Raven didn't reply to Manager Tan's taunt and looked at him with a pair of emotionless eyes.
"Hey, you don't have to look at me like that. We are childhood friends after all. Tell me honestly, does my sister-in-law know about this mistress of yours, or are you doing it behind her back?" Manager Tan said with a smirk on his face.
Swoosh...just as he was about to say something else, in a split second, Raven effortlessly lifted him by his neck and slammed him to the wall with his legs suspended in the air.
Manager Tan's smile also disappeared, and a magical aura that was white in color started to emit from his body. Both of his eyes, which were silver-white in color, also started to glow dangerously.
Soon, the wind around Raven transformed into invisible soldiers under the control of Manager Tan and started to put pressure on Raven. Raven looked indifferently at Manager Tan and released his aura; suddenly, a black energy covered the place around Raven and Manager Tan.
Manager Tan's wind magic disappeared into thin air as though it was never there. Manager Tan gulped nervously upon seeing Raven's pitch-black eyes, which seemed to be an endless abyss.
"Raven, calm down. We are brothers after all. I was just joking, pal," Manager Tan said while raising his hands in surrender.
Raven retrieved his magic aura back into his body and threw Manager Tan onto the ground like he was throwing away trash.
"Damn, that was rude, Raven. You don't have to act so violently like this. For people of our status, it is perfectly normal to have one or two mistresses behind our wives' backs. Even I myself have four of them; just treat it as a way of enjoying life, man..." Manager Tan muttered in a low voice, but he stopped suddenly when he felt a cold shiver all over his body.
When he looked up, he met Raven's handsome face, which was expressionlessly staring at him. He immediately shut his mouth and remained silent as though he had gone mute all of a sudden.
"If Sophia ever comes to know about this matter, I don't care if it is from your mouth or not, I will take your dog life," Raven said sharply. "And you better register this in your head: I don't give a damn about you being the prince or princess of the Sky World Royal Family. If I say I will kill, I will do it no matter what."
After that, Raven returned to his room and shut the door with a bang.
"Yeah, now you are pretending to be a gentleman. You should have thought about your wife before cheating on her, pretentious idiot," Manager Tan cursed in his mind before getting up and dusting his pants as though nothing had happened.
Inside the room...
"Shift," Raven waved his hand, and the clothes that had previously disappeared reappeared on the bed out of thin air.
He then sat down and looked at the woman who was still sitting in the corner of the room with a blanket around herself.
"You heard our conversation outside, right?" he asked Elena softly.
Elena nodded.
"Elena, I will talk to you frankly now," Raven said to her in an indifferent voice. "I am married, and I love my wife deeply. On top of that, you should understand your own status is nothing but a slave from the slave market, so taking you as my mistress is also impossible."
Elena remained silent, with her head lowered.
"Let's settle it peacefully. I will break the slave tattoo on your body and give you some money to settle down somewhere. Find someone you love and marry him; you can also have your own family. Just don't come in front of me anymore," Raven said in a cold tone.
Elena again remained silent. Tears started to flow from her eyes uncontrollably. Even though she was aware of the fact that she was not worthy of the man in front of her, hearing such words from the man who had taken her dignity from her still made her already broken heart more painful.
"Stop weeping. Even if I kill you, nobody will ask me anything. The moment I bought you as my slave, your body, dignity, and life all belong to me. I am being lenient here by giving you a chance to live a normal life. If you have any hope of living an easy life as my mistress just because you heard that Tan idiot say so..." Raven walked up to Elena and lifted her by holding her hair.
"A slave like you is not worthy of being my, Raven Nyxborn's mistress."
Elena hissed in pain upon being lifted by her hair. "I understand; I won't appear in front of you. I am well aware of my status, and I won't dare wish for someone like you, I promise," she said in a trembling voice.
Upon hearing this, Raven placed his hand on the side of her neck, where a strange black tattoo was imprinted, and channeled his divine essence into it.
With a "puff," the tattoo disappeared; this tattoo was the slave mark that was cast using black magic.
Raven nodded in satisfaction, let go of her hair, and said, "Take a bath and change into new clothes. You can select the ones suitable for you."
Then he waved his hand, took out a small bag from his storage ring, and threw it on the bed. "I don't want to be related to you in any way from this point onwards, so I won't give you my bank card. This is all the money I have on hand; it is enough for you to live a comfortable life from now onwards."
After saying that, Raven left the room.
Elena looked at the small bag on the bed blankly for some time, then, like a soulless puppet, she walked toward the bathroom.
When Raven reached the reception desk, he saw Manager Tan leaning on it with a smile. "So, where is your lover? why don't you Introduce me to her."
Raven paused for a moment and suddenly vanished from the spot, next second, he appeared in front of Manager Tan like a ghost. Before Tan could even react, he was lifted by the neck and thrown directly towards the expensive antiques exhibited in the reception hall.
Bang... bang...
Several shattering sounds of expensive antiques rang out in the hall as Manager Tan slowly slid down to the floor, breaking several valuable treasures that were on display.
The entire hall fell into a strange silence all of a sudden ; no one even dared to breathe loudly.
"If I hear you address her as my lover once again, I will pull out your tongue. That woman and I have only a night's relationship, that's it. Even if it were not like that, I don't want an outsider like you meddling in my matters," Raven said before leaving the place as though nothing had happened.