Trio of Alex, Grace and Xiao Bai wandering in the mall, While Alex was suppressing the urge to buy this whole mall, He wants everything in it.
Xiao Bai too looked everywhere curiously holding his hand tightly because of fear of being left alone again.
Grace on the other hand was just tagging along with them as it was neither her first time seeing a mall nor she had any interest in those games. She did not understand why men buy and play these stimulating games when they can just go outside and do those things in real life.
Still, she was happy that Alex was enjoying it. Anyway, women are always being dragged to the mall by their men, So she was happy to get this opportunity with Alex.
"You liar, You said you will take me to dinner, I was waiting for you all night but you never called, I was worried and sick thinking about something that happened to you but here you are enjoying your day worry-free."
Suddenly their calm atmosphere got broken by the roar of a woman though it sounded too childish to be taken seriously.
Alex turned around just to see his long-lost unicorn walking angrily towards him with her loli body. No matter how hard she tried to look intimidating she just looked super cute.
"Loli!! Long time no see, Come here hug me."
When Alex saw her his first reaction was for her to call her out ignoring her angry look, After all if she is here then he did not have to think much, Here is his walking bank.
If he wants he can buy the whole mall, He did not get money from his family yet but she has full control of the family making it easy to take out funds.
So he hurriedly walked towards Father then she came towards him, And then like he did before called her loli before lifting her up and holding her two arms, Which she thought did not look happy but did not put any resistance.
"....You are forgiven but treat me now."
Liza was angry, Super angry that Alex bailed on her but seeing his face, Her face control trait kicked in and she instantly forgave him.
For her, anyone who is handsome deserved to be forgiven no matter their crime, Which might have made her worse jury but for Alex she was nothing but a blessing, After all his main force lay in his charm.
Which made her one of the few heroines that he did not have to worry about, Which made his life a little easier taking away the stress of keeping it together.
So he does like her and her personality is also not that hard to deal with, Her only requirement is that the person has to be beautiful for her to show this side.
That's why even though she hated someone commenting on her height and body, Alex got a free pass for it and even now she let him do this embarrassing thing just because he has a face for it.
Liza before seeing him was very angry. She thought that Alex would call her or inform her if he was running late but he did ghosted her.
She called him multiple times but he did not reply to her one call. She thought that something might happen to him as there are no fewer people who wanted to destroy the Winchester family. It's only because of their background that those people put on the leash.
But targeting alone pretty much-abandoned heir of Winchester though still risky, much not that hard to do and can be done swiftly, So her worry was not without any reason.
That's why in a hurry she called Amara, Her friend who for a reason Alway calls her Aunty, who Liza also hates. Not only men but also women did not want to be called old no matter their actual age.
It's just men who are upfront about it, While women try to pretend that they do not care. Where in fact they do care, A lot.
Well, That aside she does find out from Amara that Alex goes to hospitals, So in a hurry she reached to the hospital just to find out that he was not there, After using her network, She gets information about him being in the mall
So she rushed here wanting to ask him about it.
"Sorry, Liza I did not call you but are you mistaken? I said, "Tomorrow men today, Our appointment date is today at night, So I did not miss it nor I had forgotten it, It's just that I was running busy since yesterday, So I have not had time to reply to you."
Alex, after putting her down, looked at her and said it. He indeed had forgotten that he had promised her a treat as too many things happened in between like a ghost one, But after her reminder he realised it.
It's just that he asked that today will be his promised treat, not yesterday, As he planned on spending time with Alia through Rita and the ghost encounter changed that plan of his, That's why he was sure the promised date was today.
"Huh?? Really? You are not lying to me, right? Because you are, It's not a big deal, Just treat me to something sweet."
Liza looked at Alex with a strong gaze and said, Anyone in her family who saw her like this they might think someone had put their Madam in the illusion.
Yeah, She is not called as a young or eldest miss but as Madam, because she is a bead of the White family and she herself is in her 40s, the Same age as Helen and Isabella. It's just her superpower that affected her appearance.
This is also a reason why she did not have any friends after her disgust towards the "ugly" people. That other woman in her age was not able to talk to her like equals.
The only reason they even are in contact with her is the White family behind her, As two things are always in demand, One is weapons and the other is medicine, Which has crooked irony to it.
White family as being a giant in pharma is always in demand, Of course the Winchesters who make weapons also do not lack any attention.
That's why Liza feels so isolated, As she is smart enough to see through pretensions and follow the friendships of those people, making her feel lonely.
This is the reason she was obsessed with Alex. First his looks were to her liking and 2nd he did not care about her height or background, Though to be noted it was when Alex was a small child, Who did not know anything about the world.
"I am not lying but I will buy you sweets. It's just I can't buy much of it as I do not have much money to spare. After all, I am an abandoned child no one cares about them, They do not even send me a single penny up until now."
Well, Alex agrees but did not forget to use emotional backstory to take out money from her purse.
Don't judge him, Be needs money to buy game-*Ahem* daily necessities to survive, So it was a matter of survival, So little white lies can be looked past.
"Really!? Did they not send you any money? How did you survive then? That's why you are with Alia? It's a really serious question of who are these two women staring at me?"
