Alex just looked at the messages and lots of conclusions appeared in his mind. The hamster in his mind started to running as he quickly began to eliminate the unfeasible conclusions.
Still, there are many remains that he didn't know about, The prominent being that these message is supposed to warn him about the incoming threat of Belladonna, This is the most logical one, If this is the case then he didn't have any worries as he knows the way to handle her, But he knows he was not that lucky.
There is definitely a new trouble that is going to arise soon, The trouble that even alerted this person to give him heads-up of upcoming danger.
'Can't I enjoy peace for a while? The things happening are way too fast, I have yet to deal with Nathan.'
Alex said in his mind helpless in front of fate, throwing one trouble and another at him. Maybe this heavenly will is doing this to protect the protagonist, or he might have used all his luck for getting transmigrated and to receive the system.
In either case, He needs a little break from all of this. The only good thing that happened to him was that lost his V-card. Although it kinda happened against his will but he still got the first time as the main heroine, That is still a plus point for him.
Talking about Alia, He looked at her in his arms, Who had no intention of breaking away from the hug.
Alex put the phone back into his pocket, He now has to find his unicorn loli to be prepared for the arrival of Belladonna, This way this woman will not do anything crazy, After all, no matter how powerful she is, She will never want to make an enemy of two families equal or even stronger than hers.
But he can't go to meet Liza, When this koala is hanging on his body, He still also has to go to Grace as he promised her before. There he has to talk about opening a business.
He has a god-level business which he got when he first encountered her. If he wants he can create a whole business empire in a mere month, But the problem is that he has to put all his attention on it, Which he can't do at all.
So he needs Grace for the job. She is also a businesswoman capable of standing on equal terms with Alia, The main heroine in the business, And now that he put a secretary halo on her. Her ability also increased a lot.
He wants to have his own business as it is very useful for him to attack other heroines that will inevitably come, And given the plot is all over the place, They might come any time now, So he needs to be prepared in advance for it.
That way at least he is going to have one less thing to worry about, Grace will handle those girls, He just has to steer them toward her.
"Hey, Alia, how long are you planning on hugging me?"
Alex looked down and spoke to her, Her small white face was pressed on his broad muscular chest, On her exceptionally beautiful face, adoring a very enchanting smile.
She right now looks like a goddess in Violet's mouth, with a perfect face, and a perfect body. Her long buttock-length hair was loose, falling down in a beautiful wave.
Looking at her like this, No wonder the protagonists were crazy for her. She is a creation that even puts fairies to shame. It's just her personality that causes trouble. If somehow her volatility decreased, She should be a perfect heroine.
"No!!"
Alia hearing his question outright denied him. Which stunned Alex, Who looked at her with astonished eyes.
He noticed before that she was doing anything he wanted. She even went as far as licking his love liquid from her mother's pleasure cave, So he was pretty sure she would agree to his simple request.
But to his surprise, she denied it in an instant. Is this a bigger deal than what she did in that wardroom? Or the alcohol affects them to this degree. If it's the latter, He needs to get her checked up for alcohol poisoning but it's not seem that is the case.
"Why not? I need to do other things, Alia. I don't have time to mess around, We will have time for that in the night."
Alex tried to break the hug but he was no opponent to her in strength, So he had to convince her to let him go.
He really can't waste any more time, He had to go bottom of what that message warning him about, Also so he had to give heads up to Liza to be prepared, And then he had to take Grace out on a date and later talk about business, He had too much thing pending to do it before end of the day.
So even if he wanted to enjoy the beauty in his arms, He had to go and try to fix the mess that comes after him.
"Then take me where you are *Hic* going, I will behave, I promise."
Alia lifted her face and looked straight at him with her watery eyes. She looked like a lost puppy, Asking him to take her home.
"Tha- "
Alex was tongue-tied as he was overloaded with cuteness of hers, She looked super cute at this time. If she always acted like this one, She might outrank most if not all the heroines. He even had the urge to give in to her request.
'Should I take her with me?'
Alex falls into thinking, It's not a bad idea to take her with him for those things other than Grace, This way he can even immunize her to see him with another woman, And not just go berserk later on.
He can't count on the mother-daughter thing they did in the ward as it is not guaranteed that she will react the same way to another woman, It's better to train her slowly first.
"No, I am going to meet someone important, You can't come"
Alex looked into her eager eyes and refused sternly, seeing the light in her eyes die down as she was on the verge of crying out.
"*Sniff* Why?"
She somehow held her tears back and asked him trembling words, controlling her sobbing so as not to show weakness in front of him.
To be honest, Seeing her like this would be break the hearts of most of people, Alex too feels bad but he was not the one who let his emotions control him, If he wants to take her with him, He first had to let her fully give in to him, If not it will be hard to control her in front of others.
So he can't easily agree with her, Because we as humans do not care about the thing we get easily but if we had to struggle for it, Then he would do anything to keep that thing with us.
