After almost an hour of staying like that, Hai and Hong Li-Wei decided to head back and officially end their date.
Yesterday was a good day for both of and they have already enjoyed themselves fully, so now was time to go back to work.
Hai dropped Hong Li-Wei off at the cassino, bid his goodbyes and went his way.
Arriving back at the hideout, Hai was immediately welcomed by Elena.
"Welcome back, young master." She said while bowing slightly.
Hai walked up to her and gave a hug as a reply.
"Yes, now I feel welcomed." He said as he didn't bother in trying to hide how much he was enjoying the hug.
Elena kept a straight face but her ears reddened a bit.
After a few seconds, Hai separated himself from her and grabbed her hand.
He started to walk towards his room while leading Elena along.
Elena meanwhile just had a wry smile.
She was itching to finish all the chores before her young master arrived but alas, she couldn't.
Although she loves to spend time with her young master, Elena herself is quite obsessed with working so as to provide a comfortable life style for him.
But now, she was officially deprived of this and is going to spend the whole day with her young master.
She doesn't know if she should be happy or sad.
Hai didn't bother with Elena's dilemma and arrived at his room.
He kicked open his room's doors and entered.
Using magic, he threw his clothes away and switched to more casual ones.
He released Elena's hand and laid on the bed.
"So, how are things so far?" He asked while casting a barrier around them and closing the door with magic.
Elena walked towards the bed and sat on it at a small distance away from him.
"It's bad." Elena said with a grave expression.
Hai just raised an eyebrow but didn't show much aside from this.
Elena took a few seconds to recollect her thoughts and then started explaining again.
"The Phoenix is moving." As her words fell, the mood in the room seemed to turn dark.
Turn dark to everyone but Hai, that is.
Hai simply smiled and scooped Elena up.
"Yo-Young master?" Elena asked confusedly at his actions.
Hai then laid down while he put Elena in his chest and hugged her.
"Now, you can continue."
Elena looked at his face for some seconds and then decided to progress.
It was just that, it was harder than she expected.
"Ap-Apparently, The Phoenix caught wind of what happened to Stella and I don't know for what reason, but it suddenly started to pry for young master's location."
Hai raised an eyebrow and started to caress her hair.
"My location?" She nodded at his question.
"I also don't know why." She said while feeling that this much information is as good as nothing. She felt like she was useless as she couldn't obtain more complete information about something so important.
Hai smiled seeing through her thoughts and started to caress her body.
Elena's eyes widened a bit and she looked into his.
"What are you doing, young master?" She whispered while containing her excitement.
"Try to think something bad about yourself again. I dare you." Hai said with a smile that wasn't much of a smile.
Elena looked away and continued her report.
"We also have successfully retrieved Ari, that elf to another hideout. She is alive, although barely. We have also retrieved the fox woman to another one." Elena comment and turned to look at Hai again.
"Hm…" Hai gave a short reply and nodded.
Although he considers Ari a friend, she still hasn't managed to have a place in his heart and as such, he cares for her but not to the point of risking his loved ones' safety. And much less for the other one.
After finishing her report, Elena felt silent while slightly squirming in Hai's embrace due to his caresses.
Elena stopped squirming and started to pay attention to his thoughts.
Elena's ears perked up when she heard his thoughts becoming a bit surprised and then calming down again.
<[Yes host?]>
Elena again got confused and more interested in what those "runs" are.
<[Yes host. You still have all the items aside from the ones you used in the previous runs.]>
Hai went back to caressing Elena's head.
<[…]>
<[Are you sure host? If you use that you will further enrage the world's will.]>
<[*DING*]>
<[You have claimed "Karmic Luck Pack". Do you wish to use this?]>
<[Are you sure host?]>
<[You have claimed "Sever of Fates' Physique". Do you wish to use?]>
<[Initiating process…]>
<[This might hurt a bit.]>
Suddenly, Hai felt as if his heart was being stepped on by an elephant.
His inwards were being slowly smashed.
His air was leaving his lungs at a slow peace and he could do nothing.
However, Hai's expression didn't change in the slightest.
Even Elena who was on top of him, looked at his face and found nothing strange or out of normal with him.
Hai hugged Elena and rolled with her to the side.
"Young master?"
He smiled and leaned his head close to her.
"I just want to stay like this for some time." He said while closing his eyes with a relaxed smile.
Elena knew that he could be suffering due to whatever that system did to him, so she complied with his wish while grabbing his hand in hers and leaning in closer.
Meanwhile, Hai was wondering what was the system's definition of "pain".
It did hurt, but only from a normal person's point of view.
He patiently waited for the process to finish and after 10 minutes of something that would be hellish pain to others, Hai felt his body refreshened.
[*DING*]
[You have successfully integrated with the "Sever of Fates' Physique".]
[Sever of Fates' Physique:
Grants the user the passive ability to defy Fate and can avoid events or things that were previously inevitable.]
[*DING*]
[You have successfully used "Karmic Luck Pack".]
