CH 59

59 Girls Are The Most Terrifying One

Theodore “Edward Elric” Goldberg

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The atmosphere in the parlour room had descended into chaos. The air was frigid as if a snowstorm was passing by.

“Oh my~, so the reason for the quarrel is due to Simeon-sama and his a-bit-too radical opini~on.” The green girl (Oriana) spoke with a bone-chilling gaze as she looked toward Simeon.

“To think that Simeon-sama would say something like that… how detestable. Absolutely unbefitting of someone who descent from one who serves Saint Selendia.”

The blue girl (Sonia) heaved a sigh as she spoke. She was an ardent believer of the saint, thus always wearing white dresses similar to the one worn by the temple priest. Hence, she also didn’t even hesitate to bring out Saint Selendia’s name to praise someone worthy of her respect or otherwise.

When she first came in after Luke and his group arrived, followed by the black girl (Shelly) who came along with the red girl (Ramona), they didn’t know anything. Initially, they apologized for their tardiness, but then they noticed the atmosphere in the room was not right. So, the girls pursued the reason relentlessly.

Thus, Simeon’s fate of being chastised by the girls.

That’s right. You didn’t read it wrong. Those girls turned into literal relentless vipers who didn’t take silence or denial as answers. Thus, the boys’ who initially didn’t say anything about it became unable to withstand the pressure, especially Vince and Rex, who ended up being the ones who told the girls about the quarrels.

Strangely enough, throughout this relentless inquiry, Katrina didn’t say anything from the start to the end.

“It seems you really lack the aptitude of a gentleman. No matter what you think, you should’ve known that some remarks are better kept inside than voiced out. Your attitude will bring adverse effects to your father, Bishop Cobalt’s, reputation. So, please act with that consideration in mind.

The black girl (Shelly) declared, looking at Simeon with eyes that seemed to be saying she was looking at trash.

Within an instant, the table was turned against them, and the culprits received harsh treatment from the girl. From this, it could be seen that even girls could stand toe-to-toe with boys when they deemed it appropriate.

Honest. Upright. Relentless.

Those were the only way to describe their words.

“Really, now. What kind of a man are you? Saying such a cruel remark right to the girl’s face. Shall I make you as my next training dummy for the words you uttered?”

The red girl’s (Ramon) glare was very harsh, and her remark was also extremely hard, which shocked me. She was a cheerful girl. The most lively one in the group. However, it seemed that even she could not tolerate Simeon’s attitude.

Meanwhile, even with all those glares from the girls, Simeon was still sitting brazenly without fear on his face. Or at least that was how it looked towards everyone, but I knew that he in fact had no idea on how to cope with this situation.

I mean, even I might end up crying if I was put in his shoes.

… You knew, in elementary grade, girls were often overwhelming to the boys, especially at times like this, where they grouped together to denounce a rascal. It was akin to bullying, really.

Thus, I knew that despite the brazen attitude he showed, he was in fact overwhelmed inside. As evident from the beads of sweat that appeared on his forehead, as well as the pleading eyes he directed towards us, asking us to help him get out of this situation.

However, sorry dude, the rest of us could not help you. We had no choice but to only watch on from the corner of the room because we definitely did not want to be dragged in.

“Now, listen to me. This is your first lesson. See there? Retorting to the girls in this kind of situation is like pouring oil into fire. It’s dangerous. So, don’t. The only thing we can do in this kind of situation is to just wait on the side until the storm has passed. You’ll only be shredded to pieces if you try to jump in recklessly. Worry not, we can still pick that boy’s (Simeon’s) bones later after the girls are done with him.”

Bates advised us, voice as small as a mosquitoes. I wondered why, but was it because it came from his own personal experience that his advice felt like it struck my heart? Anyway, we had no choice but to nod at him. He was not wrong after all.

“E-Everyone, I think this is enough. Simeon-sama also admitted that he went a bit too far, and it’s actually a piece of useful advice for me. So, let’s not chastise him more than this.” Katrina said, braving that dangerous storm to send a lifeboat to Simeon.

“Y-Yes, t-that’s right. Since Katrina-sama herself said so, it should be enough, right? S-Simeon-sama himself s-seems like he’s reflecting on his wrongdoing, too. Right, Simeon-sama?”

Muriel joined hand with Katrina, sending another lifeboat for Simeon. Albeit her voice trembled obviously doing this, still… Kuh, you’re so brave, Muriel!

“… You. Really, you’re spoiling Miss Muriel a bit too much.” Luke muttered, but I only looked at him without confusion. Naturally, there was nothing wrong with me praising my beloved Muriel, right?

“… Yeah, I am reflecting on my action.” Simeon said through gritted teeth. However, despite his words, Simeon’s expression clearly told everyone that he was definitely not reflecting at all.

“It seems you still don’t understand, huh.”

“Even if you said you’re reflecting on your action, don’t you understand that we women have women’s dignity? Even if she has forgiven you, that doesn’t mean…”

At this time, Katrina signalled to Shelly, stopping her from going too far. As such, she had no choice but to back down since Katrina herself did not want to blow up the matter.

