God of Time System: Harem in the Zombie Apocalypse

Chapter 239  Family Business

[Martha/ Michael's Mother's POV]

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'I have worked hard in my life. There is no such thing as luck or freebie where you can get whatever you want by being lucky,'

At least that's what I believe in… or should I?

I have seen the worst of what a human being can be and the best of which he can afford. I have been at my lowest low and been at the highest high which I could reach. And obviously there were things higher than the ceilings which I have reached, but…

"Only Devine ones have the ability and the power to break the ceiling and grasp what's beyond that," I muttered in slight exhaustion as Erza massaged my head. It has been an exhausting day full of surprises, one after another.

"Shouldn't you be happy?" Erza asked as she smiled from ear to ear. She seemed to be really delighted with whatever had just happened a few hours ago. Well, why wouldn't she? After all, it's her favorite 'Mike'.

"I am happy, but this is all too sudden… to think my son would become my boss. Have connections with people we can't even dare to look at and act so freely despite all the tension around him as if he were above them… Erza…" I kept ranting as I was about to ask a question but Erza answered first as she understood what I was going to ask.

"Yes. He is stronger than he has portrayed himself to be… perhaps much stronger than we can expect him to be. Though if I were to give a precise estimate… I don't know,"she chuckled in delight as she looked at the distance past and her behavior intensified my headache even more.

To be fair, it is hard to believe that I was talking with Michael at all. Though it's not like we had a really strong bond to begin with. We were distant due to our own busy life. But still, was he really Michael?

"Trust your son a little. Despite being all the odds, the dungeons aren't simple places too, aren't they?" spoke Erza as she looked at me as I sighed. It was true. From what the intel that I have received, the Dungeons are special places that can differ I looked at her for a few moments before speaking,"Are you trying to put me in favor 23:26

of him or against him?"

accordingly from one to another and can go from simple difficulty to extreme.

"You are right. I should actually be thankful that he even came back from there," I spoke with a long sigh of relief as I smiled at her. Though she seemed to be pondering a little,

"But you know… it seemed a bit off. I mean the way he reacted in front of Angela from the beginning. It was as if he knew her from the beginning."

I looked at her for a few moments before speaking,"Are you trying to put me in favor of him or against him?"

Just pick a side. Don't confuse me even more.

At my words, she burst out in laughter as she spoke, out,"Sorry sorry. I couldn't help but tease you when you were so vulnerable." I observed her smiling face as she continued to speak while holding her laughter,"Will you inform me about this in August?"

There was a certain look on her face, which made me close my eyes for a while. August, huh? My husband… Michael and William's father…

"You know I can't, right?" I sighed deeply as my heart ached a little. "But it is related to his kids now… I can understand if it were related to only you and you carrying all the burden by yourself but this is different now Martha,"Erza spoke with a slightly serious tone and it made me put in deep thought…

"What are we talking about here? Surely not about releasing the secret of Dark Oracle to an ordinary human, are we?" A voice came from the other side as I found a woman in her early 30s walking into the office as if she owned the place.

"Agnatha,"I spoke as my eyes turned serious as I looked at that red-haired woman wearing a fine suit as she stared at me with a smile on her face and a glint of empty pity in her red eyes. I could even see her dark smile behind that bright look of hers.

"Who gave you the permission to enter here?" Erza glared at her as she observed Agnatha, who just welcomed herself to the sofa at a distance in the office.

"I came here to inform you of a few things that I have received from the Oracle. Since you are far below us in the rankings, I doubt they would even bother to tell you about it,"she spoke as she smiled at me with a sarcastic look.

A few years ago, when we were both struggling to compete in this city, she was one of the people who could rival me in the business. Though things took a wide turn when the Dark Oracle was introduced to both of us. At that time… Because I didn't involve my family in this mess, I was forced to the last rankings among all the business holders because I did not have a challenger for the Contest of the Champions.

As for her, she chose her nephew, who showed much promise, earning her a much higher position in the entire area.

'And ever since then, she comes to harass us now and then. If not for the rules that prevented her from killing any other party involved with Dark Oracle, I would have died over a thousand times with this building being my grave,' I sighed deep in my mind as I wondered what could she possibly want now.

"There is a new king, Michael… he is going to rule the entire area. Goddess of Darkness, Angela has herself chosen her. So I came here to warn you… don't do anything stupid and die. I am the one who will be killing you. I don't know what kind of person he is either… So look out for yourself b*tch,"she spoke as I blankly looked at her.

Satisfied with my expression, she smiled before standing up and looking at Erza with her eyes turning red. She was using her energy to pressurize her and Erza, who was weaker than her, fell on her knees as she tried her best resisting it.

"This is where you belong,"Agnatha spoke as she went off on her own, with a curvy walk as she winked at the purple-haired man coming towards us,"You know what, Spencer? You should work for me, rather than babysitting these dying pups."

Her eyes turned red as he waved her off and spoke,"I can never betray the rules. I am here to supervise the people here. You know that too, don't you? Agnatha?"

Agnatha could only bitterly nod as she looked at him before he continued,"Be careful of the New King… he isn't someone you should offend."

She was stumped a little but nodded with a blushing smile as she walked away in a jolly mood. Spencer ignored her as she walked inside the staff room, while Erza, who was already up, looked at me and smiled.

"She has no idea who Michael is, does she?"

I smiled back as I spoke,"Doesn't seem like it."

Spencer just sighed as he muttered,"You guys and your childish games. Anyway, Martha. Any news from Michael?"

"Nothing. He is back at the Libra building, supposedly picking up a few things,"I spoke as I recalled what Michael told me before. Spencer seemed to be bothered about it as he was in a deep thought.

"What is it? Come out with it already,"I spoke as I looked at him. Maybe he has something against Michael?

"Nothing. It's just that… our new king doesn't really seem interested in ruling over us… he seems to be busy doing his own thing. So, I was wondering what we should do about it,"Spencer spoke as he sighed really deeply. I haven't seen him as troubled as now.

"I am also worried about the previous King… I wonder what happened to him,"he continued as he sighed even more.

"That is…" I couldn't refute it. While all the good news was confusing as it is… I forgot about the previous King. I don't know how he will handle the situation.

"I am not really worried about Michael, though. He has Angela's support, he won't die easily… but more about us… Angela won't spare a thought if anyone dies here,"he spoke as he started writing a couple of things.

"There are only two things which we can do here to be honest… or at least that's what I could think of up until now," he said as he wrote down the points. My eyes traced the points as he narrated them,

"One is that we call Michael and tell him of the situation. That way, if he understands the situation, maybe we can come to a conclusion. The other thing which we can deal with is that we can call a meeting of the council and discuss the entire thing among ourselves without involving Michael."

I observed the two options with a slightly surprised look… to call a meeting of the Council… Never have I imagined that we would be doing something like that…

"Go with second,"Erza joined as he looked at points.

"Are you thinking the same thing, which I am?" Spencer smiled a little as Erza smiled back.

'These two…. They are up to something this time…' I thought… not knowing that something that I wouldn't imagine in my wildest dream… was about to happen by the end of this week.