The Modern Immortal

Paying Debt

Ten minutes later, Daemon and his mother appeared in a low shanty house.

Because they were short on money, they did not have their own house in S City, but instead rented the cheapest flat in the shanty area as a temporary residence.

Gently putting his mother on a small plank bed, Daemon started to do some chores inside the flat.

During the thousands of years in the immortal world, Daemon had gotten used to an easy life where others had served him. Sometimes he even had no problems with not eating or drinking for hundreds of years at a time. He was obviously unaccustomed to this when he had to clean the house.

Within moments, Daemon had gradually become skilful, and his face gradually produced a smile.

The room was small, only forty square meters. It was divided into four rooms. The living room with the dining room adjacent to it, there was a worn-out sofa separating the spaces, then there was the kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom.

Daemon looked at the clean pillow and old quilt on the sofa, this made him sad all of a sudden.

As the room was too small and there being only one bedroom, Caroline left the bedroom to Daemon, she then slept on the sofa. Even when Daemon was schooling, Caroline insisted on sleeping on the sofa, refusing to step into the bedroom.

In Caroline’s words, Daemon had grown up, he must be allowed his own space.

It was precisely this kind of Caroline’s meticulous care and spoiling that made Daemon unable to cut off his attachment and yearning toward his mother for thousands of years in the immortal world, Daemon yearned for mother’s love.

Half an hour later, the house was clean and tidy. Without a spec of dust neither top nor bottom, inside and outside. Just like a brand new house.

As it was late in the day and knowing his mother still had not eaten, Daemon crept into the kitchen.

While Daemon was cleaning the house, a human tragedy drama was unfolding in his Restaurant.

An hour ago, after Edward handed in the paper, he happily went to the examination room where Daemon had the exam. He was looking for Daemon to share his joy, but he did not expect that Daemon had already left the school.

Since Edward was familiar with the whereabouts of Daemon, he did not hesitate to rush to Daemon's Restaurant and the scene in front of his eyes made him shocked and infuriated. The restaurant, which was regarded by Daemon and Caroline as part of their lives was smashed beyond recognition.

Suddenly, Edward was crushed by remorse. He blamed himself for his selfishness. He clearly had the capabilities to help Daemon improve his life, however, he had not yet done anything to help.

Edward was about to call the police, but he faintly heard some chatter coming from the kitchen, Edward did not hesitate to rush inside to investigate.

In the kitchen, Spencer and the Red-Haired bully did not notice Edward’s arrival. They were still cursing Daemon and his mother with clenched teeth while planning on how to exact revenge on them.

Today, Spencer and the Red-Haired were beaten badly by Daemon. Following that, the rest of their own men had betrayed them. These events had given them a huge psychological trauma, completely blinded by hatred, there was only the need for revenge in their hearts.

While the two of them were discussing how to abuse Caroline, Edward walked into the kitchen with an angry face.

Staring blankly at Spencer and the Red-Haired bully, Edward grabbed a chair and started mercilessly beating it against them.

Had Spencer and the Red-Haired bully not already been injured, Edward could never be considered an opponent to either of them due to their experience and skills in combat. Unfortunately, Spencer’s hands were fractured by Daemon, and a few ribs of the Red Haired bully were also broken. Currently, the two of them were like disabled people, at such a pitiful state even an ordinary person could beat them, much less a stronger person like Edward.

Edward beat them up for more than ten minutes till he got tired. Spencer and the Red-Haired bully had already fainted long before Edward stopped. They were totally covered with blood, gaping wounds, and injuries all over their bodies.

“Did I……did I kill them?” Edward finally woke up from his frenzy and realized the shocking scene on the ground he had caused, his face immediately turned pale. He then turned around and ran away.

Just as Edward left the restaurant, Jack and the other bullies came back.

When Jack inadvertently saw a line of blood-stained footprints coming from the kitchen to the front door, his complexion changed greatly and he rushed into the kitchen.

Following Jack, Alex and the others could faintly guess what happened as they rushed inside.

Seeing Spencer and the Red-Haired bully lying on the bloody floor motionless, the bullies were shocked and their faces turned pale.

“Quick, they are still breathing, call the ambulance! Hurry!” Jack shouted in a condescending tone. After carefully checking the condition of Spencer and the Red-Haired bully, subconsciously he felt relieved.

Hearing that Spencer and the Red-Haired bully were still alive, the other bullies relaxed and then quickly left.

However, they were sorrowful after they saw the miserable condition.

They knew that if they had not chosen to follow Jack and Alex before and continued to follow Spencer and the Red-Haired bully, they would have also ended up in the same state.

“Jack, who beat them up like this? They nearly killed them.” Alex said with fear, staring at Spencer and the Red-Haired bully on the floor with their deathly pale complexion due to losing an enormous amount of blood.

Alex knew that if they hadn’t come back to the restaurant in time, Spencer and the Red-Haired bully would have definitely passed away.

Upon hearing what Alex had to say, Daemon’s figure subconsciously appeared in Jack’s mind, he shivered suddenly, but did not dare say who he thought the culprit was.

Although Jack did not say anything, Alex and the others understood.

Outside the restaurant, Edward had run a long way, but he turned back. Watching people move in the restaurant, he did not dare to go back inside, but instead he hid outside. When he heard the news that they were not dead, he felt at ease.

Green Street Old Area, Shanty Area

After busying himself for nearly an hour, Daemon finally tossed out a full table of dishes, showing a sincere smile.

In order to make the dishes, Daemon even had to visit the market twice.

The first time was to the food market. Daemon only bought some common vegetables. But when Daemon checked the condition of his mother again, he found that his mother was in a serious overdraft state and had multiple hidden diseases, so he could not help going to the market to buy some Astragalus and red ginseng.

