limo did not have seatbelts but just the couches and a minibar inside with a small tv after seeing this I''m starting to wonder what ms Talon does for a living. "Okay let''s go!" ms Talon said while knocking on the window to the driver and off we went to Dan and Jen''s local lawyer''s company. (Time skip around 30 minutes later) Arriving at the lawyer company the limo driver drove up and parked directly in front of the door, its a straight line to the door from the limo. I hear the front door of the limo open and shut, which means ms Talon is waiting for the driver to come and open the door for us. The door opens and ms Talon gets out with me doing the same a bit later, as I''m passing the driver that is still holding the door and look at her I see that she is quite beautiful too with her brown almost chocolate coloured pixie cut hair, forest green eyes, black suit and tie speaking up after observing her for a second I ask. "ms Talon?" "yes, Jay?" "could you umm" while gesturing to the driver. "My, I''m forgetting a few things today aren''t I Emily?" "with all the stress you''ve been having with meeting Jay, finding his parents wills, working and you''re going to be helping Jay organize their funeral, I would be surprised if you weren''t already stressed, Mia" "but I should introduce the both of you shouldn''t I? well Jay this is Emily Ross, my limo driver and friend, we should be going in now right?" "it''s nice to meet you, Ms Ross" "you to kid" Starting to walk again Ms Ross closes the door of the limo behind me, locked it and started to walk with us into Dan and Jens. We continue to the reception desk and Ms Talon spoke to one of the girls asking if we had made it for are appointment with Dan and Jen. "Scuse me are we in time for our appointment with Dan and Jen?" "I''m sorry we here at the desk don''t know about are bosses schedules, but I can call one of their secretaries to ask" "Please do" While that''s going on I look around the entrance, seeing that the entrance is kind of small to how it looked outside with this building looking like a small skyscraper. Tuning back into Ms Talon talking to the reception girl she tells us. "Please go take a seat, one of Jen''s secretaries will be coming down to bring you up to wait for them." "Alright thank you, Jay, Emily lets take a seat" "Okay," me and Emily say to Ms Talon "thank you" to the reception girl and take a seat on the couch. Waiting a few minutes we hear the elevator *ding* and a woman with shoulder-length black hair and brown eyes wearing a woman''s business suit walking towards us. "Ms Talon?" "yes? are you Jens secretary?" "no, I''m her secretary''s assistant but when called its easier to say I''m one of two secretaries that each of the bosses has." "oh" "yes so can you three follow me and I''ll be taking you all to where you can wait for your meeting." she was already starting to walk towards the elevator while saying "thank you" to the girls at the reception desk, so we followed her into the elevator, once were all in the elevator she pressed the 6th floor. A minute goes by and we have reached the floor, the door opens stepping out after the others I see that the floor is made up of a file room, office cubicles, meeting rooms with see-through glass walls and one bigger room that has the names Dan and Jen above the door, I think that''s where we will be going. A few people are going about the place from the files handing them to someone else, people in the cubicles where I can see the tops of computer monitors and their heads, with handfuls in what I''m coming is a break room or something but anyway starting to walk another woman comes up to the assistant and speaks to her for a moment while handing a piece of paper which see reads then hands back to the other woman who hurriedly walks away to a cubicle.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it. "Sorry about that shes new and needed me to check something for her" "it''s fine you have to take care of other employees right?" "that''s true but I did have the same job awhile ago before I started this one" "ah so that''s why you could help newbies with their work" "yup" reaching Dan and Jens door she nocks and we hear. "yes come in" "I have brought ms Talon''s group up for their meeting with you should I have them wait for a bit or can you start it now?" "bring them in" The assistant opens the door fully and motions for us to go in when I notice that the office is double the size of a normal one with a table surrounded by chairs, two desks with laptops on them and file cabinets next to them, and personnel nicknacks around the room and on the window sile when I take notice of the woman sitting at the table that has some thick folders on it, she has long blond hair, green eyes while being in a business suit as well. "Hello, you must be Mia Talon right?" the blond said towards miss Talon. "yes I am and you are?" "Jen