Side story:
When Alcohol is Involved, Wisdom Escapes.
Translator : PolterGlast
At
Ushitotei, which was both a bar and an inn, there was a strange and bizarre
sight that would make anyone who saw it doubt their eyes.
A
fox-tailed boy was eating there.
That
much was normal, but what was unusual was the number of dishes spread out in
front of him.
In
front of Feo, the fox-tailed boy, there were more dishes laid out that even
three tables wouldn't fit.
Hot
bread baked in the oven. A whole roasted chicken with vegetables stuffed in the
belly. River fish baked with spices. Pasta piled up like a mountain. All of
these dishes are the pride and joy of the owner of this restaurant, and just
looking at them makes other people who see them drool.
*Glug
glug*
"...
Puhaa!"
The
dishes spread out in front of Feo like a carpet, one after another disappearing
into his stomach.
"...
It's amazing"
"That
guy, Feo. He was really had been cornered, didn't he?"
At
the table next to Feo, who continued to eat with tremendous momentum, Nozomu,
Mars, and Tom were taken aback by what was happening in front of them.
"When
we walked into Feo's room. He looked like dead grass..."
"That's
true. Looks like he's been living on water and weeds for almost a week..."
It
had been about two weeks since Nozomu had told Irisdina and the others that he
was a Dragon Slayer in that forest.
It
all started when Nozomu came back to his room in the dormitory after finishing
work on his day off.
As
he happened to pass by Feo's room, Nozomu ran into Tom, who was in front of Feo's
room. When Nozomu talked to Tom, Tom said that Feo hadn't been coming to class
lately, so he came to check on him.
After
hearing Tom's story, Nozomu was also curious about what was going on, so he
knocked on the door of Feo's room, but there was no response.
He
felt something was wrong. When he turned the knob, he found the door unlocked
and Feo was lying on the floor, looking worn out.
As
Nozomu and Tom hurriedly raised Feo's body, they heard a distracting growling
sound coming from Feo's stomach.
Nozomu
and Tom felt that they had no choice but to take the hungry Feo, who had been
weakened to such an extent, to Ushitotei.
The
food served at this restaurant was reasonably priced and in good quantity.
Besides, they were familiar with the people at this restaurant.
By
the way, all the ingredients that Nozomu had bought for dinner had been eaten
by Feo on the way here.
He
was a little taken aback by Feo's biting into raw potatoes, root vegetables,
and even fish.
"So,
what are you guys going to do? Do you want to eat here while you're at it?
"Eh,
is that okay?"
Mars,
who sighed, offered Nozomu and Tom a meal while looking sideways at Feo who was
engrossed in his own food.
Nozomu
hesitated a little at Mars's offer, but Mars didn't seem to be particularly bothered
and smiled instead.
"Okay.
I'll take this meal including Feo's meal as your apology for what you did
during the special training."
"......
Alright. It's my treat then. Tom, do you mind?
"...
Then, please. Thank you, Mars-kun."
Mars
said it was an apology for the trouble he had caused during the special
training.
Nozomu,
who had already had his meal eaten up by Feo, thought it was a good offer. Tom
nodded and the two of them sat at a nearby table.
Shortly
after ordering, delicious steamed dishes were delivered.
Perhaps
Mars, who had brought the food, was also going to eat with them. After placing
the food in front of Nozomu and Tom, he brought his own food and joined Nozomu
and Tom at their table.
Nozomu's
menu consisted of the rabbit steak and salad that he had eaten at this
restaurant before. Tom had rabbit stew, bread, and salad. Mars had the same
steak and pasta as Nozomu.
All
the dishes were fragrant and appetizing.
There
was no way a hungry teenager could resist them. The three of them reached for
the food in front of them. What was surprising was that Tom, who was usually a
quiet guy, was eating with unusual vigor.
"Nozomu, do you
want a drink too?"
"Is that sake? Is
it okay to take it out?"
Mars offered a small
bottle of sake. Nozomu wondered if Mars used to fool around with this store's
sake before.
