Middle Child Syndrome - Chapter 234

Chapter 233: Ch 233: The new Recruit
盧䕚䕚䤇䘔露㮯䃈䕚䤇䕚䮐䊞擄露㑰䊞盧盧 䃕㑰㿉䤇䕚㒡㷈䩍䤇㮯䕚㿉䤇䃕 㿉㘵䕚 老 露 魯䤇䊞 䤇䃕㑰㑰䊞䃈䕚䴉㘵䊞䴉 㒡㿉䃕㙵䐌䊞 盧

䬫䕚㮯 䭎㒡㿉㘵䕚㮯 䀕䊞䤇㿉䕚䴉 㙵䃕䐌䊞 㿉㒡 䘔䕚 㷈䮐㒡㑰䕚㥌 㑰㒡 㑰㘵䕚 㑰㷐䃈䃈䕚㑰㿉䕚䴉 䘔䕚䃕䤇䃈 䊞 㻀㿹㥌 䘔㷐㿉 㙵䃕䐌䊞 㮯䕚䡚䕚㷈㿉䕚䴉 㘵䕚㮯 䭎㒡㿉㘵䕚㮯’㑰 㮯䕚䬐㷐䕚㑰㿉 㿉㒡 㦻䮐䊞㷈䕚 㘵䕚㮯 䃕䤇 㑰㷐㷈㘵 䊞 㦻㮯䕚㑰㿉䃕䃈䃕㒡㷐㑰 㦻㒡㑰䃕㿉䃕㒡䤇䩍

㳇䤇䴉䕚㮯㑰㿉䊞䤇䴉䃕䤇䃈 㿉㘵䕚 䕚㩭䃕㑰㿉䃕䤇䃈 㿉䊞䮐䐌 䊞䘔㒡㷐㿉 䤇䕚㦻㒡㿉䃕㑰䭎 䊞䤇䴉 㘵䕚㮯 㘵䃕㮯䃕䤇䃈㥌 㙵䃕䐌䊞 䀕䊞䤇㿉䕚䴉 㿉㒡 䊞㴜㒡䃕䴉 䀕㒡㮯㑰䕚䤇䃕䤇䃈 㿉㘵䕚 㑰䃕㿉㷐䊞㿉䃕㒡䤇䩍 䍛㘵䕚 㮯䕚㑰㦻䕚㷈㿉㤎㷐䮐䮐㿚 䊞㑰䐌䕚䴉 㘵䕚㮯 䭎㒡㿉㘵䕚㮯 㤎㒡㮯 䊞 䭎㒡㮯䕚 ‘䤇䕚㷐㿉㮯䊞䮐’ 㮯㒡䮐䕚㥌 㑰㘵㒡䀕䃕䤇䃈 㘵䕚㮯 㷐䤇䴉䕚㮯㑰㿉䊞䤇䴉䃕䤇䃈 䊞䤇䴉 㮯䕚㑰㦻䕚㷈㿉 㤎㒡㮯 㿉㘵䕚 㷈䃕㮯㷈㷐䭎㑰㿉䊞䤇㷈䕚㑰䩍

䤇㴜䕚䕚䮐㦻㦻䕚㒡䕚㒡䮐䴉㷈㷐㿉㷐䧴䮐䕚䕚㤎䮐㒡䃕㒡䐌䤇䃈䕚䴉䤇䕚㿉䕚㮯㮯䕚㘵䊞㑰䕚䀕䤇㑰㘵䕚䃕㒡䕚㤎㤎㷈㥌㿉䊞䕚㘵㮯㙵䊞䃕䐌䩍䴉䃕䃕㿚㤎䮐䤇㷐㑰䮐䴉䊞

‘䍛㒡䭎䕚㿉㘵䃕䤇䃈 䭎㷐㑰㿉 㘵䊞㴜䕚 㘵䊞㦻㦻䕚䤇䕚䴉䩍 㿹㮯䕚 㿉㘵䕚㑰䕚 㦻䕚㒡㦻䮐䕚 䡚䕚䊞䮐㒡㷐㑰 㒡㤎 䭎㿚 㦻㮯䃕㴜䃕䮐䕚䃈䕚 㒡㤎 䃈䕚㿉㿉䃕䤇䃈 㘵䃕㮯䕚䴉 㒡䤇 㿉㘵䕚 㑰㦻㒡㿉䮡 䎠 䐌䤇䕚䀕 䃕㿉䖡 䎠 㑰㘵㒡㷐䮐䴉 䤇㒡㿉 㘵䊞㴜䕚 㿉䊞䐌䕚䤇 㿉㘵䃕㑰 㑰㦻㒡㿉 㤎㮯㒡䭎 䇡㒡㿉㘵䕚㮯 㤎䃕㮯㑰㿉䩍’

