Chapter 30: Chapter 30 Work Allocation 2
"Why do I have to work with the stinky animals?! Are you perhaps targeting me?!" Melody said in outrage, she felt that she was demeaned by Kisha for putting her in a filthy place such as pigpens and the like.
Kisha paused her discussion with Eric and turned to Melody who was red from anger. "Then tell me what can you do Ms. Evans?!" Her cold voice permeated the entire place.
"There are other places you can put me to work. I can be Duke's assistant."
Kisha let out a cold chuckle that could send people's hair standing. "Do you think, we are still in a society where being a CEO's assistant is good enough to put food on your table?"
Melody was wearing an arrogant look, thinking that Kisha was afraid of her getting close to Duke by being his assistant. "What's wrong with being his assistant? Are you afraid?" She gave Kisha a challenging smirk.
Eagle on the other hand was giving Melody a mocking gaze, as if he was looking at a stupid girl who was still living in her own world.
Kisha withdrew any form of smile on her face, her blank stare made Melody feel not just uncomfortable but scared. She started to sweat but she didn't want to back down.
Kisha's voice and aura turned a few degrees colder which made everyone in the room suck in their breath. "First of all Ms. Evans. You're not here as a guest, so you can't choose what you want and don't want to do. Second, you don't have any other admirable traits in survival or other house chores. Third, food is not free so if you want to eat, then work and learn to follow your superior. Fourth, you can't even take care of yourself and yet you want to be Duke's assistant? Tell me, if I threw you out there would the zombies spare your life just because you can play the piano or would they watch you dance?"
Melody was fuming for being humiliated in front of everyone and the worst part is, not a single person from her family said a thing to defend her. If eyes could kill, Melody had already killed Kisha multiple times. She started to skin Kisha alive in her head and said. "According to your logic, I am so useless, so isn't it better if I just serve as an assistant to Duke so I could learn a thing or two?"
"True, you might learn something if you follow him. But we are now in a time-constrained environment where every second counts. Farming and growing animals are most important. So, don't you think that you'll be very helpful if you just do the task assigned to you?"
"How dare you treat me, the only Evans's heiress like this?!" She emphasized the word heiress, not wanting to recognize Kisha as her sister.
"Hmmm. You are indeed the Evans's heiress, but this is not your company or home. So don't use that crap on me." Kisha deflected.
"YOU!" Melody said with gritted teeth, her hands balled and her nails digging to her flesh.
"What?!" Kisha lazily raised her brows and continued. "If you'd like, there's another solution."
Melody did not answer but still waited for Kisha to continue.
"You could just leave. Go to any base or evacuation center, there, they will treat you with respect and they will not ask you to do any filthy job unbefitting your position. How about that?"
Melody disdained Kisha for being barbaric and unsophisticated but she hated her even more for always getting in her way in getting close to Duke and for trying to take her family's attention from her and now, she's even sending her to a filthy place to work. She really wanted to go up there and give her a double-sided slap on the face.
Melody's face contorted in an unsightly manner because of her uncontrollable rage, even Emma could not take it anymore. "I'll just exchange positions with Melody, Ms. Aldens."
"Mrs. Evans, I have put everyone in their respective position considering their previous jobs and strengths as an individual, which I think will be helpful with the base. But if you wish to take her position instead, I will not interfere. I just wish she's not going to pull anything stupid or be a hindrance in the kitchen."
Emma's face flushed red, she had nothing to retort. Even she found her daughter Melody narrow-minded in this situation. She could only bear the responsibility for her as her mother and avoid direct confrontation between her two daughters. She was indeed caught between a rock and a hard place.
Yet, Melody did not appreciate the gesture and just snorted. Thinking that she would teach Kisha a lesson sooner or later.
"I just came by to have a look, but I didn't expect to witness this." A very cold voice reverberated throughout the conference room, everybody was equally nervous but Kisha was lazily looking at the person who spoke.
