"How do you feel?" Hanabi asked Alexander.

She visited him, delivering his food. Alexander was still imprisoned in Mr. Hiroshi's villa.

"I'm feeling better now. Thank you for taking care of me. How about you? How's your gunshot wound?"

Hanabi turned to look at her shoulder. "It's just a graze. My wound is already healed."

Alexander smiled, feeling relieved. "I'm glad to hear that."

"By the way, Sis Jane called me. She told me to release you. But you will have to stay in this Villa as you serve Hiroshi's households."

His eyes lit up when he heard that. "I'm fine with that as long as I can stay with you."

Hanabi blushed instantly because of his straightforwardness. He boldly expressed how he felt toward her. Deep inside, she still couldn't get used to this.

"Eat this first. After that, I'll show you around the villa so that you can familiarize yourself with the place."

Alexander nodded, accepting the lunchbox she prepared for him. He couldn't help but smile foolishly. He didn't care if he had to be Sawada Clan's slave. All he could think of was staying by Hanabi's side until she could finally accept his feelings for her.

It did not take long before the two of them stepped out of his prison cell. Hanabi toured him around the villa.

Some members of the Sawada Clan were also staying there, guarding the place. They whispered at each other when Alexander and Hanabi passed through their guard post.

"That's the mighty dragonlord of the Red Dragon Mafia. Haha. But now, he is our slave! We can order him around to do some work for us. The Clan Leader announced it yesterday!"

"Haha! That's nice. The Red Dragon Mafia had been terrorizing our territory. They kept sabotaging our operations. Now, it's our time to pay him back. We lost some comrades because of them!"

Some of the guards bore grudges against the Red Dragon Mafia, including their leader, Alexander.

"Let's just wait for Miss Hanabi to leave," he whispered to his comrades.

The rest nodded in agreement.

After an hour, Hanabi and Alexander finished roaming around the villa.

"That's enough for today. I'll bring you to your room. You still need to rest. Your body hasn't fully recovered yet from the lashes you received from our Clan Leader." Her voice was filled with concern for him.

Alexander smiled again as he obediently followed her.

They just passed through the living room when two members of the Sawada Clan approached them.

"Miss Hanabi, our clan leader informed us that he would be staying with us in our quarters. We can escort him to our room."

Hanabi frowned. "But Sis Jane told me to let Alexander stay in one of the guest rooms, not your quarters."

The two men exchanged meaningful glances with one another before responding to her.

"Miss Hanabi, we are just following our Clan Leader's instructions. He is not a guest here. He is here to serve the Sawada Clan."

Hearing those words, Hanabi could no longer refute them. She had already upset Mr. Hiroshi, so she didn't have the courage to defy him further.

"Fine. I understand," she replied reluctantly.

But Alexander just tapped her shoulder. "Don't worry. I'll be fine. Your comrades are right. I am not an esteemed guest here. I have to follow the Sawada Clan's rule."

Hanabi could only sigh helplessly. "I have to go now. I need to join the girls for today's dress fitting. Sis Jane's wedding with Nathan will be held in five days. And we are chosen as her bridesmaids."

"Send my congratulations to them."

"Yes. I will. I think she will invite you to attend the wedding ceremony. She told me to pick a tuxedo for you."

Alexander let out a soft chuckle. He didn't expect that Phantomflake would be generous enough to let him attend her wedding.

"Okay. I'll ask Jake and Spade to buy a gift for the couple."

Hanabi bade goodbye to Alexander. The moment she left, the two men quickly escorted Alexander to their quarters.

Each quarter was spacious enough to accommodate eight members of the Sawada Clan. It was a dorm-type room.

Upon reaching the room, the two men pushed him inside.

"Dragon Lord! You have to clean the entire quarter before you can take a rest!" the man said.

His companion erupted into a peal of laughter as he threw the mop and broom at Alexander.

"Make sure that every corner is clean and spotless once we come back!"

The men took advantage of Alexander's weak body as they bossed him around. They wanted to make fun of him, thus deliberately messing their quarters for Alexander to clean.

Meanwhile, Alexander didn't complain since he chose this himself. 'This way… I can pay for my grandfather's crime.'

Alexander obediently obeyed the members of the Sawada Clan. Despite his weak and exhausted body, he continued mopping the floor, fixing the bedsheets, and wiping the wall.

An hour later, the two men who ordered him to clean brought their comrades to their quarters, watching Alexander as he continued cleaning the room.

One guy suddenly kicked the bucket, spilling the water on the already cleaned floor.

"Redo it! We can still see some dirt on the floor!" He yelled at him.

"Do your work properly, Dragon Lord. You have no one here to help you. Hahaha. Do you want to call your men to do this menial job for you?" another guy butted in, his tone filled with sarcasm and provocation.

Alexander clenched his fists, and he remained quiet. He knew he had to endure this harsh treatment from these men. He had no right to fight back. In the end, he chose to ignore them as he continued mopping the floor.

However, the men got irritated when Alexander didn't even glance at them, completely ignoring their presence.

One guy charged at him, grabbing him by his collar. "Men, let's beat him up. We must discipline this rude slave!" 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

The group started beating Alexander, punching and kicking him in different parts of his body. When he dropped to the floor, all he could do was protect his head using his arms. He didn't retaliate. He became their human punching bag!

They only stopped hitting him when Alexander coughed up some blood and fainted.

"Hey, dude, he fainted! Do we need to treat him? What if he dies here?" One member asked their team leader anxiously.

"Heh! Just let him sleep on the floor. He is not going to die. Imagine, our Clan leader whipped him multiple times, yet he survived."

"Are we not getting in trouble for doing this? Our Clan Leader never instructed us to do this."

"Of course not! Our Clan Leader hates this man. He might even reward us once he learns what he did to this man. Haha! C'mon. Just relax. Clan Leader will side with us… This man is his enemy."

After convincing his comrades, they quickly left Alexander, who was lying on the wet floor unconscious.

An hour later…

The butler entered the quarters, only to be shocked upon seeing Alexander's unconscious figure lying on the floor.

"Oh no! What happened to Mr. Alexander?!" He rushed in his direction, checking his vitals. He was breathing, but his pulse was weak.

Without further ado, the butler called an ambulance to rush Alexander to the nearest hospital. However, the members of the Sawada Clan who beat Alexander up stopped the Butler.

"Hey, old man. What do you think you are doing? This man is our prisoner. You can't bring him to the hospital."

"But he is going to die if we let him stay here like this."

"This is our Master's order. You have to obey!" The team leader insisted.

"But… his pulse is weak. He is barely alive… You can come with us to the hospital so that he can't escape," the butler still tried to talk to them, convincing them to send Alexander to the hospital.

"Don't bother. We will just call our master's personal doctor to treat him."

They shouldn't let another doctor treat Alexander; otherwise, they would know that he was beaten up. The doctor in the hospital might report to the police that Alexander was a victim of physical assault.

"What is going on here?" Tatsumi's voice was heard from behind.

"Young Master Tatsumi!" the Butler called out, feeling relieved to see him. "Mr. Alexander's life is in grave danger!"

"Huh? What?!" Tatsumi dashed in their direction to check on Alexander.