Liza was really taken aback hearing the Winchester family did not send Alex any money, Making a sad, dramatical story of Alex wandering on the streets hungry, and cold looking for a place to avoid the elements.
Then Alia might have come to him like a saviour giving him food and a place to stay, Which might help her to win his heart.
Now she was regretting why she followed the decree of the Winchester family not to contact him. If she did she should be the one heroine to save the handsome and win his heart.
If she did that she would not have to fight for his attention like right now, This will be the biggest regret in her life.
Then Liza sensed two sets of eyes staring at her, One was curious while the other was looking at her full of hatred and jealousy.
She turned around and looked at two women, Both of them exceptionally beautiful, helping her suppress the emerging flame of jealousy in her heart.
She had to ask Alex about them as they are beautiful, So she asked in the same sentence that her attention span is not that much and can be easily distracted.
"Well...She is Grace, the Daughter of Gloria, Your yesterday patient and my partner and that cute Loli is my pet, Xiao Bai."
Alex does want to say that his family sends some money like around 100 million UC which he spends all in one week but seeing that Liza changed the topic on her own, How too change it.
He first introduces Grace to her and then to Xiao Bai, He was not surprised she asked about them as they are beautiful and her trait is that she can't resist beautiful things.
But when he turned around the look on their face startled him, making him able to understand what just happened.
Alex looked at grumpy or angry Xiao Bai with a look of confusion, Up until now she had not shown or cared about any woman around him other than Helen.
That too when Helen wanted to monopolise him, Other than that she always stood by his side without any problem.
But now she looks at Liza with hatred. There was a threat for Liza in her eyes, Which was might be as much as Alia or might even be more than her, When looking at the woman around him.
This realisation threw Alex off guard, He was not sure how he was able to handle it if a powerful S-Rank like her turned Yandere, After all single Alia, Who is the peak B-Rank created enough trouble for him and there is also Belladonna, His so-called after his body.
So he really did not want to have one more S-Rank on his ass to deal with, As his hands were quite full.
"I-I loli, No you."
Xiao Bai separated Liza from Alex with a light push, Then hugged him with her arms looking at Liza, She said in broken English.
'Ohh!! Thank god it was this silly thing.'
Alex seeing her action was quite relieved, As it turns out Xiao Bai had no problem with her brain turning Yandere, She was just jealous that he called someone else Loli.
She might get insecure thinking Alex will not love her anymore if he has a second Loli around him, Which once again shows how childlike her brain works.
This is the same thing many children feel When they see their thing in another child's hand, And she being a territorial beast has this sense of belonging very high making her act like this right now.
Liza did not get angry at Xiao Bai for pushing her aside. Why? Because Xiao Bai is beautiful, So things like this might get someone else to be killed, As she is the head of a super big powerful family, and this might be considered as an attack.
But Xiao Bai got a pass, As Liza treats beautiful people and ugly people too much differently, She can't help it though as like Isabella, She had to pay a price for her superpower. Which is face control.
"Hey!! Who said I am a loli? This guy is an idiot. How can beauty like me be called a childish thing like a Loli? Alex, why did you not call me sexy or hot? Look at these things, They are double D you know, Not many people have it, You know size indeed matters, Stop believing those internet women trying to cope for lack of size."
So she said not to blame Xiao Bai but asked Alex why he did not call anything other than Loli. She held her two deadly weapons in her hands showing them to him, Which couldn't she couldn't even lift properly.
After all, as Loli in the wishfuliment novel, She had received the nutrition of millions of papaya by default granting her this enormous physics-defying twin mountains in exchange for height.
She also has a petite figure making her though look comical with this much of assets but also kinda hot.
Also what she said had kinda truth in it, Sometimes size does, Which is a bitter truth.
But Alex did not want her to win, He knew that once he let someone like her win even once then she will try to get control in her own hand.
This is an annoying part of a Loli, As they try to move towards the tsundere route, If not monitored properly.
Alex did not want to deal with a brain-dead trope like Tsundere, So he quickly decided to shoot her down as soon as possible.
"Yeah but bigger now always means better. Look at Xiao Bai, A proper C-cup, Not too big but not too small, Ideal to hold it in a palm comfortably, Not like those too big ones, Also look at her body, A proper work of art. Small things are small, and Big things are big, Proper curves and -"
"Uhm, Alex, How old is she?"
So Alex decided to talk, Talk a lot to contain the arrogance of this loli but while talking he did not notice the change of expressions around him.
Xiao Bai was happy to hear her praises and had a very happy smile wanting to hear more, By the way she still stuck to him like Koala preventing Liza from getting close to him.
After all, even if Liza said she was not Loli, Xiao Bai did not care about her opinion, She only heard and listened to Alex's words.
Grace on the side was also quite surprised but thinking about the weird world of Alex, She let off of her thoughts, Thinking age might work differently for his world, As now she knows time manipulation is a thing.
But she did not know how rare the time element is. She thought seeing someone casually using it misunderstood that it was an everyday thing.
Liza had the most extreme reaction. After all, among them she is a mature one though does not look like she is a proper adult, And her mind also not be as crazed as other heroines, At least she can think about hypocritical things like morals.
