Chapter 180: What is this uneasiness in my heart?

"AWWWW!" My head throbbed but since I was on top of John, I didn't suffer too much. And the few scratches got healed anyway. 

It was literally midnight here. 

Lights were everywhere and my vision was kind of funny but I got off of John and stumbled a bit before I could standstill. 

I almost felt drunk- wait, I never drank before. I did want to, but I kind of didn't want to end up not being able to make necessary decisions. 

We'd landed right in front of the hotel the participants were supposed to stay in: I guess this guy knew where he going. Maybe he wasn't as stupid as I thought. 

I didn't know if the hotel had a room for me or not but even if they didn't, I could have just slept on the roof, so it was fine. 

John groaned and got up, cracking his neck. "I'm done right?" We'd fallen right next to a road and though the road was unharmed, the same couldn't be said about the pavement and the large hole and cracks on the ground. 

There were some people and guards who were here but they were afraid to get near us. Some were even shaking. Actually, everyone was shaking, even me. 

I guess falling like that wasn't that good for my body. 

John however was totally fine. Just what the hell was wrong with this guy's body? He didn't even have a scratch!

"Yup."  I dusted off my clothes. 'I need to buy clothes again?' 

But for this month, I neither had any allowance nor did I have the leftover money from Clyde. 

Maybe heading to Antarctica, really was the better choice. 

"Kay, say hi to the bride. One of these days I'll drop by and have a chat." He sneezed. "And say sorry to aunty. Don't wanna hang around. Mom had kind of grounded me but I escaped. You get the picture."

"No problem and thanks." I flashed a thumbs up and he did the same before flying away. I mean, I only needed him to get me here. I didn't need more. 

Moreover, his mother was kind of scary in her own right. So, I didn't want to incur her wrath by keeping him here. Actually, now that I thought about it, John had skipped his grounded status and still came, meaning shit would surely go down.

I half sighed, half dreaded. 

I turned to the hotel. "Now, how the hell am I going to speak German?" I only knew a few words, not even remotely enough to hold a conversation.

This was supposed to be an international hotel though, so there were probably one or two English-speaking staff there anyway.

The real problem was the hate though. I was pretty sure everyone in this country hated me.

Well, who cared? 

I marched in like a villain. 

***

This was a big hotel. Probably about fifty floors, pretty wide, and there were lights everywhere. Though midnight the city wasn't asleep yet- at least the shivering morons around me were proof of that. 

After what they witnessed last time, this was probably normal though, so I didn't pay much attention to them and just entered the hotel. No one had the guts to stop my march. 

The counter was just around the corner, so I didn't have to walk far. 

The guards were literally running from my sight rather than trying to get my ID and stuff. 

They were exaggerating this so much that is was starting to rub me the wrong way. 

"Can anyone speak English here?"

"Yes sir that would be me. How can I help you today?"

There were four women at the counter, all beautiful. The one that just spoke was on the far left corner and she talked with a smile. It was her job to smile I guess. 

"I'm Helio Romswell Jintel, there should be a room booked for me. And if there isn't-" I would have been fine with sleeping on the roof. 

Upon hearing my name, she started sweating and hurriedly typing. She was typing so fast that the keyboard was creaking. Her sweats poured and soon her makeup was kind of became odd. Even her teeth started to clatter. "Fo-forgive me my lord, but all the deluxe rooms are already booked."

She was literally on the verge of tears. And she looked at me like she was about to die or something. 

Every single staff who were near started to react just like her, very afraid and very apologetic. 

I wasn't looking for a deluxe room. Just an ordinary one would have been fine and if there wasn't one that was fine too. I was fine with sleeping on the roof. It wasn't that cold anyway. And it wasn't the rainy season either. 

"Look-"

"Th-the manager should be on his way! We'll make sure a deluxe room opens up in ten minutes!"

Well, this was going somewhere else. The staff who were near were trying their best to apologize and stuff. 

I sighed. "Let's all calm down." But these people were anything but calm. 

"AHAHAHAH!" A familiar but dreadful laugh came from behind me. It was a woman- at least I knew it to be a woman's laugh. To me, it sounded more like the oink of a pig though. "Looks like you haven't changed much, mah boy."

Half of the woman's chest was exposed. That was some daring dress. One of her thigs was also exposed and on top of that, she was drunk and holding a large wine bottle. 

She stumbled toward me. This probably wasn't going to end well. 

"Miss Alexandra." I turned around. I didn't glare but my stare wasn't that pure either.

I hated this woman.

"Ah, such penetrative gaze." She held her chin and moaned. 

Blood orange hair, white skin, tall, and definitely well endowed, she was a European beauty: mid-forties. And I hated her with every fiber of my being. If the ceiling broke down and she got crushed, I guess I would have felt a lot better. 

I turned around, stared at the girl behind the counter. "DO you have any rooms free? And no, I'm not looking for deluxe rooms. Any room would be fine." My tone was a bit forced. My mood kind of took a downhill. 

She took a second to process everything. "There are some business classrooms available! I-I'll show you a room right away sir!"

"You don't have to. As long as it's a business classroom and properly cleaned, I'm fine. Just give me a key."

I kind of had it with strangers for today. 

"Ri-Right!"

It took a lot of willpower to ignore Alexandra. 

If it wasn't for that promise, I'd have already punched the lights out of her and broken all her bones! After what she made me do, maybe keeping this promise wasn't such a good idea. 

But- I didn't want to turn into a monster.