"Just a reminder.
I've got my father's permission and it's not a very strong sake. So, it's not a
problem."
While saying so, Mars
poured a small amount of sake into Nozomu and Tom's cups.
"Is it okay? I've
never drank sake before..."
"Me
neither..."
It was only a sip, but
it was the first sake for both Nozomu and Tom ever had. Mars gulped down the
cup of sake in one gulp and drank it down, then exhaled heavily.
"Phew! It's good
to drink after a long time. I've only been allowed to drink water or tea
lately. Well, it can't be helped..."
Actually, Mars had
been banned from drinking sake because he had gotten so drunk after the special
training that customers had stopped coming to the store for the night.
It was Mars' fault and
he regretted it, but he must have been longing for it. His face turned red due
to the feeling of being overwhelmed by the sake he hasn't had in a long time.
With a wry smile on
his face, Nozomu slowly sipped his cup. The scent of some kind of fruit and the
bitter taste filled his mouths, followed by the burning heat in his throats and
down his stomachs.
"~~! This sake
doesn't work for me... Isn't this sake a little too strong?"
"Is that so? So
you prefer it a little less strong, and this sake is rather easy to drink at
this store ..."
In response to
Nozomu's question, Mars tilted his head and looked into the bottle in his hand.
"Well, I think
it's partly because I have never had sake before. Maybe Tom's the same as me...
Tom?"
“…………”
Tom froze with the
glass stuck to his mouth, and Nozomu called out to him. At that moment, Tom
froze like a wax figure. And suddenly, he collapsed on the table.
"Wha! Oi, Tom.
Are you okay!?"
"... Kyu~~"
Nozomu hurriedly
looked into Tom's face.
Nozomu saw that Tom's
face was red and his eyes were rolling back.
"Oh no~. This guy
couldn't hold his drink at all ..."
Mars offered Tom a
glass of water and rubbed his back as he groaned.
Mars was calm, he
seemed to be used to dealing with drunken people, and unlike Nozomu, who seemed
to be in a panic.
Even though it was
spring, the nights were still slightly chilly. Mars draped a blanket over Tom's
back to keep him warm and returned to his seat.
At the next table, Feo,
who had completely finished his mountain of food, was receiving something from
the customers who gathered around him. Apparently, the customers around him
were betting on whether he would be able to finish the dishes or not, and he
probably took part in it. What a guy.
"Nozomu. Speaking
of which, how did you learn that technique?
"That
technique?"
Nozomu tilted his head
at Mars' sudden words.
"I mean
[Phantom]. It's not easy to learn such a technique, right? I wonder what kind
of training your master gave you. I still can't control that technique of mine
very well..."
Mars' technique was
probably the combination of Qi and magic. Since that incident, Mars has stopped
using that technique unnecessarily. As Nozomu thought, Mars had something to
think about after the incident.
There was a big
difference between Nozomu's [Phantom] and Mars' combined technique, but both
techniques certainly required a high level of control.
Nozomu's [Phantom] is
based on the basic principle of Qi technique, "Cladding". It is a
basic technique that increases the strength and cutting power of a weapon by
infusing and wrapping it with Qi.
On the other hand, the
combination technique that Mars used is a technique that doubles the effect by
combining the two different techniques. Of course, the level of control and
difficulty required to reach that point would vary depending on how far the
technique was refined, and the power used would also differ.
However, what is
certain is that both of them use existing techniques that have been cultivated
up to now.
That's why Mars
decided to ask Nozomu, thinking that Nozomu's way of learning [Phantom] could
be a good reference for his own training.
"...I don't know
if it's going to be very helpful, okay?"
Mars responded to
Nozomu's words with a wave of his hand, saying it didn't matter. Then Nozomu
closed his eyes and recalled the time when he was taught [Phantom].
"At first, every
technique was driven into my body by ShishÅ in a mock combat."
"... Even
[Phantom] too?"
"It's not just [Phantom],
but other techniques as well..."
