Aftermath Part 1

When the self-proclaimed lovers of Aiden saw the bloodied body of Oliver disappear into thin air, they knew he chose suicide over death in their hands.

They had somewhat expected it and even anticipated it.

If there was nobody to prove their attempted murder, wouldn't that make everything easier?

The blonde woman that originally shot Oliver to near-death looked around her, warily observing each and every immaculate face.

A young man with peach eyes and slender body came forth, reassuring her, "Don't worry. As long as we stay quiet, none of us will get in trouble."

With the flick of his wrist, a blob of water swiftly appeared and swooped down onto the concrete floor, washing away any remnants of blood to erase the evidence of their deeds.

Everyone else watched with cold, unsympathetic eyes as they all colluded together to get rid of the eyesore.

That eyesore was the only one to be favored by Aiden.

It was plain to see how Aiden often doted on the other, shared secrets and complaints, protected him and treated the other more than a friend.

It was irritating seeing such a powerful man lower himself to someone like Oliver.

The man was both unpopular and had a very average face in the base's population. He would not have been so disliked if not for these two things: His personality and Aiden's favorability towards him.

His personality could be described as... strange.

He acted overly cocky and had unreasonably high standards for beauty, which is why he stuck around Aiden who was "acceptable" in his eyes. Everyone else, the "harem" included, were mediocre at best. Underneath his cockiness and overconfidence was a layer of sharp intellect and nihilism. He managed to thrive in the apocalypse and even enjoyed it from time to time, at least, that's what everyone else saw. There were a select few that viewed Oliver a bit differently, but the general consensus was that he was a strange and scheming man that managed to get into the bed of the most powerful human on the base, a feat that was never accomplished for the harem.

Though, they never really confirmed their suspicion if Aiden and Oliver were actually together. They let their jealousy make up convoluted stories to excuse their own actions against Oliver.

They firmly believed that Oliver schemed his way into Aiden's bed, he forced himself upon the base leader. He also probably took large amounts of food and weaponry with his strong spatial ability. He could collect thousands of things, while others could only put a meager hundred in their space, so it was definitely possible that he took many things and threatened Aiden.

That obstacle absolutely, definitely with no doubt had used his ability to act like lovers with Aiden.

Even if the base would struggle without their best space ability user, they would still be able to pull through. Aiden will move on from the dead weed and turn his eyes onto them.

'His' beautiful garden of blooming flowers.

When the last drop of blood was cleaned from the floor, the young pretty man crooked his rose-colored lips into a beautiful smile. Many of the harem members silently celebrated the disappearance of Oliver.

He was no more.

Though, a few of the smarter ones amongst the wickedly-smiling people felt something was a bit off.

Now that the "evil empress" was no longer occupying the highest position, who will?

A couple of eyes glanced at a woman with an hourglass figure and wavy brown locks who simply flicked her hair back. That gorgeous woman was the one who orchestrated this entire event.

It was a surprisingly simple plan: follow Aiden (as usual) to a supply trip, he always brought Oliver along with him, have someone announce she found a store with weapons and have that person lead Aiden away since the site was "confirmed" to be dangerous and filled with zombies. They continuously reassured Aiden that they would be safe at their current location of an emptied out street that was surrounded by restaurants and stores, still with a couple of supplies to look for.

Aiden trusted them enough to leave them to their own devices and went away to see the aforementioned armory.

Afterward, when they are far enough from the rest of the group, they would attack Oliver at the perfect moment.

And it worked.

When they got him completely cornered, the blonde woman immediately volunteered to be the one to kill him, even if she never really mastered a handgun before. She had delusions that if she was the one to end the villain, Aiden would see her as his savior and love her.

The consequences were not thought through. When thinking about it more, the gorgeous woman with the perfect figure, Audrey, would be most likely to become Aiden's true lover. She was, after all, the one who planned the entire event, she was one of the most beautiful and the most powerful. Her fire ability ranks as one of the highest in the base, she would be on top if it were not her lack of fighting experience. Well, most of the harem members had no experience in survival as they usually relied on others for food and shelter.

Audrey would become Aiden's wife, that was the sentence that flew throughout the minds of each person present on the streets. All of them sighed silently. Although it was disappointing knowing that they were used to kill an eyesore, they were glad it was Audrey. That woman is friendly to everyone else and can grant them benefits as the base leader's wife.

So, they would simply have to accept that fact, as long as they were provided for, everything was good.

Oliver was so rude to them, always demanding that they should get experience. It's been a couple of years and wasn't the base already fine without their work?

Audrey saw everyone's eyes come to a collective resignation and acceptance, she smiled victoriously at her succeeded plan.

Now, Aiden was all hers!