Cheat Awakening

After dropping Sylphy back at her house and reminding Aisha to make preparations for tonight's party without revealing the reason, and since Lewis hadn't mentioned how much money was in the bag, and Sylphy herself didn't read the parchment, she knew nothing about the final amount Myne had received. She was as confused as Aisha, behind Myne's sudden mood of giving a party.

Leaving his two curious wives in the dark, Myne quickly returned to the capital city for shopping. He first went to the kingdom's best bottle shop and bought 20 bottles of the most expensive wine, as well as a barrel of fruit wine since he didn't like drinking alcohol and preferred fruit wine.

Then he went to the biggest restaurant and bought the highest quality of dishes and sweets, enough to satisfy dozens of adult stomachs. After dealing with the matter of food and drink, he went to Maya's shop.

Jin was, as always, lazily relaxing in his chair, reading the new edition of his favourite book, which he had bought with Myne's money. Since people rarely came to his shop in the evening to buy potions and the peak hour of his business was in the morning when adventurers and hunters began their work.

Myne didn't waste any time with small talk when he entered the shop. He hung the "CLOSED" sign on the door and locked it from the inside. Just when Jin was surprised by Myne's actions and wanted to ask why he did that, a black vortex appeared under his chair, and both the chair and Jin were devoured by it.

"Ahhhhhaaaa...? I am in my kitchen?" Jin, who was suddenly devoured by the vortex, screamed like a girl. But in the middle of his ear-piercing scream, he saw familiar decorations and his wife staring at him confusedly, and he immediately calmed down.

"Otherwise? Did you really think that some high-level people were after your puny life, and will kidnap you from your home?" Myne rolled his eyes and spoke as he emerged from the vortex.

"Brat, you scared the hell out of me! Did you want to give me a heart attack or something?" Jin yelled angrily.

"Don't joke around, brother Jin. How can a thick-skinned person like you get scared to death so easily? If I searched your storage bag now and found enough potions to make you live for a hundred years without any difficulty, I wouldn't be surprised," Myne said casually with a mocking smile.

"But you could at least give me a warning..."

"Jin, what's in your hands, by the way?"

While Jin was still complaining, only God knew when Maya appeared in front of him with a frown while holding a big sharp knife.

"Huh? What's in my hand? There is nothing..." Jin stopped mid-way, realizing that, because of Myne's small prank, he was still holding his favourite book, which Maya hated the most. After all these books were the main reason why their sex life had been barren, at least from Jin's point of view.

"I... I can explain..."

"Shut up, you bastard! Are you still reading those books, even after promising me not to touch them again? If you don't burn it within 10 seconds, right in front of me, you might not be going to see your next entire year of pocket money," Maya said with a cold threatening voice while placing the sharp, pointy tip of the knife in front of Jin's nose. Clearly, she wasn't joking.

"Yes, Ma'am, I'll do it right now." Jin didn't dare to gamble with his pocket money, thanks to his past experience with Maya. He knew that if Maya said she would eat away his pocket money, it meant she already had her eyes on it. And unless he wanted to live like a beggar for an entire year, sacrificing his favourite book was still worth it.

Sigh, this was the last copy they had, and the next batch won't come for six months. I had just started reading it. All this happened because of that bastard Myne, but the money to buy this also came from him. I can't even complain. God, give your servant some peace in life, Jin thought, with imaginary tears in his eyes.

After taking a deep breath, he closed his eyes and threw his favourite book into the fire with a heavy heart.

"Ah, that's good. I'm doing it for your own good, Jin. Try to understand me. Those wretched books will corrupt your mind one day If you don't stay away from them and I can't let this happen," Maya, who had long given up hope of reviving their sexual life with Jin, nodded her head with a satisfied smile seeing him burning his favourite book with his own hands. She looked at Myne before continuing...

"So, Myne, why are you here today? Did something happen? Do you need our help?"

"Well, something did happen, but not what you're thinking. Tonight something very good happened and I was thinking of throwing a small party for just our family members. I've already bought the food and wine, and all that's left is to pick up the remaining family members. So here I am. Let's go to my home, Aisha and Sylphy might be waiting for us," Myne said as he opened a portal in front of everyone.

