William left Hephaestus familia after paying the amount.
'20 million valis left.....'
William stops on a random street and start to think about how to best utilize the left amount.
Should he buy equipments?
'Unnecessary'
Should he buy a house?
'Again, unnecessary.'
'Saving them up wouldn't be a bad idea.'
"B-Boss"
Eldest lackey called out to William.
William stops his train of thoughts and looks at the Eldest lackey.
"W-well you see boss..."
Eldest lackey hesitates for a while before continuing.
"If you don't have anything else to spent these valis on then....maybe...um w-we can go to the pleasure district"
'Pleasure district?'
William have heard Emile mention about how their familia has stopped all trades with the pleasure district and all but William really dosen't know much about the place.
'First season of Danmachi didn't mentioned anything about the pleasure district.....'
William has only watched the first season of Danmachi anime.
As for why he didn't get to know about it in the past six months....well he was honestly just too busy surviving and didn't had the luxury to pay attention to such things.
"NO WAY don't tell me that you have never been to the pleasure district before boss?"
Eldest lackey asks after seeing the look of confusion on William's face.
William simply shakes his head, acknowledging Eldest lackey's words as he has indeed never been to such a place.
"OH MY GOD there's actually an adventurer who doesn't know about the pleasure district"
William starts feeling annoyed after seeing Eldest lackey shout out in the middle of the street.
'As expected...'
William looks around and see a large crowd gathered around both of them and giving him a variety of looks which included disgust,amazement and...pity..
'I can understand the gazes of disgust coming from the females, I can also understand the gazes filled with amazement but tell me this you weird old man why are you looking at me like I am the most pitiful person around.'
"Don't worry bos--UGHK"
*Swish*
William doesn't let Eldest lackey say another word as he quickly grabs Eldest lackey by his neck in one hand and the chest with valis in the other, as he starts running away from the street with the fastest speed possible.
The old man comes out of the crowd and gives William's diminishing figure a giant thumbs up with an understanding smile on his face.
*Slip*
For some reason William felt a weird chill run down his back as he almost looses his balance.
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[In a dark alley]
*UGH*
William sends a hard punch right on the Eldest lackey's stomach while saying.
"I think last times training wasn't enough for you huh"
*HEUK*
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Right kick.
*Y-YEASH*
William stops when instead of a voice filled with pain what comes out is a moan of.....pleasure?...
'I might have pushed him towards a road of no return....'
William thought in his mind while looking at the trash-of-a-human-being lying on the ground, huffing for air with a smile filled with satisfaction pasted on his face.
"Haah haah B-BOSS W-Why did you stop so early today?"
William raised his eyebrow while thinking of other ways to deal with this thing.
"Ah right as I was saying earlier Boss about the pleasure district"
'Either this guy has nerves of steel or maybe he's just an idiot for mentioning it again'
William looked at Eldest lackeys face which still had a bit of satisfaction left in it
'Definitely an idiot'
"Don't worry Boss I your most loyal serving will personally take you to visit the place tonight"
Eldest lackey said that with a voice filled with self righteousness.
William looked at his terrible act and opened his mouth to say.
"It's unnecessary"
"??"
Eldest lackey had a unbelieving expression on his face not understanding why anyone will reject going to the pleasure district.
"We have more important things to do then to waste time in the pleasure district."
"W-wait boss! atleast listen to me!"
With hurried footsteps Eldest Lackey chased after William.
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[Night time]
A figure was lying on top of a rooftop while gazing at the starry night sky above.
William right now is wearing his casual clothes without the mask or anything covering his face.
He looked at the clear sky of Danmachi while remembering his home world.
"Almost seven months..."
William muttered silently.
He starts remembering all of the events which have taken place till now.
Along the way he made a lot of mistakes, mostly silly ones which could have been easily overcome if he was a little bit more courageous.
A little better and strong enough to beat everything in his path.
Putting away the useless thoughts, William followed his memories and took out something from with his pocket.
A harmonica.
(note-For those of you who didn't knew go back and read chapter 7 which you most probably skipped😑😑I mentioned something in that chapter which will be used now)
Then he placed the instrument on his lips.
A melodious rang's out on the street.
Pleasent wind starts blowing while moonlight covers the street as William play the Titanic's theme.
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After some time William stopped playing.
There was no particular reason behind playing the harmonica, it was more like an instinct which he had adapted after doing it for months.
Placing it back inside his pocket, William got the ready to go back.
But then
"Please wait"
A sudden voice called out to him.
William turns around and looks at the person standing on the street with her head raised, looking at him.
'Isn't that...'
"We meet again Mr who plays the lovely sound"
William looked at the lady in brown dress and remembers that he saw before as well when he was playing the harmonica.
"Your look different than before, Did something happen Mr??"
The girl said while looking at William's unusually clear eyes.
William didn't say anything and just kept staring at the girl, perhaps trying to figure something out.
Seeing William staring at her the girl in brown simply tilts her head innocently.
After staring for a while and not noticing anything abnormal with the girl William finally turn his head around.
"It's late you should go home now"
"Wai--"
William dosen't listen to her and starts jumping from one roof to another.
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The girl in brown kept staring at William's diminishing figure.
After seeing that William is no longer in sight, A smile with many different meanings appears on her face.
*Woosh*
A silent wind blows by the girl as a magical thing happen.
The girls short brown hairs are replaced by long silver ones.
Her simple dress is no longer in sight, replaced by a dress in black which only covered the important parts of her body.
The beautiful women gave one last look in the direction in which William left, before turning around and leaving the night street.
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A figure was silently staring at the scene while hiding behind a nearby building.
"Freya..."
William muttered as a sharp look appeared in his eye.