Chapter 193 Leopard
After leaving the restaurant, Alex went to a dark alley beside the restaurant.
Looking around, Alex made sure that there's no one around before suddenly disappearing in place.
When Alex appears again, he is already back in his house on Earth.
"Ugh, really, nothing beats home!"
Alex dropped his body on the soft sofa and suddenly, dust flew all over the place.
Poof!
"Cough cough, what the hell?"
Alex muttered while covering his nose with one hand while he fanned the dust away with the other.
After a while, things finally settled down.
Rubbing his nose with a frown on his face, Alex said, "I guess I've been gone for too long, huh. Dust has once again accumulated all over the house."
Shaking his head, he said, "It can't be helped, I can only clean up before I go to sleep."
Without wasting any more second, Alex immediately started with his sudden general cleaning of the house.
For a while, the sound of Alex moving the things around the house and throwing trash out was the only sound that could be heard around.
Even the crickets didn't dare to make any more noise since it's already noisy enough.
By the way, Alex didn't
Angelica shook her head, "There's no problem, Brother Zero."
"But, it's just that..."
Angelica didn't finish her words and only a sigh came out of her mouth.
Confused, Alex urged her to continue, "It's ifjust what?"
In the end, Angelica finally opened her mouth and spoke her mind out.
She looked straight into Alex's eyes and seriously said, "It's just that you already did a lot for us, Brother Zero."
"You've been doing things for us that I don't really see how it can benefit you in any way."
At the end of her words, she whispered, "I don't want me and my brother to become burdens to you..."
Alex's movements paused and he just continued staring at Angelica for a few seconds.
After a while, Alex signed and said, "Hais, why are you even thinking about such things."
He walked closer to her and rubbed her head.
"I'm doing all of this out of my own volition. I decided to take you siblings in because I saw myself in you."
"Despite all the hardships and unfairness in the world, you still tried to fight in a fair way. You were able to make use of the things around you to provide for yourself."
"I saw all these qualities when I first saw you outside the tower, making Ferri an attraction."
Saying that, a gentle smile appeared on Alex's face as he said, "Anyway, you don't have to worry about becoming a burden."
"Since I'm sending you guys to school, you just have to study well and in the future, you will then become capable enough to provide me with help."
"Isn't that right?"
Hearing that, the depressed look on Angelica's face gradually became brighter.
Nodding, Angelica looked at Alex and said, "You're right, Brother Zero!"
"Uh-huh."
Alex casually nodded, confirming Ben's guess.
Ben was shocked to learn all this.
From what he knows, the area that's been bought around the restaurant is huge.
It's as big as 5 basketball courts placed together!
You can only imagine how big that is.
And now, that big area is actually being bought for the expansion of a restaurant?
This is really extravagant!
But Ben's surprise didn't last long.
When he looked at Alex, Ben felt like everything was just reasonable.
Alex stopped paying attention to Ben and turned his eyes to the kids who've been with him the whole time.
He crouched down to get to the same eye level as them and said, "So, you four, this place will now be your new home here in Kupido Town for now."
The kids can't help but start taking a look around after hearing that.
Seeing that they are already filled with curiosity for their new place, Alex continued,
"On the third floor, there is a room there that you can freely use however you want."
Angelica and her brothers looked at Alex in unison and asked, "Can we take a look at it now, Brother Zero?"
"Of course, you're free to go up and take a look at it right now."
"Okay, thank you, Brother Zero!"
With Alex's permission, Angelica held her brothers' hands and they immediately ran towards the stairs.
Alex just looked at them with a smile on his face the whole time.
On the other hand, Ben looked at the kids that he saw for the first time with curiosity before turning his eyes back to Alex.
Unable to hide his curiosity, Ben asked, "Boss, who are those kids? Their looks aren't like yours so they can't be your family, right?"
Alex didn't answer immediately and Ben can't help but become scared that he angered the Boss by asking too much questions.
But after a few seconds, Alex answered, making him heave a sigh of relief.
"Those kids are from the slums of the Capital, Nagels." Alex said.
"The Capital? Wow, I haven't been to that place before." Ben said, seemingly in awe of the word capital.
Hearing that, Alex looked at Ben and asked, "Is that so? Have you been to any place beside Kupido Town?"
Without hesitation, Ben shook his head, "I've been here in this town since the moment I was born until now."
"Since I'm just someone from the slums who hasn't activated his 'World System's at that tjme, I don't really have any power to fight against monsters outside the town."
"Because of that, I didn't dare to even make a step outside of the walls of Kupido Town, afraid that if I did, I would immediately lose my life."
Saying that, a self deprecating smile formed on Ben's lips as he continued,
"It was around that time that I joined the Blade Gang."
"Even though we're called a gang, all we can really do is steal or rob those weak people in the town."
"Basically, we're just a group of lame people with only Don, our Leader, being the exception."
Ben stopped talking after saying that.
At the same time, Alex felt like he understood the story of Ben and the Blade Gang a little bit more.