.｡.:✧ Chapter 82 ✧:.｡.

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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Recently, strange rumors about her younger brother had started to reach Diana’s ears.

The siblings from the countryside who lost their parents early on.

The timid Daniel who always followed his sister around, calling “sister, sister!” and Diana, Daniel’s reliable sister.

They were always together in the rural village, but as Diana took the entrance exam for Aios Academy upon the village chief’s recommendation, their time together decreased.

When she heard that Daniel would also transfer to the academy as a third-year student during the vacation period when they could only meet outside, she felt somewhat relieved, but…

Suddenly, rumors spread that the boy was a trash delinquent who played around with girls.

At first, she naturally didn’t believe it.

He wasn’t the type to show off his good looks and flirt with girls like Ares, and he was so shy that he couldn’t even talk to girls properly except for Rin and his sister.

She didn’t know who was spreading such strange rumors, but if she caught the culprit, she would immediately give them a few punches.

However, seeing the recent sights, she couldn’t deny the cold sweat running down her back.

“What is that?”

Lunchtime.

Most fifth-year students at this time were preparing for the graduation exam to the point of sweating blood, so they usually had a quick lunch.

Since Diana was planning to get a job at the Dragon’s Boundary, where she had her practical training, it wasn’t much of a problem for her.

Using her body roughly suited Diana quite well.

Anyway.

Diana ate in the cafeteria while blankly watching Daniel in the distance.

Surrounded by girls of various types.

At first, she thought it was just a coincidence, but as it happened once, twice, and thrice, Diana realized it was a serious situation.

‘Is he suddenly emitting pheromones?’

Or did he learn something from Ares?

Although it was a very busy period, as an older sister, she couldn’t turn a blind eye, so Diana McLean grabbed a notebook and pen.

[Case.00: Ares Helias]

“Hey, you bastard!”

Kicking the door open and entering Ares’ room, Diana swung the wooden sword in her hand with a menacing force.

Seeing Diana, who had suddenly arrived, Ares, who seemed to be studying at his desk, stood up in surprise.

“Wh-What’s the matter, sister?”

“You taught Daniel how to seduce girls! I must have told you. If Daniel goes down the wrong path, it’s your fault!”

The prime suspect who corrupted Daniel, Ares.

In Diana’s mind, she was already convinced that Ares had tainted Daniel, but Ares shook his head, trembling.

“N-No! Rather, I don’t hang out with girls anymore! Daniel stole the girls who used to follow me around!”

“…What?”

Daniel seduced the girls who liked Ares?

From Diana’s perspective, it couldn’t be more shocking.

Although Daniel didn’t show it, she thought it was understandable that he gave up on Rin, whom he liked, and suddenly fell for an elf.

But he took the fish from Ares’ harem?

“That can’t be. I emphasized it so much to Daniel! A man should only look at and love one woman!”

Even though she had pointed out Ares, who always hung out with groups of girls in the village, and told Daniel not to become like him countless times.

“I’m telling you, it’s not true! I don’t know why he suddenly changed like that either!”

Ares, who had been beaten quite a lot by Diana McLean during this vacation under the pretext of training, couldn’t help but tremble just by seeing the wooden sword.

Since it didn’t seem like he was lying…

“Hmm.”

Diana turned her body and headed towards her next target.

[Case.01: Rin]

Diana found Rin in a secluded empty lot at Aios Academy.

She seemed to be using magic, as black energy was rising from the surroundings, but as Diana approached, she immediately erased those traces.

“What were you doing?”

When Diana frowned and asked about the strange energy, Rin smiled slightly and replied.

“Something like gathering information.”

“Hmm?”

Although Diana didn’t understand what she meant, it wasn’t important, so she was about to speak when she suddenly wondered if this was right.

In Diana’s eyes, Daniel liked Rin, and Rin liked Daniel.

Although Ares intervened in the middle, Diana thought the two would end up together and was satisfied that Rin was good enough to be Daniel’s wife, but…

At the point when Daniel started liking an elf, Rin’s love could be seen as a failure.

“Is something the matter?”

When Diana came and didn’t say anything, Rin considerately smiled and spoke.

Seeing that kind and considerate smile, Diana thought she was a truly precious child, but carefully said,

“Are you and Daniel getting along well?”

She thought it would be okay to ask this much, but Rin’s eyes sparkled, and she started talking like a machine gun.

“Of course, we’re getting along great. You know what Daniel is like these days…”

Chatter chatter chatter chatter.

She expressed her passionate interest in Daniel to the point where Diana wondered if she was always this talkative, but the more she talked, the more Diana’s heart ached.

‘Daniel, you fool.’

With such an honest child here, he let her slip away and had his eyes turned by a well-endowed elf.

“When we went to Yggdrasil, he hugged me like this, saying he would protect me no matter what happened to me! Kyaa!”

Listening to her excited words, Diana thought she just wanted to brag to someone, but her eyebrows twitched.

“When you went to Yggdrasil? Wasn’t that to meet the elf?”

She had heard Rin went together, but she felt the story was flowing in a strange direction.

“Yes, that’s right. I think Daniel likes Miss Eris.”

“…Am I misunderstanding something?”

Diana couldn’t follow the flow of the conversation, but Rin continued talking without any concern.

“Moreover, at the hotel in Bethel, he even slept with me because I was scared. Sleeping in the same bed after a long time, that was also…”

“Wait, wait!”

