Closing old wounds 4

Leus walked out of the Gate and walked in a random direction

'Well now, Let's see how this goes.'

Occasionally, Leus would come across armed guys patrolling the area, and all of them would greet Leus calling him "Boss"

Apart from that, Leus enjoyed walking in the area

'This place became much better, and I'll make it even better than this.'

Many people in the area heard about the new Protector

(The Purple Saint)

But no one actually saw him until today, so, when they heard that he was here, many were interested.

And many of them had complaints

"The guys patrolling scare the children"

"The other Protector is taking all the building materials and making the prices skyrocket"

"Winter is coming and if we don't get enough firewood the children will become sick"

"I need help, my husband is sick and I can't pay the protection fees.

When I say that to the collector he doesn't believe me and threatens me"

Leus didn't expect that people would recognize him, moreover, he didn't expect that they'd actually speak to him

' ... I feel like I've become the governor all of a sudden.'

However, he helped as many people as he could.

He gave stones and water to those who asked and promised those complaining about the lack of wood that he would do something about their problem.

He also promised to talk to the patrollers about scaring kids.

As for those with problems regarding paying, he promised to create an entire system for them, so they wouldn't have to deal with the collectors at all.

His friendly behavior impressed the people.

Those who were given water and stones were already singing the praises of the Purple Saint.

Those who were promised that their problems would be solved were skeptical but at the same time hopeful

'Since he is very friendly, maybe he will actually do something.'

Leus finished his tour around dusk, then he went back to the base.

This time, there were two guys at the gate, they greeted him and he went inside.

The base was bustling with life, There were so many guys walking around or just sitting and chatting, When he entered everyone stopped and looked at him.

'Damn, they were really serious when they said they expanded'

'This is like a small army'

Many were looking at him with interest, some with skepticism, some with reverence, and some with pure fear, but no one had ill intentions toward him.

Leus slowly raised his hand and said

"Hey everyone"

Many replied back and many came to shake his hand

"Hey Boss"

"Nice to finally see you, Boss"

" ... You are shorter than I expected"

"Nice to meet you"

Until someone he vaguely remembered came and stood in front of him

A brown-haired guy wearing a strange necklace

Leus looked at him with narrowed eyes

'Where have I seen this guy before?'

The guy was clearly nervous, but he mustered up the courage and said

"Boss, I hope you have no grudge against us.

We, The Sharp Fang, are now a part of your group."

Leus dug through his memory for a couple of seconds until he remembered, then his eyes opened wide

"You!"

The guy smiled an awkward smile

"Yea ...."

Leus sighed

'It's the leader of that gang I killed a kid from with Hydraulic ...'

"It wasn't intentional, I'm sorry about what happened then."

"We attacked your first, now looking back at it, we were wrong."

He avoided eye contact and added

"We thought you were just a kid with a sword ... anyway, a fresh start?"

He extended his hand forward for Leus to shake

"A fresh start. Welcome, The Sharp Fang."

The brown-haired guy smiled and then quickly went away.

After him, a couple more guys shook Leus' hand or spoke to him then went back to their groups as well.

Leus looked around until he found Scar and Bones then he went to speak to them

"Scar"

"Yes?"

"I heard some complaints from the people, can we talk about it for a couple of minutes?"

"Hmm? Sure, what's the matter?"

"Wood issue, they say that you take all the building materials, I assume that's for the Safe House?

I'll give you stones for it and leave the wood for them.

Also tell the patrollers to stop scaring children, walking around holding knives isn't really the best idea ...

Finally, Here in the base or just beside it, put someone to take the requests from those facing difficulty paying the protection fees, some say that the collectors coerce them even though they can't pay.

Oh and, I'd also like it if you give some Holy Water to sick children"

" ... Damn, Leus, that's too many things"

Scar turned to Bones

"Bones, you heard him?"

Bones nodded

"He's being too nice, but we owe him, so just do what he says"

Then Scar added with a smile

"If the people are happy, we'll end up with more money one way or another, so it's all good."

Bones ignored Scar's remark and turned to Leus

"I'll take care of it"

After work matters were done, The party started

Leus filled the pots with water and Kyle put the tea leaves and boiled them, after that, Leus extinguished the fire and put huge ice cubes in each pot.

When the drinks became cold, each took a glass.

Many people genuinely enjoyed the taste, some didn't like it, but still drank it. After all, the quality of the water was the best they drank in their lives, and also

'You rarely get a drink other than water here'

Because of that, missing out on the experience because they didn't like the tea would be a stupid thing to do. At least that's what they thought.

To Bones, The cold tea tasted better than the hot one

'But it's still terrible.'

Leus also created more Potions for Scar instead of those that got consumed.

He also created a lot of stones and assured him that whenever he came he'd create more.

Like that, Leus spent the entire night drinking iced tea and talking with everyone.

By dawn, most of the guys were already gone either to their homes or to the Safe House and only a few remained, mostly the strongest ones.

They spoke with Leus more as they wanted to get to know him.

Some just wanted to know if he was actually as powerful as Kyle claimed.

Leus noticed that, a couple of illusions and flying daggers were enough to convince them.

He also assured them that even if he was not here he had a plan ready for any emergency and they were glad to hear that, as some of them were worried about a surprise attack.

A little after dawn, Leus said his goodbyes to everyone and left for the library in a good mood.

'It's time to go and unlock the Earth Abstract, I'm glad I came and took a huge burden off my chest ... '

'Everything is better now, time to become stronger'