Chapter 64: Missed Being Normal (2/2)
CLAK!
DANG!
Rex hits every weapon on each of the guards and breaking them apart and slamming them to the ground, this happened in mere seconds and before the guards know it, their weapons already got destroyed.
The receptionist woman and the millionaire man gasps in shock, their face drains from all colors.
All of the prideful and bossy attitude they have disappeared, they look at Rex in horror as one word crosses all of their minds, ”An Awakened!”
Rex grins, ”Yes, we fight for you guys and this is the treatment we got?”
The receptionist woman jolted from her daze and kneels in front of Rex swiftly, she banged her head on the ground, ”I'm sorry! Please have mercy, I don't know you are an Awakened!”
Thud!
Thud!
The muffled banging sound of the receptionist's head and the carpet was heard repeatedly,
Rex squats down as he looks at the receptionist's face that is already bleeding, ”So if I'm not an Awakened then that's okay? Is that it?”
”No sir! I won't do it again!! Please forgive me!”, she said putting her head on Rex's shoes begging for mercy.
Then suddenly,
”What's going on?! What is this commotion”, a woman wearing red blazers appeared from inside the bar.
Rex glances at her, ”You must be the manager?”
The manager looks at Rex confusedly and asks, ”What seems to be the problem, sir?”
”I ordered a table for two but this girl said the tables are all full, then suddenly comes this guy and this girl immediately gives him a table right in front of my eyes. Now I wanted an explanation”, Rex said coldly, his cold eyes pierced through the manager's eyes making her heart beat faster in fright.
The manager sent the receptionist a questioning look,
The receptionist can only put down her head in shame, this proves what Rex's saying is true.
The manager looks at the surrounding guards, there are some crawling on the ground with a pained expression while some run to the corner with fear in their eyes.
'He must be an Awakened, this will be bad!', the manager thought in panic.
Just before the manager wanted to say something,
Liliya on the side held the corner of Rex's clothes and whispers, ”It's enough, let's just find another place”
'She's older than me but acts this way, what happened to her exactly', Rex thought.
”I'm sorry sir, please follow me to your table”, the manager said politely especially after the people in the bar already started to take a video of this event.
Rex then grins, ”I don't want to be here anymore, the services of this bar is pretty low I would say. Even Awakened is treated this way, I wonder how normal people would be treated here”, he said while emphasizing every one of his words.
Awakened is not common, in fact, they are pretty rare. This accident will probably blow up because of high on the social ladder an Awakened is, the bar will be shut down in a matter of days. That's how high an Awakened is.
Cold sweat started to run down the manager's face, ”Sir, please let us apologize to you. We will give you the best treatment and you also don't need to pay”, she said with a begging tone.
She knows that if Rex leaves the bar like this, her business will crumble.
People will start judging the bar and there will be many terror from Awakened fanatic that will come to their doors.
Rex scoffed coldly, he then grabs Liliya's hand and left the bar.
Looking at this, the manager fall to her knees.
Rex leaving the bar is like seeing the bar closed forever, the problem can't be fixed anymore as she sent a death glare at the receptionist woman.
They got inside the car and settles on street food near the bar, Rex is hungry so he wanted to eat at least before Devan comes back.
He ordered satay for both of them before sitting beside Liliya,
Liliya is in a daze, she looks at the walking people blankly.
Rex too started to see the normal people living their lives, working, dating, eating, and even day dreaming as if there's no burden in their life.
He then broke the silence, ”Do you ever missed the feeling of being normal?”
Liliya snapped out of her daze and looks at Rex, ”What do you mean by that?”
”I mean, just look at them. We are trying to be more powerful by the day, Zrolis City is under siege, and we know so much that our mind can't seem to rest”, Rex chuckles as he looks at the street.
Liliya then sigh, ”If you put it like that, being normal is pretty comfortable”
”Normal people dreamt of being an Awakened or even Gifted but we wanted to become normal, isn't that ironic?”, Rex said ridiculing himself or rather the world.
”Just like a kid who can't wait to grow up, and want to be a kid again when they already become an adult”, Liliya smiles helplessly, ”Ironic indeed”
Rex felt the gloomy vibe before he claps his cheeks and said, ”Well, there's no point thinking about it. Let's eat!”, he said after seeing their satay is done.
Liliya nodded her head and takes her satay before starting to eat,
Meanwhile, Devan is in his office room that is spacious, it is the room located on top of the office.
The room is decorated minimalistically, with only his dark brown wooden working table and a seat. There are also a grey sofa to attend guests and a glass table in front of it.
There is a bathroom inside his room,
Devan is inside the bathroom, he looks at the pill in his hand and mutters, ”I hate doing this but I have to, I can't let anyone know”
He then put the pill in his mouth and drinks water, his body trembled for a couple of minutes.
After a while, the trembles stops.
He then puts his beanie back on before he adjusted his clothes and walks outside of his office,