"Wait a minute, let me change my clothes first. I don't want to be too casual with your wives, at least not yet. For a few years, I want to play the role of a strict sister-in-law, so they don't try to climb over my head and respect me as much as they should respect their mother-in-law," Maya said with a serious tone.

"But there's no need for that. Aisha and Sylphy are nice girls, and they respect their elders very much," Myne replied, confused about what Maya wanted to do. Even during the wedding feast, when she met Aisha and Sylphy, she was very strict with them and asked various strange questions that made both of them sweat buckets.

"Hahaha, you're still too naive in this field. When I became Jin's wife and started living with him and his mother, those were the hardest years of my entire life. Although she was a very gentle lady to everyone else, to me, she was no different than an incarnation of a demon. Not the kind from our world, but a real one from hell.

Under her, I learned all the housework, and no matter how hard I worked, she never praised me, not even in her last moments when she was about to kick the bucket. This is a generation-long tradition between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, forget it, this is not your cup of tea," Maya recalled her early hellish married years and couldn't help but sigh with exhaustion.

"Sigh, although I don't understand what you want, but please be quick," Myne said while shaking his head. After closing the portal, he sat down on the couch and started to think about things he wanted to discuss with Mr. Roku.

Although Maya had said that she only wanted to change her clothes, but in the end it took her a whole 45 minutes before she came out from her bedroom, fully prepared, as if she was going to attend someone's wedding rather than going to her younger brother's house for a small party. As for Jin, he just wet his hair with a handful of water and was ready to go.

"Let's go, and remember, no matter what happens, you don't interfere in the matters of my daughters-in-laws and me, got it?"

"As you command, Mother," Myne replied with a tired face and opened the portal for everyone.

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"Myne, where did you go? We are..." Explore more adventures at m,v l'e-m|p y r

"Looks like someone can't bear to be separated from my younger brother even for a few hours, huh?"

Sylphy who desperately wanted to know why Myne was giving a party so suddenly, rushed to the portal when it appeared in the living room and quickly asked without thinking too much.

But to her surprise, instead of Myne, the one who emerged from the portal was her sister-in-law, holding the same position as a mother-in-law in their lives, a title Aisha and she had given her after meeting her for the first time.

Seeing the excited Sylphy, Maya immediately taunted her with a disdainful look. She had learned many tricks from her own late mother-in-law and was now going to use them on Sylphy. After seeing Sylphy's gloomy and embarrassed expression, Maya felt a level of satisfaction she had never experienced before.

What a great feeling! No wonder my mother-in-law likes to taunt me whenever she gets the chance and always makes things difficult for me, Maya thought joyfully. She continued to look at Sylphy with a calm and expressionless face.

Jin, who had no desire to get involved in his wife's matters and Myne, who had promised to not do so, quietly moved away from the battlefield and hid in a corner.

Aisha, who had heard the commotion, came out of the bedroom with a broom and a trash bucket from their bedroom, couldn't escape from Maya's poisonous mouth as well.

"Well, well, well, it looks like today's girls have no respect for their elders. Let's forget about seeking blessings, but not even a greeting, tsk, tsk, tsk. What great daughters-in-law I've got," Maya continued her typical mother-in-law role and taunted Aisha and Sylphy again, shaking her head with a pitying expression.

Aisha and Sylphy's faces twisted with frustration. They hardly understood the situation and Maya's ridicule, but they quickly buried their dissatisfaction in their hearts and bowed and greeted Maya respectfully.

"Okay, okay, I understand. Stop your formalities, no need to act in front of me. Now, why are you staring at me? Go and prepare for the party. Move the couch and table, lay a big mattress on the floor. Myne, give them the food and wine.

Prepare everything well. Let me see how good my daughter-in-laws are," Maya said with sarcasm, folding her arms under her ample boobies.

"Yes, Mother-in-law," Aisha and Sylphy replied in unison, promoting Maya's status from sister-in-law to mother-in-law, after seeing her strict personality, and quickly got to work.

Myne, who felt sorry and embarrassed, decided to silently help them like most husbands who didn't want to offend either party and often got caught in the middle of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law drama.

...

"So, Myne, what's the happy occasion that made you decide to hold a party so suddenly?"

