Agatha The Legendary Guild Master

Chapter 36: Are You with Me, Teammates?

Once I appeared near Shin, he noticed me from far. He sent me a message without waiting for me to reach the team.

'What happened?'

'Nothing, I just chatted with him.'

Knowing that he guessed, I was speaking with Respon, I didn't lie to him. I hate lying or deceiving, so I said it straight away for him to not guess for long.

'What did he tell you?'

Although I wasn't talking to him face to face, I suspected his anxiety and worry. He needed to be worried, as he lied to me.

He hid the fact of his craziness stigma and what he was subjected to according to it. he should have just told me everything, that way I would hold more trust towards him. before I could even reply, he wrote:

'Did he mention me with anything? Like saying how crazy I'm?'

I sighed; you should have told me this earlier Shin, that's what came in my mind. I didn't tell him this frankly as I didn't want to have another tense confrontation so soon. I replied:

'Yes, he said you are branded by craziness and was expelled from their community of princes and aristocrats.'

That was what I felt from Respon words regarding Shin. If I was one of those aristocrats, I would have thought the same way about Shin.

If Shin didn't describe my past life events so precisely, I would have doubted him either.

Here came the major dilemma I was living right now, both of the two men had logical concepts that were, at the same time, contradictory.

I hated that. Why life couldn't be just simpler like wars? This was an enemy and this was an ally, that simple, right?

'I need to speak with you in private please.'

I saw this coming; Shin would like to defend himself against Respon claims. There was a severe headache in my head right now, so I didn't need to add more fuel to it. I tried to evade this debate as I said:

'Don't worry about what he said, I didn't believe him. We have more urgent matters to decide here.'

Shin didn't let this matter go this easily, as he stressed:

'I need to speak with you. There are a lot of things you must know.'

I sighed; this Shin was easier to deal with than Respon, at least I could predict his next actions.

Nonetheless, Shin was annoying. If I let him speak as he wishes, I would have a dozen headaches instead of one. I said in a decisive tone loudly, as I already approached his place:

"We will talk later; now let's see what we should do."

I looked towards my team members. Although we knew each other for a short period, I was already used to them. I felt a throbbing pain in my heart like a spear penetrated it when I pictured myself alone without them.

Since when did I become this attached to them? Since when did I ever need friends? That was a hard thing to accept for me, and it was a strange change in my personality that I never expected.

Before Shin could say anything more to interrupt, I told all of them my thoughts.

"I know that you feel great doubt towards me right now. To be frank, if I were you, I would also feel this suspicion.

Although I got used to you guys, and I hate to move on alone without you, I have to respect your own choices.

The journey up ahead isn't clear to me right now, but I know my enemy's identity they are those aristocratic bastards. I won't stop standing against them.

Although my current plan of opposing them had failed, I plan to continue resisting their tyranny.

If any of you want to withdraw from the team, then it's now guys. I won't hold any grudge against any of you, I will only be sad."

I spoke what lurked in my heart without disguise or edit. I stood there without saying another word looking at every single one of them directly in the eye.

I saw their hesitation, and that I understood well, but I didn't see anyone withdrawing, and that made me glad. Failing an expectation would have a sour taste than failing itself, so I didn't cling to hope even now.

What, if any one of them decided to withdraw later on? So, I decided to give them all the time in the world, as I didn't want to be disappointed later. After nearly ten minutes of silence and hesitation, Goda said:

"We were surprised when we read that thread. To be honest with you, we suspected you were part of aristocrats too. You and Shin here play very differently from any normal player.

You play fearlessly and have great ambitions to prove yourselves. You two aren't veterans or famous players, so we suspected you were part of an aristocratic family or a rich family.

So, Princess Agatha, we don't have any objection to playing with you. We just hope if you have any more secrets, you just inform us beforehand. Knowing from outside doesn't feel well."

I smiled in response to his words. I didn't deny it myself, I was excited they decided to play with me, and also relieved. Being alone wasn't a good thing, that was what Shin taught me in practice.

Regarding his last demand, it was logical and acceptable for me. I had no secret to hide from them except for my biggest one, but I couldn't just throw this bomb on their faces right now.

In the future, when the time was ripe, I would tell them everything about it. I looked towards Shin seriously, while he asked faking ignorance:

"Why are you looking at me like this sweet princess?"

I pointed out with my spear towards him as I threatened:

"You better spill out all the dark secrets you hide."

Shin smile in a silly way as he replied:

"Some secrets would be"

I interrupted his talk as I threatened again with my spear:

"I don't like playing with words, these are our comrades, so don't hide anything from them."

Shin corrected me immediately:

"They are called teammates, not comrades."

"Whatever, just don't hide anything. Tell us all your true story, crazy prince."

It was much better for me to hear his story with my teammates than alone. With these players around us, he wouldn't delve deeper into many secrets.

He would only use the most simple and direct words to express his secrets. This Shin here loved to talk much, and I wasn't in the mood to hear all his blubbery.

"Ok, fine, I will tell you all my story short."

Shin started his speech with this then he sighed. It seemed I pressured him hard and cornered him, finally, to speak in short.