Alex looked at Grace confusedly, Her eyes were red from crying as she is pitiful like an injured animal staring at him.
Seeing her like this he did not understand what happened to her, He was sure his words were not going to have this big effect on her after all he always used to talk like this, It's nothing new.
So he was not sure what was happening to her. He didn't waste time thinking of reason and decided to directly ask her like a normal person.
"Huh!? What happen Grac-"
"Don't call me Grace, Use what you used before."
So he asked but before he finished his sentence, Grace cut him off mid-sentence as the anxiety on her face increased visible to naked eyes.
This time he had to think of it. There was no way to ask her again, So the hamster in his head started running and he came up with a pretty reasonable reason.
"Cute face..?"
Alex was sure it was the reason After she pretty much spelt it out for him by saying to call her Grace, So he can't take all the credit for it.
"Yes!! Please only use this name from now on for me, When we are alone."
Grace heard him calling her like he used to before falling into pure bliss. She was not sure why she was even this much excited but she was overwhelmed with emotions.
These words are a sign of their old relationship, The one which went past his relationship with Alia.
This is her treasured memory and something she can always flaunt in front of Alia, This is her upper hand over her.
"...Okay, I wanted to apologise for yesterday though, Sorry I couldn't make it."
Alex does not understand why someone wants to get called that name. From his memory, he used that for her just because he is not bothered to remember her name.
He even had a slight doubt that she might be M, But this was not time to think about those things, He remembers that he forgot about the promise he made to her yesterday.
He wanted to take her on a date but too many things happened. First Helen, then Rita, and Somehow a new character Violet popped up out of nowhere like a ghost and then a literal ghost also came.
So he can be forgiven for not remembering his promise, right?
Grace was very happy as even though she was the shy type, she still did not break their hug knowing they were in public.
She wanted to feel his warmth to heal her cracked heart. It's the best medicine for her.
When Alex talks about yesterday's broken promise, She became a little sour and there was little resentment.
His not coming yesterday was not that big of a deal but can't he at least should have informed her?
Also, he promised that right after they broke that thin line between friend and lover, he should keep that promise. It's women who sleep and forget about their promises, not men.
"No, It's okay, I can understand someone like Alia will not allow her man to go meet another woman."
So she replied in a way that her words say one thing while her intention spoke another thing.
This is the art of speaking that can only be mastered by women be it in the reverse world or not.
Alex also understands she was jealous, After all even though in this world having more than one partner is allowed but that didn't mean it changed the way a person thinks.
Humans are born possessive be it, man or woman, This is a reason wars happen even though this world is not an exception to the dark side of humanity.
So Alex understands that no matter how high or submissive Grace is she is still a woman with her own possessiveness.
"I wish It was Alia, At least I had gotten a happy ending."
Well, Understanding didn't mean he had to follow through with it, He is still a villain with ambitions to add every walking living female in his harem.
If he agrees with Grace and gives in to her even just this once, Will is definitely going to end his ambitions. In the gamer language, He will hit a dead end with the worst bad ending, Which is also a dead end.
After all, no new woman means no new power and no new power means an easy target for parasites like the protagonist.
So being a scumbag is the only way for someone like him, Who had the Raider System.
Grace realised that she had just now shot herself in the foot by saying that, She very well knew Alex didn't understand how big an impact his words might have on others.
There was only slight jealousy before thinking he was with Alia leaving her alone but now that he said about a happy ending, That flame of jealousy turned into a wildfire burning her whole.
She now decided never to ask this dule type of question to his again, She doing this will not just mean asking for wanting to get hurt even more.
".....So not Alia then who?
Grave didn't know how to react to him, She just asked a question to get over this self-caused embarrassment.
Sbe also wanted to know if Alia didn't stop him, What happened that made him unable to come to her?
Alex here seeing how fast her face changed hearing his answer trying to hold back his laughter, He was sadistic to do this to a poor soul like her.
But he can't help it, It was a matter of survival for him he can't slack off with it.
Still, he has to give her a proper reason for why he did not come yesterday or this will stay forever in her heart.
He did not want to be reminded decades later that he messed up his first promise to her.
"Ohh I saw a ghost yesterday. After seeing that I don't have any will to do anything for a day, So I go home and sleep."
So he just came out and said the truth, He didn't lie a bit in it, This is exactly what he did yesterday.
He did not mention a few points but hey he didn't lie.
"Pfft~ haha *Ahem* No I mean it should be scary right? Do you need me to call a priest or what?"
As expected Grace does not believe him a bit, Who will?
His truth was sounding so fake that he should better just stick with a lie, At least he has gotten away with his dick pass.
