Chapter 10: Demon and Lucky Soldier Jimmy?
The next morning, after a good night's sleep, May was the first to wake up at 6 a.m., as she usually wakes up at this time.
She noticed Alicia still sleeping in her bed when she was ready for her usual morning exercise.
So she walked into her room to change into her workout outfit, and after wearing the outfit she began to walk outside the house to exercise.
She likes to do her training in nature rather than in the house, as there is an outdoor gym in the house built just for her, as her sister knows she likes training outside.
After one and a half hours of intense workouts, she walked back into the home for a relaxing bath.
After finishing taking the bath, she began to walk in the direction of Alicia's room to check on her, as it was almost 8 a.m.
She knows that her niece usually wakes up pretty early.
May entered Alicia's room, noticing she was still sleeping peacefully while hugging the pillow she was attached to like a koala.
Seeing her like that, she found this scene a bit cute but would never show it to her face.
She chose not to wake her niece from her sleep, as she was pretty tired yesterday, so she contacted the northern military officers that she ordered to find her sister and nephew.
She found out that they would definitely cover the whole area in the path of the plane's flying route and several kilometers around it until sunset today, and she was hopeful that they were not on a different route from what was intended.
After successfully getting the information, she fell into deep thought as she heard footsteps approaching her, knowing that it was her niece. She began to think about what to eat for breakfast.
As for cooking it herself, she didn't even consider the idea because it didn't suit the tastes of herself, her sister, her niece, and her nephew.
It doesn't mean she cooks badly; it's just that she likes food made by her sister and nephew more. She had cooked food on various missions during her many years of service, and her teammates liked it and smiled when she looked at them, telling her that they were enjoying it.
Alicia was walking toward the dining hall with slightly wet hair, as she had taken a bath, planning to make something to eat for herself, as she was hungry.
Noticing her aunt sitting on the couch in her thoughts, she also had the intention of asking about her mother and brother but held it in, as she wanted to have a peaceful breakfast with her aunt and then ask her about this matter.
"Aunt, have you eaten anything?" Knowing the food cooked by her aunt well, she preferred not to think about those memories, and she continued,
"I know you would not have eaten anything. I will cook for you too. Wait for some time."
Listening to her niece indirectly say she didn't know how to cook, May's eyes seemed to burn with determination, although her face remained emotionless.
"No, I will also help you cook the food."
Listening to her personality, Alicia didn't reject her, as she said in a determined voice with a stern expression on her beautiful face.
"Okay, but I will do the cooking, Aunt. You will help with the other tasks."
Listening to her niece's resolute voice that wasn't allowing for any debate, May reluctantly accepted with a nod.
After half an hour, they were done with cooking, and what was in front of them was a Japanese-style breakfast with steamed rice, miso soup, grilled fish, eggs, and various side dishes.
After the war, various people began to migrate from different regions, and people of different colors now lived in society. There was some discrimination at first, but after so many years, people accepted different cultures, and for the remembrance of once-standing countries, food names were usually connected to past countries.
Her mother cooked many types of food from different nations from the past that once existed, and she and her brother also learned it from her mother.
'I was shocked at first when I saw my 11-year-old brother learned to cook and more importantly, he learned even faster than me and is almost at my mother's level of cooking.'
She didn't feel jealous; on the other hand, she felt very proud of her cute little brother, who is a genius. She is not bad herself as long as she doesn't compete with him.
As they both began to eat the delicious food and after finishing the food, they both sat on the couch a few meters away from the dining table. May said,
"Alicia, the food you cooked is very delicious." As Alicia replied with a sad look on her face,
"Well, it's nothing compared to my mom and brother."
Listening to Alicia's sad voice when mentioning her mom and brother, May replied,
"Well, you are right, Alice's cooking is the best, but you will get there someday. As for your brother, he is different; do not compare yourself to him, okay?"
She has doubts that her nephew cooks better than Alice.
He intentionally makes some mistakes while cooking, but they don't escape her keen eyes. That's why she didn't want Alicia to compare herself with her monstrous nephew and fall into depression. As Alicia replied,
"Well, I know my brother is a genius. When he and Mom come back, I will make my brother cook for me for a week for leaving me all alone and making me so worried." With a cute pout on her face,
Listening to her niece's usual personality, May felt very relieved that her niece was not depressed and was still cheerful.
