The Devil's way of business

Chapter 1 : New market

Karma lay on his bed having eaten a very nice evening dinner delivered to his door ' Nothing beats going straight to bed after work ' he was very much ready to fall asleep at exactly 8 so he would get 9 hours of sleep and wake up early until .

Ding dong ' Who is it at this hour ' he opens the soft lights as he looks at his nighttime visitor annoyed seeing a white tuxedo-suited man waiting by the gate outside his house and asked " What is your business this late in the night "

" Let me introduce myself first you may call me Rochester " ' It's so damn late and you introduced yourself you sure you ain't a burglar ? ' " I came here because I want to talk business with you "

Karma recognizes the brand Rochester is wearing and weighs his options ' Although it's annoying if I can spare some sleep for a good deal and some connection with someone willing to wear something that expensive who must be rich then I suppose I can continue '

" We can talk but I can't let you in because my house isn't suitable for any guests at the moment so is it okay for us to talk through the door cam ? " " Yes as long as I can talk with you I am fine with standing outside "

" Then what business are you talking about ? " " I want to hire you as a workforce manager in my company " " Okay I'll look into the details tomorrow it's late at night and I want to keep living healthy "

Karma was about to sleep until Rochester rang the doorbell " But time is of essence " " Fine just email it to me or drop it in my mailbox either is fine as long as I get it . " Rochester smiled and put the mail into the mailbox.

While Karma instantly shuts the doorbell and the camera ' I wonder whether he will sign it or negotiate with me ? ' Rochester waited thinking he would come out and pick the contract and then negotiate and finally sign when the terms were better .

He stood for a long while not wanting to lose Karma to anyone else as he started suspecting and left .

The next day in the morning Karma woke up pretty early ' I'm working at home ' he got ready for the day went to the computer worked a bit and went to do some exercise partly ' Hmm the food today looks good as I wanted '

Karma smiled as he confirmed the time and went to claim the food from the monthly breakfast subscription " Hmm ? " he looked at the paper that was stacked underneath the paper bag containing his breakfast " Oh right I did ask him to put the contract but is there some rule that they have to do it very late I'm sure I emptied this box days ago "

He takes the contents into the house and starts reading the papers seeing several contracts and some blatantly called out their identities as Angels ' Suspicious but you know I can't exactly deny this possibility maybe there is some proof that this is legitimate '

He finds some papers that tell him a little about this world  "No one is allowed to sign contracts scripted by those of higher society such as the angels without at least 2 years of experience in signing contracts without parental consent"

" How surprising angels enforced these laws " Karma joked still not believing that this was the real thing but the fact that Rochester came to his house on the night of his birthday ' But all these papers do bring me to believe in this 2-year experience law '

He reads the contract of the angel ' Be a judge or a lawyer , maybe the lawyer is good but what laws would they actually be I might consider if I read all this but for now I should look through everything else '

He organizes the contracts learning of the devil promising eternal life in the living plane if he works and a research institute trying to tap into other sources of magic and etc. ' The eternal life is very tempting but I'm still young and making something longer than I need is useless like buying several books but not having time to finish them '