When Jin entered the bathroom, he immediately took out the contents of the box. It was an elegant pair of clothes that he had only seen the children of nobles wear.
Upon seeing the expensive clothes, Jin was confused as to what expression to make. He felt extremely grateful, but at the same time apologetic.
How much did they spend just to buy a gift for a boy they didn't even know the origin of?
He wants to return the gift but he knows that if he tries to do so, they will just get mad with him and yell like, "Why don't you just appreciate it instead of worrying?!"
"Since this is the first time I've received a gift, I'll make sure to take care of them." Jin folded the clothes again to prevent them from getting dirty before even trying to put them on. After that, he picked up the box and noticed that its weight did not change even after the clothes were taken out.
"...?"
Out of curiosity, Jin carefully inspected the box for a minute and noticed that its surface was unusually high. Jin tried to shake the box and when he did, he discovered that there was something hidden below.
As Jin removed the fake surface, a pair of new shoes was revealed surprising him even more. He was so happy to the point that he almost in tears.
"Ahh~! Why did they give me this much?" Jin hugged the gift and once thanked the couple sincerely. "Thank you so much."
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After about 20 minutes in the bathroom, a dazzling young man who looked more noble than the real nobles came out.
Jin walked and moved to suit the clothes he was wearing, but in truth, he was uncomfortable.
The reason why he behaves like that is because, the clothes were quite tight. And Although his body itches from time to time, he couldn't scratch as much as he wanted as he was restraining more of his movements for fear of tearing it if he moves carelessly.
He prefers comfortable clothes in which he can move as much as he wants, but since the couple told him he must wear them, then he has no choice but to do so.
"Right, I should say goodbye to them before I leave."
After Jin did that, he left the bar and walked his way to the World library.
The sky was still dark so the fog was still thick. He could feel the cold wind blowing even though he was wearing a robe over his clothes.
Walking through the foggy street where few people were active, Jin once again sensed the presence of the people stalking him in every direction.
'So even at this time, they will not fail to watch my movements.'
On the first day of Jin at the bar, he had the feeling that there were people secretly watching him, however, unsure if that feeling was real or if he was just being too cautious, he just ignored it thinking that,
'Maybe, it's only natural for employees like me, to be stared at considering that this place is full of people every day.'
However, that thought was wrong. As time passed, the feeling he felt on the first day grew stronger as the people watching him became more obvious even to him.
'There are more of them than usual. Will they make their move now? I hope not.'
Jin continued walking thinking that they would do nothing, but he was wrong. At the time he reached a deserted area, five of them appeared some distances ahead of him.
They were wearing masks that hid their identity while emitting a malicious aura.
Jin paused and looked into their malevolent eyes before saying, "I don't know who you are but let's do this later."
After saying that, Jin started walking again. He was calm and had no intention of fighting, but his guard was up for a surprise attack.
And as Jin got closer, almost all of them burst out laughing as if they had just heard the funniest joke of the day.
"Pfft... Hey, did you hear what he said? 'Let's do this the other time.' HAHA!!"
"Did he really think we would follow his words just like that? What an idiot."
And while they were laughing, one suddenly spoke in a bossy voice.
"Are we here to laugh? Huh?!"
Hearing him speak, the masked men who were laughing fell silent giving Jin a clue that he was their Captain.
"Hey!" Jin called out to him and asked, "Are you the Captain of the group?"
He nodded in agreement and replied, "Yes, why?"
"Then, can you please stop just this once? If you do that, I promise that I will fight all of you once the ceremony is over."
Upon hearing his favor, one of the masked men became agitated. He spoke angrily while trying to defend his leader.
"This useless fool, how could you order our Captain like that?!"
But instead of the Captain being happy with what his subordinate did, he looked at the speaker with menacing eyes and said,
"Why are you interfering with our conversation?!"
"I-I'm sorry."
"It's okay. Just make sure you don't do it again." He looked at his subordinates and continued, "And all of you, I'm not saying this just for him, you hear me?!"
"Yes, Leader!" His subordinates responded wholeheartedly.
After scolding his subordinate, he calmed down before looking at Jin again. He said in frustration, "I'm sorry, you had to see all of those."
"...W-what? Uh, yes it's okay."
"So, you want us to leave you for now and then fight us after you take care of your business?"
Jin nodded.
"I'm sorry, that won't happen. And I want you to know that I have no ill will towards you. But for the young master who ordered us, there is."
'Young master? Who is he talking about?' Jin wondered as he tried to remember who he had wronged. And after thinking for a while, Jin finally remembered.
'Is he talking about the bully I beat after I got here? Tsk. As I thought, nothing good will come of meddling in the business of the nobles.'
Now that things have gone south, Jin has only two options. And that is either to fight and defeat all of them or avoid them by running.
The best choice between the two was clearly the latter, however, not in that situation. Although there were only five of them in the front, the real number of his enemies was much more than that.
'There are more of them hiding on the side so I will only be at a greater disadvantage if I run.'
Jin chose to fight.
He put on a fighting stance with his eyes fixed on the leader and thought, 'They all seem strong, but I hope they stop once I defeat their leader.'
Seeing the young man looking directly into his eyes, the leader's lips curled into a smile and thought, 'So, he figured out that he had no other choice but to fight.'
The leader stretched out his hand before saying, "All of you, don't let your guard down and overpower him!"
Hearing their leader's order, the four next to him rushed forward while shouting with the fighting spirit.
"Kill him!"
"Idiot, no. Just knock him out!"