Helen could not believe on her ears. This news was even more unbelievable than Amara being 26 years old S-Rank.
How could she be San -Rank Beastmaster? Since when was being Beastmaster this easy?
This thought filled her mind but then there was another realization, If Amara is really is S-Rank 26-year-old Beastmaster then she underestimated Alex's Winchester family.
Not only his mother is head of Nobel as Alex said but his sister is above the monsters she has seen all her life.
Cause yeah being Beastmaster is difficult or even some may say impossible as there are too many risks in that category
But it also has its plus point, that is why even though Beastmaster is so infamous Sub-category people still try to be one.
And that is that the strength of Beastmaster is unmatched. They get power of a beast who on average are 10 times stronger than humans but also get the intelligence and speed of growth of humans.
Normally for the equilibrium in the world, Some beings get an advantage but they also get suitable disadvantages to even out the flaws.
For example, a beast has a stronger physique than a human, on the same rank they can beat 3 to 5 huwoman's of the same rank power alone.
But they also have an obvious flaw and that is that they have lower intelligence, and a restricted growth rate. The stronger the beast is the harder for them to push towards the next rank.
Same for huwomna, Though as compared to the beast they have weak physique but they have increase intelligence and way lower restrictions on the growth rate as huwomans don't have that high potential as compared to the beast.
Both beast and master share their core to gain more power in that process they get benefits of both of their words.
They get the strength and the potential of the beast without losing their intelligence or put under restriction for the increased growth.
Same for the beast, In contrast, they keep their potential and power but because they share their core now they get the intelligence of humans and their lower restrictions.
What does that mean? It means that now there are two beings with vast potential without any restrictions put on them.
Just imagine their powers, On average 10 times stronger than their counterpart along with the companion who is also has formidable strength along with increased intelligence.
It would be a force that can be considered on paper to 10 S-Ranks, Though in a fight they might not be able to beat average 10 S-Rank but they would surely not lose, That is the invincible power of S-Rank Beastmaster.
So just imagine how strong background of Winchester family has to be to grow such a monster under their roof, Currently by her analysis there at least 2 S-Rank in Alex family.
One has to his mother and now the so-called sister of his.
"Yeah, Beastmaster that too an S-Rank one, Now you understand how lucky your daughter is to be loved by my brother? If not for him, I simply would not have wasted my breath on you."
Amara this time has a smug smile seeing the shock and disbelief in their eyes of Helen, She gets the power back, That horror and disbelief in her eyes is the respect she has been looking for since the beginning.
"..."
Silence, A pin-drop silence.
Helen does not have any words to speak as what Amara said is indeed valid, Her daughter hit the fortune to be loved by Alex that is even before considering the background of his.
But now it was even more apparent that how stupid her daughter was to hurt Alex like that before, And how dumb even she was calling Alex a gold miner.
He is a gold miner? They don't have anything that he can not get just by one phone call, He just never said or flaunts his status to them.
This made her heart ache but also sweet, As he is a man who takes all those insults without saying anything while having complete power to destroy their argument in one fellow swoop but he didn't do it. That is how much he loved her daughter.
How can she be lucky to have him? Or say how they are lucky to have him.
"Where is he?"
Cold words reverberated in the ward like a wind of the glacier mountain void of most of emotions but there was still a hint of desperation that she tried to hide but was not able to.
Alia right now slowly stood up as she spoke asking Amara the whereabouts of Alex, She so desperately wanted to see him, To check if he was still there, To see if he still had a love for her as before, To make sure he was still in the city and not leave her and city forever.
"Who knows, He now allowed me to spy on his activities but if you wanted to know whether or not he is in the city, Then yes, He is in the city, Right now should be fooling around with some woman or two.
But hey he is single now, So there is nothing wrong with that, right?"
Amara can tell what the real question was and so she just answered Alia but not forget to put salt on the wounds of her.
After all, The only reason she did not hurted Alia is because of Alex. If not, The punishment for hurting her brother would have been worse than the death penalty.
That is the only reason why she keeping her anger in check. It's not that she forget what this woman did to her brother but for his sake, she forgives her to a degree.
So if she can't hurt her physically, She decides to do it emotionally, At least this little much can make her feel.
As for where Alex is? She really doesn't know but as she promised him not to spy on him but if she wanted she can always find out where he is.
After all, She promised not to spy on him but her people are always behind him for protection. Well, she didn't break her promise, did she?
She indeed was not spying on him, but stalked him using others, That does not consider a breach of her promise.
As for the other woman's issue, She really didn't know nor did she care. As long as those women were clean, It was okay for him as his body needed to survive.
"I didn't break up with him."
Alia does hurt hearing words of Amara but not because of what Amara has intended but rather the word of her saying Alex is single.
It stung her heart like a sharp pointy thorn of a babool tree, As this once again reminded her stupidity of her which pushed Alex away.
She knows what her sister upto but she doesn't stop her thinking Alex is too greedy for more that he would never take just scraps of her sister would offer to him.
How wrong was she? Not only did he accept the money but used it for the other woman's need, Did that mean he stopped loving her?
No, he did not, He still loves her. If not he would have not gone to such a degree with her mother to just punish her, He is just hurt so much that he just wants to give her the taste of the same medicine.
And to be honest she deserves all that comes to her but fact remains is that, She indeed never said she broke up with Alex neither so she acknowledge their breakup.
It was just one side of Alex, So in a sense, she still is the girlfriend of Alex, She is still in a relationship with Alex.
"Hump, Pathetic."
Amara just humped when this kinda logic came out, How stupid is that? When Alex talked about the breakup, Alia didn't do anything, meaning it was a passive acknowledgement on her part.
But she let her be, Anyway, she can't help it that Alex loves this woman, She just let Belladonna deal with her.
