In no more than an hour's time, the Smiths found themselves in the backyard of their neighbors, the Windsor family. Seated together, the feeling given off was that of a big family rather than neighbors, seeing as they all had so much in common.
Just like Julian, the man of the Windsor household, Mr. Daniel Windsor had a love for engine cars of all types and the two could usually be seen racing in sports cars on their co-owned racetrack despite the ban and heavy fines put on non-electric vehicles, but with the Smith family having a net worth of $100billion and the Windsors having at least 5 times that amount, money was never a problem.
Daniel had two wives, one biological son and one stepdaughter, but despite the rumors and obvious thought process, he was strong armed into marrying his second wife, Isabella by his first wife, Angel who was filled with anger and pity after finding out that her best friend (Isabella) was being cheated on. With time, love blossomed and the family of three turned five became inseparable, which could be seen even ten years after its formation.
As women with a common background, the Latinas, Isabella and Maria talked about their home country and its wonderful cuisine while throwing light jabs at Angel who also found the meals to her liking, but its preparation hard to perform due to her British background. But the main topic of discussion each time they convened was pairing up their children with those of other famous celebrities or models, proving the fact that no matter how rich or culturally diverse women are, when they meet, they become the infamous Gossip Aunties.
The children of the Windsor house shared similar interests with Mateo and hence got along better with him than with Ayleen and Wilson, though there was no awkwardness when they met.
Leone, the young master and self-made billionaire young master of the Windsor family. His pure white hair, god-like face and calm blue eyes have made him the target of countless proposals by many girls and young women believing him to be their true love and prince charming, which he duly took advantage of by either dating or having a short affair with those who caught his fancy, much to the displeasure of his parents who believed he may never find love. As a close friend to Mateo, he was obviously into novels and animation with a body like main characters to boot.
Carmen, stepsister to Leone, usually finds herself either surrounded by girls asking for help or tips in getting to her brother (Ayleen included) or sparing with Wilson, her unofficial trainer in mixed martial arts. She spends a little of her free time debating novels with the guys or berating her brother about the number of his admirers pestering her each day.
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*In one of the Windsor gazebos*
After exchanging pleasantries and a bit of conversation, the Smiths got down to the main topic for the day. Mateo took the stage and recounted everything just as he told his family. As expected, the Windsors were in shock, especially when Mateo used his earth boulder skill. Completing his monologue by the mention of his dungeon, Mateo got dapped up by Leone and hit lightly in the chest with his own pebble by Carmen, both expressing their desires to explore and conquer it.
When he thought enough time had been given to digest the information dumped, Mateo offloaded the last piece of information he knew everyone would be interested in. "Guys, I'm not done with the benefits I received."
"What do you mean you are not done. What you told us was too shocking it took us a few minutes to learn how to breathe properly." asked Mr. Daniel who seemed to have aged a bit and gotten a head full of gray hair.
"What I'm talking about is the reason we are investing in scientists around the world."
"Boy, you're surely not talking about that are you."
"Yes, I am. I'm talking about the ability to genetically modify the human body to exceed its limits without the use of technology."
The moment those words left the lips of Mateo, there was a collective gasp before the young adults all saw their parents lose consciousness and fall on the table. It took a while before the children decided to wake the parents up by sprinkling water on their faces, since they themselves, with the exception of Mateo had to recover from shock.
Waking up with varying degrees of light headaches, it took a while for the parents to stabilize, after which they turned to Mateo with stars for eyes. Feeling important, Mateo basked in the attention before well-aimed slippers found their respective marks and pushed him down from his high horse.
Rubbing his forehead and cheeks which had mysteriously gotten darker, Mateo told his audience about his STATS tab, how stats affected the body and how different stats affect the body. His message was well received, seeing how the ladies both young and less young were gently caressing their faces while obviously dreaming about the CHARM stat and the men, Wilson included, started thinking about the STRENGTH stat, obvious by the light flex of their muscles. Overall, the only ones thinking about the STAMINA stat were Mateo and Leone who both tried their hardest to prevent their lewd thoughts from showing on their face.
Coughing lightly to bring everyone back to earth, Mateo raised a suggestion which was agreed upon and with a collective rise the formalities of the meeting was absolved, leaving everyone to form their respective groups to discuss the meeting that just took place.