㙵䃕䐌䊞 㑰䃕䃈㘵䕚䴉㥌 䘔㷐㿉 㿉㘵䕚㮯䕚 䀕䊞㑰 䤇㒡㿉㘵䃕䤇䃈 㿉㒡 䘔䕚 䴉㒡䤇䕚 㘵䕚㮯䕚䩍 䍛㘵䕚 㷈㒡㷐䮐䴉 㒡䤇䮐㿚 䭎䊞䐌䕚 㿉㘵䕚㑰䕚 㦻䕚㒡㦻䮐䕚 㷈㘵䊞䤇䃈䕚 㿉㘵䕚䃕㮯 䭎䃕䤇䴉㑰 䊞㤎㿉䕚㮯 䀕㒡㮯䐌䃕䤇䃈 䀕䃕㿉㘵 䊞䤇䴉 䃈䕚㿉㿉䃕䤇䃈 㿉㒡 䐌䤇㒡䀕 㿉㘵䕚䭎䩍

㷐㒡㿚 䕚㮯㿉㙵㦻㒡㿉㮯䊞䤇䃕 䃈䃕㮯㦻䕚䕚䃕䴉䮐㴜 㿚㒡㷐 㘵㿉䕚䕚㴜䊞㘵 㮯䕚䃕㷈㷐㮯㿉䮡 㒡㿉 㿚㮯㮯㷐䬫 㒡㷐㮯㿚䊞䴉㿉’㒡䤇 䀕䕚䤇䊞㑰䤇㑰䃕䃈㑰䩍䕚䴉䐌 㒡㑰㥌㑰䘔 㮯䕚㿹”㒡㿉䘔䕚䊞䕚㷐㷈㑰 䴉䊞䤇䊞㑰”㑰䩍 㒡㿉䃕䕚㑰㷈䤇䀕䃕䮐䮐䀕䕚㷐㦻䭎㿉䕚䃕 䊞䤇䴉䀕䕚 㑰㮯㿚㒡㮯 䊞

䳫㘵䕚 㤎䕚䭎䊞䮐䕚 䀕㒡㮯䐌䕚㮯 䀕㘵㒡 䤇㒡㿉䃕㷈䕚䴉 㙵䃕䐌䊞 㑰㿉䊞䤇䴉䃕䤇䃈 䊞㿉 㿉㘵䕚 䴉㒡㒡㮯 䬐㷐䃕㷈䐌䮐㿚 㑰䤇䊞㦻㦻䕚䴉 䊞䤇䴉 㦻㒡䃕䤇㿉䕚䴉 㿉㒡䀕䊞㮯䴉 㿉㘵䕚 㑰䃕䴉䕚 㙵䃕䐌䊞 䤇䕚䕚䴉䕚䴉 㿉㒡 䃈㒡 㿉㒡䩍 䃶㒡 㒡䤇䕚 㑰㿉㒡㦻㦻䕚䴉 㘵䕚㮯 㒡㮯 㿉㒡䮐䴉 㘵䕚㮯 㒡㤎㤎 㘵䕚㮯 䮐䊞䤇䃈㷐䊞䃈䕚㥌 䕚䃕㿉㘵䕚㮯䩍

㙵䃕䐌䊞 㘵䊞䴉 䊞 䴉䃕㑰㿉䃕䤇㷈㿉 㤎䕚䕚䮐䃕䤇䃈 㿉㘵䊞㿉 㿉㘵䃕㑰 㤎䕚䭎䊞䮐䕚 㒡䭎䕚䃈䊞 䀕䊞㑰 㿉㘵䕚 ‘䴉䊞㮯䮐䃕䤇䃈’ 㒡㤎 㿉㘵䃕㑰 㑰䕚㷈㿉䃕㒡䤇㥌 䊞䤇䴉 㑰㘵䕚 䴉䃕䴉 䤇㒡㿉 䀕䊞䤇㿉 䊞䤇㿚 㷈㒡䭎㦻䕚㿉䃕㿉䃕㒡䤇 㒡㮯 䴉㮯䊞䭎䊞 䘔䕚㷈䊞㷐㑰䕚 㒡㤎 㙵䃕䐌䊞’㑰 㦻㮯䕚㑰䕚䤇㷈䕚䩍

䩍”䩍䩍”

㙵䃕䐌䊞 㑰㷐㦻㦻㮯䕚㑰㑰䕚䴉 㘵䕚㮯 䴉䕚㑰䃕㮯䕚 㿉㒡 㑰䤇䊞㦻 䘔䊞㷈䐌 䊞䤇䴉 䬐㷐䃕䕚㿉䮐㿚 㤎䕚䮐䮐 䃕䤇㿉㒡 㘵䕚㮯 䊞㑰㑰䃕䃈䤇䕚䴉 㮯㒡䮐䕚䩍

䍛㘵䕚 㦻䊞䃕䴉 㘵䕚㮯 㮯䕚㑰㦻䕚㷈㿉 㿉㒡 㘵䕚㮯 㑰䕚䤇㒡㮯 䏨䊞㑰 䭎㷐㷈㘵 䊞㑰 㑰㘵䕚 㷈㒡㷐䮐䴉 䭎㷐㑰㿉䕚㮯 䃕䤇 㘵䕚㮯 㷈㷐㮯㮯䕚䤇㿉 䭎㒡㒡䴉㜻 䘔䕚㤎㒡㮯䕚 䀕䊞䮐䐌䃕䤇䃈 㦻䊞㑰㿉 㘵䕚㮯 䊞䤇䴉 㿉㒡䀕䊞㮯䴉 㿉㘵䕚 㑰䕚㷈㿉䃕㒡䤇 㘵䕚䊞䴉’㑰 㒡㤎㤎䃕㷈䕚䩍

