Chapter 12 - Rodrick Jayson

Inside the High-rise building…

A man in his prime could be seen to be eating in a refined manner when suddenly, a knock was heard from the door. The butler stood behind the man bows his head before immediately went to the door and was about to lecture the one who disturbed his master dining time but upon seeing the guy who knocked, the butler let him in and followed behind.

If Sheila were here she would definitely know the guy who just walked in; he was none other than the guy beside the blonde man and the second victim of her stripped prank, Rodrick Jayson. Somehow, the man managed to get new clothes instead of walking back here in his u.n.d.e.r.w.e.a.r. When he woke up from his unconscious state, Rodrick was shocked at his current poor state before a rage swelled inside him. He rudely slapped the blonde and force him to find a cloth for him to wear.

Although the blonde man was angry deep inside, he couldn't do anything to him due to his position is lower than the man in front. The blonde man managed to find two delinquent guys hanging out near the right corner and smirked before slowly walking toward them. When the two delinquent saw the blonde man coming over only with his u.n.d.e.r.w.e.a.r, both of them laughed and sneered at him.

The blonde man, Rick, without saying anything and went ahead to beat them until they are on the verge of dying with blood and bruises all over their body. Before the blood and bruises appeared on their body, Rick has already stripped them before continued beating the poor delinquents. After satisfying himself by releasing the stress upon the two, he picked up another set of cloth before walking back toward the corner.

Rodrick Jayson, the son of XXX Company. His net estimate to be worth around ten million. He was born with a gold spoon, but due to his strict and cold father, the man didn't have the high ego and pride, unlike how most viewed him to be. It was not that he was humble or anything, but instead, he was even colder and ruthless than his father. He was someone who would be the successor of the XXX Company from his father. But now that he got his taste on the first failure, Rodrick doesn't know what would his father say on this.

Rodrick looked over at his father, who has just finished dining as he wipes his mouth with the handkerchief in a refined manner before staring at him without saying anything.

"You failed?"

The deep voice of his father resounds inside the room, which causes him to flinch. It seemed that his father had known about his failure even before he had opened his mouth. As expected of… He shook away the thought in his mind before replying to his father.

"…yes."

His father didn't say anything back and just remained quiet while staring at him. He didn't know what to say and simply stood there while sweating bucket. He thought of saying something but was interrupted by the deep voice once again.

"Do you know the reason behind this failure?"

His father asked. Rodrick nodded his head at his father question. He had thought that the mission would be easy and didn't fully prepare in case the plan spoiled. After all, he merely needs to kidnap a 'weak' young girl. If the past him was in front of him, he would have slapped him in the face. When he also remembered how pathetic the sight of him with only u.n.d.e.r.w.e.a.r and not even single cash left in his wallet, Rodrick become angrier but managed to cool down his anger upon the sight of his father.

"Yes, Father."

His father nodded at his word before he stood up and walked toward the door. Before he left, he left a couple of word to his son.

"Next time, don't make such a mistake once again or know the consequence."

"…yes, Father."

Rodrick bows his head at the departure figure of his father along with the butler and before long, he was the only one left in the room. When he looked up, his eyes burned with determination and a hint of anger could be seen deep within his eyes.

"I wouldn't forget the sight of how pathetic I am when I woke up… and in return, I would gift back triple the amount in gratitude."

Rodrick muttered to himself as he looked down at the street from the glass wall of the room.

***

Trial Tower.

『 You have killed Slime LV.2! 』

『 You have killed Slime LV.1! 』

『 You have killed Slime LV.1! 』

『 You have leveled up! 』

『 Sheila LV.6 』

『 HP: 38/45 MP: 50/50

—STR: 12 —INT: 10

—AGI: 7 —VIT: 9

—LUCK: 10 AP: 10 』

"Fuh~ Finally leveled up."

Sheila muttered as she looked at the notification window in front of her. Without any hesitation, she immediately distributed the ten attribute points that received when leveling up.

『 Sheila LV.6 』

『 HP: 38/55 MP: 50/50

—STR: 18 —INT: 10

—AGI: 9 —VIT: 11

—LUCK: 10 AP: 0 』

She nodded her head in happiness at the increased in her strength before muttering 'inventory' and a new window pop up, replacing the status.

『 Inventory:

—A bottle of mineral water x4

—Bread(All-Kind) x3

—Snack x2

—Ice cream x2

—A box of Cookies 』

So far, she had drunk two bottles of mineral water and have eaten a single bread with a snack. She had leveled up by two from level 4 to 6. The slime she had killed has acc.u.mulated to 15. She looked at the blade of the rusty sword that had gotten even duller, and there's a lot of chip everywhere around it. This rusty sword won't last any longer… she thought in her mind and pondered for a moment while resting her body by laying on the grassland.

In the end, she decided to use the rusty sword until it breaks before fighting with her b.a.r.e fists. Her current strength is entirely different than the first time she came into the Trial Tower; she was confident that she could manage it somehow without the sword.

"Before that… let me eat up first."

Sheila said before pulling out a single bread from the inventory. Next time I came here, I'll make sure to stock up some more food in inventory, She thought in her mind as she eats the bread while watching out her surrounding full of weariness with the sharp sense that has become even stronger than before.

"I wonder why... but I feel like if I leveled up one more, something would happen. Is this also because my sense has gotten stronger? Nah, no way, right?"