“Ye~s. Causing a quarrel when visiting a sick person is improper inde~d. Simeon-sama has gone too far this time.” Oriana, who understood Katrina’s intention, also backed down. However, she only did so after giving a bone-chilling ultimatum. And when I looked closer, I realized that Shelly was not satisfied with the conclusion.

“Katrina-sama and Muriel-sama are way too kind.”

“No. I mean, I am also at fault for this incident. Right, Simeon-sama?”

Since things had come to this point, Simeon had no choice but to agree with Katrina and lowered his head to her.

“Well, we’re all good then. I hope that something like this won’t happen again in the future.”

“Ye~s. And I’m sure that YOU, of all people, UNDERSTAND what is going to happen if you pull this kind of folly again, right, Simeon-sama? I do so hope that you’ll be more careful with your choice of words next time, oka~y?”

“Don’t worry. I’ll watch over Simeon-sama properly this time.”

I had no idea what exactly was implied in those girls’ conversation, but Shelly did agree to end this amicably, though her expression still looked reluctant, and Oriana herself also went as far as threatening Simeon first before closing the matter.

Anyway, after Sonia declared she would make sure Simeon wouldn’t repeat the same folly, the incident end peacefully. So, I suppose there was no need to be concerned?

Thank goodness. I was honestly scared shi*tless seeing those girls’ wrath just now. Hence why it was good that this incident was resolved quickly, especially since I just got this feeling that the girls were about to do something terrifying to Simeon that might traumatize him for life.

Anyway, Simeon who just returned to our group certainly looked like a certain legendary boxer in the manga that died after his final match. So, I couldn’t help myself from blurting out, “Rest in peace.”

“What the heck is that? I’m offended you know.”

I was offering you my compassion, though? WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU BEING OFFENDED FOR!!

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Since the incident was finally resolved peacefully, we decided to go to the training ground to receive our first lecture from Bates. This guy had originally only planned to make a sick visit for Katrina, so he didn’t actually prepare a lesson. Furthermore, he also didn’t seem to be motivated to give us a lecture about magic. Still, he finally gave in after the relentless pressure from Luke and Oriana combined.

But we had to do it on the training ground since he said he wasn’t in the mood to give a lecture in the room. Thus, our decision to leave so as to refresh our mood as well.

“Well, I guess there’s nothing wrong with showing off a bit of what your main attribute can do. Since this is just a lecture, I won’t blame you even if you fail. Let’s see… Theodore. Let’s start from you.”

Bates pointed to me, looking as if giving out this lecture was troublesome. On the other hand, Luke, who seemed incredibly excited just now, ended up becoming disappointed when Bates called me first.

When I came forward, Bates whispered to me, “Listen to me, Theodore. I hear that every single one of you has a tremendous amount of mana. So, I’m actually worried if all of you become too excited and gone all out until you’re out of mana.”

“I understand.”

So that’s why he didn’t appoint Luke to start first.

“Well, aside from that, you seem to have a really interesting technique. So, show it to me.”

Geh. So Father had told him about my unique way of using magic, eh. Your job is way too fast, Papa. But, oh well, whatever.

I took a deep breath and immersed myself in controlling my own mana.

I guess everything had already been prepared for us beforehand, and this was a punishment game for cocky yellow (me). Anyway, Bates might be reliable, but I honestly didn’t feel like going all out.

So, I just clapped my hand and placed my palm on the ground, passing my mana into the ground and causing it to rise up to form a wall.

At that moment, I heard someone stifling their laughter from the audience’s direction, and when I turned around, I found that it was Katrina who was desperately trying to hide her lips.

What’s the matter? Is she okay?

“Katrina?”

“D-Don’t worry about me. I was just a bit surprised… I mean, it’s such a big wall.” Katrina said, obviously flustered when Elliot asked her. But I had to wonder.

Really, is that all?

“Indee~d. This is the first time I see such a huge wall conjured at once~.”

“Guh, indeed. But let me show you that there’s always a sky above the sky.”

Oriana muttered with a slightly vexed expression on her face. However, Luke immediately refuted as he came forward after me with a confident look.

“I see now. Well, the way you use magic is indeed unique, and I see no problem in execution too. Perhaps it is some sort of rite to enhance the manifestation of your magic. Strictly speaking though, it’s amazing that the manifestation of your magic becomes so solid when all you did was clap your hands. The other way such as waving your cane, constructing a magic circle, or chanting aria to enhance the manifestation of magic are all regarded as the biggest weakness for magicians since the old days. It took too much time and it is unrealistic to use for live combat. But perhaps we could try to look at your rite as a way to solve those problems.”

Bates’ muttering was practically a monologue at this point.

However, before I could react, I noticed that Muriel was propping up Katrina’s shaking body. Furthermore, for some reason, Katrina was also muttering something about ‘Please stop’, ‘That’s… too… embarrassing.’ and ‘This is too funny.’ when she heard Bates’ monologue.

One that made me wonder if she was really okay.