.｡.:✧ Chapter 7 ✧:.｡.

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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“Ugh!”

My impromptu vomit allowed me to make a hasty exit without leaving a trace in the hallway. I felt a momentary relief, but now I was in a different predicament, kneeling in front of the restroom toilet, contemplating my next steps.

Dealing with Rin had been uncomfortable, but I hadn’t expected it to affect me this much. “How should I handle this?”

From Rin’s perspective, my behavior probably looked strange. She had always been a perceptive child, so she might have noticed that I was avoiding her or feeling uncomfortable.

No, she definitely knew.

After all, I had vomited right in front of her.

“Do I need to come up with some excuse like being unwell?”

I pondered various excuses while slowly exiting the restroom, but as I hesitated, Rin approached me cautiously and asked, “Are you okay?”

“Yeah, sorry. I think I wasn’t feeling too well,” I replied, doing my best to hide the sudden surge of revulsion and the chilling fear that had pierced my heart as it coursed through my body.

What should I say?

While I struggled to find the right words, Rin spoke up first, “The person you’re looking for is Charlie Kraush. he’s exceptionally talented in alchemy and transmutation. I’ll ask my friends for some information.”

“Uh, thanks…”
A moment ago, she was glaring at me like I was going to kill her and asking why i was looking for her, but this time she told me obediently.

“Yes, I’ll go then.”

Rin turned around and went back into her class, her shoulders slumped and her head hung low, and I wondered if I’d hurt her feelings.

‘The fire at my feet right now is urgent.’

One week.

No, in six days I’ll be expelled.

I had to get that out of the way first, and frankly, talking to Rin was still too much for me, so I made up some excuse and went back to E class.

“Ha.”

I tried my best to ignore it, but it was too bad.

As I walked down the hallway, the image of Rin’s sagging back kept replaying in my head, making me feel strangely uncomfortable.

In her previous life, she might have been the general of an army, but now she was just an eighteen-year-old country girl.

I’ll have to make sure.

If I continue to act like this, there’s no telling what kind of effect it will have on Rin. Maybe I’ll speed up the time when she becomes a military leader.

Of course, I don’t know what has changed her yet.

“Ha.”

Sighing in frustration, I walked back into the classroom to find the commotion in full swing.

A man was yelling at Tana and Eve.

I don’t think he belonged to our class, but Tana’s mouth was clamped shut and tears were rolling down her face, and Eve was clinging to her side.

“What’s happening now?”

There’s never a quiet day at this damn academy.

It’s supposed to be the best school on the continent, but they just keep pushing kids to get better grades.

Their character education is complete garbage.

Working as a sherpa in the Demon Forest [T/N: Demon Forest is the shortened version of the Forest of the Abyss.] , I’ve seen people who claim to be skilled knights and wizards get their egos blown out of proportion.

“I heard you were spreading rumors about my girlfriend being a weird bitch!”

“I don’t even know who your girlfriend is, so what the hell are you talking about!”

I felt bad for Tana because I could see that she was trying to put up a good front, but the boy wouldn’t stop yelling at her.

“What a bitch!”

Unable to control his anger, the boy kicked the desk with his foot, and Tana, who was sitting down, was pushed against the desk and cried out in pain.

Eve almost got hurt, too, but Tana wrapped her arms around her at that moment, and she was unharmed.

“That was a good catch.”

I picked up my chair and smacked him in the back of the head. I just grunted, and it worked, asshole.

“No!”

He let out a piercing scream and fell forward. I laughed, let go of the chair, and turned to him.

“You Bastard!”

“Get your girlfriend.”

I said, stomping on his chest as he tried to get up.

“I need to hear for sure where you got the rumor that caused you to do that to Tana.”

“What?”

“Let’s meet and talk about it.”

At that moment, the bell rang, signaling the end of recess. I shrugged my shoulders and brushed his feet away, and he scrambled to his feet and said, “I’ll see you at lunch.” He grit his teeth and headed out of the room.

My classmates started to chatter about something, but were quickly silenced when the professor walked in.

I took a seat next to them and quietly asked,

“Are you guys okay?”

“……Yes, thanks.”

Tana frowned, still feeling a little sick to her stomach from being pushed against the desk earlier, and Eve hid her flowing tears with her book.

I sighed inwardly.

My frustration rose as I realized that this is probably the work of that girl named May who’s been chasing after Ares.

“But will it be okay? Daniel is……”

I was asked if it was okay to do something like this when I already had a reputation for violence, but I reassured them not to worry.

***

Lunch break.

I was called to the rooftop, I said I’d go alone, but Tana flatly refused, saying it was her business, and eventually came up to the rooftop with me.

