Chapter 128.1 - Reina A Ayase and The Men
A few days had passed since the conversation between Yamajun and Airi. For now, Airi had followed his advice to spend more time with the trio which she neglected until now.
Though Yamada was clearly dissatisfied with Airi's decision, he seemed to have learned more self-control after his friend, Yamajun talked with him.
You should do that faster. In fact, Yamajun might felt that the party had started to regain its balance.
Himeno Airi, a lone woman amid a pack of wolves(men), someone who should be the most troubled by that kind of situation had the power to lead these wolves by the nose with her glib tongue and body. In spite of that, she was still willing to lend her ears to Yamajun's opinion. She turned the disadvantageous situation into an advantageous one with her wits.
Naturally, not just any girl could pull out such a feat. The men were lured by the women who protect their chastity. The said woman couldn't avoid the jealousy of the other men in the case she gave her body to the others. In Airi's case, she managed to avoid such a situation despite fooling around with four men.
At least in Yamajun's knowledge, there was no girl in 2-7 who behaved like the current Airi. The reason might be that her hidden talent had blossomed and she had gained some sort of mysterious ability that allowed her to act like a succubus, miraculously manipulating the men by the nose.
「Or else, it's some sort of will from the God of this world...」
Yamajun could only make such speculations since there's no way to prove his theory.
But, if the fate of the students of 2-7 who were summoned to another world was clasped in the hand of God, the way they’d reunite should be up to God too.
And such a thing happened when they're in the middle of resting in the fairy plaza.
Even though they only met their classmates by chance up until now, this was the first time they saw someone teleported into the fairy plaza.
In front of the water fountain, in the center of the plaza, a magic circle suddenly appeared along with dazzling light. The party who had the experience with transfer magic could tell from the pattern of the magic circle that it was a transfer magic circle.
That magic circle danced on the lawn as it kept flickering with white light. Everyone in the plaza shut their eyes due to the dazzling light―― and then, by the time they opened their eyes, the figure of a certain girl had already stood right where the magic circle was.
「Fu~h, thanks a lot En-chan, you did a good job!」
Her bright smile was definitely not an optical illusion. The little girl who appeared from the magic circle had platinum blonde hair done in twin tails and skin as white as pristine snow. To top it, she also had blue cat-like eyes.
Only one girl in 2-7 had platinum blonde hair. Her figure was simply too dazzling to be forgotten.
Reina Adelheid Ayase.
Even amid the gathering of beauties in 2-7, her beauty was enough to place her in the first or second position, and Yamajun's group met that very girl in that fairy plaza.
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「W-what... What's happening...」
Himeno Airi felt like she had returned to being a plain-gloomy girl before she was sent to another world.
There, a blonde beauty, Reina sat on the side of the fairy plaza's fountain. Around her was the figure of the men waiting upon her.
「Uuh... I'm so scared... I want to meet you, Yuu-kun.」
The figure of frail girl crying could kindle anyone's desire to protect her. And her voice, for better or worse incited the bravery of the men around her who used to battle to protect her.
「Don't worry Reina-chan, I'll protect you for sure!」
「Yeah, don't worry, we're going to protect you.」
「We who're used to battle have become much stronger.」
「You just need to follow us, Reina-chan.」
Almost to the point of ignoring Airi, the men were coaxing Reina with extremely sweet words.
Even though not even five minutes had passed since Reina appeared in the fairy plaza.
And yet, the men were already dazed by Reina, completely forgetting about Airi's existence. In fact, as a fellow girl, Airi should be the one who talked to Reina as soon as she appeared in the fairy plaza, but the men were blinded by their enthusiasm, not giving her a gap.
As a result, Airi was the only one left out in that place, the position that normally called loner back in Japan. She wasn't simply left out, her situation was closer to a queen who fell from the grace.Fiind updated novels at novelhall.com
As soon as Reina sat on the edge of the water fountain, the men surrounded her, and Airi was left out of the ring. Seeing that made her realize the caste system in the party.
「Well, let's calm down first, everyone. Ayase-san seems to have been in great trouble just now so let her take a rest to calm herself.」
Though Yamajun was the only composed one amongst the men, Airi who fell from the grace in mere five minutes after Reina has appeared couldn't calm down that easily.
She couldn't accept the fact that Reina was added to the party.
Airi was afraid. Just by staying close to Reina A Ayase, her position that symbolized her efforts and charm crumbled as easily as a sandcastle.
Thus, Himeno Airi, the 『Succubus』 who has lost her charm as a woman... returned to being a powerless girl like when she just arrived.
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The dungeon capture continued on with Reina A Ayase’s addition to their team.
「Let's get going!」
「OOH!」
「Let me show you power!」
「Hehehe, I'll show my power to Reina-chan.」
The men were charging towards the battle in high spirit, gallantly defeating one monster after another like a brave hero.
And yet, it wasn't even clear whether the most active guy of the day would be rewarded by Reina. She didn't even cheer at them. All she did was look at them.
She did nothing at all... cheering for them, assisting from behind, or rewarding the tired men.
And yet, the men were still risking their lives for her.
It was as if―― they had gotten charmed by Reina.
The men would devote themselves to her without expecting anything in return. And the men exhausted themself just to be seen by her.
And yet, the men were content with such treatment. They literally gained nothing even after risking their lives in battle.
But I wonder what the other woman thinks upon seeing that kind of woman emitting such devilish charm.
「DAMMIT, DAMMIT... DAMMITDAMMITDAMMITDAMMITDAMMIT...」
Airi almost went mad upon seeing that situation.
As a fellow woman, Himeno Airi, an actual 『Succubus』 with proper charm skill didn't even reach the feet of Reina who used her weapon without even realizing it, and beat Airi until she couldn't accept it anymore.
Airi had finally gotten along with the men by using her body and yet, the newcomer Reina who only wept as soon as she arrived instantly got the attention of the men.
As a fellow woman, it was nothing but humiliation for Airi, a complete humiliation.
As a woman, I understood that there was an unsurpassable wall between our appearance. Though men also often being compared for their appearance, it was less savage than that of women.
Airi understood that. And yet... she had never hated such difference as much as now.
And then, the one to whom she pointed that jealousy which already resembled hatred was none other than a certain girl.
「DAMMIT, DAMMIT... Reina, I'm gonna kill you.」
「W-Wait a minute, calm down, Himeno-san.」
The one thing that stopped me from sniping Reina-who was currently being pampered like usual- to death with maximum 『Lux Sagitta』 was Yamajun's brave effort.
「L-L-Like hell I can calm myself in this kind of situation!」
「I-It'll be bad if you keep shouting like that you know.」
Airi ended up grinding her teeth in frustration. She knew that Yamajun was right, she should lower her voice.
Anyhow, I'm not afraid of Reina. I mean, that shitty girl would cry at basically anything with a loud sound. Thus, the one who made such a loud voice would become the common enemy of the men who were already enslaved by Reina.
「I understand your frustration, Himeno-san. I know that it's not my place to say this but, I really understand your frustration.」
「Y-Yes... I... I can't stand this kind of treatment!」
Yamajun kindly patting Airi's back as she cried out her frustration. And just like that, he kept hugging Airi like a lover to calm her down.
All the other party members were already asleep around this time.
「Though I understand your frustration, you've no choice but to bear with it for now, Himeno-san. This is an extremely delicate situation since there's only you and Ayase-san.」
「No, impossible... it's seriously impossible already...」
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TN : Though I would like to say "Serve You Right!", knowing what Reina did later...