Soren Valmere, unawakened and treated as family garbage, is forced into an arranged marriage with Ethea Morvain, the once-legendary Ice Empress now completely paralyzed after a catastrophic Gate incident. Both families exile them to a modest house in a working-class neighborhood, washing their hands of two “problems” they no longer want to deal with. But on their wedding night, Soren awakens a hidden power: the Investment Authority. Whatever he invests in Ethea—time, money, care, emotion—returns to him amplified by 10,000 times when she achieves breakthroughs. Buy her medicine with his last credits? Receive a hundred million in return. Spend sleepless nights helping her move a single finger? Gain decades of martial experience instantly. Risk his life to save hers? Unlock abilities that shatter the heavens. As he pours everything into the wife everyone abandoned, Ethea slowly transforms from a broken doll into something that surpasses even her legendary past. And Soren? The “worthless” unawakened trash becomes the most dangerous investor the world has ever seen. Their families wanted to forget them. The world dismissed them as failures. They're about to learn that the greatest returns come from investing in someone everyone else deemed worthless. “You threw us away. Now watch us rise.” _______ _____ _ Author's Note: Hey everyone! This is my first time writing in this genre, so please go easy on me. Furthermore, this is purely a work of imagination. Any similarities to real persons or events are coincidental. I'm just here to have fun and hopefully entertain you along the way. If you enjoy the story, please add it to your library and throw some power stones my way. Comments and feedback are always welcome (the good kind and the constructive kind). I'll try to update regularly, but life happens, so bear with me. Now sit back, relax, and watch Soren make the worst investment of his life. Spoiler: It turns out to be the best one. Extra Tags: #ArrangedMarriage #ContractMarriage #HiddenPower #Awakening #IceEmpress #CrippledFemaleLead #MaleLeadGrowth #PowerCouple #SlowBurnRomance #HealingTogether #Investing #Cultivation #AbandonedByFamilies #FromZeroToHero #EmotionalInvestment #WholesomeEndgame