Atlas: Lightning From The Wild West
52: AVALANCE DREAM

AVALANCE DREAM

Hearing Tiana's explanation of the cards, Avalance looked very interested especially in the value in each sheet of the cards.

Finally the first game of Avalance began, Tiana handed out two cards to each player and three cards face down at the table.

Avalance saw his card, he got two aces. Spade Ace and Clover Ace. Avalance remembers if the card is a pair, and the ace pair is a good start.

All the players decided to keep playing, Indra raised the stakes by 4,000 gold pieces, Misha followed suit. However, Miller was unsure and preferred to fold.

Avalance was quite confident in his cards and increased the bet amount to 10,000 gold pieces. They were all shocked to see that Avalance, Indra and Misha did not want to lose and added 6,000 gold pieces to follow the game.

"It was a brutal start" Miller said.

"You sure about that, Avalance? My card is actually quite good" Indra said as well.

Avalance paid no heed to them, Tiana then opened the three cards at once. The cards on that table are As of Heart, 4 Hearts, and 10 Diamonds.

Seeing that there was one more Ace on the table, Avalance grew more and more convinced with his cards. You can get Three of a Kind or Full House.

Without thinking the Avalance was immediately All in with a total of about 90,000 gold pieces, of course he did not use real gold to put on that table. Tiana brought poker coins with two colors, one red with a value of 1,000 and another purple with a value of 500.

Indra looked panicked and thought hard for her next move. However, he did not dare to take the risk and finally decided to Fold, Misha thoughtlessly also decided to Fold. Avalance won his first victory in poker.

"Why are you two both Fold? It was a golden opportunity!!" Miller

"I don't want to take such a big risk" Indra replied.

"What about yourself? Indra is right after all. The risk is greater" Misha replied as well.

That night they continued to play until midnight, Misha and Miller went bankrupt. Avalance made all the profits from Misha and Miller, while Indra was only able to get his capital back.

Because Avalance knew the reason they both decided to play with Indra was to get gold, Avalance distributed around 30,000 gold pieces to the two of them.

At midnight, Indra could not sleep. So he decided to go out and take a walk. Indra saw Avalance who was still sitting where they were playing earlier, they finished playing about 2 hours ago and now it was almost 1 pm. Indra approached Avalance and found out what he was doing.

Avalance aligns the cards according to their value from the lowest to the highest. Avalance did nothing but stare at the cards.

"What's up, Avalance? Aren't you satisfied with the game?" Ask Indra.

"No" replied Avalance.

"Then why have you looked at these cards since?" Ask Indra again.

"I like the concept of these cards, they are divided into 4 types, and each type has the lowest value to the highest. Then the Joker cards that are able to blend in with them are also very interesting" Avalance replied.

"Ok, then what?" Ask Indra again.

Indra laughs.

"That sounds weird and funny. However, it is not an impossible thing to realize. I think your idea is also quite interesting, Avalance" Indra replied.

I decided, the name of the magic academy that I will build is. 'Royal Jesters' I will gather the noble clowns and teach them about what magic is" said Avalance.

"Royal Jester? Heh, not a bad name. Unfortunately we will not see that magic academy anytime soon" Indra replied.

Avalance sighed.

"Maybe you're right, I still have a great responsibility as King" Avalance said.

"However, after the Northern Region became peaceful. Then I will make it happen, because this is my biggest dream" Avalance continued.

"That's a great dream" Indra replied.

Indra knew Avalance's reason for building the Magic Academy. Avalance and Ignis used to be vagabonds, it's unclear why they became vagabonds. However, the one who changed their lives was the Magic Academy. It was only natural that Avalance intended to do the same.

"You yourself? What are you doing in the middle of the night?" Ask Avalance calmly.

"I can't sleep, so I'm just looking for the wind" Indra replied.

"So it's late, I think I should sleep too. After you have finished your walk, you better get some sleep. Good night" Avalance replied.

"Good night, Avalance" said Indra.

Avalance then stood up after arranging the cards that he had just lined up at the table, he also brought the cards with him.

A little while later, Indra walked to the top floor of the house. Outside there was a blizzard, he thought watching a snowstorm at night would make him sleepy, so he went to the terrace above the big house.

After he reached the upper terrace, he saw Misha and Miller who happened to be sitting there. Indra did not come directly to them. However, be quiet for a moment while eavesdropping a little.

"You're not satisfied? It's cold" Miller said.

"We haven't even sat here for five minutes, just shut up and enjoy the beauty of this blizzard" Misha replied.

"Well, I'll keep you company until you're satisfied" Miller said.

Seeing his two best friends become lovers reminds Indra with the two of them once. Misha and Miller are two people who can't stop arguing. One day they both set the kitchen on Angel Eyes on fire while arguing while helping Bella while cooking. Even so, they secretly care for each other and Indra is the first to understand that.

Indra does not even know why his two best friends can be lovers. Two years without seeing each other and this is how they are, they also seem to hide their relationship while working. The proof is that many men often talk about the beauty of Misha in the Guild. Miller was a well-known person, especially in the field of security, the classmates of the guild members should know his position. Since the people in the guild often talked about Misha without hesitation, it was certain that the two of them were hiding their relationship.

Indra was eager to use her lightning to disturb the two of them. However, in contrast to the Castle which is far from the urban house Avalance is in the middle of the city and describes a lightning could have disturbed the people around. Therefore, Indra preferred to approach the two of them.

"Why are you here? Not sleeping?" Ask Indra.