Apocalypse After

As Long as it is Profitable Enough

“A .. What?”

Gery looked at Alexander with a look of disbelief on his face. Due to the sudden meeting and the sudden speech of the man in front of her, she was completely unable to respond.

Instead, Alexander began to cut the steak into several small pieces. After that, he took off his mask and started eating. Completely ignored Gery who was in front of him.

Seeing Alexander's actions, Gery suddenly realized something.

“So you really found me just to mock my failure!” said it.

Alexander's hand stopped. The man raised his face. He looked at Gery as if he was looking at a rare primate with such a low level of intelligence.

“Are you really stupid? Your previous intelligence was swept away with a blizzard?” alexander.

Alexander's voice sounded flat, but the words that were thrown from his mouth actually pierced right at the most painful part. Directly made Gery dumbfounded, to the point that the corner of his lips twitched as he did not know what to say.

After a while, Gery became calmer. Taking a deep breath, the middle-aged man finally asked, “So what do you mean, Mr V?”

“As I said before,” replied Alexander.

“...” Gery was silent again.

“I want you to work for me. Not only because we are old acquaintances, but because I also acknowledge your abilities. So don't think I'm being merciful or trying to demean you. That's it,” Alexander said.

“But this place is different. I don't have the connection you need. In a foreign place like this, I was completely helpless. Besides, I almost lost everything due to that wave of beasts,” Gery replied with a grim expression.

“At least you still have your life and your whole limbs. If you lose everything, just restart and collect from scratch again. It's not as easy as mere speech, but at least I'm pretty sure you can do it.” Alexander said clearly, even his voice was a little more resolute than before.

Hearing Alexander's words made Gery feel surprised. At first, the middle-aged man felt that his prime had ended. Ever since the chaos occurred and receiving a hard blow, he could finally only accept the fate to live in a place like this. Living a bleak old age while reminiscing about some of the successes of the past. However, Gery really did not expect that there were still people who believed him at the time when he suffered a setback like this.

Gery wanted to say many sentences, but in the end only two words were spoken from his mouth.

“Thank you.”

Looking at Gery's teary eyes, Alexander immediately pointed at the middle-aged man's face with a fork in his right hand.

“Stop putting on such a disgusting expression. Also, you might thank me for getting you through the trouble. But you have to remember Gery, if you make a mistake or the performance drops past the standard limit ...

I won't hesitate to leave you.”

Seeing Alexander's cold gaze, not only did he not feel afraid, Gery instead looked full of fighting spirit. The middle-aged man nodded with a stern expression.

“Send everything to me, Boss!”

***

Four days later, in front of the gate of Shelter 1.

“Merchant?”

An officer looked at the six people in front of him with a suspicious expression on his face. Of the six people in front of him, there appeared to be a man and five women.

One of them was a silver-haired man, had a handsome face and wore a cover on his right eye. She wore beautiful clothes, and had pretty striking beautiful eyes.

Other than the man, there was a female knight wearing a mask. Behind him, there were two twin women in hunter clothes. Meanwhile, there were also two beautiful women behind the man.

“Ah! My name is Faust Vermillion. Behind me are two of my servants who survived this mess, Jane and Nene. While here is my most beautiful and powerful wife, Aura Vermillion and two colleagues, Aster and Daisy.”

Hearing the man's introduction, both the shrewd language and the friendliness that seemed like a professional merchant made many people nod. However, many guards stared at Faust with dissatisfied expressions.

‘So this is said to like to eat soft rice?’

Thought the guards who saw Faust. The man was clearly more dependent on his woman, the kind of useless and unreliable man. Although useless, but it still made them a little envious.

‘Must be his wife is ugly. Yes ... surely that's the reason why this woman covered her face.’

The guards thought of various reasons to console themselves. Meanwhile, Faust who felt the change in their expressions seemed even more excited.

“You know, my meeting with my wife was arguably an unexpected fate. When the trading group I led had a beast attack, he and his two companions helped me. Although this is not the kind of story of the prince who saved the princess, instead the opposite .. it is still very memorable.”

Faust stroked his chin, thinking very hard. Ignoring the angry and jealous expressions of the guards, he turned his head towards Aura then jumped towards her.

“Didn't that, dear? We-Ugh!”

Aura avoided her husband's embrace easily. When the man was about to fall down, he immediately pulled the back collar of the man's neck. The woman then glanced towards the guards.

“Is the inspection done?” ask Aura.

“O-Oh! The examination is done. Please go to the next office. You can talk about which place to rent,” said the guard who was a little surprised by the scene ‘romantis’ in front of his eyes.

“No! Let go of me, honey. At least don't let your husband lose his dignity. Even like this, I am still the head of our Vermillion Family.”

In front of the shocked eyes of a dozen guards, Aura dragged Faust away to the home rental office. The view of ‘romantis’ really refreshes everyone's view. Too big so it's hard to forget.

***

A few hours later, in District 4,

“Uhuk! Thank you for your help. If there is a chance, I will invite you to drink.”

Faust stood in front of the door while tidying up his tie. The man spoke with a polite expression, his face looked handsome and bright.

Meanwhile, the person who drove them to choose the house looked at Faust with an astonished expression. The image of the handsome man being dragged into the office still stuck clearly in their minds. There really was no family majesty at all.

After exchanging a few words, those people left.

Faust who saw the person leave finally went inside the house to tidy up their luggage. When he closed the door, the bright expression and smile on the man's face disappeared. The color of his hair and eyes changed.

Faust, or rather Alexander walked towards Aurora and the four other women who were busy unpacking their luggage.

The man chose a place to sit. After sitting down, he let out a long breath.

“My face is a little sore. It seems I still need a lot of practice,” he said.

Hearing Alexander's complaint, the five women did not deny it at all. Among them, Aurora suddenly opened her mouth.

“I know the identity you set is very good to be used as a disguise. However, I still wonder how you can do it. I mean, such an identity cannot be made out of nothing. Why would people from the Ervens Family want to help you?” aurora.

“Of course because of its benefits.”

Alexander who propped up his chin glanced towards Aurora and the other four women. A playful smile appeared on his face as he continued.

“As long as the price is enough and mutually beneficial, nothing is impossible.”

>> Connect.