Blood Of Platinum
Chapters 131. Arkan and Drama Life bag. 2
Arkan got off the horse-drawn carriage in front of the fountain near the altar and proceeded back to the bar on foot. Along the way, he was still carrying Seren's bag of supplies and had absolutely no intention of doing anything with all that food.
“I'll probably end up throwing it away. I hope I don't see Seren-sama anymore. After all he is not regular in the manager's bar so no need to worry”
As if trying to escape from reality, Arkan still seems not completely convinced by the murmur he just said.
‘I just hope this is really the first and last time I meet and engage with a black market manager. I've known for a long time the relationship of the late gorilla with them. But, getting involved deeper like this is not a good life journey for me!’ thought in the heart
Everything that happened there was not a good memory for him at all. When he got to the bar, he stopped for a moment.
From a distance, on the straight path in front of him can still be seen red patches that have begun to turn black. Plastic trash and bottles also did not escape his sight.
“That's amazing. It feels like just having a heart workout” murmured Arkan while smiling thinly
As he walked and reached the bar, he saw someone out carrying a pair of scissors and a line of trusses.
“Sean-sama?”
“Ah, yo! Arkan! You're finally back. I heard you were in the hospital with the kids”
Another big man came out with a cheerful bright smile. This time, he was very friendly. His skin is white and tall. The best part is that he has hair and is not bald. So far, Arkan has always known many other big men who have bald heads or little hair.
“You've come, Sean-sama. Oh, I forgot that the manager said you were probably here. Have you been here since, Sean-sama?” Arkan began to approach the man
“Yes, about a few minutes ago. Hmm, fifteen minutes? Twenty minutes? I don't know. Ahahaha” the man poses to his waist while laughing
“Hoo….Geh?!”
Arkan looked inside the bar and his strange face represented his feelings of shock. How surprised he was, seeing in the bar a lot of goods and tools scattered on the wooden floor.
“What are you doing with all those tools?! Why is it all scattered?!” Arkan started screaming
“Hmm? That includes neat. Maggy also said that I am free to do anything because in the end this place will be fine thanks to me” the smile of the man named Sean
“Don't joke at a time like this, Sean-sama. Let alone walking inside, stepping in I can't!”
“Then you don't come in. Not hard, is it? Wait until I put this line up and measure the height of this door then..”.
“Haah, yes already. I'm waiting outside. Please do your duty, Sean-sama. Manager said if you're done, tomorrow please come back here again”
“I understand. Well, you just stay there yeah. It will be finished quickly”
“Seriously? How soon? Fifteen minutes?” Arkan smiled happily
“Ahahaha, then you'll do” Sean replied with a loud laugh
“So?”
“One and a half hours less more”
“.....” Arkan would not comment
As long as Sean did his job, Arkan was really just crouching outside. Every now and then, the two people made small talk by asking each other the news and laughing together. Not long after, Maggy came out of the bar and saw Arkan. Arkan stood up.
“Arkan. You have come apparently. Why not sign in?”
“Maggy-sama, had wanted to enter but..”.
“Oh, a little messy huh. Even though you just step over or you kick with your feet a little” the woman's smile
“Oi, don't teach people kids to ruin my work tools” said Sean with a slightly frowning face
“It's your fault why put it all out on the floor”
“For me to easily find another and not to bother” replied Sean casually
“As far as you are. How's the hospital, Arkan?” ask Maggy
“All is well. And Maggy-sama, there is a message from the manager that Maggy-sama can go home. I'll take care of this place. However, now it is still my working hours until six in the afternoon” explained Arkan
“Hoo, my husband said so? Please take care of this place. Tomorrow I might go back to this place again. You guys are definitely going to the hospital again, right?”
“It looks so”
Maggy went in for a bit to get Arkan and Sean to drink, after which he said goodbye to the two men. Maggy came home leaving the two men. Not long after the woman's back was lost at a turn, their new subject began.
“So Arkan, I heard from Maggy that you went to the hospital. Can I ask you more details?”
“Nothing special, Sean-sama” Arkan tries to shy away from that question
“Nothing special yes. But with bloodstains on that street and on the floor of the bar, the doors and the sidewalls were destroyed.I guess there's a very ‘not special’ reason that you're hiding” Sean started insinuating Arkan back.
Now, Arkan had no choice but to speak truthfully. He didn't mean to tell her everything, but a thing or two would probably be said by him.