He then carefully tasted the meals on the table again to confirm that there were no flaws and then went into the bedroom to wake up his mother.

“Daemon, weren’t we in the restaurant? Why am I at home and in bed?” When Caroline opened her eyes and figured out where she was, she felt light-headed.

“Mom, you are too tired and still dazed from this whole incident, you passed out.” Daemon explained with a smile.

“Mom, the issue about the restaurant has been solved. I have negotiated with Spencer and the others. They have promised not to harass us again and will help us to renovate the restaurant.” Not waiting for his mother to ask, Daemon told all the things that his mother would be worried about.

Caroline’s complexion changed to that of disbelief after hearing what Daemon just told her, she hurriedly lifted up Daemon’s clothes, and checked Daemon’s body. After confirming that Daemon was not injured, she began muttering in amazement, “Spencer and other bullies are from the underworld, how could they possibly let go of us that easily?”

“Mom, as the saying goes, everything has its conqueror. They might consider me as a nobody. But when the police arrived, they were scared, just like a mouse meeting a cat. They feared that I would tell the police officers, so they promised to help in restoring the restaurant, they also gave me a lot of money and jewellery……”

In order to completely reassure the mother, Daemon had to rack up his brain to make up a believable story.

Daemon was surprised at his ability to make up a story which could even convince himself, let alone his mother, who trusted him a lot.

“Daemon, you did a good job. I will visit the police station to thank them when it is convenient. We have to get close to the police so that the bullies will fear us. You are far better than me at doing this.”Caroline softly said as she affectionately touched Daemon‘s head.

“Mom, you don't have to go there personally, they were doing their duty and we should talk about this later. Let’s first eat or the food will get cold.” When Daemon saw that his mother wanted to continue with the talk, he had to push her out of the bedroom.

Caroline was confused and didn’t really pay attention to what Daemon just said. She subconsciously went into the kitchen to cook a meal. She could not help but exclaim when she saw the table full of food, “Oh, why are there so many dishes? Did you order the take-out food?”

“Mom, I spent an hour on cooking these dishes, they are all your favourite food. Does it suit your tastes?” Daemon said nervously as he pressed his mother to the seat. He then gave her a bowl full of food.

Daemon had cooked four dishes and a pot of medicine. The four dishes were taro chicken, steamed fish, fried rapeseed, daily soup and a porridge of medicine to supplement her weak body and to help her pneuma.

Smelling the delicious flavors, Caroline moved her fingers. She could not wait to hold the bowl and begin eating.

“Mom, eat slowly, do not choke. If the food is not enough, I’ll cook more for you.” Seeing the way his mother was swallowing down the food, Daemon’s heart was filled with a great sense of success. This sense of success made him feel more excited than a breakthrough during practice.

“Daemon, don’t just watch me eating, come join me and have some.” Caroline said after eating for a while. She realized her son was watching her eat in such a manner and felt embarrassed.

“Alright, let’s eat together.” This was the first time that Daemon saw his mother forgetting herself. He smiled and then immediately started to eat.

While they were happily enjoying the warm dinner, a loud bang suddenly came from outside. The house violently shook a bit and then three strong men clad in western suits and leather shoes stormed into the house.

Seeing Caroline and Daemon enjoying a meal, the man with a buzz-cut hair grinned fiendishly and then heavily kicked the low wooden table downwards.

With a loud bang, the old looking wooden table was broken into pieces. The meals on the table were all dispersed all over the floor.

“You have money to pay for your food, but have no money to repay us. Do you f*****g think we are stupid!” After kicking the table the buzz-cut haired man shouted angrily. He then raised his hand to slap Caroline.

But before his hand even reaches her, get a solid punch in the gut. The punch was so strong that he landed directly on the main Street.

Crash

"How dare you, raise your hand against my mother. Do you have a death wish", said Daemon as he walked past the door.

"You bastard".

"Do you want to die".

Seeing their colleague get beaten up by a boy, they get enraged. They helped their colleague stand up and start walking towards Daemon.

Before they could do anything, Daemon said," Look I am in a very bad mood today, someone will really die today by my hands if this continues so let not take this any further. I only hit you because you dare to raise your hand against my mother. Just tell me how much we have to pay you".

Seeing him they stopped, and looked at each other, at first they really wanted to trash the house and then demand the money but now seeing one of them getting beaten up so easily, they hesitated. 

One of them said," I…. sorry about that earlier, I really shouldn't have raised my hand. If you're willing to pay the full amount we don't have any problem with you.

"You have to pay 60,000 $".

Daemon didn't even ask anything and said," Just tell me your account number, I will send the money".

Seeing him ready to pay the full amount, the leader hurriedly spoke," wait….unn...here that's the number",as he took out his phone and showed Daemon the account number.

Daemon then transfer the money, if it was before the whole mountain incident,he wouldn't have been able to pay the money but now with 20 million in his account, 60K is nothing to him," Here it's done and you should really mind your behaviour when you again go doing things like that".

The leader checked the phone and seeing the transfer successful, he didn't stay there anymore and left after apologising to Caroline.

This whole time Caroline was in daze that what was going here, one moment she thought that fight broke out and suddenly they left so easily but what confuses her the most was how did her son have so much money.

Seeing Daemon returning, she hurriedly asked," Son, what happened just now and where did you get so much money. Did you do something immoral?

Daemon took his mother's hand into his hand and said," No mom, how I can do something immoral, I just saved someone's life so to show his gratitude he paid me 100,000 $, that's where the money came from.

She didn't ask much after that and they got back inside the house.