Chap -2
1487 Words
Xavier could only remain silent, he didn’t even move at all from his place. Seeing two people wearing all black suits and calling him Master, was something Xavier truly found beyond reason. Even during his life, Xavier had never been called Master in this honorable way.
All this time, he kept being called the poor, the nerd, or so on. All were insulting calls, of course.
“Um, sorry, who are you guys?” Xavier asked.
He didn’t want to get cocky just yet, because Xavier had never been taught something like that by his family.
“We are servants that the system sent to accompany you. We will provide the best service for you. As long as this system belongs to you, then I will be with you.”
“So you guys aren’t human?” Xavier asked.
“No. We are kind of intelligent robots that resemble humans. But believe me, Mr. Moreno. You don’t need to worry about us. We were made by the system to be as human-like as possible. So Mr. Moreno will still feel like talking and discussing with humans. We can feel Mr. Moreno’s feelings, and we can cry and be sad too, sir.”
“Is this real?”
“You may pinch your cheeks, sir.”
Xavier pinched his cheek and he felt pain, he opened his hand again and saw a card that was already in his hand.
“In that card, there is a very large denomination, sir. You can use the money for anything. Only in terms of kindness and how brave you are to make a decision. As long as you don’t break the rules, the money will still be yours.”
“What if I violated the rules?”
“Then the card will be gone and all the luxuries you have will be gone too, sir.”
Xavier was confused, would he really use the card now? Because if he made the slightest mistake, then everything would end in vain.
“You guys can return this card to the system or whoever it is. I do not need it.”
“We know you’re in a lot of need, sir.”
“However, I don’t want to fantasize with a stupid delusion like this. What kind of stupid game is this? I don’t want to be enslaved or to be played by any system.”
“Sir, save this card first. If you don’t feel like you need it, this card will disappear from your hands in three full moons, sir.”
“Is it really like that?”
“That’s right, sir. If you don’t use it at all.”
Xavier looked at the card again, then he nodded and put the card in his trouser pocket.
Xavier excused himself with the two maids who were now his to leave, but unfortunately the two maids followed behind him instead.
“What are you doing? I want to go home.”
“We’ll take you home. We will provide any service for you.”
“Are you guys crazy?”
“We are your servants, sir.”
“But—”
“This service will not be counted by the system.”
Xavier took a deep breath, he knew that it was night enough to just make a trip home. The last bus was gone, and he had missed his campus bus.
If Xavier kept being stubborn by rejecting offers from his two new maids, Xavier was afraid that he won’t be able to go home. More than that Xavier didn’t want to lose his chance to be able to take the final semester exams on campus.
“Okay, if that’s the case, I’ll follow you guys.”
“Thank you sir. Please get in the car.”
Xavier was immediately flabbergasted when a car stopped right in front of him quite quickly. It was a luxury car that Xavier knew was only owned by high class businessmen.
“This car?”
“If you use the card, you can have even thousands of these cars very easily.”
Xavier was immediately invited to get in, Xavier felt so awkward but he got in too. Xavier’s buttocks felt pampered while sitting in a chair that was so soft and comfortable.
In fact, luxury cars can always provide all the best facilities ever in the world.
It didn’t take long for Xavier to arrive home. He specifically asked for his two maids to stop following him while he was at home. Xavier lived with his grandmother, and he didn’t want her grandmother to become suspicious of Xavier for everything that has happened. Luckily the two maids understood, so they decided to leave before Xavier enter the house.
“Grandma!” called Xavier.
Entering the house, but his smile immediately changed when he saw his grandmother kneeling on a woman who was slightly younger than her grandmother and the woman had her hands on her hips.
“Mrs Gob? What are you doing here? What did you do to my grandmother?” asked Xavier who already understood what situation was happening now.
Xavier rushed to pull his grandmother to stand up, then he saw several wounds on her grandmother’s palms and cheeks. Xavier looked at Mrs. Gob viciously, because he knew for sure that Mrs. Gob had been rude to his grandmother.
“Is it fair for Madame Gob to abuse an old woman? What did you do to my grandmother?”
“Huh, are you threatening me now, Xavier?” Mrs. Gob said with an annoyed grin. “Oh, I know … you are this old lady’s favorite grandson, which is why a young man your age is still sitting at home doing nothing, not making a single dollar. Shouldn’t you know the situation? Do you think your grandmother is a rich businessman who can make a lot of money without you having to work?”
Xavier immediately looked at his grandmother, while her grandmother was shaking violently. He didn’t know what happened, but her grandmother seemed scared to death of Mrs. Gob.
“Now, I’ll give you two hours. Hurry up and pack your things and get out of this house, or I will have to call the police to kick you out of this house.”
“Why did you kick us out of our own house, Mrs. Gob?” Xavier was annoyed with his neighbor who was always so chatty.
“Your own house? Tsk! Even your grandmother has sold it to me and your grandmother begged to be able to rent this house. And I have been patient enough to let you and your grandmother be in this house and have even been six months in arrears to pay the rent. Do you think I’m a bad person? Of course not, the bad one is your grandmother.”
“I can’t believe this.” Xavier still denied.
“If you don’t believe me, just ask your grandmother yourself.”
Xavier now looked at his grandmother, who was already sobbing.
“Grandma, tell me if what Mrs. Gob said is wrong. You didn’t sell this house, did you? Isn’t this the house left by the late Grandfather? And Grandma swore that no matter what happened Grandma would not sell it.”
“I’m sorry, Xavier. Forgive me. I had to sell our house because at that time, to go to university, you had to pay several hundred thousand dollars, and at that time I had no money at all.”
Xavier was silent, his breath was panting perfectly hearing his grandmother’s words. He had no idea that his house had been sold without his knowledge.
“How many?” Xavier asked Mrs Gob who had been there all along.
“Didn’t I tell you that your grandmother hasn’t paid the rent for six months? Now all you have to do is count, in a month you have to pay me eight hundred dollars.”
“I asked you, how much did you buy this house for? I will buy it now.” Xavier said firmly.
Even though his lips spoke like that, but there was a doubt in his heart. Yes, he was still hesitant to use the black card.
“What? Are you joking, Xavier?” Mrs. Gob laughed evilly. “You can’t even pay the rent, how could you want to buy this house?”
“I don’t care about anything, I’ll just buy my house back. I also don’t expect you to sell at the price you bought, you can give whatever price you want, Ma’am. I’ll pay for it.”
“Don’t be stupid, Xavier. Why would I believe in your lie?”
Mrs. Gob was immediately silent, she was stunned to see Xavier thrusting a black card in front of her.
“I will pay with this card. Write down whatever nominal you want.”
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