Alex was wronged now, He only tells the truth once in while and that's how he was being treated for it?
'It was really a world built on lies. A pure, handsome, beautiful, excellent, dashing, enchanting, smart,...., marvellous man like me is only going to suffer in this cruel world.
Why god, Why did you make me this beautiful?'
Alex complained in his mind blaming god for making him this beautiful.
You have not forgotten he was also a little narcissist right? So one of its episodes was just kicked in.
[.....]
The system is innocent as it is not understood why he was blaming god. Isn't he the one who put all those stats in the charm? Also how come beauty came between this argument?
No matter how you look, No one is going to believe you missed an appointment because of a ghost.
"Huh...Humm???"
Xiao Bai who was standing just right next to him but was ignored by both of them was also as confused as the system.
As his contracted beast she can also hear his monologue as far as the plot allows, So she was not understanding why her host suddenly started blaming others.
"Do you think I am lying? You think I am a liar, Cute face?"
Alex now wanted to defend his honour, He was not a liar...He does not lie right now, He has to prove it.
So with determination, he breaks free from her tight hug and dragged her towards the elevator.
When he came in the morning he was sure he would not take any elevator for a while and now look at him, Dragging someone to that same elevator he was traumatised by, A duality of man.
"Hey, What about mom? Shouldn't we at least tell someone before leaving?"
Grace here had a joking smile on her face, Now she was in a good mood, His words lightened the atmosphere.
She wanted to laugh at how ridiculous those words were, And he acting like a child caught in the act but still trying to double down on his explanation looked very funny in her eyes.
Now Alex was looking cuter and cuter as he was dragging her towards the elevator holding her milky white slender hand.
She followed him without any resistance. She too wanted to see how far he can go to try to prove his false claims.
She no longer needs to know why he did not come yesterday. Now she wanted to know how long until he finally gives up.
She totally enjoyed this childish Alex, This was making her happy for reasons she does not know or understand.
Still, she had not forgotten about Gloria, Her mother, If they leave how can anyone find her when needed?
"Don't worry, Liza will be here soon, If needed I will be the first one she calls, Well even if nothing happens, She will call me, So don't worry about aunty, Focus on more important matters"
When Alex heard her words he paused for a second before he replied to her and continued walking.
"Okay hehe~"
Grace, though not knowing who Liza was, was relieved that Alex had a way to get informed when needed, So she continued following him giggling from time to time.
"Ohh, My dear Alex, I see you are enjoying yourself a lot, That's why you did not have time to reply to my message, right?"
But suddenly Alex's determination of Alex eclipsed as he heard an icy cold word from behind, His face became stiff as he slowly turned towards the speaker.
Then he saw the person he was praying not to see right now.
"Hey Alia, How have you been? Do you feeling alright now?"
Alex was sweating buckets, He did not guess that Alia will be here at this time.
After all, this is a hospital and Alia is a big boss of Exotica, a Beauty brand. She should not be spending all her time here.
But here she was, Looking at him with a slight smile which on her godly face looked very charming and enchanting.
But in his eyes , it was a smile of death, A bad omen, because Alia never ever smiles without any reason unless she wanted to turn a few children into vigilantes with childhood trauma.
So he was on full alert. He had not forgotten what they did yesterday. He thought that at that time she might be super drunk, So she did not know what she was doing.
And now that she came back to her senses, she was definitely seeking for answers. He did not have time to make a perfect excuse yet, So he was hoping not to run into her this soon.
"Ohh, I was fine, I also feel very very very good. All thanks to you, By the way, my mother asked you to meet her. She said she wanted to "talk" with you."
Alia's smile widened even more when he asked her about herself, Though smiling she was gushing her teeth.
He leaves her alone in the underground place, She is not bothered by the leaving but can't he leave a note behind? Or pick up the damn call? She had at least called him 50 times since last night, but not one call was received by him.
Here Alex was shitting bricks, If he can he would rather deal with this Alia all day then to spend a few minutes with Madam Miller.
Alia was afraid of her mother for a reason, So he did not want to meet her at all, At least not now.
He didn't want to make any rash decision, He had to deal with Helen very cautiously or she could be way worse than Alia.
If Helen's true nature came out, Alia will look like a caring, humble, and non-possessive woman.
"That can you tell Madam Miller-"
"Why did your mother want to meet him?"
That's why Alex wanted to avoid meeting with Helen. He was ready to make some top-of-mind excuse to ask for some time from Alia.
But who had thought that a fearful woman like Grace, Who never even dared to stand next to him in front of Alia, spoke and not only spoke but asked for an explanation from her.
