Chapitre 169: Work tour (3)
"You are the chairman?"
"He doesn't look like a chairman."
Cassidy is still asking questions while Quinn has already disapproved of Darwin. Earning her acknowledgment isn't easy.
Darwin doesn't care in the slightest and simply slouches deeper into his couch. He is one of few people I have ever seen able to disregard Quinn's judging looks. Most would immediately sit up straight at her words and attempt to mend whatever she criticized.
"Look here missy, I have had a hard day and night dealing with those damn ocean-born. They are impossible to deal with and way worse than even cockroaches. I don't care how I look to you. I hold that damn position even if I look nothing like it."
Darwin truly doesn't care, huh.
"Ocean-born? I have never heard of such a monster. Are they connected to Aphrodite?"
"No. Aphrodite was merely born once from the ocean and there were other ingredients too. If she were killed she surely wouldn't resurrect from the ocean again."
"There are monsters who can do that?"
"Monsters... Yes, you could call them that."
I hope to the gods that Quinn never meets an ocean-born and calls him a monster. Seems I'll have to warn her of that once we get home.
"It seems our chairman is more exhausted than expected. Quinn and Cassidy, this is Darwin, our chairman. Darwin, these are Quinn and Cassidy, Guy's daughters. With the introduction out of the way, we can continue our tour."
Navi takes hold of the conversation and guides us out of the room. It seems to me like Darwin said a bit more than he should have. The exhaustion must be pretty bad for him then.
But... What else is there to tour? Every other place is managed or used by monsters.
<We aren't entirely done with the tour. We have an extensive wellness section for after-workout care. I think the girls may favor a short soak in one of our jacuzzies.>
This place has a wellness section? Why was I never told about that?
<It isn't included in employee benefits. Our Jacuzzies have special properties that can be quite addictive. When we first introduced them some employees refused to work and wanted to stay in a jacuzzi all day long.>
Addicting properties?
<Yes, and quite serious ones at that. Being in there feels too good and no one wants to leave of their free will. We even had to switch to charging by time spent inside. Once the time limit is reached the jacuzzi will automatically cease its operations until more time is redeemed.>
That's awfully strict. How much time will my daughters get?
<Since we are trying to give them a positive impression of our company we have decided to gift each of them 10 minutes.>
We arrive in a more secluded part of the building that I would never have found if Navi hadn't been guiding us. The entrance is marked with a large wooden board that says 'Wellness and Jacuzzies' in elegant calligraphy.
"This place has a wellness area?"
"Yes, Cassidy dear, and the two of you have been given a free voucher for ten minutes in our famous jacuzzies."
"Oh?"
Quinn is actually showing interest in such a thing? That is rare, to say the least.
As we pass below the board we enter another waiting room that is cozily furnished with old wooden tables and comfy-looking armchairs.
There is also another entrance to the building here. Presumably, this was built for guests who come here solely for the wellness section.
And right after we enter the waiting room and someone enters through the other entrance. It's a lady wearing a red robe with long silver hair. Her eyes are covered by a red band made of silk-like material and her aura alone makes me want to kneel before her.
"Lady Libra?!!!"
Navi's outcry rips me out of my trance and sends shivers down my spine. Libra as in the dungeon master that became a goddess on her own. What is she doing here?
"Greetings Navi."
"Lady Libra what brings you here today?"
"When the sun rises, shadows will be cast."
What now?
<It is her favorite little thing to say. It describes cause and effect. When there is sun there will naturally be shadows. Or at least I understand it that way. Libra is big on riddles so she'll never tell me her answer.>
Her answer?
<She once told me that in her opinion no question has a right answer. There are only individual answers that are closer or further from one another.>
You are telling me there's more than one answer to what's one plus one?
<I asked her the exact same thing back then. The answer we were taught to think that it is right is two. But what if I told you that one plus one equals a number. Would that be wrong?>
It's not wrong but it's not as accurate as saying two. And even if you can say that three would be wrong whatever way you bend it.
<I never said there were no wrong answers, did I? Because there are. But just because there is a wrong answer doesn't mean there is a right one. There's more than one wrong answer so why can't there be more than one right answer too?>
If that is what Libra and you talked about then I want nothing to do with her.
<Again, my thoughts exactly when I first talked to her. But after some time these things start to just make sense. And at some point, you will be able to tell these things to someone who hasn't yet heard them. Like I just did to you. Only then will you realize that you changed positions.>
Let's hope the day never comes. But I'm sure Quinn will hit it right of with Libra. Talking about complicated philosophical topics is one of her favorite things. Thankfully, my smart daughter knows not to involve me in such conversations.
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