Alaric kept staring at the credit alert on his button phone.
Did he seriously just receive such a huge amount from nowhere? And it wasn't like he just got lucky and won a lottery. It was literally straight from nothing.
He gulped down his saliva.
"It's real..." Alaric reconfirmed with himself.
All he needed to do was get rid of the shock he was feeling. Even if the money had fallen from the sky, he would still take it.
Taking deep breaths, Alaric managed to calm himself down.
'$50,000 dollars, that's about the same amount I'm owing the Red Axe, I can easily pay them back right now.'
Checking the time, he noticed it was some minutes after 10 pm.
There was still time to pay them back.
Just as he wanted to take a step, a notification popped up in front of him again -
[Congratulations, you have unlocked the Avatar feature.]
[The System gifts you with a free Avatar based on the host's uniqueness.]
[Would you like to summon your Avatar?
(Yes) Or (No). ]
'Avatar? Like the ones in games?'
[As a Ceo, it is essential you have an Avatar to have a bigger opportunity in your journey forward.]
"Not that I understand anyway..."
Alaric clicked on yes.
[Summoning host's Avatar...]
"Haahhha!"
Alaric screamed as the bright light suddenly blinded him. He was quick to cover his eyes with his arms in order to avoid the blinding glow.
The sound of magic energy glittering echoed in his ears.
Until...
[Congratulations, the host has received his first Avatar.]
Lowering his arm, Alaric was stunned to find a beautiful, almost animated lady in front of him.
She had long silver hair and mysterious purple eyes. Her height seemed about 5'6 , and her dress was rather otherworldly; a red dress that stopped a few inches towards her knees and flowed to the back, even dragging on the ground.
[Your Avatar.]
[Name: Stalla.
Class: Combat.
Level: 1
Skills: Super human.
Next skill: Power fist (Lvl. 3 to unlock.).]
Alaric was speechless.
Who wouldn't? A doll-like perfect skinned female just appeared in front of him from nowhere .
"Uhmmmm... Are you my master?" The lady asked.
Alaric blinked, "Master?.
"You summoned me right?"
"I...did, correct."
"Then you are my master." Stella smiled and then went to her knees, her head bowed, "It's an honour to serve you, I shall be your shield and blade. Use me how you see fit.. Master."
If he didn't know any better, Alaric would have guessed he was in some kind of dream.
A pretty woman was bowing her head in front of him. Every pretty woman he had met had either tried to take advantage of him, or simply hated him for no reason.
"So this is how the game works..." Alaric looked at the vending machine, "this is becoming real by every passing moment."
He sighed, "I'll think about all this later, for now, I need to get to the hospital." He turned around.
"Would you like me to take you there? I do believe it' will be faster."
"Wait, you know where I'm heading?" Alaric looked at Stella.
"No, I do not. You can direct me, I am a very fast learner."
Alaric gawked.
There was really no reason for him to refuse help from a beautiful woman. And besides, she was from the system, if she was faster, there was almost no doubt she would be.
"Alright, it's towards the left side, then down the street. Are you like going to teleport me there or something?"
"Teleport?" Stella raised her head with a smile, "I can't teleport Master, don't be silly, I'll carry you there."
"I thought so, teleporting sounds way too... Eh? Wait what?"
"Yosh!"
Alaric suddenly found himself seated on the shoulders of his newly acquired Avatar.
Panicking, he tried to balance himself, despite the fact the grip of the beautiful woman was surprisingly stronger than most men.
"Are you ready, Master?"
"Wait! Wa..iiiiiiiiiittttttttttttttt!!!"
Stella zoomed forward, speeding into the night while Alaric was safely held on her shoulder.
....
Later that night....
(Selina State Hospital.)
Alaric was resting his back on the wall, panting heavily as nurses and workers walked past him, their eyes glued to the strangely dressed woman beside him.
Cosplaying in a hospital was more than weird.
'Damn! I didn't think she would get to the hospital in less than five mines, that's faster than even cars.'
Alaric looked at Stella, who was looking around the place with so much curiosity.
It was her first time in the outside world, most of the stuff she was seeing was definitely for the first time.
'I have no idea what I've gotten myself into. Tsk! No turning back now.'
He stood to his feet, "Come Stella, let's go."
"Hai Master!"
She tailed behind him.
Finally, they arrived at the hospital room.
Room 304.
This was where Alaric's sister was admitted into. One could almost hear the sound of the machine beeping from inside the room.
Alaric stole himself, since he had been able to do her surgery, his sister has been making gradual recovery.
At first she was able to open her eyes, and then she could move her fingers. Now, according to the doctor, she couldn't speak, but moving any part of her body was no longer an issue.
_Click!_
Alaric opened the door.
"Sorry for disturbing you this-"
His eyes winded.
Inside the very room his sister was preoccupied in, where five other men, each one of them dressed in all red.
There was no doubt about it, they were members of the red wings. And one of them had a knife to Alaric's sister's neck, while the others took different parts of the room.
"Anna!" Alaric called out to his sister, fully sprinting to the room, more than ready to battle every single one of them.
Alas, guns were pulled out, forcing the angered brother to stop him rampage.
"Now, now Alaric, calm down. You don't want to die in front of your beautiful sister, now do you?"
The lead member of the squad spoke, pointing his gun at Alaric.
Alaric gritted his teeth, the scared expression on his sister's face she looked at him, only made him even more angry.
"What the hell do you people want?!" He yelled.
This made them all grin.
"You know why we are here, Kid, the boss wants his money, and he wants it now." Another gang member spoke,. "Pay up lil bro".
...
[A\N: Please comment your thoughts so far.]