Using this thing, He was planning on controlling her. Even if she is drunk, She is not drunk enough to ignore his point, and her struggle, Which is the key point to start taming her.
"Are you going to meet another woman?"
Suddenly she stopped crying and asked him to look straight at him. Her sobbing voice, tearing pain in her tone was the thing that forced him to think for a moment.
What was he doing right? These women are also alive, Have their free will and their whole life. They are not some novel soulless characters.
They are alive and have the freedom to think for themselves. He is doing this to them, catching them like exotic animals, isn't this wrong? didn't he just play with their feelings and emotions? He is doing the exact thing the protagonist does, So what right did he have to hate them for it? He was doing the same thing.
'Because I am a hypocrite, I think I am saving them from the protagonist, Which is what I am kinda doing but I am more greedy for their body, The Raider Points, I like beautiful women, I made that clear in the very beginning.'
Alex wasn't affected by this new realization at all, He always knew he was the trash of human beings, and He didn't have any complaints about that at all.
He calls the protagonist a hypocrite because he himself is a hypocrite, So he knows a hypocrite when he sees one. The difference between them is that he knows he is a hypocrite. He didn't lie to himself, create delusions of being self-righteous and all that shit that the protagonist makes.
He never lies to himself. If he wants it he will do anything to take it. Right now he wants to survive in this novel world, So he was doing what he has to do for survival, He did not need any more reason than this one.
He does care about heroines. He cares about a lot but he also makes sure his feelings will not interfere with his decision making. He will take tough decisions like hurting their feelings to some extent to achieve his goals.
"Yes, I am going to meet a woman, They hav- "
"Are they virgins?'
So Alex decided to go up the front, Say that he is going to meet another woman, But then say the reasonable reason, Making her question her own judgment and feel guilty about doubting him but he didn't get a chance to say those things at all.
Alia cut him in the middle of sentences and asked something he never thought of her asking him.
"Pardon me, But can you say that again, I might have misheard you."
He wasn't able to process what she asked him. He wanted to make her doubt herself but he was now starting to doubt his own hearing, So he asked her once again to say it and confirm what he heard.
"I am asking, The woman you are *Hic* going to meet, Are they virgins? Vir- *Hic* Virgin means never be in Se-Sexuale *Ahem* Sexluse...Sexyele, Ahhh!! They never share bed with a man."
Alia didn't miss a beat and quickly answered what she wanted to ask him. Alcohol might not be working properly on her awakened physique as her thinking still remains functional as she thought about that Alex might know about what Virgin means, But her memory and vocabulary seems to be affected as she isn't able to say sexual relationships even after trying several times, After a few attempts, She gave up and said something else related to it.
But Alex was not so concerned about that, He was more worried about what she was saying, Like what kinda question is this? Who asks something like this when your boyfriend says he is going to meet another woman?
'Is she doing some dark rituals or something? She needs virgins to perform ritual?'
Alex can only think of this thing, Only ritual for those forbidden rituals you need virgins sacrifice, So it's the first thing that comes into his mind when she said about virgins, If not why she was asking about something like this right?
"They might be, But why do you need them?"
He did not know what she was planning, So he didn't give her a straight answer, Planning to fish out more information out of her.
"Huh!? Why do I need virgins? Mhmm...Yeah well I don't remember but it should be about punishment or something "
Alia tilted her head like a dog hearing his question, Thought hard about it but she was not able to remember why she was asking for virgins, She only remembers it was punishment related, But for who? She has no idea.
'Definitely for a ritual, Since when did she do something like this? There is nothing sorta like this in the plot.'
Alex solidifies his conclusion that she needs virgins for the ritual, He sneakily looked at Rita and then at Alia, Now he thinks he understands why she kidnapped Rita and wanted to see if she was a virgin.
It's all for the ritual she was planning on doing. Now it makes sense that the system says that Alia kidnapped Rita for him. This makes sense. If he thinks about the ritual as for himself, It should be about creating punishment for him, Then it's really for him that she kidnapped Rita.
Now everything became clear to him, He broke Alia and pushed towards the darkside for her to do something like this to get him.
"What punishment? Alia, Hey Alia don't sleep, Answer me."
He wanted to know more about this ritual, He didn't want to be in dark and become targeted by the punishment, Hearing about it seems scary thing, He wanted to ask more about it from drunk Alia but find out that she right now passed out in his arms, Splashing cold water all over his plans of taking her out and make her resistant to seeing him with other womans.
"Humm Alex...Virgins...Punishment hehe"
He now can't even know about the ritual she was planning as no matter how she tries to wake her up, She didn't wake at all, She just mumbled a few words and laughed in her sleep.
This kinda creeped him out making her very uneasy as the only thing he was afraid of in this world is unknown, And now he didn't know what plans she had for him.
"She can't stay here, This place is not safe at all."