No matter how much she hates Belladonna but she has to admit that woman has the spine to admit and do whatever she wants.
So as one woman to another, There is mutual respect for each other.
"I don't care what you mother and daughter do in your free time but remember one thing, You have Alex with you cause he loves her, If for some reason that changes.
Hehej, Well just say fishes would have a party that day."
Amara did what she came here to do, She has no reason to stay and waste any time here.
So she dropped this sentence as she and Shapira turned around and disappeared from their sight leaving both mother and daughter looking at each other with a look.

Alia just looked at the fading back of Amara for a second before taking step towards the exit of the ward.
"Where are you going?"
A stern remark from her mother stopped her in her track but did not deter from deciding in her heart.
"To him."
That's all she said before she was ready to take steps towards the outside.
She so badly wanted to meet him, For the first time, she was feeling this rush of unpleasant feelings.
She didn't know these emotions nor did she try to understand it as it stung her heart every time she tried for some reason.
"Why? Aren't you already done enough?"
Helen was pissed by her reply, Didn't she already do enough to hurt him now she was ready to push him away too?
She released immense pressure worthy of S-Rank on Alia locking her in place.
".....Want to talk to him."
Alia could not move, This pressure put on her by her mother was even more than the one that Amara did to make her kneel
However this time her heart did not allow her to kneel and give up, Her willpower was able to help her stand her ground without being pressed on the ground under the pressure.
But that is all she could do using all her power just barely not to let herself kneel in front of her mother.
Right now she felt worthless, Yet for some reason she wanted to get punishment from her mother, Not for any weird way.
Rather she thinks she deserves to be punished and hurt as to why she even dared to go past the direct order of her mother.
"And what are you going to do when you meet him? Make him hate you more?"
Helen blood boil hearing Alia, How her daughter is so clueless, did she even know what is the reason for Alex anger?
Can she even be capable of understanding it?
"He will not, I make sure."
Alia was adamant, She was heart wrenching to meet Alex, See him and tell him that she loved him.
She didn't know what love was before but she does now, And hope he give her a chance.
Which knowing him and how much he has love for her would not be a problem.

She is not taking him for granted but she really thinks love would not be this easy to be broken nor forgotten.
It's like an addiction in for her, A power that can make her do anything that she before never even thought of doing so.
Like sharing him with others or even with her own mother but now she doesn't care as long as he is with her.
That is love in her heart, The feeling though new but deeply embedded in her bones.
"HOW!!? DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT EMOTIONS Ar-"
Helen finally lashed out, All her anger, frustration, and all other emotions came out on Alia, her eldest daughter.
In fury, she didn't think what she was speaking but just as these words left her mouth she immediately regretted it.
This was a low blow even for her, After all, is didn't choose to be an emotionless machine, Her superpower made her that way.
She herself who is suffering from her own special physique should have known what her daughter was going through and yet she said this to her.
An immense guilt birthed in her heart, She really didn't mean to say this, She really didn't mean to hurt Alia this way, These words just came out.
"....Sorry"
Helen is quite hard-headed but she knows when she is wrong and what to do in that case. Her pride was not bigger than her love for her daughter.
She doesn't show it but of course, she loves them, both of them. They are her daughters after all.
Her head bowed down in shame, She actually felt bad for saying this to her daughter.
Hence why the S-rank like her was so quick to apologise.
"Sorry for what?"
Like always Alia uttered words in her cold icy tone void of any emotions.
There was nothing in her voice, tone or word that could say her current state.
"Alia, I know I was wrong, I am sorry for i-"
When Helen heard these words, She knows these words are obviously filled with sarcasm.
But didn't this too much? She admit she was wrong by doing so, She should have not said it but it happened in the heat of passion.
At least as her mother, She gets a chance to make her position clear right?
This is what Helen thought and wanted to argue with Alia but when she raise her head to look at her, She was stunned.
"You…You genuinely don't understand why I was sorry, don't you?"
Helen asked Alia with her slightly choking voice which she did her best to hide it out.

She has seen it. When she looked into the eyes of her daughter there was actual curiosity and confusion as to why she was apologising for.
This broke her heart, For the first time even being a woman she wanted to cry out like a normal person.
The guilt of this eating her heart out as she just asked Alia with the false hope that what Alia said was indeed sarcasm.
After all, if not then she is indeed a terrible mother.
"Yes, Why would you apologise to me? What you said is true, I don't know what emotions are nor do I mostly feel them, so what's wrong with stating the obvious?"
Alia asked Helen in a confused tone really not understanding why would this thing would ask for an apology.
She indeed can't feel emotions and so she didn't know what they are and how to react to them. It was only until recently that she started to feel them again.
Still, unless it was about Alex, Those emotions were as good as not being there as how low their sense of presence is.
So her logical way of thinking did not change. For her it was not a thing to apologise for just saying the truth.
"Yo-...I am sorry."
Hearing such words coming out of her daughter's mouth nearly broke her heart.
How did she not see it? Her daughter didn't know the basics of being a woman.
No, She saw it, She saw it since it started just too coward to acknowledge it.
She just searching for the ways to fix both of her daughters thinking she was doing good for them. They would thank her.
But she was selfish. It was not all because of for their good that she spent time outside rather it was a lie she told herself to hide the truth.
The truth, Which is that she is the worst mother to her daughters, they needed a parent but unfortunately, they got her, A coward.
"Wha-what you doing?"
Panicked words of Alia rang in the ward as she saw Helen stand from her bed and appear in front of her, Before she could react, She felt her words go dark as her face plunged into the softness while her body enveloped in the weird but not bad kinda warmth.
"I was not good before but Mommy promise you that, I would be the best mother to both of you, and I would help you get him back."
Helen just took Alia in a tight hug as she from her heart uttered these word as if these was not a statement rather a promise she making to herself.