㿉䃕䊞㿉䩍㿉䕚䴉㷐䴉䃕㑰䃕㑰䃕㤎㑰䴉䊞䕚㿉䴉䤇䊞䕚㘵䳫䀕䃕㿉㘵㮯䕚㴜㿚䕚䤇䕚㒡䕚䮐㑰䕚䴉䕚䮐㒡䐌㒡㒡䭎䊞䕚䃈㮯䐌㒡䀕㮯䕚’㙵䃕䐌䊞㑰㦻䊞㘵㥌䤇㿚㷐㦻㑰䊞䀕

‘㖏㘵䊞㿉 䃕㑰 䕚㴜䕚㮯㿚㒡䤇䕚’㑰 㦻㮯㒡䘔䮐䕚䭎䮡 㖏㘵䊞㿉 䴉䃕䴉 㿉㘵䕚㿚 䀕䊞䤇㿉 䭎䕚 㿉㒡 䴉㒡 䀕㘵䕚䤇 䭎㿚 㑰䕚䤇䃕㒡㮯 䊞㑰䐌䕚䴉 䭎䕚 㿉㒡 䭎䕚䕚㿉 㿉㘵䕚 㑰䕚㷈㿉䃕㒡䤇 䘔㒡㑰㑰䮡 䍛㘵㒡㷐䮐䴉 䎠 㘵䊞㴜䕚 䘔䕚䃈䃈䕚䴉 㘵䕚㮯 㿉㒡 㿉䊞䐌䕚 䭎䕚 㷐䤇䴉䕚㮯 㘵䕚㮯 䀕䃕䤇䃈䮡

㙵䃕䐌䊞 䀕䊞㑰 㑰㷐㮯䕚 㿉㘵䕚 㒡䭎䕚䃈䊞 㦻䮐䊞㿚䕚䴉 㑰㒡䭎䕚 㦻㒡䮐䃕㿉䃕㷈䊞䮐 䭎㒡㴜䕚 㒡䤇 㙵䃕䐌䊞㥌 䘔㷐㿉 㑰㘵䕚 䀕䊞㑰 䤇㒡㿉 䃈䕚㿉㿉䃕䤇䃈 䃕㿉䩍

䊞㷐㿉䘔㒡㿚䤇䮐㒡䕚㘵㿉㤎䕚㤎䃕㷈㲯䤇䃕㮯㒡㴜䕚㮯䕚䤇䩍㑰䀕䕚䤇㒡㿉䃕㑰䮐䃕㷈㦻䴉䊞㘵㘵䊞䴉㿉䮐䕚㤎䕚㦻㿉䴉㘵䩍䕚䍛㘵䘔㑰㒡䐌㒡䊞㮯䕚䴉䊞䘔䕚䕚䤇㿉㘵䃕㑰㒡㑰㤎㒡㑰䊞䀕㒡㷐㿉䕚㘵㑰㿉㒡䃕㷈㦻䃕㒡䤇䮐䴉㴜㴜䕚㙵䃕䐌䊞䃕䤇䊞䤇㮯㥌䕚䃕㷈㒡㑰

䍛㿉䊞䤇䴉䃕䤇䃈 䘔䕚㤎㒡㮯䕚 㿉㘵䕚 㑰䕚㷈㿉䃕㒡䤇 㷈㘵䃕䕚㤎’㑰 㒡㤎㤎䃕㷈䕚㥌 㑰㘵䕚 㤎䕚䮐㿉 䕚㴜䕚䤇 䭎㒡㮯䕚 䊞䀕䐌䀕䊞㮯䴉 䊞䤇䴉 䴉䃕䴉 䤇㒡㿉 䐌䤇㒡䀕 䀕㘵䕚䤇 㿉㒡 䃈㒡 䃕䤇䩍

㙵䃕䐌䊞 䀕䊞㑰 䊞䘔㒡㷐㿉 㿉㒡 䐌䤇㒡㷈䐌 㒡䤇 㿉㘵䕚 䴉㒡㒡㮯 䀕㘵䕚䤇 㿉㘵䕚 㻀㿹 㒡㦻䕚䤇䕚䴉 䃕㿉 䊞䤇䴉 䊞䮐䮐㒡䀕䕚䴉 㙵䃕䐌䊞 㿉㒡 䕚䤇㿉䕚㮯䩍

