Chapter 81: I will kill him.

Strax was reacting in a way no one expected. He was simply quiet...

His mind was replaying various childhood memories with Beatrice, moments when he had started to feel a certain affection for her. These memories didn't seem important now, but they painted a full picture of his feelings. Some might see Strax as foolish for accepting a woman who had simply tolerated his past behavior towards her. The accusations had merit; he should despise Beatrice.

But the merging of minds caused by his reincarnation had created something different.

Not only that, but the [Harem System] also seemed to have influenced his mind. Still, this didn't matter now.

Strax was an extremely possessive man. Knowing that one of the women he loved was sad already drove him mad—her being kidnapped?

Kidnapping the woman he loved wasn't just crossing a line; it was devastating to his moral, his persona, his character.

Strax was in a bad state, a very bad state indeed, and the System wasn't helping at all. He tried to unlock everything he wanted, tried to ask for a GPS, a route to Beatrice...

But nothing—this System was just useless, and it had already been not just one or two hours, but about a day. Everyone had blocked his exits. Even Cristine was no longer by his side; they were all with Xenovia, who decided she wouldn't let him leave, and this frustrated him.

His lack of information, his not knowing how Beatrice was—everything was confining to one thing: a desperate rage.

"Hey, let's go," Xenovia said. Strax looked at her, his eyes glowing red with pure anger. "Where?" he questioned, his voice rough but sharp. "We've found leads," Xenovia said. This time she seemed more inclined to be cold with him; her voice had a very superior tone.

"Don't talk to me like that," Strax said, getting up and following her. "Calm down and I'll explain everything properly. Until then, I'll talk how I want to and to whomever I want," Xenovia said as she continued to walk, extremely serious. They passed through the living room of Strax's mansion. Monica and Samira, sitting on the sofa, glanced at Xenovia and nodded silently.

"Let's go," she said, opening the door and stepping out ahead of him, where he saw Apocalipse and Xenovia's white horse waiting for them.

"We're heading outside the city," Xenovia said, mounting her horse and waiting for Strax to do the same. He approached Apocalipse and stroked her neck, not saying a single word, but the horse already sensed his turbulent emotions and neighed at him. "I know, girl, I know."

"You talk to the horse?" Xenovia asked; she had never seen that. "Only when necessary," he replied and mounted her. "Where are we going?" he asked again. "You don't need to know," she answered.

Strax let out a long sigh. "Alright, do as you wish," he said, and Xenovia smiled at him. "Come on, I'll show you something," she said, and they set off.

The journey was long and silent. The dirt road stretched endlessly ahead of them, and he was tired. Strax couldn't sleep or even relax until he found the woman. The sun was setting, painting the sky a deep orange, while the shadows of the surrounding trees danced like specters.

"Let's go home," Strax said, his eyes never meeting Xenovia's—not out of anger at her or anything, but because he didn't want her to see his face. A dark shadow with red eyes, large dark circles from lack of sleep, disheveled and messy hair, he mounted Apocalipse without another word.

Strax had surpassed the limits of his restrained emotions... The System... was going haywire...

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The System's limiters were breaking, one by one, with each step he took. Numerous messages began appearing: "Mission Advanced," "Restriction Broken," "Mission Completed." Was Strax going mad? Even he didn't know, but at this point... nothing mattered, not even his own life.

"Strax..." Xenovia tried to say something, but she knew he wouldn't listen. His shell was about to crack, and she didn't understand this feeling; it was as if... "Be careful with that man," Xyn said in her mind, and Xenovia mounted her horse, noticing he had already started moving, silently.

"What happened to him?" Xenovia asked Xyn.

"It's not hard to imagine... his world revolves around the people he cares about. I don't know how a man can love a woman that much, or rather, how he can love so many women... it almost seems like a curse... the only thing I know is that those two swords... were trembling with anticipation when he found out about Beatrice..."

"You mean that..."

"Yes."

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The system continued to get crazier every second, reacting with the twisted mind of a man who felt he was on a tightrope, Nothing and no one would stop him and the System, was going into Collapse, breaking several restrictions that he imposed on Strax .