Alex was the most shocked and anxious between then and now.
Alia is a B-Rank warrior with SS-Rank superpower, While Grace is a normal human but with peak mortal physiques.
It was okay Grace should be able to defend herself but the problem is that he also used his skill to make Alia also peak physiques.
So if these two fought it would be a one-sided beating, Which he did not want to happen.
'Asura field is inevitable now, Think Alex, think about how to stop this.'
Alex knows their personality of Alia, She doesn't even allow a speck of dust in her eyes.
Grace doing this is equivalent to showing her sovereignty over him, Which yandere like her will never be able to bear.
"Hey, I didn't notice this girl, Alex, who is she?"
Contrary to Alex's imagination, Alia just quickly glanced at Grace before turning her face filled with confusion towards him and asked.
Seeing her doing this Alex knows one thing, In the competition to provoke another, He has to learn much from her.
In one simple sentence, She throws Grace's all confidence and argument on the street.
Grace was of course enraged and felt ashamed. She wanted to at least try to show Alia that she also has some right over Alex. She can't monopolise him alone.
But she never thought that Alia would play dirty. She humiliated her like this in front of Alex. She has to get her face back.
"Alia!! Don't lie, You very well know who I am."
Grace straightened her breast as she looked directly into Alia's icy-cold eyes just to quickly look away.
She wanted to be brave, not stupid. The eyes of Alia show no consideration of human life. She has no doubts about what Alia wanted, She can and will be able to end her subscription to life.
Alia, seeing her reaction, was very satisfied. No one was allowed to challenge her authority and if anyone did, They had to pay the price.
Thankfully Grace was a smart girl not to confuse stupidity with bravery.
"I meet hundreds if not thousands of people daily, Do you expect me to remember every hillbilly?"
Alia didn't even need time to come up with a comeback, Just as Grace's words fell, She had answered her As if she already predicted what she would say.
Alex was not surprised by this. As a main heroine who is also a domineering CEO trope of romance novels, Alia's intelligence can't be doubted about it.
Someone like Grace who is a poor-to-rich trope though smart can't stand against Alia.
Grace also understood that, She raked her brain but wasn't able to find a proper reply to Alia, So she decided to keep her mouth shut to prevent being even more embarrassed.
Alia was proud of defecting her love rival especially, She looked at Grace with the eyes of the winner but suddenly a thought clicked in her mind.
"By the way, She is a virgin right?"
So without any filter, padding or disguise, she asked the question she wanted to ask since she saw Alex with her.
This is very important for her retribution, She had not forgotten about the punishment for herself.
Yes, it was all for punishment, nothing else at all, She promised.
Here Grace felt offended, What did Alia mean by asking this question? Does she look like a virgin?
Well, she is a virgin kinda but she does not look like one. So this time she was ready to counter her point. She has some valid points in this field.
"Huh!? Are you trying to make fun of me? Alia yo-"
"Why do you need to know that Alia? Don't drag Grace in your thing, You should also stop doing something like this."
But this time while she was talking Alex cut her off mid-sentence.
He had not forgotten that a drunk Alia was asking for a virgin and talking about punishment, So he concluded she had joined some kinda cult, Where needed a virgin sacrifice.
So when she asked if Grace was a virgin, A danger alarm rang in his mind. He only wanted to increase his harem, not lessen it.
He didn't know how and when Alia joined a cult. There is nothing like that in the plot but he still did not want her to involve others in it.
He will find a way later to separate her from the dark side and bring her to the grey one but until then he has to protect his harem from her clutches.
Alia was confused hearing Alex's words, She does not understand what he means but then she thinks about it.
'He should have found out about my retribution, so he is trying to prevent me from hurting myself, But I have to do it even more now. He is so caring for me, I can't take his care for granted.'
Yeah of course she misunderstood his words and made it all about herself, Even though it was clear that he was caring most about Grace.
May it be the power of Peach Blossoms eyes or The way the heroine thinks, It's up to you to decide.
"Hey, Why should I waste my time on someone like her? I am talking about this new girl."
Alia then spoke, She at first looked coldly at Grace then pointed at Xiao Bai, Who was looking curiously everywhere turning her head left and right in excitement.
Before coming here Alex put a big white sun hat on her head to hide her cat ears, He gets it at a discount in the system mall when he buys it with a piece of the best meat for Shapira.
As for why it was discounted for that combination? Alex had no idea.
Anyway, Alex looked at Alia's figure at Xiao Bai then at Alia then and once again at Xiao Bai, Then he looked straight towards Alia and answered her.
