Chapter 172: Why did things have to be so complicated? Part two

Once outside, the door closed, and well, I kind of hung my arms. 

Where the hell was I supposed to get the money? Run to Antarctica and hunt for strong Mutors? I guess that was an option and the other one was to win the tournament. 

Antarctica was full of volcanoes and Mutors, but that place was also crawling with all kinds of problems. 

Sigh. 

"Nice going kid!" The geezer said. "Though, I'm not sure if this was the best option. Ya kinda got played."

'It's more like Marg played them though.'

I'd already anticipated that they'd try to manipulate me and though I intended to solve this, I never intended to take in the girl. And I wouldn't have either, after all, I didn't want to disturb our private time. But since it was Marg the one who said so, I didn't refuse. 

"What, you wanted her to stay there?"

He chuckled. "Nah, I guess this should be fine. If ya never had bothered, she'd have been married off to a wealthy family and lived a decent life. But now she'd live as a servant. Well, I guess if she likes the work, she can live happily there too."

"By the way old man? I forgot to say but my saber kind of grew a girl and she looked like a cross between the monster I fought and a young girl." I had no idea how I forgot that important piece of information. "Now she's probably inside the saber though."

He grinned. "Looks like you've got yourself a nice harem young man. Be sure to enjoy it to the fullest till it lasts." He gave me a very smug grin. The guy was missing some teeth, so it was more terrifying than anything else. 

"Yeah, yeah, answer the question geezer."

Obviously, Marg didn't like that sentiment and she was kind of fuming. I tried to calm her down by massaging her shoulder but she sure was tensed. She was about to murder people if I happened to let go. 

He laughed really loud. "Dunno. Heard something like that happened in the past too but the cases were so few, no one cared."

I didn't know if should groan or sigh. Argh! Sigh! So, I did both. 

The girl still didn't say anything. 

"Are you really okay with being a maid?" I asked. 

I was still wondering about all this. Maybe Marg just said all that just to get her out of there?

Yeah, probably not. 

The girl looked at me, eyes wavering. "Yes, that would be fine. Thank you."

That just felt hollow. 

Marg had a rather evil smile. Of course, she didn't let a bit of emotion leak. But after spending so much time with her, I could tell, she had a bad idea. I also had a feeling she would have just abandoned her if the bunny girl didn't want to be our maid. 

'And I am the villain?'

The old man slowly let the girl get on her feet. She still stumbled but now she had to be on her feet. After all, she was finally independent- kind of. 

"Later old man."

"Take care boy."

I now stared at Marg and she was wearing a typical nonchalant look. "Let's go." She held my hands but didn't touch the girl.  But the three of us teleported to our new house- the bathroom of the first floor. "Please use this, there's a towel here. And I'll go get some of my clothes."

Marg disappeared, leaving the two of us alone. 

***

The bunny girl was both taller and skinnier than Marg, she was also a bit bigger there, not that it mattered. I doubted Marg's clothes would fit her, but I didn't have time to worry about all that. 

I just tried to get the stain off my shirt. It sure wasn't working. 'Merin would kill me!'

"Alright, feel free to use this place as you'd like. I'll be outside." I kind of gave up on the washing phase. The stain didn't have any smell after giving it a rinse and I couldn't take off this shirt now. It was just a small- a pea-sized stain anyway and not to mention I just rinsed it thoroughly, so everything was fine. 

It was not fine! And had a yellow stain on a red velvet shirt! 

I so, so wanted to punch this girl. Like Merin trusted me with his favorite shirt you know!

"Thank you, really." Again, it just felt hollow.

"Don't worry. It was me who got you into that. Though, you two kind of forced me, I could have said no." Now that I think about it, I just should have said no. 

Well, that's a lesson learned. 

"That's not true. It was our fault. It was my fault." She looked down at the floor. "I chose the wrong man. And no matter how much I beg, I can never make up for it."

"Say, do you love him? And-"

And if she still did, this would get a lot more complicated. 

"I loved him and I still do but, I can never trust him again. I won't make the same mistake again. I will stay away from him." She stared with conviction.

Better than nothing I guess. If she still loved him and just wanted to be with him, I had a feeling we'd be kicking her out. 

But the fact that she still did love him, kind of bothered me though. Her love wasn't fake, so how come Johnathan cheated on her?

The geezer did say, the guy was like his mother. And that woman even tried to seduce me, so yeah, I could understand. I didn't want to though. 

"Anyway, you stink, so please clean yourself. And try to hold yourself back a little. This makes the second time, I've seen you wet yourself you know." And I had a very sensitive nose too. 

Her gaze was still on the floor and she kind of flushed red with embarrassment. She was on the verge of tears. 

Actually now she was crying.

I took a step back and Marg was behind me: my back touched her face. "Way to go." Her tone was flat. 

"I'll be outside."

I ran out.