Infinitum Crystals - Conquest of Virtue [4]

Chapter 6.10 - White - Inglorious Kingdom of Spectrum

Several days have passed since I left The Supreme Leader's city. Here I am now sitting inside a tavern getting a couple of drinks. Here I was finally expecting some peace and quiet but I guess the long walk from the republic to the kingdom is more peaceful than this loud tavern. The tavern was filled with AIs drinking throughout the night. To make things more interesting, the drink I'm having was actually on the house. It's all thanks to someone I come across when I got into the kingdom.

"So how you've been, White?" It was Azreal.

I happen to encounter Azreal when he was out and about patrolling the kingdom. So he says, but I don't think Sam would trust him enough to be doing that kind of thing considering how problematic he may be at times.

"It's been great." I clinked my glass with Azreal's. "I've been around all over the land."

Azreal then said, "So I've heard. According to Yumiko, you've been quite a troublesome person to work with, huh?"

I raised my eyebrows, "How do you get to talk to Yumiko, anyway? I thought she hate you."

"Well I thought she hate 'you'." He replied.

To which then I said, "Well I do hate 'her'.

"Oh, I thought she hate you."

I shake my head, "No, I hate 'her'."

The two of us then burst into laughter as we continued drinking.

Azreal then answered, "To answer your question, Yumiko have been secretly in contact with The Goblins for quite a while."

I stopped drinking and wondered, "The Goblin?"

Then all of sudden, Azreal looks around the tavern and shushed me.

He whispered to me, "The Queen does not know of this but there is a revolution coming. The Goblin Gang is planning a way to overthrow the crown."

"The...Goblin...Gang?" I shake my head in disbelief and told him, "This are...other players, right?"

He nods, "Yeah. Disgruntled classmates. They hate Sam's authority and they intend to take her out before she end up winning the conquest competition."

"How am I not surprised." I took another sip of drink.

Yeah, I've notice the cracks have been visible for quite a while ever since the 2nd semester. She has been a bit over her head and think the world revolves around her. Yumiko have always expressed her hateful feelings toward Sam whenever she's in the topic of our discussion. I guess almost everyone in Administrative Magic despises Sam Maximus.

"What about you, Az?" I wondered, "Do you hate her?"

"I don't know. Should I be hating her? She seems to rely on me a lot, you know."

"Rely?" I tried to recall.

I don't think forcing you to become his butler is a reliance. That's just painfully awful.

I told Azreal, "She's been using you all this time. Don't you notice? You're a laughing stock among your classmates, right?"

"I don't get what you mean, White. Everyone seem to be happy and laughing with me every time."

"No." I shake my head, "They are laughing 'at' you."

"Really..." Azreal suddenly looked down.

"Hey there..." I put my arm across his back, "I'm still here and you're not a bother at all."

He sounded glad, "Yeah. At least you're still fine with me."

We continued drinking throughout the night until Azreal pockets were empty.