"Ohh she is Xiao Bai, But don't try to do anything to her, She is very precious to me."
He quickly grabbed Xiao Bai and hugged her, making her close to himself.
"....."
Xiao Bai did not understand what happened but she did not complain. She got to feel that warmth once again, So she was happy.
She stayed in his arms obediently but eye-curious eyes do wander everywhere being amazed by the things.
Grace who was standing close to him was startled, She didn't even notice this woman standing with Alex at all.
Though ashamed for that, She was still very curious. Who was this woman? Is she their soon-to-be sister or already is?
"Wait!! Who is she, Alex?"
So she asked, She too does not have any defence or filters for him.
Alia stayed quiet this time waiting for Alex's answer but to her previous question, She doesn't care about who Xiao Bai is as long as she is a virgin.
Meanwhile, Alex, who wanted to answer, then stopped and stared at the person coming towards them.
Alex ignores these two women as he confusedly looks at the person coming towards him in the wheelchair.
That person was no one else other then Alex's dear old pal, Nathan Gayler.
This time he was still wrapped in bandages, But compared to yesterday he was not looking like a mummy.
The same two men in black from yesterday were pushing his wheelchair as Nathan was complaining to them as always.
Alex was looking at him not understanding why this mentally handicapped guy came here, Seeing his condition he should better stay in bed and rest.
But then again knowing the protagonist's stubbornness, It's reasonable for them not to follow the right path and get themselves into trouble.
He just now wanted to know what kinda trouble Nathan is looking for here.
'Why is he here- Wait!? Did he come here for her?'
Then it clicked on him who he might come here for, Who can be other than Helen, The person Nathan has had a crush on since childhood and trying these days to get in touch with her?
After all, if he wants to even have a chance to fight for the right of inheritance with his sister, He needs her help or he is not worthy enough to stand against his sister.
But now Helen has already fallen in his camp, Though not officially yet she does now appear in his harem.
So unlike before, He does want these two to meet, This way not only he will go to give Nathan a full body massage (rough) but also reduce Helen's overwhelmed feelings making it easy for him to talk her through later.
It's like hitting two birds with one stone, A very effective plan.
He is already thinking of ways to make it easy for his dear friend Nathan to meet Helen, He can at least do this much after he sends his dear mother to him in the morning.
This is a duty of a true bro, He will not turn away from his responsibilities.
Alex is thinking about how he can make Nathan and Helen meet, While Grace feels like she is sitting on needles.
It's been a little while since she asked the question about who this new woman is but he did not answer him, making her very anxious.
She regretted asking him like she was blaming him. It was all the fault of Aila. She is the one who provoked her, making her say that without thinking about it at first.
"Alex, Why do you blank out like this? If you are not comfortable, You don't have to say it."
So she quickly gave Alex a step, She didn't want to piss him off, As the last time she did that by mistake it had not ended well for her.
She had to clean the whole building to relieve his anger, And even then it took a month of her begging him to make him talk to her again.
"It's not that big of a deal, She is just my pet named Xiao Bai."
Alex looked away from Nathan, Who was stopped at the entrance of the VIP area, Just like two times before.
Then he looked deep into Grace's brown eyes and without any hesitation with a straight face uttered words.
Grace was glad that he answered her. Her anxiousness about her reduced a lot. She was also happy that he told her who this woman was, That's why she quickly replied to him.
"Oh her name is Xiao Bai and she is you- Wait!? What is she?"
But as she was speaking she understood what relationship they have. To her disbelief, it was somehow worse than being his woman.
And what surprised her more than why for a second she hoped to take Xiao Bai's place, As she too wanted to be warped tightly in his arms.
Alia was also thinking the same but there is one key difference between the two of them.
"Pet?! Is this your new fetish? If so, Are there any places available?"
Grace hopes to get what she wants, But Alia will take what she wants.
She liked the idea of being a pet, Which will also serve the purpose of her punishment, As it was getting a lot more time than she thought to gather virgins.
Plus this idea somehow makes her excited for reasons she can't understand or she cares about.
Alex got caught off guard, He did not expect Alia to say something like this, For a moment he even thought she herself wanted to be his pet.
But he rejected that idea outright, someone arrogant, domineering and prideful like her never will get so low of being someone's pet.
So he started to think of alternative options and came up with her wanting to make someone else his pet for punishment.
This makes perfect sense for him and he was kinda right, This is for punishment just not for anyone else but for herself.
"Alia no matter how dumb Rose is, You can't call her an animal and make her a somone's pet."
Alex knows only 5 dumb people, Rose is 2 two of the other three being Nathan himself.
