QT: Against My Will

149 3.13.54 – One-sided Love – Downfall of Humanity

Bing Shi stood before an undaunted man who appeared before her tent. She motioned for him to step aside, which he obliged, “...” Changing her mind, she went inside to grab a bag. “Let’s go for a walk,” saying, she wrote on her notice board that she’ll be alone with Ren Han for fifteen minutes.

“...” Ziek read the notice. Was it necessary to tell everyone that she was going to meet a man alone? Outside of the base, he asked, “Is seducing Yi Zen your mission?”

“If only it were that easy,” Bing Shi looked up at the sky, “I’d be far gone by now.”

“So confident?” he grinned, happy that she wasn’t forced to seduce men.

“No,” Bing Shi sighed teasingly, “But I could seduce you without even trying. Isn’t that enough of a proof?”

Ziek choked on his saliva. He couldn’t even argue. That’s how right she was.

“Aren’t you affected by Yi Zen as a man?” he asked.

“Yes,” Bing Shi stopped at her steps abruptly, “I feel tainted. For a mission, I allowed him to kiss me.” She pointed at her hoodie, “Here, right here.”

“He gave you what?!?!?” Ziek stared bloody blades at her hoodie, “Why don’t I help you and burn your hoodie?” Flickering his fingers, a little flame appeared above his fingertip.

.....

“This is not the one,” Bing Shi took out a hoodie from the bag and handed it to him, “This one.”

“...” He was joking, who would have thought that she’d take his words seriously? Ziek grabbed her hoodie. With a flick of his fingers, it changed into ash, “Did you do the same to the clothing I touched?”

“No,” Bing Shi shook her head, “I buried them under the ground.”

“You are so extreme,” he laughed out helplessly. That lucky bastard better be him, or else he’ll...ah, whatever, he liked this part of her. Just for a little bit, he wanted to experience his life with her as Ziek Leoners, with an illusion that somewhere in the past, she belonged to him.

“I know, and It’s getting worse and worse. Let’s hurry back before my guilt eats me up,” Bing Shi walked with him back to the base, “I know that you like me. But please, don’t turn into an obsessive stalker, who watch their targets during the nights.”

“You watch too many movies,” Ziek rolled his eyes, “I’m too busy during the nights to waste my time on a woman who wears a thug dog sleeping mask.” Such irony, because he did waste his time on a woman like that.

“I wear a thug cat mask now. Grandson, wouldn’t it be better if you never returned?” Bing Shi asked curiously, “Do you like to be tortured that much?”

“Are you worried?” he asked when they appeared back at the base.

“No, just curious how men think,” Bing Shi pointed at the flying men above the ship, “Why does it look like there’s a war going on?”

“...”

When Ren Han’s subordinates noticed their BOSS walking with Bing Shi, they flew before them in an arranged manner. It’s Bing Shi!!! The real one!!!

They stopped by the few cities and watched in amazement how calm and clean they were. Like a sanctuary, it’s as if the apocalypse never happened. That’s how easy going the citizens were – opposite of what was happening outside the borders.

They thought their BOSS was the most amazing, but seeing what she accomplished without any combat abilities was more than amazing.

That night, with Yi Zen’s agreement, a welcome party was held for Ren Han and his party outside of the ship. The high amount of alcohol was finally going to be of use! Hurray! Soldiers were more than happy! It’s been a long time since they got wasted!

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A massive flame roared upward through the wooden pyramids at its base. Carrying aimlessly by a chilly evening wind, the warm light from the bonfire glided silently from the smoke onto the throng of excited soldiers, who eagerly gulped down bottles after bottles of hard liquor. While the potatoes were being cooked, they fiddled with their musical instruments and sang with their drunk voices, creating a festive atmosphere.

Not far away, Ziek was sitting on a foldable chair. A small campfire before him made his skin glow red, orange, and gold. Staring at the white liquid in his glass, his thoughts on the girl he met today. He couldn’t feel a speck of emotion in her voice. As if all the life was sucked out of her soul. Where did her soft giggles and little jokes disappear to? How come nobody noticed?

Yi Zen, who sat next to him, sipped on his wine, “You’ve been looking at that vodka for half an hour.”

“It tastes like crap,” Ziek dipped his tongue into the glass. Scowling, he tilted the glass and spilled the whole content on the grass, “Where is Bing Shi? Why is she still not here?”

Yi Zen poured him wine instead and raised his eyebrow. Since when did he start to call her Bing Shi instead of grandma? “She won’t come, she hates alcohol.”

Ziek, who was about to take a gulp of the wine, stopped, “You know a lot about her, do you talk often?”

Yi Zen took out his phone and showed him a file, his expression stone-cold, “No, she sent me a list of things she loathes. When I first read it, I started to pity her boyfriend.”

“...Pfft...that’s so her. Send it to me,” Ziek asked and took out his phone. What a great way to scare a man away.

Yi Zen put his phone back into his pocket. Feeling a force pulling it out, he held it tight, “So you could pursue her? Keep dreaming.”

“What happened? Did you grow tired of Fu Lian?” Ziek ignored the ten ice daggers which appeared out of thin air, “And now you are after Bing Shi?”

+—- Author’s note —–+

Don’t you find it funny how Ziek is the only male lead who was able to gain the original female lead’s hatred? Fu Lian despises him so much. ? (‘?`)?a?a?a

Admit it. Who of you thought I’d write an apocalypse ARC with a zombie emperor as a male lead?

?( ? ??)_ I thought about it too. Zombie emperors sound cool; they are powerful and...powerful...and yes more powerful. When I imagined how boring the plot would be, I threw that idea away.

Did you like Ziek’s comeback? He doesn’t need a Zombie’s emperor title to be cool, right? (???)

Do you mind all the cursing in this ARC? It’s a part of everyone’s characters as soldiers. But I wonder if it turns you down.

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