NOVEL NEXT Chapter 19: I Won't Kill You
Everyone had ended up in a room with bright red walls and golden oriental patterns.
Along with spherical lanterns that lit up the entire room, paintings of oriental dragons hung on the walls.
The room seemed to be out of place in a city that had a completely different, architectural and artistic design.
Almost as if it didn't belong here yet for some reason someone had purposefully put it here.
This was the Healing Chamber of the Raikiri Guild. They had contracted an alchemist from the eastern continent to build it for them.
While the entire party trying to help Adam was too busy setting him up at the operating table, Adam was in a world of his own.
The unconscious Adam had no clue about where he was.
He was stuck in his mind, it was a long dream that didn't make any sense. How could he vividly remember his penthouse apartment and every little detail in it from his past life?
Even if you have lived in a house for a while, you still don't remember where everything is placed.
Not a single light was turned on in the entire penthouse as he woke up on the floor beside the sofa set in the living room.
The only source of light that illuminated the entire room was moonlight that came through the open balcony door, through the translucent curtains.
He got up and made his way to the balcony while his entire body hurt with every minor movement he made.
All of his muscles hurt, he felt like he had the strongest migraine ever but, he chose to ignore all of those sensations and focused on getting to the balcony as if something compelled him to do so.
He pushed away the curtains and made his way onto the balcony. There, stood a man leaning against the railings looking down at the city in front of him.
The man had a familiar face, a face Adam was the most familiar with, a face he had seen over a million times in his past life.
However, there was something off about this familiar face. His eyes were red. They were never red. But for some reason, they were red and glowing now as he looked down at the city.
The man then turned towards Adam and said, "You look really pathetic right now you know?"
Adam wanted to say something back but it was almost as if he was unable to speak, some strong force stopped him from opening his mouth.
The man continued, "Do you have any idea about the condition of your body right now? Did you know that if those chicks weren't doing what they were doing, you wouldn't even be able to wake up for over a year and would have messed up the entire plan?"
Adam could sense the man in front of him was angry, he was fuming.
It was almost as if Adam had made a big mistake that the man didn't approve of. The man seemed incredibly disappointed in him.
"Once you wake up, you will realise that things are much worse than you think. Just because you died doesn't mean the world stopped progressing. Things happen even after your death. Don't get too complacent. Once you wake up, you will realise how royally you have f*cked up."
After giving Adam a dressing down, not even allowing Adam to speak, the man threw him off the balcony, Adam was now falling from the 111th floor of the tallest building in his city from his past life.
Falling onto the rough concrete hurt, it hurt a lot but the shock was enough to jolt Adam back to reality.
He found out that he was in an oriental-style room he had never seen before. There were golden needles stabbed into his body all over that were slowly dripping some light green liquid into it.
Adam realised that he couldn't move a single muscle.
That's when he noticed the harness that his body was locked into as he lay on this unique sort of operation table.
Adam couldn't move his neck to look around the room either. Suddenly a bunch of system notifications flash by.
|| HOST HAS ACCOMPLISHED AN IMPOSSIBLE ACHIEVEMENT AND MANAGED TO SURVIVE THE MANA-BURNING PROCESS WITHOUT GOING INSANE OR GOING INTO COMA! HOST IS REWARDED WITH 10,000CE. ||
|| THE HOST'S BODY HAS ABSORBED THE YUAN MING 9 HERB MIXTURE. MYTHICAL TIER HERBS HAVE BEEN ABSORBED INTO THE HOST'S BODY, VITALITY HAS BEEN INCREASED BY 100. ||
|| HOST HAS GAINED THE REPUTATION AS THE PURPLE EYED HERO OF BRAHKEN ALL AROUND THE CONTINENT. EVERYONE AROUND THE CONTINENT HAS HEARD OF YOUR TRIUMPH OVER THE EVIL SKELETAL KNIGHTS. THE HOST GAINS 500 REPUTATION AND THE REPUTATION SYSTEM IS ALSO UNLOCKED. ||
Adam was pretty happy with the system notifications he was getting.
All of them were positive.
However, there was something concerning about them as well.
'The f*ck is this yuan ming herb mixture?'
This was a name that he had never heard over the 10 years he had played the game.
Forget this mixture, he had never even seen this area in the game.
A room like this had never existed in the entire map of the game.
