3 Chapter 3: First Obstacle to Greatness (1/2)

Feeling like a hero, Dylan stood on the top of the counter and put both of his hands on his waist with his chin held up high and a typical comical hero smile. Realizing that he was doing something silly, he carefully got down of the counter and mumbled to himself ” What the heck am I doing with my life, if I combine the years I have spent living on both lives, I am already a six decade old man.” Then, a sound suddenly caught his ears.

*Ring* *Ring* *Ring*

The bells by the swayed as a plump middle-age man entered the door. He wore an aristocratic robe that is gray in color and wore various accessories on his almost non-visible neck, huge baby arms, and his two piglet like ears. Dylan recognized this man, he was the landlord of his previous self, Robert Bobman, otherwise known as Sire Bobman, he was like an real-estate owner and his past self was his tenant. Beside him, he had four personal guards each one of them had bulky and big stature.The plump man walked slowly but heavily. Every stomp... err... step he did made some of the pots containing herbs to wiggle violently, a few of them fell from their shelves. Dylan had a foreboding feeling that if this man were to jump within his store it might cause it to collapse. If the floor were alive, he would feel pity on it.

*Step* *Step* *Step*

”Well, well, well” Sire Bobman lazily said to Dylan as his guards followed him from behind.

”Peasant Dylan Ford, we have something to discu... whoa!” Sire Bobman was walking towards him when a wooden plank on the floor could not hold on any longer until it broke and *Crash!*.

Sire Bobman fell and his right foot was stuck on the broken plank on the floor. He could not get up no matter what he did.

With his flabby arms, how could he?

Dylan tried his best to hold back his laughter while maintaining his faint smile on the surface. It was hard not to laugh at a fat guy acting like this. But in truth, he was laughing in his heart so much that tears can be faintly seen on the edge of his eyes. He immediately wiped it as fast as he can and quickly went near to Sire Bobman.

”Pfft, HAHAHAHA!!!” one of the guards laughed.

The four guards, however, could not hold it back anymore and laughed. No one knew who started but once the first started the others could not hold themselves back any longer as they burst laughing from behind. Even Dylan had the urge to do so but he held back. He knelt on his right knee and offered his help to the fat man who was stuck.

Sire Bobman was so embarrassed about what happened to him. 'Its all because of this accursed broken-down place' he thought grudgingly in his mind. When he heard the laughing of the guards, he exploded. ”You four... Don`t even think about asking for this month`s pay!” he roared and reprimanded the guards. The guards paled as they heard the words of their employer. They immediately realized what they had done.

” Why are you standing there for? Are you not~”. Before he could even continue, a hand was offered to him as it`s owner simultaneously said. ” May I help you, sir?” the voice sounded so calm and pleasant. He involuntarily nodded and the hand helped him to get up after having a hard time. ” It`s you..?” He was shocked when the young man who was normally scared of him was standing there calmly with a warm and faint smile hanging on his face and even helped him of his own accord.

Before Sire Bobman could even say something, Dylan`s voice resounded, ”I`m deeply ashamed of what has happened here, Sire Bobman. I apologize for the momentary inconvenience that I have caused you. Allow me to repay you with a cup of tea. Here are some comfortable chairs. They might not appear grand but it is of decent quality. I assure you. Here have a sit as well kind sir. Give me a moment as I prepare some tea”. They all involuntarily obeyed his commands as they behaved themselves like obedient pups.

Then they thought to themselves, `Is this some kind of magic?`.

Magic? No, it wasn't.

It was Dylan`s natural demeanor. He may no longer posses his original handsome appearance but his disposition is something no one could retort to. It was his innate charisma that allowed him to easily converse with others. By encountering various important personalities and attending grand occasions. His charisma was further honed to the extent, you would feel like in a trance.

His talent when it came to socializing was all summarized by his opponent`s in one word: Terrifying. That was the reason why many people chose to follow him and it was also the reason why he was able to create the Omega Trading Corporation.

Thinking about how Sire Bobman and company obeyed his orders so willingly, they felt chill down their spines how was this originally easy-to-scare kid able to do something like this. It feels like they were dealing with an entirely new person.