Knock. Knock. Knock.
A pale white knuckle tapped on the door with a peeled paint.
"Hello, hello? Open the door~ I promise I won't bite!"
A low, cheerful voice like a devil's whisper echoed in the narrow corridor.
"It's the end of the world— I mean month. Your rent is due~ "
The voice continued, falling lightly on the person behind the door.
Unable to bear the irritating voice anymore, the rusty door opened with a bang, fine dust fell down and an underage young man barged out.
"What the hell! Are you out of your mind, asking for rent now??"
Spit flew everywhere as the teen with a cannon fodder thug-like face screamed, his body trembled.
He kept peeking towards the slightly opened terrace door, where muffled noises seeped in.
Sizzle. Sizzle.
"Huh? I'm just asking for rent, not asking for your life."
Lucien tilted his head and took a step back, avoiding the spit.
The teen's breath hitched and his chest went up and down, his face quickly changing from deep red to pale white, exactly like the color of his hair.
"Fck you, failed human who can't even awaken! You know who I am?? I-I am a potential awakener!"
"My brother is a hunter— "
Blablabla, same old news.
All this 'potential awakener' nonsense.
Lucien dug his ears and flicked his fingers, his eyes staring at the rebellious-looking young man with a blazing flame of...jealousy.
Hmph!
Why do some scum get to be a potential awakener whereas he remained a landlord, back then or even now?
'God of transmigration above, if you painstakingly send me to this world, why not give me a cheat package too??'
Lucien's inner self was hammering the God of transmigration— if they existed, but outside, he quickly cut off the young man's stuttering speech.
"Okay, okay, I get it. But for me, whether you're a potential, an awakener, a hunter, or even God himself, you can't evade rent, " Lucien asserted firmly.
This is his bottom line.
In this economy?
Even if the world ended, his rent had to continue!
Sizzle. Sizzle.
The sound of something melting outside of the house became louder.
This time, even Lucien heard it clearly.
The young man trembled even harder. He quickly scooted out of his room and plastered his body to the door leading outside.
"A-are you really insane? Don't you see what's going on outside??"
The young man pointed at the only clean window in the house—
"What? The sky train and flying cars?"
Swish!
Honk! Honk! Honk!
"Oh! You mean that 3D hologram celebrity?"
—Everyone, join the Miracle Guild!
A Loli girl with a twin tail winked, her gigantic figure swiftly bypassing floating buildings in the air.
Ah, this new world is indeed fascinating.
The teen almost bit his tongue and screamed,
"Are you blind?? That! That one!"
The teen pointed at a huge white gate the size of two cars glowing with a red light, floating eerily in the clear blue sky.
Thud. Thud. Thud.
One after another, blue jelly-like figures jumped out of the gate, landing on the street directly in front of the house.
Sizzle. Sizzle.
Every time those basketball-sized agile figures moved, blueish liquid dissolved whatever touched their bodies, leaving burnt, messy trails behind.
Lucien's eyes briefly met one of the blue figure's small eyes and his back stiffened, his legs trembled.
Damn it.
Who said that slimes are weak and anyone can easily kill them?
If that's the case, why do this "potential awakener" bastard hide in the house, not even bothering to kill those slimes??
And where's the dungeon management bureau?
So it's true that the neighbors said they're always late to the rescue, just like all police in thriller movies!
Oh, if you're wondering why there are suddenly slimes on the street, it's normal— actually, it's not.
The gates phenomenon is normal in this world, but gate break, the one where monsters pour out of the gates uncontrollably?
It's uncommon.
He's just so unlucky to bump into one right off the bat.
A pity. The gate mess is the only downside of this wonderful new world.
But what does it have to do with an ordinary landlord like him?
Surely, he won't ever come face to face with those "cute" monsters~
Lucien turned his head around and was about to simply search his tenant's room for money when the young man suddenly screamed and opened the door with a loud bang.
"Ah! Ah! Ah! Fck! Those slimes are coming this way!"
Sizzle! Sizzle!
The cowardly bastard's loud shout attracted those slimes' attention even more, but he didn't even dare to bolt out of the door.
His feet rooted in place, watching as several slimes came bouncing towards the yard.
"Sh*t." Lucien cursed coldly but his inner soul was already yanking his own hair.
Ahhh! Bastard!! Why are you attracting the slimes??
And slimes! Don't come closer!
You lots will damage the grass in the yard!
Lucien's whole body trembled as he silently lifted his leg, about to kick the noisy tenant's b*tt when the tenant suddenly froze stiff.
Sizzle. Sizzle.
? Did someone cast a curse on this bastard?
Before Lucien could even touch the guy, the guy suddenly fell back on his b*tt, a suspicious yellow liquid leaked down there.
!
"Dude!! What the hell is wrong with you??"
Ahhh! His beautiful tiles! Dirty! Ahhhh!!
Lucien wanted to step on the young man's crotch— and he did.
Step! Step! Step!
"Damn it! Damn it! Curse your whole family!"
Lucien stepped on the teen's crotch lightly, afraid that he would have to pay medicine compensation.
After venting, he quickly squatted next to the teen, and...patted his body all over.
Wait, don't be too quick to judge.
It's not sexual harassment, he's just searching for money!
Lucien stripped the young man of all his money and quickly rob— collected the rent money.
"Phuh. Why is it so difficult just to collect rent money nowadays?"
Lucien pocketed the money and finally sighed in relief.
He happily turned around when the wind blew and the old door behind him swayed even wider with a creak.
"Huh. Maybe it's time to fix the door."
Lucien carefully poked his head out and was about to close the door when the fine hair on his nape stood up straight.
An alarm bell blared loudly in his mind.
? What...?
Sizzle. Sizzle.
The same sizzling noise echoed.
This time, it sounded almost right next to his ear.
I-it...can't be...
Lucien stiffly turned his neck towards the source of the sound— the corner of his yard.
Sizzle. Sizzle.
A jiggling blue wall was breathing softly with blueish liquid moving up and down inside.
Sizzle...sizzle....
Lucien's steps flattered. He took a step back, and another step back...
But he still couldn't see the top of the blue thing's head.
Ah...hahaha.
Is that...a slime?
Really?
You must be kidding, right? There's no way a slime could be so big, hahaha....ha.
Lucien's soul flew out of his body as he watched the slime slide straight towards him with an agility that didn't match its big figure.
Swoosh!
Ah...fck.
Lucien's soul completely turned into an angel and closed its eyes in tears.
He's done for.