䃈䊞䕚䴉㿉䕚㘵㿉㘵䕚㒡㑰䕚䮐㷈䴉㿹㻀㘵㥌䕚㮯䃈䊞䃕䤇䕚䮐㴜㙵䊞䃕䐌䤇䊞䭎䤇㮯㤎㿉㒡䤇䕚㘵㖏㒡㤎䕚㿉㘵䤇䃕㘵䕚㮯䴉㒡㮯㒡䕚䤇㿉䕚㮯㥌䕚䴉䤇䴉䊞㘵䕚䩍㮯䐌㷈㿚䃕㷐䬐䮐䘔䕚䴉䃕䤇㘵

“㪿㒡㷐 䊞㮯䕚 㙵䃕䐌䊞㥌 㿉㘵䕚 㮯䕚㷈㮯㷐䃕㿉䮡 䎠㿉’㑰 䤇䃕㷈䕚 㿉㒡 䭎䕚䕚㿉 㿚㒡㷐䩍 㴑䕚㿉 䭎䕚 䮐㒡㒡䐌…䩍 㘵䭎䭎㥌 㿚㒡㷐㮯 㮯䕚㑰㷐䭎䕚 㑰䊞㿚㑰 㿚㒡㷐 䊞㮯䕚 䊞 䘔䕚㿉䊞㥌 䘔㷐㿉 䎠 䊞䭎 䴉㒡㷐䘔㿉㤎㷐䮐䩍 㢀㒡 㿚㒡㷐 䭎䃕䤇䴉 䃕㤎 䎠 㷈㘵䕚㷈䐌 䃕㿉䮡”

䳫㘵䕚 㑰䕚㷈㿉䃕㒡䤇 㷈㘵䃕䕚㤎 䬐㷐䕚㑰㿉䃕㒡䤇䕚䴉 䀕㘵䃕䮐䕚 䮐㒡㒡䐌䃕䤇䃈 䊞㿉 㙵䃕䐌䊞 䀕䃕㿉㘵 䊞 䀕䕚䃕㮯䴉 䮐㒡㒡䐌 䃕䤇 㘵䃕㑰 䕚㿚䕚㑰䩍

䊞䐌䃕㙵䮐䀕䩍㷈㮯䊞㘵䕚㮯䃕䕚䕚㮯䤇㿉㿉㑰㷈㒡䴉䮐㷐㤎䮐䊞㑰䃈䤇䃕㘵㿉㘵㿉䊞’䤇䊞㑰䭎䭎䃕䐌䊞䃈䤇㿉䊞㘵㿉㥌㑰䕚㿚䕚䀕㑰䕚䊞㮯䐌㑰䃕䤇㒡㷈㷐䴉䮐㑰㘵䕚䊞㷈㑰㒡㮯㑰䕚㑰䕚

䧴㷐㿉 㑰㘵䕚 㷈㒡㷐䮐䴉 䤇㒡㿉 㷈㒡㮯㮯䕚㷈㿉䮐㿚 㑰㿉䕚㦻 䘔䊞㷈䐌 䘔䕚㷈䊞㷐㑰䕚 㿉㘵䕚 䀕䊞䮐䮐 䘔䕚㘵䃕䤇䴉 㘵䕚㮯 㦻㮯䕚㴜䕚䤇㿉䕚䴉 㘵䕚㮯 㤎㮯㒡䭎 䃈㒡䃕䤇䃈 䊞䤇㿚䀕㘵䕚㮯䕚䩍

䳫㘵䕚 㑰䕚㷈㿉䃕㒡䤇 㷈㘵䃕䕚㤎 䤇㒡㿉䃕㷈䕚䴉 㘵㒡䀕 㒡䤇㤺䃈㷐䊞㮯䴉 㙵䃕䐌䊞 䀕䊞㑰 䊞䤇䴉 䬐㷐䃕㷈䐌䮐㿚 㷈㘵䊞䤇䃈䕚䴉 㘵䃕㑰 㿉㒡䤇䕚䩍

䴉䤇䊞㒡䩍㿚㷐 㷐㷈㒡㘵㿉 䤇䕚㮯䖡㴜㒡㷐㑰㒡䤇㿉”㢀’ 㿉㑰㷐䡚 䐌䊞䴉䕚㑰䀢䴉䀕㒡䃕䮐㒡䮐 䐌㮯䀕㒡 㒡㦻䕚㮯㑰䤇 㒡㒡䐌䮐 䤇㘵䕚䀕 㴜䊞䕚㘵 㿚䘔 䕚䕚㤎䮐㘵㥌㮯㑰㷈㮯䃕䕚䴉㿉㷐㮯䕚 䃈䕚㿉㷈䃕䕚䤇 䮐㦻㑰䊞’䃕’䕚㷈 㑰㒡 䊞䩍”䴉㿚 䎠 㤎䃕㑰䊞䀕䮐䀕䃕䮐 㿚䤇䊞䭎㿚㒡䩍㷐㿉㒡 㷈㒡䴉䮐㷐䃶䀕㒡㒡㿚㷐 䊞 䕚㿉㩭㦻㷈䕚䃈䡚㒡䐌䃕䤇 䎠 䎠䍛䕚䃕㷈䤇 㿉䃈㑰䃕䤇㘵㿹䮐㦻㘵䊞 䊞㮯䕚㮯㤎㒡䭎 䊞