Alex put passed out Alia on the seemingly normal-looking bed in this place, Then he looked at naked still unconscious Rita laying on the other bed worriedly.
If Alia started targeting virgins then Rita was not safe here, So without thinking much he warped her in the black robe of hers before he carried her out of this underground.
'Did I break her?'
As the elevator door closed, Alex thought to himself looking at sleeping Alia until its doors were fully closed.
"How long are you going to keep pretending Rita?"
As they were alone in the elevator, Alex just put Rita down on the elevator floor and looked at her with amusement.
It's not even that hard to guess that she was pretending, This woman is a killer, Who is trained to handle extreme torture, Compared to that Alia just pinched her, This woman was conscious all the time, She was just acting like this to avoid escalating things.
'...."
Rita did not react at all, She was laying on the cold elevator floor the way he put her without any moment to move to a comfortable position.
"Your full name is Rita as you don't know your surname, You are an orphan who was later adopted by the dragon gate organization and turned into a cold-hearted killer for them but you actually just wanted a place to call home, You did dirty deeds for them fearing to lose this home, You wanted them to accept you as a family, But they never did, And you know it. You are just pawns they can use and sacrifice anytime they want, Don't you Rita?"
Alex saw that she didn't listen in a normal way, So he decided to hit where it hurt the most.
Rita doesn't have any family or someone to care for her anymore, Since she remembered she was living in a broken orphanage of some 3rd world war ridden country, Which explains what happened to her parents.
Later when she turned the age of 5, She was adopted by that time's dragon king, The master of protagonist Jake. The Dragon gate organization thinks of itself as some higher-up force, above everyone, they think they are doing something special, They convince themselves as the chosen ones.
But in reality, they are nothing but some psychopaths playing pretending to be with a dash of a god complex.
"...."
Even Alex said this sensitive information only very few higher-ups in the organization knew about Rita still didn't move at all. It shows that the training she received was not ordinary. No normal person was able to stay calm when the information they thought was secret was spoken by a stranger to them.
Alex actually was quite impressed. She as a killer should find out all the information she can about a target before she makes a move. Like now, She seems to be just acting to avoid talking but in fact, she is gathering information.
Her eyes might close but her other senses are working on the extreme level to give her all the information that she needs. She uses touch to feel where she is, She uses smell to determine the conditions surrounding her, and Her ears listen to figure out how many people are present.
Just by doing this, She throws off lots of killers as unlike most of them, She is still calm and follows protocol even in a situation like this one.
"Ohh, You are indeed trained well by them, Well that given after all on their order you even killed the one you loved, What her name was? Jenny or some- ."
"Keep her name out of your damn mouth- Acghk"
Alex decided to go even more forward and use the thing that he knows will actually work. This is her sensitive point, and the regret of her life.
So as he spoke about this thing, Rita wasn't able to stay calm. She was wondering about how Alex knew so much about her before but the moment he said this, All that worry was thrown out of the window.
She moved at superspeed to stand up, Then she Stretched out her hand like a claw, and aimed at his throat. Her action was so quick that he wasn't even able to react but that didn't stop his body from reacting on instinct.
He ducked quickly avoiding the claw headed for his neck then he turned his foot on ground with force carrying momentum of it in his hips then he shifted that momentum into his fist hitting in her abdomen with force.
Rita didn't know what even happened, She only found herself laying on the same cold floor she was laying on second before. It's the third time this has happened today. She does not understand what is happening to her, Why she suddenly became so unlucky to encounter strong people like this one.
"What do you wan-!!!"
Realizing she was not an opponent of his, She decided to compromise first to stall for some time, Elevator will reach the upper floor any moment now. She just has to find an opportunity to escape.
But the words she was supposed to say didn't come out of her mouth. Her brain blanked out as she looked at the figure standing in front of her stupidly.
'How could he have fallen?'
That was the only thing in her mind now, She was stunned looking at his beauty. There are no words in her vocabulary. No matter how many or whichever words she used to describe his beauty, It would still be nothing but an insult to him.
A blasphemy, As the words of mortals, can't describe the beauty of the divine, All of her other emotions vanished as she only felt pity for him, Pity that he fell into this dirty world, Tainting him in the filth of this world.
"Are you an angel or death?"
Rita couldn't help but ask, She can only think of those two when she looked at the man standing in front of her. He knew things about her that not even the organization knew about, So he should be higher being come for her.
He came to her to give her salvation. Finally the pain of her, the constant struggle in her mind would stop now, She can be free, She was ready to end this cursed life of hers, All she wants now is peace which she yearned for her whole life.
"I can understand why you call me an angel but why death?"
Alex finally gets an appropriate reaction from someone on his looks. The people are used to seeing him as he was already handsome before the increase in charm, And on top of that those heroines have protection from the world, So they are not that much bothered by his charm.
