Chapter 12: Good Intention

Seeing the suspicious gesture, Damian immediately restrained the man's hand that intended to hit the middle-aged woman. 

The rude man gave Damian a sharp look, not expecting Damian to actually interfere with his problems with the middle-aged woman. 

"Damn bastard! How dare you bother me!" The man glared at Damian, completely pissed off at this point. 

"Look who's the bastard here." Damian rolled his eyes lazily at the man's words. 

Before throwing the man's hand Damian gripped it firmly making the man groan in pain, only after hearing that did he throw the man's hand. \

The man fell to the ground miserably, he intended to reply to Damian but was immediately silenced when he saw the look Damian gave him. 

"Go away, or do you want to feel my punch?" Damian glanced at the man from the tail of his eyes while grinning. 

Having already sensed Damian's strength, the man let out an annoyed chuckle, then quickly ran away from there. 

Damian finally let out a sigh of relief when he saw the man running away, he honestly had no intention of fighting. 

Especially now that there were many pairs of eyes watching the commotion Damian had made with the man. 

Damian had enough problems at the moment, he didn't want to add more. Damian also remembered that the middle-aged woman was still there. 

After making sure there was no threat there Damian turned around to check on the middle-aged woman. 

"Are you alright, ma'am?" Damian asked kindly. 

"Thanks to you I'm fine. Thank you for your help young man," the middle-aged woman replied with a relieved smile on her face. 

"I’m glad that you’re fine." Damian then chose to help the woman gather her belongings that were scattered around them. 

The middle-aged woman accepted Damian's help gladly, without Damian realizing that the middle-aged woman was smiling faintly at his actions. 

"Can I ask you a favor?" The middle-aged woman then asked Damian something. 

"Of course, Madam. As long as I can do it, I will help you." Damian nodded his head. 

After all, Damian wasn't doing anything at the moment, so there was no harm for him to help the middle-aged woman. 

And also by helping the middle-aged woman, the quest from the system would be completed. Damian was actually curious about what rewards the system would give him after he completed the quest. 

"I have to go somewhere and I need you to carry some of this stuff for me. Do you mind helping me?" the middle-aged woman asked. 

"Alright, so where are we going?" Damian swiftly carried the shopping bag that the middle-aged woman was carrying. 

"Before that you can call me Winona. It's nice to meet a kind-hearted young man like you." With that Winona smiled and started walking to lead the way. 

For a moment Damian felt quite familiar with the middle-aged woman's name, but he forgot where he had heard it. 

However, Damian didn't think much of it and chose to follow Winona from behind. 

"Sorry for my impoliteness, you can call me Damian." Damian of course also told Winona his name. 

In return Winona just smiled and continued to walk towards her destination. 

. . .

Damian couldn't help but feel surprised when he realized that Winona stopped at the place where Wendy had invited him earlier. 

"This is where you're going, ma'am?" Damian even had to confirm this with Winona. 

"Yes. Do you know this place?" asked Winona quite curiously. 

"I actually have a need here as well," Damian replied with a smile, not expecting to meet someone who had a need in this place as well. 

"Gosh, what a coincidence!" Winona became excited after hearing that.

With that, Winona invited Damian into the store. And whether it was a coincidence or not when they entered Wendy and her friend were also there. 

"Mrs. Weston, you finally came! I thought something had happened to you." Veronica quickly walked towards Winona. 

Meanwhile, Wendy, who was also there, glanced at Damian who was somehow able to be with someone like Winona Weston. 

Wendy also looked at Damian with a questioning gaze, she was very curious about what really happened. 

Damian also responded to that gaze with a shrug of his shoulders not knowing, even he himself did not know what happened. 

"Indeed, something happened earlier. But, fortunately, this young man helped me," Winona explained enthusiastically. 

Instantly Wendy and Veronica looked at Damian in amazement, while Damian himself could only stay where he was with an awkward smile. 

Wendy realized her surprise and thought that this was a good opportunity to ally with the Weston family. 

Wendy quickly walked over to Damian and hugged his arm. 

"I'm glad my husband can help you, Mrs. Weston." Wendy looked at Damian with a smile. 

"Your husband?" It was obvious that Winona was surprised by Wendy's words. 

Although Damian could see that Winona quickly covered up her surprise. 

"I didn't know that you knew Wendy. And yes I am Wendy's husband," Damian replied later as he gently rubbed Wendy's hand that was hugging his arm. 

"Gosh, this world is so small." Winona chuckled after hearing Damian's explanation. 

With that, they had an intimate conversation in Veronica's boutique, at least this time Damian didn't have to wander outside at the moment.

. . .

Finally after two full hours of Damian spending his time listening to the women chat about fashion and various gossip, he was able to escape from the situation. 

And now Damian and Wendy had to go back to Wendy's boutique after buying many items from Veronica's shop. 

Not only that, Damian also learned that the middle-aged woman he helped earlier was the famous Winona Weston. 

"No wonder I'm familiar with her name," Damian felt enlightened after finally knowing Winona's identity. 

[Hosts are very lucky to meet someone who can be used as an ally to plot your revenge]

"I didn't expect to meet such an important person here either," Damian replied as he heard the system's response. 

The Weston family was one of the most influential families here, even more influential than the Clayton family. 

If Damian could ally himself with the Weston family, not only would his position in the Clayton family be a little better but it could also help him to gather information regarding who wanted him dead.

From what Damian knew from Wendy, the Weston family would also come to the event that would be organized by the Clayton family. 

And Damian was thinking of approaching them and making them his allies, fortunately Wendy also thought the same as him so he didn't need to do it secretly.