After all, you need to be a special type of brain-dead disease to send your own mother to the bed of your enemy.
Maybe only Jake can come near to him by sending his golden hen, Rita to him.
That's why although he has a headache because of the origin of Violet, He can't be too unfair to Rose. After all, no matter what, Rose is still the first member of his harem.
Well, he still has to punish her for giving him blue balls later but right now he has to defend her.
Alia on other hand hoped to hear a positive reply but to her dismay, Alex misunderstood her and she still had not lost all her self-respect to ask something like that in front of Grace.
So she decided to wait until they were alone.
"...Mom asked to meet you, So you have to come now."
Now that her plan of being his pet failed, She decided to push him towards her mother, Maybe just maybe they will decide to punish her more.
She did not want that to happen but she is saying she will not complain if that did happen, So it's totally up to them.
Grace on the side was again alerted hearing that Alia wanted Alex to meet Madam Miller, This is very dangerous for her relationship with Alex.
After all, she can fight or share his love with Alia but once someone like Madam Miller gets involved, Then there is no way Madam Miler allows her daughter's man to have another woman.
This is a matter of status and pride for the big family.
Once again Grace was also right, No mother will allow her daughter's man to be with another woman unless that woman is she herself.
'It will be fun hehe.'
Unlike Grace, Alex was now happy to go meet with Helen but first, he had to send the cannon folder to be safe.
And who can be a better cannon folder for the protagonist himself? They even come with safety measures making them reusable, unlike normal cannon folders.
"Okay, Let's go, I can't wait to see "Mother-In-law."
So Alex before even talking talked towards the VIP room where Nathan was yet once again arguing with the guard lady.
Xiao Bai in his arms also stayed as quiet as she could and followed him. She was thinking he had forgotten about her, So she can enjoy his warmth for a while.
Grace felt uneasy seeing him agree and even so eager to meet Helen, But she can't do anything. All she could do was to follow him and pray nothing bad would happen.
Alia's face turned red visible to the naked eye, For others, his words were just casual teasing but she was there yesterday sharing him with her mother, Knows the hidden deeper meaning in his words.
It's just that the redness of her face was not totally because of shame but rather most contributed by her excitement.
Yeah, she was excited just by remembering yesterday's events of Alex being with her mother. She now officially has fallen too deep.
"Grace,Sorry but my proof had to wait for a while."
While his brain was concocting the evil plan for Nathan, He had not forgotten about Grace, He turned his head around and spoke to Grace.
Grace here seeing that he cares about her feeling eased a lot, His even small gesture was enough to make her relaxed no matter how worried she is.
So she just followed behind him, Only problem was that Alia too was walking with her.
She glanced at her face which was beet red and concluded that she was right about her daughter showing her boyfriend to her mother.
It's just why Alia was being shy. Shouldn't Alex be more worried? She didn't get this at all.
...
"Do you even know who I am?"
Nathan was pointing his wrapped-in-bandages index finger at the security lady standing in front of the VIP ward entrance.
He was really angry, White was not responding to him and his mother was not picking up his phone now.
The thing that gives him solace is that he knows his mother leaves Alex's dormitory very late, Which means she should have taught him quite a lesson.
But no one responding to him made him worried. If they slack off like this then how can he ever be able to defeat his evil sister and be the heir of the Gayler family?
Wait!? You didn't think he was worried about them right? Because remember for protagonists only their interests matter.
If they are not gaining anything they just look at the other side in face of injustice saying it was law of the jungle or whatnot.
So when Nathan felt he can't rely on them anymore, He came here as yesterday his guts were telling him all his problems will be solved once he enters this room.
Though now that feeling is gone, He still believes in that feeling, It never wronged him before.
So this time he was ready to barge in forcefully, Doing that also gave him a chance to teach this stupid guard lady a lesson for stopping him from entering before and now.
"Ohh poor boy, Do you have Alzheimer's or Dementia? Don't even know who you are?"
But as he was about to command the man standing behind him to break into the room, He heard the voice of a man he hated the most in this world.
Nathan's eyes burning with immense rage when he saw Alex standing in front of him, He will never forget the humiliation of forcing him to swallow a shoe.
And yesterday's beating, He was sure that the woman was also sent by Alex. If not, how can any woman have the heart to beat a handsome, charming, Mr. perfect guy like him?
It does not make sense, So Alex had to arrange it.
'He should spend a lot of money to convince that woman to beat me. Maybe she needed money urgently, If not she should have never done that to me.'
Nathan couldn't help but to think about that woman, He felt that weird feeling when he saw her.
This is like something in the dark telling him that she is very useful to him. Before when he had this feeling, He was very confidently able to go and talk to them and they too got impressed by him.