"We are almost done with the meeting, if you have anything you would like to add, please do so."
"Hmm. I left you completely in charge of this matter. If there's anyone who doesn't want to listen to your arrangements, just throw them out to fend for themselves outside." His gaze lingered on Melody as he reiterated it word for word.
Hearing Duke's words that were aimed at her, Melody quieted down and tears started to fall from her eyes like a faulty faucet. "I'm sorry Duke, I don't want to cause trouble. I just wanted to be of use to you."
Her tears pulled Edward's heartstrings, as her pitiful appearance and choked-up voice as she apologized made him feel bad for his daughter, they raised her for so many years and doted on her. She was a pampered rich lady, and now she has to suddenly accept a situation where she has to do something she has never done before. He somehow felt dissatisfied with Kisha, feeling that she was targeting Melody on purpose.
He glances at Kisha before stepping in to coax Melody and apologize to Duke on her behalf. "Duke, I apologize for my daughter's behavior. I hope you don't take it to heart, she was used to a carefree life so she hasn't adapted to the sudden change and her stress level just led her to this."
"Just take it that my daughter is being willful." Edward's smile was strained.
Kisha felt that she had gone too far by scolding Melody, it was true that she used to be the young miss of an affluent family and she wouldn't be able to adjust in just a day. So she relented and let Emma and Melody change places since it would not hinder any of the base's operations. And to also give them a little leeway for Duke.
"All of us here were forced to accept what the world has become, if we are going to wait for some people to adjust, we'll die from the zombies that never stop a second to find their next meal." Duke looked around and observed each person's expression without missing a beat. "If you think, it is unfair for you to do the dirty work, you are free to go out there to gather your supplies and pay for your accommodations. We will not ask you to do anything else."
Everyone's faces turned pale, they knew how scary it was out there and they only survived by relying on Duke's team to get here. If they go out there again to try their luck, who knows how they will die?
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Chapter 31: Chapter 31 Anger
The atmosphere was tense and heavy, but for Kisha, it was good that everyone was reminded of the danger. They are being complacent just because they have found a place to settle down.
This tense atmosphere was interrupted by Hawk who came in a little later than Duke. With the frowning Duke, he could already imagine that some of the people in the conference room had rubbed him the wrong way. He accidentally made an eye contact with Eagle, if only eyes could speak. Eagle's eye would have already said. "Do something!"
Hawk cleared his throat to get Duke's attention, and once he did, he whispered something in his ear that made Duke's body turn stiff, he pursed his lips and the suffocating aura around him intensified.
He eyed Kisha to follow him outside, feeling that it was a piece of important information, she followed suit almost instantly. And before she left the room, she gave Eagle an order to take care of the rest.
When everyone thought that Eagle was a soft persimmon and was easier to deal with than Kisha, they started another bout of complaint and the room was in a moment of chaos, but Eagle who is a capable elite, did not take long to keep everything in order and did not care about anyone's dissatisfaction. He did not argue like Kisha did nor intimidate anyone like Duke but his killing intent was plain and simple, he let his attitude tell everyone that he would not hear any of them and he just followed one man, and maybe, an additional woman.
And Melody was not so stupid after all, they already heard Duke's stance so if she continued to make a scene, there was no telling when they were going to kick her out so she compromised. She retreated to advance. "I apologize Mr. Eagle for my narrow-mindedness and for giving you trouble. I will follow your arrangement and will learn with all my heart. And I hope that you will not hold this against me." She smiled gently.
Edward was glad to see his daughter going back to being sensible like she used to be and felt that he should take good care of her as much as possible. He subconsciously started comparing the sensible Melody to the cold Kisha and felt that the latter was too insensible.
....
Duke led Kisha to his office, just like his office in Alpha Empire Corporation the big room had a black and wood theme which looked elegant and noble. The floor-to-ceiling window behind Duke reflected the dark and gloomy forest which added a hint of danger to the person sitting in the middle of the room with his cold aura permeating the room.