One hour later, after making all the preparations, everyone finally sat down on the mattress in the living room. Aisha and Sylphy, however, stood behind Maya obediently, because they were still in Maya's target zone and were given bizarre tasks that they had to complete, no matter how reluctant they were. After being scolded by Maya multiple times, they abandoned their idea of sitting with everyone.

After Myne, Jin, Maya, Waffle, Ted, and his parents were seated and non-Hume members drooling at the delicious sweets in front of them, Maya finally asked the question everyone wanted to know.

"Oh, about that..." Myne stood up and walked a little further from everyone, leaving them puzzled. He cleared his throat a bit and spread his arms widely before speaking with a big grin.

"After my painstaking hard work and with your support, today I finally said goodbye to my poverty and ascended into the realm of the wealthy people. Today, I, Myne Fortuna, have become rich as f*ck!"

Myne exclaimed the last part with excitement, and suddenly, as if having rain, platinum coins started falling behind him one after another out of thin air.

"What?!"

Everyone in the room (except Waffle and Ted's family) exclaimed with wide-open eyes. They all stared at the platinum coins piling up behind Myne which was still growing with every passing second with shock and disbelief.

Only after a full minute did the rain of platinum coins finally stop, revealing a small mountain of 15,000 coins behind Myne.

Yes, 15,000 coins. After considering for a while, Myne decided to release only half of his net worth. So, if his three women make some unreasonable demands and, in the name of safekeeping, put his money in their pockets, at least he will still have enough money to avoid crying in a corner afterwards."

"F*ck!" Jin spoke with wide-open eyes, still staring at the coins behind Myne as if he were in a dream.

"Myne, did you rob some noble family treasury or something? Where did you get so much money?" Aisha asked in disbelief. Although she had never lacked money since meeting Myne, and her small pocket was always full enough to buy whatever she wanted, such a large amount of money was still quite a shock for her.

"Wait a moment, Lord Husband, did you get this much money after selling those monster corpses to Lewis? No wonder Lewis had a face like he had lost everything when he handed you the money bag. This is definitely his entire net worth," Sylphy, who had been with Myne during the transaction, quickly realized the source of the money and relayed the information to everyone.

"Just how many dangerous monsters did you kill to get so much money? As far as I remember, someone once promised me that he wouldn't do dangerous stuff, etcetera, etcetera," Maya, who was surprised by the amount of money, quickly came to her senses and looked at Myne with an unkind expression while rubbing her fist.

"Sis, calm down. Listen to me first before jumping to conclusions. Do you really think that if I had fought with monsters, I would invite you here to get beaten by you? I remember the last lesson very well."

Myne, who had a valid reason, wasn't afraid of Maya's dangerous look. Instead, he approached everyone and explained the whole matter, where all the monsters and money had come from.

...

"So, this is what happened. I was just a hardworking, kind-hearted boy who helped a mother in a critical situation and in return she helped me deal with my poverty. This is a completely fair exchange," Myne explained the whole matter to everyone.

"Sigh, the Divine Beast is indeed too kind-hearted, but people's boundless greed made them hide away in a forbidden place, away from everything," Jin sighed deeply. But only after 3 seconds, he put his ridiculous thoughts aside and asked with an excited expression, "So, what's your plan with so much money by the way?"

Everyone's mouths twisted with the sudden change in Jin's attitude.

"Well, most of it is going to be poured into my clan's development, and some into your pockets, so you can also taste the lifestyle of the wealthy people. And if there's anything left, it's going back into my Inventory," Myne said with a smile, making everyone's eyes shine. Not out of greed, since they all had enough money to live a comfortable life, but who doesn't want extra money?

"Anyway, let's talk about it tomorrow. Now, let's start our party. Myne, the host of the party, declares, and a lot of already prepared hot food and wine appear in front of everyone."

"Huh? What are you two waiting for? Come and start serving everyone. Or do you want us to do it ourselves?"

Maya stopped Myne, who was about to serve food on her plate and looked at Aisha and Sylphy with an expressionless face before speaking.

"Sigh, sorry, we'll do it now," Aisha and Sylphy took a deep breath and spoke with forced smiles before starting to do what they were told."

Hahaha, I am going to get addicted to this, Maya happily thought as she took a sip of the wine Aisha served her.