Karas heading home satisfied with his current month’s total money, Roan had given him an advance payment of two million gis for future trades, he couldn’t help but smile: “That sly fox.”
Still, he didn’t want to sell anything for the next two months, or else, it will be too much, people may start digging up his secrets, although even if they dig until they reach the roots, they will never be able to figure out anything.
The worst part about it is being tortured, used as a supply depot until he dies, well, that’s definitely not something he or anybody else wants to happen to themselves.
Since he already has his own car, he decided to make his way to the company that’s selling the capsule for the game.
But in order to buy the capsule, he’d need to go to the 2nd district!
Each city is divided into four districts, the outermost part is where Karas lives in the 4th district, which is the place for the poor family, orphans, and those managing to live to work for food.
The third district is for the semi wealthy people, they are those that can work for a day and the salary can let them live for three days, and those slightly above them, it is also where companies can be seen like Roan’s company, also, regular markets and stores.
The second district is where people just below Roan and Zaran wealth live, also the place where bigger companies and establishments can be placed.
And for the 1st district, it’s for the extremely wealthy people, also termed as the VIPs, people like Roan and Zaran that manages extremely large companies, although Roan’s company are at the 3rd district, they intentionally did it so that a lot of people can get in to trade with them or to work for them.
And to pass by the second district, one needs to live there are to have a purpose in coming, since he’s going there to purchase the gaming capsule, it’s acceptable in his current stances, he immediately drove there without holding back.
As Karas arrived at the gates, he couldn’t help but be speechless, regularly, they would inspect the person’s identity, but they didn’t even stop his car and just opened the gate!
“Must be because Zaran is a regular in passing this place that even his vehicle had been recognized.” Karas couldn’t help but chuckle as he continued.
Truth be told, seeing a car that’s worth more than 2,000,000 Gis already indicates that the person is a VIP, hence, there’s no need to check for his identity.
After fifteen more minutes, Karas arrived at the gaming company that’s selling the capsule, but then, remembered something that Zaran had said, he looked at his clothes before continuing his drive.
He then stopped at the mall, it’s a thirty-floor high rise building, but the clothing shops are all at the first floor, he didn’t care about brands hence he entered just randomly, but his fashion isn’t dull, he would like to at least pick something that would suit his style.
Weives, one of the top brands in the clothing industry, not only in the city but the whole continent itself, when he entered, he saw people gazing at him as he had sinned.
There are even young people that scorned him: “Wow, even orphans can get here now?”
“Tsk, the security had grown loose these days.” A lot of the middle-class boys started to speak louder, after all, they had brought their girlfriend to shop, showing off one or two is enough.
And like usual, Karas ignored it.
He started picking clothes left and right, well, it’s hard finding something that would fit him, hence, he mostly picked those stretchable ones.
“He picked a lot of clothes, had he even checked the price?” Another girl laughed as she looked at Karas in disdain.
In total, Karas picked four XXXL sized pairs of sweat pants and shirts, then, a few pairs of shirts, then, like he knows he’ll get fitter, later on, he purchased a few L sized shirts and jackets, some pants and shorts.
Seeing Karas bringing with him a lot of clothes, instead of being pleased, the salesperson felt anger.
After all, once Karas realized how much the prices are, they need to send it the cleaners, to remove any mess Karas had done to it, now, they regretted not ‘assisting’ him.
When he finished picking clothes, the clerk prepared themselves to receive it, but then, Karas made his way to the shoe section, after all, he can’t really wear his overly used slippers.
But Karas frowned as he arrived: “None of these shoes will fit me…”
He couldn’t help but sigh, he made his way again to another section to pick some slippers.
From the department store, a group of people had been sneering and talking about Karas, they had been waiting for him to make a mess out of the situation.
Seeing this, a lady looked at the commotion and approached a sales clerk: “Hey, what’s happening there?”
The sales clerk smirked in disdain as she replied: “Well, there’s this orphan that had been picking things left and right, he didn’t even check the price, hmmp!”
“The cheapest price he picked is worth 80 Gis, and that’s only the pair of socks, the clothes he picked are all expensive too, the cheapest amongst those he chose is 480 Gis, an orphan only gets 200 Gis per month, he’s in for a hugely embarrassing moment for his life.”
As the sales clerk spoke to this, she moved her gaze towards the lady that asked, her expression froze, slowly, her expression warped as she immediately took out a pen and her pocketbook: “Prana-sama, please give me an autograph!”
Prana smiled, she nods her head and took signed her book, after signing it, she made her way to Karas.
Karas is about done with his shopping, then, he saw a figure approaching him from his peripheral vision.
He thought that they are just in the same section for the same item, yet, this person spoke.
“Hey~!” She approached with a kind smile, waving her hand to the left one time in a cute manner.
Karas looked at her for a second, a tall girl almost ten centimeters higher than him, a cute face, round yellow eyes, and golden hair. An ordinary shirt, a shoulder bag, and pants with cute pink rubber shoes.
He then nodded and opened up a path for her to move on.
Prana couldn’t help but look at Karas: “You don’t know me?”
Karas looked at her: “Uh… a classmate from middle school?”
Prana’s face froze to a poker smiling face, her eyes blinked a few times before waving her hand: “Nevermind.”
She then smiled and asked: “Want me to help you pick some clothes?”
Usually, with a gorgeous lady asking you, you’d mostly agree, but she didn’t expect Karas’ reply.
“No.” A flat out rejection.
This is the first time Prana had been rejected, but she didn’t mind really, her mental fortitude is above those average bitches that only likes attention.
Her gaze moved from Karas down to the clothes he had picked.