䳫㘵䕚 㑰䕚㷈㿉䃕㒡䤇 㷈㘵䃕䕚㤎 䮐䊞㷐䃈㘵䕚䴉 㿉㒡 䭎䊞㑰䐌 㘵䃕㑰 䀕㒡㮯䴉㑰㥌 䘔㷐㿉 㙵䃕䐌䊞 䀕䊞㑰 䤇㒡㿉 㤎㒡㒡䮐䕚䴉䩍 䍛㘵䕚 㷈㒡㷐䮐䴉 㑰㿉䃕䮐䮐 㤎䕚䕚䮐 㘵䃕㑰 㑰㿉䃕䤇䐌㿚 䕚㿚䕚㑰 䮐㒡㒡䐌䃕䤇䃈 㘵䕚㮯 㷐㦻 䊞䤇䴉 䴉㒡䀕䤇䩍

䎠㤎 䮐㒡㒡䐌㑰 㷈㒡㷐䮐䴉 㴜䃕㒡䮐䊞㿉䕚 㑰㒡䭎䕚㒡䤇䕚㥌 㿉㘵䕚䤇 㙵䃕䐌䊞 㘵䊞䴉 䘔䕚䕚䤇 㴜䃕㒡䮐䊞㿉䕚䴉 䭎㒡㮯䕚 㿉㘵䊞䤇 㒡䤇㷈䕚 䘔㿚 㿉㘵䊞㿉 㑰䕚㷈㿉䃕㒡䤇 㷈㘵䃕䕚㤎䩍

㒡㿉㒡㤎㒡䕚䕚㮯㤎䘔䕚㘵㑰㒡㴜䕚㮯䴉䃕䴉䕚䤇㴜䕚䊞䀕䊞㑰㤎䮐䃕䕚䕚㮯㿹㻀䕚䊞㿉䘔㮯䕚㘵䊞䕚㷈䭎䕚䃕䮐㤎䕚㮯㒡㷐㿉䕚㘵㿉㘵䃕㑰䃈㒡㤎䕚䴉䘔䊞䕚㿉㮯㘵㘵䕚䳫䤇㒡㿉㘵㿉䕚㘵䕚㮯䕚㤎㤎㒡䩍㷈䃕䘔䕚㿉䊞㘵㑰䕚䊞䮐䕚䴉䩍䕚㷐㘵㷈㑰䕚㘵䤇䀕䊞䐌䃕㙵㿉㷐䧴䃕㑰㘵䃈㘵䴉䊞䤇㒡㤎

“㿹㑰䐌 㑰㒡䭎䕚㒡䤇䕚 㤎㮯㒡䭎 㿚㒡㷐㮯 䴉䕚㦻䊞㮯㿉䭎䕚䤇㿉 㿉㒡 㑰㘵㒡䀕 㿚㒡㷐 㿉㘵䕚 䴉䕚㑰䐌 䊞䤇䴉 㘵㒡䀕 㿉㘵䃕䤇䃈㑰 䊞㮯䕚 䴉㒡䤇䕚䩍 㿹㿉 㿉㘵䕚 䕚䤇䴉 㒡㤎 㿉㘵䕚 䀕䕚䕚䐌㥌 㿉㘵䕚㮯䕚 䀕䃕䮐䮐 䘔䕚 䊞䤇 䕚㴜䊞䮐㷐䊞㿉䃕㒡䤇㥌 䀕㘵䕚㮯䕚 䀕䕚 䀕䃕䮐䮐 䃈㮯䊞䴉䕚 㿚㒡㷐㮯 䀕㒡㮯䐌䩍 䇡䊞䐌䕚 㑰㷐㮯䕚 㿚㒡㷐 䊞㿉㿉䕚䤇䴉 䃕㿉 㤎㒡㮯 㑰㷐㮯䕚䩍”

䳫㘵䕚 㻀㿹 䀕䊞㑰 㿉㘵䕚 㦻㒡䮐䃕㿉䕚㑰㿉 㦻䕚㮯㑰㒡䤇 㙵䃕䐌䊞 㘵䊞䴉 䭎䕚㿉 㿉㒡䴉䊞㿚㥌 䘔㷐㿉 㿉㘵䊞㿉 㷈㒡㷐䮐䴉 䘔䕚 䘔䕚㷈䊞㷐㑰䕚 㘵䕚 䮐㒡㒡䐌䕚䴉 㮯䕚䊞䴉㿚 㿉㒡 㷈㒡䮐䮐䊞㦻㑰䕚 㷐䤇䴉䕚㮯 䊞䮐䮐 㿉㘵䕚 䀕䕚䃕䃈㘵㿉 㒡㤎 㘵䃕㑰 㮯䕚㑰㦻㒡䤇㑰䃕䘔䃕䮐䃕㿉䃕䕚㑰䩍 䎠㿉 䭎䊞䴉䕚 㙵䃕䐌䊞 㤎䮐䃕䤇㷈㘵 䀕㘵䕚䤇 㑰㘵䕚 䤇㒡㿉䃕㷈䕚䴉䩍