The best example is his master. He also got the same feeling for her and when he talked to her everything worked out. She became so impressed by me, She directly accepted me as her first male disciple.
But yesterday things took a weird turn. He always goes and talks to that woman in his usual way as people often get impressed by how he is not afraid of power with his arrogant way of talking.
But that woman, other than getting impressed, became angry. He doesn't know what happened after that. He only knows when he woke up he was in a wheelchair.
So of course by his logic, it was done by Alex, As he never fails, Which is kinda right.
The reason why they are getting impressed like this was because of Halo of Wisdom, decreasing the IQ of others but Alex destroyed that Halo permanently from this world.
That's why people around Nathan reacted the same way as they would to others if they did the same.
So the frustration of losing those two women, Who gave him that feeling came over to Natahn, He gritted his and looked at Alex with hatred.
"Why are you here bastard- Arrgh Ack."
Nathan out of annoyance at seeing him here fully knowing that he will be going to once again cause trouble for him to prevent him from entering into the VIP ward.
What was even more blood-boiling for him was that this bastard was with three extremely beautiful women.
One of them he asked out before while the 2nd one was he fell in love with at first sight and the third thought not seen before was one is also a cutie, So out of frustration he asked him out in anger.
But the moment he completed his sentence, He felt a tight grasp on his neck and suddenly his airflow stopped.
His eyes wide open as his pupils dilated seeing the woman he fell in love with at first sight yesterday was now clinching his throat so hard that he can't even breathe.
He quickly wanted to look back and ask the two useless bodyguards standing behind him like a statue, Which side were they on? He is going to die here.
He brings them with him today only because he wanted to punish them, He even rejected Isabella's offer of lending him her bodyguards.
But now he was truly regretting it. He who killed a few people knows that Alia was not kidding around, She wanted to kill.
And the worst thing is that he can't even move because of his bandages, So he was like a fish on the chopping board.
Alex here was also stupefied, He knows the protagonist is stupid but to this extent? Compared to him, Rose looks like a one-in-century genius.
After all, Nathan has seen Alia with him, The same Alia who his "bodyguards" were not able to defend against before.
So he still does not understand why. What was thinking behind provoking someone like her by saying that to him?
Grace was also quite angry. How dare someone call the perfect man in her eyes a bastard, She as Alex simp had the urge to be a white knight in lighting shining armour and give him justice but Alia beat her to it making her feel she was still lacking and needed improvements.
Xiao Bai on other hand totally ignored Nathan's existence, Someone as weak as him was not even worth looking at.
All her attention was on trying the legendary skill of staying still by the red-bald guy, For to spend more time in his arms.
"Miss Alia, can you please not kill our young master? Don't forget he belonged to the Gayler family, You can't kill him."
Man in black seeing Natahn's face shifting from red to blue and soon turning purple decided to step in to prevent Nathan from dying here.
They don't care about whether he is dying or not, They just didn't want that to happen under their watch.
Alia not caring about their internal affairs was provoked when these men brought the Galyer family trying to put pressure on her.
So though before she only wanted to give a warning but now she really wanted to break this arrogant man just to send a message.
"Are you threatening me? Do you believe me when I say I can break both his arms and legs and send him back to your Gayler family?"
So she loosened the grip on his neck but did not let him go but lifted him by his neck dangling him in mid-air.
Alex seeing this felt pity, Pity that he didn't have popcorn right now, It would be fun seeing this while eating it.
Men in Black were also startled seeing this, Both quickly shared a glance at each other and then looked angrily at Alia.
"Miss, Miller, Aren't you underestimating our Galyer family?"
One walked in front of Alia and said angrily, He was looking really angry and humiliated by her words.
Alex also stops messing around and prepares to stop the melee conflict. He still needs to use Nathan as a cannon folder, It will be a pity if he gets damaged here.
'Finally, these stupid guys had not forgotten they belonged to the Gayler family.'
Nathan wanted to cry with joy seeing his "bodyguards" finally get some brain and came to his rescue.
He now gets it, Alex brings Alia here cause he sends his mother to him, He should have been careful about his retaliation.
But now decided to go full-on war with the Miller family, He just had to get the support of a person inside of this ward.
Alia is also shocked seeing the drastic changes in these bodyguards, Maybe they respect their family a lot.
Still, she will not let go of this arrogant man who dares to curse her man in front of her.
"What if I am? What are you going to do about it?"
Alia looked at the nameless man in black and said with her heir of family confidence, But surprisingly not only was this bodyguard not afraid he became even angrier.
