Vol.2 Ch.30 - Revenge?

Meanwhile, at the Bilgam Brother’s Base of Operations, most commonlyreferred to as “The Fort”…“Mademoiselle…” Julian called out from the other side of the door.I didn’t answer, I was busy.“Mademoiselle, I understand you’re upset about recent events, but you’vebeen holed up in the sleeping quarters for some time now. Frankly, as yourGeneral, it’s worrying… (not to mention the complaints were getting from theother members who want to sleep there as well…)”Leave me be for a couple more days, will ya? I’m busy right now.Just then, I heard a That’s it! Before seeing the sleeping quarters’ doors bustwide open. Julian stomped his way over to me as I quickly hid a piece ofpaper under my pillow.“What do you want, Julian?”“Miss Cecily, if it’ll help you recover, I am even willing to personally paythose traitors a visit and slice them to a-!”I cut him off immediately.“Do anything to them and you’ll be my next victim.”He looked to be a bit confused at my reaction. I have no clue where he gotthe idea that I ever wanted revenge on them.Even if I really wasn’t a part of it, how would killing a girl’s friendssomehow cheer her up? Is fighting really his only way to solve a problem?How’d he manage to keep this damned gang in check then?Pondering these questions, I apparently didn’t realize that I was staring offinto space, leading to him startling me with an ahem:“Listen, this may sound rude of me, what with forcing you out of your bedwhen you’re suffering, but this community needs your help.” He said with aserious tone.What could it be? A heist, defending from another gang? Attacking anothergang? This might actually be a good way to kill some time…“I would never tax the mademoiselle with any difficult jobs, so while youregain your vigor, would you mind helping out with the housekeeping?”“Get out.” I said, shutting the door on his face.“Wait! Please listen, no matter how much those traitors are hated among TheFort, no one can deny that they basically did all of the heavy lifting involvingmundane tasks! That Lune would take out the trash, restock the libraryshelves, and always stay behind in the kitchen to hand your brother the plates.After your brother’s cleaning, those dishes were spotless! And thatEdward… he’s a househusband among househusbands! I think it goes withoutsaying that his work here is indispensable.” He praised them.“And what about me?” I asked, feeling a bit left out.“You err- You’re amazing at fighting!” he scrambled for a compliment.No no no! I don’t want to be good at fighting! I want to be cute, I want tobe sweet, not this bullshit! How is Ed better at being a wife than me! Ididn’t ask to be born in the slums, damn it!After he flubbed out some more funny sounding praises, I finally gave in anddecided to help out around the base.***My first job was, of course, taking out the trash. It was a simple task intheory, but you shouldn’t underestimate it! No, no, it’s a grueling task thatvery little can do right, even with years of experience.“Cecily, for Gods’ sakes, just take the bags one at a time, please!” Beggedthe Trash man.“And stop calling me Trash man!” added the Trash man.“Well you’re the person I’m delivering trash to, so it was between trashcollector and trash man…” I retorted.He grumbled something about missing Lune before leaving for the day.I miss him too, y’know?This job was horrible, not fitting for a young girl at all! I have to make awhole lap around The Fort collecting all 47 of the bags from the trashcansbefore finally taking them all to the trash man. He keeps telling me it’s easierif I carry one or two at a time, but I’ll be damned if I have to make more thanone lap around the entire base (I even custom made a cart on some wheels tomake trash pickup easier).After the job was done for the day, though, I smelled like, well, garbage! Ihad to take a shower immediately! It certainly didn’t help that immediatelyafter that, my next job was up…“Listen, Cecily. Cleaning the dishes isn’t a contest of strength, STOP BEINGSO FORCEFUL WITH THE SCRUBBING! The plates are all scratched upfrom the sponge! Don’t use the rough side!” The Dish man complained.“And stop calling me Dish man!” said the Dish man, “My name is William!”