
In the evening, John and Sandra are having a secret conversation in their birthday suit.
"John, I want Alexander exiled from this place" Sandra said with a wooing smile.
He goes to John's room to persuade him so they can evict Alex from the castle.
“That's a great idea, but how do we isolate it?” John asked while furrowing his brows.
Sandra leaned her head against John's arm and looked at his face.
“We can just ask the king. He wouldn't protect someone of such low status, would he?”
"Are you sure it'll work? I mean, the king did not show any adverse reaction to Alexander's status..."
“I heard the people who joined in our previous call were ministers of this kingdom. We can manipulate them by telling false stories.Maybe we can say Alexander took revenge on me because I dumped him in our world. Then, we can make up the lie that he actually has a tendency to act extremes. I'm sure the ministers will side with us and support us once we spread such a story..." Sandra smiled wickedly.
John thought for a moment and shook his head.
“He will be killed if you say it.”
If Alexander was someone who would take extreme measures, the king would not be satisfied just by driving him out of this castle. He would definitely consider harsher punishments such as the death penalty. Although his status was extremely low, he still had knowledge of Earth and he might come back to haunt them.
“I don't want him killed. I want to see him suffer!” said Sandra.
"He makes me sick, he's disgusting! Why would someone like him have such a sister? If I were Alexander, I would definitely control my brother well to fight my parents for my sake! After all, why would anyone be that low? He had time to learn about academia, but he chose to work part-time, learn useless things outside of school subjects, and so on."
“I see you are just frustrated with his actions. If she makes the right choice and succeeds, will you come back to her?” John glanced at him with a cold look.
"Imust be!" Sandra's body trembled before she snorted. "People like him won't do good in the future! That's why I wanted him to suffer first, so he killed himself."
"Huh. I can perfect your plan so that the king doesn't have to kill him. But I have to see how you look tonight first." John grinned before putting his hand on Sandra's thigh.
"of course. Everything you want, baby!" Sandra begins to kiss him again as a passionate night begins for them.
Meanwhile, the,
Alex silently looked at the beautiful moon outside his window. He did not have the slightest bit of emotion as if he had given up on his life. However, it was the thought of Sandra and John that kept him alive today.
After thinking things through carefully, she realized that they had no way to go home, so she could take revenge on him without making his sister suffer the consequences of his actions in the real world. However, he still did not know what to do because he was just a lowly farmer while John had become a hero.
Suddenly, the sound of knocking on the door echoed throughout his room.
*Tok Tok!*
He was startled and his body trembled for a moment because he never expected anyone would visit him, let alone in the middle of the night. Alex thinks Sandra or John may be behind the door and plans to taunt her again.
“Al... Alexander.. Can we talk?” A woman's voice rang out behind the door.
Alex opened his mouth in surprise. He recognized this voice and thought, 'Maria Fergina? Is he also going to mock me this time?'
Since Mary had never oppressed him either in the current world or in the world before, she thought it was okay to open the door first and listen to what he wanted to say.
Alex walked to the door and opened it. Maria is still wearing her uniform because she is too busy thinking about Alex and Sandra. She wanted to tell him something first before relaxing in his room.
"Please come in."
Maria looked at her expressionless face and bit her lips. He entered the room but he did not reach the chair or anything. Instead, he looked at Alex as he clenched his hands before lowering his head.
"Alexander.I want to apologize for everything that happened between you and Sandra." Maria is her childhood friend, so she feels the need to apologize on her behalf.
"It wasn't even your fault. Why are you even apologizing to me? Aren't you also against it when I was going to be Sandra's boyfriend back then?" Alex still had no expression on his face.
“At first, I was against that idea. However, I changed my mind when I heard someone say you bought her a Gold Necklace for her with your own money that you earned from a part-time job. Unfortunately, I also heard that he ruined the relationship in the worst way." Mary closed her eyes and bit her lips.
“With my own ability and status, it was good enough for me to dream of making her my girlfriend. I don't have any purpose on Earth right now. But if possible, I'd like to try to restart my life once more..." Alex said with a hint of determination in his eyes.
"If you need help, just ask me. At the very least, I can avenge all that my childhood friend has done to you."