[You have permanently increased your luck equivalent to your karma.]
[Current level of luck: A Heaven-Defying Son of a B*tch]
Hai suddenly felt energy entering his body and he noticed that his mana core suddenly turned into something resembling a black hole and started to suck in all the mana in the area.
*FUSH*
Then, he felt like something changed inside him.
'Oh, I broke through.'
6th River.
That was the farthest Hai has ever gone until today.
However, contrary Hai's thoughts, the process hadn't ended yet.
Hai widened his eyes when he felt that his core didn't dimmish the rate it was absorbing mana, but instead increased it.
*FUSH*
He felt the sensation again.
7th River.
Hai blinked his eyes and looked below in disbelief.
*FUSH*
8th River.
"What the-"
*FUSH*
9th River.
*FUSH*
10th River.
"What is this bullshit?"
*FUSH*
11th River.
By now, Hai was already shutting down his brain as logic made no sense anymore.
*FUSH*
12th River.
After arriving at the peak of the River rank, Hai felt his core calming down and starting its change as to be able to hold more mana in it.
Hai raised his upper-body and looked towards his stomach.
"Young master?" Elena asked on the side when she noticed him acting strange.
Hai didn't answer her and kept looking at his stomach with a dumb look on his face.
"What in the seven hells was that?" He asked himself, still in disbelief at what happened.
Hai rubbed his forehead and looked at Elena who had a worried face.
"Sorry hon. It's nothing much, I just suddenly turned into a walking atomic bomb."
Right after Hai said it, he saw for a brief instant Elena's face twitching slightly.
"If young master is okay, then everything is fine." She said after recovering from his words.
Hai had those two things to claim for quite a bit of time by now.
He received the "Karmic Luck Pack" when he finished his role. The purpose was supposedly to give him great luck in his old world, so he would be something akin to a protagonist there.
The second, well, he received after almost ending the world, again.
Although he knew that as the system had a high probability of manipulating him, he decided to stop being a worrywart and not using useful things simply because he didn't want to take risks.
This power is now his and he will make use of it.
Stopping his thoughts, he turned to look at Elena and smiled playfully.
"Something else you have to report?" He asked while hugging her again.
Elena thought for a bit and eventually shook her head.
Hai smiled and bit her ear.
Elena's body flinched and she trembled slightly.
Then, Hai lowered his face and licked her neck.
He felt a slight funny salty taste.
"Yo-Young master, I'm still sweaty from the chores." She said while blushing.
Hai looked at her and smiled like a mischievous cat.
"Hoh~ So, you wanted to take a bath with me. Let's go then~" He said and picked Elena up.
Elena belatedly realized that indeed, her actions could be interpreted as such and she blushed even more.
Hai and Elena went inside the bath and moans and groans of pleasure could be heard from inside.
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The next day, Hai was sitting on his chair inside his office.
Elena was on the side while strictly observing Stella and her conduct.
Stella by now was no more of the cold business woman she was in their first meeting.
Now, Stella was dressed in a skimpy, tight maid dress.
Her skirt was minuscule, if someone blew on it, they may be able to see what is underneath.
Her shirt was almost no existent, it only covered her nipples and nothing else.
She had a black choker on her neck with some obscene or shameful words written on it.
Her underwear wasn't spared also. Her underwear had an opening in it that left her flower exposed.
She had to always walk with extreme caution because the slightest of the moves could make someone be able to see her private parts.
Stella had a red face while she tremblingly tried to put a cup of tea for Hai.
For the past days, Hai maintained Stella as a maid as to lower her pride and arrogance.
He initially thought that there wouldn't be much of a problem even if she were to resent him at the end of all of this.
But not even a day later he discovered that this woman loved this costume.
Even if she doesn't show it, she hasn't rejected a single order from him and has been rather proactive, sometimes even suggesting things she could do.
Hai honestly didn't understand how someone could show so much traces, traits and behavior and not admit what they are.
She herself already realized but she still resists and from time to time she tends to curse him.
"Lower 3º more to the right, maid." Elena stated coldly.
Although she previously disliked Stella, now it's almost at the level of hate.
She respects her young master and will comply with his orders, but…
When he asked her to let Stella serve him for a day to see who it goes, Elena nearly lost it.
And now, not only has Elena to limit herself in watching as her young master is served by someone else, but the damn woman is not even serving him correctly.
Elena's hands have been trembling and itching this whole time for her to kill Stella, but she contained herself.
*TRING*
A sudden noise echoed inside the office.
Hai leisurely picked his phone from his pocket and looked at who called him.
The number was an unknown one.
Raising one eyebrow, Hai picked the call and put his ear on the phone.
Before Hai could say anything, the person on the other side of the call beat him at it.
"Hello, sweet~"
Hai stopped all his actions and looked at the phone with a blank gaze.
"…"
He looked at Elena and Stella and saw them both looking at him.
He smiled at them and hang up the call.
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