But it is the first time he received the reaction one should have after seeing his charms, Rita is the first heroine to actually feel the full effect of his charm.
"Wasn't Death supposed to be a handsome man named Mister Death? I heard that he is a very good-looking man, Who comes to people at the end of their life and takes them to the afterlife. Our caretaker used to tell this story to us."
Rita, who is supposed to be tight-lipped, spoke like a parrot and said things without thinking, Her eyes glued on his face. She tried several times to look away from him but she just wasn't able to do it. Her heart started racing as her face was burning hot because of shame and embarrassment.
[Ding! +50 Favorability of Rita increased for the host (Current : 80 Only One)]
System notification came as expected, once again showing his charm's power. It's only first meeting there was +50 increase in favorability, Alex was quite satisfied with this effect.
"Mister Death huh? Well, it's quite a good villain name for me, Dangerous and elegant, I love it."
Hearing the reason why Rita called him death, Alex was quite intrigued by it. Why do only protagonists and Heroines get cool code names? Like Alia has a black rose, and Jake has a dragon lord. He also needs one, And this one is perfect for him.
"So you are death?"
Rita still couldn't figure out what Alex was talking about. She really thought that Alex was some divine being who came to bring her salvation from her miserable life.
She is fed up with this life of dancing on the edge of a knife. It's even hard to remember the real reason she was doing all these things. She doesn't even know when or how she will die. Does anyone even care if she died?
The only person who used to care about her Jenny was dead. Her friend from the orphanage. They were two for each other. She was her one and only family. She was like a sister to her. They always used to stick together even on missions they used to go together, But one day the organization sent them on a mission like always.
They were supposed to kill the leader of some small terrorist group in their hiding place. It's their everyday job, and They both were proud of it. They were doing some good things for the world by eliminating these tumors for humanity. So they easily sneaked in the camp.
But as it turns out, They were dead wrong. It was no small group of terrorists but the main headquarters of some hidden organization. They realized that the information they received was wrong, So both of them decided to sneak out and inform the organization about it, As two of them were not enough to take care of this group.
Both were very careful and they pretty much escaped from the jaws of death as they successfully exited from the camp. Both of them were very happy that they wanted to celebrate.
*Bang*
Rita wanted to hug Jenny in happiness but as she was about to do it, One bullet ripped through Jenny's chest and headed towards her.
Everything in Rita's vision became slow motion, All other sounds of surrounding became inaudible, She wanted to move her body and catch the falling body of Jenny, She wanted to ask if she was okay but no words came out of her mouth.
She didn't come back to her senses until the bullet hit her body, Stretching her skin back to prevent the bullet from piercing into her body thanks to her superpower. As she came back to her senses, She moved fast and hugged falling Jenny in her arms, Then started running as fast as she could.
She didn't even take a look back to see if he was being followed. She ran until she didn't have any strength to run anymore.
Rita collapse with Jenny in her arms protecting her even when she was falling, With the last bit of remaining strength, Rita checked on Jenny but it was too late, She bleed too much, She was not breathing, Rita wanted to cry and try to save her but she didn't have any strength left, She just collapses and fall unconscious with the Jenny in her arms.
Later organizations came and saved her, When she opened her eyes, She was laying in the medical facility of their dragon gate's base, That was a moment she had time to cry but she couldn't, Crying is a sign of weakness in the organization, If she did that she will lose her job, She not able to bring the change in this world that she always wanted, The change that there will be no children have to live in orphanage became of this stupid wars.
She wanted a world where each and everyone got a place to call home, Although it's too big of a vision for someone like her but she was doing what she can for the greater good. She was doing a good thing, She knows it, Jenny did not die for some dumb reason, Her death was for a noble cause. So there is no need to cry, Only smile to show those fallen that their sacrifice was not in vain.
Now it's her time to rest in peace, Someone will take her place and carry forward her fantasy of the world.
"Hello!? Are you done with your back story? Hehe, I always wanted to say that."
Alex looked at her staring at him with lots of emotions passing by in her eyes, He couldn't help but say these words. As he understands as in the novel logic this moment should be the one, Where she will be thinking about her backstory.
Well, it's the real world. It does not make much sense to say it but it's still quite fun though to do it, At least he gets the joke of it.
"*Phew* I am ready."
Rita came back to her senses. She looked at him with lots of complicated emotions and then closed her eyes to be put out of misery. She did all she could do, Now she just hoped it would be enough.
"Huh ready for what?"
Alex just looked at her stupidly as he didn't understand what she was talking about for a second as she was acting weird all of a sudden, Which now Alex decided to ignore.
He now puts all heroines on the variable list of his, He will never use the same logic he uses on others to calculate the heroines.
"Aren't you here to reape my soul? Or I am already dead?"
Rita confusedly opened her eyes and stared at him with a doubtful gaze. She didn't understand why she was still alive as she still thinks of Alex being the Death.
