Chapter 11: 24/7

"A...what?"

"A condom"

Emily stopped just short of wrapping Lex's sausage whole with her moist mouth. "We need a condom… before we can proceed to any of our activities", Emily said as she slowly stood up, her breathing still ragged.

Although Emily was already affected by Lex's [Walking Aphrodisiac] skill, she was a professional sex worker. Even if the warmth has already clouded over her body, she still had a small resistance towards it.

She looks calm, but in truth, her heart was already beating fast, excitement rushing throughout her body.

A condom... won't that block the foreign bodily fluids from touching his sausage? His plan was starting to crumble as soon as it started. No, maybe at least her saliva, Lex thought. Surely, he won't need the condom for the... oral part of their activities, right?

"A-are you selling it here?", Lex stuttered awkwardly, his huge sausage still throbbing hard.

"I-if you buy here…", Emily could not help but stare at Lex's mammoth like sausage, but she quickly cleared her throat, "It will cost 10x more than the price outside"

"This…", a complicated expression appeared on Lex's face. Including his savings, he only had a total of 4,200 pesos.

He doesn't even know the price of condoms, or even the price of the services that were being offered in this brothel. If he wasn't careful, then he might find himself in a ditch somewhere. Beaten to death by the guards.

"T-then I can buy you-"

Emily stuttered as she was about to say something, but Lex pulled up his pants before she can finish what she was going to say.

"P-please wait for me!", Lex shouted as he ran away from the room.

"Are you finished already!?", the lady in front of the reception could not help but holler as he saw Lex running towards the exit.

"I- I will be back!"

"Oh my…", the woman could not help but chuckle as he saw Lex's flustered face. It is nice to be young, she thought.

Immediately after exiting the brothel, Lex ran with all his might to find the nearest 24/7 convenience store. Other people were looking at him like he was a madman as he whispered, "Condoms, condoms", as he ran around the street.

Finally, after 3 minutes, he found himself in front of 24/7.

He cleared his throat, collecting himself before he enters the store. And finally, once he was calm enough, he entered the store.

But from the people outside, he was far from calm. His whole body was stiff as he walked through the store, trying to search for a condom.

Where is it!? Where is it!?

Lex's eyes were wide as he used his maximum effort to find the condoms. And his efforts paid off, after a minute of searching, he finally found where the condoms are…

...behind the clerk.

Lex almost screamed in frustration. He almost pulled his hair as he silently cursed.

'Why would you even put it there!?', he thought.

And the clerk just had to be a middle aged woman, who looked like she will judge him from head to toe.

But alas, for strength, he must do what he must.

And so, with a gulp, he mustered up the courage to walk towards the counter.

'You are a legit System Holder now! Be brave!', he tried to hype himself up internally, 'You should not be afraid of a middle-aged woman!'

And so, planting his feet courageously in front of the counter, he pointed his finger towards the condom section.

The clerk lazily looked at where Lex was pointing to, and without even changing her expression, she asked, "Which one?"

"A-anything!", not expecting a nonchalant reply, Lex almost bit his tongue.

And finally, like what Lex expected, the middle-aged woman stared at him from head to toe.

The stature of the woman suddenly turned huge as Lex felt the pressuring gaze all over his body.

'I-is she also a System Holder!?', Lex thought.

"Here you go", but contrary to Lex's expectations, the clerk just placed a box of condom on the counter, once again without any expression on her face. "That will be 210 pesos"

"Okay!", Lex immediately gave the clerk 220 pesos, he did not even wait for the receipt as he ran towards the exit of the store.

Lex did not stop in his steps, as he thought he could feel the judging stare of the middle-age woman on his back.

'He must hurry', he thought.

But before his hand could even grab the door outside, he felt someone grab his other hand, the one that was holding the condom.

"Wh-", Lex quickly looked back, only to see a familiar face holding on to his wrists.

"M...Ms. Javier?"