Alia didn't know how to react, Her logical brain was thinking of all the possibilities of why her mother reacting the way she doing, She even thought this old woman had gone senile or insane cause of the dreaded news her future sister-in-law had given to them.
It's just a weird thing that before she would have struggled to get out as she doesn't like to be touched not to mention hugged like this, It used to repulse her.
But she not feeling any if it, Yes her brain telling her to break the hug but for the first time she wanted to follow through it.
This hug made her weirdly embarrassed but still unwilling to break free from it.
It's quite a conundrum, Her heart feels like it's become heavy while she has quite a strong urge to cry, Which is odd as she can count how many times she had cried on one hand finger.
All those times something big happened to her to make her shed tears, Right now there is no big thing happening, So why does she have this feeling?
She trying to search for the reason but become panicked when she finds out there seems to be no reason why she had this urge.
For her who always needs to be in control this was a nightmare losing control over body like this but yet she still didn't want to leave the hug.
And so mother and daughter just stand there in a tight hug without saying anything letting silence convey the message which a thousand words couldn't.
"I don't wants to lose him, Help me mommy."
Who knows how much time has been since they were locked in hug emarage themselves in the comforting silence before Alia reluctantly decided to speak first.
She didn't look up for get away just spoke from the arms of her mothers softness.
Oh how sweet and childish her words were even the always icy cold tone has a hint of warmth.
But none of them were in a condition to pay attention to that change.
Helen was stunned hearing such a words come out of her super cold daughter, She never thought Alia would say something like this.
'Since when was the last time she called me mommy?'
After the brief shock Helen quickly had this question in her mind, She didn't remember since when her daughters started calling her mommy.
She get that tt is cringe and embarrassing for a grown woman to say something to her mother but it is just that they stopped saying it before they were adults.
Now that she remembers, the Last time Alia called her mommy was in the evening of that dark incident.
That day her daughter changed and she quick to know reason was her newly awakened superpower, So she put blame on that.
But didn't Rose also stop saying this to her?
That dumb but sweet daughter of hers also stopped calling her mommy in the same time frame.
How had she never seen it that she pushed her daughters away from her, Did they even love her?
Helen is afraid the answer is they do not, First one didn't even know what love is while the other only remembered her when she needed money.
And she is responsible for all of it, She turns her daughters into this state alien to normal behaviour.
Thankfully she wakes up early as she still has a chance to fix what's left of her relationship with her daughters.
"Don't worry, Mommy will help you get him but promise me you will do what I say."
Helen decided to break the hug while holding her well-hidden tears back by gently grabbing the shoulders of Alia looking into her icy blue eyes.
They have to get Alex, It was not a question of if or would, They have to do it.
Alia is head over heels for him, which is already a concrete reason but also is that she felt it.
Her lust fairy body was conquered by him, meaning that the boy not only stole her heart but also her body and soul along with it.
There is already bound between them now, They share a connection that is on a spiritual level, As their bodies legit connected with each other through the passive of her special physique.
What's more shocking is other than bet body being dominant in this contact as she is an S-Rank warrior with a special physique and he is just an F-rank normal man.
Though she has no problem with it but now she understands the reason why Alex is the dominant one in the contract, seeing Amara and the power of the Winchester family.
So now the situation is flipped. Before she was one of the only 7 S-Rank in the country with a special physique.
There was no threat to her, In her mind she was worthy of Alex and there is no threat to that position.
But this revelation changed that power dynamic, Right now she was just one of the S-rank around Alex.
Her special status in the world has no bearing in front of men who have the hardest category of S-Rank warrior being the first Beatmaster after the fall.
Not only that, Before she sensed the weirdness of that little girl around Alex, That time she ignored it but now that she thinks about it, that girl has to be S-rank.
So now there is at least 2 S-rank around Alex not even including his mother and who knows how many hidden elders in the family.
So Helen wanted to act quickly, She can't just sit around and watch losing Alex.
Oh of course there is also Alia's reason but Alex comes first to her as he has stolen both her heart and body.
"What do you think I should do? I would do anything."
Alia with a spark in her eyes asked desperately to her mother as seeing this as the last chance for her.
She was already hopeless. Before coming here she kept checking her phone but there was no message from Alex.
It was not like him before, He already used to drop tons of messages to her daily. The least me he sent to her were 10 that when he was sick and bedridden because of food poisoning.
Those were always questions about asking her how she is doing, where she is, if she had eaten or not etc with some love words here and there.
Before she was obnoxious receiving those messages as in her eyes it was Alex's ways to try and manipulate her to give him more freedom of her finances.
For her this was the case as she had all control of money. He had to go through him if he wanted something, so thinking that it was meaningless words just there to please her to get something she often ignored them.
She just used to throw him some bones and send one word or two as she didn't used to care what he was trying to do as long as she was in control and he was behaving like a good lap dog.
She justified in her mind that, he was getting what he wanted and she getting what she wanted, So it's win-win for both of them.
But while coming to her seeing he didn't even once message her since that dreadful day nearly crushed her soul.
The messages that were once obnoxious to them were beacons of hope in her desperate time.
Those were the only thing that helped her keep calm, saying he just need time to cool off as she would be more focused on asking his forgiveness and giving herself those punishments.
She didn't plan on saying about this to anyone just grit her teeth and try to punish herself for him as it's useless to explain to him as that would come out as excuses and trying to avoid accountability for her actions, she doesn't wants to do that at all.
As in her eyes if someone made a mistake they should pay for it even if that someone is she herself.
"....I know what I am going to ask is too much but it was for the best and the only way I think is to get him back, so don't reject it outright."
Helen took a deep breath. She who knew this change in power dynamic was now in panic mode and thought it was hard for her to do it but this is the best plan she think has any chance of getting Alex back.
But she also knows how her daughter is, So she was worried she would not even listen to the plan and reject it.
