Chương 675: Chapter 676: Scheming Joanne

"What do you mean?" Isabella asked.

"It seems you're unaware of how Dana Ansari killed Kareem Badawi," Joanne replied before adding, "Adam gave Ayana Keita an ultimatum: kill Kareem Badawi or face far worse. Needless to say, Ayana Keita couldn't do it and it was Dana Ansari who shot him in the head and saved the Keita family."

"So that's how Kareem Badawi died," Isabella said thoughtfully before asking, "Might I assume you think that you're under Adam Spencer's protection as one of his viewers then?"

"Well, he returned to Earth to help Emma Hopkins when she was in trouble, and she's one of his viewers, or was, since she left to travel with him," Joanne replied.

"I certainly see your point," Isabella replied before asking, "How does one go about getting an invite to the stream then? Is it through the recommendation of other viewers?"

"As I said earlier, it's one of the mysteries surrounding Adam Spencer's stream; you just suddenly get a pop-up appear on your screen inviting you to join the stream, yet no one seems to know the criteria his ship's AI uses to determine who gets invited, not even him," Joanne replied before adding, "Though thinking about it, there was that time Raphilia asked if Oracle Andromeda could join and it was allowed."

"Oracle Andromeda?" Isabella asked with interest before she suddenly thought to herself, {Why are none of my other grandchildren this interesting?}"She's an alien who apparently has the ability to foresee the future," Joanne replied.

"Seriously?" James asked in disbelief.

"That's what the other aliens in the chat say," Joanne replied.

"Exactly how many aliens and viewers from Earth watch him?" Isabella asked with interest.

"Heck if I know," Joanne replied before adding, "The only ones I know of the top of my head are the troublemakers like One Thousand Years of Death or the big names that seem to get attention like the Phoenix Empress."

"Phoenix Empress, isn't that the one he's currently out on a date with?" Isabella asked curiously.

"You know about that?" Joanne asked in surprise.

"I contacted Emma Hopkins a short while ago about something and she mentioned it to me," Isabella replied. James looked at his grandmother in surprise before asking, "When you say phoenix, you don't mean?"

"Yup, she's an actual phoenix that can apparently turn into a giant fiery bird… Or so one of her citizens did before Adam Spencer and his dragon company hunted him down and killed him," Joanne replied nonchalantly before adding, "Oh and yes, she's also an empress who rules over an entire race and galaxy." There was silence for a few moments as Isabella and James tried to process what they had just been told before James uttered weakly, "You've gotta be kidding me."

"I knew he was out on a double date with her but I had assumed Emma and the other women with her at the time had been teasing me when they claimed his dates were a dragon and a phoenix," Isabella said in amazement before adding, "Not an actual phoenix and dragon, and your even telling me the phoenix is the empress of an entire race and galaxy?"

"That's what I'm telling you," Joanne replied as she enjoyed their shocked reactions, especially Lady Fleming's, a woman known for keeping her calm just as well as the late British queen did. Finally, Issabella calmed down enough to ask, "Is it possible the next time he streams for you to ask in the chat that I be allowed to watch?"

"What's in it for me?" Joanne asked in return.

"What do you want?" Isaballe asked. This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it.

"For you to owe me one," Joanne replied before adding, "A favour from a member of the five families is already precious and one from a family head is even more so."

"Very well, but only if you can get me access to watch his stream," Isabella replied.

"Then it's a deal," Joanne replied before abruptly saying, "Now if you will excuse me, Lady Flemming, I'm currently watching his stream and he's about to mediate a fight between dragons that I don't want to miss." After which, Joanne abruptly ended the call. There was silence in the office for a moment before Isabela laughed and said, "That scheming girl."

"Grandmother?" James asked.

"Didn't you hear her final comment. James?" Isabella asked before continuing, "She's watching his stream right now, but purposely didn't reveal that until after making a deal with me for a favour." As Revi sat comfortably in Adam's embrace like the empress she was, she pointed towards a volcanic mountain in the distance from which smoke rose while saying, "That's our destination."

"A volcano?" Adam asked in surprise.