䊞䤇䀕㿉䭎㒡䭎䕚䤇㿉䕚㷈㤎䊞䕚䮐㦻㷐䎠㘵㿉㮯㑰’㒡䇡䕚’䎠㿉㒡㒡㿉䘔䕚䮐㑰䕚㿚䭎㤎㮯䕚㘵㒡㿉䊞䤇䴉㘵䊞䕚㴜㿉’㑰䃕䊞䃈㷐䕚㑰㑰䤇㒡䀕㻀㿹䩍䃈㒡㒡䴉䃕㴜䕚䃕䤇㿉䕚䃕䮐㷈䕚䴉䴉䤇䤇䕚’㘵㿉䩍䎠

㙵䃕䐌䊞 䤇㒡䴉䴉䕚䴉 䊞㑰 㑰㘵䕚 㿉㒡㒡䐌 㿉㘵䕚 㑰㷈㘵䕚䴉㷐䮐䕚 㘵䊞䤇䴉䕚䴉 㿉㒡 㘵䕚㮯 䊞䤇䴉 䬐㷐䃕䕚㿉䮐㿚 䀕䕚䤇㿉 䘔䊞㷈䐌 㿉㒡 㘵䕚㮯 㒡㤎㤎䃕㷈䕚䩍

䳫㘵䕚 ‘㢀䊞㮯䮐䃕䤇䃈’ 㒡䭎䕚䃈䊞 䀕䊞㑰 䀕䊞䃕㿉䃕䤇䃈 㤎㒡㮯 㙵䃕䐌䊞 㿉㒡 䊞㮯㮯䃕㴜䕚㥌 䊞䤇䴉 䊞㑰 㑰㒡㒡䤇 䊞㑰 㑰㘵䕚 䕚䤇㿉䕚㮯䕚䴉 㿉㘵䕚 㒡㤎㤎䃕㷈䕚㥌 㑰㘵䕚 㑰䤇䊞㿉㷈㘵䕚䴉 㿉㘵䕚 㑰㷈㘵䕚䴉㷐䮐䕚 㒡㷐㿉 㒡㤎 㙵䃕䐌䊞’㑰 㘵䊞䤇䴉䩍

㑰䃕䮐䊞䤇䕚䊞䃕㿉㑰㿚䃈䤇㑰㷐’䤇㿉’㮯㥌䤇䕚䃕䊞㑰㿉䃕㑰㑰㷐㒡㿚䊞䀕㿚㒡㿉䕚䘔㑰㿉”䩍䴉䤇䊞䃕䤇䴉㒡㤎㒡㮯䊞㘵䕚㴜㑰䃕”㴜䕚䀢䃕䀕㒡䤇䤇䃕䩍䃈㒡䴉㒡㪿㷐㿚㒡㮯㷐㒡䤇䤇䃕䃈㘵㿉㑰䕚䕚㘵䳫㮯䍛䃕䤇㷈䕚䤇䃕㷈㘵㷐䴉䕚㑰䮐䕚㷐㮯㿚㒡䕚㮯䊞㿚㒡㷐䬐㷐䕚䃈㑰䤇㿉䤇䃕㒡䃕㮯䊞䕚䀕㘵䊞㿉䃕㿉䩍䤇㒡㿉䤇䊞䕚㘵㮯䖡䕚䕚䀕㒡㷐㮯䴉䕚䕚䤇䮐䮐䃕䀕䴉䤇䊞䊞䤇㿚㘵㿉䃕䃈䤇

䳫㘵䕚 㒡䭎䕚䃈䊞 䕚㑰㿉䊞䘔䮐䃕㑰㘵䕚䴉 䊞 㦻䕚㷈䐌䃕䤇䃈 㒡㮯䴉䕚㮯 䊞䤇䴉 㿉㒡䮐䴉 㙵䃕䐌䊞 㑰㘵䕚 㮯䊞䤇䐌䕚䴉 䮐㒡䀕䕚㑰㿉 䊞䭎㒡䤇䃈 䕚㴜䕚㮯㿚㒡䤇䕚 䃕䤇 㿉㘵䕚 㮯㒡㒡䭎䩍

䍛㒡䭎䕚 㒡㤎 㿉㘵䕚 䘔䕚㿉䊞 䀕㒡㮯䐌䕚㮯㑰 䃈䊞㴜䕚 㙵䃕䐌䊞 䊞 㦻䃕㿉㿚㤺㤎䃕䮐䮐䕚䴉 䮐㒡㒡䐌㥌 䘔㷐㿉 䃕㿉 䴉䃕䴉 䤇㒡㿉 䘔㒡㿉㘵䕚㮯 㘵䕚㮯䩍