Alex shook his head. “You don't need to do that because you won't get a chance... maybe.”.
"What do you mean?"
"There's nothing."
Alex shook his head before looking at the moon again and sighed as if he had already resigned from his destiny.
Unlike Sandra, Maria does not know the reason Alex chose not to study school subjects. In fact, she doesn't know that Alex actually reads a lot of books, but they have nothing to do with school.
"Because it's night, you better go back to your room." Alex opened the door again.
Maria stared at Alex for a few seconds before sighing. He came out of his room and said, "Congratulations, Good night, Alexander."
Alex nodded, closed the door, and walked towards the window again. He looked back at the moon.
“I may not have long in this castle. Even though she doesn't recognize me, I still understand how her personality is.. No, I might just recognize her true nature because I'm not blinded by the so-called love anymore.”.
…
The next day,
*Tok!*
Alexander woke up early because he was used to starting his day early. He thought of warming his body with some exercises. And a sudden knock made his heart skip a beat.
He reaches the door and opens it, only to find a soldier with a full body armor. The armor looked extremely shiny after reflecting the sunlight from behind it, although Alex did not have the time to care about it as the soldier said.
“King requests your presence.”
Not needing any preparation, Alex nodded.
"Lead."
"That's right here."
The guard then reached out his hand and started walking, taking Alex to the previous hall where the king, the ministers, and the four other heroes were waiting for him.
The atmosphere seemed tense as everyone showed an angry and disappointed expression. After noticing John and Sandra's mocking expressions as well as Mary's guilty face, Alex thought, 'I didn't expect this day to come so soon…'
"I'm sorry for being late" Alex said, bowing his head in pleasantries.
Knowing that the situation could not be resolved so quickly, the king decided to go straight into the chase, stating aloud.
"Mr Alexander, after a thorough discussion, we decided to expel you from the castle."
There was no change in expression on Alex's face as if he knew it was going to happen. This made the king a little upset.
"Are you not angry?" the king said as he narrowed his eyes, trying to look inside this man named Alexander Sirius.
"Not really." Alex shook his head and glanced at Sandra while thinking, After seeing her true nature, I somehow knew it was bound to happen sooner or later. Unfortunately, I cannot do a single thing and cannot even say anything.'
“Although you were banished, I am still responsible for bringing you into this world. Therefore, I will allow you to request one thing from me as compensation for this.”
The king could only shake his head, pitying Alex. He thought, 'If he has a better status, it would be more beneficial if he is protected. Unfortunately, without relying on anything, sooner or later he would die there.'
Alex thought for a moment. There was no way he could ask for anything extraordinary and to restart his life here would require…
"May I ask for money to last a while?" Alex made his request.
"Guard!" Slightly surprised by his request, he directly ordered the guards to prepare the money.
After getting the money, Alex is escorted out. He glimpsed their expressions one last time and found Mary's sad and guilty expression.
Maria could still remember what happened before and closed her eyes with regret, recalling the incident.
An hour earlier, though,
The king was having a meeting with his ministers before the guards told him.
"Your Majesty, the Hero, and his friends would like to meet you."
"Evote them to come in."
Without thinking of anything, he ordered the guards to open the gates and let them in.
The guards immediately opened the gate at his command as the king got up from his seat and asked in an excited tone.
“Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. We slept well last night.” said John humbly.
"Good! In that case, can you explain why you wanted to meet me this early?"
“We have one problem that may need your help, Your Highness.”
"Please tell. I'll help you as long as it's within my capabilities.”
The king did not know what problems he might face, even though this was only their second day in the castle.
"I want to ask His Majesty to exile Alexander Sirius."
*Gedebuk-!*
The room became quiet, and the ministers stopped whatever they were doing before looking at them in astonishment. They thought Alex was useless, but not to the point that they had to alienate him. The king had the same opinion. However, the one who was most surprised was…
"What?!" Maria suddenly shouted.
John came to him early, asking him to follow him to the king because there was important business. He did not expect that they would meet the king so that they could ask him such a request.
He had just apologized last night, but all his attempts to apologize on Sandra's behalf had gone to waste because John wanted to exile Alex. A memory of everything that had happened the day before flashed through his mind, especially the part where Alex said he had already predicted something bad would happen to him sooner or later.
