Chapter 82 - Episode 82: A Bad News.

I'm back at the roundtable room after I got 3.000 Betelgeuse's Coin. I sit down and watch the other matches from someone's stream. They're still battling and it's quite interesting, but my hype and energy are spent from the match earlier. I close my eyes for a bit.

*Ding*

I open my eyes and it's a warning that my body temperature is above normal. I immediately log out from the game and as soon as I stand up from the pod, I feel dizzy and my head hurts so bad. I go to the kitchen and make a sandwich. After I take my medicine, I go to bed and go to sleep.

I can hear footsteps around my bedroom. I slowly open my eyes. Emma is carrying a bowl and putting it on the table and William grabs some medicine from his pocket and put it beside the bowl. When she realizes that I'm awake, she walks towards me and sits on the floor beside my bed. She's putting her hand on my forehead. She's checking my body temperature.

Emma looks at me with concerns.

"How are you feeling? It seems that your fever already went down a bit."

I look at the floor and there's a bucket and a small towel floating in it. I groan and pressing my head with my hand.

"Not good. My head is spinning. It must be because I forced myself to play for the past two weeks. I barely got some rest."

Emma is humming in agreement.

"You were farming Betelgeuse's Coin until late at night almost every day. Of course, your health is dropping."

Emma then stands up and brings a bowl of soup, then sits down in front of me again.

"Do you want me to feed you? Or you can eat it by yourself? You need to eat and take the medicine."

I slowly sit up and pressing hand on my head. Then I grab the bowl of soup and start to eat it. I look at the time and it's already 6 P.M then I look at both of them.

"Why are you guys in here? Aren't you guys supposed to celebrate your victory or something?"

Emma shakes her head.

"We were, but I noticed that you went offline. There's no reason for you to log out without telling us first, so there must be something is going on with you. We logged out and when we didn't see you anywhere, we checked your bedroom and then we saw you were sweating and your body temperature was quite high."

William is nodding in an agreement. Emma then looks at William while playing her lips with her fingers. They both are looking at each other for quite a while. I raise my eyebrow while looking at them.

"What's wrong?"

Emma is nodding at William. William clears his throat.

"We will be fighting against Supremacist Clan in the final match."

I'm humming with understanding.

"It's not surprising, what's the problem?"

William grabs his phone from his pocket and then shows a video in Utube. It's a match between Palacetasia and Supremacist. As soon as the match started, Palacetasia forfeited. Then, something unexpected happened. Palacetasia Clan members were all joining the Supremacist Clan and leaving the clan leader Palacetasia alone.

A word from the leader Palacetasia, Boschwell. He had a deal with Kingstar that he will lend his members to the Supremacist Clan to support them to win the final match. Boschwell said it would be impossible for him to win against him in the skirmish game, and he also said that they already got a spot on the podium even if they lose to the Supremacist. Boschwell said that he and Kingstar have a good relationship with each other in the first place. Kingstar helped him in the game and helped him raise his own clan, so it's not surprising for him to help a friend back.

I scoff and shake my head weakly.

"Unbelievable. What's Ivonna's reaction to that?"

Emma sighs.

"She said that it's impossible for us to win against them. Supremacist clan now has over 3 million members. We also already used our trump card back then and we all know that it won't work for the second time. We have nothing else on our sleeves. We already gathered as many players to help us but we barely touch 1 million members. We are literally desperate for help to fight against them."

Emma weakly smiles.

"Stop with the talk, you have to finish your soup and take the medicine and get some rest."

I smirk and nod.

After I'm done eating the soup and take the medicine. Emma grabs the bowl and leaves with William. I lay down on my bed and then fall asleep again.

I woke up early in the morning. I looked at the time and it's still 4 A.M., I went downstairs and I felt so much better. I'm no longer have the fever. I ate bananas since it good to help me get better then I went for a jog to help me sweat. I looked at the time and it 5:30 A.M., then I took a hot bath and dipped myself in it. After that, I cooked breakfast and took the medicine, and rest for more in my bedroom.