Nozomu opened his
mouth while wearing a heavy atmosphere around him. And then Nozomu said
something that made even Mars break out in a cold sweat. According to Nozomu,
his master suddenly shot [Phantom] towards his nape in a mock battle in the
form of a real battle.
An extremely
compressed flying slash that was released with an intent to kill along with a
fighting spirit that could freeze one's spine.
At that moment, Nozomu
caught a glimpse of his own neck being slashed off.
It was not possible
for Nozomu at that time to see through his master's attack, and the next thing
he knew, a large tree behind him had been cut in half and had fallen with a
thud. A red line carved along with pain. It was no wonder he had a vision of
his own death.
Since then, techniques
after techniques were literally etched into his body as he fought with Shino.
He was struck in the
abdomen and fainted in agony, his body was bruised all over, and his clothes
were scraped off.
As he remembered, the
horror of that time came back to him, and greasy sweat appeared on Nozomu's
face.
Once Shino had shown
him a technique, the rest was just repetition and practice. However, once he
mastered this technique to a certain extent, his opponent would be the forest
demon beasts and his master.
At that time, Nozomu
couldn't remove his ability suppression, and eliminating unnecessary thoughts
was his highest priority.
If he were to use up
all of his energy against the demon beasts, he won't be able to escape, and if
he used half-hearted techniques against his master, he would be crushed.
In the midst of such
training, Nozomu's [Phantom] was sharpened before he knew it.
"T-then... after
that..."
"T-that's enough.
My bad, Nozomu."
Mars couldn't stand
seeing Nozomu talk about those days with a blue face. If he trained like Nozomu
every day for more than a year... If he wasn't careful, he could become a
cripple.
There was no doubt
that it was an absurd training. At the very least, one wrong move could cost
him his life.
"W-well, that's
all I need to know. At least I know that it takes years of training to master a
technique at your level."
While breaking out in
a cold sweat at Nozomu's situation, Mars understood that at the very least, he
would not be able to reach Nozomu's realm overnight.
In the end, it was the
accumulated experience that counted.
Mars looked up at the
ceiling, feeling that it would still take some time to complete the combined
technique by himself.
Looking at the woods
reflected on the ceiling, Mars once again wished he could catch up to his
friend in front of him.
"What's
wrong?"
Nozomu, who tilted his
head at Mars's silence, called out to him.
"Hmm? No, I just
thought that I still had a long way to go. I realized that I had satisfied my
pride by claiming to be one of the best in school... I had thought about it a
lot these days."
It was surprising that
Mars was able to express his feelings to Nozomu.
If it were up to
recently, he wouldn't have talked about such a story even if he got drunk with
alcohol.
He knew that he had
made a mistake in the previous special training and that he had a conflict with
his friend. And, perhaps for the first time, he could express his feelings to
others. It was the beginning of his change.
"Mars……"
"But I'm not
going to lose to you. I won't be able to do it alone right now, but I'll
definitely catch up with you."
With a fearless smile
on his face, Mars drank his cup in one gulp. Then he declared himself as a
rival to Nozomu.
Nozomu glanced at his
own katana beside him.
He still regretted
some of the things that happened during the special training, and he never
thought that he had surpassed Mars.
Even so, Nozomu was
happy to see the friend in front of him recognize him as a rival. A katana was
entrusted to him by his master. While stroking the hilt of the katana, Nozomu
offered Mars a cup.
Mars poured sake into
the presented cup, and this time, Nozomu poured sake into Mars' cup after
receiving the sake bottle.
They lightly toasted
each other's cups and drank the contents in one gulp. It was as if they were
reaffirming the bond they had formed once again.
"Ehh~.
Nozomu-kun, what are you drinking~?!"
"Guh!"
At that moment, a
familiar voice came into their ears.
Nozomu and Mars almost
spit out the sake they had swallowed.
At the very least,
considering the position of the owner of this voice, she wasn't going to take
it kindly if she were to see them drinking sake.
With that in mind,
they turned their heads toward the voice and.... were taken aback.
