After all this was resolved, some looked at Nero in awe. Her amazing reaction and the way she took Emily was quite charming. Some men were so "thrilled" that they couldn't get up from where they were sitting for a few minutes...
"Nero, you are very agile! I was very impressed," Maia said with a smile. She became more and more intrigued by Nero and started to think that it would be a good idea to befriend her.
While the birthday party was taking place, Choko's older brother Fabio, heir to the Qin household, looked over at his sister Choko's direction and when he saw Nero, he felt his heartbeat race. He rubbed his eyes, thinking he was hallucinating and looked again. 'Beautiful, too beautiful...' he murmured dreamily in his mind as he couldn't look away.
It was not just him who was constantly looking in the direction of Nero; many other young masters of prestigious families in the city were looking at Nero with great interest.
"Nero, come with me. I will deliver my birthday present and we can leave here at any time," Choko said suddenly. She was not feeling comfortable here. If it weren't for thinking that her father would treat her mother badly afterward, she would have already left with Nero.
Choko's father was a tall man with purple hair and blue eyes and a well-shaved beard with a mustache curving upwards. He wore a navy blue blazer and a white buttoned T-shirt, with three open buttons exposing his hairy chest. He also was wearing black pants and black dress shoes.
When Choko approached her father, he barely recognized her. If it weren't for the purple hair, he wouldn't have been able to recognize her at all.
"You are the..." He tried to remember but failed.
"Father, I am Choko Qin." She had already expected this, so Choko reminded herself to tell him who she was when talking to her father. Then Choko, who was holding a small box, gave the box to her father. "Here, father, this is my birthday present for you."
"Thanks." Adam, Choko's father, laughed and received it shamelessly, and he didn't even care that he forgot she was his daughter, let alone remember her name.
Adam was known throughout the city for his strong sexual desire. He had 50 women in his harem, but he didn't think it was enough. Whenever he saw a beautiful girl, he would try his best to make her his concubine.
"Can you tell me your name, beautiful girl?" The moment he saw Nero, his eyes shone a strange light. He thought she was a bit young, but still...
"My name is Nero. It is a pleasure to meet you," Nero said politely since he was the father of her friend Choko, however, she was disgusted by the look of Adam's from seeing her body, looking like he was about to undress her with just his eyes.
"The pleasure is all mine, Nero. You are very beautiful and hot, did you know that?" Adam said with a flirtatious smile, regardless of the age difference.
"... And you are old enough to be my grandfather, did you know that?" Nero pursed her lips in disgust and couldn't help from saying that.
"Hahaha. Age is just a number, young lady. Besides, I'm much more of a man than any young man your age. In fact, I know many techniques..." Adam said ambiguously, with a malicious smile, trying to seduce Nero.
Choko, who was watching this, had smoke coming out of her head and she was biting her lower lips to keep from bursting at any time. She clenched her nails in the palm of her hand so hard that blood started to flow...
"I don't care if you know a lot of techniques or not, and I don't care if you're fiercer than men my age, because I don't want to have a relationship with any man." Nero's patience was almost at her limit; she didn't like this perverted man at all. Damn it, she was only 14 years old! Even so, this old man was drooling over her, and the people around saw and said nothing...
Seriously, if it weren't for Choko being this man's daughter, Nero wouldn't have minded teaching him a lesson.
"Choko, let's go." Nero couldn't take any more talking to this perverted, irrational man. She turned and left.
"Wait!" The moment Adam said that, the party guards barred her way.
Nero took a quick look and found these guards were at the top of level 5. Seriously, she just wanted to get out of this damn party, but did he really want to force her hand?
Okay then...
It is worth mentioning that Nero's current speed was at 93 points, and her strength was 100 points. It was almost the same strength as a person at the beginning of level 7. When she decided to act, even a level 6 would hardly be able to stop him.
*Beng!* *Beng!* *Beng!*
"Ahhhh!"
"... really hurts!"
Punching sounds and cracking bones echoed in the party hall. Seeing this, everyone covered their mouths in shock when they saw that the guards who tried to stop the pretty young girl with white hair that had pink threads, that she had defeated them all with just a few punches, causing the guards to whimper on the floor in pain.
It was so fast that the guards didn't even have time to react and defend themselves.
"I'm going." Nero didn't even bother to turn around and continued walking, passing the moaning bodies lying on the floor as if nothing had happened.
"Wait for me!" Choko left her stupor, and ran after Nero, trying to catch up with her.
She couldn't blame Nero for being so indignant. After all, her father, who was an old man over 50, was hitting on Nero, and even when she rejected him and wanted to leave, he didn't want her to leave.
Adam took a deep breath and felt sweat trickle down his forehead. He himself did not expect this young girl to be so powerful. For the speed with which she moved, she should be at least level 7, right?
'My God, who the hell did I offend?' Adam thought he needed to have a serious talk with his daughter of whom he didn't even remember the name anymore.
"Hey, you over there." Adam pointed to a young man who was not far away.
"Yes?" The young man felt nervous in the presence of the Qin Clan Patriarch.
"What was the name my daughter said she had?" He asked.
"It's Choko Qin, Patriarch Adam," the young man responded quickly. He dared not be slow.
"Oh... Go ahead." After that, the atmosphere of Patriarch Adam's birthday party got heavy for a while, but he went to Maia Qin to go up on stage and say that she would sing a song for her father, and the atmosphere started to get better.
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"Wait for me..." Choko's voice was heard by Nero, who turned and stopped walking.
"I'm sorry. I ended up messing up everything," Nero said, apologizing to her.
"No, I owe you an apology. My father was wrong to do what he did; he even wanted to use the guards to stop you. I understand your anger." Choko sighed with regret. She started to regret having asked Nero to come with her.
She should have guessed that this would have happened if her father saw Nero, but before, it hadn't even crossed her mind. After all, Nero was very young, and although her father was a pervert, he didn't have women that young. At least, not that she knew of...
"Okay, let's forget about it. I think I better leave your house and look for an inn." Nero, after all, no longer trusted that she could stay safely in the Qin Clan village. She wouldn't be able to sleep if she did.
"This..." Choko didn't know what to do. She wanted to say that it would be okay, that Nero could continue sleeping in her house, but she herself didn't know what her father was capable of doing. Reflecting a little, she said, "I'm going with you! I know where there is a great inn. We can rent a room and sleep together... What do you think about that?"
"Are you sure?" Nero asked.
"Yes, I am. I have already decided. I know that my mother will understand," Choko said, decisively.
"Okay." Nero did not deny her. She confessed to herself that she would feel safer if Choko was with her. After all, she still felt like an outsider in an alien world.
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{Edited by: Azurtha}
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