He remembered he had gone to sleep in his hotel room. Now, he was somewhere completely different.
It was obvious that the people who kidnapped him were trying to heal him he just wanted to know who they were.
"Is anyone there?"
He said while he was stuck on the operating table.
Suddenly a well-endowed woman with black hair and fair skin pops her head into Adam's field of vision from the right.
Her incredibly unusual clothing that didn't seem to fit in a fantasy setting let Adam know of her identity. She was none other than Anita.
Anita smiled and said, "Oh Adam you're finally awake?"
"Well if my eyes are open and you can hear me speak, that probably means I'm still sleeping."
Adam's retort made Anita giggle. Even in a situation like this where he had needles poking into him, Adam still had time for jokes.
Anita said," First thing you do after you wake up is sarcastically mock your savior? Hmph!"
Anita seemed to be acting like Adam's sarcasm had offended her even though she had just laughed because of it. Adam played along," What can I say? I get pretty cranky when I wake up tied up in someone else's bed. I prefer it the other way around."
Anita then ended up having a naughty smile on her face after hearing Adam's reply and said," Aww, but you look so peaceful and cute all tied up on my bed."
"Woman, the last thing I want is to look peaceful or cute," Adam said, furrowing his brows.
"Aww did I hit a nerve? I'm amazed that got a reaction out of you when even mana burning couldn't do anything." Anita said, teasing Adam even further.
"You didn't hit a nerve I just find the idea of guys being called cute to be disgusting."
"What's wrong with being cute? I think you look really handsome and scary but there is also a cute side to you."
"Calling me cute is like calling a rabid dog cute. It doesn't make much sense to call it cute. Girls have really weird standards of what is cute and what isn't."
"Rabid dogs can be cute too you know?"
This conversation was testing the limits of Adam's patience, he despised the idea of being called cute by girls but for some reason, they always did, even in his past life.
It didn't make any sense since Adam had been an incredibly rough and dangerous individual his entire life. His being labeled as cute didn't make any sense to him.
He chose to change the direction of the conversation to something more important.
"Anita, tell me why I'm here."
As Adam showed his intent to change the topic, Anita pouted, she was thoroughly enjoying the conversation. It was really fun to see Adam's annoyed expression on his face.
"Well, Adam I think the question you should be asking is how you're even alive right now."
Anita's reply seemed to have steered the conversation into a morbid turn. Adam was curious as to why she said that and enquired, "Why do you say that?"
"It honestly, amazes me how you were able to walk all the way to your hotel. How did you do it when you're entire body was nothing but melted mush?"
"I told you before, I never let beautiful women see my weak side."
"If that's the case then why can I see your weak side right now?"
"Well if you remove this harness and these needles from my body I will show you that I'm completely fine. Besides I was unaware that I would wake up having a beautiful woman beside me."
"You're not leaving anytime soon Mr, you have no idea how bad your situation was. Stay here for a few more days, just ask your Henrietta or Mia if you need any help."
After saying that, Anita snapped her fingers and vanished. She was a Guildmaster so it was obvious she would be incredibly busy.
A few moments later the door to the chamber opened, and Henrietta and Mia walked in together.
Henrietta said," Young Master I was so worried about you, you weren't waking up for days, thank god Young Lady Mia and Madam Anita were willing to help otherwise I didn't know what I would do."
Adam replied, "Wait a minute, how long was I unconscious for?"
Henrietta replied with a teary-eyed expression on her face, "11 days. You have been unconscious for over 11 days." it seemed that his inactivity had caused her a lot of issues both mental and physical.
If it was anyone else instead of Adam, they would be glad that their servant cared for them so much that she started crying out of worry for their wellbeing.
Adam couldn't comprehend why someone would feel so hurt over someone else's misfortune. It didn't make any sense to him.
"I was sleeping for over 11 days? I'm sorry for making you worry Henrietta, I will try my best to make sure I never make you worry like this again."
Contrary to Adam's inner thoughts, [WOMANIZER] had its own plans. It was functioning in full throttle since Adam woke up.
Adam then looked towards the silent Mia who was looking at the floor out of nervousness, her hands fiddled with each other showing how restless she felt at the moment.
"And what are you doing here Young Lady of the Ivrea Arlae?" Said Adam in a condescending tone.
"I wanted to make sure you weren't facing any health issues so I came to check up on you."