It was not her fault though as it's rather easy to think of Alex as some supernatural being than to think he is just a very handsome man, His 190 charm is not for show.
"No, I just need to know about Jak- "
[Ding!....]
Alex wanted to say something but like always, System cut him off with system notification.
Ding! World choice is detected...
The selection function is triggered...
Please choose the following options...
• [1] You as a villain will miss this opportunity to gather information about the Heroine. Of course not!
Task : Make her talk about her past in 24 hours.
Reward : Heart Of Compassion, Killer instincts
• [2] Why not gather all the information you can about Jake using this opportunity?
Task : Gather Intel about Jake from Rita.l in 24 hours.
Reward : Eye Of Raven
• [3] She clearly looks hurt, So have some compassion for her, Have a heart, You were human before you became the villain.
Task : Give her your shoulder to cry on, Let her express her sorrows, Now.
Reward : Feel extreme bone crushing pain]
'@#%$&!!!'
Alex couldn't help it. What is the meaning of the system? It's reasonable at other times to make the 3rd option worse as according to situations it's reasonable.
But what about now? Will he feel extreme bone crushing pain just because he gave his shoulder to Rita for crying? Did this make sense?
He was sure that Rita would not do anything to him as her favorability was very high for that to happen, And there was no 3rd person present there to hurt him, So where is the system coming from? He didn't understand at all.
For the first time, he wanted to do some good as change and yet he not only was not going to get rewarded for it he on the contrary was going to get punished. Wasn't there something wrong with this?
He also observe the thing that, It was always the of being a good person has the worst reward and the best one always is the one being the worst person, A villain, Usually, Situations ask for it, So he didn't have any problem but now its different story, He couldn't see any reasonable reason for 3rd choice having the worst option.
'Is the system planning something behind my back?'
Alex couldn't help but doubt the system right now, Although the system is very helpful and friendly to him but he never stopped doubting the system, He is always skeptical about its intention.
After all, there is always the question of Why, What, and How? Why him? What is the real purpose of the system? How does it even work? There are many unanswered questions.
'System, Tell me the reason, Why is the 3rd option still the worst one?'
But Alex didn't go against the system right away, He still gives it the benefit of doubt, To hear its side of the story, If he is not convinced by the answer...Well right now he can't do anything about it but he should be able to figure out something later on.
[Ding! The host options rewards are determined by the risk and the effect it has on the world, Which takes into consideration everything including the templates given by the world.
You are a villain determined by the world. If you try to change that template, The heavenly will not going to like it as it will create chaos in the world. That's why the good choice for others is the worst for you as you will be punished by the world for doing good things.]
The system didn't know the effect he had on Alex, It answered him as he always did.
'...I get it, But how am I going to feel the pain here?'
Alex thought about it and figured out it is a reasonable reason. He is a villain and doing good things will definitely touch the bottom line of the world order, So he should be punished for it.
After all, How often do you see the villain doing a good thing and getting a good ending for it? never! They either sacrifice themselves or even if they did survive they still have to pay a heavy price for it.
So it makes total sense that Alex doing good things, especially for the heroines will cause the backslash from the heavenly will, His actions going to have consequences, System just showing him what they will be.
But then another question arises, The consequence of leading Rita to his shoulder is feeling extreme pain but how can that even happen? They both were alone in the metal box, As said before Rita will not harm him, So it's not possible to feel extreme pain as the system suggested.
[Ding! That because you are not alone.]
The cold mechanical voice of the system rang in his mind making him shiver in fear.
Alex was standing in the elevator with Rita, feeling an impending sense of dread as they traveled between floors. His heart raced as he suddenly became aware of a cold chill that seemed to be spreading around him. He felt very uneasy as system words kept repeating in his mind.
'You are not alone.'
The system didn't even have any emotion in its voice but he felt that its voice was gloomy warning him about something that he didn't want to believe it, So he started looking around the elevator hoping that he sees someone hiding around in the corner but every time he glanced around nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
"Are you okay Mister Death?"
Rita sensed his unease, She came to him and squeezed his arm trying to break him out of his thoughts.
But Alex was not in the condition to take care of her, His body tensed involuntarily as a thin layer of goosebumps appeared on his skin. An ominous silence filled the air as seconds seemed like hours; each tick of the clock further intensifying the fear coursing through Alex's veins. Even Rita, seeing him, became silent as she looked at him worriedly.
*Screech*
Just then, the most spine-tingling sound emitted from the far corner of the elevator, a shrill laugh that sent shivers down their spines.
"Who?"
Alex yelled looking around the Elevator but then In slow motion, Alex shifted his gaze to the corner of the elevator to find himself staring at the figure of a ghostlike entity.
Its eyes were empty but menacing, its form shrouded in shadows, its arms dangling by its side. Its mouth slowly twisted into a wide sinister smile that seemed to mimic those of horror movie villains.