"Tell me mother, If it would help me get back my Alex, I would do anything."
Alia didn't even need to hear what she had to do to get Alex back, As long as she got Alex back she was ready to do it.
Yeah they have not officially broken up yet but Alex already separated, So even if it was not official it would be soon enough which I don't want.
"*Sigh* Right now, All I see is one and only one option to save this relationship and get him back."
Helen was quite disappointed as Alia went back calling her that cold soulless word like mother but she for the matter of seriousness ignored and once again gave Alia a chance to back away before she even said what is the way to save the relationship between them.
Because she understands that if Alia knows it there is no saying how she will react, So it was kinda a huge gamble.
"And what is it?"
Alia impatiently asked Helen, clearly annoyed by this secrecy of hers.
"Add, We need to add more interest on our side to win him over."
That's all Helen said hoping Alia would get what she meant by this statement of hers.
-x-X-x-
"Interest?....Interest!!?"
Alia was quite confuse hearing the statement of her mother but quickly changed from being curious to questioning as her IQ is not room temperature level so it was not hard for her to figure out what Halen actually meant.
After all, Her this brain along with her sharp uncaring nature is the reason why Alex was so paranoid about her in the beginning.
Nowadays the new feeling called love was occupying her brain the majority of time, so she look like she was tamed.
But don't be fooled, Her claws were just retracted not cut, she is still that fearsome existence being the first heroine in the novel.
"Yeah, Interest you know it wil-."
Helen, seeing her daughter quick to understand it, was glad that she didn't need to do that embarrassing talk with her daughter.
"No, He would not going to like that. It is a dumb plan, He would not gonna like it."
But before she could say it, Alia outright rejected the offer in panic, She know ex would be disgusted by this idea.
"How do you know? Right now this is the best chance we have to get him back."
Helen expected many reactions from her daughter but outright rejection was not one of them.
After all, This is girl who likes to think or rather overthink every little thing so as not to make any mistakes, For her everything have to perfect
So it was odd that she rejected this offer without even giving thought at all.
Normally she would have ignored it and dropped the idea but this time they couldn't, It was the best option they have.
Cause even if somehow Alex and Alia get together there are many people involved in this relationship which make it impossible to go back to before this all happened.
So the just talked out option is not available, though she wished it was as it would have made things a lot more easier.
Sadly her daughter not realised her mistake so soon now they all have to pay the price for it which she is willing to do.
There is no blame toward Alia, rather she is guilty as she was glad her daughter messed up, If not she never would have gotten the chance with him.
"I know the cause, Alex from my understanding would have liked that idea, So of course the current real one would hate it."
Alia straight up answered Helen, Actually she thought of this when she saw Amara.
But not paid much attention to it as she was in an emotional turmoil, so her mother had to point this out to her.
Just that she knew it would not work as the old Alex is in her mind would have liked this idea and by the current state she knows that she was wrong about Alex.
If that is the case then if she thinks Alex would like this idea then the opposite of it would be the case.
If Alex was here to hear this, he might have banged his head on the wall drowning in regret.
At least thankfully she still has her twisted reasoning for finding virgins for him as it was part of her "punishment", So it is different.
"I…I still think we should do this as I also have a hunch he would love it, But we don't have to be hasty, We can go slowly."
Helen took a second to assess the situation before she give her verdict on this issue.
She really has a hunch Alex would love this idea though not sure why but her heart just feels like this is a case.
".....Okay fine but on condition that Alex would still be mine and he was okay with it, If anytime I feel like this is not the case, I would pull the plug."
Alia looked at her mother and did her own assessments. She knows her stamina and libido of Alex is way more than herself.
If she tried, She could still grit her teeth and give what he wants but he surely would not going to live with the idea of having pleasure at her expense. He is not sadistic.
Even if, this is a big if that he is sadistic, She still would not be able to fulfill his desire as even she along with her mother was not enough for him.
So adding other interests is not a bad idea, Of course unless they try to steal from him just like her mother did before, For which she still has not forgiven her.
There is also Alex's issue, It was not sure if he going to like the idea or not, After all even if he has a big libido he would be hesitant to proceed with this plan.
So she also needs to convince him that this is a good thing, she would not mind if he sleeps with others rather she would even help him with them.
Yeah, he would not gonna like it, But she has to at least try, right? And if it was too much then she can drop the idea but not without giving a try.
"Of course but you also have to agree that he would not be the only one you have, So you have learned to share, Boys don't like jealous girlfriends."
Helen responded to Alia in a positive tone as even she agreed with this point but of course there was some obvious condition that was put on the table also.
Like they all get equal rights in Alex, no one can monopolize him for themselves, after all they are law-abiding citizens.
"As long as it's clear that I am his girlfriend and would stay the same, I have not problem, What I have problem is about the schedule of the coitus."
Alia once again able to get back her composers as gears in her head started to spin and she become her usual logical thinking state.
And so she was concerned about the sleeping schedule of them, As who gets him and when because that would be an issue.
"That…We should figure that put later in ourselves but right now our priority is to get Alex back."
Helen was stupefied as she did not think about this issue knowingly or unknowingly she still couldn't digest news of her man being with others.
But she can get over that for him, it would not be that hard even as it was already happened before, She just needs time.
And so the mother and daughter duo started to make a plan among themselves to be the man both women are madly in love with.
They didn't know what it says about their relationship as being mother and daughter but it surely says that they are excellent lovers.
...
-x-X-x-
Inside the ward, Alex was standing face to face with a guilty female lead who was ashamed to meet his eyes.
Sandra wanted to explain that what he heard and saw in the car was just a misunderstanding, She did not have any ulterior motive for approaching him before.
It was all a messed up coincidence, She did have a questionable past but she was clean ever since she left that behind.