“You’re the one so hung up on the cleanliness of the dishes, though. What’sthe point of cleaning them if they’re just gonna get dirty again tomorrow?” Iasked, thinking I’ve found a suitable response.“Fine then, tomorrow you’ll be served food on a dirty dish, and we’ll see ifyou still think it’s okay not to clean them regularly.” He retorted.“Fine! Sorry, I’ll try harder next time!”“Gods, if only Ed was here…” He said offhandedly.I don’t know what it is about that Ed, but he pisses me off to no end. It’salways Ed this, Ed that! Well I’m sick of it! What’s he got that I don’t?!Finally, the calm part of the day awaited me. Restocking the books in thelibrary. This was the reprieve I needed! No stupid gang grunts telling me off,no idiots catcalling me, just the calm and tranquil quiet of the books thatsurround me. I’d basically just spend a couple hours sitting around readingsome books, as the only people smart enough to appreciate books are theGenerals. That being said, some of the gym bros started getting interested inliterature ever since I started manning the desk here. Where was thatenthusiasm to read before, you dopes?The most shameful fact about the library is the fact that they hid all the goodromcoms way in the back. I actually found some of the newer chapters ofLove Between during my time here as a librarian that I didn’t even knowexisted.“I was sure that volume 7 was the last one! I gotta tell… Lune… about this.”All the momentum and hype of finding the book simply vanished after Irealized he’s not here. Neither is Ed, or Carter for that matter. They should beat Blue Lions right now, but who knows if the plan really went their way.Carter was the one who planned this whole thing out ahead of time:“Listen, sis’.” He said to me, “After th’ war ‘tween BilBros n’ Blue Lions isall dun’ n’ dusted, I’ll try ta’ incriminate the three ‘f us.”“What?” I asked, perplexed.“Jus’ listen! Once we’re thrown outta the gang, we’ll have you stay here n’spy s’more on BilBros. After we gather sum’ fightin’ power over at BlueLions, we’ll attack from the outside, while ya’ attack from the inside!” hereasoned.I had only one thought in my head at the time.“Why do only I have to stay?”He looked at me with a look that said I knew you were gonna say that. Soafter a while of pondering some more, he finally came to a conclusion.“Fine, I won’t tell those two ‘bout tha plan.” He said.“What? But wouldn’t that ruin the plan? We’ll get found out!” I said, pullingback my words after realizing I might’ve just jeopardized his plan.“S’gonna be fiiiiiiiiine! Dun’ worry! This way, we’ll leave it up ta’ luck. Ifone ‘f them catches on to my plan, they’ll come with me. The other one thatdoesn’t will stay witcha!”While I did like the plan at first, I realized that if neither Ed nor Luneunderstand the plan, it’ll mean Carter will have to go to Blue Lions alone. Asan older sister, I can’t have him be this reckless!“No, absolutely not! Carter, let’s think of another way-!”“Hey guys!” Lune called out from the distance, “C’mon, the General’s callingfor a meeting! Says everyone needs to attend!”“Let’s go, sis.” Carter smiled.I didn’t like that smile of his. He would always make it when his ideasworked, but the problem lies in the fact that all his successful ideas lead todangerous situations. I don’t want my brother to have to bear thesetribulations. The very reason I travelled from Zacharis to here was because Iwanted better living conditions for him, for us. But the world isn’t that kind, Iguess…These nights, sleep hasn’t been all that fruitful. I’d mostly spend the nightsmissing those three, and when I’d finally get some shuteye, all I could dreamabout was hanging out with them.Lune would be walking right next to me as I talked about the new volumesof the romcoms I’ve read, with him telling me all about some grandadventurer Schnell. Ed was off buying some crepes for us, but he’d naivelytell the vendor to keep the change, before realizing he accidentally gavehim a gold coin’s worth of change. Carter was way off in the distance, Icould barely see him. He held something in his arms, but I couldn’t tellwhat. Knowing him, it’s probably something he found and picked up fromthe ground.Before I realized it, I woke up with teary eyes. This damned plan betterwork, you guys…