I Became the Demon King of Lust

Once those men were gone, there was an awkward silence that hung in the air.

Even if they were gone, the happy atmosphere that they had destroyed wasn't going to fix itself.

So Sasha suddenly revealed a smile and said to everyone, "I'm sorry about that disturbance just now. To make it up to everyone, we will be offering a 50% discount for the rest of the night."

There was silence that followed at first, but then there were cheers that came before the sounds of orders being made rang out.

With that, the happy tone of the store was restored.

I looked at Sasha and was about to ask something, but she shook her head and mouthed, "Not here. There's too many people here. Let's talk in the back."

I gave a nod in response to this before following her to the back.

As we passed by the counter, Sasha gave a nod to the bartender before saying, "Please take care of the rest."

The bartender just gave a simple nod before going back to polishing the cups.

At the same time, he gave a look of admiration in my direction before turning back.

While we were walking to the office, I looked down at my own hand before revealing a faint smile.

Earlier when I had caught the leader's attack, that had been done with just my body alone. I hadn't used any of my demon king powers at all, I just relied on my physique to catch that blow.

If it was the me from before, I definitely wouldn't have been able to receive that blow.

This leader was strong enough to lead this group, so he definitely wasn't weak compared to a normal person.

But my physique had improved during this time off.

After recovering from ripping my muscles in that demonstration, I was surprised to find that my physique had improved.

It seemed that this was a form of extreme muscle training…though I wouldn't want to do it often since it did hurt and it wasn't a good idea to injure myself like that on a regular basis.

Once we entered the office and sat down, the first thing that Sasha did was let out a sigh.

It was clear by the look on her face and the way that she was giving a sigh that there was a story here. So I just calmly waited for her to calm down before asking, "Was it alright to use such a rough method to get rid of them?"

What I was talking about was how she had directly provoked the leader of the group.

If she hadn't done that, perhaps there would have been a different way to settle things.

Sasha just shook her head and said, "They would have caused trouble regardless of how I handled them. They were paid to come and cause trouble for my store in the first place."

I couldn't help knitting my brows when I heard this.

It seemed that the circumstances were much deeper than I had thought.

Sasha gave another sigh before continuing, "They came from the Red Gang, the gang that recently took over the area from the Wild Gang."

After that, she started explaining the entire situation to me.

It turned out that this Red Gang had destroyed and absorbed the Wild Gang that had once ruled this area. Now, they were looking to get protection money from the businesses that were in this area.

Sasha didn't have to pay before because she had known people in the Wild Gang, but even then, she didn't want to pay since she knew that the Red Gang wouldn't follow through. She had already learned through her contacts that the Red Gang was a greedy and vicious gang that didn't hesitate to do bad things for money.

She knew that as soon as she gave in, they would make demands that were worse and worse until they forced her to submit completely to them. Once that happened, there would be no escape for both her and the girls in the store.

If it was before, she would have closed this store and run away…but she couldn't do that since she was running this store for Lin Fan.

After she finished her story, she said, "I'm looking into a way to deal with them, so there's no point showing any fear right now. If they come, I have to show a fierce side or else they'll just get even more excessive with their demands."

Then she let out a sigh after saying this.

I gave a nod to show that I understood where she was coming from, but I didn't give any response beyond that.

However, Sasha didn't mind in the first place since she wasn't expecting anything in the first place.

She had just told me all of this to report this matter to me, but she already had her own plans of handling it. Or rather, it should be said that she was trying in her own way to prove that she was useful.

I had other things to worry about too, so I wouldn't interfere too much in this matter.

Though I would keep this in the back of my mind to see if I could find some kind of solution.

No matter what, this store was mine and I couldn't let other people take my things.

After a long silence, I stood up and said, "Good work managing the store."

Then without any hesitation, I turned around and walked out of the office.

Sasha just sat there without following me out since she knew that there was no point in following behind me.

She was just worried about what he was thinking, so she was trying to figure out how to handle this matter with the Red Gang.

But what she didn't know was that I was also thinking about a way to handle this.

In the end, it turned out that I was quite the greedy person.

If something was mine, no one should think about taking it away.