"No~zo~mu-ku~n.
Ma~r~s~ku~n. You can't do that~. Don't drink sake~." *Hiccup*
In front of them was a
pretty woman with a fairy-like appearance and a gentle, bright smile. But now,
she no longer had the air of a loving mother. Her face was red, her gait was
sluggish, and she looked like a drunkard. In fact, the woman, ...... Anri Var
was indeed drunk.
"Sensei, you are
drunk, aren't you?..."
"I told you~. I'm
an adult, so it's fine for me to drink~~."
Anri rushed after Nozomu
in a slurred tone of voice. HThe breath that she exhales still smells like
alcohol. Nozomu looked around to find her guardian, but there is no sign of
Norn-sensei.
"...What happened
to Norn-sensei? Isn't she usually with you?"
"Norn~? She's not
here today~. Anyway, you can't drink more than that~. Look, Feo has started
gambling in such a place~"
It seems Norn didn't
come. Nozomu felt a little uncomfortable with the absence of such an important
stopper, which was Norn.
Beyond Anri's line of
sight, Nozomu could see a boy from the fox-tailed tribe collecting money from
the customers who came to Ushitotei.
He seemed to be
betting on a card game this time, perhaps because he had tasted complete
victory in the previous eating competition.
"Hey~. Feo~. No
gambling~~"
Anri walked over to
Feo and warned him in a slower voice than usual. However, because she was
drunk, her voice had no power at all. Even though her tone sounded like that,
she had an aura of authority that made others want to hear what she had to
say...
"What are you
talking about, Anri-sensei? This is a bar, you know. This is a place to drink
sake..."
"Don't~~!"
Anri threw her hands
up in the air as if she were a child.
At that moment, Feo's
eyes lit up. Nozomu didn't know what it was, but he had a bad feeling about it.
As Nozomu felt something strange in his heart, Feo opened his mouth excitedly.
"If so,
Anri-sensei, let's have a match! If I lose, I'll obediently stop drinking. In
addition, I'll receive your scolding as a punishment! However... If Sensei
lose, you'll have to take off your clothes~!
"Haa!?"
Nozomu and Mars
shouted Feo's sudden words. If they looked closely, they could see that Feo's
face was also red.
(Who the heck is the
person who gave him a sake?)
Nozomu and Mars
inwardly cursed the person who gave Feo a sake.
Feo is indeed a person
who likes to have fun and festive person. Normally, Feo might be able to
control himself with a little bit of reason, but right now, it was doubtful
whether he had any reason left.
The surrounding men
started to make a fuss as soon as they heard Feo's words. As soon as they
thought that they might be able to see the body of a beautiful woman like Anri,
the customers' tension reached the climax at once, and their shouts began to
shake the Ushitotei building.
The people who were
there cooperated without stagnation and prepared a place to bet. They quickly
cleared the plates and liquor bottles on the table. It was scary to see the
desire of men.
Feo and Anri faced
each other across the table, which was already prepared.
Feo leaned back in his
chair with his legs crossed like an evil master, but he had a smirk on his face
and his nose lifted up as if he had already imagined Anri naked. Coupled with
his flushed face from drinking sake, his monkey-like face spoiled the evil
master-like atmosphere he had.
On the other hand,
Anri-sensei's atmosphere was the same as usual...
However, Nozomu had a
bad feeling about her face, which was red from drinking.
"Then~ If I win~
As a punishment, I'll personally punish you~"
Nozomu's premonition
came true, and Anri accepted the bet. As expected, she wasn't able to make a
normal judgment.
What's more, when she
said she was going to punish him, she brought out her black whip.
(No, Anri-sensei,
please wait a moment. That punishment won't hurt him at all.)
"That's what I
want~! Bring it on!
"" Wait a
minute !! ""
Nozomu and Mars, who
had remained sane so far, shouted at them. It was reasonable. Frankly, Anri and
Feo had completely forgotten their position as student and teacher. They had
forgotten common sense, reason, and something more important than that.
