I ran without stopping.
Compared to what I did when fighting Astracus, this felt like an enjoyable walk.
It was May but the temperature was just perfect for wearing my jacket.
Light rain had fallen in the afternoon and now, the wind was blowing again.
"Another drizzle?"
I soon reached the place. It was a run down building and the neighbourhood had no lights.
"Not everybody has money in this world."
I looked at the house, and confirmed the address.
"Ok, let's go in..."
"Argh!"
A sound came from the adjacent alley.
I quickly put on my shades and mask.
"This worm thinks he's better than us."
Two guys were beating up someone.
I looked at the one who was receiving the kicks.
He looked weak and had blue hair covering his whole face.
What kind of emo hairstyle is that?
"You could have avoided this if you had just hacked when we asked you to."
Hack? Is it the type of hacking which I'm thinking of?
"You know we don't want to do this."
"Yeah, just hack her account and we can all be good friends again."
Oh, so that's what was going on.
I looked around, there weren't any useful things for combat.
'Guess I'll just have to use my fists.'
Like a lithe animal, I hopped in.
Using my two elbows, I smashed the first guy's head.
The other one looked at me all frightened.
I trotted like a horse and headbutt him in the face.
"You...! Who are you?!"
I turned around.
The first guy was still recovering on the ground but he was raising one of his hands towards me.
I kneed him in the face, not giving him a chance to do anything.
My danger senses warned me.
Swiftly, I kicked the other guy in the groin.
Both of them collapsed in pain.
'Weird, did I sense wrong?'
I kicked over their heads one last time to make sure they passed out.
"I hope they don't die from this."
Confirming I wouldn't be attacked from behind, I approached the blue hair guy.
His condition was bad.
He needed to be hospitalized as soon as possible.
Is there something I can do as first aid?
I acted all Saint-like, completely forgetting my previous actions.
I remembered my new ability.
'Shouldn't that light heal him or something?'
I had to try.
Repeating the process I had done earlier, I drew in the unknown river from my chest all the way up to my fingers.
I made the stream as narrow as I could. I wanted it to be thinner than hair.
I placed my hand on his head and let the mana flow out.
His injuries started healing.
Feeling encouraged, I took off his shirt and repeated the process all over his body.
I then dressed him back again.
'What should I do with these two?'
I tried to look around again for anything handy and found an old rusted dog leash chain lying in the next alley.
'This will have to do.'
Since the chain wasn't really meant to be used as a means to tie people up, it was a sloppy job.
I just tied their necks together and bound them deep inside the alley.
'Time to carry our main character.'
I took him on my back. He felt light, did he not eat properly?
I then carried him inside. The door wasn't locked. There was no one else besides us in the house.
Did Baek Taeyang have a complicated family situation like Enna?
'The Gods sure love picking on the unfortunate ones.'
I put him on the nearest bed I found and started exploring.
The interior wasn't anything extraordinary. Compared to my room in Enna's house, this could be called inferior.
While strolling, I found a door with the tag "Experiment Room".
My curiosity took over, and I entered.
"Curiosity ~killed ~the ~cat", I sang.
The room was filled with all sorts of computer parts.
There were two big screens and multiple smaller ones.
Small mechanical arms and circuitry of wide variety covered the floor.
"Is this some kind of gaming room?"
"Who are you?!"
I turned around at the sudden question.
It felt like Deja Vu.
The blue haired emo boy was pointing a gun towards me.
I raised my hands.
"My name is Ray Astraeus. I am the one who just saved you."
"You...you did?"
"Yes. If you don't believe me, you can check the alley. I have tied those two to a pole."
Not being sure of what to do next, he questioned me again.
"Why? Why did you save me?"
"I was passing by when I heard some noises. Once I saw what they were doing, I beat them up. Next, I healed you and carried you in. After that I went to check if there was some adult I could speak to. While I was doing that, you came in and pointed a gun at me."
I didn't have the energy to play question-answers with him.
Contrary to what I had expected, he didn't lower his gun.
"How did you know this is my house?"
He was smart.
I smiled internally. Goddes of Beauty, you sure had taste.
As if she had heard my compliment, my screen opened up again.
[- Integrated Trial of Beauty-
Second Task:
Complete Baek Taeyang's harem.
List of girls to be conquered.
• Ling Liu
• Adeline Laurent
• Sasha Belov
• Sophie Turner
• Stacy Qu
Number of girls remaining to be conquered: 5
Alternatively, the girls can also be added to contender's own harem to complete the Task.
Time limit: Before Trial of Beauty ends.
Rewards: ???
Penalty: Disqualification ]
What in the actual goddamn fuck!
"Answer me! How did you know this was my house?"
Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck all these Gods and Goddess'.
"And where is your partner?! I saw someone with blonde hair!"
"I'm sorry", I calmly replied.
"What?", Taeyang was confused by my sudden apology.
Booom
The entire room turned to gold.