Chapter 101: Confronting PinkLotus (1/2)
Yua had a million things on her mind that she wanted to tell Rudra , she had rehearsed the script in her mind a thousand times as to how to tell him in the best way possible , painting her involvement as minimal as possible. Yet seeing his cold demeanor , all her plans went down the drain as she frantically began to explain.
” The azure lotus guild had voted against suppressing the True Elites guild. I never wanted to wage a war of attrition against your guild. I am in an alliance ruled by majority , and the majority vote was 5:2 in favour of supressing the Elites , i was bound to follow them with or without my consent , i had repeatedly made it clear that it was stupid to supress such a small guild without reason .....”. Yua was desperately trying to explain when Rudra snapped
” Ohhh , no reason to supress such a small guild ? You looking down on us now? ”. He said coldly
” No , no , not at all ! If anything its shamefull for 7 first rate guilds to ally and declare hostility towards a single guild ”. Yua clarified but only made things worse
” Why so? Are we not in your league maam, did we not just repell a ten thousand man camp ? Just what more do we need to do to earn some respect in this town? ”. Rudra said , anger evident in his tone .
Yua got annoyed too ” Seriously Rudra, Maam? Soo we pretending we dont know each other now, also it is not 1950's anymore , nobody uses maam ? ”.
” I wish it were u know , to think i actually considered you to be a good friend in this cutthroat world. Seems like i was a fool ”. Rudra said
Now this line just cut deep into Yua , she was exasperated she said almost screaming ” Why dont you get it , the alliance all have shares of each others corporations , should i not go with the majority they can seriously hurt the Nakatomi Corporation ”.
Rudra recieved a private message from Orochimaru at this point. It said ' Guild leader , i have insider information , the lady is here to invite you into seven guild alliance , beware of her sweet talks'.
Rudra did not know , that this message was a plan from the Ambani foundation to plant discord between the guilds and try prevent the True Elites from joining the alliance , as that would seriously hinder Mr Ambani ' s plans.
Rudra calmed down a little after listening to that , then he asked lightly ” Okay ..... I believe you , but then tell me , why did you not even message me? Why are you here , only today , only after the show of strength from my guild , you are here to negotiate terms arent you ??”.
Yua had no retort , she indeed had not contacted Rudra over the weeks that his guild faced supression , even though in her heart she was bleeding , she had no way to prove her innocence here. She was here only when the alliance wanted to invite the Elites to make them one of their own.
” That .... I really wanted to but my dad wont let me , Well fine , it doesn't matter anyway , i was a fool to think you would beleive me ”. Yua said depressed
Rudra's heart clenched , something about seeing Yua soo down and sad made his heart twist in pain. Then he sighed
” Fine i believe you ”. Rudra said slapping his cheeks.
Yua looked up teary eyed .... ” Just like that? ”.
” Yeah , just like that ”. Rudra affirmed
” Soo we are still friends right? ” Yua asked meekly.
” I think so ”. Rudra replied.
Yua beamed , she smiled a very bright smile.
Rudra felt a burden lifted off his shoulders seeing that smile. Boy was he smitten with this girls charms.
Yua continued ” well i think it will all get better from now on ... Im here to invite you into our alliance , together we can be an unstoppable force in Hazelgroove ”.
Rudra instantly frowned. He wanted to downright reject , however for the sake of courtesy he said ” what are the terms ”.