Irina rejected Levi's request. Just because her husband made a deal with him, didn't mean she needed to oblige with his request.
Levi didn't say anything after that. He knew breaking through Irina's emotion barrier was not easy, for now.
He looked at the door next to the room and saw their daughter sneakily peeking at Levi. When they made eye contact, she would hide behind the door.
Levi took out an extra 100 Dale on the table. Irina was pissed seeing that.
'Does he think he can buy me with money? Kids these days don't value the money their parents earn.'
"Are you seriously trying to buy my art with your money?"
Levi didn't answer her back. He took out a black hat from the collection.
" I am buying this Mr Tyson."
"It is only just 5 Dale"
Levi looked at the mirror as he put on the hat.
"Consider it as a tip and buy some fruits for "her". She doesn't look healthy."
He looked at the other room when he said "her".
Irina clenched her fist. She didn't like a stranger trying to tell them how to take care of her daughter.
"We don't need your money and pity."
Levi let out a small chuckle when he heard that.
"No, you REALLY need my pity and money. Mrs Irina don't try to drown yourself in your own illusions. You are a better parent than me but your love for her isn't enough nutritional value needed for her body"
Irina looked at her daughter peeking through from the corner of the door. Her hollow cheeks, frail fingers and her little body trying to hide her sickness were enough for Levi to tell him about her condition.
'In the game, she dies one year cause of malnutrition. Even though I am a psycho, saving her life is worth more than following the plot. I don't want to be a puppet that just follows what's written for the future.'
Irina also noticed her daughter. Those blue eyes were filled with love, innocence and curiosity. She smiled but behind the smile, she was hiding her weakness. Irina wanted her daughter to live the best life she deserved…..every kid deserved. However, life never goes as planned.
In the end, she accepted Levi's help but her mouth still couldn't utter the word thanks.
"Thanks."
Tyson instead appreciated his head and slightly bowed.
"No need to bow, Mr Tyson. You're older than me."
'Yeah. I was so occupied with the deal that I forgot to ask about him.'
"Can I get your name, if you don't mind?"
Tyson's voice shook a bit. He thought that Levi could be some sort of villain hiding his ability and would be offended if someone tried to ask about him. His wife was strong but he didn't know how strong Levi was.
"Yeah. We got to this point and I didn't even introduce myself. My name is Levi and I am 17."
"What? You are just 17?"
The couple said at the same time.
'Wait. He's a commoner at that.'
Levi nodded as he reached out his hand for a handshake.
"It is nice doing business with you, Mr Tyson."
Tyson had many questions in his mind. Why was a teenager doing business? How did he manage to get such material? And how does a commoner like him spend such an amount of capital?
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Irina too had the same thoughts. Tyson didn't ask anything further and shook Levi's hand.
"Let's pray that our business succeeds."
" With your craft, we are bound to be rich."
Levi took out a paper and handed it to Tyson.
"These are some requirements I wrote. We need to sell our products to certain consumers at first and later we can expand it."
Tyson nodded as he examined the paper.
" I will come back tomorrow until then can you make ten pieces of clothing until then?"
"I can."
"Good."
Levi then left the store, leaving the door open….well there wasn't a door to close anyway.
Irina and Tyson looked at each other.
"Did I make a good decision?"
Irina too couldn't tell. Her insight was impeccable but Levi's actions were unpredictable and weird in a way.
" I don't know darling….only time will tell. But, if he tries something dirty…you know what I will do."
Irina didn't say something bad as her daughter came out of the room.
"Mama! Who was he?"
"Just a customer."
"Did he buy something?"
Tyson patted her head and picked her up. He took the money on the table.
"Yes, he bought many things. Let's go to the market and get some fruits."
"Yes"
She replied in a cute voice.
"We need to buy a new door as well."
Irina said as she followed both of them. Poor but a happy family.
******
Levi headed to the 'Ye Oldee Shop.' He opened the door and an old man greeted him.
