New and Same Direction

"Sit down and tell me your story. I will listen to you."

Her smile shows how proud she is.

Alex glares at her while holding his buttocks.

'Sit down? You spanked me a hundred times and you still want me to tease?'

Wandering in his thoughts, his face shows how he holds back his want to fight her because he knows what will happen in the end.

'I'm supposed to be an overpowered main character...'

He wanted to cry.

He sits slowly while his face revealing how painful he feels.

Erica looks away and softly laughs.

Alex notices it but chooses not to comment.

'One day...'

He has already sat on the sofa, but she is still chuckling softly while looking away.

"Are you going to listen to me or not?"

"Oh! Yeah yeah. Sorry about that… Pftt! Hahahaha…"

(-_-)

It took another minute before she calmed down.

"So what's the problem? Why did you choose to drop out?"

Her cheerful atmosphere had changed into a somber one.

'I think it's better that I let her laugh thinking about my butt.'

His thoughts are suspicious, but it did not occur to him.

"I don't want to get away with your life. You are single and ready to mingle. If a stupid—I mean, a wonderful person—chooses you as his wife, my sister and I will be nothing more than dead weight for you."

Although there is a moment there when she has the urge to punch him, she just sighs and thinks about how stupid he is.

No matter what happened, they wouldn't be a dead weight for her, but she didn't consider what their thoughts were.

Realizing that listening to him was just a stupid idea, she chose not to continue the conversation.

"Well then, let's talk again later."

"Are you going to go home?"

"Yeah, I just came back from my last job so I still need some sleep."

The door was halfway open, but she halted.

"By the way, Alex."

He felt a bad premonition for some reason.

"What is it?"

"Would you like to confess to me something?"

He has no idea what she is asking, therefore he is really perplexed.

"Nothing. Is there anything I need to say?"

There's no guilt in his words.

"I see. You're going to go that route? Well, then… let's talk about that little girl after I get some sleep."

She closes the door and walks away from the shop.

Realizing what she was saying, he looked around and noticed Erica peeking from the stairs.

"Am I in danger?"

He's not sure how serious his problem is, but he can expect another round of nagging tomorrow.

…

Living room.

Erica massaged him from head to foot, and he felt more relaxed.

She has been providing him with services normally performed by a servant.

Slavery has been abolished in the City of May, therefore she is unable to utilize the choke and chains she is now holding.

"Wait a minute! How the hell do you have that?"

"I bought it at a store earlier while buying groceries."

'What kind of shop did she enter?'

"I remember the shop has more than this—"

"Stop, stop! Do not continue. I believe I know where you buy that."

An adult shop can be discovered down an alleyway near the wet market.

Don't ask why he knows that location.

Alex Hambell's decision to peep there was driven by pure curiosity.

( A/N: Using his full name, except in a conversation, refers to the old Alex rather than the transmigrator Alex.)

"For now, just hide it in the storage room."

"Okay."

She put it in the storage room and continued to massage his body.

Alex raised his hand before she redo.

"Sit next to me."

He made a gesture and she followed him.

She leaned on him which made him blush so he looked away.

Seeing how cute her master is, she hugs him.

Alex hugs her back and their eyes are glued to each other.

They can't look away.

From their perspective, they are the only person in the world.

Slowly, their face is getting closer… and closer… and—

*Cling!

A chime of a bell can be heard as the door of the shop opens.

"Hey, shop owner. Where are you?"

She tries not to bother about them but they ring the bell repeatedly.

Alex also tries not to bother them but he can't take anymore and stands up.

Erica has the sorrow in her eyes.

Looking at the back of him, slowly fading from her sight, a cold heart births for the customers who just wanted the presence of the shop owner.

…

Shop's Area.

The two customers feel chills past their bodies.

Their eyes look around the shop and they rub their hands

'The inside is very cold.'

They thought the same time.

"I'm sorry for the inconvenience. I'm the owner of this shop. May I know your purpose?"

"I wouldn't expect but I'm still gonna ask. Is there any communication device like a communication orb here?"

The man with green hair answered.

'Communication device like communication orb… Now that I think about it.'

He enters the storage room and in a few seconds, he exits with two boxes.

"This may be the item that you need."

He can take items from his reward box, but he chooses not to display the process by entering the storage room.

It's for a safety reason.

"What exactly is this?"

"It's a communication device called the smartphone."

He opened two boxes and showed two smartphones.

One is green with white stripes and the other is yellow with black stripes.

They both took the smartphone and observed it.

They are like children figuring out how to play with a toy.

It took them a minute but they didn't know how to use it so they asked him.

"Smartphone? Teach us how to use these."

Since Alex acquired the special smartphone from his system, the system has informed him how to use it, so he simply repeats what it says.

"Insert your mana and when you open, tap the logos that you will see."

On Alex's smartphone, there are four applications.

Messenger, Recorder, User Tracker, and Status.

In a regular smartphone, there are only two.

Messenger and Recorder.

They were amazed after opening the smartphone, yet there was no expression on their faces.

They can see the time now on their smartphone, but their attention is drawn to the two logos.

They follow what he said, pressing the logos one by one.

The messenger function allows you to call and talk, while the recorder records video, sound, and photographs.

They couldn't stop themselves from reacting in amazement, as if they had discovered a treasure.

Their eyes met and a conversation happened.

They don't need to speak to know what's on their mind so they stared at Alex.

"How much are you selling it for?"