She wanted to say to him that ever since she met him, Which is still not that long but she was for the first time in decades was happy and felt alive.
She really does not want to use him, But there is just no proof of her innocence, So Alex is reasonably suspicious of her.
After all, information related to the supernatural world is kept secret and deeply connected, So pretty much everyone knows everyone.
So by that, It was reasonable for Alex to assume that she came to him to take advantage, But she really didn't. She is part of a supernatural society but she didn't care about enough to get to know people in it as she was just there for money to prove to her family she was not worthless.
"Get ou-"
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the task…
Rewards are being distributed…
Congratulations for the host getting the "God Of Pleasure" Title…
God Of Pleasure : What is pleasure? It is a state of bliss very being known of but restricted by the bounds of species and conditions.
But that would be no longer be the case for the host as there is no limit or restrictions on who or which being you want to give pleasure So you can do it without any worry.
Effects:
•Make it that definition of pleasure for the given to be felt in their way.
•As long as it is being, Host can give them pleasure with tools he possesses.
(Note : Each being have their own definition of the pleasure and so the pleasure host given them would be converted to the one of their liking for best effect.)]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the task…
Checking the completion rating…
Belladonna is 3rd stage convinced for harem…
Sandra is 1st stage convinced for harem…
Helen is 1st stage convinced for harem…
Alia is 2nd stage convinced for harem…
It's detected host overfulfileld the task requirement, getting SSS+ rating…
Rewards are being upgraded…
Congratulations for the host getting "Lionheart" Title…
Lionheart : Ever imagined marching towards the army of a thousand enemies alone without an ounce of fear?
Now you can turn that fantasy into reality, You no longer have to be held back because of the pesky things like critical thinking or logical reasoning
This title gives you the courage to do things that no person with a working reasonable brain would not think to do.
Effects :
•Give the courage to do things that seem stupid and idiotic.
•Grant protection while doing the said stupid idiotic thing.
•Protection gives immunity to any backlash from the stupid act on the host.
(Note : This passive has a cooldown of 24 hours. This can be lowered using RP or upgrading the title.)
(Note : The previous choice of host is noted and so power of this title is adjusted to 20%, You can change it using the command.)]
"...."
Speechless, Alex didn't have the words to say right now.
Too much information was thrown at his face that it took him second to get everything.
And when he did, He was complicatedly terrified.
First reward he can understand from the mission of bedding Gloria, So there is no mystery in it.
Second one however is what gave him mixed feelings as he didn't know what just happened.
How can while he is trying to convince these two mid bosses, He end up conquering the final ones?
Alia is not one but 2 novels main heroine, While Helen is hard headed woman whose motto is to be broken but not bend.
So this is not supposed to happen.
'This is not supposed to happen, Not like this, Something is wrong.'
Alex suddenly becomes alert as he goes through all the possibilities of the reason behind for this act to occur.
Why did he become paranoid about this simple thing which is common in novels?
For the simple reason is that this happens in novels, To the protagonist, not to the villain.
Alex is still a villain. It is impossible for him to luck out like this here, Something definitely amiss but what is it?
'Her?'
Alex ran out of possible causes when it hit him as his eyes instinctively locked on Sandra.
Yes! It has to be her as she is the only one who can counter the world's prejudice towards anyone using the love the world has for her.
After all, Female leads are as, if not more broken than the protagonist when it comes to luck.
So there is a very very high chance that this is related to Sandra, he was damn sure of it.
'System explain.'
Alex still decided to ask the system even though he pretty much knew the answer, He still wanted to be careful not to make mistake.
[Ding! Host as said before the man Female lead love becomes the male lead in the story and gets luck benefits from her.
So right now you have two roles in the story, One being the villain of the story of the male protagonist, While male lead in the story of Female Lead.
There is a tug of war going on in between the two roles nullifying the effects of each other but because of the decreased distance between the female lead (Sandra) and her surge in love and acceptance towards you, it took over the villain role for a moment.
And because the role of male lead is dominant now, It gives you benefits of being one, Your luck is now that of the male lead.
So things just fall into place for you giving you unexpected rewards.
(Note : This is temporary role changes as your default is still a villain but as long as host keeps the Female lead close and still continues conquering her heart and body, You will able to get benefits from the changing of the roles.)]
The system is as friendly as it is quick to give follow-up to Alex providing the confirmation of his hunch.
"Alex, Just give me one chance to explain myself, Please."
A desperate plea of Sandra pulled him out of his thoughts as she want him to give her a one chance to explain herself.
'*Sigh* Have to change the plans.'
Alex just looked at her and sighed in heart, The plans he made have to be changed now as this is a golden opportunity.
And so he started to cook the next steps in his head with a devilish smirk on his lips..
***
"Alex, Please give me a chan-"
"Enough!! Last time when I gave a chance, I got nothing but a heartache, I don't want to take that risk anymore."
Sandra, seeing Alex was not responding to her, wanted to keep begging for the chance to explain but cut off mid sentence by the stern words of Alex.
His tone was full of regret and filled with anguish. Anyone who hears it would want to take him in their arms to give him solace like an injured puppy.
Sandra wanted to do that but unfortunately he was already in the arms of Grace, so it was not feasible for her to do.
But rather than envy and be jealous towards Grace, Sandra drowned in guilt knowing the fact that she was the one who touched his old wounds.
So for now she decided to stop bothering him, give him space and then try again after getting some proof of her innocence.
When Alex saw Sandra was about to turn and leave from here, He panicked, As in his mind he was sure that the female lead would do some more begging for the chance and then he would give her that one chance to explain.
But her turning away to go was out of syllabus for him making him anxious for second.
After all he knows that, Child who is not embraced by the village would burn it down to feel the warmth of it.
This statement is perfect for Female lead. If she didn't want what she wanted by normal means then she will do anything to get that thing, ANYTHING.
