Capítulo 39: A New Apartment
The ride back to Carl's city was a quiet one. Neither Isabella nor he spoke much during the drive, only some occasional comments when passing through some towns or interesting places.
Carl even stopped at the same restaurant he had been at when going to Isabella. A different waiter was present, and nobody seemed to remember him, which was as he had expected, after all, a superhuman beating up five people and telling the police that the waitress was an accomplice was bound to be taken seriously.
After all, no matter who the superhuman was, no matter whether he was a hero, a villain, or a lone wolf, such a person commanded respect, and the police would take whatever happened to him seriously. After all, a superhuman could, in most cases, only be defeated by another superhuman.
The police, even the army, could do little against powerful superhumans. Those that belonged to grade A and above were deemed as walking catastrophes as even a B-grade villain such as Nacht could destroy so much of an entire city by himself in such a short period of time.
'Hey, where are the rewards, I finished the mission, haven't I?'
[ Technically, Isabella has still not joined the agency, not officially at least, so the mission still counts as 'ongoing', not as complete. ]
Carl sighed as he waited for the food while Isabella was on her phone. She glanced at him, thinking that maybe he was sighing because she was constantly on the phone, but realized that wasn't the case as she saw him staring at the waiter that was bringing them their food.
Carl and Isabella both ate and as expected, Isabella's appetite was even larger than his. After all, as a C-grade villain whose ability could already place her at B-grade, her body was strong and it needed nourishment.
Many of those that had become superhuman in the past had the same issue, and that was food. After all, the stronger one became, the more food they would need, and if given normal food to eat, an S-grade hero or villain could eat the same amount as 20 people or more for a single meal.
Of course, that problem had been dealt with, but that was a story for the future.
It was already afternoon when Carl arrived back at his apartment. Upon seeing the place where he lived, Isabella frowned before stopping and staring at Carl.
"You tricked me, didn't you?"
"What?"
"You're seriously expecting me to believe that you live in such a dump and are a C-grade handler?"
"Ohhh, that," Carl said before scratching the back of his head.
"Well, you see, I was recently promoted twice in quick succession thanks to my record, and I didn't really have a need to live in a nicer place before, which is why I'm still here, don't worry, the inside is much better than the outside."
Isabella narrowed her eyes but decided to follow Carl who went up the stairs and reached his floor, only to stop as a familiar figure was standing in front of his door and looking at him with a smile on her face.
"Missed me?" Carla asked as she smiled at Carl who smiled nervously.
"Ohh, I heard you went to recruit a new villain, is that her?" Carla asked before approaching the two. She put her hand on Carl's cheek before suddenly giving him a kiss and then moving past him and looking at Isabella.
"Hello Isabella, my name is Carla, I'm Carl's girlfriend, nice to meet you."
"You're not my girlfriend."
"Don't mind him, he is a bit shy at times, doesn't like telling people about our relationship and such," Carla said before grabbing Isabella by the hand and moving to the apartment with her.
"Now, you can stay with him if you want to, or with me, I live right next to him, and no worries, I also work for the agency, so you can rest assured that any secret of yours will be safe with me."
"Hey, since when do you live next to me?!" Carl asked Carla who glanced at him.
"Since a couple of days ago silly, but that doesn't matter, while you were away, I have given myself the liberty of remodeling your apartment a bit, it was a bit too boring before."
"I'm pretty sure what you did is illegal."
"Most of the things we do every single day are illegal." Carla winked at Carl before putting the key in and opening the door of his apartment before going in with Isabella.
Carl got in right after and was stunned by what was in front of him.
His living room was decorated with two leather couches and a leather sofa, the expensive leather, there was a huge TV on his wall, his kitchen was now new as well, gone were the old cupboards that were nearly falling apart, now everything was made out of real wood, and he had a new fridge, stove, microwave and more.
He got in the bathroom quickly and saw that everything there had changed, as did his bedroom where a large bed waited for him, together with a large wardrobe, nightstands, a TV that came out of the bed, and more.
"This is …" Carl's mouth was wide open as he looked at his apartment, barely being able to recognize it anymore. He suddenly opened his wardrobe and was relieved to see that all of his clothes were still there, together with some new ones as well.
"Don't worry, I didn't throw anything out, well, except for your furniture and appliances, there was no space left for them after I got you new ones, I took the liberty of getting you some new clothes and shoes too," Carla said as Isabella stared around the apartment as well.
"And for the best part, this!" Carla suddenly said as she showed a door that was installed next to Carl's bedroom.
She opened the door, which led directly to her living room.
Previously, the only thing there was storage. It was the small hallway between Carl's bedroom and the bathroom, but the small storage area was gone, replaced by an entrance to her apartment.
"How the hell were you able to even make such changes?" Carl asked Carla who smiled warmly.
"I just bought the two apartments silly, and told them that my brother lives here and we wanted to be able to move from the other's apartment with ease," Carla said as Carl stared at her.
"So, that means, you're my new landlord?"
"Yes, but no worries, you won't need to pay me rent," Carla said as she glanced at Reign and smirked at him.
"Anyway sweetheart, me and Carl will probably be staying in the same room, and he probably wishes to be in his own room, although it is quite different compared to how it used to be."
"I can stay in yours, no problem, I like it more anyway!" Isabella said as she got her bags.
"I'm going to unpack, is there a place where I can put my stuff in?"
"Of course, there's an empty wardrobe on the left," Carla said, prompting Isabella to nod before going to the bedroom.
"You know, everything that you've done is a serious breach of privacy Carla," Carl said in an annoyed voice as Carla smiled before appearing in front of him and putting her hands over his neck.
"Don't be like that, I've only made this place nicer, had I known you were planning on moving, I honestly wouldn't have bothered, but that doesn't mind, tell me, where do you want to go, I'll buy the building, that way, we won't have any annoying neighbors or anyone that would get on our nerves."
"Oh, and you can let all the other girls live in the building, wouldn't that be fun?!" Carla asked Carl with stars in her eyes, which made the latter blink numerous times as he imagined what she was saying, only to shake his head.
"Are you using your powers on me again?"
"No, this time it was just you and your naughty mind," Carla said before giving Carl a quick kiss and whispering in his ear.
"Don't forget about what you owe me though, I'm not going to let you get away tonight, you're lucky you brought her, otherwise neither of us would be wearing clothes right now."
Carla's words, as well as her smell, made Carl's mind spin before he stepped back.
"Alright, calm down, I have something to ask you, a favor."
"Oh, a favor, and how will you pay me back I wonder?" Carla asked as she licked her lips. The door of the bedroom opened suddenly as Isabella came out.
"Unpacked."
"That was … fast," Carla said, to which Isabella smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, I know, I unpack quickly."
"Alright, the favor I was about to ask is about her," Carl said as he pointed at Isabella, making Carla raise an eyebrow.
"I'm interested, what is it?"
"She's going to join the agency with me as her handler, I don't want anybody forcing her to do anything she doesn't want to do, now, I know that is asking a lot and that you might not be able to "
"Deal, don't worry, even if top villains or executives wish to do anything, I'll make sure they won't dare to," Carla said as she put her hand on Isabella's shoulder.
"She's going to join the main lab, for the flux research."
"Ohh, well that's nice, the lab is located on a different continent, but they have a teleportation station there, and one nearby this place, so you'll be able to go and come back each day with relative ease," Carla said, making both Carl and Isabella stare at her.
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