"What did you expect? We're creatures of fire after all," Revi replied as she turned to look into his eyes while gently stroking the side of his face.

"Does the volcano help with that in some way?" Adam asked.

"It helps our young understand the nature of fire and how to go about controlling it," Revi replied before pointing towards a large pillar, one of several that surrounded the volcano and saying.

"See those pillars? They have energy barrier generators installed within them. When activated, an energy barrier forms between two of them, stopping anything or anyone from passing through. They have been set up in such a way that they surround the volcano, which not only prevents any attacks from leaving the area during training, but also prevents any lava from destroying the surrounding areas should the volcano erupt." [SciFifanboy (Earth): That's so Sci-fi.] [Whostolemyduck (Earth): We need some of those on Earth to protect towns and villages near active volcanoes.]"Erupt? You mean it's an active volcano?" Adam asked in surprise before adding, "We're actually flying towards an active volcano?"

"What's wrong?" Revi asked before adding in a teasing tone, "Scared?"

"Of the volcano erupting and burning me to death, yeah, kinda," Adam replied. Revi's teasing tone vanished as she looked at Adam seriously while saying, "If you're afraid of being burned, I suggest you don't ever leave me again, understand?" Adam gulped slightly and nodded in response as, for a moment there, he was sure he saw a literal flame flickering in Revi's eyes.

"Good," Revi said as her seriousness vanished to be replaced with a beautiful smile. [Puntanghunter69Ver2 (International Space Station): Damn, I can't keep up with that girl's mood swings. One moment she's all happily smiling and teasing the streamer, the next she's all serious and threatening him with incineration.] [Superherofangirl (Earth): Which is why you will forever be single, perverted astronaut.] [LadyErkath (Alastor): Don't forget what she is, a creature of fire. Which is by nature unpredictable and combustible.] [Justiceistruth (Earth): And they say redheads are fiery.] [CEOHopkins (Fenix Nest): Got a problem with redheads?] [Justiceistruth (Earth): No, ma'am.] [Whostolemyduck (Earth): Are there other creatures of fire, besides the Phoenix race, I mean? Oh, and of the other elements too?] [DeverinianLordMalacoss (Deverinian 9): Naturally, the Pyroth race, for example, which also resides in the Ashes galaxy, is another race closely tied to the element fire. Then there are the Merinmians, Syngnathidaes and Sirinians, which are closely tied to the water element and change form when they leave and enter it, oh and then there is the Nerida race, which is quite literally sentient water.] [LadyErkath (Alastor): Don't forget the Gargolian race, which is closely tied to the element of Earth… though not many of them remain now, sadly.] [OracleRomy (Elysium): You also have the dragon race, but their connection is unique and we aren't exactly sure in what way they are connected to the elements.] [AlamoMatador4thewin (Earth): What do you mean, Oracle Andromeda?] [OracleRomy (Elysium): Well, unlike the other races mentioned, which are all connected to one particular element. The element the dragon is supposedly connected to is associated with the colour of their scales.] [NonpareilRaphilia (Aaru): Also, there is the fact that it's questionable if lightning can even be classified as an element, while poison definitely isn't one.] [Gunlovergirl (Earth): Streamer, Lady Isabella Flemming wants access to the stream. Is that possible?] [Celebrityhunter69 (Earth): Lady Flemming? The Lady Flemming?] [Noobkiller9000 (Earth): You talked directly with the head of the Flemming family?] [CEOHopkins (Fenix Nest): Why did she ask you to do this and not me when I spoke to her earlier?] [AlamoMatador4thewin (Earth): How does she even know about the stream?] [Whostolemyduck (Earth): She's the leader of one of the five families. They have people everywhere.]"Isabella Flemming?" Adam asked in surprise before adding, "How did she learn about the stream and why did she get you to ask me for access?" Revi listened in quietly and decided to open the stream on her uniband as she guessed that Adam was responding to someone in the chat.

[Gunlovergirl (Earth): I just got off a call with her where I had to tell her about the stream in order to answer a question she asked me; that's probably why she asked me.]