"Wait!! My brain doesn't want to believe you but Arghh this damn heart of this body does, I can't ignore it, So knowing I would regret it later, I would still give you one chance."
Alex was quick on his wits and decided to stop her from leaving. He really can't afford pissed off the Female lead right now.
"Really? Thank you I would not disappoint you, I-"
"Stop, I said I would, I yet to give you a chance, You have to earn that chance."
Sandra was on cloud nine when she heard Alex was giving her a chance to explain herself.
Shweta started babbling in excitement but Alex held his hand to stop her as he told her in a stern voice.
She did not get a chance from him yet, If she wants it then she has to earn it.
Sandra though a little discouraged but was still happy as there is still hope for their relationship.
"What do I have to do to earn it?"
Sandra asked him excitedly, She couldn't wait to earn that chance from him.
She was ready to do anything he asked her for, No matter how difficult and hard that thing is, She is ready to do it no matter what the cost she has to pay.
Alex just looked at her then with a sly smile on his lips he uttered the words.
"Just hit me."
"Oka-Huh?! Pardon?"
Sandra jumped out and agreed without even hearing what he said as she was ready to do anything.
But the moment those words sink in her head, She was startled and couldn't believe what she heard.
So she asked Alex to relate it hesitantly fearing he would be mad at her for not paying attention.
"I said hit me, That is your task, I give you 10 minutes, in it you have to land at least one direct hit on me."
Alex just looked at her and repeated without minding adding more details to his terms.
But this left everyone speechless in ward, They couldn't believe what he said.
Liza was just stunned trying to process what he said, While Sandra was just confused and anxious.
The most shocked Grace, Normally she believes she knows how Alex's brain works.
Like before she was blushing as she was sure that the way to earn he said has to do with three or foursome right here and she was willing to do it.
There might even be a chance for him to ask Sandra to watch or ask a deal from her like he did with her.
But she never expected that Alex would ask Sandra to hit him.
This is not like him at all, Her shy tsundere would never ask for violence.
Unless…
"Alex, Didn't I say you are not allowed to harm yourself? You promised you won't do it."
Grace spoke hurriedly once again reminding him the promise he made as she thought he once again wants to self-harm.
After all, what would anyone think when a man asks a woman to hit him.
"Relax, I am not talking about self harm but friendly sparing, I want to test our everyday clerk here, See how strong she is."
Alex passed a comforting smile towards Grace beside him as he said the words with full of confidence making people in the ward more confused.
They don't understand his thought processes but Grace no longer cares about it after seeing his smile.
She knows that sly look, he is once again up to something, So she lets him be, Let him have fun, it's always better than him being depressed.
"Alex, How could I hit yo-"
"That is the neat part, Your task is to hit me but that doesn't mean I would just stand here and get hit, There are few rules.
First is that you can use any trick and technique you know for the attack as long as it's not lethal, Everything is on the table.
The second rule is that there is a 10-minute time limit. You have to land a direct hit on me in this time if not, task is considered a failure and we two go our separate ways.
Third would be I am giving you a freebie, I would just defend not attack you for the first 8 minutes, So make sure to take advantage of that time frame.
Fourth, This would be the first and last chance, after failing it there would be no 2nd chance, So please don't ask for it.
Fifth is that I hold the power to make changes in the rules and add new ones at all times.
The sixth rule, Which is also an important rule and applied to everyone here, is that my sister can never know about this fight ever happened.
Do you agree with the rules?"
Sandra was ready for any task before but she was unwilling to hit Alex. She wanted to beg for the change but Alex cut her off.
Then he just states the rules with a calm but excitement filled voice.
But others were not calm at all, Liza was contemplating her life decisions when she heard the name of Amara as why she should not?
It just hit her that she was eyeing not only the fiancee of an S-Rank monster like Belladonna but also the brother of another S-Rank beast Amara.
While Sandra is just letting things sink in doing mental gymnastics trying to find a way to avoid doing this at all cost.
Meanwhile Grace just stood aside planning on enjoying the chaos her Tsundere was about to cast.
***
Whole ward fall into pin-drop silence, They do not dare to breathe so loudly fearing breaking the tranquillity of this comforting silence.
"Answer me, Sandra, Do you agree with these rules or have you decided to give up the struggle of proving your innocence?"
A sharp words from Alex broke the comforting silence of the ward as he with authority asked Sandra what she wants to do now.
Sandra hears the words and becomes panicked, she knows what giving up means, He is asking her to go separate ways, Which she is unwilling to do.
"No, Never, Trust me Alex I didn't have any ill intent towards yo-"
She became anxious as she was quick on clearing her name trying to tell alex that she is not the bad woman he thinks she is.
"Stop, You just have to answer in yes or no. If you don't like that, You are free to walk away."
But Alex's cold words pour cold water on her desire to find another way to avoid hitting him.
After all, How could she? She after the relelization of how much he going through didn't even willing to see him in even a second of pain.
Then how could she become the one hurting him? She can never hurt him, Neverending.
But the ultimate thing Alex did was made her hesitant. There was a moment she thought this was a test for Alex to see if she was willing to hurt him or not.
It's just when she saw his eyes, She knows this was not some loyalty test, He indeed wants her to hit him.
She just don't understand why? Why would he want to do that? Is he infected with that man's right going on out there?
Who thinks man and woman are same and treated the same forgetting not only man has lots of benefits which woman don't but there is also biological difference between them.
Women are naturally stronger than men, And that is to by a huge margin. One adult woman is even said to be equal to 10 adult men on average.
That ratio is little misdirectionory as one single average woman can not beat 10 average man even though she has power as 2 hands are less than 20.
But there is no problem dealing with 5-6 man at once. That is a natural benefits woman get by default.
