NOVEL WEB Chapter 130: A Harem, not-Harem...?
Sasha, suddenly feeling more competitive when around this new contender than with the younger girls, wore what she thought to be her most appealing dress on this outing. Though, when Cassius discreetly headed into the convenience store to get the lotto ticket stuff settled, Sasha harrumphed before crossing her arms underneath her ample valley tops.
Hellion, confused, stared at this blonde MILF in bewilderment.
After Cassius 'cashed' in the winnings, he, along with the girls, made their way over to a few real-estate agencies. To onlookers, when they saw a man as beautiful as him surrounded by several model-level women, their first assumption was that he swung the other way and was one of the 'girlfriends.' However, of the starstruck men that walked over and shot their shots to those they fancied, everyone soon came to realize that the man was, in fact, not… gay!
Every time an interested guy approached one of the girls, that same girl, even if it were Sasha or Hellion, would immediately latch onto Cassius's arm. Some of the more shameless guys even tried hitting on different girls after failing with their first choice, yet that only made more of the girls cling to Cassius.
Now, either this man was their dude repellent, or he was an absolute… Chad!
While observing their dynamics, multiple people noticed how unresponsive Cassius was to guys flirting with any of the girls in his party. As long as the guys didn't take things too far, he didn't seem to care. This led them to believe that he was just that much more of a… Chad! There was no other explanation!
If this handsome man was, in fact, in with the girls, then he would definitely be more emotional and even take great offense to the guys hitting on his girlfriends. However, seeing as that wasn't the case, it became abundantly obvious that his 'girlfriends' were the real article kind of girlfriends!
In conclusion, handsome man had harem → was Chad!
And somehow, this scenario made even unrelated girls swoon over the suave, devilishly handsome man. For some reason, girls seemed to like it when other girls were interested in a man. This upped his value or something like that.
Yet, when it came to girls approaching Cassius, this was an entirely different ballpark. None of the gals in his party tolerated even slightly flirtatious glances, let alone full-out flirting sessions. They usually worked together to scare away the homewreckers when this occurred.
And like that, the day passed rather smoothly, with any lecherous fellows and ladies eventually stopping their pursuit. Cassius and the gang also found the house they were going to purchase. It had three stories, over ten bedrooms, and six bathrooms. Moreover, it also had an outdoor pool and jacuzzi, as well as a neat patio.
For a meager half a million, it was certainly impressive.
Though, it was believed to be just the tiny bit… haunted… However, that was more of an unlikely rumor than anything. There was no way the house was actually haunted…
Anywho, after taking a couple of days to settle into the $450,000 house and move everything over, Cassius also took the time to tell Grace and Bella of his relocation. They were scared at first, but after hearing that he was still in the neighborhood, they both breathed sighs of relief.
Then again, Bella and Grace didn't quite understand why Cassius and his family were moving. Their previous house was plenty big enough. And though Grace didn't think much of it, Bella found it more than a little suspicious.
'One only really moves when space is not sufficient anymore… But for that to be the case, there would need to be an increase in household occupation…'
Bella smelled sus. This would definitely require more investigating.
Grace, on the other hand, was simply happy to know that Cassius would be taking her out to more places very soon. He promised as much while they were talking, and she would be anticipating every moment up until what he said came to fruition. Experience tales at empire
As the days went by and summer break was nearing its end, Cassius began to notice something up within himself. It was subtle, but he could feel a part of him yearning for blood, of all things. He could also somewhat see through other living beings and observe what were most certainly nervous systems or the veins that connected to each other throughout one's body. This also meant he could feel their hot, pulsating blood coursing through those same veins.
It was extremely odd, to say the least.
On a plus note, when weeks had already gone by since Cassius met and defeated Hellion in HELL, he had been nonstop practicing his various techniques. He got his Basic Movements Manual to the 5th Layer, the Defend Manual to the 4th Layer, and the Attack Manual to the peak of the 4th Layer. Moreover, he advanced the altruistic |Fiendish Demon King Arts| to Greater Completion, which was just two steps away from the maximum proficiency ranking of 'Integration.'
For Techniques and Arts, they all varied greatly in terms of practice milestones. But the most prominent and commonly used milestones denoters were either Layer, Levels, and Ranks or the 'Martial Artist Technique Rankings.'
Cassius later learned of this ranking through an S-Rank Booklet of the same name that he obtained after conquering a certain Purple-rank Gate on the other side of the world. You see, as he was no longer limited to just Japan with his speed, he could cross all sorts of wide distances very easily. This made it extremely simple to clear the weakest of Purple-rank Gates, all of which were left open for the very few S-Rank Hunter Parties to farm.
In fact, because of one of the times that Cassius did this, the secret clearance of a Purple-ranked Gate in America ended up on the international headlines as the 'Incognito S-Rank Hunter Party crossing borders to steal resources from other countries.'