I can hear Emma and William are leaving their rooms and making breakfast for themselves. Then I can hear footsteps walking towards my room. Emma opens the door and brings another bowl of soup. She's surprised when she sees me awake and looking better. She puts the soup on the table and immediately walks towards me and puts her hand on my forehead. She's surprised that I don't have a fever anymore.

Emma smiles with relief.

"You're feeling better?"

I smirk and nod.

"I'm feeling much better, thanks to both of you for taking care of me yesterday. I will treat you both something."

Emma is happy but she's feeling nervous at the same time. She then grabs the bowl of soup and gives it to me. Even though I already ate breakfast an hour ago, I don't want to waste the soup she made.

I look at her while eating the soup.

"How are you feeling? Where's William?"

Emma is groaning while rubbing her stomach and leaning her head on the side of the bed.

"I'm so nervous. I think I'm going to vomit soon... William is already login to the game to prepare."

I'm chuckling while chewing the soup. I stroke her hair gently and she's peeling her lips as always.

"Don't worry, you can do it. When are you going to log in to the game? Isn't the match will begin in 3 hours? Aren't you supposed to play and prepare for the final?"

Emma is rubbing her face on the bedsheet.

"I should, but I want to stay here for a bit since you won't be able to watch the game and it makes me feel anxious."

I scoff and shake my head.

"I will come since I feel much better now. So go, Ivonna and the others are waiting for you."

Emma lifts her head and looks at me.

"But you're still sick, you should get more rest."

I put the empty bowl on the table and stretching my body in front of her. She's looking at me weirdly and then laughs. I smile and open my arms.

"See? I'm feeling better now. You should go now."

I lift her body and drag her downstairs to the basement. She's giggling on our way there. I watch her entering the pod and then she login into the game.

I still have 3 hours before I log in, so I go back to my bed and take a short nap and prepare dozens of alarms on my phone so I won't be late.

*ding*

*Ding*

*DING*

I open my eyes and turn off the alarm on my phone. I look at the time and it's still 9:30 A.M., then I go downstairs and eat another banana and take a shower since my body is so full of sweat. After I'm done taking a shower and put some clothes on, I look at the time and it's 9:45 A.M. I go to the basement and log in to the game.

I'm sitting at the roundtable and everyone is looking at me with surprise on their faces. Everyone then snorts and holding their laughter. I tilt my head and for some reason, I feel something soft on my butt. Then a voice coming from behind me.

"Uhh, this is so awkward, dude..."

I turn around and I'm sitting on Michael's lap. I jolt and walk away from the chair. Everyone is laughing so hard while I'm covering my face with my hand out of embarrassment.

Francesca is bursting out laughing while pointing at Michael's face.

"The expression he made is so priceless..."

Everyone is mocking him even though it wasn't his fault. Then Ivonna clears her throat and looks at me.

"I heard that you're feeling unwell. How are you feeling?"

I shrug and smile.

"I'm feeling better now."

Emma looks at me with worries.

"Are you sure you're alright, Trev? It's okay, you don't have to force yourself to watch the match."

I smirk and look at them.

"Well, I came here not to watch..."

Everyone is furrowing their foreheads with confusion while staring at each other. Then Francesca looks at me.

"If you're not here to watch, then what are you planning to do?"

I look at them and smile.

"I heard that you guys are desperate on finding help to fight against them."

Everyone's eyebrows are raising with excitement. Francesca then stands up from her chair.

"Does that means..."

Before she can finish her sentences, I nod and smirk.

"Yeah, I came here to help. Invite me to the clan."

Their mouths are wide open and look at me with disbelief. Francesca then clicks something on the screen in front of her. A notification appears in front of me.

[FrancesK has invited you to join [Forsaken-] Clan]

[Accept] [Decline]

...

[Accept]

I tilt my head and smirk while staring at them.

"Let's have some fun, shall we?"