Erik was suddenly slapped. Even though the slap wasn't strong, it was humiliating to the extreme, making him so furious that his face turned red and his teeth clenched tight.
"Big brother, have you gone crazy?"
Negut curled his lip and said disdainfully, "Another slap."
Naomi raised her hand again, but Erik already knew the woman in front of him actually dared to slap him, so he reacted quickly.
But when he tried to grab her wrist, suddenly, he saw her eyes emitting a strange purple light.
'What the hell?!' Erik's heart jolted.
His body suddenly felt as if it had been frozen, unable to move, and then…
SLAP!
The sound of Naomi's palm colliding with Erik's face rang out again, making Selina, walking beside him, flinch as well.
Erik was slapped so hard his head tilted to the side, then he looked at Naomi with an expression that was both incredulous and laced with a bit of indignation and discomfort.
"Don't look at me like that." Naomi hurriedly explained, "I was only hired to hit you. You should find him to take revenge."
As she spoke, she pointed at Negut.
Erik ground his teeth. "Big brother, do you even know what you're doing? I know you hate me, but it's only because I'm more handsome than you, I'm more talented than you, so Father and Mother care about me more, that's all."
"Because you're useless, so…"
SLAP!
"Ack!" After slapping Erik, Naomi looked at him awkwardly. "Sorry, it was just a conditioned reflex. Watching you spout nonsense, my hand automatically slapped you. I'm really sorry."
Seeing this, Negut laughed. "Hahaha… good, I'll give you another 1,000."
Naomi put on an annoyed face and said, "No need! That was just my reflex, it has nothing to do with you."
Erik had been slapped three times. Just as his patience was about to be shattered, a hand suddenly landed on his shoulder.
He jolted, and when he saw a middle-aged man standing beside him, he immediately spoke up. "Father…"
Billy gave a slight nod. Erik, as if finding light in the darkness, hurriedly shouted, "Father, I found big brother Negut. I just wanted to greet him, but he and this woman hit me. Father! I know he didn't mean it, it's only because I took all of Father's and Mother's attention that he hit me, that's all. Don't blame him."
Negut felt nauseated hearing that. Damn it, this line was so familiar, as if Nedaric had said the same thing before.
Sure enough… Erik and Nedaric, those two were exactly the same. Could it be…
Negut glanced at Selina, feeling a bit sorry for her. If she knew Erik was gay, who knew what she would think.
Being looked at by Negut with pity, Selina felt even more uncomfortable. But she could also sense that the purple-haired woman in front of her was not normal at all.
Erik continued, "Big brother, if hitting me can make you vent your anger, make you return to the family, then just keep hitting me. I… I'm your little brother after all. I don't hate you at all."
Negut: "…"
Right then, Negut truly wanted to use his own hand to slap Erik.
Damn it! This was disgusting.
"Huew!" Negut pretended to vomit.
Naomi startled and hurriedly asked, "Are you okay?"
"No, I just smelled something rotten, so I felt sick."
"Rotten?" Naomi frowned when she heard that. "I don't smell anything rotten."
"Ha~" Negut sighed, saying wearily, "That's the stench coming from someone's character. Only someone with a pure character like me can smell it. Ah! Erik, don't come near me, it stinks!"
Erik: "…"
"Father! You… you look at big brother, there are so many people here and he says my character stinks." Erik hurriedly said, looking like he was about to cry. "I know he hates me because I'm better than him at everything, but I'm his little brother. Why does he hate me so much?"
"He even used someone pretending to be Blood Dragon Lilith to trick everyone, but we didn't even force him to apologize. Father, I… I feel so sad."
"Huew!" Negut continued vomiting. He waved one hand while covering his mouth with the other, his voice a bit restrained. "Sorry, I'm allergic to people with rotten character. Sorry, don't mind me. Erik, go on."
Erik: "…"
Billy sighed at this moment and walked up to Naomi.
Erik laughed loudly inside, feeling incredibly excited as he thought his father was about to take revenge for him.
But… the next scene made him gape, unable to believe what he was seeing from his father.
Billy lowered his head slightly, his posture humble, and said softly, "It is our first meeting, Professor Naomi. I apologize for my son disturbing you."