Diana’s head was so confused that it felt like it was going to explode.

[Case.02: Eve, Tana]

If Daniel’s close friends from the village were Rin and Ares, his best friends he became close with at the academy were girls named Eve and Tana.

The two could be easily found at the cafe in front of the third-year dormitory.

When Diana briefly introduced herself as Daniel’s sister, the two made a fuss, made a seat for her, and took a polite attitude, going to buy drinks.

The first impression was that they were not bad kids, so she went straight to the point.

“It seems strange rumors are spreading about our Daniel these days, so I’m here to check on that.”

At Diana’s words, the two girls’ expressions immediately hardened. Thinking they knew something, Diana persistently asked again.

“Do you happen to know? His relationship with girls seems a bit complicated.”

“Ah, that’s it.”

“I thought it might be because of this recent incident.”

“This recent incident?”

When Diana looked at the two with a peculiar expression, the girls shook their heads and answered, sipping their drinks as if relieved.

“Daniel’s relationship with girls is a bit complicated.”

“A bit? Not only Rin but also Sen and Elise clinging to him, and recently you too…”

“Huh?”

“Ahem, no.”

When Eve gave a look, Tana put her mouth on the straw and sipped the drink, pretending to be innocent.

‘This Eve looks fragile on the outside, but she seems to have more backbone than I thought.’

Indeed, there was a difference in the atmosphere when seen from afar and up close like this. She had a cute feeling like a small animal, but she had a firm belief inside, so to speak.

The phrase “gentle on the outside, strong on the inside” suited her perfectly.

“But don’t worry, Daniel is single-minded. It’s a bit annoying, though.”

“Yeah, single-minded… It’s annoying?”

Eve smiled slightly, slowly stirring the ice with her straw.

“But if you think about it the other way, isn’t that a good thing? In the end, when he chooses one person, it means he’ll only look at that person. If you can just become that one person…”

“What is she talking about?”

When Diana pointed at Eve with a dumbfounded expression and asked, Tana smiled awkwardly and whispered,

“She’s been running wild lately. She’s originally a good kid, so she’ll return to normal soon.”

Listening to Tana’s desperate excuse, Diana left her seat.

[Case.03: May Plov]

“Hmm? I don’t smell cigarette smoke.”

In the past, when going up to the rooftop, the cigarette smell was so strong that one might question if this was really the academy, but now only a cool breeze brushed against her nose.

The students who looked delinquent at a glance were gathered in a group, chatting among themselves.

‘Third-years?’

She had heard that recently, a girl had defeated all the delinquent students from all grades except the fifth-year graduating class.

She didn’t know her name, though.

“Hey kids, do you know Daniel?”

“Huh? Well, we know him, but…”

Perhaps because she was wearing a fifth-year uniform, the delinquents seemed a bit discouraged at first.

Of course, it didn’t last long.

“Hey, why are you intimidated?”

“Right. This is ridiculous.”

“Yes, we know him. But who are you, ma’am?”

One of the girls came forward, openly expressing her annoyance. Kids who can’t do anything when alone always act tough like this when someone is next to them.

“I’m Diana McLean, Daniel’s sister.”

After introducing herself, Diana clenched her fist with a twisted smile, intending to give them a solid moral education as she had done to Ares, but…

“Eek!”

“M-McLean?”

“D-Daniel’s sister? S-Sorry!”

The delinquents immediately bowed their heads and apologized.

Diana was rather taken aback by their attitude, which had changed 180 degrees from their arrogant demeanor just a moment ago.

“What did my brother do?”

When she asked out of curiosity at this point, the girl who had picked a fight earlier answered swiftly.

“Nothing! Daniel helped us quit smoking and made us do volunteer work at school… It’s just a bit concerning that he’s too close with our May.”

“May?”

Like a detective who had caught evidence in a conversation with the culprit, Diana demanded more details.

The fact that Daniel was close with May Plov, the empress of the back alleys who had conquered Aios Academy.

They started to talk about all sorts of trivial things, like how May seemed to like Daniel.

“But aren’t a lot of girls flocking to Daniel these days?”

“Elise and Sen are also sticking around him, right? He’s not exceptionally handsome, but I’m so jealous.”

“But didn’t they follow Ares around before?”

“Right, but Ares seems to be completely abandoned now. Seeing that, it’s kind of pitiful.”

“What’s pitiful about that? It’s just the end of his harem game. Seeing that, those girls are also quite fickle.”

“Do commoners from the countryside have a strange charm?”

“But didn’t May like Ares too?”

“Hey, May is different. May has a reason to fall for him.”

Listening to them talking about Daniel among themselves in front of her, Diana nodded.

“A reason to fall for him?”

Startled by Diana’s interjection, the gang hesitated, and just as they were about to tell her the reason May fell for Daniel…

“Hm? Didn’t you say you were going downtown today? What are you doing here?”

A female student with short, light brown hair and a candy in her mouth appeared.

May, who had already seen Diana once in Daniel’s room, was surprised and bowed her head deeply, taking out the candy.

“Oh, sister! You’re here!”

“Yeah, I’m here.”

What? She ruled the school with her fists?

The queen of delinquents?

The empress of the back alleys?

‘You’re out.’

How dare such a girl set her sights on our gentle Daniel?

[T/N: Boys let’s all hop on the May ship and set sail! ]

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