Chương 29: First Meeting With Emma

While Rain was driving his vehicle toward his home, he heard some system messages. As he was driving, he decided to read them after he arrives at his home.

***

After driving his vehicle for some time, Rain reached his home in the evening.

'Phew.. just in time.'

Before entering his home, he stored his concealment robe and artifacts in the space ring, so that nobody get suspicious of him.

After all, he didn't want to drown into the questions from anyone.

Rain parked his Space Sprinter in the parking area of the mansion.

He remembered that he had got some system messages while he was driving. So he opened System to see the messages.

►[Congratulations to Host for clearing the F class gate alone. You have managed to do an unprecedented feat. The worth of applause.]

►[Reward: Skills - Unyielding Mind (Passive Skill) ]

►[It's detected that host has Calm mind skill.]

►[The fusion of two skills will commence now.]

►[Calm mind + Unyielding Mind = Impenetrable Mind (Passive Skill)]

Rain was astonished after reading all the notifications. He thought that system was stingy and didn't give rewards this time.

However, he didn't think system would give him a new skill.

Rain opened the skill window to see a description of his new skill.

►[Impenetrable Mind (Passive Skill): This skill provides a high level of mental fortitude, enabling an individual to resist external influences and maintain a strong, clear mind. An individual with an impenetrable mind defense can withstand various forms of mental attacks, such as mind control, hypnosis, and mental manipulation.]

'So awesome'

He closed the system windows and started walking towards the entrance of the main building. While he was walking, he observed other vehicles parked in the garage.

'Compared to my vehicle, other people's vehicles here are sure fashionable and high-tech versions. It's because I never cared about those things in the past. But now maybe I should also buy a new vehicle soon.'

Rain was quite happy, he was thinking of buying a new version of [Quantum Racer].

***

As soon as Rain entered the mansion, he noticed two girls having a conversation in the lobby.

Their beauty was comparable to that of "A-class" actresses in Rain's previous world.

One of the girls was Rain's sister, "Kaya Holmes", who had her hair styled in an up-side braid and was dressed in a dark blue outfit. Her smile was mesmerizing and could easily win the hearts of many men.

However, we shouldn't see the person's outer shell. In her mind, there are only rants to kill that evil organization and for that this mad woman will do anything.

'Nice words and a nice appearance don't conclude that someone is nice. Sometimes the nicer they look, the more deceptive they are.'

Rain was not surprised to see his sister in the mansion because she lived there with him.

However, he was taken aback by the person she was conversing with - "Emma Rose". Emma was Rain's childhood friend, fiancée, first love, and "number one heroine". Her "pink hair" was tied in a ponytail, and she had a gentle and cheerful face, reminiscent of a rose.

Despite her beauty, she had a hidden strength and toughness, just like the thorns on a rose.

From Emma's appearance, Rain was reminded of a heroine from an anime he had watched in his previous life, who was also stunningly beautiful, terribly dumb, and useless.

He initially thought he wouldn't be affected by the beauty of Emma and his sister, but he was proven wrong. It wasn't an attraction that he felt towards them, but a deep sense of emotion and nostalgia.

'Bah.. Bah.. Bah,, what kind of broken nostalgia is this? vomit..'

Rain quickly used clam mind skill.

As Rain watched the two women talking, his mind was consumed with thoughts of what would happen next.

'Will they try to humiliate me again?'

As soon as they saw Rain coming from the entrance, the two girls stop talking and the atmosphere took a sharp turn for the worse.

Emma's smile disappeared, and her face became filled with contempt and disgust. This was a striking contrast to her earlier demeanor, and it didn't suit her at all.

Kaya, on the other hand, wore a mocking expression that didn't suit her face either.

The two girls quickly walked away into Kaya's room, slamming the door in Rain's face. Rain was left standing there, feeling confused.

'Although I don't want to brag. But compared to others I am more handsome and even if I am ugly, it's rude to slam the door in someone's face.' Rain was thinking about his human rights and morals.

Soon Mark came and greeted him, and then Rain came out of his thoughts and started walking towards his room.

He looked a little absent-minded.

After getting into his room, he dismissed Mark and lay down on the bed.

***

'Emma Rose.'

Diamond of the Rose family.

Although not as influential as the Holmes family, the Rose family was still a force to be reckoned with, as they had an A-class guild and several successful business ventures.

Her parents and Rain's parents were classmates in the academy so they became friends. While attending social gatherings and outing parties, Rain, Kaya, and Emma also become childhood friends.

After seeing this, their parents made an engagement contract.

Everyone was happy.

But one incident changed everything.

When Emma was just a young girl of 7-8 years old, a horrifying incident occurred that would change her life forever.

During a school trip, she was kidnapped by a man with a disturbing attraction to young girls. It is unclear what the school staff was doing at the time, but Emma's father arrived just in time to save her from the man's advances.

In a fit of rage, Emma's father killed the villain on the spot, putting an end to the traumatic incident.

However, the damage had already been done. Emma was left with deep emotional scars from the traumatic experience. Her family, seeking to protect their reputation and prestige, kept the news of the incident under wraps. As a result, many people remained unaware of what happened to Emma that day.

The incident had a profound impact on Emma's mental health. She began to harbor a deep-seated hatred towards men and stopped attending school altogether. Her parents, feeling guilty about what happened to their daughter, began to indulge her every wish to make up for the trauma she had endured.

Years passed, and when Rain saw Emma at her 10-year coming-of-age ceremony, he longed to talk to her and rekindle their friendship.

However, Emma's heart had been consumed by a deep hatred for men, and she rejected Rain's attempts to talk to her. Despite this, Rain persisted in his efforts to reach out to her, but each rejection only served to deepen Emma's animosity towards him.

In her eyes, Rain became nothing more than a licking dog, and their relationship was now on the verge of getting over.

Now Rain's friendship with Emma was now only a thing of the past.