And right now Xiao Bai in her eyes looks like a 14 or 15 years old girl making her think Alex was doing something unthinkable.
"She should be around 12 hours old right now, But keep in mind that it is a safe guess, Rough estimate should be around 6 to 7 hours old."
Alex looked straight into her eyes and answered it. He knew she misunderstood him...well not misunderstood but he did not do anything to Xiao Bai yet.
He can do it and it was not even seen as bad as in the beast case they are considered as mature once they learn to turn into human form, But even if it was bad Liza had no right to judge him.
After all, According to her past actions, she was technically grooming him, It will be like a pot calling kettle black.
"....6 hours old? How stupid do you think I am to believe that?"
Liza was taken aback, Here she thought he would give a proper reasonable age even if it was made up but this guy was just straight-up questioning her IQ. How can one be this big and only be 6 hours old?
She is not that stupid to believe this ridiculous lie.
"Ohh, You don't wanna go there your fragile heart can't handle my estimation of your intelligence, Like right now, I said it in the beginning she is by pet but you still questing me, What do you think what people call this being slow or stupid, I think it is formal."
Alex did not back down and used his sharp tongue to counter her. He really did not want her to turn into Tsundere.
So he directly crushed her with his argument. He already said Xiao Bai is his pet which she might have forgotten about it.
"....She is your contracted beast? Which was born a few hours ago and able to turn into human form? Now you are really not respecting my IQ. There is no way she is as you said, Unless she is one of those in myth- Are you serious!!???"
Liza was not able to process what Alex just revealed to her, As said before legendary rank beasts are just myths, legends in folktales, People did not take them seriously after lots of empresses failed to find one.
So Liza thought Alex once again lied to her but then she saw a look in Alex's eyes, That smug look overfilling with confidence.
This means Alex did not lie to her, This Xiao Bai really is a Legendary rank beast, Well she also quite easily believes the other party is handsome, So she did not need much proof to convince her.
It had to be a mystery how the White family had not collapsed under her command, As this is too easy to exploit weakness.
But to think of another point, She is acting like this because of Alex's charm breaking through the limit of this world. No other person can take advantage of her face-control trait.
"Are you an Idiot??! Why are you telling this to me? This is a secret that should be well kept."
Now that she believes that Xiao Bai is that in myth legendary rank beast, She was annoyed that he told her, Even if there is no enmity between their families, One should not reveal this core secret this casually to anyone.
"Because I trust you, My cute loli."
Alex quickly changed his before-ready-to-argue aura to a soft one and gently said to her in his enchanting voice.
[Ding! +20 Liza's favorability increased for the host (current : 160)]
As his words fell, the system voice also rang in his mind.
'Finally, the last piece of the puzzle.'
As the system voice sounded in his mind, Alex had a wide smug smile on his face, He finally did it.
Now with this much increase in favorability of Liza. He, at last, has everything he needs to handle those two pesky pests walling in this city.
"Let's go, Liza, Now you have to buy me games."
Alex grabbed Liza's wrist and dragged her who was still in shock, Grace also followed them behind without any problem, After all, she is a girl who even offered her mother to him without any weird fetish.
So she was cool with it as long as Alex did not forget her, Xiao Bai on other hand had her guard up for Liza but seeing that Alex was with her, She did not care about much.
But Alex, contrary to them already cooking something in his mind, No it's appropriate to say he was ready to serve what he cooked long before in his mind.
"Wait!? Why should I pay? Well, I will pay but only this time."
Liza finally comes back to her senses when they enter the game shop. She was in so much of shock that Alex said that to her with that much confidence.
Since childhood, she used to people faking their intentions around her to get her favour, So she can tell when someone was lying to her or not. That's why she got affected by his words a lot.
Because she can tell those words from his heart and not a made-up lie, Which gives her mixed feelings. On one hand, she was happy that she holds that much of an important place in his heart.
But also, on the other hand, She did not want him to tell her this secret. She is at the end of his family competition even though they do not cross paths, It is still a liability to tell her this scary news.
If this news leaked, Even if the Winchester family wanted to protect Alex, They would have to pay the heavy price not to mention there is no doubt that Xiao Bai will be taken away, losing a great asset for his family.
That's why she agreed to pay for him, Though she had agreed but not this easily.
"Ohh Thank you, My unicorn. Clerk, please come here."
Alex thanked her and then quickly called out to the beautiful clerk standing in the corner of the store, Looking at them curiously.
"Okay sir, How can I help you today? If you want new-gen games we have-"
She quickly comes to them after Alex calls her out. She might be new here or might become nervous because of Alex's charm. Either way, she wanted to quickly tell them the script she taught before.
"Wait to stop there, No need to tell anything else, Just pack one model of everything you have and also buy all games this gen and past gen, And if you can, Please label the backward backward compatible games.
Also, build a gaming and work PC separately with the highest specifications you can, It did not matter if it will be overkill, Just make sure it will perform according to the given hardware and not bottleneck other components."
But Alex just cut her off mid-sentence. He did not have time to go through every piece of equipment here nor did he lack money making him have to choose, So he just bought all of it.