"Really? Then do it. Let me see if you dare to do it. Why only hands and legs? Break every single bone in him.
So why did you stop? Do it, I dare you, I double dare you. Break all 207 bones in him, I will show you the power of the Galyer family. We have a family doctor who is way better than yours. Our young master will recover in just a week and stand before you once again.
Why are you not doing it? Are you underestimating our family again? Are you afraid of the Gayler family? You coward. This is a big disrespect to our Gayler family, Number two common if she is not breaking we will, He has to save the face of the family."
Then he started ranting, The words which were coming out of his mouth make a sane person hearing it doubt their own sanity, It's quite weird.
On one hand, his world kinda makes sense but on the other hand, it doesn't.
"...."
As guessed everyone stopped what they were doing and just stared speechlessly at the Bodyguard. Everyone was thinking one thing.
If you have a bodyguard like this, Do you really need to have any enemies?
Alia was also quite confused now she didn't know what to do. Do they break Nathan or not, Looking at this guy even if she didn't he will.
Alex too was surprised, He was ready to step in but he got betrayed, He had never in his wildest imagination thought of this happening.
There is no such character in the plot, If there was he would never have forgotten him.
Grace who was ready to join in to fight with Alia nearly fell on the ground hearing these words.
But most miserable was Nathan, The one these two were "guarding". He now truly regrets bringing these two, What do they mean if Alia didn't break his bone they will?
And why were they suggesting breaking all bones? Their family doctor is good but he is not a god to heal those injuries in an instant without any consequence.
And even then these two wanted him to face her again, Why? To let her break his bone again?
He now really misses his mother. If she was here this would never escalate like this.
"Hey don't look at me like this. I am shy."
The number one had guts after saying all that to act innocent, He was hiding his face apparently from the shyness of them staring at him.
[Ding!.... ]
Amidst this system, A notification rang in Alex's mind making him excited.
[Ding! World choice is detected...
Options were like the following...
• [1] Someone said about beating the Protagonist, So why are you as a villain not doing anything?
Task : Break as many as bones you can of Nathan's.
Reward : Skill "Nutcracker"
• [2] You are a villain with a working brain, So do according to it.
Task : Break as many bones as you can of Nathan's
Rewards : Title " Enemies enemy is a friend".
• [3] How can you do Heartless things like beating a disabled person? It's inhumane.
Task : Use holy light skill and heal Nathan.
Reward : Strengthening your physiques (X times = X Heals)
(Note : If the host did not want to choose any of them, Please ignore this notification, There will be no punishment for it.)]
Alex stared at the system options and then at poor Nathan who was still being held in the air by his throat by Alia.
Looking at him, It seems he might burst out crying any second now, Have to say there was a moment Alex kinda felt bad for him.
It's human nature to sympathise with anyone, Not to mention Nathan is technically his son now.
[Ding! Host the option of raiding him and ending the conflict between you is still available, Do you want me to initiate that mission-]
"I chose all options. Even if he was my son I have to put justice upfront. People like him are cancerous to this world. After he is gone I will take care of his mother and sister.'
Well, The moment system mentioned that old offer of raiding protagonist, Alex got enlightenment.
Raise up and above these mortals bonding, And quickly concluded that Nathan and he can't share one world.
So Nathan has to go, And this responsibility is now shouldered by him.
See how selfless he is, Why can't every villain be like him?
[Ding! All three options were selected, Please fulfil them to receive the rewards.]
The system did not even bother to argue with him, It had now gotten used to the shenanigans of its host.
Alex was also too shameless to get affected by this little thing, His focus was on the main thing.
It was through good fortune that even the third option was positive. It only happened 1 time before, So he wanted to use it to the fullest.
He was getting excited thinking about getting the honour to be the one who broke the bones of his dear son.
So Xiao Bai, still in his arms, came forward and stood in front of the Number one bodyguard as this one is nameless.
"You worthless dog of the Gayler family think we are afraid of your family? Allowing you to do honour-*Ahem* I mean needing you to break his bones, Do you think we are that weak? Let me show you the power of our family."
Alex pointed at him as he felt extremely hurt by what this man said, How can someone else break the bones of Nathan?
It's like this man was announcing war against him.
*Bang* *Crack*
Alex fears that others might steal this golden opportunity, Didn't waste a single second, Just as his words fell, He with one swift moment of his leg lashed like a hunter at Nathan's chest.
Nathan did not even get time to realise what just happened before he flew out of Alia's grasp and hit the wall behind him.
While flying he did hear a cracking sound, Which highly likely came from his ribs breaking apart.