Kisha took a big stride and sat on the sofa in front of Duke and waited for him to talk.
"Sparrow had found a trace of the convoy." He exhaled and his aura turned colder before he continued. "He reported, out of the twenty elite guards. They encountered seven that turned into a zombie, those seven had severe wounds on their body and." He paused for a moment, trying to contain the heavy bloodlust and anger that wanted to come out of his body. And through gritted teeth, he continues. "Their limbs were intentionally broken while they were alive and were gnawed by the zombie as they struggled for their lives. They could hardly be recognized, if not for their dog tags."
Hawk, who was standing behind Duke had a tense jaw, veins bulging in his forehead and jawline. His eyes are red but he refuses to shed a tear, the hands behind his back are balled so tightly that his knuckles turn white. He could hardly imagine how much pain and suffering his brothers had to experience to turn out like that. He could not erase from his memory how they looked like from the pictures, Sparrow sent just now.
They all looked miserable, he could not imagine how much hatred the person who did it had for them. And because of it, they are more worried about the Old master, Mr. and Mrs. Winters's whereabouts, and hope that they have yet to fall into the enemy's hands.
Kisha felt the need to say something to console Duke, but she could hardly think of anything to say right now. She had already accepted this kind of outcome in the apocalypse and many such occurrences happened in her past life, those who have evil minds weaponized zombies like this against their enemies and only strength can determine what's right and what's wrong. She sympathized with the victims but her heart was not big enough to empathize with all of them. That's why, when it comes to consoling, she is useless. She and the Duke of her previous life, don't need to console each other, they have a tacit understanding of one's feelings and what matters is action, and that is where they are good at.
She knew how much anger was burning in Duke's heart right now and she couldn't blame him. His men are all ophan that he chose and nurtured with his own hard-earned money, it has nothing to do with the Winters, and he treated them as his own brothers.
[Ding....]
She was brought back from her trance by the system's notification
[Successful purchase of Scarlet Queen Bee.] She was baffled by this transaction.
"Host, I have found it!"
"Found what?"
Before 008 could answer, Duke received another report from Sparrow. He did not dilly-dally and quickly checked the content of the report only to find one sentence. But this sentence is enough to make him have a little hope and at the same time anxious.
"Boss, we've found one survivor but he's wretch." Sparrow seemed to be in a hurry to send the SOS signal to his boss for another instruction and only said what was important. He did not include any other findings about his investigation, since, they have no other traces or clues other than the survivor who was on the verge of death.
Sparrow and Vulture did a quick first-aid but they were afraid to move the survivor thinking that it would aggravate his wounds.
Duke understood their action and their meaning so he asked Hawk to call for Elios. Shortly after, Elios who was distraught was dragged by Hawk into the office, he did not know why he was brought in a hurry and sneakily. He was in the mini hospital checking the inventory and arranging his tools according to how it was in his hospital, it's just to make it easier for him to remember their location and for his convenience.
But who would have thought that he would be dragged without prior explanation, this is enough to make him think that something happened to Kisha, he remembered that Kisha was with Duke and Hawk, he was fidgety and anxious but when he entered the room, the first thing he saw was Kisha who was calmly sitting in the sofa like a willow tree that's slowly swaying in the spring breeze, elegant and beautiful.
He let out a sigh of relief and composed himself. He turned to Duke and asked. "Is there something I can help you, Duke?"
Duke did not say anything but instead, he video-called Sparrow and let him explain what was going on with Elios while showing him the wounds and status of the person.
Elios did not waste a second and jumped straight to explaining and showing some samples using Hawk as a mannequin and letting Sparrow follow his every action. Hawk silently played dead as his body was moved from time to time, dressed his invisible wounds with torn clothes, and many other more. With the four people's effort, they were able to put the survivor in the back seat of the car, secure his life that was hanging in a thin thread, and travel steadily back to the base.
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