"Ehh, Excuse me what? C-Can you please repeat it? I might have misheard it."
The clerk was not able to process what Alex just asked. She quickly looked around trying to find cameras thinking she was being pranked, But she did not find any cameras pointed at her.
Well, she does find lots of phones trying to take a "sneak" pic of Alex but those were understandable ones, So confirming it was not a prank she thought she misheard, So she wanted Alex to repeat what he said.
"Newbie gets lost, This client is mine, You handle someone else."
Alex finds it funny seeing her flushed face. He once again wanted to repeat what he said but before he could do that 3rd person came from off-screen, A old fat super ugly woman with a big black mole on her lips. There were even a few hairs in it.
This hag of a woman came to the first lady and arrogantly said it and before another party could react, She just pushed her aside and stood in front of Alex and the group.
"Mona bu- "
"Shut up, You can't even have one simple client by giving them bad service, Go find some poor customers, Don't waste everyone's time here, This is an order from your superior."
A new woman whose name turns out to be Mona is a supervisor of saleswomen in this shop, So she used the authority of her superior to send that first clerk away from here.
'Go away, pretty face, I can't let you have a commission for this big of an order.'
Mona looked at the resentful woman in front of her, She wanted to come to greet Alex seeing he should be a rich customer, But when he called out this newbie, She dropped the idea but hearing his order she can't help it.
If she sells that much, Not to mention her promotion will be set in stone but the commission will be in the tens of thousands UC.
'Why did I feel like I saw this before? Deja Vu???'
Alex did not interfere in the argument between the two women as he was rather busy remembering where he saw this thing, He had a pretty strong feeling that he had seen this before but can't put a finger on a thing.
At first, he thought it should be a protagonist plot but when he looked around he did not find any man resembling the protagonist, He also looked closely at the clerk trying to remember if the heroine or not.
But in both plots of Nathan and Jake, there is no clerk heroine, Which was surprising as they were like bulldozers crushing villains and harvesting heroines all around.
And she is also not beautiful enough to be the rough heroine. Don't be misunderstood, she was beautiful but not on the level of the heroine. She is just close to it, Which is rare but can happen with good genetics.
So he was confused about why he encountered this plot. Yeah this is the plot as the face of Mona yelling at others, Urging them to slap her face, So there is definitely a face-slap going to happen but who will do it is a mystery.
"Fuck off you ogre, You what's your name?"
Alex wanted to wait and see who this plot might pull out but Liza being a face control could not tolerate someone as ugly as Mona.
Yeah as the tradition of in mall face slap, The one being slapped is always been a fat, ugly person irrespective of their gender, So here too Mona is unbearable to look at, Which provoked this medical maniac to the extreme.
She did not care to be polite, She directly lashed out at Mona and asked that old clerk to be back.
After all, compared to this monstrosity in front of her, That first clerk looked like a heavenly maiden. Right now she was on medicine for her sour eye to be washed off the filth, Mona caused by coming into her sight.
"Me? M-My name is Sandra, Sorry for the bad service, I just joined today, and I am not used to it. Once again sorry for the inconvenience to you."
Sandra quickly came forward in the angry eyes of Mona, and said to Liza in one breath, She just joined here today, So she did not know how everything works around here.
Well, this is also her first job. So this added to her nervousness.
'Defender of humanity, To be the more precise protector of man.'
When Sandra said her name, Alex's ears stood up. A definition of that name quickly appeared in his kind, This name like guessed did not appear in both plots but at first glance, this was also not something normal NPC should have.
Still, he was super confused about what her role is. At first he even thought she was a female protagonist but that idea quickly dropped as he saw how polite Sandra is, No protagonist male or female will be this polite, They talk like others own them money.
'Who are you, woman?'
For the first time, Alex comes across some he can't figure out. He can just use the eye of truth to see all the details of her but he did not want to do it. This is personal, So as long as it was not necessary to use it, He will not use it on her.
"I want to buy this mall."
When Alex was trying to figure out her identity, A domineering voice came breaking his chain of thoughts.
'Protagonist? No, he is too handsome to be one.'
Alex was the first one to react to the arrival of this domineering man, who wanted to buy this whole mall.
At first, he thought this man might be the protagonist, As only those species can act this wantonly but when he saw the face of the man he changed his mind.
This man had a tall little strong physique, with crystal-like white hair covering most of his forehead, His nose was tall and slender, with Sword like eyebrows, and red slender lips, He was in a posh 3-piece black suit.
So this man was beautiful. On the system scale, he might be around 150-155, Which is 100 to 150 times more charming than his old self of 130.
As everyone knows the protagonist is at best looking better than the average person, But they can never be this beautiful. Maybe the authors of those novels are trying to compensate for something but anyway, this is an iron law.
The protagonist looks good but is never the best, they compensate for that with skills and their golden fingers to make a balance.
"Sir, this is a game store. If you want to buy the mall, You have to go to the management, Which is, I assume, on the top floor."
Alex knows this guy is not a protagonist and decides to go and help the poor guy who lost his way to give directions. After all, he is a respectable and responsible citizen of the country.