"Anri-sensei! Why
are you encouraging him? And what's the point if you get yourself into such
trouble!"
"Hey, Feo! I
can't let you run rampant in this store! My mother and Ena will kill me!"
"I-is that so....
screw that! Is that even a problem!?"
"Of course it's a
problem! I'm already in trouble because of what happened the other day. I don't
know what I'll get if I get myself into trouble again! You know what! The
angry Ena is even scarier than the Cyclops!"
The last time this
happened was probably when things got rough after the last special training.
Since then. Mars had not been able to raise his head in front of Ena and
Hannah. Even though his position in the hierarchy of this house is low to begin
with. Nozomu agreed with Mars's desperate explanation. Certainly, when she
snapped before, she almost beat Mars to death with a counter chair...
"Where the hell
is Hannah-san and the others! They are the most reliable people at such
times!?"
"They are buying
sake that is about to run out ..."
"What about
Dell-san !?"
"Just now, due to
the sudden increase in customers, orders flooded in and he couldn't leave the kitchen..."
Nozomu held his head
with both of his hands. Perhaps because all the most reliable forces in this
place weren't present and Nozomu thought that he and Mars should stop Feo and
Anri by themselves.
The regular customers
were already watching the game with great enthusiasm. Nozomu and Mars were
completely alone and therewas no one to support them. No reinforcements could
be expected.
"Then, let's
begin~~~!"
"Ah, This!
Hmpph~!"
"Wait a minute,
both of you... Wha~!"
While Nozomu and Mars
were in agony, the game was about to begin with a shout from Anri. Nozomu and
Mars tried to stop the game but were held down by the regular customers around
them. The customers behind them covered their mouths, and the customers next to
them held their legs and arms. It was impeccable coordination, all because of
their lustful desires. Nozomu and Mars were desperately trying to fight back,
but there were too many of them. As long as their opponents were ordinary
people, they could not use their Qi technique carelessly.
"This is a card
game. The way to settle it is simple. First, draw five cards from the deck. The
cards can be exchanged up to two times, and the winner is the one whose number
or pattern on the cards in hand is greater than that of the opponent!
"Alright~~"
The game began with
the two of them staring at each other in the center of a crowd of rowdy
customers.
===================================
Only less than ten
minutes had passed since the match started. The game had settled sooner than
they expected.
"I-impossible..."
Feo hung his head with
his hands on the floor. In conclusion, Anri-sensei was the winner of the match.
Feo was probably quite confident. However, in the end, he was cornered without
being able to win as he expected.
In this kind of game,
one had to read the opponent's expression, but because Anri-sensei's facial
expression didn't change at all during the game, Feo couldn't read Anri's
movements.
Although they had been
competing for a while, it was Feo's slight mistake that decided the outcome of
the game.
Anri took advantage of
Feo's slight mistake and gradually widened the gap.
From beginning to end,
Anri's facial expression never changed, and she continued to make her next move
with utmost calmness. Her appearance was like that of a snake creeping
soundlessly towards its target.
The next thing Feo
knew, he was on the verge of sinking like a ship with cracks in the bottom.
"Then~ It's time
for your punishment~~"
"P-please be
gentle ..."
Anri walked towards
Feo with a whip in her hand. Even though Feo had lost, the enthusiasm of the
people around him never stopped.
It didn't matter who
win, as long as they were having fun.
At that moment, the
entrance to Ushitotei opened with a loud noise.
The attention of
everyone in the restaurant was drawn there. There was standing an old man with
white hair.
"Zo-Zonne?"
Nozomu called out as
if to confirm, but Zonne headed straight for Feo, who was hanging his head down
with his hands on the floor.
"...... You're
pathetic, fox."
"Eh!?"
"Are you really
representing the men in this place? Look, there is a beautiful woman in front
of you. If you're a man, at least take off one of her
clothes!"
Suddenly, a voice that
Nozomu had never heard from Zonne before came out of Zonne's mouth. The sudden
occurrence made everyone in the restaurant, including Nozomu, stiffen. Zonne
looked at the surrounding customers and opened his mouth.
