Dr. Pearl pointed behind her. "Him!"
"Hold on! Adria?!"
There was a sudden burst of laughter in the hall. It came from Mrs. Sunflower. She laughed so hard, she could not help but slam the table with her heavy hands. "Unbelievable! That useless thing!?"
Adria was not expecting it, but the moment Dr. Pearl had pointed to him, he nevertheless had immediately adjusted his standing position. He had his chest out like a properly trained soldier. However, those words from Mrs. sunflower felt like arrows directly aimed at his self-esteem.
"Adria!!! Hmmm!" Old man Cong was in thought as he stroked his long beard affectionately. "I'm sorry. Even though Adria is very useless, I can't allow it."
Adria felt another arrow to his self-esteem.
"I agree with Old man Cong on this. As useless as Adria is, he was once the face of Avalon's Darklings to the public. It would be a shame to just let him waste away at the Hole." Mr. Chin Chin added. "If I remember correctly, His face is still on those posters we sent to those Northern Coutries, right? We could just ship him off to one of their princes who has plenty of money to spare."
Yet again, Adria felt another stab straight for his chest. At this point, he was no longer standing like an unbeatable soldier.
"I apologize Mr. Chin Chin, But I'll have to disagree with you on that. As you know, we have already made our Ranking Ladder Boards public. I doubt any Prince would want anything to do with such trash." Mr. Ramond refuted the suggestion.
"Then, it is agreed right!? Since all of you see him as trash! You won't mind me sending him to the dumpster."
And behold the last knife, and it had even come from Dr. Pearl. Although Adria knew that she was doing it for his good, it still hurt.
"I support Dr. Pearl's decision on the matter. Bedides, with the past events concerning Adria, including the most recent one that just happened a few hours ago, I think it is safe to say that he is already a step away from decommissioning. It won't harm If we just send him to a place he will be of better use. At least it will show that we care. Also, we have lost some significant hands back at the Hole."
Dr. Pearl Smiled. "Thank You, Mr. Lengthy."
"Good! So it's settled then, Adria shall be sent to the Hole tomorrow." Mr. Ramond added.
The moment Adria heard this, he wanted to scream in protest. Luckily, Sasha had anticipated this and had hair wrapped around his mouth and hands.
"It is settled then, Adria will be sent to the Hole to put Your FRAGILE heart at ease. And concerning the Project Commissioned by the UC. I'll double the security at the facilities." Mrs. Sunflower got up from her seat, "If that will be all, I will be taking my leave now. My niece is getting married soon and I have to go help with picking a wedding dress. If there is anything else, you know how to reach me."
She walked out of the room. Adria's eyes followed her massive frame as she left. It was not through the same way Dr. Pearl had taken him, Emilia, and Sasha through. Adria Had heard rumors of this before. The Avalon building had certain passages that only members of the Council of Eight were privileged to.
"I will also be taking My leave now." Mr. lengthy also left the room. Soon enough, all the other members took their leave.
Adria made sure to look closely as one of the mysterious members left. He could have sworn that he had not so much as blinked, yet when he looked closely, he was surprised to find that the shadow of a person was already gone.
"Dr. Pearl!" A mechanical voice went out. "I'll advise that you also send some Darklings as guards to the team of ten in charge of Project green earth. Just to act as a safety measure." The moment the voice went out, the person was also gone.
Once they had all left, Adria Sighed a breath of relief. He out rightly sat his ass there on the ground. However, he was not the only one that felt exhausted after this short session with the top bosses. Even Dr. Pearl had to stretch a little for relief.
"Okay! that ended well!" Dr. Pearl turned to Adria and a glint appeared at the corner of her eye.
"Weee!" She shamelessly jumped on him, "Oh! My Adria! My sweet baby. You are going to the Hole. I'm going to miss you so much." She snuggled him once again in between her bosom. "Oh, My sweet heavens! Why is life so cruel to a loving mother like me. All my children, just taken away from me to a terrible place like the Hole."
Meanwhile, Adria was choking away, but no one could notice it since his skin was already pale, to begin with. He tried to pull away from her but he had grossly underestimated her strength. Luckily, Sasha used her hair to pull her away from him just in time.
Adria felt like he had just been given a second chance at life.
"Sasha! put me down!" Dr. Pearl protested like an aggrieved mother, "I want to hug my baby some more before he dies at the Hole!"
"DIES?! I am not going to die at the Hole. In fact, the only thing that can truly kill me are those biological weapons on your chest! Also, are you not the one that said that I should be taken to the Hole for punishment?" Adria pointed at her, "You even pushed for me to leave tomorrow."
Adria looked at his wristwatch, "Shit! it's already tomorrow."
"Calm down you two." The voice of reason that belonged to Sasha spoke up. She turned to Adria, "Don't die! Or I'll find your corpse and kill you again. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Ma'am!" He immediately got on his feet and saluted. Just now, he could have sworn that he saw the abominable angel of death through Sasha's eyes.
"Good!" Then she turned to doctor Pearl who was pouting in annoyance like a spoilt teenage brat, "Don't worry he will come back, and when he does, I'll let you cuddle him all you want."
Adria visible shook at those words. Dying at the Hole no longer seemed like a bad idea.
Sasha proceeded to leave the room with Dr. Pearl.
"So! you have only a few hours until your freedom is over. What are you going to do with it?" Emilia asked.
"Oh! Don't worry! I have a few ideas in mind."
"Hmm!" She turned and left, but not before throwing a small bag his way. "Don't forget to take your drugs!"