Chapter 34: POPULARITY

At the moment, as they finished doing all that they had to do for the day, everyone was free, and still Ken’s popularity didn’t reach a hundred. Meanwhile the time was passing slowly. Tick, tack. Like a clock watch.

At that moment, he stared at the sky. Then he breathed out mist and walked toward the river. As he walked a few meters, another worker from sector 2 was approaching them. He was shocked that they finished theirs so early.

Ken saw him and walked toward him. As he was the patron of the place, as the worker was near him, he said.

"Hello, did you people have a machine or something to finish this fast?"

Ken showed him his left hand. His palm was covered with wounds.

"We did as you people all do. Manually."

The worker stepped backward, and he thought.

_So it’s true about those slave workers... They are monsters at work... They can easily be soldiers or something similar._

He pressed his hands together. As he was about to go, he froze, and whispered.

"I forgot something."

He turned toward Ken and he spoke.

"We will connect our path to yours to simplify our work."

At that time, the silence settled. The air became dense and a cool breeze blew toward them.

"Pardon, what did you just say?"

The worker felt it. He was not a normal worker, he thought.

"I... I..."

Ken moved toward him.

"Let’s make a deal. Talk to your commander about this. We can work and connect the path quickly if we are well paid... Now you can disappear and you don’t dare connect it without accepting our offer."

The worker nodded and ran away.

[+10 CHARISMA]

_Yeah, I’m charismatic. A king must have good leadership and influence ability._

Ken walked slowly and took a bath beside the river. As he finished bathing, a crowd was immediately in front of him, who wanted to bathe too and they were waiting for him to say a word.

_Why are they all looking at me like this? I’m not their parent or anything else similar to that._

All their gazes were focused on him. He said.

"So you all want to bathe?"

They all nodded, and he replied.

"Okay."

They all moved to the river.

After that, Ken returned to the gate and the night crept in.

_What can I do more to reach 100% this day... I’m already exhausted with all this... Money. I need to go out of here to escape._

At that time, Liz was walking in the yard eating cake covered with plastic. As Ken saw her he whispered.

"I will not go out of here alone..."

Liz stared at him. Their eyes met and she was still chewing the cake in her mouth. Then Ken slowly stared at her right hand.

"Is that cake?"

Liz nodded. Then he walked quickly toward her and touched her shoulder.

"So now you can eat cake and bread?"

Liz felt a little weird and uncomfortable, and replied.

"Yes... If I don’t directly touch it. I cover it with plastic or something, then I enjoy."

Ken moved backward.

"That’s good."

She nodded.

"I will now restart enjoying delicious bread."

At that time, Ken rubbed his chin twice and furrowed.

"Can you tell me how you do gambling games here?"

Liz bent her head a little and approached him, and whispered in his ear.

"If you finish this cake."

At once he thought it would be easy. As he took the cake and bit it, his teeth couldn’t even enter the cake.

_She had already cursed the cake._

Ken scowled.

"I knew I would lose."

She nodded, and said.

"So what is in your mind now?"

Immediately, Ken smiled.

"I have a bet... And the exact result will be: I will go out of this place with someone as a privileged person."

Liz held her forehead in disappointment.

"That is really strange, and stupid... Say something which has more impact."

Ken looked at the horizon. And then he inhaled and breathed out slowly.

"I will reason it out... But for sure, this is advice: I will always be the winner... And maybe the richest here."

Liz was about to burst out laughing but she was holding herself not to do so. And then Ken saw she was about to laugh.

"What is wrong?"

She burst out laughing, and wiped the tears from her eyes.

"I guess... It will not be with my money, right?"

He flinched and scratched his face a little.

"Maybe..."

At that time, as the worker returned to his sector 2, in the firm, Noli was with her sister. The two commanders together in the same place were discussing, as the worker interrupted them. They all glared at him, and he flinched back. He didn’t know which one was Commander Noli. Then he looked at the ground for a few seconds, and then the other smiled.

The worker thought it was her. Then he addressed her, and told her all that Ken said. But he didn’t say that to Noli, but to Moli.

At that moment, Moli looked at Noli once more and pointed at the worker.

"Do we resemble that much?"

He nodded.

"You two are the exact photocopy."

Moli folded her arms.

"I guess that’s right."

Meanwhile the worker was slowly looking at their chest, and he thought about smutty stuff.

If I could be their man... If...

And under his trousers was becoming hard. Meanwhile, the twin sisters walked away. The worker breathed out slowly, relaxed.

After that, other workers asked him all sorts of questions about the slave workers, because the rumors said Ken was a slave worker that wanted to govern the entire Rombel. Everyone in the town knew about the name Ken.

On the other hand, Ken was in his room on his bed. He coughed, and then his popularity that night moved to a hundred percent.

[Popularity: 70..100%]

[+200 CHARISMA POINTS EARNED]

[94 DAYS LEFT]