"Ahhh!!!"
Rita shrieked in terror, She clutched onto Alex even tighter, too scared to move. Her breaths were shallow and labored as she attempted to stay calm, unable to take her eyes off the phantom before them. She experienced pretty much everything in her life. There was no fear of death in her heart as her life was nothing but a dance on the edge of the blade.
Still, she couldn't help but feel fear creep into her heart as the thing she never thought about happening right in front of her, The world view of hers is about to collapse.
As if sensing this, That thing began to inch ever closer until it was only mere inches away from their face.
Both Alex and Rita could now feel its icy breath on their faces, causing their stomachs to turn with nausea.
'System!!! What is this thing?'
Alex was scared too much. His body was shaking as he looked at that disgusting face a few inches away from his face. He yelled to system his mind, He was sure the system would provide the solution for the situation, So he was ready to buy anything it was about to suggest.
[Ding! It is a ghost, Host.]
The system does not understand the severity of the situation and legit thought that Alex really wanted to ask what thing in front of them was, So as the friendly system it kindly tells what they seeing is a ghost.
"....."
Alex wanted to beat this system now, Even though it was as evil as it's thought it was clearly not able to read the room, He right now wishes that it was a system that is able to read the minds of their host, At least they are able to react quickly to help.
*Ding*
Alex was stupefied by the system. He wanted to say something but he wouldn't be able to say something at all as fear and frustration took over him.
But Rita as a full-fledged killer still had a clear mind. So she reacted quickly as the second elevator door opened. This time was enough for Rita. She quickly snapped out of her trance and yanked Alex out of the elevator and back into reality.
*Ding*
*Bang*
When both of them exited the elevator, Its door quickly closed without a second then there was a loud bang on the closed door from inside the elevator.
"Wait!? I needed to know more about it."
When Alex saw what happened he felt quite complicated. Though terrified, He found himself strangely captivated by the sight of that ghostly creature â€" so much so that he almost wanted to stay behind and see what would have happened had they stayed any longer.
"Why do you do tha-?"
Alex snapped out of it and yelled at Rita for pulling him out of the elevator, He wanted to see what it was, He had a system so he was not that scared, He was only stunned and afraid because of his initial fear of humans to unknown but Rita didn't give him time to study this new discovery, He still wanted to find out more about that thing.
But he suddenly stopped himself after catching his reflection on the closed aluminum door, he saw that his face was completely drained of color, and instantly knew that retreat was necessary for both their sakes.
He might get another opportunity to find out what that thing was but for now, it's best to get home and get his beauty sleep. He was not worried about Alia as she was protected by heroine halo and he also had a feeling that he was the target of whatever thing it was.
[Ding! It was a ghost, Host.]
The system came out and once again confirmed what they saw was a ghost, Which Alex obviously chose to ignore. He was not ready to accept it. He will think about it after getting a peaceful sleep.
It was more than enough for the day for these things, let's worry about it tomorrow.
"Rita, let's go home."
Alex was tired, So he didn't think about what just happened and just started walking but this time he chose the stairs to go downstairs towards the exit not the elevator.
"Hey, Wait for me."
Rita now feels terrified of being alone, So she also ran after him quickly and started following him to his home. The reason she even didn't know, but she knew that she didn't want to be left alone there.
....
"Why is it always me? Ahaha!!"
Rose helplessly said as she sat on the office chair, In front of her was big stacks of papers that she had to do in a day. It was an inhumane punishment. She felt like no matter how she tried, She would not be able to complete it.
"Does no one do their job right? Why are there so many mistakes in this work? Are they purposefully doing this to bully me?"
Rose picked up the random paper from the stack, She checked it but found out there are too many mistakes in the paper work, There are too many wrong things in it.
It had so many mistakes that it was easy to do fresh work then to solve the problems from it, So that's what she did. She took out a new blank paper and started writing new things with astonishing speed and in a matter of few seconds she was able to complete the job.
"This one too? Sister filled the whole office with incompetent workers!!"
After completing the paperwork, Rose once again picked a random paper, Which was even worse than the previous one, So she helplessly started to do it from a fresh start, Hoping not everyone of them like these ones.
Unfortunately, It will be a very long and tiring night for her.
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Alex was just walking mechanically toward the parking lot. His car has been parked there since yesterday. He just hopes now that it has enough juice remaining that he is able to reach home.
While he was walking, The system voice rang in his mind urging him to choose any one of the options or reject it, Alex didn't want to deal with anything now, He just wanted to go and sleep on his not-so-rigid bed.
Too much shit happened in just two days. He was okay with it as long as he was against the protagonist. He was fine with that but what he saw now in the elevator left a deep impression on his heart. He wanted an answers but he wanted peace more than that.
'Choose 1st and 2nd option.'
