Business Tycoon in a School c5

Elenor unlocked her flat door as she stepped in with wobbly feet. After closing the door behind her, she kicked off her shoes and, with a tired sigh, walked through the corridor before entering her room and then falling into her bed.

‘Damn him…’

The girl was angry, then happy, shifting to a lustful look before settling on a neutral one.

All she could think was how she messed up. 

All because of her greed, she could have approached it differently, but now she was reduced to his toy.

But at the same time, she was disgusted with herself. She liked how he ploughed her the whole afternoon before her legs gave in, and she needed to rest.

‘Tomorrow is going to be a long day.’

All the soreness she is feeling… tomorrow, it will be tiredness.

After resting briefly, Elenor undressed and then walked to the bathroom, where she stood under a shower for five minutes before washing herself.

Once clean, she went to dress in her sleepwear before going to sleep.

Homework and food? She was too tired for that!

~~~~~~Next Day~~~~~~

Raynor yawned as he got into his seat in the homeroom class.

“Didn’t sleep well?” Amber asked him as there was a certain look in her eyes.

“Yeah…”

“Say, can I visit your place today?”

The teen stiffened after hearing that, he looked at her.

“We do need to arrange the trip. I already have a list of who is going with us. The thing is, two more classes want to go," she said to him.

“...Two more?” He mentally immediately did some math; that means there will be 40 to 60 more students…

That's a lot of faces.

“Yes, but that depends on you since you are the one booking the stay in the hotel. " She looked uncertain. She could only imagine the costs for that…

“Fine. I don’t mind.” He shrugged after thinking for a bit.

“Are you sure?” She looked surprised. The girl was thinking of some alternative solutions…

But he just agreed like that…

“Yes. I still have a month and a half. Funelling some money is something I am very good at.” He shrugged at her.

“We can check the hotel and rooms after classes, " he said to her before taking out his books and using the backpack as a pillow.

The girl looked at him for a second before starting to look around.

She could not see her.

But then, before the bell rang, a girl walked into the class. She looked tired, with no makeup… 

“Morning…”

She greeted her classmates before walking to her seat and sitting down.

Aila and Evelyn, her two friends, have already started to speak with her.

Amber didn’t care about that. What she cared about was the state of the girl.

Elenor looked dead tired, which means whatever they did yesterday made her like this.

Internally, she gulped down. Just how much did they do it?

‘Is he a beast in disguise?’ 

The lithe brown-haired girl looked at Raynor with a perplexed look.

~~~

“Eli doesn’t look that well. What did she do last day?” Aila, a girl with shoulder-length black hair, brown eyes and a few freckles on her cheeks, looked concerned for her friend.

The other girl, Evelyn, shrugged her shoulders as if she had no ideas.

“That reminds me, something has been strange with her for the past couple of days.” 

Even though Elenor doesn’t say anything, there are signs of her strange behaviour. Apart from that, she has money now.

The first thing is that she is working somewhere, but they are below the minimum age for working.

That means she is doing something else to get paid.

The pair never considered anything naughty. Elenor is well known for not accepting any sort of request, as the guys she was friends with didn’t have what it takes.

The pair knew that to get her attention, one needs to have great potential for a future with her.

Raynor fits part of the bill, but he is a dork in Evelyn's eyes, so she dismisses him.

“Yes, I know what you mean.” Aila sighed as she looked at Elenor, who was resting in her seat.

The girl can’t miss her classes. If she does, her parents will know something is odd, and she can’t allow that to happen.

Soon enough, the bell rang, and the classes started.

~~~

“Raynor, are you sure it's fine?” 

After classes, Raynor and Amber went to see the homeroom teacher, as she requested to come to see her after they were done with the day.

She wanted to ask about the extra classes coming with them, as the bus had space, and they needed to fill it up to lower the prices even more.

But that means Raynor will be paying more. That is why she wanted to ask him.

“It's fine. It's still below my pocket money exchange.” 

“...Pocket money?” The teacher looked confused…

“Isn’t it around 5 to 7 thousand euros?” Amber did some rough maths as she counted the people and how much she thought the hotel rooms cost.

“Nah, that would have been the case a year ago, before the financial crisis; now it's around 12 to 15 grand,” Raynor casually shrugged.

“!!!” 

The pair looked at him as if he were an idiot or a freak with no sense of wealth…

“Anyway, I will be getting a hotel with an indoor swimming pool and massages.” He clarified his intentions.

“...So you're making it more expensive by picking a four-star hotel…” The teacher took off her glasses before rubbing her nose bridge in a little bit of frustration.

“It's still within my limits, regardless. All you should worry about is the weather on those days.” He casually explained what they should be worried about instead.

“Fine, you two may leave. I will discuss it with other teachers.” 

Amber nodded as she and Raynor turned around and left.

“She will have her hands full.” 

The teacher commented to herself that she had assisted her favourite student in sitting with Raynor.

Yes, it’s favouritism, but she used the opportunity to fix the rift between boys and girls.

However, she never knew Raynor was like that…

~~~

“Say…” Amber opened up as they were walking to his house. 