"Hum, Stay away gigolo, I don't want to be infected by your STD or that cheap colone."
A handsome man quickly made the distance between himself and Alex as Alex approached him for help.
He disgustedly looked at him and took out a white silk handkerchief to hold in front of his face and nose.
Two male bodyguards behind him also quickly came in front of Alex making a wall blocking Alex from coming in contact with their boss, Those two also had disgusting looks on their faces looking at Alex.
'Not a villain.'
But Alex did not mind it. He did not just go there to help but he also wanted to check if this man is a villain or not. Now he knows this man is not a villain.
That is because he was ho in possession of the Villain Halo makes other villains respect him and give him higher authority over them, So by reaction of this man he is not a villain, That is for sure.
But the strange thing is that this man not only had any good feelings for him but had immense disgust, Which is unreal. No normal person can disgust him at first glance as his charm is not just for looks but also for gaining the good feelings of others quickly.
This reaction only the protagonist and people in the protagonist's camp can show to him as their inherent disgust for him as a villain but this man is not from the protagonist's camp also, Why?
Because he is handsome, No protagonist wants a man more handsome than him in their group as again all handsome man is enemy of the protagonists
'Xiao Bai, Stay, Don't kill them...yet.'
Being rejected Alex just casually walked back to his place and put a hand on Xiao Bai's head, who was already ready to take out her claws to tear those people into sheds.
So he had to tell her through their telepathic connection thanks to their contract. These people are nothing in his eyes as they were all trained but normal people.
If he starts killing every person who disgusts him then he has to wipe out all of the protagonist's camps, Which is a very tiresome job, He preferred to let them kill themselves.
Which is strangely easier than manually going through them one by one, As it was very easy to destroy the shallow relationship between the protagonist and his people. You just need to know which buttons to press.
"Liza, stop it, Let's buy things and go on our way."
After controlling Xiao Bai, He had to put his focus on Liza who was ready to command her people to do things that will change the colour of the store's walls.
"Alex, I just want to talk to him, That's all."
That's the only thing she said in a neutral voice before she tried to walk towards that man.
"Liza, I will handle the issue, Violence is not always the best option."
"I just want to talk to him."
Alex wrapped his hand around her small waist, Which ended up being him picking her up in his arms because of the size difference, Which definitely provoked Liza's anger but she can't lash out at Alex, So she wanted to make that man pay for it.
"How about I cook something sweet today? What do you want to eat?"
Alex had to stop this crazy woman from doing something, Though she is in face control but that man had no effect on her because of two reasons.
One her affection for him was super high, So other men can't get into her eyes, 2nd is that though that man is handsome but the front of Alex, That man was worse than an ordinary person, So his charm can not trigger her face-control trait.
That's why he had to make sure Liza would not turn this man from "Is" to "Was", He wanted to see if he can use it in his favour or to see if this man can create variables in his previous plan.
"Really!!? Then I want Pudding, Cake, and Gulabmun,...."
Liza was easily distracted when Alex mentioned sweets, For sweet a tooth like her who likes all kinds of sweets, started mentioning what she wants, Which Alex half-heartedly listens to as he already knows her favourites.
Alex glanced at Grace who looked at him with raised eyebrows, As she can tell Alex was up to no good, He never likes to be wronged by others.
This is a reason why Grace holds a special place in his heart, As he did not have to worry about her like others, She can get a hint.
"Miss Sandra, Can you hurry up and buy those things I asked you for before? I don't have much time."
Alex, while carrying Liza in his hand comes to Sandra and asks her to hurry up, Ignoring or saying big-heartedly forgive that man for his behaviour.
"Okay, Please wait a minute, It will take a little time to gather and arrange all of the stuff you asked for, You can make yourself comfortable with those sofas or there is a cafe just around the corner, If you wish you can go there, Their cold coffee is one of the bests, It's on the house, I will pack the things in the meantime."
Sandra was startled to see the man. He was the last person she wanted to meet here, But now only he was here but he also insulted her customer. Thankfully, matters did not escalate.
She looked at Alex in front of her, Though he was wearing a mask, His charm was still there making her unconsciously attracted to him, Plus the gentle aura surrounding him calmed her chaotic heart.
So she quickly wanted to turn around and arrange things as quickly as possible, so as not to waste time with Alex anymore.
She gave a very heartfelt smile to Alex before she called her people to get things from the godown. She was ready to turn around and take out stuff available in the store.
"Stop!! Did you not hear I said I want to buy this mall? Which includes everything in it too, So you can't sell it to anyone else, especially not to this gigolo."
The white-haired man was angered when he saw Sandra smile at Alex. He was not able to hold back his anger anymore.
How can this woman smile at another man? She is his, No other man can make her smile, She too, How dare she smile at another man? That too in front of him?
He had to show the consequence of it later. First, he wanted to teach this gigolo a lesson about messing with his woman.
'Caught the bait.'
Alex smiled madly in his heart as he heard his words, He now had a pretty solid guess of what category this man and woman belonged to.
"Sir, You WANT to buy a mall, but you currently have not acquired it. When you do please then try to show off, I already tell you where management might be at this moment."
