Mage Manual

"You don’t even know Sonia? Is it that mysterious?" Weiser seemed surprised. "You’re the longest-serving employee with Ash."

Among so many middle-level managers, Sonia, the general secretary and deputy general manager, was the youngest and most experienced because she was the first employee Ash recruited when he came to London to set up a branch three years ago. Back then, she was still a freshman in college and accidentally got lured by Ash to work part-time. By her sophomore year, after careful consideration, she decisively dropped out to focus on work. It can be said that the Aurora London Branch was built up by Ash and Sonia together, and this effort and determination brought her rich rewards—by the age of 23, she could already purchase property near Old Street. Although it’s not a luxury house in the city center, it’s close enough, which is an achievement of class transition for a female student from Ashington.

"But why does headquarters want Ash to get married?" The ACT project manager, Tamasi, looked puzzled. "Do they even control the private lives of management staff?"

Felix explained, "It seems it’s because headquarters wants to assign a very important project to us, but since Ash might return to his home country at any time, they want him to get married and permanently reside in the UK so they can feel confident handing over the project. This would prevent any situation like a change in person in charge."

"Makes a bit of sense, but also kind of doesn’t," Diya quipped, "The way they think at headquarters is really strange."

"If Ash really gets married, he’d probably settle down in London for good," Vishi said while swirling his glass. "You guys know his personality."

"So he has to accept it," Weiser shrugged. "If he misses this chance, he might never get the opportunity to be in charge of such an important plan in his lifetime. He has to marry for his career’s sake, let alone... he seems to have a potential candidate he’s pleased with."

"Could it be Freyja from the brand department?" Tamasi suddenly asked.

"Possible, oh." Hanna sipped from her glass, smiling, "I wouldn’t be surprised if Freyja appears with Ash’s child someday... But as far as I know, either it’s a one-sided love from Freyja, or Ash isn’t interested in women; otherwise, they would have had a child long ago in these three years."

The entire company knows that Freyja likes Ash, and she even joined the company just to pursue him. It’s not that Freyja is a rich second generation, but she indeed doesn’t lack money—thanks to her best friend, Siflin, the genius investor who manages the second operations project department.

Three years ago when Freyja and Siflin joined the company, there happened to be a virtual currency trend. Without hesitation, Siflin pulled Freyja to invest, and a year later, they successfully sold at a hundredfold profit. But perhaps due to not spending much herself, relying on her best friend, Freyja forgot to cash out the investment, and by the time she remembered, her virtual currency had increased three thousandfold.

With just this move, Freyja’s income surpassed 100% of the employees at the company. The week after this news spread, the entire company, including Ash, fell into the melancholy of "What’s the use of working my whole life?"

The reason why Freyja and Siflin, these two financially independent little rich women, still stay at the company is because Freyja is always wanting Ash to live comfortably, while Siflin stays to accompany her best friend and kills time working, occasionally using the company’s internet to trade stocks.

Whenever Ash’s marriage topic comes up, Freyja is the first to spring to mind for everyone. Ash definitely doesn’t dislike Freyja, but he never accepted Freyja’s affection. It’s like he’s flying Freyja’s kite one moment and acting like a playboy, keeping the fish in the pond.

However, that’s just it; no one thinks Ash is a scumbag—if it had been anyone else, Freyja would have been exploited along with her money long ago. Sometimes they all wonder if Freyja is fishing for something, after all, what normal person could resist the criminal impulse to mistreat a seductive, adorable, wealthy blonde enchantress who’s always saying, ’I’ll do whatever you say’?

"It can’t be Freyja." Weiser said with certainty.

"Why not? Isn’t it good to find someone who loves you?" Felix propped his chin with his hands, longing, "If I were Ash, I’d definitely choose someone who only has eyes for me."

"Because Freyja’s love is too playful." Sonia swirled her glass and calmly said, "Years of intense love, it’s too unreal, too illusory, like a sci-fi story. Ash didn’t want to accept it all these years because he thinks Freyja’s feelings are just momentary enthusiasm. If he really dated Freyja, she might soon find it tasteless... He can’t be sure if she’s in love with him or the idea of sacrificing everything for him."

"Just because of that he refuses such a good girl?" Tamasi seemed a bit regretful.

"Reality doesn’t have many storms; he doesn’t even have the chance to test it." Sonia smiled, "To avoid being hurt, he doesn’t engage—that’s just who he is."

"Felix, how about that distant relative of yours?" Vishi suddenly asked.

Felix was taken aback, then immediately reacted, "Do you mean Sister Dazzling Star?"

Sister Dazzling Star obviously isn’t called Dazzling Star, but she’s the head of Dazzling Star Studio, which is also a branch company of Aurora in the UK. However, Dazzling Star Studio focuses on game development, whereas Aurora London handles distribution, operations, and other affairs.