Chapter 58 - A Not So Simple World

Time slowly passed by and soon it's time for everyone to go.

Nathan waved his hand as cars left one by one.

"Are you not going yet?" Riding inside her car, Irish asked while looking at Nathan through the window.

Smiling a little, Nathan said, "No, I still have things to do. I'll be going later."

"Ahh, is that so?" With a sad voice, Irish reluctantly nodded, "I'll be going first then. Take care of yourself, okay?"

Nathan felt his heart skip a beat after seeing the caring appearance that Irish is showing.

But his face still stays calm.

"Yeah, don't worry. You also take care of yourself."

A bright smile appeared on Irish face after hearing Nathan's words.

She cheerfully replied, "Oum!"

Before she drove away.

With all the people from the club gone, Nathan turned around and entered the cafe again.

He did not stop and continued walking into the deeper part of the cafe, the Manager's Office.

While walking, seeing that no one is around, Nathan took out the glasses of all-seeing from his storage.

*Dong Dong Dong!*

Knocking gently, he opened the door without waiting for a reply from the inside.

Joseph was surprised, "Sir, why are you here again? Do you have something that you want to tell me?"

"Just stand there for now," with his eyes on Joseph, Nathan wore the glasses.

Suddenly, an inky black shadow-like thing tightly coiling around Joseph's body appeared before Nathan's eyes!

This surprised Nathan!

Hurriedly using Appraisal on it, only then did he learn the true identity of that 'shadow'.

[Spirit Leech: A curse that will continuously suck it's target's life energy and spirit until he/she ends up as a dried up corpse.]

A turmoil erupted inside Nathan's head seeing that appraisal result.

At the same time, he can't help but get mad at whoever did this to his people.

Removing the glasses, everything returned to normal, but Nathan knows that the curse is still there, sucking Joseph's as well as the other employee's life energy.

Taking a deep breath, Nathan stopped his agitation that was about to erupt.

Back to his calm demeanor, Nathan nodded, "Joseph, come and follow me outside. We will get rid of the problem in my Cafe."

After saying that, Nathan turned around without waiting for Joseph to respond.

Joseph was weirded out by Nathan's behavior and stood there in a daze, only after Nathan left, did he return to himself.

"Ye-yes, sir!" Joseph hurriedly followed.

Outside the cafe, at the parking lot.

Nathan stood alone.

Joseph also arrived a few seconds after.

"Sir, what is it that you need me for?" He asked,

"Yes, there's something I'm curious about." Crossing his hands, Nathan turned his eyes to the hanging small bell decoration near the entrance of the cafe.

"Who placed that bell there?"

Following Nathan's gaze, Joseph saw what he's talking about.

"Oh, that's me, sir. Is there a problem with that?" He was puzzled at Nathan's inexplicable question.

Not knowing when, the glasses were again worn by Nathan as he looked intently into the bell.

He saw a ghastly shadow much like the one coiling on Joseph covering the bell.

And if you look carefully, you can see that there's a lot of thin black lines around that shadow. One of those leads into the one on Joseph.

He used appraisal to see what kind of item that really is.

[Name: Death Parasite Bell

Rank: Epic

Details: A bell used by a master of curse to nurture a Death Parasite and harness its power. By placing the bell in a place that you want to use it's power, it will put the Spirit Leech curse into those who stay within its range for a long time.]

He squinted his eyes, 'So that is the reason for all this.'

Unhurriedly taking off his glasses, Nathan calmly spoke,

"The problem? That bell is the problem."

The look on Joseph's face changed after hearing that.

"The bell? But that's just a gift from an old man that I gave free coffee to, how could the problem be from that?" Disbelief was obvious in the tone of Joseph's voice.

Nathan shook his head.

He can't blame him, what he said came out of nowhere. Anyone would be confused by it.

Also, knowing that your good deed was repaid with a curse, who won't be in disbelief, right?

Turning his eyes back into the bells, a solemn expression appeared on his face.

"That is not just a simple decorative bell." Nathan's gaze fell into Joseph, and suddenly asked, "Do you know of curses?"

"Curses?" Confused, Joseph opened his eyes wide, "You mean, curse as in those that can hurt people?"

Affirming his guess, Nathan nodded and pointed at the bell.

"That bell is a kind of container for a living curse. It's effect is to curse the people that remained inside it's range for a long period of time."

As he listens, Joseph's eyes grow wider and wider until it seems to pop out.

"So that's why only employees of the Cafe got cursed." He mused.

Hearing the muttering from Joseph, Nathan nodded his head, "Correct, this thing is simply targeting the employees who stay in the shop for a long time."

An ugly expression appeared on Joseph's face, "How dare they do this… don't they ever let me know who did this or else, they will experience something they won't like."

But something made Nathan curious, so he asked, "Joseph, I'm quite curious about something."

"What is it, sir?" He took a deep breath as he calmed down his agitation.

"Why does it seem like the existence of curses is not a surprise to you?" Nathan asked, his hand on his chin with a thoughtful look on his face.

"Oh, that," Joseph casually said, "It was because, in the society of the elites, this kind of magical profession is not a secret."

"Really?" Nathan's eyes widened a little, he did not expect that in this plain world that seems like everything is normal, magical professions actually exist!

Curious, he said, "Tell me more about it."

But remembering that he still have something to deal with, he added,

"Next time."