Chapter 50: Quest to Steal

For the first time in almost a month, Keith finally felt like he had overeaten. As he got onto the carriage, he opened up his system screen and let it stay in front of him as he kept an eye on Vincent's actions."Ah man, I'm stuffed." he said as he scooted beside Brandon who took the corner seat.

"Yeah, we can see." Amelia commented as she pushed Clara inside before following behind her. Edward on the other hand, went ahead to sit beside the driver.

Brandon saw Clara's hesitation and didn't keep his thoughts to himself, "Hey, did you do something? I've never seen Clara act this skittish."

"Yeah of course he did. Remember the day we all went out to celebrate your survival? Yeah, that night these two- mmph!!" Amelia began blabbering until her lips were pinched close by Clara whose face was beet red.

Brandon wasn't dumb. Amelia had given him enough information to put two and two together.

"Wow, that's... unexpected." he commented as he glanced at both Keith and Clara. One who looked like he didn't care too much while the other one looked like a ripe tomato.

He nudged Keith and leaned towards him, "Hey, you should probably show some emotion here. Use this chance, come on."

"Well... she has her own circumstances and wants to keep things temporary between us so I do not wish to make things hard for her nor for myself. I don't want to get emotionally attached... especially in a romantic way when I already know that she's going to marry some other guy. Back then I was drunk and didn't have a clear control over my actions or thoughts."

He didn't bother whispering and made his true thoughts known to everyone as he kept his face as stoic as possible. It did hurt him deep inside, but he knew that this was the right thing to do. It was a fact that he was attracted to her, and he knew it more than anyone else. But that was all there was to it.

Awkward silence settled in the carriage as no one else spoke after him, but that was until Amelia opened her mouth.

"It was my fault... I was the one who pushed her into doing it." she said, not making eye contact with anyone, but the guilt in her voice was hard to hide.

Neither Keith nor Clara responded, but from the silent restrictive sobs that came from his right, Keith knew that the girl beside him was crying.

He let out a soft sigh and hugged her from the side, "I told you already. One word. But you should also understand that I do not wish to get hurt over this whole thing. If you change your mind after having your fun and marry some other dude, I'll be pissed and devastated. You do understand that right?"

Keith had experienced something similar in his past life. He lost access to his kids and his only house was taken away, leaving him on the streets. It wasn't just his feelings that were hurt back then. He had lost more than just his heart. Sёarᴄh the Novёlƒire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"I understand." Clara said in between her sobs, but didn't ask him to let her go.

Keith then looked at Amelia who was smirking on the side and gave her a disapproving head shake, "You really enjoy watching others suffer, don't you?"

"Hey! I just don't want her to marry that douche bag okay? He treats his concubines like sex slaves and ignores them all the time. Heck, there are even rumours that he lets his sons join him at night. Now tell me that his guy isn't messed up in the head. I don't want her to suffer...

I really don't."

Hearing her words, he sighed and closed his eyes, "Well, at the end of the day, it's her choice. I'm going to sleep for a bit, so don't wake me up unless it's something important."

The carriage ride was slightly bumpy, but compared to the boat ride, this was way better as the roads didn't have pot holes in them. He slept like a baby for more than eight hours before waking up, only to see the other three sleeping soundly.

Both of his shoulder were occupied by Brandon and Clara while Amelia slept as she hugged her room mate. Seeing that he was stuck, he gave in to his fate and look a look at the system screen.

He read through the text and nodded to himself.

'So he's at the capital of Morose right now. Perfection, but instead of cage fights, there are gladiator rings here. While death isn't really a guarantee, the chances are extremely high compared to the cage fights that Vincent participated in until now.' he thought as he frowned.

'Clark never participated in the gladiator fights, so there's no need to worry about him at the moment. Based on the timeline, he should currently be in the slum city. No matter what happens, I should make sure that Vincent avoids that monster, at least until he gets strong enough.

Or I could technically send Vincent to join Clark, but that guy is like a nuclear reactor. The moment he feels like someone is stronger than him, he'll go for their lives, tch....'

Keith lost himself in his own thoughts for a few minutes until a mischievous grin formed on his face, 'Right, I can always just give a system to someone around him. Currently, he most probably only has female companions, so it should be easy if I plan things right.'

The more he thought about his new plan, the more excited and confident he felt.

'Well, let's not make him wait and give him a quest.' he thought to himself as he opened up a new system screen and created a quest.

[Quest: Infiltrate Lady Grace's red stone mansion and steal everything in her treasury. As long as you touch the money, it will be sent to the system.]

Reward: 10% of stolen money and two free upgrades to any skill's grade.

Additional Rewards: Based on the value of the goods stolen.

Quest Failure: System Hibernation for 6 months.