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Alex stopped here as he looked at the property panel in front of him. It's not hard to guess that it was for keeping a record of Nathan's broken bones, Which is very useful for him now.
After that, he started walking towards the half-conscious Nathan, Looking at the number in surprise.
There are a total of 26 rib bones in the chest, So he broke all his ribs with one kick.
"What? All his rib bones broke just from one kick? This proves how weak your Gayler family is."
So how can he not go to share it with his "enemy"? He looked at number one and spoke proudly without slowing down his moments at all.
Xiao Bai already sealed this space, So he can be a little wild if he wanted to, He just has to be careful not to do too much and trigger the protagonist's halo bringing him to help out of thin air.
"What do you mean? This does not prove a thing, And even if it does then it proves how weak you are. See even after your weak kick which only breaks 26 bones, Our young master is still conscious, This is the might of our young master.
I tell you, Even if you use more of your weak moves to break all the bones of our great, legendary one-in-the-century young master, He can still take it.
If your weak ass does not believe it, Then try it or are you now afraid?"
Number one not even needed a hint from Alex as the moment words of Alex fell, He too replied arrogantly, straightening his chest and boasting and saying pridefully.
All the training his eldest lady had given to him now being useful, He too enjoyed the current appearance of Nathan.
Anyone who goes against their eldest lady deserves to be treated like this
Alex did get quite impressed by this bodyguard. No wonder the protagonist hated his sister so much that he killed her later in the plot even though he can't walk away seeing a beautiful woman.
It was all thanks to the handy work of these guys, Making every day of Nathan hell and creating an infinite hatred for his sister, Even more than the lust in his heart.
"Really!!? Are you calling me weak? ME!!? Now you did it, Let me see how strong your young master is."
Alex also decided to follow this routine, It was actually more fun than directly starting to beat someone.
His sadistic personality was enjoying every bit of this, The confused wronged look of Nathan just flaming the fire in his heart.
He cracked his knuckles before he covered Nathan's figure with his to keep it PG-13.
*Bang* *Boom* *Crack*
The strange sounds were coming, making even the listener shiver in fear. There was muffled yelling and begging too in those sounds but it was so slow and low that it was masked by other sounds.
"Mummy!!! *Bang*"
Nathan came out of his shock and came to know that he was in fact being beaten, And not any normal beating, He was getting beaten like a dog.
What was even worse is that he realised that he can't fight back at all, Alex was way too stronger than him.
So he did the only thing he knows to do when he is helpless, He called out to his mummy.
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"Mummy!!! *Bang*
But just as he yelled out for mummy, Alex hit him. He called out for mummy a second time and that time too Alex hit him.
There was quite a power in his punches as his fists touched Nathan, His bones breaking like a toothpick.
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"Mumm-*Bang*"
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"Mum*Bang*"
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"Mu*Bang*"
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"Daddy!!!....Huh!?"
Nathan was covered in blue-purple bruises, The inhuman man Alex did not feel pity at all, He beat him without a break making him wonder if this monster ever gets tired at all.
He lost the sensation in his body because of the pain. He can't feel shit and lost all the sensation in his lower body.
Because this bastard man did not even let go of his spine, He makes sure to break everyone.
From cervical vertebrae to lumber one, He makes sure to count them before breaking them all.
What kinda lunatic he came across, He now just wanted to go home and cry to his mummy but he thinks that the mummy's word is the cause of why he is getting beaten, So decided to say something else.
He called out for daddy and surprise surprise, He stopped.
Nathan was glad that he was this smart to figure this out. Maybe Alex has some problems with his mother, So he said mummy might be triggering him.
Well, What do you expect an already brain-dead person like him to think after definitely having a concession?
*Step* *Broke*
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But sadly as we all know the calculation of his is slightly off, As proven when he was sighing in relief at getting gone by this monster.
He saw Alex rising his foot high, In his foot was the same type of shoe which gave him one of the worst memories.
Out of instinct, he closed his mouth fearing him repeating the same thing but once again his calculation was slightly off.
That foot other than coming towards his mouth goes towards, Then in front of his two wide-open eyes landed on his family jewels.
He was sure that he felt his eggs crushing under the impact of that evil black shoe though he had no sensation in the lower half.
"....AHHHHHHHH!!! MY BALLS!!!"
Nathan needed a few seconds to process the loss of his twins, Which were with him since childhood.
He yelled in agony though again there was no pain in his body getting detected.
[Ding! Warning Protagonist going into a critical state (99% before triggering Protagonist Protection Halo), Please find a way to lower it as soon as possible.]
[Ding! Villain Halo is triggered, and Protection is given to the villain.]