But he can't let go of the free benefits in front of him, So he decided to choose the 1st and 2nd option. Anyway, he has a 24 hour time frame to complete the task and even if he fails, He just not going to receive the rewards. He can handle it.
Soon after that he reached the parking lot of the hospital and was found in his car before he got into it. Rita too hopped in the passenger seat without saying much, Both came to an unspoken agreement of not to break the silence.
After that he started the car, Which fortunately had enough battery remaining to take them to his dormitory. He didn't plan on going to Rose's Apartment.
He wanted to just sleep in his own bed for now. That's all he wanted to do. He didn't even have any plans to do anything to Rita tonight. He was very mentally exhausted for to do that.
After some time, They finally reached his dormitory, Then he sneaked into his room taking Rita with him. After all, a woman is not allowed in the boys' dormitory. But he doesn't care about it. Both of them are skilled enough to not get detected by others.
*Click*
"Sleep anywhere you want, Just don't bother me."
Alex opened the door of his room and then just threw the keys somewhere in the corner of the room. After that, he walked straight towards his bedroom.
Being the boyfriend of a woman who is the number one donor of your college gives you a few privileges. Just like this one, Normally you have to share a room with others, But he not only gets a separate room but he has his bedroom in it.
"Huh!?"
Rita looked confusedly at him. She was still not completely thrown out the idea of him being Death, So she was quite surprised when she found out that he was living in the college dormitory.
But then she realized she was left behind by him. She quickly turned her head left and right in fear before storming towards Alex's bedroom. Anyway, he said to sleep anywhere she wants, which means she can sleep with him as long as she doesn't bother him. It makes perfect sense to her.
"Hey, why are you standing in the middle of the room? Didn't you want to sleep? Well...I came here worrying you won't be able to sleep alone, So you don't have to worry, there is me here now."
As Rita ran into the room, She found that Alex was just standing in the middle of the room. This threw her off guard. She thought Alex was tired, So he should be quick to sleep. This way he would not care about her sleeping in his bed but now that he was not in bed means she can't just sneak into it.
She didn't know how to ask him to let her sleep with him in bed. She can't just say she was afraid of sleeping alone, right? How can a woman say something like that? She will definitely lose respect in his eyes.
So she quickly comes up with an excuse and figures out that Alex is a man, So he should be afraid right now, if she offers companionship, He will definitely agree, That would be a win-win condition for both of them.
"Why are you here? Wait, don't answer that, I don't care. Right now I just want to sleep. Whatever you have to tell me, Just say it after I wake up."
Alex didn't respond to Rita but looked at the figure of a woman sitting in his bed.
The woman was seated on his bed. Right now her posture was rigid and her expression was stunned. She was dressed in a flowing gown of royal purple, a shade fit for a queen.
The dress was embroidered with gold threads that glimmered in the dark bedroom in starlight that slipped through the glass window. Its soft fabric hugged her curves perfectly, accentuating the beauty of her figure. A delicate choker of gold encircled her neck, and a pair of dainty earrings sparkled in her sakura-pink hair.
Her arms were adorned with long gloves of the softest white silk, a contrast to the richness of her dress. The gloves covered her arms to her elbows, accentuating the slenderness of her arms and the gracefulness of her hands.
Her hair, a cascade of sakura petals, flowed down her back like a river of pink, but its beauty was eclipsed by the surprise on her face looking at the man standing in front of her.
Her eyes, like pools of pink rose petals, were wide with amazement, and her lush lashes fanned out as she took in the sight before her.
Her nose, a delicate curve, was slightly flared as she drew in a sharp breath, while her lips, plump and rosy, were parted in awe. Her neck, slender and graceful, rose from her shoulders like a swan's, but it was tense as if she couldn't believe what she was seeing.
Her bust, a symphony of sensuality, was like two ripe peaches, their skin smooth and yielding. Her round and full hips, a symbol of strength and sensuality, were still, not swaying with each step she took, but they spoke of the rooted shock she was feeling. Her waist, narrow and defined, still contrasted with her full hips, creating a silhouette that was both feminine and strong, but at the same time, regal and poised.
"Excuse me, Who are you?"
This woman looked at Alex with full of astonishment and surprise, She used to think that only her brother can be the most beautiful man in the world, At least in her eyes that was the case but seeing the man who even put the greek gods to shame, She had doubted herself, There was huge guilt in her heart for thinking someone other than her brother beautiful but she can't deny the fact front of her.
"You broke into my place big sis Amara and you asked me who am I? It's been just 4 years, have you forgotten how I look? Anyway, I am not in the mood to do anything, You have to wait until I wake up."
Normally Alex takes this opportunity and uses it against his sister, Who just shows up out of nowhere to bully and tease her but he does not have anything like that in his mind, The shock he got in the elevator was too much for him.
He needs time to process everything, Although being transmigrated is a way more supernatural thing than a mere ghost by logic but the human brain does not consider logic when it's come to fear, It just does it.
