I Am No King's

Epilogue 8 – Friends

"Ah .. These mothers really make me tired."

"Haha. If it's not the friend of one of these mothers' sons, I can guarantee that your head is already floating."

"Yes, I'm sober."

Mr. Marlien and I sat in the lobby enjoying an automatic massage chair and a glass of cold milk.

Just a few days ago, Akadia leader Bu Yueni suddenly said he would hold an important meeting. He asked me to make an inn reservation with a hot spring in the city of Abu. Actually not really a reservation anyway because this inn belongs to the Agade members who were once nobles.

What surprised me even more was that the participants of this important meeting were the higher-ups Quetzal and Ningal, two of the four pillars. Why are they invited? Why wasn't Agade invited as well? What these Three Pillars wanted to fight against the Agade.

When the ashes were confused, a male figure claiming to be Ibla, the acting chief of Agade, came to see me. He gave the message that Agade already knew about this meeting and did not bother about it. I tried to contact Lugalgin, the real leader of Agade, to make sure.

"Ah, it's not an inter-organizational meeting. It was just a gathering of mothers. Mom told me. And again, there's an invitation for an outsider to the organization, right?"

I breathed a sigh of relief when I heard Lugalgin's reply. This event is just a gathering of mothers. Honestly, maybe if these three mothers were not the leaders of the Three Pillars, I wouldn't be this stiff. The outsider guests in question were two VVIPs with the bodyguards of the former Guan leader, Jin.

Because we made reservations for the entire inn. So, this gathering of mothers turned into a recreation of three big black market organizations along with guests. I wonder if someday I can reach the level of these leaders?

When I thought about all that, the smartphone shook. I took the smartphone out of my shorts pocket and looked at the writing on the screen.

"Sir Marlien, I'll answer the phone first."

"Yes." Yeah."

I got up from the massage chair and walked away from the crowd, out of the building.

"Hello, Maila?"

[So, what's it like to be recreational with your best friend's murderous mother?]

I breathe heavily.

[So you want to blame me? So you prefer Illuvia to be depressed in her room after hearing the news of Lugalgin getting married?]

"I don't blame you, I'm just revealing the facts. And again, at least, if Illuvia was just depressed, time and psychologists could cure her. But, when it's dead, it's done. No more stories."

[....]

No response from Maila. He seems to be upset with my words.

Despite the bad, I still tried to get into a relationship with Maila. I thought Maila would just ignore me. Unexpectedly, he still wants to serve me. However, well, every time we called, what was thrown out was insults and harsh words like this. Sometimes I wonder why we're still in a relationship even if it's bad.

If I may say, my destiny is hostile to Maila, and Illuvia if she's still alive, it's inevitable. My parents worked in Akadia while Maila and Illuvia's parents worked in Orion. Sooner or later, we will confront.

Lugalgin did play a vital role as the cause of the black market war, as he cleansed the Cleinhad family. However, looking at the basis of Akadians opposed to child trafficking and Orion in favor, sooner or later, we will confront. Lugalgin just speeds up that process.

Lugalgin said Maila and her mother, supposedly, were already living rich overseas. I also searched for information using their new identities and discovered they were already conglomerates. Sometimes, I wonder why Maila still protests.

"Then, did you call just to say that."

[Of course not!] Maila snaps. [I want to congratulate you on your marriage. Good luck until H-Day]

"... thank you."