Curse The Mainframe - Chapter 413

It hit midday when Alec dragged Ye Sha into town, where they looked at various bookstores – or rather, Alec looked at various bookstores. Ye Sha was just half-dead as he was dragged around by Alec.

The city was having some sort of bazaar sale today, which was the perfect place for Alec to wander around to look for rare books that weren’t usually sold in bookstores.

With Alec’s jet-black hair that was the staple of Aeden’s clan, the Klein Clan, they attracted more than a few heads to turn and look at them.

While black hair wasn’t that uncommon, the shade of how deeply dark the hair was, was indeed uncommon. It was a shade that was black even when the sun shone on it.

There were quite a few people looking at Alec with his black hair, but most of them lost interest when they realized that he didn’t have the signature red eyes of the Klein Clan.

Alec was just relieved that he wouldn’t have to deal with girls or boys coming up to him bashfully, trying to attract his attention for no more than his face or his temperament.

He barely resisted the urge to roll his eyes at the thought. It was less than pleasant things every time something like that happened. Maybe some people liked the attention, but to him, it was like they were peeling off a layer of his skin.

Sometimes, he even felt like he wanted to just go around with a mask on his face.

Alec barely maintained his smile even when he felt like he was dying from the crowd around.

They went from store to store, but there weren’t many gains to be found. Yet, it was expected. After all, a bazaar like this usually didn’t have many treasures. Most people were just trying their luck selling things that they didn’t know the use of.

What caught Alec’s eye was instead, was a bookstore in the back that looked more like an extension of the bookstore that it was set up in front of.

Slumped at the counter was a young lady who looked like she was bored out of her mind.

Her eyes were blank, and her face was similar. She looked like she would rather be anywhere than she was right now, or like she was thinking of something very hard and wasn’t willing for anyone to disturb her.

Alec briefly looked at her face, then looked at Ye Sha, who had the same dead expression on his face.

His lips twitched.

There were a good number of books on the table spread out in front of her, but she didn’t even lift her head when they approached.

All she did was shift her position a little, staring blankly into the sky.

Alec ignored her. He was more than happy to mutually ignore someone. He was just interested in the wares.

Different from the other stores that were around, this bookstand only had himself and Ye Sha, who was also staring blankly with his eyes drooping.

Alec picked up a book curiously.

These books didn’t have any words written on their covers, which dissuaded most people from coming over.

In a time like this, books weren’t that valuable as compared to before when they had not been widely publicized. Now, books were a common thing.

Alec flipped through the various books and his eyebrows raised with pleasant surprise.

Sweeping his eyes over the various books on the table, Alec quickly flipped through them and placed them all in a stack. “I’ll take them all,” Alec said.

“Oh,” the girl said, finally stirring. She blinked blearily, her eyes seeing spots from staring into the sky for too long.

She straightened up and looked at the books, quoting a price.

A few passers-by looked at her in surprise when she quoted the price, shocked. The price that she quoted was enough even for some rich scions to take a deep breath in shock.

Looking at the books that were stacked in front of her, their faces went from shocked to disdaining.

So much for just a small pile of dilapidated books?

She had to be crazy!

There was a small crowd behind jeering at her and pointing and whispering at them, waiting to see a good show.

Yet, the girl’s expression didn’t change, and she just held her hand out impatiently. “How do you want to pay?”

The crowd waited for her to be abused verbally by the young man, yet unlike their expectations, not only did Alec not do what they thought he would do, he calmly pulled out a card and paid directly, stunning them so much that they all couldn’t close their mouths.

Was he sick in the head?

How could he spend so much on those broken books? How much could they be worth?

Many people shook their heads at him, as if they were saying how foolish he was, wasting that much money on just books like that.

Some people were curious about the books. Were they treasures? They wanted to see what was written inside that made it so ‘valuable’.

One of them was too curious and went up to Alec. They whispered, “Hey, brother, what’s inside those books? Can I take a look?”

Alec looked at the man with his standard smile, spreading his hand out. “Of course. Be my guest. Just don’t damage it.”

The man took the book and flipped through it, his curious face turning strange then becoming bad. He put the book back down in the pile and shook his head, leaving.

A few people surrounded him and asked him curiously, “What’s in those books? Was it worth it?”

The man continued to shake his head. “I don’t know what he’s thinking. It’s just a bunch of random scribbles. What’s inside can’t be considered a treasure at all.”

When they heard his words, they all couldn’t help but consider Alec foolish for spending that much money foolishly.

Inside the crowd, there were two Klein Clan members that stood there. One was male, one was female. Unlike the female, who was scowling fiercely, the male had a gentle smile on his face.

The two had the classic jet-black hair and crimson eyes, staring at Alec’s side-profile.

The girl scoffed loudly and flicked her hair over her shoulder. She rolled her eyes. “This is our new cousin? I say, he’s probably just a bastard, right?”

The male looked at the girl, then turned his attention to Alec, his eyes deepening a little. “There’s probably something we’re not seeing.”

The girl scoffed. “I rather think that he’s just a fool. I don’t know what uncle was thinking, to bring back his bastard into the clan. It’s not like he even carries the full bloodline of our clan. Look at his eyes. There’s no way that he’s a Sin like us.”

The male turned his eyes to the girl, causing her to cower a little, before she stuck up her chin proudly. “Why are you looking at me like that? What I said isn’t wrong at all. Just look at him.”

The male Klein member knew that he wouldn’t be able to convince his foolish sister, so he just smiled sweetly at her.

This caused her to tremble, but she stubbornly didn’t back down at all.

She was the most scared of this brother of hers, yet she didn’t want to show any weakness in front of him, afraid of losing face.

The male spoke up again just before the crowd dispersed, his smile like a spring breeze. “Don’t even think about causing trouble later on. If you do, don’t call yourself my sister anymore.”

The girl’s eyes widened in shock as her brother strode away coldly. She chased after him.

“Brother, wait! How can you stand up for that trash! What a wastrel!”