“Hmm?”

“When did you start all of this?” She asked him as she was following his lead.

“Started what?”

“Your business stuff…” His deskmate clarified with an eye roll.

“Oh, that…” He got on memory lane for a second.

“It was a realisation as a kid. Around the time when I was seven years old, my parents were celebrating someone’s birthday. I don’t recall who, but I wanted some sweets. It was a common thing: if you wanted something, you asked your parents.

But it was my uncle who offered me a single banknote and told me I could buy several sweets of my choice; all I had to do was earn it.

He smirked a bit.

“It was a small realisation which worked like a chain effect for my bored mind.” 

“...So you lacked activities, which led to looking for a new source of entertainment.” She looked like she hadn’t bought all of it.

“In a way. I liked to hoard. So, hoarding wealth was an obvious solution to solving my boredom.

There is no lack of things which could lead to that.” He clarified to her.

Amber slowly nodded. She could understand the fundamentals, but…

What was concerning was that he succeeded and never got bored of it in the process.

The issue with such a thing is that one eventually gets burned out of doing it—one of the reasons why students get days off and holidays from studying.

But for him to continue this path for 8 years… 

“...So you been doing it for 8 years?” 

He nodded at her without replying.

“Indeed, and I am only starting.”

He started by selling junk in his attic, then stuff like copper wires, visiting his grandma in the countryside and helping her remove her stuff, and then helping neighbours move out.

All of the stuff just to build up his first small fortune before learning about the stock market and savings accounts with high interest rates.

Yep, eventually, he had his breakthrough over a year ago with the financial crisis of 2008.

“I see…”

Amber nodded at him. She knew that he had some money. The news told her that he was a major investor in the new sawmill on the outskirts of the town. 

But she never considered how much wealth they were talking about.

It turns out she had underestimated how much he earns.

The girl never considered that a regular person’s half of a whole year's salary is his pocket money.

After walking for ten minutes and entering a suburban area, the girl noticed his place. It was a nice home going through a renovation.

He offered her a pair of slippers as they entered through his front doors.

“These are my sister’s.” 

“You have a sister?” Amber asked with slightly widening eyes. That was a pleasant surprise!

“Yep, but she is nine years older than me and had moved out more than four years ago.” He said with a sigh.

“She still visits from time to time, so these are the slippers she rarely uses.” 

After explaining to her, she accepted the slippers. After taking her shoes off and putting the slippers on, she followed him inside his house.

“Mom, I am back,” Raynor said the moment he entered the corridor.

Amber’s eyes widened slightly as she composed herself. She hoped that no one was inside.

“Oh, welcome back. I heard you spoke with some—one…” Lily’s eyes widened, and a smirk morphed in her lips. She saw a girl behind Raynor!

“Mom, this is Amber.” The teen introduced the girl behind him. 

When she heard the name, her smirk even got bigger. She knew the name! Oh, she knew it! It’s the same girl she remembered him talking about a couple of years ago!

She remembered how he told them his crush, and now his crush was here!

“Hello~ I am Lily, Raynor’s mother. Welcome.” 

“...Thank you.” The girl looked so embarrassed that she could barely control her embarrassment. Normally, this stuff wouldn’t mean much, but she had alternative objectives…

“Amber’s visit is related to the trip. We will be renting out a hotel and ironing out some details,” Raynor explained to his mother as he motioned for his classmate to follow him to his room.

“Oh, I see…” His mother looked slightly dissapointed that it was business and not a regular visit.

As Raynor brough the brown-haired girl to his room, she looked around. Her eyes went to the bed for a second.

“You can place your bag anywhere you want. In the meantime, do you want something to drink or snacks?”

Before she could complain, Lily chipped in as she followed them. 

“Don’t worry, son, I will make some tea~” 

Amber’s mouth opened before closing.

“Okay…”

“Thanks, Mom. I will change my clothes, so I will be back in a minute.” Raynor thanked his mom before grabbing his clothes and leaving the room.

As he was gone, there was an awkward silence for a few moments.

“So what are the plans for the trip? All I know is that it's to the seaside.” 

“Yes, we will be visiting museums and some of the landmarks.” The girl explained, wondering if his mother knew that he was funding the hotel.

“Oh, sounds nice. I thank you for dealing with my son’s eccentricities. He can be a handful.” Raynor’s mother slightly apologised to her son.

“N-No, it's fine. I don’t think he is eccentric, more like…driven?” 

Now that she could think about it. The guy is the most driven person she has seen in person.

She can’t recall another person who would been what Raynor could be doing around that age for that long.

All she could think of were all those self-made millionaires.

‘Wait, how much money does he even have?’ For a second, she wondered if she should call him one.

“I am back; let’s get to work!” Raynor returned as he swiftly walked over to the pc and moved the mouse.