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After this episode with his former manager Harry cooked a simple breakfast and decided to finally go for his shopping, it was 9AM so the air was still fresh, if he waited longer it would get too hot and annoying.

For his shopping he decided to head towards the Glorious Mall where his last reward was still waiting for him, yesterday he was too focused on checking out the car and penthouse and had neglected the coffee shop so he decided to drop by today.

He went to his car and drove off towards the mall, as he had never been there before he put it's onto Google maps and followed the way, he arrived after more or less 20 minutes and looked at the luxurious building.

'How come I've never heard about this place even though I've been living in this city for close to 3 years ?'

He didn't bother about the details much more and decided to head inside, as he walked around he attracted a lot of attention, the women looked at him with stars and hearts in their eyes while the men scoffed at his poor attire.

He on the other hand didn't care and looked around the first floor for the "Caffeine Rush" it was the name of the coffee shop that was written on the deed that he had received from the system.

He walked around for a bit until he spotted it, the outside looked very good with lavish decoration. It had an old school vibe with a wooden frame, there were lanterns handing from them and the signboard too was made out of wood.

He walked inside and realized that there were people working there, it wasn't filled to the brim but there were quite a few people sitting and chatting. He decided to order something and look around for a little bit, at the counter were three people, a female around the age of 25 he guessed taking the orders and two young males running around preparing the orders.

As he looked at the menu he realized that it was quite lengthy, they had coffee of course, different types of tea, bubble tea was also on the menu and there was a wide variety of desserts and pastry, he decided to keep it simple and ordered an iced coffee with a croissant.

After a short few minutes he was served on the table, he ate his breakfast while analyzing the surroundings.

The coffee shop had a very cozy feel to it, it wasn't clustered and every table was at least a meter away from it's neighbor so every customer had room to breath. He was sitting in a corner where he had a 180° view of his surroundings, the customer base here seemed to be quite high class as everyone kept quiet, those who came in pairs or groups also spoke gently as to not disturb the rest.

All in all Harry was quite happy with this, it was 9:20 in the morning and there were already quite a few customers so he didn't doubt that his new business had a steady inflow of customers.

'In the end I have the system so I doubt the income from this business will be a lot compared to what I can get but it's pretty nice as a first reward.'

He thought while sipping on his coffee, finally he decided to meet with the manager and asked the female who was acting as a cashier, she gave him a surprising answer.

"I am the manager, was there something wrong with your order sir ?"

"Oh really ? No it was delicious, I'm the new owner of the shop so I came to greet everybody."

The lady's eyes shot open in surprise, this handsome young man was the new owner ? She was already aware that the shop was sold but she didn't have any information about the new owner except his name so she asked him his name to confirm.

"My name is Harry Leblanc, nice to meet you."

He said as he extended his hand, indeed that was the name that she was given. She smiled and shook his hand.

"My name is Nora sir, let's have a happy cooperation."

"Don't call me sir I'm only 22 years old haha, Harry is fine, I just came to greet you today, I don't really plan on interfering with your job so just keep managing the shop like you usually do."

"Alright Harry, if you have any instruction or questions just call me, here's my number."

She said as she handed him a receipt where she wrote her number to the back.

In normal circumstances Harry would be more invested if he owned such a shop but since he had the system he was certain that he would have way bigger businesses to manage so he would rather leave the small ones to the staff to manage.

"Alright I'll text you so you can add my number, if you need anything just call me."

After the short conversation he bade her farewell and finally went shopping, he was extremely excited as he hadn't bought something for himself in a really long time.

The first things he wanted were a laptop and a new phone so he headed to the Apple store, he already had a gaming setup at home so the laptop would be for work related matters, he walked into the shop and looked around, he already knew what he wanted but it didn't hurt to look around a little bit.

As he was browsing he found something that he liked that wasn't on his shopping list, in the end he found a random salesman and asked him to pack the three things for him, he asked for a MacBook Pro, an iPhone 14 pro and finally a set of AirPods Max.

In the end Harry left the Apple Store with around 6000$ less in his account, at first he felt a little sting but thinking about the 450.000$ on his account he didn't care anymore.

Next he wanted some clothes so he went back to the car and left the Apple bag in the trunk before he headed to the 5th floor where the luxury brands had their shops, although he wasn't much of a brand fan he knew that such high end shops sold quality stuff and these clothes would hold up longer than cheaper ones, since he wasn't lacking money he might as well check it.

As he walked into the 5th floor he saw an array of high end brands such as Louis Vuitton, Dior, Gucci, Versace, Burberry and a long list of others.

As he looked around his attention was grabbed by an eye catching piece on display in the Gucci showcase window, he walked closer to take a better look and indeed he liked it a lot, it was a dark blue suit, very simple but extremely well made.

As he took a step in the store the security guard put his hand in front of him and tried pushing him back in vain, Harry wasn't even trying the resist as he was just surprised by the sudden move, it was just that his body had grown a lot stronger since yesterday.

"What are you doing ?"

Harry looked at the tall guy who was around the same height as himself and asked, he knew what the meaning of that was but he didn't like being looked down upon.

"This is a high end store, not a place for a bozo like you. Leave before I make you."

The security guard said, their eyes were already having a fight from which Harry didn't back down, this guy was blatantly discriminating against him simply because of his clothes.

"Move your hand before I make you."

Harry threw back which obviously made the security guard angry, he frowned and was about to make a move when a voice came from inside the shop.

"What's going on here ?"

Both of them looked over and the security guard suddenly showed a docile smile.

"Miss Elizabeth! Nothing at all, this bozo was trying to enter the shop so I stopped him before he dirtied the expensive items."

Harry had his jaw clenched as he heard this line, he wanted to crush this guy's skull on the spot but he had no interest in going to prison over such a petty reason.

The lady also furrowed her brows as she heard the answer.

"Your job is to stop thieves, not potential customers ! Now move aside and let that gentleman enter the shop !"

Her loud voice attracted the attention of the few people who were browsing in the fifth floor, her furious shout also made Harry feel a lot better, this guy would probably get fired for this offense.

Harry wasn't a petty guy but he decided to help her make that decision, if he bought a lot and made the shop earn a lot then she would probably be more inclined to fire him.

With a smile he walked into the shop and nodded at her, she was very professional and also very pretty, now that he walked closer he was surprised.