heller nice to meet you" "you too and these two are Emily Ross and Jay Smith" "its good to meet you two as well I see that you met Natalie" "well yes but we weren''t introduced so we didn''t know her name" "oh well, Ill reintroduce you all to her and the other secretaries when the meeting is finished okay?" "alright" "let''s get started we are here for the wills of your parents right Jay?" "yes," I say in a quiet but still hearable voice. "okay to start I have to ask some questions is that alright?" "yeah?" "first your name is Jay Smith right?" "that''s correct" "your 17 and in high school" "yes" "you are not affiliated with any gangs or anything illegal?" "not to my knowledge" "and that''s it for the ones I need you to answer" "ok, then what''s next?" "Next we take a look at your parent''s wills and sort out who gets what." Jen motions us to take a seat at the table across from her, once we sat down she starts to explain why it took so long to get the wills sorted out was. after picking up the thinnest folder she opens it and begins to read to us the will. "your parents have only two names listed directly yours and Ms Talon here. but it says here that there will be joint custody of you Jay in the case of both of your parent''s deaths with ms Talon being the main holder and family friends being after her which means that she is your main guardian but one of these friends could be called in case of emergencies if ms Talon is not available so what she gets from the will is custody over you and you receive everything that your parents 74owned! their money, company Dragon Mountain and any company that they funded with the combined will of the residents of the town Plain Scale which they had bought a small shop in before their company expanded. So now we go to the wills of the town of Plain Scale and see what they gave your parents." Jen starts to open the other folders and quickly reads through them. as Jen is finishing the last one the door opens and another woman comes in short black hair, brown eyes and wearing a suit as well. Jen looks up from the folder as the unknow woman walks to the table and over to Jen. "finally your back any problems downstairs?" "not really, one of the managers was getting worked up because they couldn''t find some documents and no one knew where they were but it was actually that it was still being edited and sent it was just late." "well good that it was found then but moving on these three are ms Mia Talon, Emily Ross and Mr Jay Smith, I have finished reading his parents will and just about to finish the other wills that were associated with them. this lady that came in so rudely is Danielle or Dan" "Nice to meet you" myself, ms Talon and ms Ross say to Dan. "it''s nice to meet you guys to, sorry about interrupting" "it''s okay." "let''s continue the townspeople of Plain Scale seeings how all of them have passed away already the property and anything on it is yours if you decide to claim it in your name right now, do you wish to claim it?" Jen says with a surprised look on her face and a questioning tone to her voice. "yes" "then sign in the blank spaces on these two deeds" I write my name in the blank spaces. "now ms Talon needs to sign something as well" "what do I need to sign?" "the legal document that states that you are Jay''s guardian as his godmother and take over looking after him in his parent stead." "oh yes I''m signing that right away" ms Talon is handed the document which she writes on. "The final thing that needs to be signed by both of you is the document stating that you Jay will make a group to oversee the businesses that you own and ms Talon is going to be the first you recruit for that group and to be your representative when you aren''t there." Jen hands over the documents and ms Talon turns to me and asks. "Are you ok with this Jay?" "yeah I am actually" "you sure?" "yes" ms Talon and I sign the document finalising her becoming my representative. "now that we have finished with that, we can now introduce you three to the employees that are here on this floor!" Jen says excitedly while getting up and heading to the door after organizing the folders and papers on the table. Dan and Jen show us around the floor introducing us to some of the employees they have here, as they were finishing showing us around I ask. "Why are you showing us around your company?" "because your parents are shareholders in our company before we became big and employed other people to help us improve our all-around work quality, ethics and time management so we feel that we owe your parents but they''re not with us anymore, also because you have claimed the stuff they haven''t you also own a large portion of our company as an investor," Dan says to me. With that, we say bye and that we''ll keep in touch, getting in the limo and arriving home, I open the gate for the limo which ms Ross parks in the garage.