"Unfortunate men.
It can't be helped but I have to show you what a real man is!"
(Oi, who do you mean
by real man...)
While Nozomu and Mars
made Tsukkomi on their heads, Zonne took Feo's place and looked straight at
Anri. His appearance was that of a king.
"Now, I'll be
your opponent this time. I'll show them how to take off every last piece of
that clothes!"
Zonne uttered those
pathetic words with a dignified atmosphere. His nostrils were wide open, steam
leaking out of them, and the bridge of her nose was extended. No matter how
others look at him, it's his usual pervy geezer expression.
"Alright, oldman~.
If you lose, you will also be punished~."
"I will not
retreat! You can come at me from anywhere!"
With Zonne's
declaration, the customer's commotion rose even higher than before. The ones
who were completely left behind were Nozomu and Mars, who were trying to stop
the commotion. The two were now helpless and could do nothing.
Then the second game
between Zonne and Anri-sensei began. They drew cards from each other, discarded
the cards they decided to discard, and drew cards from the deck again. When
they were ready, they looked at each other and showed the cards in their hands
to their opponents at once.
"Eh?"
"Fufu, looks like
it's my win."
Zonne smiled
fearlessly and declared victory. The crowd around him went wild. Anri-sensei
reluctantly took off the scarf around her neck.
"Not yet!"
"Of course, the
game is about to begin!"
And the ridiculous
game continued. Anri-sensei kept trying to trick Zonne with her unpredictable
smile, but the pervy geezer ignored her and continued to go his own way.
"Eh!? No
way..."
Zonne, with his skill,
won one victory after another from Anri-sensei. His appearance was exactly that
of a tyrant ruling the country. Or maybe he's like a repeat offender.
One by one, Anri was
stripped of her clothes before Zonne's onslaught, until finally she was
cornered with only one piece left to reveal her underwear.
And then .......
"I guess I won
again."
"Ugh..."
Finally, She had to
remove the last remaining shirt or skirt. The excitement of the surroundings
reached its climax. There was also the figure of Feo behind the pervy geezer
The way he was getting
excited about Anri's foolery, which he himself could not touch, was by hiding
behind a powerful man. It was just like a fox who borrows the power of a tiger.
It was such a shameful sight.
"Now, young lady.
Which one would you choose?"
"U, U,
Uu~~~"
Anri-sensei's face
turned red with embarrassment, and she looked down with tears in her eyes. Her
gesture alone was enough to make the men around her swallow their saliva.
Her body was like that
of a mature woman, but the atmosphere she wore was that of a young girl's, the
imbalance further aroused the lust of men.
Nozomu and Mars also
felt their faces turn red.
"Come, come!
Come!!"
The pervy geezer and
the others were breathing roughly.
At that moment, Nozomu
and Anri's eyes crossed.
Her eyes were like
those of a frightened girl. Faced with such gazes, Nozomu fought back against
the customers who were holding him down with the last ounce of reason he has
left.
"Oooo!"
He extremely
compressed Qi in his right hand and released it at once.
While adjusting the
power so as not to hurt the customers, he pulled out his arm while the
restraint on his right hand was loosened by the impact.
He twisted his
restrained left hand and made the man holding his arm lose his posture. He
pushed the men against the others who were restraining Mars.
"Uwa!"
The men who were
restraining Mars lost their balance.
Mars' restraint
loosened and he immediately threw off the men at once.
Nozomu and Mars, who
had escaped from their restraints, rushed to Anri-sensei.
"Anri-sensei!
"No,
Nozomu-kun~!"
Anri clung to Nozomu
as he ran up to her. He gently hugged her and draped his own coat over her
shoulders.
"You guys ...
looks like you have gone a little overboard."
Mars glared at Zonne,
Feo, the men around him.
As expected, he must
have lost his patience. His body was wrapped in a Qi, as his heightened
emotions shook the Qi in his body.