“Alright, I'm honest now. It's because of Justin. He fought with someone and he died. All those traces of blood were silent witnesses of his death” Arkan replied in a relaxed tone while crouching back
“Hee, he can die too” response Sean no less relaxed
“You're not surprised, Sean-sama?”
“Of course not. In a foreign place like this, people disappear suddenly, people leave their homes suddenly, people are killed suddenly. You who have lived for many years in this place must have realized that too, right?”
‘Sean-sama is right. I was even mediocre when the gorilla killed the boy and the three seductresses last night. Why be shocked by the death of one or two people now?’
Finally, another Arkan choice was to start telling some of the outlines. At least, so that Sean does not continue to try to carry out continuous interrogation.
“So, Justin was killed by the person he was looking for and there were few cases of kidnapping of the street children. You and Riz sold Justin's body to make up for the kidnap victim. I understand now” succinctly Sean
“That's how about”
“Hmm..”
Sean only responded briefly while making a temporary door out of the short wood he had brought before. After that, he hooked up a cloth to cover the broken doors and windows and put up a dividing line.
“You're pretty good in my eyes” praise Sean
“Not really. Just so happens to remember that I still have a good side as a human being. When viewed from the average side of my daily life, I may be as evil as Justin” Arkan began to lower
“You are young, don't always think bad things about yourself”
“I know. I'm trying to change now, Sean-sama” Arkan smiled faintly
Sean had finished with a little bit of his work and ended up getting into the bar to tidy up all his tools. Not long after, Arkan stood up and went inside.
“Tomorrow I will bring the door in my house and paint for this place. Tell Joel ya”
“I understand. Looks like Maggy-sama has already made some drinking water. Sean-sama should drink first after that just back”
Arkan placed the bag of supplies he had held from the start on the bar table and gave Sean a drink. The two men sat down for a drink. After less than three minutes, Sean took all his hardware and went home. This time, Arkan was completely alone now.
While opening the bag and looking at the bottle and the lunchbox inside, he started to sweat coldly.
“Why didn't I just give this to Sean-sama earlier? Stupid fool!”
Now, Arkan is already scared enough to eat it. He chose to throw the cake in the trash and throw the tea water into the sink in the kitchen. After washing everything clean, he prayed in his heart with hope.
‘Hopefully I don't need to see Seren-sama anymore!!’
As soon as he walked out of the kitchen and sat at the bar back, he muttered to himself.
“God, you've done a lot of your work well. You saved my paycheck and my job, you saved those three kidnapped people and you saved me from an impromptu heart disease. Now, I ask for better mental health so as not to be haunted by cakes and tea made by Seren-sama”
After he finished praying, the next thing he did was to start bathing and clean himself again. Finally, he could be re-described as an elegant bartender.
Another thing he does until his work hours are done is clean the bar chairs and tables, look for instant pasta and cook it, wash the dishes and glasses and then sit back until the time is up. Sometimes he closed his eyes even though he was not sleeping.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, Joel and the boys returned to the bar.
“We're back, Arkan-niichan~” shouted the children
“Welcome”
Joel looked at the change of his bar and smiled.
“Hmm, not much different from the previous state. Still crumbling and dilapidated but this is better. If I hadn't suddenly called Sean, maybe today it's all done”
“Sean-sama will be back again tomorrow, but he did not say when will come”
“No problem. Tomorrow the kids and I will go back to the hospital. After all since Justin killed a lot of people here, I'm sure this bar will be quiet five to seven days”
“So” simple response from Arkan
“I also have to think about many things so that the good name of this dilapidated bar is not getting dilapidated later” Joel began to shake his head as if he was thinking
Theo approached Arkan with Stelani and Fabil.
“Arkan-nii..” Theo called him.
“Ya?”
A hug, not. Three warm hugs approached him.
“Thank you for everything you did to save us all and Kino-nii”
“Thank you so much for protecting me and Stelani, Arkan-niichan”
“Arkan-niisan..thank you so much”.
What a heartwarming gift. Joel just smiled at it and the other kids ended up giving him a hug. Nine hugs Arkan managed to get.
“All of you, later fall” flat response from Arkan
Even so, it would be a lie if his face did not blush in embarrassment at this moment. He blushed despite trying to act cool.
“I didn't do anything. Ryou and Kaito have also saved us all. I didn't do it alone” continued Arkan
The nine children let go of his embrace and smiled as they continued to praise Arkan until he could give no other response than the sweet smile from his handsome face.
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