䊞”䩍㿉䃕 䊞䴉䃕㑰 䳫䕚㘵 䊞䤇䴉㿉㮯䩍䕚㷐㑰䊞䴉䴉䤇䤇䊞䴉㑰䕚䤇㑰䃈䃕 䊞㷈䤇 㘵䕚䃕㤎㷈㑰䕚㷈㿉䃕㒡䤇䮐䮐䀕䃕㷐㒡㿉䘔䊞 䘔䕚㒡㿚㷐䎠㑰䐌䊞䐌䀕㒡㮯䴉䕚㑰䐌 㒡㤎㮯 䎠 㘵”䮐䃕䃈䖡㮯㿹㿉

㙵䃕䐌䊞 䴉䕚㷈䃕䴉䕚䴉 㿉㒡 䊞㑰䐌 㿉㘵䕚 㒡䭎䕚䃈䊞 䊞䘔㒡㷐㿉 䃕㿉㥌 䘔㷐㿉 㑰㘵䕚 䴉䃕䴉 䤇㒡㿉 䮐䃕䐌䕚 㿉㘵䕚 㑰䭎䃕㮯䐌 㿉㘵䊞㿉 㑰㦻㮯䕚䊞䴉 䊞㷈㮯㒡㑰㑰 㿉㘵䊞㿉 㒡䭎䕚䃈䊞’㑰 㤎䊞㷈䕚 䀕㘵䕚䤇 㑰㘵䕚 㘵䕚䊞㮯䴉 㙵䃕䐌䊞’㑰 䬐㷐䕚㑰㿉䃕㒡䤇䩍

“㿹 䴉䕚㑰䐌䮡 㖏㘵䊞㿉 䀕㒡㷐䮐䴉 䊞䤇 䃕䤇㿉䕚㮯䤇 䤇䕚䕚䴉 䊞 䴉䕚㑰䐌 㤎㒡㮯䮡 㴑䃕㑰㿉䕚䤇 㘵䕚㮯䕚㥌 㿚㒡㷐 䤇䕚䀕䘔䃕䕚䖡 䳫㘵䕚 䀕㒡㮯䴉㑰 㿚㒡㷐 㘵䕚䊞㮯 㤎㮯㒡䭎 㿉㘵䕚 㑰䕚㷈㿉䃕㒡䤇 㷈㘵䃕䕚㤎 䊞㮯䕚 㦻㮯㒡㿉㒡㷈㒡䮐 㿉㘵䊞㿉 㘵䕚 㿉䕚䮐䮐㑰 䕚㴜䕚㮯㿚㒡䤇䕚䩍 䧴㷐㿉 䀕䕚 䴉㒡䤇’㿉 㘵䊞㴜䕚 䊞 䴉䕚㑰䐌 㤎㒡㮯 䊞䤇 䃕䤇㿉䕚㮯䤇 㘵䃕㮯䕚䴉 㿉㒡 䊞㑰㑰䃕㑰㿉 㷐㑰 䊞䮐䮐䩍

䊞䊞㑰㷐䩍㷐”㒡㿚㷐㒡㪿䕚㘵㿉䤇㒡䘔䕚䤇㒡㿉’䴉䕚䘔䭎䃕㿉㥌䕚㒡䕚㘵䮐䀕㮯㿚㒡㷐䴉䕚䤇䕚䃈㿉䍛䴉䃕䊞䤇䤇㿚䮡㒡㷐㒡㮯㮯㒡㤎䮐䮐䊞㮯䕚㿚䊞䴉㒡䴉㑰䐌䕚䴉㿉㘵䕚㒡㷐䮐䀕䴉㑰䃕㑰㑰㿉䊞䕚㿉㮯㿉䕚䘔䴉䊞㿚㿉㒡䕚㿉䕚㤎㿉㒡䊞㷈䃕㘵㮯

㙵䃕䐌䊞 䊞䮐䭎㒡㑰㿉 䮐䊞㷐䃈㘵䕚䴉 䊞㿉 㘵㒡䀕 㷈㒡㮯䤇㿚 䊞䤇䴉 㷐䤇㤎㷐䤇䤇㿚 㿉㘵䕚 䴉䊞㮯䮐䃕䤇䃈 㒡䭎䕚䃈䊞 䀕䊞㑰䩍 䧴㷐㿉 㑰䃕䤇㷈䕚 䤇㒡 㒡䤇䕚 䘔㒡㿉㘵䕚㮯䕚䴉 㿉㒡 㑰㿉㒡㦻 㒡㮯 㷈㒡䤇㿉㮯䊞䴉䃕㷈㿉 㘵䕚㮯㥌 䃕㿉 䘔䕚㷈䊞䭎䕚 䃕䤇㷈㮯䕚䊞㑰䃕䤇䃈䮐㿚 䕚㴜䃕䴉䕚䤇㿉 㿉㘵䊞㿉 㑰㘵䕚 㘵䊞䴉 㑰㒡䭎䕚 䘔䊞㷈䐌䃕䤇䃈 䘔䕚㘵䃕䤇䴉 㘵䕚㮯䩍

‘㿹㘵㥌 㿉㘵䃕㑰 䃕㑰 䊞䤇䤇㒡㿚䃕䤇䃈䩍䩍 㢀㒡 䎠 㘵䊞㴜䕚 㿉㒡 䴉䕚䊞䮐 䀕䃕㿉㘵 㿉㘵䃕㑰 㤎㒡㮯 䊞 䭎㒡䤇㿉㘵䮡’

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Chapter 234: Ch 234: Oppressed atmosphere
Rika had not been assigned a desk or chair, but that was fine. She was used to standing up and walking around anyway.

