Acting from shadow.

After observing Elena getting ready for the test and doing her homework, Kai had the day off from work and could rest because Bell had the entire day to himself and Mai had no school-related obligations.

Kai had to sleep on the sofa once more that night because he did not have enough money to find Elena a place to live, and Elena was not upset about sharing the apartment with them; she spent that night sleeping in Kai's room.

'I am have to get some money from vect-on early this time, plus I will also get the plan of that game running.'

Kai talked with Bell, and they figured out a great plan to earn steady money, but for that, he still needs a bit of money, so Kai was thinking of visiting Vect-on restaurant this morning.

"Good morning, boss." As usual, Elena was up before any of them and was working on the dish for breakfast, making Kai a lot more relaxed as he smiled toward her.

"Thanks, Elena. It is really helpful to have you around."

Hearing his words, Elena nodded slightly before focusing on her work, but somehow she felt happy to be able to help, aside from using her flesh. Her ability, honed over the course of her life, was to assist the person who came to her rescue on that particular day.

"I will head out today! Take care of Lele and wait for me; we will have a good dinner tonight, alright." Just to make sure Lele was cool with everything, Kai shared with them his plans for the day as he brought Lele for breakfast.

"Hmm. Take care, brother." While Lele gave Kai a smile as she tilted her head to see him, her puffed cheeks kept on munching her food.

'Cute.' Before Kai began eating his own breakfast, the two of them exchanged thoughts simultaneously.

He then left the apartment and turned around to see Lele and Elena making their way back to the sitting room.

'Agh, this is taxing.' Wanting to save the spare money of traveling, Kai, who had walked all the way to the shopping center, felt almost spent when his eyes suddenly found the back of Mai walking at the center of the shopping center.

'Mai, is she here with someone.'

When Kai noticed her familiar presence, he followed her from behind and discovered that she was walking with one of her friends and that guy, who seemed to be the center of attention right then.

The two girls were staring at the other guy, who had a commanding presence, and the protagonist's figure, who appeared to be protecting them both, as well as an elderly man who appeared to be in his forties standing next to him.

[Quest Initiated.]

[Quest: Help Mai and the protagonist without directly interfering with the situation out there; use the indirect method to leave a greater impression on male lead and villain character side helpers to make first impression on the story.]

[Quest Reward: 1 million Sakura.]

As he read the quest and began to think through a strategy for handling this kind of quest scenario, Kai covered his head with a hoodie cap. However, Bell, who could hear what he was thinking, had a brilliant idea, and Kai moved forward.

"Waiter a cup of coffee, please." His demeanor appeared composed as he strolled over to the open cafe and sat down, surveying the group.

His hoodie cap and muffler concealed his face, but his eyes swept over them, and Bell cast one of the easy spells, flare sight.

The spell's effect was to see in the dark magic by burning the spell formula through the shielding magic-protected gaze, ensuring that the spell invoice would not burn the eyelid.

However, as soon as the spell was cast, Bell unleashed a strong wave of bloodlust from the room, making Kai appear extremely dangerous and causing the main character and the old man on the villain's side to turn to stare at Kai.

Observing his friend, Kelvin realized that he was the reason Mai and her friend were in a difficult situation, which made him feel awful.

Consequently, he was only able to provide temporary protection for Mai, who had been a focus of his for some time.

At that moment, he felt a sharp cold sensation.

He turned to see a man who appeared to be older than he was, with his hands inside his pockets and his face covered.

It was the first time that he was facing a chill of this level, and even the old guy by Wenlis side was sweating a ton due to the sudden chill that appeared from the side and seemed to be clearly targeting them.

"Sir!!!" Wenlis was not a fool; he sensed that the elderly man beside him was feeling threatened by something, and he was also experiencing a sense of weightlessness.

This led him to turn and face the boy, who was the focus of both Kelvin and the elderly man.

"Scram! Leave the girl alone; that is all I need." Saying that Kai selected the coffee and paid for it with the menu card before quietly leaving the scene, leaving Kelvin and Wenlis stunned, while only Mai displayed that contemplative expression.

'Was that brother Kai!'

Only she was able to pick him apart, although recalling the voice, Mai shook her head and held her friend's hand before leaving that place.

Although, in that moment a sprout of doubt was created.

Kai was leaving the area when he turned down an alley and swiftly climbed out of there with the help of the Bell.

It was the body-strengthening spell Bell had previously cast upon him when he saved Elena, and the results were absolutely absurd, as Kai felt his strength increasing by a factor of four to five above normal.

Kai discovered that his reaction time, thought process, and quick response had all improved, making him essentially a super soldier on Earth—even though he would not have been shocked if that had been all.

'Huh, it really help me restore the physical tiredness, but it also makes me hungry.' Kai felt his stomach churn as he glanced at the message on his phone and felt his pocket fill up with warmth once more.

'Account... XXXXXXXXXXX. Has been credited by 1,000,000 Sakura at...'

As he approached his restaurant and observed that it was currently operating to the utmost capacity, Kai came to the conclusion that this journey had been well worth it.

He also reasoned that his requirement to retrieve money from the shop had been satisfied by the system reward.

So, at the moment, he just wanted to go and have something to eat and also check how the workers in his shop were doing.