"I have something to tell you, Alicia," May said as she continued with a serious look on her face.
"If nothing goes wrong, we will find the location of your mother and brother before sunset. And whatever we find, don't do anything stupid, Alicia. Promise me this, okay?"
Alicia, listening to her aunt talk about finding her mother and brother, became hopeful and replied with a cheerful voice,
"Okay, Aunt May, I promise I will not do anything stupid."
As time passed quickly, the sun would go down in at least two hours.
May, who was sitting on the couch watching a movie with her niece while eating snacks, suddenly felt her phone vibrate. She quickly got up and began to walk out, telling Alicia that she had an important call to attend.
"Good afternoon, General. We have found the plane you tasked us with locating," the voice began to shake as he was too scared to continue.
As far as he knew, the General was someone who would beat men to death for looking at her for more than a few seconds.
Knowing that he was a man and giving such bad news to the General, especially about the people she instructed them to protect with their lives, made him even more hesitant.
May sensed his hesitation and said in a cold voice,
"If you don't continue, I will cut out your tongue and stuff salt in your mouth."
Listening to her cruel words in such a cold tone, the officer thought he would die today for delivering this bad news to the demon General. He continued in a scared voice,
"General, we have found the plane, and all the people within it are dead. Only one person is alive with serious injuries. His facial features and age match the young boy you instructed us to protect. He was already in a coma when we found him. We have already arranged for him to be admitted to the best hospital nearby."
"And the lady... S-She was found among the dead. Their plane seems to have crashed. I am sorry for your loss, General."
May, who heard the officer, felt the greatest shock in the world as a stream of tears began to fall from her eyes. She was her only friend in the world, whom she would call a sister, and the only person she considered family.
She, who always wanted to help people, died in the fucking plane crash with an abnormally high fatality rate, and her only nephew is in a coma.
She had already experienced how filthy this world is, and in this cruel world, she only had her sister and her children, whom she could call family.
She had already experienced powerlessness in her childhood, which is why she joined the military to hold enough power to keep her only family away from harm and not feel powerless ever again.
She once again felt this horrible feeling after so many years.
She had already considered the possibility of a plane crash, but the survival rate of a natural plane crash is pretty high. The worst she had thought would be losing a limb, but her sister was dead. This is not normal.
She unknowingly clenched her fist tight, and blood started to flow out of her hand.
She swore to herself that if she found out this was done by someone, she would kill anyone who got in her way of finding out, even if she had to become a demon.
As she began to wipe the tears from her face, the military officer who had not heard the general's voice for one minute was very tense and dared not make a sound. The idea of cutting the phone never crossed his mind; he would cut off his own hand rather than the phone of this demon.
Her emotions began to calm down and were replaced with a cold, emotionless face that seemed colder than before, and she ordered the military officer who was on the phone:
"You did well for arranging the hospital for the kid, but you are on guard duty with your squad and the remaining squad there until I arrive. And if I find out you moved any dead body or even a single piece of metal from the crash site, I will definitely kill you, okay?"
An officer who heard the general's cold voice replied with a loud shout on the phone,
"Understood, general."
Jimmy, who heard the voice of the phone cutting off, dared not breathe at first. He checked if the phone call had actually ended, and after confirming it, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Today, Jimmy felt very lucky for not moving the dead bodies. He had only checked if the person was dead or not, and he only moved the boy to the hospital and quickly called the general.
And from her voice, he could tell she would definitely kill him, and it was not difficult for someone of her stature.
Jimmy didn't know what relationship these two people had with the general, who was famous for cruelty and beauty, especially for men, but didn't harm innocent people. And as for the men who stared at her for more than a few seconds, well, she didn't consider them innocent.
Especially with her red hair and red eyes, she earned the nickname "demon." But today, the demon seemed to have become the true demon who would not spare anyone.
Jimmy felt the luckiest he had ever been; even winning the lottery would not compete with his luck.
Jimmy, an original squad leader, informed the remaining three squad leaders what the general had told him word for word.
The remaining squad, listening to Jimmy, felt they had escaped death and felt very lucky as well because they were not the ones who had to talk to the general.
As they began to guard the perimeters of the plane crash with utmost seriousness.
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