"What do you
mean? We just want to see beautiful women naked! And we just want to touch her!
We want to make her ours and do this and that to her! It's a man's
instinct!"
"T-these guys
..."
What Zonne had proudly
proclaimed... as expected, it was still not a good statement to hear.
(I don't know how many
headaches I've had in the last ten minutes...)
Nozomu thought so
while looking up at the ceiling.
"Mars, words are
meaningless with this kind of old man. We have to shut them up by
force..."
Nozomu lined up next
to Mars, with Anri on his back.
"I think so ...
It might make a bit of a fuss, and a few men might not make it, but that's
okay. Especially that old man..."
"Yeah, he's just
like ShishÅ, he won't listen to me even if I talk to him. That's why we have no
choice but to force our way through... "
Nozomu put his hand on
the katana at his waist.
He had no intention of
drawing his katana, but he felt that he had to give the old man in front of him
a certain amount of pain.
Perhaps due to his
past trauma, Nozomu had no intention of showing mercy to this type of old man.
Now he was glaring at
the evil in front of him with a strong killing intent as if he had been trapped
in an illusion by Tiamat.
Mars also raised his
fighting spirit with all his might while creating a mass of wind in his hands.
"Everyone! They
are traitors who betrayed us! Don't hesitate! Let us condemn the great sinner
who tries to take the beauty away from us!"
"""Ooooooooo!"""
Their shouts echoed so
loudly that it seemed as if the building might collapse. Just when a large
number of men who were crazy about lust and jealousy were about to rush toward
Nozomu and Mars ...
"...... What is
the meaning of this?"
A cold voice took away
the temperature of the surroundings at once. Standing at the entrance of the store is a girl.
Normally, she is an angel who heals customers with her cute appearance and
bright smile. But now, she looked like a demon who had just crawled out of
hell.
"I'll ask you
once again. What is the meaning of this?"
Ena slowly and
carefully said each of her words as if she were talking to a child who was not
listening well.
The men quieted down
at once. Zonne, who had been so aggressive with Anri just now, was completely
overwhelmed by the little girl in front of him.
"So it was you
guys who messed up the shop... If you're a customer, I'll provide you a dinner,
but if you're not, ......"
Ena put her hand on
the counter chair.
Her entire body was
filled with Qi along with the wind that started to blow around her. Nozomu felt
cold sweat running down his back. Mars next to him looked as pale as a sick
person.
"Y-young lady.
This is a holy war! Beautiful women are the property of all men! We must bring
down the hammer on those fools who hog the beautiful women for themselves.
Otherwise, the world will never change!"
Zonne was really
reluctant to face Ena, who was smiling in Hannya's form. Even so, he couldn't
hide his feelings, so he mustered up his remaining courage and puffed out his
chest.
Perhaps empowered by
Zonne's courage, the men behind him started to open their mouths one after
another and began to speak their minds.
"That's right! I
was just dumped a few minutes ago! She said, "I don't hate you, but I'm
sorry...""
"You fool! You're
still better than when a guy showed up and confessed to the girl, I was about
to confess to, right in front of me! Moreover, that guy is more handsome than
me ..."
"What are you
talking about? I found out that my girl didn't like me just before I confessed
to her! She was always smiling at me, so I thought... U, Ugu ..."
An indescribable
sadness wrapped around the men.
Even Nozomu can
sympathize with some men. He was starting to feel guilty for beating them up
like this. But he couldn't imagine wanting to be one of those people.
"...In any case.
I can't just let you guys walk away for what you've caused in this shop. I'll
have you pay the price properly, so be prepared."
Ena's cute face
started to form a smile and radiated killing intent. There was no one here who
could stop her anymore.
"Even if you
defeat us here, the second and third warriors will eventually......."
Zonne was unable to
utter his words until the end, and a local storm raged at a certain bar in
Arcazam.
Incidentally, all the
money Feo made from his betting disappeared to pay for the compensation of the
store's furniture, and he would once again live in extreme poverty, but that
didn't matter.