After Alex and Tsubaki Rurikawa left, the time that had been stopped and frozen began to flow again. For the sports car and the blonde man inside, only an instant had passed, and they had no idea what had just occurred.
Gulp—
BAM!!
Boyman stared at the baseball-capped young man and the woman he coveted, Tsubaki Rurikawa, who had vanished in a flash. He slammed on the brakes with a ghost-like expression.
He involuntarily swallowed, glancing around the empty space—the people were gone.
Even for someone as well-traveled as him, his expression was shattered, his astonishment impossible to conceal.
"What... happened?"
"Did I... hallucinate? That guy, and Tsubaki... vanished?"
Although it was the height of summer, the blonde man in the car was drenched in cold sweat, his fear palpable. "Who in the hell was that brat?"
Although Tsubaki Rurikawa had witnessed Alex's supernatural power, the fallen noble heiress, now his exclusive maid, was hopeful about her future life.
However, Alex did not intend to bestow power upon her immediately.
After all, this depended on her performance. Furthermore, while the essence obtained from sexual activities could [Amplify] attributes, the efficiency of that method was relatively slow. He needed to check his skill list and look for suitable auxiliary skills.
[Essence Points]: 50
The 50 red hearts accumulated over the past few days were enough to purchase skills. Alex was preparing for a major shopping spree, but before that...
"Natsumi, I won't be coming home today. Yes, yes, due to some matters, I'm currently in the Nerima area..."
"Alex, where will you be staying tonight? The Tsubaki Hara residence?" The gentle and charming voice of Mrs. Natsumi came through the phone.
"I'm going to stay in Shinjuku."
"Shinjuku? Alex, you aren't thinking of going to the Kabukicho district there, are you..."
The Kabukicho street in Shinjuku was quite famous.
Alex: "..."
"What kind of person do you take me for? Absolutely not! I plan to stay in the apartment building Mira gave me for a few days," the young man said, a little exasperated. "Tell Makoto and Ai that for me later."
Tsubaki Rurikawa, walking behind Alex, quietly watched the back of the young man, listening to his conversation on the phone. She was discreet and said nothing, but noted mentally that he seemed to have a lot of girls around him.
"Alright, let's go. I'll arrange a place for you to live."
Is it the apartment he just mentioned?
"And by the way, we'll pick up your parents too..."
Alex's words were cut short. Tsubaki Rurikawa's voice became a little desolate as she shook her head. "They are staying in the hospital."
"Oh," Alex realized. "No wonder. With your parents hospitalized and the family saddled with debt, it's no wonder you were under such pressure. If I hadn't shown up, you might have been desperate enough to agree to that man's terms and sell yourself to him."
Tsubaki: "..."
That's right. If my Master hadn't appeared, my only way out would have been to bow and submit to Boyman... However, there are no "ifs" in this world, and she was very satisfied with this outcome.
"Don't worry about the money. I'll let Mira... Tsk, why do I feel like I'm relying on a rich girl while maintaining a tough stance?" He abruptly shook his head. "Forget it. The family debts and financial problems are yours to solve."
Huh?
"Once you have the power, you can just take back everything your family lost from the Boyman family yourself," Alex waved at her. "At that time, not only your family's assets, but that man's family assets as well—"
"Yes..."
At that time, I will reclaim everything I lost, and then... The girl looked at the young man's figure, pursing her beautiful thin lips, and then present it to my Master.
It had to be said that immediately upon becoming a maid... her ideological awareness was indeed high. Alex hadn't even started to train her yet.
"We'll talk about that later. For now... let's make a trip to Akihabara to buy you some maid outfits."
"..."
Tsubaki Rurikawa had already acknowledged her current status. It was normal for her, as a maid, to change into a maid uniform. But why Akihabara?
The two took the subway to Akihabara and shopped until dusk. The fallen noble lady was already wearing a maid outfit. Fortunately, since they were outside, Tsubaki Rurikawa's maid uniform was a rather conservative black and white design.
The long skirt covered her knees, the long sleeves reached her wrists, and her small, jade-white hands even wore gloves. It was truly covered from head to toe.
However, this attire was also quite attractive. Even without showing any alluring skin, Tsubaki Rurikawa's beauty and aloof demeanor made her stand out. The elegant and cold maid became the center of attention on the subway, with many people glancing her way.
Alex even sensed several lecherous gazes.
He turned his head and spotted a few perverts with filthy looks, then used [Absolute Control] to make them walk to a corner and start making out with each other. Watching those perverts embrace each other in horror, unable to scream, the surrounding attention was immediately diverted to them.
Alex sneered twice and turned back to the girl beside him, looking at the maid headband on her head.
"Wearing so much, aren't you hot?"
"I'm fine..." Tsubaki Rurikawa blinked and looked down at her black long skirt. "This is the proper attire for a traditional maid."
The unspoken meaning was that those short, excessively revealing, and erotic maid uniforms were not traditional. In a sense, she wasn't wrong. Alex stroked his chin. "Even if you say that, the other clothing we bought can't go to waste... you understand, right?"
The fallen noble lady blushed. She opened her mouth, her red lips vivid. "I, I understand... Master."
"That's good," From now on, this fallen noble lady was his exclusive maid. Alex stretched his neck and got off the subway at Shinjuku Station, taking his maid to the location of Mira's apartment building.
Alex was seeing it for the first time, and he was stunned.
A twenty-story apartment building wasn't remarkable in Tokyo, but what shocked Alex was that the entire building was Mira's property. How many units were there?
How many harem members could fit in here? If it were full, tsk tsk... He couldn't help but marvel, As expected of a rich woman.
Alex tossed the key to Tsubaki Rurikawa. "You'll be living here from now on. The entire building is ours. Let's go."
Since the apartment building was a gift from Mira to Alex, it was naturally empty of other tenants. They chose a unit on a middle floor and found that all the furniture and appliances were already installed.
Tsubaki nervously gripped her maid skirt. I am the Master's maid now. Will he... do that to me?
Although she was mentally prepared and it was her own decision, she was still a little nervous and timid.
"You should clean up. Even though you were a noble heiress before, since you've become a maid, you need to do a maid's work. You can handle the housework, right?"
"No, no problem. I can do housework."
"Good. I'm going to check out the other apartments."
Watching her Master leave, Tsubaki Rurikawa let out a sigh of relief. She looked at herself in the mirror, lost in thought.
"From now on... I am the Master's maid."