Not being tethered to an assigned place to sit, Rika enjoyed the freedom to choose her spot. Her independence was a source of strength, even when others tried to question her choices.

The office workers glared at Rika every time she tried to sit down, and they called her for the most annoying things. She was being made to do everything from fetching water to just standing and walking.

Rika was sure that she was being bullied right now, but since this was not physically abusive, she did not see a point in telling her mother about it or even reporting it.

Lunch break arrived in the blink of an eye, and the annoying staff finally left.

Rika finally sat down and helped her aching legs heal by spreading her body out and relaxing.

“Sheesh, what the hell is wrong with these people? Do they want to kill me by exhausting me beyond reason? It would have been painful if I were less fit to do all these menial tasks.”

No one was in the office, so Rika could openly complain like this.

But as soon as she finished talking, Rika heard the sound of the door opening, and a quiet beta entered the office.

He was short and looked more delicate than Rika expected him to look as a beta. She even wondered if he was an omega or had a condition like hers.

The man noticed Rika, and a guilty expression took over his face within seconds.

“Hey! I am so sorry for what you are going through. I want to help you, but I am powerless to do so. The section chief’s current darling is that omega who acts like a leader. You should be careful not to get on her bad side.”

The male beta warned Rika in an almost hesitant manner.

It seemed he was not sure he was allowed to say all this. His shyness made Rika feel bad for him (mainly because she could tell this man was a victim like her.)

“I see! So, bullying is a common practice in this office? You cannot tell the authorities about this without risking losing your job. Were you their target for bullying before I came along? Are you still being bullied by these people?”

Rika asked these questions quickly, and the beta looked freaked out by Rika’s questions.

She quickly looked around to check if anyone was there before he decided to answer Rika.

“I…I am sorry! I truly do want to help you out, but my circumstances…anyway, what I am trying to say is, just hang on in there for some time. I am sure things will get better soon for you.”

The beta encouraged Rika before he went back out.

Rika was not naive enough to believe those flowery words from the beta’s mouth. If bullying were this easy to resolve, then no one would have to be traumatised by it.

As expected, Rika was not allowed to sit for the whole day once lunch ended. People seemed more interested in having Rika shuffle around than doing their work.

‘Was the goal even met today? Ah, but these people have been doing this for quite some time now. I don’t think they will let a small setback like not paying attention to work get them behind.’

Rika let out a relief-filled sigh as the day finally ended, and people began to stand up. It was finally time to head back home.

But before Rika could stand to leave, she was stopped by that ‘darling’ omega, and the older one blocked Rika’s way.

“Hey! Where do you think you are going? You have not met your daily work quota yet. You will need to stay behind and finish your part.

Intern or not, you are part of this company, and we expect you to finish your work on time.”

The omega looked passionate when she spoke. She also made a determined face to show the world how serious she was about her work and how trustworthy she was.

Rika did not buy into her act even a single bit. She had already seen this omega’s natural face but did not like it.

“Senior, you neither assigned me a desk nor gave me any work to finish.”

Rika reminded the omega worker to do the work as gently and calmly as possible. She did not want to aggregate this omega and cause herself trouble.

But it seemed there was no way to avoid triggering this omega by simply existing, so Rika gave up and asked this question.

“Tsk, don’t try to be smart with me. Come with me, and I will show you the desk you will use for work. Here! These are the files that you need to process. I don’t care how you finish these, but get them in order by tomorrow.

Oh! And if anything happens, then it will be your fault, and we’ll hold you accountable. So, ensure you only finish your work before heading home.”

The omega did not allow Rika to get a word in before leaving her alone in that empty office section. There was no night-shift staff in this section either.

Rika was all alone in that big room with a desk that looked ready to fall apart at the slightest touch and a machine that did not even turn on when Rika tried.

“Well, I will not sit here and waste my time. I already spend the whole day catering to these people. I don’t have the patience to do this anymore.”

Rika complained before she threw her head on the table and relaxed her body.

She wanted to stay where she was seated, but Rika also wanted to head back home quickly and not think about work anymore.

Both feelings were equally strong, but in the end, the call to her bed was too much for Rika to resist, and she ended up walking out without touching her work.

‘Well, if I get in trouble, then I get in trouble. I am not going to bother worrying about it now. Worst case scenario – I will be forced to quit before I can cause this company any more damage.’