Kai was currently working at a small restaurant. He was diligent worker here and so far, he hadn't made any serious mistakes.
"Kai, come here for a moment!" said the owner of the restaurant.
"Yes, owner!" Kai said and went into the staff's room. "How can I help you, owner?"
"Kai, I already heard about your situation. And I hate to say this to a diligent worker like you. But you are fired. Take this month salary and leave."
"Yes, owner!" Kai knew this would happen, sooner or later, as the talking of the housewives in his neighborhood began to spread to other places too. No place would dare to hire a worker whose father had accumulated a huge amount of debt and now that debt fell on them to pay.
After taking the salary, Kai went back to his neighborhood on foot. He knew walking on foot alone at night like this is dangerous, but he could not help it, his bike had been sold and the money had been used to pay a little amount of debt.
("With the interest, I will never be able to pay the debt...maybe, I should apply to that industry, they are paid very high, after all... No, no, no, what am I thinking? I would never do that kind of job!")
BOOM
Suddenly, Kai heard explosion sound from afar. When looked at the direction, he could see an energy blast shot into the sky.
"What was that?" Kai asked himself.
"Whatever it was, it's no good to stay outside." Kai then ran back to his house. After he locked the door, he stayed put inside his house. He could hear the siren of police cars and the sound of helicopters from everywhere racing to one place, where the blast energy was from.
("What happened? It seems serious!") Kai wondered.
He tried to wake up all night in case something happened and he need to leave right away. But that something did not happen, and he finally slept when it was near dawn.
"Crap, I am late!"
Kai woke up in the morning and found himself late for school. He ran to school without washing up and brushing his teeth.
"I can't believe the class monitor is late!"
"Sorry, teacher, I promise this will be the last time!"
"Go outside of the class and stand there to listen to lesson! I won't accept that kind of behavior from the leader of the class."
"Yes, teacher!"
Kai had to stand outside the class and listened to the lesson from there. He felt so embarrassed every time someone sitting in the class looked out and smiled at him, some even gave him thumbs up, or some teachers or students from other classes passed by, the teachers shook their heads, while the students looked at him and giggled.
"Oh Kai, why are you standing outside, were you late?" Kai turned around and saw Patrick.
"Patrick, you are late too?"
"Yeah, I had something to take care of." Patrick said and then went into the classroom. "Good morning, teach, sorry, I'm late."
"Alright, don't be late next time, go back to your seat!" said the teacher.
Patrick turned around, looked at Kai and smiled meaningfully.
("That's rich kid for ya!") Kai remembered Kent's words.
***
"Good morning, Kent!" said Patrick while sitting down next to Kent.
"I'm sorry, Pat!"
"I already said it is not your fault. You don't have to say sorry."
("Well, technically, your grandpa was not wrong when saying that I worked with demon.")
And then there was silence between the two.
"Kent, can I use your textbook, I forgot mine?" Patrick asked when he discovered he had left the textbook at home.
"Ok."
"Can I borrow a pen too?"
"Here."
"Can I borrow a pencil too?"
"Here."
"Can I borrow the eraser too?"
"Here."
"Can I look at your notebook too?"
"What the hell, man? Did you leave all things at home?"
"Yeah."
And before they knew it, both began talking with each other again.
Actually, Patrick did bring all the study equipment, but he wanted him and Kent to talk with each other again without awkward so he pretended to forget everything at home.
***
Finally, classes ended, and everyone went home. Kai was walking from the school's gate, not knowing what to do next. At break time, he had heard about the incident with the casino.
("The casino was destroyed, which means those people will demand the debt to be paid right now so that they could recover their loss. It will not be just threatening like before, but they would use force on me. I would be sold as a slave or a prostitute, or maybe they will kill me and sell my organs. Oh no! Should I run away?...")
Lost in his thought, Kai reached his neighborhood and he could see a group of people standing in front of his house.
("Oh no. They came. They do it for real.") Kai thought before turning, prepared to run away.
***
Dyrroth, in his Cloak of Concealment, was standing with Saber and Eudora, in front of Kai's house.
"Why does that pitiful boy taking so long?" Dyrroth said while looking around in order to spot Kai early. And he caught Kai prepared to run away.
"There he is! GET HIM!"
("Crap, I have been found out!") Kai began to run, but before he could run for more than 3 steps, lightning struck the ground in front of him, making him fall and preventing him from running further.
When Kai tried to stand up, he found a sword was right at his leg.
"Run...and I cut your leg!" said Saber without any emotion.
Kai could not do anything except gulping.
"Pitiful boy, you think you could escape from us?"
"You can do anything you want with me." said Kai, accepting his fate.
***
A few minutes later, Kai found himself in a luxurious room inside a grand hotel, and sitting opposite to him was Patrick, who was smiling.
"Don't tell me you are the boss of the casino?" asked Kai.
"Yeah. Your guess is correct."
Dyrroth went in the room and brought with him a document.
"Kai, this is all the debt that you owe me!" said Patrick while giving the document to Kai.
Kai read the document, and his face became pale. There was a total of 20 million cellons, including interest, plus 3000 cellons of the class's fund that Patrick had lent him.
Kai was sweating right now, he asked: "You will write off my debt, right?" while trying to smile with Patrick.
"You promised you would pay me back, right?" Patrick asked before he added "you are a dependable monitor, which means you must keep your promise."
"I only promise to pay back the 3000 cellons you lent me for the class's fund!"
"Can't the same be said for the 20 million cellons? Your father promised to pay it back also. And now he is nowhere to be found. So that responsibility is yours now."
"I can't pay it!" lamented Kai.
"That's why I give you 4 options. Listen and choose carefully. Dyrroth!"
Dyrroth stepped forward and began to list the 4 options.
"First, you pay the debt here and now, a total of 20 million and 3000 cellons, whether by cash or through your bank account. Second, you have to find your father within one week, if you can find him, you will have to pay just 3000 cellons. Third, you must sign the agreement of allowing us to do with you whatever we want, including selling your organs or selling you to a prostitution. And finally,..."
Dyrroth turned to look at Patrick, who said:
"And finally, you are going to work for me unpaid until all debt is paid off. Ah yeah, I forgot, there is a 5th one, you can tear that document apart, then we will meet each other in court."
"Isn't it too clear? I choose the 4th." answered Kai.
"Very well."
Dyrroth took out a contract and gave it to Kai, who signed it.
"Wait, what about the interest?" asked Kai.
"How pitiful! Of course, it will stay the same because you didn't talk about it." said Dyrroth.
Kai was dumbfounded.
"Patrick Silver, you are not the kind of person I thought you were." said Kai before he got up and left.
("Thank you, Patrick!") thought Kai as he stepped out of the room.
***
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