"Anil you take rest; we don't know if there any side effects for overdoing your powers.

Riya you stay back for emergencies, the rest of you can return. Kiya pass me all the information you've collected about Adam."

Hari was really curious to find about this guy. Kiya passed on the file she was holding to him.

"Adam Louis Gekas, a Textile Merchant.

He's an orphan from Sri Lanka, came to India in the Year 1999. His records from then on are clean, but there are no records of such a person in our Sri Lankan Database.

This guy has a huge factory and owns many subsidiary companies under his company. Still, the starting point of everything his initial investment doesn't have a proper source, and it's a very huge figure.

An interesting fact about the nine men as a whole is that every single one of them is an orphan. Few are from our country while the rest are either refugees or immigrants from a neighbouring state.

One more intriguing similarity is none of them has any childhood records; it as though they popped up as a youth. This clue is strongly suggesting they are from Ori Realm."

Hari nodded and left their office in deep thoughts; soon all his brothers except Anil and Riya returned.

Though Hari has recovered and could fight his previous self to a standstill, the hectic day was still exhausting for him both physically and mentally.

First the weariness accumulated by those numerous sleepless nights for their auction, then staggering truth about Shreya which nearly fried his brains. Later the long ride to calm his mind, though it was relaxing and tranquil the physical fatigue was accumulating.

Then his meeting with God which was a rollercoaster ride, after all this a sleepless night; even a super-soldier couldn't cope up with such a schedule.

Once he reached the home, Hari directly went the bed and the moment he came in contact with cot he blanked out.

Hari woke later that evening around 5 pm he was nearly out on the bed for 10 hours straight. He had completely recovered, and the fatigue accumulated until now had vanished.

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A relaxing walk in the neighbourhood Hari spent some time browsing through the internet.

The temperature slowly fell as the sun went down, he totally unwound all the pressure build.

Shreya returned home by 8:00 pm, they had long stopped avoiding each other, and their relationship was pretty harmonious.

They could be termed as friends but today was a bit different from other days. Unlike their previous meeting, Hari found a startling truth about her.

"Hi."

"Hi"

Both of them greeted each other while Shemo jumped on to Hari. Throughout the week Hari didn't visit the house, since the last week he was busy with the Auction House.

Hari pet Shemo's head and played with him till Shreya returned after freshening up. As usual, both made dinner together; actually, it's the only activity they do together.

For the first time since their marriage, Hari really observed Shreya; till then, he had been looking but not observing. He never stopped to appreciate her beauty or even register her face in his mind.

Upon closer inspection, he truly started appreciating her beauty. Hari was also fascinated by her simplicity and poise composure. Through the interaction till now, he knew the woman cooking beside his was her real character.

The glossy, domineering business-woman back in the auction house was just a façade.

Suddenly a Black Rudra Seed tied to her wrist grasped his attention, it's the item she purchased from the auction.

He was dumbstruck seeing this blatant display of wealth, this small seed was the second costliest article, 1 million Rupees; and Shreya was wearing it like a jewel.

Even now, he believed she wasn't flaunting her wealth, and there was a reason to assume the same. No one would tie a million-rupee article to a regular black thread rather than spending a few thousand to get a gold or silver bracelet.

"What happened? If you're pre-occupied with any, I can take-over. It's just a simple dinner, so I really don't need any help."

Shreya offered, she found Hari vacantly glaring at the walls in deep thoughts.

"ummm…. It's nothing. The reason I'm helping isn't that you can't handle the dinner; it's because I want to share the work."

Hari cleared everything from his mind and quickly replied, but his answer confused Shreya. She stopped cutting the vegetable as her shoulders became stiff; just as she was about to speak up, Hari interrupted.

"Don't misunderstand, I'm not trying to make a move on you; it's the opposite. We both aren't a real couple, so you don't have any obligation to prepare food for both of us.

So I'm helping out, which means I'm cooking for myself. Just so to make myself clear, presently I'm not having plans for any romantic relationship."

Hari clarified his stands, this was indeed his thoughts within. Presently there are too many things going on, and he really could find imagine himself in a relationship.

The atmosphere became very harmonious; with all ambiguities cleared Shreya loosened up and lowered her guard. While Hari tried to behave as normal as he could, without bringing up her mysterious background.

Then both of them had dinner and chatted a while before leaving for the bed.

The next week was smooth, and everything went as planned. It was a very fruitful week for both Hari's brothers.

Sushani reported that she will get their guy by tomorrow and Kiya had a substantial breakthrough with her test.

Anil had settled all the accounts, and even a few prosperity sellers had shown their intent auction few of their items in their Auction House.

Riya has been monitoring Anil's vitals and helping him with training his psychic energy. Though she wasn't an expert in this field of work, Riya is the only person with even a little bit of authority in psychic powers in their group.

Rakesh and Priya have been investigating Rishi's family throughout the week, avoiding any direct contact with them.

He spent most of his time in the house, trying to investigate on Shreya. He couldn't ask Kiya to inspect as their relationship might be surface; moreover, Shreya had a very mysterious background and any insensitive probes will have severe backlashes.

Thus he took upon himself to collect data about her, unfortunately she was just too tightly sealed. Nevertheless, he managed to become lot friendlier with her.

The most significant development is that last Sunday; the Zen Tree grew two red plums. Unlike previous fruits, this had a clear name and description.

[Minor Healing Plum: All ailments can be cured by this plum.]

Hari didn't experiment with the fruit, he didn't know if this plum was rare or not. The Zen Yajna was still as unresponsive as ever.

*Ringgg* Ringgg*

The mobile ring broke his thought process.

"Hello. Huh…. I'll be there in ten minutes."