The guy held Leonard on his right shoulder and uttered, "Let's go to a bar and discuss. It isn't safe for us to discuss this topic on the street, someone could hear us".
"OK". Leonard said.
"You drink, right?". The guy inquired of him.
"Yeah".
"Let's get going then, I know the nearest bar in this boulevard where we can relax and discuss more".
The both of them began sauntering, or let's say, Leonard was following his lead. They strolled until they arrived at the front of the bar the guy spoke of, then they stepped into it. The bar wasn't that filled with people, and it wasn't that empty either, but there were lots of vacant chairs and tables. The both of them strolled over to one of the tables that had empty chairs around it and made themselves comfortable.
They didn't even need to signal any waiter to come over before one of the male waiters came over to meet them. Arriving at where they were sitting, he inquired,
"Can I get your orders?".
The guy told the waiter the brand of beer he wanted to drink, and so as Leonard also. The waiter didn't waste time as he departed from their presence, and within some minutes, he had brought the beers they ordered and two glass cups. With a smile on his face, he uttered,
"Enjoy your beers". Then he walked away.
Leonard and the guy filled their glass cup with beer and began sipping, they sipped for minutes without uttering a single word to each other. Not like they didn't want to speak with each other, they just wanted to drink to their satisfaction before they'll begin conversing.
Emptying their glass cups, they filled them with beer once again, then the guy triggered a conversation.
"You feeling the beer, right?".
"Yeah, to the brim". Leonard responded.
The guy smiled, then said, "I'm feeling mine too". Then he paused for a while before uttering once again, "OK, first of all, let's get to know more about each other".
"Am in for it".
"My name is John, what's yours?".
"My name is Leonard".
"Leonard, that's a nice name". John complimented.
"John isn't bad too, it's a nice name". Leonard complimented also, he didn't want John to be the only one to compliment him.
John smiled, then uttered, "Thanks for the compliment", Then he asked Leonard in a low tone of voice, "How did you find yourself in this world? What happened? I'm pretty sure that every man that transmigrates into this earth would have to die in Earth 1 first. If I may ask, what caused your death?".
Leonard sighed deeply, then he began speaking, but he made sure to keep his voice in a low tone.
"I really loved gambling when I was in Earth 1, gambling was my number one favorite hobby. If you don't find me anywhere, then definitely, you'll find me in a gambling house trying to win money. I mostly play card gambling 'cause that's what am more comfortable at. I started gambling when I was 15 years old, and since then, I had become so addicted to it,
But the worst part of it was that I loved gambling but wasn't that good at it...I lose most of the time. My mum and brother became so worried 'cause of my gambling habit, they spoke to me about it, but I had gone too deep into it, it had become an addiction. I gambled to the extent that I became so lazy, all I was always doing was visiting gambling houses,
It got to the extent that when I had lost all the money that I brought to the gambling house, I started borrowing money so I'll have enough for gambling. I borrowed money from wealthy men promising some of them that I'll pay back with interest, and they willingly gave me money. I'll waste them on gambling, and when I had lost them all, I'll borrow more, and that's how my debts kept increasing".
And so the explanation continued, Leonard explained all to John. How he had been residing with his college friend for a long time and how his college friend has been of great help to him. How the wealthy men had been threatening him 'cause of his inability to pay back the money he borrowed. Done explaining that, he then told him what caused his death.
How the bodyguards of one of the rich men he was owing forced him into their car. Driving him to a silent area, the same threatening words from the main boss, and one of the bodyguards shooting him by mistake in the chest...
"And that's how I found myself in a plain white environment. Confused with where I was in and why my skin complexion was different, I heard the voice of a female system that called herself 'She Lord'..."
"She Lord?". John inquired interrupting Leonard's explanation.
"Yeah, She Lord".
"Mine is 'Pie Lord', that's what she calls herself".
"Pie Lord?". Leonard inquired.
"Yeah, Pie Lord".
"Wow! Sick names".
"True, please, continue with your explanation".
Leonard continued not forgetting to speak in a low tone, "I and the system talked, she explained everything I needed to know and was confused about. She revealed to me that I wasn't in my real body anymore and even displayed a transparent mirror in front of me so I could confirm what she was saying. She told me about the quest and all I needed to know about it,
Then I was transported to an apartment which I'm currently living in now. Hours after that, I was given my first quest with three weeks as the time limit to accomplish it. And that's what I've been trying to accomplish for three days now. I can't believe I bragged to the system that I'll accomplish it under one week".
"You did that?". John inquired.
"Yeah, and I'm regretting it now, I've realized that it isn't as easy as I thought".
"I just wanna ask, Leonard, how old are you?".
"I'm 25 years old". Leonard retorted.
"I'm older than you then". John stated.
Leonard threw back the same question at him, "How old are you?".
"I'm 29 years old, older than you by four good years".
"Hmm, not bad. Since I've told you a little of my past life and how I found myself inside this earth, tell me yours too. How did you transmigrate into this earth? What caused your death?".
John's facial expression became really gloomy, was his past life bad? Leonard noticed the gloomy expression on his face and quickly said,
"If it's something you don't want to talk about, then don't talk about it".
"No, no, no prob, you've told me yours already, I have to tell you mine too".
He cleared his throat a little and began speaking, "I would say it's my greed that caused my death. I was a black dude living in California in USA, yeah, a black American. I work in a company in California, and I wasn't lacking financially. I got married at the age of 25 to a girl I love so much, she was 23 years old at that time. Yeah, I had enough money to throw a nice wedding, and the best part of it was that she works too,
My parents approved of the marriage, and I was really happy about it. One year after our marriage, we had our first child, a girl. I was the happiest father in the world, I had extreme love for my daughter. We took care of our daughter and showered her love as she grew up. One day, some of my colleagues in the company where I worked told me about a certain business that would earn us lots of money, the business was illegal, and some of the funds would come from the company,
I told them I wasn't interested in it at first, but they persuaded me, so I consented. We engaged in the business, and the money came in, a very huge amount of money...I'm talking about millions of dollars here. And can you believe that all the money was in my bank account? That was the plan. They'll get suspected easily if the money goes into their bank accounts, I wasn't well known, so they decided that it should come into mine. We had already decided how we were gonna share the money amongst ourselves,
But greedy thoughts started entering my mind, I wanted the money all for myself, I wanted to be super-rich. So I decided to frame them up without them knowing, behind their backs. I went on with my plan, but you know what? They found out that I was the one that framed them, I don't know how. The ones that weren't behind bars told me something that sent shivers down my spine, 'Your wife and daughter wouldn't get to see the light of tomorrow',
I begged them, but they didn't listen. It was evening, so I began rushing home immediately, my wife and daughter were the most precious to me. I got home to see the shock of my life, my wife and daughter were lying on the ground soaked in their blood".