Alex once again politely turned to the man and said before urging Sandra in an eye signal to hurry up, He did not have time.
Which provoked the man. He did not like that Alex signalled his woman.
"Young master, I am extremely sorry for the delay. I contacted upper management. They will come here at any moment now to finalise the deal."
That white-haired man wanted to say but got interrupted by a tiny little fat man running towards them in a hurry with worry and fear on his face.
Seeing that, the White-haired man had a smug smile on his face, He turned and looked at Alex teasingly.
'Come on what are you waiting for? This man is unbearable.'
Alex ignored that fat man but said in his head waiting for something to happen.
"About time, Order them to come here in a hurry, I wanted to show some people their place."
The white-haired man yelled at the fat man, But the target of his words was obviously Alex.
[Ding! World choice is detected...]
'Finally, Take your sweet time.'
As word of that man fell, System in Alex's maid rang, making him excited.
[Ding! World choice is detected...
The select function is triggered...
Please choose the following options...
• [1] Someone trying to face-slap you, How can you as a villain take this level of disrespect?
Task : Face-slap him both metaphorically and literally
Reward : Halo Of Iron Face
• [2] Isn't this man doing this for a woman? So rather than just give him physical pain, Give him physiological pain, make him fall deeper into despair, So deep that the pit of hell looks like child's play.
Task : Turn him into a miserable cuck
Reward : Steal any halo, skill, or talent of his.
• [3] What are you doing? Why get in between two love birds? It's not humane
Task : Just ignore it
Reward : Qi luck backlash, Suffer from worst fate for 48 hours
(Note : Because the host has the Villain halo, You will only be affected by slight bad luck for 24 hours.)]
'Are you really want to talk about humaneness while showing me the consequences of being a good guy? Anyway 1st and 2nd option.'
Alex said with the system in mind as once again like most of the time now, 3rd option was the worst out of the bunch, But this is useful for him to glimpse what will happen in the future, So he did not mind much.
He is just curious about how he can be affected by bad luck. This thing does not happen even when he messes with the protagonists all this time, which in itself is a great feat.
[Ding! The host chooses the option, Please complete the task to receive the rewards.]
The system voice also rang in his mind confirming his choices, Though he does not need to choose the option, Even if he just completes the task, He will receive rewards for it but he likes to choose, Which gives him an arcade-like feeling.
So after choosing it, He looked at first ready to strike when the situation presented itself.
"Yes sir, They will come here any second now, Look where they are."
The fat man quickly wipes out the large beads of sweat on his forehead. He really does not want to provoke the man in front of him.
This man is capable of shaking the whole of Berlin city with a stomp of his foot, and his reputation is also not that good. There are rumours that once he did not like someone, They ended up at the bottom of the river the next day.
So he was very fearful, Not wanting to join those countless other individuals. That's why he was so excited when upper management arrived, Which was a group of 2 women and one man.
"Mister Dick, Sorry for the delay, But you should have come to the top floor in the management, After all, though this is our mall this store is given on lease."
A man who looked like the leader of the group came in front of the now-known Dick, The white-haired man and said it.
The voice of upper management was to blame but was hiding it enough that it can't be used against him.
"Roger, We are old acquaintances, So I'm going straight to the point, I want to buy this mall, Right here and now, Say the price, I will pay in full."
Dick did not mind Roger's words as it was his usual way of speaking, He was rather concerned about the mall, It was very important for him to buy it.
Sandra working here means she signed the contract, Which means she is now bound by it. As long as she does not receive a better offer of a job, or the place of this shop changes, She can't leave this place for at least 1 year.
If she wanted to, she had to pay a hefty fine for breaking this contract, Which she did not have at all.
So when he has control over the mall then he will also go to have control over her. For a year she can't get away from him and will be under his eyes.
He did nothing more than that, Money is not a problem for him, All he wants is control over her.
"Sorry, Dick you have to be disappointed but I don't think that our family will sell it to you. Also, I don't have to remind you of the consequences of interfering with others' business fields."
Roger had no expression on his face nor there were emotions in his voice, His words were plain but they hold an infinite amount of soul-wrenching sharp intent. If Dick dares to break that delicate facade of peace among the families.
Then he will be torn into pieces with his family.
"Roger, Miller's family also got into real estate, Which was my family's territory. Why did they walk free? Do you think that is fair or right?"
Dick did not back down but looked straight at Roger and said word by word.
Alex's ears stand up hearing the Miller family, As he starts to improve his plan even further to make it foolproof.
"Since when do you care about fairness or right? I just wanted to say to you Mr. Dick is that, If you have guts go to the Miller family to complain, For now, fuck off."
Roger countered the argument of Dick glancing at Sandra busy gathering stuff for Alex, Then looked straight into Dick's eyes before asking him to fuck off.
After that, he was ready to turn around and go away with his two secretaries. He felt that it was a waste of time to argue here as he did not think Dick will offer any good deal.
"40 billion UC, And a written promise that I will not expand business in the chain stores in 10 years, Is this enough to rethink the offer?"
Dick still did not react to Rogers's words, Rather he had a smug smile on his lips, As Roger turned around to go away, He casually said his prize waiting to see a shocked reaction from Roger.