“Oh, your fashion sense is actually good, but this one has a color that does not match your body.” Prana spoke trying to really help, after all, she herself is an orphan that had once wanted to buy clothes from branded stores.
Karas looked at them before looking at Prana: “They are all black.”
“…” All the women looked at Karas in disdain hearing his words, although it all looked like black, it’s not, well, in the eyes of a woman that is.
Prana couldn’t help but chuckle as she pointed out: “One is a dark maroon matt style, the other one is a crimson blood red, and that one is a nightingale blue.”
She continued by pointing out colors.
Karas after a while of listening spoke: “They are all black to me, so that’s fine.”
Prana couldn’t help but be speechless for a while before laughing: “You’re really funny, you know.”
Prana is smiling and laughing, her beauty started to show as others recognized her.
Although she’s wearing a hat, someone shouted: “It’s Prana-sama!”
“Prana-sama… it really is!”
Everyone started to approach her as they recognized the celebrity, her fame had spread far and wide throughout the continent, she started singing and dancing at the age of fourteen, and at the age of seventeen, she became successful.
And in just a year, when she turned eighteen, she became the national sensation together with her group, the Quadz.
“Everyone, please, I’m on a vacation.” Prana continuously waved her hand as they all approached her wanting to get an autograph.
“Prana-sama, your concert will be tomorrow, I’ve brought a VIP ticket six months advance!”
“Me too Prana-sama!”
“Prana-sama, please give me an autograph.”
“Me too, please!”
Prana couldn’t help but smile at them: “Everyone, this is my last day to rest, please give me at least today to do so, tomorrow, after the concert, there will be an autograph session and a fan greeting, I won’t have any rest by then.”
Hearing this, everyone felt dismayed.
But then, Prana spoke: “But since there is a few of you, how about we take a group picture? That will be faster, right?”
“WOAH?!”
“Really?!”
Prana smiled as she nodded her head: “Sure, but I need you guys to promise me one thing, news of me being here won’t ever be leaked, okay?”
“If the news got leaked today, I won’t ever talk to you all again.” As she spoke, she pouted her mouth cutely, showing her cute side to them.
“Yes! We promise news of this won’t ever leak outside!”
Prana smiled: “Then, it’s settled.”
“Yey!”
“Ha! Yes!”
They started to group around Prana as each of them started to take off their bracelets and let it hover far to take a group picture.
She appeared to be a bright and cheerful girl, but then, in Karas’s eyes as he looked at Prana, he saw differently.
Since he was together with her, he also got surrounded, but moving away is easier, since, everyone wants to go closer to her as much as possible.
And when a big chunk of meat like him is about to get out, all of them gave way and immediately started to fight for his spot.
But Karas left a word: “You know, if you don’t like what you’re doing, then, don’t do it… You have dead eyes.”
As he spoke to this, he made his way towards the cashier.
Prana has a keen sense of hearing, she heard Karas’s voice and his words: “W-what…”
She looked back and saw Karas’s back moving far away: “What do you mean…”
She wanted to ask, but the buzzing of the people around her is too immense hence, she wanted to finish this session immediately: “Everyone, only one photo, okay?”
But who would accept that when it’s free, they pretended they didn’t hear her as they started taking photos left and right.
Karas immediately took all of the things he wanted to buy and placed it at the counter, the clerk felt enraged as she couldn’t take a photo with Prana.
“Cash or card.” She spoke in an annoyed tone, at least, she could vent her anger when Karas embarrasses himself and make a scene.
Karas shrugged his shoulder from her attitude and spoke: “Card.”
As he spoke, he took out the card Zaran gave him and handed it to the cashier.
‘Hmmp! How much would your card even have!’ She took the card, when she’s about to insert it and hand the coder so Karas could put his password on it, she couldn’t help but make a sound.
“Eeep!” Like a bird having her wings stepped upon, she cried out in alarm.
“What is it?” another one of the cashiers waiting for Karas to embarrass himself made her way, but to her shock, it is something else.
The card inserted on the coder is colored black and gold, a card for VVIPs!!!
“Miss, can I type my pass now?” Karas spoke.
“Yes, yes, of course, young master-nim, here.” The cashier spoke as she carefully handed the coder to Karas, her attitude turned to completely opposite of before as she smiled with sweat running down her back.
As Karas finished typing it, the cashier spoke: “Would you like a receipt?”
“No.” Karas replied.
The cashier nodded her head, but before she pressed eject, she clicked [Yes].
Immediately, she hid the coder and gave Karas’s card back, she then packed all of his purchase, slid a paper inside one of the paper bags before bowing her head gracefully: “I hope to see you soon, young master-nim.”
Karas took the bags and made his way out.
As the cashier saw Karas move out, the other cashier spoke: “Take it out, faster, let me see, let me see.”
“Don’t push me, we’ll see it together!” The other one replied.
As they saw the receipt, they couldn’t believe their eyes.
“How many zeros are there… one, two, five, seven…”
They couldn’t believe their eyes, eight digits! A real gold mine!
The cashier frowned as she glared at her comrade: “Don’t even dare.”
“Hmmp, like you’ll get him even if I don’t try.”
“Losers like him will grovel at my feet, you’ll see! I’ve already placed my contact number there, you have no chance!”
Meanwhile, as Karas walked out of the shop, he was eyed by the people and couldn’t believe what they are seeing, a fat boy wearing worn-out orphan clothes is carrying branded cloth bags!
But that didn’t stop there as Karas casually threw the bags behind a really nice sports car before sitting on the driver’s seat and driving away!
Bmmmmmmm!!!
“Woah.”