"Did he accept your offer?"
"He had to"
The owner of the shop, Noel was the seller of the clothes. Levi had told him about the deal and he accepted the offer. There was another shop next to this shop which was empty. Though not big, it would suffice for now. Levi then headed to the shop and started decorating it and buying the necessary furniture needed for it. He had 5,000 Dale left and spent all of it.
Noel had offered a room for him to stay until his leave finished. He didn't have any money left so, staying at an inn was out of the question.
He ate a meal with Noel and headed to his room.
Levi sat on the bed and looked at his left shoulder.
"Even an S-rank cannot see you."
Levi said to the central eye sitting on his shoulder. If Irina couldn't see it then he doubted other's could. He had enough mana to summon some of the lesser eyes. Once he summoned them, six eyeballs blue in colour with bird-like wings and claws flew around the room.
These eyes couldn't cast any debuff and only be used to spy on stuff and sometimes as explosions.
'It is a bummer that I cannot create those monsters with shark-like teeth but it's okay.'
He took a close look at the lesser eyeballs and saw some holes on the side of it. They looked like speakers more than holes.
"Can you talk?"
"Yes."
Levi didn't know about this. The voice was a bit more robotic and unnatural but it could speak. However, Levi planned to send these to spy on people but it would take time for them to come back and talk with him. Instead, they could communicate with the central eye via telepathy and the central eye would always be with him.
He sent one to keep an eye on Tyson and his family. Others were sent for other purposes
'I still have 994 lesser eye balls left to summon. Time to grind.'
******
After three hours of cultivation and using cultivated mana to summon the lesser eyeballs, Levi went to sleep. The next day, he immediately headed to Tyson's shop and brought back two hundred pieces of clothing, when he told Tyson to make only ten of them. He also left another 100 meters of silk.
'That Hundred Hands skill of his is really good than I expected.'
Tyson could summon 100 hands that could assist him in anything he did. He was a cloth spitting machine rather than a tailor
Tyson wasn't a major character in the game. He only appeared once and the game talked about his skill. Irina and her daughter were the major characters. But now, this was reality and Levi could make use of any of the characters to reach his goal.
Levi headed to the shop and saw two Noel at the table. No, it wasn't the twin brother but a clone of his. It was Noel's only skill to create clones. He could create a hundred clones in his prime but now it was reduced to two.
"Looks like he made quite a lot?"
Both said at the same time.
"I told you, he is a reliable man."
One of the Noel stood up and checked the clothing.
"These products are really good but having quality products doesn't mean that people will come and buy them. We need to advertise our products. I don't think you have made any leaflets nor any newspaper will feature our shop."
Levi smirked.
"Don't worry. I have that under my cover."
"How?"
"Let's keep that a secret."
Levi had made twenty lesser eyeballs last night. He sent them in pairs and spread them around the whole city. They were ordered to hide in alleys, shops and other crowded areas and talk. Their conversation would be about the shop, like:
"Did you see the new clothing shop opened around the X-X-X street?"
"Yeah. The shop looked was next to the cheap item shop and had the same vibes but the clothes sold there are really of the best qualities."
"Really? Did you buy anything?"
"I did. They are really comfy and easy to move around in. The material is really soft. The designs on it are amazing. The best part about is that it is really cheap. Most of it is under 15 Dale."
"Really? I need to buy one.
The conversation really sounded like a commercial and it was. The voice did sound off to people but who would know it was artificial when they have never heard it before.
The Clone Noel and Levi opened the shop. There were so many people outside the shop that the passersby on the streets couldn't help but be curious about the crowd of people. This further increased the crowd even more.
Levi looked at clone Noel and gave a cheeky smile.
" We will be rolling in money in the future."
Noel laughed and tapped on the counter.
"I knew you weren't normal since the day I met you."
This day would later be marked as the establishment of the most valuable clothing brand in the world.