Naomi crossed her arms over her chest, her gaze sweeping over Billy before shifting to Erik. She frowned and said, "Ah! So that's your son? I slapped him three times. Perhaps I'm the one who should apologize."
Billy hurriedly replied, "No! No! Professor Naomi, being slapped by you is his honor."
"Good! Then let me slap him two more times. I don't like the number 3, I prefer 5."
Hearing Naomi, Billy's face twisted, his expression like he had swallowed a fly, and he stammered, "That… Professor Naomi, he is my son after all, and there are many people here. If you do that, I'm afraid it won't be very appropriate."
"Huh!" Naomi said disdainfully, "And yet you just said letting me slap your son is his honor. Billy, you're the president of a guild, but you talk without any backbone. What will others think of you?"
Billy scratched his head, not daring to say anything.
Erik could only stare at Naomi now, then look at his father, his face filled with disbelief.
"Father! You…"
Billy frowned and signaled him with his eyes to shut up, then said, "Hurry and greet Professor Naomi."
"Professor Naomi? Father, you mean…"
"Now!"
Erik clenched his teeth, his heart full of resentment, but since his father was being this respectful, he couldn't be rude.
So he could only swallow that resentment and anger, lower his head, and say, "Professor Naomi."
"Huew!" Naomi pretended to vomit and stepped back. "Alright, don't come near me. Your character really stinks."
After saying that, Naomi dragged Negut away, not caring about them at all.
"Wait!"
Suddenly, a feminine voice rang out. Negut halted and turned to look at Selina.
Selina glanced at Naomi, then at Negut, frowning as she said, "I know you hate me because I chose Erik, but I hope you'll stop being so childish."
"I didn't choose you because you're useless. You're just an Awakened rank F. Even if it were someone else, they wouldn't choose a useless person like you either."
"I'm saying this because I hope you'll stop using your childish tricks to make everyone around misunderstand Erik. He's a good man, and he has great potential. He's not someone you can smear with those filthy schemes of yours."
Negut's brow twitched. He really wanted to slap Selina. Damn it! Which eye of hers saw that bastard as good? Had her eyes been contaminated already?
He was about to say something when Naomi spoke first, "Ah! Girl, I heard you used to be Negut's fiancée?"
Selina lowered her head slightly and said politely, "Professor Naomi, that is in the past."
Naomi nodded. "That's right. After all, everyone wants to move toward better things. How could I hate you?"
Hearing Naomi's words, Selina curled her lips, her face carrying provocation as she looked at Negut.
"But…" Naomi suddenly continued, "my Negut is no ordinary person. That's why it's fortunate he wasn't bound by you."
"Making him use a bus like you would be an insult to him."
"B... bus?" Of course Selina knew what Naomi meant by that phrase.
A bus, anyone can get on, anyone can get off, it refuses no one. In other words, Selina was like a whore.
"Am I wrong?" Naomi pouted. If her mask weren't covering her face, her contempt would probably have made Selina too ashamed to even look up.
Naomi laughed. "Hahaha… little girl, how you choose is your business. But you should remember… when you were a lowly dog, who was it that fed you, groomed you, made you shine like you do today?"
"And yet the moment you saw another male dog, you were like a dog in heat, immediately following that dog without caring about your owner."
Selina's face shifted from bright red to pale white, then turned purple, like neon on a seaside billboard.
Even her luxury foundation couldn't hide the extreme shame and rage plainly written across her face.
"Alright!" Naomi said with disdain. "I've said so much, you probably don't understand. If you understood, you wouldn't have done what you did. I hope that when your owner shines, you won't regret it and try to crawl back."
After speaking, without letting Selina respond, Naomi dragged Negut away, leaving Selina, Erik, and Billy standing there, frozen in place, humiliated to the extreme.
On the way to the processing area, Negut frowned and asked, "Why do you know about those things?"
That's right, he had never told anyone about what he'd been through, so how could Naomi know it all so clearly?
Naomi laughed. "Very simple. Miss Lilith investigated you. She even knows what you like to eat, and what color underwear you wear."
Negut: "…"
"Oy! I feel like my privacy has been seriously violated."
"Hahahaha… do you have privacy? Your privacy is as big as the tent in your pants in the morning."
Negut: "…"