*Seep—!*
Maria looks towards Sandra, who seems to be involved in this as well.she does not know that Sandra is the mastermind behind all this. He grabbed Sandra's shoulder and shook her.
"Sandra, why do you keep treating her like this? He's-"
Sandra cut it off before Maria said anything else.
“Do you not know what happened in the past between him and me?”
"What's all this about, Hero?" The king asked in confusion.
"Actually this Alexander is after my girlfriend, Sandra, in our previous world. His personality and actions really scared him. I'm also afraid he'll do something crazy to her because Alex can't resist the stress and pressure of being called here. I just want to protect my girlfriend, Your Honor."
John correctly said, but his mind said otherwise.
'One person is enough here.'
The king thought hard. Seeing how Alexander behaved yesterday, he couldn't imagine him doing something terrible. However, the minister beside him suddenly whispered.
"Your Majesty. You have to agree to his request. I am very disappointed, Alexander Sirius is a useless person. I'm sure His Majesty has the same opinion because of his status. On the other hand, if we agree to his request.the hero request, we can make him happy so that he can put in more effort in his duty. Remember, Your Majesty, good ambition will always require sacrifice."
The minister's words made sense to him. Although Alex is one of the summoned men among the heroes, he will not be a threat to her, especially in a world where power and status reign supreme. Alex might even die before he could raise his status or rank. Therefore, the hero should be his priority.
He pondered for a few minutes before looking at the heroes with a solemn expression.
“I understand. I'll grant your request.”
"Sandra!"
Maria screamed once more while shaking her childhood friend.
"It's okay, Maria. It's for a better future."
Sandra smiled wickedly while brushing Maria's hand.
Having no hope from his childhood friend, he turned to the king.
"Your Majesty, I'm sure there is no need to expel him from this place.”
The king hesitated once more. The Arch Priest was very important to him.
Suddenly Sandra pulled Maria from behind and covered her mouth with her hands.
"I'm sorry. He's a good-natured man. Please, don't listen to anything he says."
The king looked at them for a moment, he gritted his teeth and raised his hand.
"The decision is final.. Guard! Bring Alexander Sirius here!"
"Mhmmhm!"
Maria wanted to protest but to no avail.
…
As he recalled the incident, Alex had already exited the castle and walked around the city. He had yet to decide on his next move, so he planned on finding a place to stay first.
"Hi, Mister. Would you like to stay at our inn?"
A young man approached her and pointed his finger at the building behind her.
Alex looked at the plaque and found it was an inn. Without much thought, he nodded towards the boy.
"Lake in!"
The boy took her in before yelling at a middle-aged woman at the counter.
“Mother, we have customer.”
"Oh Boy!"
The mother looked very happy as if Alex was their only customer.
"I'd like to stay overnight, could you?" Alex asked.
"Of course."
He was a little surprised that Alex wanted to stay, but he immediately served him like any other customer.
"You need three coppers for one night."
Alex opened the bag he got from the king. Inside were some gold, silver, and copper coins.
In this world, money is divided into four coins: copper, silver, gold, and royal coins. 100 copper \= 1 silver, 100 silver \= 1 gold, and 100 gold \= 1 kingdom.
Therefore, the king decided to give it this way to facilitate the purchase of daily necessities.
“What's your name? I'll take note of it for you.”
“Alexander.”
The woman nodded and gave him the key.
“Your room is on the second floor, the second room on your right.”
"I'll take you to your room!"
The boy was quite happy that Alex decided to stay, so he guided him willingly.
"Thank you."
Alex nodded to the boy as he followed him upstairs and entered the room.
There is only basic furniture such as a bed with a table and chairs in it. His wardrobe is also quite small, but Alex doesn't care much about it.
The energy that kept him going all this time finally vanished as Alex fell onto the bed.
"What should I do now? I don't have anyone to rely on or have a good talent to progress further. My first goal was to survive in this world, but how could I do that?"
Alex turned and looked at the ceiling.
Suddenly, a blue screen appeared before him.
[Starting the Fortune Gacha System.]
[1%… 20%… 70%… 100%]
[Initiation complete.]
[Greetings, Host.]