"Well then Young Lady of the Ivrea Arlae Dukedom, as you can see I'm awake and well you can go back to your usual hobby of talking sh*t about me to random nobles who lick your feet due to your father's status in the empire."
All of a sudden Henrietta butt into the conversation.
"Young Master you shouldn't speak to Young Lady Mia so rudely, she is the one who paid for all of the mythical-grade spiritual herbs that were used in healing your body."
Adam found the act of Henrietta defending Mia quite amusing. If his body allowed him to, he would have filled the room with the sound of his sarcastic clapping.
Unfortunately for Adam, he couldn't move a single muscle right now due to the needles and the harness.
"Oh my god, Mia you're so amazing! You have undone the damage you caused! Would you like an award for that?"
After hearing what Adam said, Mia moved her head away from Henrietta and Adam trying to avoid their gazes.
Henrietta then said in shock, "Such severe damage to you was caused by Young Lady Mia?"
After hearing what Henrietta just said, Adam started laughing hysterically and said, "Hahaha, Mia you have been spending time with Henrietta for over 11 days during my recovery, and you didn't even tell her how I ended up in such a state?"
Adam continued, "Henrietta, why do you think I ended up in such a horrible state that my body was so broken I couldn't even wake up?"
"The explosion at the cemetery was all over the news and there were pictures of you being at the center of that explosion so I thought that was the reason for your injuries."
"Oh my gullible Henrietta, you're so adorable sometimes. How would an explosion that turned the entire area into a crater cause internal injuries in me? Wouldn't my entire body be disintegrated?"
Henrietta's eyes widened at the realisation. Adam could swear that he saw a comical light bulb light up above her head as it happened.
"The reason why I am in such a terrible state is Mia and her father. I'm not going to thank her for undoing the damage that she did to me in the first place."
Now that Adam knew that Mia was the one who was financing his recovery, he chose to let the incident slide.
Adam then looked at Mia who was hanging her head in shame.
'I won't kill you and your father.'
That's what Adam wanted to say. Obviously what came out of his mouth was something different.
"Mia, I won't thank you for correcting your own mistake. However, I won't hold the mistakes of your past against you anymore."
As soon as Adam finished his sentence, the expression on Mia's face brightened up. She was glad that Adam chose to forgive her, it was as if the heavy weight that was bearing down on her these 11 days had vanished.
"Thank you so much, Adam, if you need anything in Brahken just let me know I will make sure to get it for you!"
"Mia, I said I would let bygones be bygones, I didn't say I want to be friends with you again."
Even though Adam's response was quite disheartening it didn't seem to have any effect on Mia's mood.
Mia felt that she had already managed to improve the relationship between her and Adam by a lot since Adam wasn't actively antagonizing her anymore.
It was one step in the direction of them becoming close again. Mia chose to take her time with it.
'Even with all these harnesses and needles on his body, Adam still looks like such a snack....'
With a smile on her face, Mia's mind started to wander into her mental fantasies.
Adam completely clueless to what was going on in Mia's head, turned to Henrietta and said,"Heny, turn on the TV for me."
'Did the Young Master just give me a nickname?' Henrietta's imagination started running wild and she asked," Young Master, did you just call me 'Heny'?"
Truth be told, the only reason Adam called her 'Heny' was because he was getting tired of pronouncing her long and tedious name over and over again.
Obviously, Adam didn't voice his true thoughts.
"Heny, you have been the closest to me for a very long time now, I believe that I should call you by a cute nickname to signify how much you mean to me."
As expected from the womanizer, he always manages to pull words dripped in sweet honey out of nowhere.
Henrietta's cheeks showed a faint redness that wasn't present before, for some reason she was unable to maintain eye contact with Adam.
"Thank you, Young Master, I will cherish this name given to me by you dearly."
"Heny, I'm glad you liked it, could you turn on the TV for me now?"
All the fun and games were now over. Adam was now about to see something that would make him understand the meaning behind the words of the familiar red-eyed man in his dream.
The news started playing on the TV.
"A strange phenomenon has been occurring around the empire this past week as for some reason, the cemeteries of the territories all around the empire seem to have become completely empty. It's as if the corpses within them left their resting place all on their own. Is this unusual phenomenon connected to what happened in Brahken a few days ago? We will return with more information on this developing situation."
The familiar red eyed man was right. Adam was f*cked.