All four individuals looked at Theo as if he had said something very difficult to back up.
"Theo Merrick, if what you said is nothing more than a bluff, then you have dug yourself into a grave I won't let you crawl out of," the old man spoke.
The others were not surprised by the way he spoke to a child. They were all simply staring at Theo with different emotions in their eyes.
"I don't lie, sir," Theo said in a serious tone as if completely unfazed by the threat.
"Give me a few years and I will bring out a new market," he spoke again. "I have done it once, I can do it again."
All of them kept listening, and it was the headmaster who smiled first.
It seemed he was beginning to understand what Theo was trying to achieve.
"I like your efforts. You have converted this meeting, which began out of curiosity, into an opportunity for the future. I admire that passion, Theo Merrick," the duke spoke before adjusting his clothes once.
