CHAPTER 28: CHAPTER 28: DOOM BRINGER [1]

32C Albert Street.

In order to prevent the same problem from happening again, while Hans was treating Caster’s wound, Kael took the opportunity to meet the boy’s mother.

The meeting with Caster’s father had not gone smoothly, so the meeting with the mother must have been a success.

Otherwise, not only would the boy die, but all the people of the 20th floor and most of the Rankers on this floor would also die.

"Where the hell am I?"

With a bewildered look, he glanced around, feeling as if he was in a dream.

Yes, the place where Kael was standing was nothing more than a red light district.

Where prostitutes were everywhere, soliciting men and satisfying their needs

So this was the place where the woman who gave birth to Caster lived?

"Maybe... I understand what happened."

The man and woman that Caster called his parents weren’t even a real family.

Before the child was born, his father and mother had an affair, and Caster’s birth was a mistake they couldn’t erase.

’Damn it, then why did they give birth to him?’

He clenched his fists so tightly that a few small wounds appeared.

So this was the reason the child had to grow up in an orphanage, and the reason the paper he kept had two addresses?

Kael took a deep breath, trying to calm himself.

No matter what Caster’s past or what kind of people his parents were, he couldn’t spare the time to think about it now.

He had more important things to do.

Knock knock knock.

He knocked on the door three times.

Less than a minute later, a lazy-looking woman with a cigarette in her mouth walked out from inside.

No matter how one looked at it, her face bore some resemblance to Caster’s.

There was no doubt that this was the boy’s mother.

And to be honest, she was really beautiful.

Because even he was momentarily stunned by her beauty.

’No wonder that man cheated on his wife with this woman.’ He thought.

"Who are you?"

The woman glanced at Kael from top to bottom, as if assessing how much money he had.

What a gold digger.

"Hello, my name is Kael Draven, may I talk to you for a moment?"

"Talk? To be frank, you want to spend the night with me, right?"

She sneered, and extinguished the cigarette that was puffing on her lips.

"You have a good eye, young man. Because I am the most beautiful woman in this red light district, both in terms of face and skills~"

It seemed like she misunderstood something.

The woman took a step forward, closing the distance between them, and slowly brought her hand closer to his face.

"But unfortunately, today is my day off, so if you still want to, come back tomorrow~"

But before her fingers had a chance to make contact with Kael’s flawless face, he quickly held it back.

"I didn’t come here because of that. It was for something else."

"Oh~ What is it?"

Her voice still sounded really charming, able to make many men fall in love instantly, but he was a special case.

He wasn’t interested in whores.

"You have a child named Caster, right? I have something to say about him."

The woman paused.

Then, very quickly, her face became much more serious.

But unlike that man, her eyes didn’t show any hatred or disgust.

It was possible that she was acting, but that was none of Kael’s business.

"Come in."

***

It was a rather dark room, not much light, and there wasn’t much furniture besides a bed, a kitchen, and a dressing table.

There was one thing about this place that Kael couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable about, and that was the smell of sweat that still lingered in the air.

He could tell just by smelling it that something had happened not long ago.

Caster’s mother lit a cigarette, the only source of light in this place, and took a drag.

She pondered for a long time, as if recalling some distant memory.

"How has he been lately?" The woman finally spoke.

"...His life wasn’t going well at all before. But lately, he’s been getting better."

But tomorrow, Caster would be killed, by Kael himself.

"Is that so...?"

"..."

"Sigh. It’s been a long time since someone told me the name Caster. It’s a long story, I wonder if you’re interested in hearing it, Kael?"

"Sorry, I’m not interested in that."

"Oh?"

The woman opened her eyes wide, looking at him with a puzzled expression.

"Then what are you doing here?"

Kael didn’t answer right away, but took out a thick wad of money and held it out to the woman.

"I want to hire you. Take this money and spend a day with the boy, like a mother and son do. As for the rest of the money, you can keep it."

That was his plan.

After meeting Caster’s father, he asked himself:

’What if his mother is like that too?’

The solution was simple.

Just gave her money and hired her.

Caster’s mother would play the role of a perfect and exemplary mother, just for one day.

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Question: But, isn’t that a lie? If Caster finds out, how will he react?

Answer: It will only be a lie when the person being deceived finds out. Otherwise, everything will be fine.

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The woman picked up the stack of money and started counting.

As the seconds passed, her smile became brighter.

"What do you think? Do you agree? After all, this amount of money is even more than what you earned from sleeping with 10 men."

Although she was called a whore, the woman still managed to keep a professional smile on her face, not going crazy.

She opened her mouth and said in a gentle voice:

"Of course. But may I ask why you did that? What is your relationship with that boy?"

"...We are friends, as for the other question, I won’t answer."

He stood up and turned away.

"You are someone I paid a large sum of money to hire, so do your job well."