To The Beach 1

A month had passed in a blink of an eye.

During this month, I did not regressed even once. I guess I should be thankful for this since the [Role Fulfillment] had already passed 6%, and it was slowly accelerating faster day to day than what I expected. Nonetheless, what took almost all my time was me using my computer for hours, or days probably... I couldn't really keep on track of the time since I was too focused on my work. By work I literally mean that I'm helping the company on online to recover little by little.

Of course, there are times I had to leave my apartment when there's an important meeting. Also, I met Moss and the arrogant dude named Ronald with his secretary a couple of days ago. Although the two were annoying like from my previous regression, I was able to contain myself from commiting a murderer.

At first, I wasn't sure why I was able to think of killing them without showing any kind of emotions. It was only after a couple of days ago that I noticed some visible changes happening to me day by day. I don't even need to guess why this was happening since it was already obvious.

Since Lucius was able to control this body while I was still conscious, why wouldn't he be able to change my perspective about some things?

Little by little, I was slowly getting influenced by his traits and personality... And I'm already starting to hate it.

"Haaa...."

Leaning my back to the chair, I heaved out a deep sigh tiredly. "I need some rest..." I said to myself, taking a quick glance at my tired face from the mirror with a bitter expression.

I could see dark circles below my eyes. My usual golden-yellow eyes had almost lost it's brilliance, and my reddish long hair that I've been keeping neat since after I've regressed were disheveled. I looked as if I had my life drained just after riding a rollercoaster from the amusement park.

I sat up from my seat and walked towards the bed to lay down.

As I was about to close my eyes to sleep, I suddenly heard a loud notification from my phone that was placed inside the drawer next to my bed.

[*Ding!*]

[You have a visitor!]

When I took it out and turned on my phone, a message popped out just above the screen.

"That guy... He's here again, Isn't he?" I mumbled, clicking my tongue out of frustration, "Gosh, just how many times does he plan to visit me this week? His presence is starting to tick me off..."

I sighed.

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"Yo, Lucius!" Athan made a slight gesture in his hands to greet me at the door.

Scratching my cheeks, I faintly mumbled under my breathes, "...You again? What do you want from me now?"

I wasn't really sure why he was visiting me these days, since all I know is that ever since I beat up Lucius' older brother and after he found out that I owned this whole building, Athan had been frequently visiting my room.

Is he trying to befriend with me, thinking that I'll cut off his rent fee? That's plain disgusting, but smart.

I just stood there, staring at him in the eyes with an impassive expression. Although I was annoyed, I didn't let him see right through my emotions.

Smiling brightly, Athan proudly replied, "I was planning to invite you to the beach. Do you want to come?"

𝘈𝘩... 𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘪...

Nodding, I crossed both my arms and gave him a silent reply by bluntly saying, "Hmm... No."

To which, Athan immediately spoke and continued, "Eleanor will also be coming along with my girlfriend on the beach. They're already on the van waiting for us."

Upon hearing this, I swallowed my words from earlier and said, "What I actually meant to say earlier is yes..."

Saying this, I went back inside my room and prepared every thing I need in just a matter of three minutes.

My tired appearance that I saw from the mirror earlier had fully disappeared, only to be replaced by excitement.

Soon after I was done packing up, I left my room and locked the door before leaving the apartment building with Athan, heading to where Eleanor and his girlfriend is.

"...Lucius?" Eleanor blinked her eyes a couple of times and tilted her head sidewards as she looked at me with a confused gaze. She asked, "Umm... I thought you said that you won't be coming with us yesterday."

Entering the van and taking a glance at her direction, I replied, "Huh? When did I say that I won't be coming with you- I mean, with all of you guys?" I innocently tilted my head as the side of my lips curled upwards.

"Uhh... E-eto..." Eleanor lowered her head, briefly thinking about what happened yesterday, "When I asked you that if you had a particular plan today, you replied that you had to meet up with someone... So, I didn't say anything else."

Nodding, I firmly replied without changing the expression I was showing in my face, "Well, you could have told me that you wanted to go to the beach. I would have move the meeting tomorrow or another, and also called us a reservation at one of the huts I owned."

Athan, who had just went inside the driver seat, adjusted the mirror and looked at me in the eyes using it's reflection. He spoke, "There's nothing to worry about that. I already called a proper reservation at the hotel just an hour-long ride from here a week ago for the four of us."

"I see... Can you tell me what was the place called?"

"Ah? Oh, the hotel is called 'Gratify Hotel'. It's famous for its delicacies and the room I reserved for us has a good view since we will be staying at the fourth floor."

𝘏𝘦𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦...? 𝘕𝘰, 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘭'𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳?

After a quick realization, I lightly shaked my head and spoke, "Don't be surprised, but I actually owned that building..."

The whole van went silent after I said those.

Athan was about to say something when suddenly, the back of the van opened. A woman with a quite alluring appearance entered the van; her face was exquisite and flawless, her eyes were as deep and profound as the starry sky, and her hair was obsidian-black.

𝘈𝘩... 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰. 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨... 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘶𝘴?

"Hi...?" I raised my right hand slightly to greet her. When the girl noticed my gaze, the moment her eyes and mine met, her face became red for a second before nodding and quickly looking away from my direction.

𝘠𝘶𝘱. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴...

Even if Lucius' personality and traits are slowly affecting me, it's still my fault for letting myself easily get defeated by my- 'his' excitement.

𝘕𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯? I asked myself, silently staring at her face for a few seconds before deciding looking away after feeling slightly uncomfor- awkward, actually.

~~~Announcement~~~

I'm temporarily going to change the day I'll be uploading chapters to Monday and Friday in this novel because I'm planning to use Tuesday, Wednesday, and finally, Thursday to write some chapters for my other novel or use it to rewrite some of the early chapters in this novel.

And, I finally had decided what the tag for my other novel. You guys can check it out later after I finished re-editing it.

Also, I'm announcing that 'I Ascended From The Top Without Talent' (or Talentless Ascension in short) is a harem. I repeat it's a harem!!!

I'm not going to force you guys to read it if it's not to your liking, but I'm only asking you guys to give it a chance.

One last thing....

If this novel has a redemption arc, then that novel is the exact opposite. One of my plans for that novel is to make a corruption arc for the main character.

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Fact#

I was supposedly thinking of making Lucius' past and personality into a more darker one when I was just planning to create him. But after having some thoughts, turning him into a psychopathic killer, rapist, with a twist of a little bit of OCD, is a little too dark for the early stages of the novel and also, I feel cruel doing that for someone who suffered more than Arthur... Of course, that doesn't include the fact that I feel some sort of excitement when tormenting the main character. Athan's the main character. It's only natural for someone like him to crumble and break at the end.

Anyway, back to Lucius, if he feels something is not symmetric, or if he ever feels something imbalance, he won't stay put... Literally.

Example, if he ever saw someone had a broken leg, Lucius' OCD would kick in and perfectly try to balance things by breaking that person's other leg just to calm it down.