Indulge

At the entrance of Evernight Casino, a figure wearing a hoodie walked past the two security guards.

He had a goofy grin on his face as he slowly moved further away from the dome building. The figure waved for a nearby cab and asked the driver to take him to a restaurant around this area.

The man was Achilles, after he had taken the tokens earned from his first wager that was around 6000 Nero. He invested 3000 Nero on another match and luckily, he didn't have to use his ability twice to win since he was really worried he might get exposed.

This time he got back a whopping 30000 Nero, which made the total amount of money he had 33400 Nero.

Of course, the casino took twenty-five percent of the total amount of money he earned. So he only went home with around 25000 Nero.

'Whatever, it's still the largest amount of cash I've ever made in my life.' Achilles looked at his credit card while laughing hysterically.

The old driver glanced at him weirdly, thinking he was unlucky enough to pick up a crazy man.

Achilles couldn't care any less about what the driver was thinking because, with this money, his plan could finally begin.

But first,...

'Let's indulge myself a little, I deserve to be pampered for a day.'

After a while, the cab arrived at a prestige rooftop restaurant. He paid the fee for the cab and moved to the reception desk inside the restaurant. He asked expectantly:

"Excuse me, is there any table left?"

The clerk sized him up for a second then clicked his tongue, he turned on the hologram and looked at it for 10 seconds. He said scornfully to Achilles:

"You're lucky, there's one table left but I doubt you can pay for it."

Achilles twitched his eyes underneath his hoodie at the staff's obvious contempt. He held himself back from punching the brat's jaw off his face and said in a suppressed voice:

"I'd like a table please."

The employee gestured for Achilles to follow and started walking off in the direction of the stairs. He quickly followed him and soon they arrived at the rooftop. The former looked around curiously, he felt amazed at the sight before him.

A peaceful violin tune was being played smoothly, it created a sense of serenity. The rooftop was wide with many tables arranged far away from each other, most were occupied by couples of men and women. And the thing that made him feel incredulous was the starry night sky that was like a beautiful painting that could draw the attention of anybody.

This was thanks to the light-related abilities, which deflected the artificial light of the city away from affecting an individual's eyes, making them able to perceive the brightening stars.

The personnel led Achilles to his table, he sat down and the man tapped on the table twice. A holographic image appeared in front of him as the staff said still with scorn in his voice:

"Choose a dish quickly."

Achilles looked at the dishes in front of him as his eyes widened and his jaw dropped.

'Even the cheapest dish is at least a hundred Nero...' He rubbed his eyes again just to make sure.

The clerk saw this and let out a scoff, he thought that this poor man couldn't afford the price after all.

Achilles recomposed himself with a deep breath and then said to the employee with gritted teeth:

"I'd like a steak please."

The latter didn't even respond to him and just rudely walked away, the former didn't notice this because the only thing currently in his mind was:

'It's necessary...I've already known this would happen, there's no reason to cry, this is to reward myself...'

He sighed dejectedly and shook away the pain of losing nearly 200 Nero. He then glanced around him then couldn't help but notice:

'There are only couples here...'

This made him a little uncomfortable due to how utterly out of place he was at the rooftop restaurant. He also noticed some judging looks in his direction but decided to pay attention to them no further. He was here to have a good meal!

After 10 minutes the clerk from before walked back with a steak dish in his hand and placed them on the table, he said curtly:

"Enjoy."

Achilles looked at the man and felt like punching the shit out of him, luckily for the staff he was here to eat and not to kill somebody.

He shifted his attention away from the man and focused on the dish at the table. He grabbed the utensils next to him and started cutting the soft, tender meat. His mouth started watering profusely at the sight as he let out an inaudible gulp.

After finishing cutting the meat with the knife, he stabbed a fork at one of the pieces and put it in his mouth.

"Um!"