"What!!!? *Ahem* Are you gone mad? This mall is only worth around 25 billion UC. You wanted to lose 15 billion UC just for her?"
Roger as Dick predicted, stopped in his tract and turned around to look at him in shock. He was really shocked. Only a madman will pay this much for a mall.
Though this mall was profitable, now because of a surge of e-commerce profits are getting lower and lower, and it is estimated to drop 5-10% at the end of the year.
Everyone in business knows that, The family he works for also shifted most of their things to the e-market. They also wanted to sell this mall.
Dick also knows that, The only reason Roger refused to sell it to Dick is that he knows Dick had an ulterior motive to buy the mall not to do business and so will not give a good price but he never considered that he would pay nearly double.
"I don't have the authority to give you a word, Let me call my family to confirm with them."
Roger, as a trained person in the market, quickly comes out of shock and asks for time to confirm before going to the corner and dialling the call to his superiors but this deal is already done.
Now he just needs confirmation, No one will leave these huge profits at all.
"You gigolo, Now get out of this mall, Now it's mine. I don't want to be infected with diseases you are carrying from sleeping around."
After Roger went away, Dick came to Alex and said it in a cold domineering tone, Now that he owns it he has the authority to kick Alex out.
"Mister Dick, You still yet to own it, This might be hard for you to understand but the deal is only valid when two parties agree, Which is an interestingly universal thing."
Alex did not mind him at all, He just made a mental note to give 10 fold back to him later but for now, he let Dick be.
After all, The higher he flies the faster he will fall. He already sends a message, Which will airdrop trouble for Dick soon enough.
So after saying it to him, Alex walked towards Sandra "helping" her with a thing to get things quickly.
Which in Dick's eyes seems that he failed and is now scared, So hurry up to buy things to leave, As to save face, Still jealous of his woman being nearby to another man who was eating him alive.
And Alex here wanted just this thing. He purposefully now only slowed down the speed of Sandra but also made Dick angrier and angrier, So he made him burst out all at once.
"Okay, We will be waiting for you Madam."
Roger spoke on the phone politely, After bidding respective farewells, He came back to Dick, Which finally made him take away his rage-filled eyes from Alex and Sandra being in the same room.
"My Madam personally will come here soon to deal with the matter."
He did not waste time and said it to Dick, Which made Dick raise his eyebrows, Though this business transaction is quite big but it was not big enough to pull out Mdama, Head of the Rogers family.
Still, he did not mind. Rather he was glad he would get to see that legendary figure he heard much about.
"Sandra, I want to ask, are you single?"
Alex felt their gaze on Dick going away, So he turned to Sandra and asked without giving any prelude.
"Huh! When did you get here? Wait!! What did you just say?"
Sandra was so busy gathering stuff as soon as possible that she had not realised that Alex had been helping her.
She was just thinking one thing, which is to get things asked by Alex as soon as possible to let him go out of there. As new Dick will not go easy on him if he stays here any longer.
But then she noticed what Alex asked her. She was not sure how to reply. It was the first time any man asked her about it, and that too by a super handsome guy.
"I-It's complicated, You see that man there is...was my-"
"Husband, Or I say he WAS your husband, right?"
Sandra wanted to say something as she looked at Dick with complicated eyes, But before she finished her sentence, Alex did it for her.
She in shock looked at Alex with hesitation and alertness in her eyes. This is a core secret of Dick. He was embarrassed to call her his wife.
He not only never announced her as his wife but also purposefully suppressed the news, So Alex knows this means he came here for her with a hidden agenda.
"Hey don't look at me like I am a villain, I know this because I am very much familiar with that look you gave him. After all, not so long ago I was standing there in your place."
Alex quickly shot down the wall of worry that emerged in her heart And said his reason for knowing her secret.
Well, he was not wrong. After all, Alia's plot was quite similar to Dick's because both were tropes of domineering presidents in the dog blood romance novel.
That's right he encountered his first Female Lead (FL), The one who was forced into marriage by the Yandere trope Male Lead (ML).
Yes, Males can be Yandere too, and they are scarier than female ones, As they do not look cute enough to be slid as a quirky perk.
After all, humans judge things mostly on how good/cute they look and how they make them feel, This is a reason why useless animals like pandas get VIP treatment even though they are dumb as fuck and contribute nothing.
While important beings like Bees and Wasps, Which are crucial for a healthy ecosystem, get ignored, Just because they do not look cute.
No, they are not ignored by bees/wasps because they bite people. That is because even 100 bees/wasps aren't able to cause damage to humans as one panda can. After all, that thing is a wild animal that is like a bear. They eat bamboo, So there is no need to doubt their bite force.
Also bees and wasps only attack when provoked or feel threatened, Which can be ignored seeing how important a role they play in our world but still they get ignored all because of that they are not cute enough.
'Wait! I am in the reverse world, So Dick can be cute in people's eyes here, While Alia is a bad guy.'
Alex wanted to say the unfairness of the world, How there is a duality between gender but seeing he was on the beneficial side he shut up.
"What do you mean?"
Sandra was not able to understand what Alex meant, but she felt in her heart that he was not lying, So her guard against him lowered but did not go away, She was still beware of him.
