Chapter 474 - Employee (4)

"Rika?" Ben couldn't break the chains keeping him captive.

"I'm not Rika. I'm a newly hired employee here," I frowned.

"Can I know the reason why you tried to trespass into our organization?" I tried to remain professional.

"This isn't the time for your jokes Rika!" Lucius grunted.

How were all the people I knew inside this room? Ben, Lucius and Claire all together in one place. This meant their partners were somewhere else, trying to get more information about this organization. Were Lucius and Claire the support Ben was talking about when I got kidnapped last time? I hung my head down, thinking how unfortunate it was to run into them. It was obvious that they weren't going to leave this place without me.

"I'll be leaving this room once I confirm your identities," I opened another screen to input the data.

"You can't be serious Rika," Lucius watched me typing in their names.

"How did she even get here?" Claire tried to get a closer look at the screens I was controlling.

"Did they kidnap you again?" Ben guessed.

"I told you, I'm not Rika but a new employee," I glared at them to take me seriously.

"Luke sent me a message yesterday that she got kidnapped," Lucius confirmed the situation with Ben.

"I'm not a hostage anymore," I puffed my cheeks.

"Just what the heck is the headquarters doing?" I stomped my foot in frustration.

"I'm back," the person opened the door.

"I finished confirming their identities," I showed him the screen.

"You're on the road for a promotion," he was impressed.

"Is it ok if I leave you in charge of this room?" He was giving me an opportunity.

"I'll make sure to never let them out of the room! Since they possess an abundant amount of mana, they probably don't need to be fed often," I wanted to rise in the ranks.

"Then you can leave around 5PM since that's the time we leave work," he chuckled while leaving me in charge.

It felt nice when you weren't the one being held captive. This was a great taste of revenge for all the times the Roselia family confined me to their mansions. Pulling out a bowl of popcorn from my inventory, freshly popped from the cafeteria, I decided I needed a snack while watching them. With how chill the work environment was, I could even watch a movie since there was no way they could escape from that room.

"You're going to get sick again," Lucius looked at me in disapproval.

"They let me join after I drank bottles of strong poison," I shook my head.

I needed a drink to go along the popcorn, my throat feeling a bit dry. Before my former captives could ban me from the kitchen, I managed to sneak in these delicious beverages with me. Taking out one of the bottles, tasting like melted sugar, I opened it while ignoring everyone staring at me, stunned.

"Isn't that the strongest poison in the first district to exist?" Ben could identify the drink by how it behaved in the bottle.

"It is," Claire almost went speechless.

"It's similar to soda!" I argued, feeling a bit offended.

"How many bottles did you drink?" Ben wanted to know how much was left in my inventory.

"I'm not giving you any. I only have five left after getting banned from the kitchen," I was glad we were separated by a glass wall.

"They're so stingy. Banning me from the kitchen since I used around one hundred bottles when there were around a few thousands in their inventory," I sulked from remembering.

"Is your sister alright?" Ben turned to Lucius.

"Maybe one hundred bottles won't do much harm," Claire tried to console him, not believing her own words.

"You don't even know if it's poison or not!" I pointed out how there were no labels.

"It's the only drink you had, right?" Claire attempted to calm Lucius.

"Don't get too jealous," I grinned while pulling out the other flavours.

The pink bottle, one of my favourites, had the strawberry flavour. The red one was raspberries, blue being blueberries and the green one tasted like sugary apples. Pouring them into the batter I made, they were the only saving grace in making the failed cake taste better. Seeing how Lucius' face was getting paler, I sighed from finding him get jealous over my supplies. Not everyone knew how these drinks could rival the milkshakes from the café.

"How are you still alive?" Ben's eyes widened.

"Just confirming, those are the ones tied in second place for being the next strongest poison in all the districts, right?" Claire whispered into Ben's ear.

"They are," he nodded his head.

Not wanting to listen to them, I opened a package of sugar to pour onto the popcorn to make them taste better. I was disappointed in everyone in that room, who watched me like I was a crazy person. They never tried adding sugar to their food like I did. My end of my lips curved up into a smile as I enjoyed the snack and the drinks together. Why were some people so judgemental?

"Those are drugs, right?" Claire tried to confirm with Ben again.

"It's sugar!" I refuted.

"My condolences," Ben pitied Lucius.

"It's no wonder they're letting her out," she mumbled.

"Rikkkka! You better let us out of this room while we're still willing to talk to you," Lucius began to threaten me.

"I can't. It's time for me to leave work. It's 5PM," I began to close all the screens once I noticed the time.