Here in the supernatural world this difference is even more severe as women kept getting stronger and stronger than man at the same rank because of the physical difference between two.
Sandra knows that she is not stronger than compared to top bitches of the world but she knows she is indeed stronger then Alex and can easily beat him.
'Wait!? I can easily beat him, So I don't have to try to hurt him. Even if I landed a soft , easy hit on him, it would count, Didn't it? That is not breaking the rules.'
While she was contemplating, it just hit her that, She can hit him softly like people do when playing with a child. This way he would not get hurt and she also get her chance to explain her side of the story.
After thinking of this, Sandra was ready to accept his condition to win her a chance.
"Okay, I agre-"
"Wait!! Before you make any decision. You have to know a few things about me, Of course there might be a chance you already knows it assuming you come after me."
"No, I really don't, Alex let me-"
"You would get your chance after you complete the task, Before that you should this things about me,
One is that, I am not a weak man as you obviously think, I am a F-Rank warrior.
Second is that I was personally trained in hand-to-hand combat by my dear sister, Who is an S-Rank warrior now.
Third, I myself pick up some things and invented new tricks, So I am not helpless as you may think I am.
And fourth is that, I take challenges seriously cause I hate losing. So when I give you this task, I am certain I will win.
So now tell me, do you agree or not?"
Sandra wanted to say she agree when Alex once again broke her mid sentence which obviously frustrated her as she is not used to being this passive but she grit her teeth and accept it as she is at fault here.
So she heard him but the only thing that took her back was Alex training with S-Rank, all other things were ignored by her.
After all, There is that biological difference again. Even if Alex thinks he is strong among the men, He would be weaker compared to women in the same rank like her.
Though she has not stepped into the world of cultivation but due to the "job" she used to do, she did encounter many F and even few E-rank warriors.
She is not only able to fight them but other than one E-Rank warrior, She is able to beat all others who come after a tough fight.
Yeah tough fight but that against E-Ranks one, She moped the floor with those F-Ranks,
And those all were woman, So she didn't want to say it but she did not see Alex as a threat to her.
Yeah he might be taught under S-Rank but knowing how he said his family used to spoil him before, She was sure his sister did not go too rough on him.
At best it would be little self defense moves and call it a day as learning actual martial arts is quite a painful experience for first timers.
So she was sure his family would have not put him through it.
"Okay, I agree."
She readily agreed. Anyway, She would win. There is no doubt of it. She just has to be careful not to hurt his ego too much.
So she is ready to pretend to struggle for a while before beating him.
'Oh how naive.'
But Alex her hearing her thoughts could not help but think how these FL's are. As a concerned lover, He big heartedly ready to give her a reality check.
***
Alex could not help but feel bubbly when Sandra agreed to him, Oh how much he has planned for her and how much more he wants to do right now.
There is that oblivious joy of getting the opportunity to ransack the female lead, Yeah you heard right, He is confident enough to not only beat Sandra but beat her miserably.
How? Did anyone forgot that he possesses immortal level martial arts skill? Using which he even beat up Jake who has power equivalent to A-Rank?
Yeah, he caught Jack off guard and all but he still whacked a current A and formal S-Rank warrior with ease, Not to mention even when Jake is the protagonist possessor of broken luck and skills, All thanks to his broken martial art skill.
And then there is the perfection Halo of Sandra herself he got after their little act in the storeroom before meaning there is no chance he can make a mistake in a fight as that halo would make sure every move of his perfect even though it is already an immortal level skill.
As for the broken luck of the Female Lead that can't allow her to lose in a fight? He already thought of that hence why he gave her a freebie not to attack her for the first 8 minutes.
Well this freebie is just for him though he made it look like it is for her as a precaution against her luck kicking in ruining his plan for Sandra.
Because if he fights back, It would turn into a real fight which means her luck would make sure she would win but if he did not attack, it would still be mock test fights, Which can be lost as long as there is a loophole present for the female lead to get what she wants.
This is where the right to add and make changes in rule comes in, Because he knows he definitely can't defeat Sandra and make her take losses after all this female lead has an immeasurable amount of luck.
It would be foolish to think he can defeat her but he can at least make sure she would win on his terms giving him control over it.
This is necessary for his next plans to work, He really doesn't like the idea of being at the mercy of odds, Especially in this world where who knows what kinda new trope pop up out of nowhere and starts creating trouble for him.
"Okay then, You don't have to worry about safety Xiao Bai there would handle our safety but once again I ask, are you sure you wants to do this?
I mean are you really sure? I told you my history and what I did and how I did it before, I think you are wasting your time on me.
I don't worth this much, So I still suggest giving up the idea as not only it's worthless for you to do it but you can't even be able to beat me."
Stern words of Alex rang in the ward, Though he was eager to start the fight but he also know he has to make sure he gave Sandra more than enough back away as doing that it's less likely to trigger her FL halo.
Yeah he really can't take any risk with FL, She is way more broken the protagonist themselves.
Which is come to think about is a gold think for him, As it's hard to tame FL once that happen he would have a heavy hitter against those heaven loved basterds.
"Yes you are right, I know your history and so know it was not worthy, This task and I am not worthy of you.
Your worth are so much more, For you I can do more anything, I am the one who should be asking this question.
So you should know that each being of my body is wants to this, I am ready to do it."
Sandra become panicked when Alex stopped her thinking he might change his mind, Which brought her to the brink of losing her mind.
Thankfully it was just this, So she answered him honestly.
Yeah first he said that to her his history, She admit though she understood his situation but she still felt disgust towards it.
But not anymore. There was not even one ounce of any other feeling in her heart other than her immense love towards him.
That's all she need, and that's all she has to give to him.
So it was decided, Alex didn't answer Sandra but just gave her a look as he took a position and read to follow through with his plan.
He has to show her that how much capable he is as it would make his future plans smooth sailing.