"I too did not want to marry a woman my family decided for me as she was just like him, Controlling, extremely possessive and sadistic, So I ran away from home."
Alex looked at Sandra who looked at Alex with complicated eyes. She can hear the pain, Unwillingness in his voice, the same as her when her family forced her to marry Dick.
It's just that Alex got a chance to go away, and she didn't, Which made her a little jealous of him.
"Hey, I know you are thinking, I am lucky, right? I, too, thought that while running away from home, I decided to create my own life, Free from all, but then I found out that there is a sharp difference between fantasy and reality."
Alex glanced at Dick to check if he was not looking here. After confirming, he indeed was not looking here, Which would ruin his plan, Alex decided to speak, His voice full of hopelessness, resentment, and agony but surprisingly there was no regret in his voice.
"W-What happened?"
Sandra was affected by his raw emotions and couldn't help but ask him out, She really wanted to know as she too was walking down the same path.
"A lot, I was abandoned by my own family, and they also break all contact with me. My sister who loves me so much did not even come to meet me in these 4 years. Well, I also found out that I was known and praised just because of my family. Without it, I was nothing, nobody.
No one cared how good or talented I was. They only knew I was abandoned and had no background, So my talent was useless. I also did not bring any money with me in a hurry, I was just 18 years old, barely an adult, In a new unknown city without a penny in my pockets.
So you can guess what happened to me, right?"
Alex had a melancholy look in his eye as if he was once again living in that time while talking about it.
Sandra was stunned. She never thought that this handsome man also has to suffer this much. In her eyes, life is easy for men, especially handsome, but now it seems this is not the case. At least she got a job to feed herself, But as a man, how can he handle being alone in the new city.
This Berlin city with its lighting charm is also known as the city of dreams among locals, Because of the number of opportunities here for young people, but this is only the front. It was dark and cruel as it looked bright and lovely.
If this city knew how to lift then this city also knew how to crush someone.
So she can just imagine what he might go through at that time.
"S-So how?! *Gulp* How do you manage?"
Sandra was herself getting emotional as the raw emotions of Alex were enough to make her remember her struggle which now she knows compared to Alex was nothing.
So she could not help but ask, She hoped he will get a good ending even though he was standing in front of him in one piece, As she was too much invested in the story
"I was cold, hungry and mostly afraid. I was taken care of by my family as I was made out of glass since childhood, So for me, it was way scarier and harder to get used to, I thought I would die in the unnamed alley soon.
But then she came, Though she had a cold-uncaring attitude, I still liked her as she was the one who fed me, and gave me warm shelter, while others did not bother to give me a second glance. You can even say I had fallen for her at first sight."
Alex said as one very beautiful divine smile adorned his slender lips.
When Sandra heard about a woman, She for some reason did not like it. An infinite amount of disgust appeared in her heart, not only for the woman but even for Alex too.
But hearing his story and what he goes through resonated so much with her that her disgust for him went away. She can understand why he did what he did, She might do the same thing.
"Not going to ask what happened next?"
Alex stopped and stared at Sandra, Who also looked at his breathtaking face, Which was still covered by that evil face mask, preventing her from appreciating it to the fullest.
But when their eyes met, She quickly dodged it, not daring to look at them. His enchanting eyes were as deep as a void threatening to swallow her whole, She was not sure if she could come back once she had fallen in them.
Still, she couldn't help but want to look at him. A desire to look at beautiful things is inherent, She is not an exception to it.
"Why? She is the woman you fall in love with, and then it was happy ever after, didn't it? This is how every story ends."
Sandra spoke, but her voice had a sour feeling which even she got surprised by. She and this man had nothing to do, Heck she does not even know his name, She can't be jealous of him being with another woman.
But she was, For some reason every time he mentions that woman, She felt a bump in her heart as if someone took something from her.
"Well, My story is different, As it was not the end but the beginning of it. It turns out She was using me, not even for sex as she did not do it with me as I was not worthy in her eyes but for the frame.
I was just a trophy she wanted to show others. You know I know that, I know that from the very beginning, but I had a futile hope she would change. One day, she will love me back if I just drown her in my love.
But it did not happen, Alex who for his self-respect even gave up his family now became a green tea in other's eyes, He who was there for love in other's eyes became money hungry gold miner.
I did not care about others' opinions about me though. For me only she was important, She is the reason why I was even ready to bear those humiliating insults but sadly to my disbelief, she also shared the same opinion.
5 Million, 5 million was the price and worth of me and my love in her eyes, So I give up trying, give up on the futile hope that she will love me back someday, and give up on the thought that I deserve happiness.
After all, How can I be happy when I give thorns to the family, Who always showered me with flowers? Everything happened to me because I deserve it."
Alex was so emotional, Tears were flowing down from his obsidian-like eyes, leaving wet trails behind them.
Sandra was also not in any good condition too. She, too, was crying. She did not know why she was, but she just wanted to cry, take that heavy feeling out of her heart.
It was hurting her so much seeing him hurt.
[Ding! +30 Favorability of Sandra for hosthost(Current: 89,only one) ]