Apocalypse King: Recruiting S-Tier Beauties With My Ruler System Chapter 12: Red Eyes In the Night

Because of Shen Yifei's disturbance, I needed sothing to drink, be it coffee or whiskey.

The earthy scent of the machine filled the small kitchen attached to my living room the mont I flipped the switch, creating a low hum and bubbling noise.

'This won't wake her up, right?'

I turned to check the couch but noticed Mu Qinglan wasn't sleeping on the couch, barely able to outline the two chairs with nobody on them.

Strange...

But my attention returned to the coffee machine as the liquid gold started bubbling into my special mug.

Shuffle

Step...

A noise sounded behind , but I remained focused as the last drips of coffee plopped into my cup before I added the crear and sugar.

"This might be my last coffee, so I cannot afford to rush it."

Ignoring the movent, I couldn't stop my yawn disguised as a sigh, and the stressful day finally hit . Sniffing the sharp scent of the ground beans helped recover a little. But it reminded of how dull and depressing the future might beco.

The thought of a world without power, electricity, or my smartphone sounded like hell.

As an introvert, it really concerned !

"Well, let's enjoy every mont."

I swiped the half-empty bottle of my favourite John's whiskey and sat on the veranda just outside my living room with an old pack of black star cigarettes.

[Tutorial Hint: The Host is immune to most natural and deadly diseases from before the apocalypse, so enjoy this last mont of peace.]

Smoking wasn't a good pasti of mine, but when things got too tough. I didn't have anything else but this and gaming to calm myself. Though I am good-looking... thanks to past issues, I struggle to et and speak with new people.

'Today was fine because I could play the part of a 'handso saviour' and this was how I managed to work so hard.'

I would act out parts when leaving the house, an embarrassing but genuine issue.

There was the work of John, who acted like an extrovert and worked hard to be noticed.

The shy yet handso neighbourhood boy who didn't have a mother who shopped at the local supermarket for the best deals.

Many of my faces were like masks... to hide my pathetic and lonely self.

Click!

With a snap of my fingers, the rough flint scraped my thumb and reminded of why I hated smoking in the first place.

An ember lit up the room, and for a mont, I thought sothing appeared in the reflection of the glass, but I shook my head.

"A nostalgic scent."

I brought the cigarette with a black shade to my lips, took a slow drag, and savoured the brief warmth that filled my lungs.

The smoke tickled my chest, but I let the smoke out slowly, in a steady stream, curling my lips to form small circles in the air.

"I regret this, but my mind feels so much clearer now..."

Inside the room behind , I heard shifting around, but Qinglan would probably not cause trouble, according to the system. She wouldn't betray unless her affection reached the negatives.

'Thank god, but... I want to beco strong, too.'

A slight jealousy towards her abilities made suck on the cigarette harder, the tip brightly burning as it illuminated the early morning sky.

Knock Knock!

I watched zombies roaming around as I enjoyed drinking and smoking until the door sounded and caused to snap out of my strange daze.

"Who is it..."

I muttered, annoyed that the sound caused the zombies to gaze towards this building and started to groan in a horrible tone, which annoyed . They no longer shuffled and road around like people on their way to work in the morning.

The mont I opened the door, a surprising woman stood there in light clothing and sleepy eyes wrapped with dark rings.

"H-have you seen Yufei?"

'Hm?'

When she ca to my room, that must have been at least an hour ago. Did she go sowhere else? Maybe she tried to sleep with one of the other guys. I didn't know her well, but the system would tell if she did.

"Miss Jiang, I haven't seen her, and..." He noticed the policewoman's state and couldn't ignore her trembling shoulders. "Do you want to co in first? It's cold in the hallway because they don't have heating."

'Since my physique increased the hot and cold started affecting less.'

"I don't want to intrude on you, isn't the other girl here?"

Jiang Roulan made a slight rejection, but her foot remained inside the door, and maybe a slight push and offer were all she needed. I didn't think that Qinglan would mind since we rarely spoke together before yesterday, anyway.

"It's not intruding, co inside. I can't leave a woman in the cold, my mother's ghost would beat with a stick."

"Haha."

I heard Jiang Roulan's laugh for the first ti as I turned away, walked back into the living room, and picked up another cup, ready to make a second coffee.

"Eh?"

It was at that mont he noticed that Shen Yifei was sleeping on the couch, causing his face to twitch. He turned back to Jiang Roulan, who just smiled after seeing the naked blonde wrapped in a thin quilt with her clothes tossed across the room.

"I couldn't see her earlier—when did she sneak in?"

Jian Roulan didn't doubt .

Instead, she stepped close to , and her natural scent flowed into my nose—a calr and more soothing scent than Qinglan's.

'Was it when I saw soone reflected in the glass?'

"Don't worry, I know you're not that type of guy, otherwise you wouldn't have given us the keys to the doors."

'You're wrong. I just snagged them on the way back inside earlier...'

"Can I get a cup of John's too?"

Jiang Roulan tapped the bottle I almost finished and smiled at ... different from the girls I t on dating apps in the past. It was a mature and rather welcoming smile. Her eyes didn't glow with lust or obsession but a calm appreciation.

"Then, will you join on the balcony watching the sunrise, until we can sleep?"

I asked while stirring the two mugs and grabbing a second bottle of Johns's sweet honey whiskey.

"Don't mind if I do~ haha."

Maybe it's because of how tired I was, but sohow Jiang Roulan seed so easy to get along with as she told about her days leading up to the apocalypse, and I ntioned getting fired, which she seed to find hilarious.

What shocked most was...

I found myself smiling for the first ti in a long while.

"Hm?"

While filling my cup with more whiskey, I could have sworn a pair of red eyes glared at in a reflection.

However, when I turned around, there was nothing... but a swaying blackout blind.