Title: Lux of Agatha (Umbrella Story Season 2)

Summary: One day, a gladiator who calls himself "Umbrella" broke the rules of RHG battle and attacked the other gladiators. He got his final mission to kill FLLFFL(ALFA) from the Division. This fanfic is about Resh's Umbrella. Thanks to Resh for making awesome videos.

Lux of Agatha Chapter 8

In the reception room of a normal looking house of a tranquil town, an abnormal meeting was being held. Andre, Alfa, Rol, Bonum, Caligo, Pix, and Vlak were sitting on the sofa around the fireplace. In the middle of them, there was a low table.

::rattle::

At that sound, everyone in the reception room looked at the direction where the sound was heard. Reana was entering the room, holding a plate which has several tea cups. Until Reana set it down on the table, the gladiators kept staring at her without any words.

Unlike yesterday, seeing no one touch the tea cup, Reana tilted her head to one side. Few seconds later, Reana picked up one of the glasses and handed it to Vlak.

"Please eat."

"No-no! No thanks. I-I'm full."

Haggard-faced Vlak refused it, hurriedly waving his hands in front of him. At his response, Reana looked quite disappointed and she returned the cup on the plate. Sensing her disappointment, Bonum stood up and took one of the cups from the plate. After studying the fluid in the cup, she finally declaimed it's just a cup of tea.

"It's just a Green Plum Tea. Good for stomachache."

"Ah..."

Bonum began to hand over the cups to the gladiators by herself. But no one could easily taste it. But they soon did right after receiving Bonum's glaring. Watching them drinking the tea, Reana looked satisfied and she returned to her seat.

Bonum began to speak.

"So, is there anyone who can explain what is going on right now? I got an urgent message on yesterday's morning, but I haven't heard about exact situation."

"Me too. I want to know, too."

Putting down the cup on the table, Pix spoke. Usually he was a kind of mischievious person, but he also felt there is something serious when he got the request from Andre, yesterday.(In fact, he was not a person who are willing to participate in this kind of serious situation, but Andre persuaded him by telling him that Pix might meet Xiaoxiao, the legend) Feeling all curious looking eyes were focused on him, Andre spoke up.

"Does everyone know, the explosion accident at the park about 2 weeks ago?"

"Er... I think I've heard of it... I heard that the short circuit of the electric wires caused the explosion."

"A woman and a boy died due to it? But it wasn't broadcasted at all. I thought it weird, actually."

"3 employees of my hospital who were in the ambulance died at that moment, too."

Andre nodded at their response, which is not that different from civilians'. He preassumed that the gladiators might not know well about this accident. Like what Xiaoxiao thought, there was a group who want to make this classified. Before talking, he glanced at Caligo. Caligo's face became more and more pale.

"The woman and the boy, who died that day, were Caligo's family."

"What?!"

Gladiators were shocked at the news. Embarrassed, they glanced at Caligo and Reana. Caligo kept silent while staring at the fire in the fireplace, biting his lips. Alfa spoke up.

"That day, I was fighting against a gladiator called 'Atrox', and during the battle, Caligo's wife were involved in the fight and she died from excessive bleeding."

Those in the reception room just blinked in disbelief. Alfa explained the context to them. After listening to his explanation, Vlak questioned.

"You said you had battled with him. But then, why aren't there any battle records or videos? Battle news of the top sticks, like you, Alfa, usually spreads from pillar to post."

Like what he said, most of the battles including top sticks were widespreaded to other gladiators, even civilians. But in this case, no one has heard of it.

"Important thing is that there's a group who wants to conceal this. They threatened Caligo that if he tell this thing to the public, they'll kill Reana and Stell."

"So... you called us because of that. To guard the family. I got it. But, who wants to hide this fact? And why do they want that?"

Alfa and Andre exchanged glances each other. In the meantime, other voice replaced the answer.

"I think the Empire is behind this."

All of them turned their head to see Xiaoxiao coming. The old man looked pale, but he seemed more recovered than before.

"These days more and more battles are causing significant damage to civilians. Thogh there weren't any people who had serious damage, but the issue-gladiators have to be controlled- exsisted everytime."

"..."

"Even several years ago, I have thought that we have to establish some kind of rules between us. It will be a little bit uncomfortable, but if we don't make such things, we will be in chaos. I don't want gladiators to be considered as wild beasts to civilians. So I actually tried to make the rules to register gladiator's identity and regulate their battles, but it had many difficulties. I've been threatened by some assassins-though they never succeed. When I discovered who is their mastermind, there was the Empire. They use many supernatural gladiators as a soldier or subjects to experiements, secretly."

"Um... So it is. Quite complicated."

"So, I need your help."

"Yes...what?!"

Xiaoxiao grinned.

"I'll make GMC-Gladiators Mediation Committee."

GMC initial members-Xiaoxiao, Alfa, Andre, Caligo and other top sticks began to promote the establishment of the committee to other gladiators. At first, lots of gladiators were pessimistic about making the rules that control themselves, but they soon approved it by Top sticks' persuation. This was the part that top sticks expected.

But what they didn't expect was that there was no interruption from the Empire. There was no movement in the Empire. Probably due to top sticks' intervention, or because it's been over 4 weeks since the accident occured, most of the threatening blackmail or assassination attempts disappeared. Rather, the most difficult thing at the moment was raising the fund to establish the committee.

Caligo sighed deeply. Since the accident occured one month ago, Caligo quit his job. First few days he was out of mind to hold a funeral for Agatha and Gaon. After that he had to go back to his work, but he didn't. Fortunately, he had some heritages from his parents, and he got retirement money from his old workplace. But, the budget was far from enough. Other top sticks tried to help, but it wasn't enough.

To make up the shortfall in finance, Caligo worked night and day. Few days a week Bonum came and cured him by using her supernatural ability. She adviced him to take a break, but he couldn't. Unless he work, the thought about Agatha and Gaon bothered him.

He had to do it. Though his wife and his son already died, but Caligo wanted no one to be victim like him.

::KnockKnock::

Caligo raised his head and looked at the direction where the knock sound was heard. There was someone outside the front gate of the house. Because there weren't any blackmails these days, the top sticks who guarded his family now visited his house only few times a week, in the evening. But it was noon, and in his house were Reana, Stell, and Caligo himself. Suddenly the blackmail few weeks ago came up with his mind, Caligo stayed alert.

::KnockKnock::

Another knocking was heard, and Caligo was about to pretend no one is inside the house. But soon, he decided to check who is out there at least.

Caligo turned on the surveillance monitor connected to the front gate. The monitor turned on with a beep sound.

He found a man on a crutch standing outside the gate.

Author's note:

Thank you for reading.