Chapter 12
The maids helped Claire up and they began to move out of the room. Claire, who was still dazed about the issue of her sudden transformation couldn’t assimilate the argument between Marcus, Xeno, and the high doctor. All Claire knew was that the high doctor wanted to bath for her by himself. As for the rest of the argument, she could pick up no point.
As soon as Claire had been taken out, Marcus requested for a seat and the guards got him one. In the room, they were only people of the male gender. Only Marcus, Xeno, the high doctor and his assistant, and the guards could be found.
No other people!
“I am ready to punish Xeno and the high doctor right away and believe me, no one in the world would be able to stop me from doing this! This is my chance to prove that the fact that I rarely punish people doesn’t makes me foolish or weak. I know that the reason why you all have little or no regard for me is because you don’t have samples to point at. Well, I will gladly make Xeno and the high doctor the samples today!”
Xeno couldn’t believe what he was hearing and he decided to argue against this motion. He wasn’t ready to suffer for something which he knew absolutely nothing about.
“No, Alpha Marcus!” Xeno began quickly. His voice was very loud and audible. “I understand the fact that the high doctor has to be punished but I don’t seem to understand the reason why you have to punish me and make me a scapegoat. I don’t think I have angered you here but if I have mistakenly annoyed you, I beg your pardon. Please forgive me. I promise not to do such again.”
Marcus was getting appealed. Xeno knew the use of sweet words to get Marcus to forgive him and stop the impending punishment.
“Really? You don’t know your offence but you are already promising to change such attitude…” Marcus was saying. “I don’t think it makes much sense. What if it is something which you can’t leave or something which you have been addicted to?”
Marcus asked this question intentionally. He wanted a right answer which depicted wisdom from Xeno. As usual, the wise Beta was ready to deliver.
“I understand your point, Alpha Marcus, but even still, I have about two reasons why I am confident to say this. I would mention these reasons if you permit me…” Xeno said intelligibly. As he spoke, the high doctor gazed at him in amazement. He was surprised as to how fluent he sounded.
“Sure! You may continue!” Marcus replied slowly. He was probably loving the intonation and fluency of the speech as well.
“Thank you, Alpha Marcus…” Xeno began. “The first reason is obvious. I love my Alpha than anything in the world so I guess I would be able to sacrifice whatever I have or what I love doing as long as it would please my Alpha.”
The high doctor was nodding approvingly. He was also thinking of a fitting statement to make to discharge himself from punishment as well.
“Very well…” Marcus muttered thoughtfully. “How about the second reason?”
Xeno was still thinking carefully. He waited for about ten seconds before replying Marcus’s required question. The high doctor witnessed all this and he began to confirm if he had thought out all the details of the speech he wanted to make. He could confirm this now.
“The second reason can be accredited to fear and desperation…” Xeno began to say after a while of thinking. “Everyone knows you are the Alpha of this pack and that you are the most powerful person on this space. If you were in my shoes, would you not humble yourself? I can guess properly that you will also do like I have done so as to escape punishment.”
Marcus exhaled. He was angry with Xeno but his apt explanation had saved him. Marcus was ready for forgive Xeno but as for the high doctor, his sins were too expensive to be solved by a critical analysis or report of the situation.
“I will take down the punishment of Xeno, now, we will only have that of the high doctor to handle,” Marcus said to everyone present. Some people giggled, some cheered, and some maintained a straight face. Xeno smiled while the high doctor maintained a straight face. The high doctor was currently preparing himself to sort himself out as well, but before the high doctor could begin his own mission, Xeno interrupted with a statement of appreciation.
“Thank you for making this decision, Sire,” Xeno began. “I appreciate this decision to set me free and as a result of this, I am going to step up the pace to serve you the more. I was always your number one servant but from now on, I will move from number one to zero. Number zero is the smallest number, isn’t it?”
Marcus chuckled. He was laughing because of the fine sense of humour which Xeno had. Seeing Marcus laughing pushed the guards there to smile as well. They couldn’t laugh carelessly as it was not a sign of professionalism for their work description.
“It is okay, Xeno. Truthfully speaking, your offence wasn’t so weighty but still, I would advise that you watch it. The fact that you won’t be getting punished today shouldn’t make you become proud or out of bounds. It should be a call for you to bridle your tongue the more…” Marcus advised carefully. As he spoke, Xeno nodded his head approvingly.
“I will take note…” Xeno said slowly. “Thanks for your concern about me, Sire.”
“It’s okay…” Marcus began to say now. He turned to the high doctor and began to talk to him. “As for you, the high doctor, I am going to punish you…”
“But Sire…” the high doctor tried.
“Shut your mouth! From now on, you will be denied access to crucial facilities in this mansion. You will have to seek permission before you make any move or leave the mansion. Also, you will not be given access to any personal guards. With this, I rest my case!” Marcus noted.