The Mad King's Tenderness, Kalpas's Smile (Continued)

However, Kalpas didn't know how to deliver the gift, so he could only carry the bag here.

"..."

The corner of his eye twitched behind the Kalpas Tribulations Mask, and his fist hardened.

The people he's least good at dealing with are Bai Ge and Elysia, who can easily see through other people's thoughts. Of course, Aponia doesn't count, as that's the area he hates the most.

If Bai Ge is the blue line (trust), then Aponia's line is the absolute red line (dislike).

"Snort!"

Kalpas snorted and walked towards the trash can.

Bai Ge was taken aback.

"Uh, Kalpas, what are you doing?"

"I'll go and throw these away."

"Oh, no, there's nothing shameful about giving gifts to children. You can just hand them over with both hands."

Bai Ge quickly grabbed the bag, just in case this easily offended guy actually threw away the gift.

Because of his business dealings with the Ai Sect, Bai is now very concerned about money and cannot tolerate such wasteful behavior.

"Bai Ge, not everyone in this world is like you and Elysia (a social terrorist)." Kalpas Jie stiffened, turned to look at Bai and said calmly.

"To be honest, I think I'm still a bit behind Aili in terms of social anxiety. Besides, it's just giving a gift, which any normal person could do."

Bai Ge was speechless. He felt that even if he were to give Aili an engagement ring in the future, he wouldn't be this slow. Kalpas, your irritable and arrogant older brother persona is really troublesome.

"And don't stand so far away from everyone. People who don't know better might think you're a stalker. It won't hurt to get closer. Kalpas, you clearly like children, don't you?"

"... Bai Ge, I'm not like you. There are some things I know I'm not really qualified to have."

Kalpas spoke, he looked at the children not far away. His fists clenched slowly, but the fire in his heart subsided.

This man, whose fighting style is like that of a raging beast and who seems to be angry all the time, does not actually crave endless, insane war deep down.

Instead, it was something completely opposite to his style, so simple that countless people would find it hard to believe.

A home, nothing more.

And since it's a home, it must have family members.

After the Herrscher of Ice killed everyone in the village where Kalpas lived, Kalpas was freed, but he also lost his first "home". Although Bai Ge felt that the village was not worthy of being called "home" by Kalpas.

After that, Kalpas wandered for an unknown amount of time until he arrived at Twilight Street, where he found his second "home," and he regarded the children in the sanatorium as his family.

However, Kalpas felt unworthy.

"Bai Ge, do you think someone who is always hysterically pursuing battle deserves peace? In fact, the people in the Moth Chasing Fire only fear me."

"I didn't."

"... You're a special guy."

Kalpas choked for a moment before speaking.

"Then my Elysia, Aponia, Mobius, Misteln, Prometheus, and Kevin, Sue, and Kosma are not afraid of you either."

Bai Ge, with his arms crossed and a smile, continued to give examples.

"..."

Kalpas was completely speechless. How could this hot-tempered guy, who was only good at fighting, possibly win a verbal battle against Bai Ge? It took him an unknown amount of time before he finally managed to utter a sentence.

That's because you are not weak.

Kalpas considered himself a mad beast, and no one would dare to approach him except for strong individuals who were confident in their own strength and people who were mentally ill.

In fact, many warriors who had teamed up with Kalpas were terrified by his fighting style.

Seeing the reactions of those people, Kalpas knew that he was a terrifying existence, and that if someone like him were to approach the children, he would only frighten them.

Thinking this, he glanced at the crowd in the distance again, automatically filtering out Aponia.

Kalpas cherishes the children in these nursing homes, which is why he chooses to stay away and not get close.

"Um, you haven't misunderstood something, have you?"

"Huh? Bai Ge, what do you mean?"

"Hey Kalpas, don't you really know that you're actually super popular?"

Bai Ge blinked and asked uncertainly.

"???"

At this moment, many question marks seemed to appear above Kalpas's head. He remained silent for a moment before asking in return.

"... Who do you think is popular?"

"You."

"I?"

"Yes! You're super popular, Kalpas."

Bai Ge pointed at him with a confident expression.

The latter was completely dumbfounded at this moment.

Kalpas subconsciously thought that Bai Ge was joking with him, but looking at the White Youth's extremely serious and determined expression, he couldn't bring himself to question it for a moment.

"Let me ask you something first, Kalpas, do you know how to use the internet?"

Bai Ge asked tentatively.

"No, I'm too lazy to learn."

Kalpas said confidently.

He never surfs the internet; at most, he operates a task terminal. In this grumpy guy's opinion, the internet is just too chaotic.

In the past Kalpas accidentally clicked on a junk website. After seeing some indescribable ads and videos, he vowed never to go online again.

After all, it's the internet. In this vast and chaotic world of data, people can communicate regardless of distance and hide their identities. Social anxiety in the real world might be considered social bully in the online world. Most people like to act crazy online.

In short, Kalpas is not suited to survive on human networks; the risk of him being driven to death by anger is extremely high.

However, since the internet is the primary means of transmitting human intelligence, if you don't use it, even if you don't live deep in the mountains, it's almost the same as being isolated from the world.

Therefore, there are many things that Kalpas does not know.

For example...

"Look for yourself, this is your fan website, and the number of registered users has exceeded 20 million."

Bai Ge then showed a website, which contained Kalpas's photos, information, some of his experiences, and countless comments.

"What the hell is this?!"

Kalpas snatched Bai Ge's phone and examined it closely.

"Previously, Aili suggested making our information about the Fusion Warrior public, Kalpas, you agreed back then, didn't you? After that, we uploaded a few combat videos for you, and the response was quite good. The masked berserker and such made you gain a lot of fans all of a sudden."

Bai Ge then opened a few videos for Kalpas to watch.

Although the visuals are a bit gory and violent, it must be said that Kalpas's battles are pure violent aesthetics, coupled with a high-energy background music, making it incredibly exciting to watch.

"Many other brands want you to be their spokesperson. For example, this jeans brand actually sent their endorsement request to our base. You probably didn't even know that..."

"I... know nothing!"

Kalpas said through gritted teeth.

He really had no recollection of it. Perhaps someone had asked him for permission, but he never cared about such things, so it was very likely that he had just agreed casually.

At this moment, the eyes behind the Kalpas Tribulations Mask were staring intently at the comments section. Contrary to his expectations of fear, almost all the comments were praise and cheers for him.

"Brother Jie is a real man! That was so satisfying to play!"

"Even though I'm a guy, I can do it!!"

"Ah! I really want to see his face under the mask!"

"Such violent aesthetics exist in this world, Thai pants hot!"

"Does anyone have Kalpas's contact information? Our boss wants to discuss an endorsement deal with him. Is Moth Chasing Fire watching? Please give me Kalpas's contact information!"

These comments left Kalpas dumbfounded.

He never dreamed that the outside world's opinion of him would be completely opposite to what he imagined. These netizens were not afraid of his flames and fists at all; on the contrary, they were extremely excited.

At this moment, Kalpas felt that his worldview had cracked, and he remained silent for a long time before finally managing to utter a sentence.

"Are these people out of their minds?"

"That's normal, that's how silly netizens are."

Bai Ge patted Kalpas comfortingly.

He quickly grabbed his phone back, because this guy had already cracked his screen.

"Now you know, Kalpas, you've misunderstood yourself. There may be many people in this world who fear you, but even more people like you. Be proud, brother, you're a great hero who fights against the Honkai."

"I am a hero?" Kalpas's eyes were blank; he had never thought he could be worthy of that word.