You're interested in the queen?

The trip took around half an hour and they had arrived at the location.

They saw a large castle giving a sense of luxury standing tall in front of them.

"Archer!"

Yuuki hurriedly turned and his mouth turned into a smile when he saw this girl. He opened his arms and this girl jumped right away into his body.

Akeno ignored all of them and kissed his man since she had missed him.

"You make me worried," Yuuki said with a serious tone.

"It's okay." Akeno smiled and felt warm when she heard him. "They won't dare to do anything to us."

"Why so?" Yuuki asked.

"There is a coup d'etat happening here," Akeno said.

Yuuki wanted to ask more questions, but he knew that this wasn't the place where he should talk about this matter. He also saw that Rias and Kiba walked toward them with a smile.

"Prez!"

"Kiba!"

Everyone was happy when they saw that Rias, Kiba, and Akeno were okay. They talked to each other before the representative of the Tepes Faction came to them and said that he would bring them to the new queen of the Tepes Faction.

"I am sorry, but I have received an order from my superior to not allow you to meet our new queen," the representative said.

Yuuki and Azazel looked at each other and felt weird.

"Why?" Rias asked since she felt strange. She had met the new queen, but she didn't understand why both Yuuki and Azazel weren't allowed to meet the new queen.

"I don't know. I just do what I have been told," the representative said plainly.

"....."

They looked at each other and weren't sure what to do.

"Well, I don't have that much interest in watching your new queen either," Yuuki said plainly.

"...."

Yuuki looked at them and said, "You can go first. I'll stay in the living room or something."

"Is that okay?" Irina asked.

Yuuki nodded and said, "Yes, you can go on." He looked at Azazel and asked, "How about you?"

Azazel only shrugged his shoulders and said, "Well, if I can't meet the queen then can you at least send us to warm room while also serving us a warm tea along with cookies or something."

The representative nodded and said, "Sure."

"I'll go with you," Akeno said.

Yuuki nodded and said, "Jeanne, Rossweisse, you should see the queen since it is a rare chance to see her."

Jeanne and Rossweisse nodded in response. They knew that Yuuki couldn't see the queen and let them see the queen by themselves. After they had done that they would tell him about their opinion later.

"I'll go with you after this," Rias said.

"You don't need to be that hasty," Yuuki said with a smile.

The representative of the Tepes Faction ordered one vampire to guide Azazel, Yuuki, and Akeno to their guest room serving them with a polite expression. They sent them a tea along with a lot of condiments around.

"Please press the bell if you need something for me," the maid said and bowed her head before leaving their room.

*Click!*

"What do you think?" Azazel asked that question immediately after the maid had left the room.

Yuuki sipped the tea slowly and placed it back on the table. He was wondering where they had gotten this tea.

"You're not afraid this tea is being poisoned?" Akeno asked.

"No." Yuuki shook his head and said, "Poison won't work on me."

"......."

Azazel had a change in his expression and asked, "Is there poison in this tea?"

"No. You don't need to be that worried," Yuuki said. He searched for the most comfortable position and answered Azazel's question. "What do I think? They're probably wary of us."

"I can see that, but why can't the two of us meet the queen?" Azazel asked.

"The queen is Valerie Tepes, right? She is the owner of the Holy Grail. The two of us are quite knowledgeable about the Holy Grail and the vampire from the Tepes Faction doesn't want to let us meet to the queen since their plan might go awry if we're able to see the queen," Yuuki said.

Azazel and Akeno nodded when they heard Yuuki's explanation.

"They're very careful," Azazel said.

Yuuki thought for a while and asked, "How about the coup d'etat?"

"It's over. The extremists are in the running and they don't stand a chance against the new power," Akeno answered.

"It's not that simple," Azazel said with a serious expression.

"Well, of course, someone has supported from behind, right?" Yuuki said.

Azazel looked at Yuuki and asked, "Do you have the same idea as me?"

"Well, who can support them besides that group?" Yuuki said.

"Is it the Khaos Brigade?" Akeno asked.

Yuuki and Azazel nodded at the same time.

"Those bastards," Azazel said angrily clenched the cup in his hand.

"Don't destroy the cup since it is innocent," Yuuki said.

Azazel sighed and let his hand go. "That's true." He looked at him and asked, "What are you going to do now?"

"What can I do? If they don't let me be the queen then I won't see her," Yuuki said.

"You're not interested in the queen?" Akeno seemed surprised.

"Why do you think that I have an interest in the queen?" Yuuki asked while raising his eyebrow.

"Because the queen is quite beautiful," Akeno said.

"......."

Frankly, Yuuki didn't know the face of Valerie Tepes since he hadn't seen her in his past life. He had thought that the queen would be a middle-aged woman who had a lot of wrinkles on her face, but it seemed that wasn't the case.

'Should I meet her?'

Yuuki thought for a while and decided to wait for a while since he didn't have any information about this place. He knew that the Khaos Brigade had supported behind and there would be a high chance for an evil dragon to appear once again in this place.

"Hmm, so you're really interested in the queen, huh?" Akeno said while looking at him with an annoyed expression.

"....."

Yuuki was speechless and thought about how to solve this misunderstanding first.