92 Old Mans Adven (1/2)
The bustling streets of the Upper District was filled with crowds of people busying about with their activities. The bustle of the Upper District did not die down when nightfall arrives and only grows even more boisterous as the district lights are lit and the night came to life. It had a quality of liveliness and energy that the Lower District no longer had.
Shadow Guards were always one to observer the Capital from the shadows like an outsider and was never mixed with the hustle bustle of the Capital. This was the first time Kasif had walked down the road of the Upper Districts. The Old man was hit with a strange and out-of-place feeling like he did not belong here.
*BEEP* *BEEP*
”Move it, Old man! Do you want to die!? Get off the road!”
An angry young driver roared at him, while pressing the horns furiously. There's a footpath for people to walk on, who the hell walks down the middle of the road?
The old man gave the driver a brief glance before continuing his way, unaffected by the angry young driver's cursing like as if he had just listened to the barking of an ant. Regular people were below his notice. With his fleshly body strength of 5400-jin, he could swat the driver and his vehicle flying, but the queen had ordered him not to harm people when interacting with them, so he would not do that.
'This also counts as an interaction, right? There is contact and no harm. I guess that makes it my 4th interaction.' The Old man mulled over. He was ordered to interact without harm. The queen did not order him to converse with the people specifically, so he couldn't be bothered to talk. Maybe the person would leave him alone after a while.
”Oi, Oi! Are you deaf, Old man!? What is your problem!? Move it!!”
The angry young driver continued honking furiously with veins popping on his forehead. It was a busy road and he couldn't just drive around the old man. This area was considered wealthy even among the Upper District and everyone who was normally seen along this road weren't your average hillbilly.
The road was called the Aurelia Mountain Road. The name does not imply that it was a road on a mountain in the literal sense, but a mountain of gold exists on this road. Aurelia Mountain Road was lined up with all the kingdom's most extravagant and finest restaurants, stores, entertainments and was the bustiest area in the entire kingdom.
There was one place that recently opened on Aurelia Mountain Road that had become a new attraction for the young masters and young nobles to come and play. The place was called Mystery Stone Fortune, a stone gambling store with a range of small to large stones with fixed prices for customers to buy. Within these stones were a chance of finding rare metal minerals and allow people to earn great fortune in a single step.
With the sky-high value of metal, it easily became a great attraction among the wealthy spenders with one simple thought. If they could earn more money from spending, then why not? However not everyone can be lucky, as most of the stones are a bust with no mineral inside. Otherwise, it would not be considered gambling and the owner of Mystery Stone Fortune would be making a loss.
There was no open market for metal anywhere else in Crawford Kingdom and Mystery Stone Fortune was the only place they could acquire metal apart from the black market, albeit in small amounts or maybe none at all. Mystery Stone Fortune was a legitimate business and the stones they sell did not come from the kingdom but transported from the neighboring kingdoms.
The angry young driver was the eldest son of the Tucker Family and was one of the biggest customers of Mystery Stone Fortune. Extravagant young nobles in the Mystery Stone Fortune were all known as Whales and he was the Whale among Whales. He was just on his way to splurge more his family's wealth, when he had bump into this stupid Old man blocking the road.
”Since you want to play deaf then don't blame me for being heartless, Old man!” Royce Tucker stepped on the pedal and the car accelerated towards the Old man.
By now, their scene had attracted quite a big crowd. Some where curious, while others were simply annoyed by all the honking. These people all saw the car racing towards the Old man, and all had mix feelings. There was concern, goading and pity.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.
”Watch out, Old man!”
BAM!
The car smashed into the Old man, but he was unharmed as a layer of earth appeared before him and halted the vehicle. The car on the other hand had a big dent and the driver suffered a head injury after the car came to an abrupt stop like he had just smashed into a mountain.
”Hey, isn't that the Mystery Stone Fortune's Whale among Whales, Royce Tucker?”
”is he alright?”
Kasif had always live in the shadows and never in the spotlight. The unexpected attention drawn to him was a fresh experience, but not a bad feeling. He enjoyed the concern some of the crowd was showering him until it was shifted towards the driver suffering a concussion.
”You guys all saw it. I didn't hit him, he hit me.” Kasif said.
'He hit you, but the one injured was him.' They thought.
A figured suddenly dashed over to the car and pulled the driver out.
”Young master, are you alright?” The figure asked.
”I'm okay, Seymour. Go get that Old bastard for me.” Royce gnashed his teeth as he tried to shake away the concussion.
Seymour was a servant of the Tucker family, but unlike any other servants of any other noble families, he was already at the 7th step, a strength on par with the marquises.
”Who might you be, your Excellency? Why do you block the road and hurt my young master?” Seymour asked humbly.