So even if Alex knew that ghosts are nothing to him now who has a system, He was still afraid of it. Let me be clear, He was not afraid of the ghost but the lots of unknowns it brings him.
He didn't know how that ghost got there. How to counter it? Was it bound to that elevator, or could it roam freely? If it roams freely then when will it appear again? There are too many questions. The question that he once started thinking about it, Those will not let him rest all night.
So decided to ignore everything, He going to get his 8 hours of sleep no matter what, No buddy can stop him.
"YOU ARE REALLY ALEX!!!"
Amara jumped from the bed and dashed towards him, She only stopped when her face was just inches away from his.
Then she with her pink pupils started to scan his face, searching for any familiar features of her younger brother.
As time went by the confusion in her eyes was replaced by a warm feeling of joy. Then she was a grown woman who burst out crying, Warm tears streaming down from her eyes, Staining her rosy cheeks.
Amara overcame by immense joy as she stretched her arms and jumped herself toward Alex. She was so happy that she finally got to meet her brother after 4 years.
Only she knew how she spent these 4 years without him by her side, It was a living hell for her, A torture. Every day she hoped to see him again. Lots of times she even hallucinated that he came back and called her sister Amara as he usually does.
But each time she just woke up in bed with a wet face stained by her years, It was her usual routine for the past 4 years. She didn't want to do anything, She wasn't even able to sleep. The only reason she was forcing herself to sleep was because she knew she would get to see him, Even if it was in a dream.
If not for her mother sternly warning her not to go and meet him, She came to him long before but it doesn't matter now, He was here. Her little brother was in front of her.
Look how much he has grown, How beautiful he became, He really is her brother. He was perfect in everything, Even his looks are no exception. She didn't deserve this mighty brother of hers. Compared to him, She as an elder sister is worthless. Still, she had the fortune to be his sister, And right now she can hug her brother in her arms.
"Fuck off, Stay away from me."
As she lunged at him, Alex just swiftly moved aside dodging her skillfully making her hug the empty air, He then without giving any heed about her feelings, He coldly spoke these words before walking towards his bed.
"I really missed you, buddy."
Alex plopped on his bed and groaned comfortably. This bed was not as soft as the one in Rose's apartment neither is it as large as Helen's but this one right now this one is the most comfortable one.
As his body lay on the bed, He closed his eyes, Totally ignoring the new character that just popped up in the story.
"He missed his bed more than he missed me?"
Amara here standing stunned in her place looking behind her, She saw and heard everything. She softly murmured to herself as she looked at him with her tearful eyes.
"That's tough, but don't feel bad he actually was trie- "
"It's really my brother, As cute and loving as always, Of course, he didn't miss. You can only miss people that are not with you, I was always with him in his heart. I am still way behind him as an older sister."
Rita hear and saw everything, She feel pity and bad for Amara, As she can feel the her strong emotions, She wanted comfort her a little, Tell her what happen with them so she will not go to feel that bad because of Alex's attitude but before she complete her sentence, Amara suddenly jumped in surprise and joy then she spoke these unbelievable words with a straight face with a glimmer in her eyes, Making Rita looked at her speechlessly.
"You guys either come and sleep here or get out, Just don't disturb me, Keep your mouth shut."
Alex frowned at hearing the talking of these womens, So he directly gives them the offer they can't refuse. No matter what they choose, he will get what he wants.
If they decide to stay, He will be sharing a bed with two hot chicks, One being a killer and while other being his sister in peace, and If they decided to leave he still going to get peaceful sleep, either way, he gets to sleep.
"...."
Hearing his words, Both women were startled like a deer in the middle of night in front of the car, Two quickly shared a look with each other, The look only a woman can understand before they quickly sneaked onto the bed laying on each side of him.
After that the whole room was submerged into silence but tonight only one person was able to sleep peacefully out of these three, Two were controlling the ragging storm in their heart and mind.
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"Mother!!! See what that man did to me *Sob"."
Nathan who was still looking like a mummy burst off crying when he saw the mature woman coming hurriedly towards him. The shoe was taken out of his mouth and his jaw was also fixed by their family's main doctor. So now he is able to speak properly.
When he saw his mother finally come to meet him, His eyes turned red, and trails of tears started to run down from his eyes wetting the bandage below his eyes.
He was crying but under the bandages, he had an evil smirk. The fire in his eyes started to burn in his heart as he saw the person who will help him to get him justice coming towards him.
'You wait Alex I will make sure to take everything from you, Before I will end your pathetic life.'
Nathan gritted his teeth in anger as he thought about that man. He was sure it was him who arranged for someone to beat him like this, Even if it was not him. He still blames him for it.
He will make sure to make Alex's life worse than hell, He will take everything from him that he cares for specially those women named Alia and Grace.
But for him to do that, He needs the help of a woman coming toward him, So he prepared himself to give the performance of his life.