Chapter 26: Superior Variant
With Kuro leading the way, we walked towards the center of the garden where everyone was gathering.
On our way, Leal's butler and maid-themed mercenary members gathered at the side of the cemented pathway and bowed their heads on us.
"Greetings, Master Leal and new faction leader, Casimir."
I nodded at them and continued.
As I looked back from our location, I could see the terrace where I was earlier.
It's a huge white mansion with a red roof with multiple terraces scattered around its 3 floors.
"Boss!" Leo waved his hand at us.
I walked towards them, on our way, I saw a group doing a tea party on a circular table.
Misha waved her hand at me with a big smile on her face, next to her were the girls in their group sipping the tea on their white teacups.
I waved back and continued to our table where I could hear Leo's loud laughter.
"You 2 finally here, what took the 2 of you so long?"
"We just made sure that the booze wasn't poisoned. Unfortunately, it isn't." Leal said as he sat on his chair.
I sat on the other chair, but I just realized that there's still one available chair between me and Leal.
"Oy, Bone crusher, come and join us," Leo called out to the person standing behind us.
Bone crusher?
Leal looked back at her and pointed to the chair beside him. "Join us, Kuro."
Kuro bowed her head and sat between us. Her fragrance occurred to me. She smells like jasmine. It's so subtle that you can't smell it unless you are really close to her, as close as sitting next to her.
"There, there, Mehrad and I already started it earlier so the 3 of you need to catch up with us." Leo put the cup of booze in front of us.
"I can't drink much, maybe I'll have a cup or 2 and that's it for me, however, don't worry, I won't leave," Leal announced and took a sip of the booze as if he's drinking tea.
"Oy, oy, where's your pride as an elf? Did you lose it after living here for a few years?"
"Mehrad, your dog is barking again."
I got a glimpse of her and found her eyes closed.
Is she asleep? Wow, she can comfortably sleep while sitting and even with the noise of the people around her.
"I suppose I'm already drunk."
"Drunk? What do you mean drunk? You just emptied your first cup!" Leo protested.
Leal waved his hand. "I'm done, I can already feel my vision blurring, but don't worry I won't leave."
Leo nodded. "I see, I see. If you say so." He pulled something under the table, a clear glass bottle. "Here, take this water." And put it in another unused cup.
While handing over the 'Water' on Leal, Leo briefly looked at me with a subtle smile on his face.
That's definitely not water.
"Good." Leal immediately gulped the liquid inside the cup, bottoms up.
A villainous smile emerged on Leo's face. "How do you like the Mind breaker?"
However, Leal couldn't answer anymore, his face slammed into the table and remained unmoved.
Knockout!
"Master Leal?" Kuro immediately assisted him.
"Is he still alive?"
"More likely," Mehrad answered my question.
Leo chuckled. "At least, he finally got the taste of our specialty. The best in Agrona!" He raised the glass bottle he's holding.
Kuro's sharp gazes shifted to Leo, but the target of her anger was already running away while laughing his ass out.
"You filthy dog!" Kuro pursued her.
"I'm a lion!"
All I could do was shake my head while watching them, with Mehrad in front of me laughing at the scene.
Yup, the group is more chaotic now.