"Hey stop this, If there is just a hitting requirement, Why don't I ask any of my bodyguards to do this? Why do you have to risk it, Alex?"
But how can things go the way Alex wanted? How can this world allow him to complete one simple task? That would be a cardinal sin, He is not allowed to have a worry-free moment.
Liza who was still in shock jumped out when what was happening sunk into her head, She did not know what Alex upto but she is not ready to allow Alex to get into a fight under her watch.
Not only would it be dangerous to Alex but if Amara really finds out she let her brother do this, Then that brother control woman would forget, She is head of White family. She would go scorch earth on her, Maybe she even forbid her from meeting Alex.
Amara has done it before many times with other families. It would not be different to her even if two of their families are quite close.
Of course Liza would not want that to happen, so she quickly came up with the idea of this. If Alex just wants to make Sandra fight then there is no need for him to fight with her.
There are lots of quite talented and experienced warriors around her, Anyone can be able to beat Sandra without much trouble.
She just like Sandra did not believe Alex has learned skills as he said, It's not that she is calling him a liar but she knows Amara.
The love she has for her brother, She would never be strict enough to actually teach something tedious and rough like martial arts, It's highly likely that she just used that excuse of teaching to spend time with him.
Liza is 99 percent sure Amara just wanted to play with Alex and teaching him martial arts was the reason given to elders ro skip her own training, it was a win-win situation for her.
'This unicorn, Why now of all of them decided to use her brain?'
Alex just spoke in his mind as he slowly turned his head towards Liza staring blankly at her deciding what to do with her.
'*Sigh* Can't be mad at this Lolita.'
Alex planed the mischievous punishment for her but dropped the idea as he can't be mad at this loli especially when she is still in her Lolita dress.
Her cuteness is treading close to Xiao Bai, So all he could feel looking at her was to take her into a hug and squeeze her with his heart's desire in the comfortable embrace of her softness.
Don't worry about squeezing her too much, There are two airbags built-in her just for to prevent that, So he can go crazy.
'Just going to make her food spicy, That punishment would be enough.'
Alex still decided to give her a punishment though, Yeah not much but for a sweet tooth like Liza, it was unbearable, It would be enough for her.
"No Liza, She had to fight me and hit me, But don't worry, I would not be going to use my superpower, So she would be fine and there is still Xiao Bai for back security if I give too much beating."
Alex after thinking for a second truing the gears in his head answered Liza as it was not a big if deal as she was making it.
Though he spoke to Liza but he indirectly taunted Sandra, As why would he do that? Didn't that just shooting in his foot as anyone who taunts the Female lead end up miserably? That's an iron rule in their dog blood novels.
Well true but there is one expectation, And that is Male lead, He is the only character in the whole novel is allowed to not only taunt female lead on her face but even insult her in public.
Yeah there were many dog blood plots where Male lead insults FL when she was being set up by someone as scrap goat, Which insulating happens a lot and still FL falls for it each and every time.
Of course there are also misunderstandings, cliches and all in the mix, And without any surprise, Sandra is FL in such a novel.
Dick behavior and his desire towards her proved that, He is a possessive ML that doesn't want even a shadow of another man to land on his "property".
Yeah for some reason men like this always become ML and even liked by crazy fans of the Ml for no reason other than being "I can fix him" mentality.
It is blunt, This man who is so bad towards others becomes caring and starts spoiling FL is the wet dream of many fans of those dog blood novels, and shamefully Alex him was once an unwilling member of that group as he ran out of good reading materials.
So had no choice to read those novel, but from that experience he knows for to tame female lead, He has to act rude to her, be as toxic as he can so she would be happy when he show her even a hint of favor and yes this is part of gaslighting and manipulation techniques, You can take a notes.
"Alex but-"
"Liza, I know you mean well but can you just let me be? This is something I have to do, I will be fine, Xiao Bai is here."
Liza was still unwilling, Even she did not wants him to gets hurt, Which is exactly what is going to happen if she lets him do whatever he wants.
Though she didn't know how strong Sandra is but by her experience dealing with strong women of all walk of life, She has a hunch that this woman is unfathomable.
Say paranoia of Alex going to get hurt or just overthrowing but from bottom of her heart she didn't wants to fight with this woman.
This feeling she never experienced anyone other than just a few, all of them being S-Rank or close to it.
So she was very worried about Alex, Even of they are being careful, One mistake would be enough to do a lot of damage to Alex.
Hence why she was unwilling and still wanted to prevent him from fighting but the Alex did not allow her to speak her concerns fully as he can guess where her thoughts were coming from.
If he can, He would have told her not to worry about it but then again she might not believe it, So he has to show her that he is not as weak and helpless as they think.
For now he put Xiao Bai as a safety net to make Liza relax, After all, The mythical S-Rank legendary beast would be more than enough guarantee that he would be safe.
"*Sigh* Okay but both of you can't go too far."
What else can Liza do? The moment Alex said that she knows he warned her to not stretch it too much or it would break, And that would not be good for anyone.
So she had to helplessly give in. There is at least little but solace on knowing that Xiao Bai is there, Means Alex would not be in severe danger.
"That's it then, Grace here hold the phone, I already put the time in, Just press start when we start fighting."
Alex nodded in satisfaction at Liza seeing how quickly she understands what he implies in his words.
Well she is head of the White family for a reason, So he was quite happy.
Then he looked at Grace who looked at him in confusion and curiosity other than concern as the other two were doing.
Which is the reason why she has a special position in his heart, She understands him on a profound level.
So he didn't say anything to her, Just pulled put his smartphone and pressed on the screen a few times before handing it to her with a look in his eyes.
Grace, after receiving the phone in confusion, looked at the screen then in puzzlement at him but seeing that familiar look she didn't say anything and decided to just follow his words.