The Bodyguard System

There was a moment of silence within the study room. Finally, Clifford spoke up. "I would also like to talk about the future of your job."

Jaden raised his brows upon hearing that. The future of his job? Could his job have another future other than just guarding Scarlet? Or could it be that somehow, Clifford had decided to fire him in the future?

Various thoughts flashed through Jaden's mind, as he waited for Clifford to speak. Still, there was one that dominated the others, that was the thought that he hopped that Clifford would not fire him.

As of now, Jaden did not have that much of a reason to ask Clifford not to fire him. So, he just hoped that Clifford was not contemplating on firing him.

"Currently, my family is fighting against the Williams, that you already know. Still, the battle between our two families is about to end. Even though both sides have suffered quite some losses, it is not something that is able to take us from the top of the food chain within the city.

So of course, with the Williams out of the picture, there would be no one that would be directly targeting my daughter anymore. Currently, the only reason why she is in so much danger is simply because the Williams are targeting her.

But with them out of the picture, the dangers that would be associated with her would be much less. I cannot say that she will not encounter dangers, but they will definitely be extremely rare." Clifford said with a slight frown on his face.

Jaden of course did not like the direction where the conversation was heading to. For a moment there, he could not help but want the two families to continue fighting.

He even wondered if he was supposed to go ahead and provoke the Williams, so that they could continue fighting against the Johnsons. After all, if Scarlet was no longer in danger, what was the reason of having a bodyguard?

Despite all the chaotic thoughts in his mind, Jaden did not say anything. Instead, he continued waiting, to see what Clifford was going to say at the end of it all.

"With the skills that you possess, it will definitely be a waste for you to continue staying by Scarlet's side. So, what do you think about shifting the job, taking your skills somewhere else, doing something that requires your skills?" Clifford asked as he placed his arms on top of the desk, while his back was upright.

"So…" Jaden stated. Clifford's statement was quite ambiguous. Was he trying to imply that Jaden was not supposed to work here as a bodyguard, instead, he was supposed to look for another job somewhere else, or was he still trying to imply that he wanted to transfer Jaden from working as a bodyguard, and give him another job?

Clifford seemed to have seen through what Jaden was wondering about. So, he continue, "What I'm trying to imply is that I would like to give you another job. Immediately after I am done with the issue concerning the Williams, I would like to transfer you to my first son. He is currently in need of a person with your skills. What do you think about that?"

Jaden raised his brows a little. The first son. This was not the first time that he had heard about this. He understood that other than Anthony, Scarlet possessed yet another brother. It was just that ever since he came here, he had never met with him.

As where that guy was, Jaden was not sure, and had never bothered to look or ask about it. In any case, it did not involve him at all. All that mattered to him was Scarlet's safety.

After taking a deep breath, Jaden spoke up. "I do appreciate that you have seen and appreciate my current skills. Still, I do not wish to shift my profession to another one. I'm quite comfortable with being a bodyguard, and if the job is not related to being a bodyguard, then I'm sorry, but I cannot take it."

What a joke? Was he supposed to do something else other than being a bodyguard? If he was not a bodyguard, then that implied that the bodyguard system would be completely useless to him.

Additionally, there was one thing that he did not say, that was that he was not willing to leave his job as a bodyguard for Scarlet. After all, if he did so, he would lose the system as well.

It was just that he could not say that out loud. Perhaps Clifford might think that he was interested in Scarlet, and so, he wanted to remain by her side. Of course he was not interested in her. If there was a choice, he would definitely pick another client, rather than being Scarlet's bodyguard.

The reason behind that, It was simply related to the first impression that Scarlet had given him. Even though she had changed as of recent, he was still not having that positive vibe for her.

Though, there was one thing that he liked about her. That was the fact that he was quite troublesome, and most of the time, she would end up landing in trouble. So of course, that would give him many chances of completing missions from the system, thus, he would end up receiving much more rewards from the system.

Clifford had not expected that Jaden was going to refuse. But when he thought about the skills that Jaden possessed, and the fact that he had gone to look for a job as a bodyguard in a very small bodyguard company, he thought that it actually made sense, right?

It was all due to luck that he had managed to find Jaden. After all, he had initially planned to just look for a small time bodyguard that would be by Scarlet's side while he looked for another professional bodyguard out of the city.

But upon knowing about Jaden being in that organization, together with Jaden's impressive skills, he changed his mind completely. It would be a huge loss for him if he did not take Jaden as a bodyguard for his daughter.

And now, since Jaden had decided that he did not want to do anything other than being a bodyguard, he thought that perhaps Jaden liked the job of being a bodyguard much more. As for the reason, he did not know.

"Okay then. What if I tell you that I wanted you to become a bodyguard for my son? What he is currently venturing in puts his life at a great risk. So, if possible, I would like you to become his bodyguard, after completing your time with Scarlet." Clifford said as he felt slightly nervous within his heart.

Jaden was taken aback. He was actually supposed to be bodyguard for Clifford's eldest son? That was definitely not out of his profession, right?

[The host should not think about changing the client midway. If the host does that, then, the system will definitely be unbound from the host.]

Jaden was a little startled by the warning from the system. At the same time, he could not help but curse that the system was giving him too much restrictions. For instance, if he met with a client that was too much troublesome, was he supposed to continue persevering just because he did not want to lose the system?

In some situations, he would definitely better lose the system, rather than continue working for some unreasonable clients with unreasonable requests. It was a good thing that he did not find any client like that, well, he only had a single client ever since he began the profession of a bodyguard.

[The host should not be that much worried about his future. Of course, it is impossible for the host to continue being a bodyguard for a single person for his entire life. Several changes will definitely occur later on, after the host has completed several achievements.]

[As for the matter of changing clients, that option is not available for the host for the time being, but the same cannot be said about the future. So, the host should continue with his job as a bodyguard, while waiting for an opportunity. When the opportunity presents itself, the host will be allowed to change the client, but not now.]

Jaden was pleasantly surprised by the prompts from the system. If there was an option for him to change clients in the future, he would be happy about it. After all, even if he was a bodyguard, he was a bodyguard with dignity.

If he worked as a bodyguard, that did not imply that he was just anybody that could be taken lightly. After all, his net worth was currently already in hundreds of millions of dollars.

In fact, in his life, Jaden had never heard of a bodyguard whose net worth was hundreds of millions of dollars. In fact, this is just the beginning. In the future, when he receives more rewards from the system, his net worth would definitely be higher than that.

"Then I will consider that. Though, I'm not really sure if I will take the job." Jaden responded.

Clifford had been silent for quite some time after hearing Jaden's response. Finally, after about a minute of silence, he spoke up again.

"If that is the case, then I won't force you to do anything. After all, it is your choice if you want to work as a bodyguard for my son or not." Clifford ended there, not wanting to say anything more.

The conversation between the two of them ended at that moment, and Jaden was allowed to leave. Clifford on the other hand remained behind with so much thoughts in his mind. He was contemplating on what to do, after the battle between the Williams and the Johnsons ended.