Eve mustered up the courage to say she’d come along, but it was bad enough that she’d said that. I didn’t want her to have to go up there and see something bad.

Tana and I made our way up to the roof to find the students already spread out. It looked like a bad bunch, and May was in the center of it all.

“Of course.”

I was worried about what we’d do if she wasn’t there.

“Dude, you think you’re something by beating up helpless kids?”

“He’s a molester, too.”

“Horrible. He’s a creep.”

The students around me chimed in, starting with the boy with whom I had a tussle earlier, and they made the atmosphere their own. Tana’s face darkened as if she was overwhelmed.

‘It’s just a bunch of kids talking.’

It’s what people this age do.

Idiots who think their family’s name is their’s. If there’s a great knight or wizard in the family, they think they have the same talent.

“Tell me. While wielding a chair and hitting me on the back……”

“I’m a little better than you, you go around hitting women.”

I said with a smile, and he looked confused for a moment, as if he didn’t know I’d be able to talk back to him in this atmosphere.

“Am I supposed to consider a bitch who calls my girlfriend names a woman?”

“Then tell me where you heard that rumor in the first place. From what I can see, it was made here and spread from here.”

I glanced over at the students, and they started cursing and acting like they were about to pounce.

“What makes you so confident that I won’t go to the professor after I get beaten up here?”

“You can’t talk to the professor, she’s the Dean’s daughter.”

I pointed at May and laughed, “What the hell are you talking about?” and the girls around me giggled.

The boys, who were just standing there trying to look intimidating, started to surround me.

“Hey, are some of you guys the ones who accused me of assault?”

Some of them look confused, as if they didn’t expect this topic to come up.

‘Okay, Ok.’

It was only for a moment, but I remembered every single one of those guys who’s eyes flickered. Just as I’m smiling with satisfaction that I’ve accomplished a small amount of my goal, Tana tugged at the hem of my shirt.

“Uh, what are you going to do? Are you going to run away?”

“No, I’m going to fight.”

I answered confidently, and Tana looked confused.

“What? How do we beat this number? There are a lot of would-be knights among them!”

“Well, I’d like to fight them, but I probably won’t go that far.”

Because they will back down and run away.
The rooftop door creaked open, and a man with a slender physique walked in, followed by a group of beautiful girls, each with their own distinctive features.
“Oh, Ares?”
May panicked, calling out to the boy, who responded with an awkward smile.
“May, what’s going on?”

Then the blue-haired girl next to Ares started giggling and mocking.

“Look at that. I thought you were going to trust the Dean’s back and you were going to do something weird.”

“No, It’s not!”

May’s face flushed red and her head hung low, as if she’d been caught red-handed in front of her crush, and the students gathered around her began to pause at her reaction.

“I suppose you’ll have to explain, May.”

The radiant blonde was like looking at gold.

May’s followers bowed their heads in unison as the slender female student with an air of noble dignity stepped forward and asked.

“That, that……”

“I was just clearing up a misunderstanding.”

This is where I interject, smiling nonchalantly.

The women of Ares listened, treating me like an expository extra.

“There were bad rumors circulating about Tana, but they’re Tana’s friends, so they check the rumors and don’t let them spread, right?”

I locked eyes with May.

I was giving her a choice.

Give up her favorite Ares here and continue to fight with me and Tana.

Or she could tuck her tail, agree with what I said, make excuses, and save face.

“……Yes, there were some weird rumors going around about Tana, and we were trying to clear up any misconceptions and tell her that she’s not that kind of person.”

“…….Really?”

Ares slowly walked over to May and gently took her hand in his.

“After all May is a nice person. There was just something I wanted to ask you, and I was wondering if you could spare a moment?”

“Huh? Of course!”

Blushing, she smiled brightly and followed Ares away. The other students around them awkwardly shuffled out of their seats, looking at their leader who eventually disappeared.

‘smirk.’

Ares didn’t seem surprised when I explained the situation when I first called him. It seemed he already knew the other side of May that she didn’t show him.

“Let’s go back.”

I shook Tana, who still didn’t seem to understand what’s going on.

“Wait.”

The girl with the longest, darkest red hair of the girls who had followed Ares called out to me.

But she wasn’t the only one with something to say to me; the other girls were all staring at me, and it wasn’t in a good way.

“The next time you use Ares like this, I won’t stand for it.”

“That’s true, he’s not your tool.”

“This is a warning.”

The fish reeled in by the angler named Ares said one word after another and descended the rooftop. I breathed a sigh of relief, thinking it’s great in a way.

One person was on my side.

“Oh, Ares is cool, but you’re not bad either!”

“……Is that supposed to be comforting?”

“Uh-huh……”

You just go with them.

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