Chapter 73
…My head is so dizzy. My consciousness gradually returned. When I managed to force my eyes open, I was shocked to find my hands and feet bound. My current predicament instantly sobered me up a bit.
Eh? What happened? Was I kidnapped? I checked my surroundings. It seems to be an abandoned building? Sunlight streamed in through various gaps in the dilapidated walls. From this, I can judge that several hours have passed since I was kidnapped.
“Lady Miramini, that little gal is awake.” —I heard a voice say. Er, is “that little gal” referring to me? Alright, I breathed a secret sigh of relief. They still think I’m a girl, which means they didn’t get handsy with me while I was unconscious. Otherwise, my identity as a boy would have been discovered.
“So what if she’s awake. Hehe, this is perfect. She can watch with her own eyes how the man she’s been waiting for is defeated.”
I followed the voice and looked over. Why does the back of that “Lady Miramini” look so familiar? Medium-length, grass-green hair? And a maid outfit? Isn’t she Student Council President Allen Oniste’s maid?
The student council is really bold, to actually kidnap me. What did she just say about me watching the man I’ve been waiting for be defeated? Is she referring to Lian Qi?
Just as I thought. Because of the kiss mark on my neck, people have misunderstood my relationship with Lian Qi.
“Why did you capture me?” I asked weakly.
“To make your man behave, of course,” the maid said smugly. “Look. The final match between your man and Student Council President Allen Oniste has already begun.”
What? The final match of the ranking tournament has already started? I… I actually missed Lian Qi’s match and got kidnapped… I feel so bad for her.
I saw a live projection of the match floating in front of the maid. In the image, Student Council President Allen seemed to have already activated his Inherent Magic. Rows of piano keys spiraled around him. What… what magic is that?
“That is Lord Allen’s Inherent Magic, ‘The Performer’s Stairway to Heaven,’” the maid said with a smug laugh. “For Lord Allen, killing someone is as simple as playing the piano.”
I watched as Allen casually played a few keys. Correspondingly, several daggers appeared in the air and automatically stabbed at Lian Qi. I watched in shock as she didn’t dodge or block, but just quietly endured it.
“N-No! Why isn’t Lian Qi dodging?”
Aiyah! I’m dying of anxiety watching this.
“Hehe. Because you’re in our hands.”
“What?”
“With you in our hands, of course he doesn’t dare make any rash moves. Before the match, he was told that if he wanted you to be safe, he had to obediently lose the match.”
“You’re actually using me to threaten Lian Qi…!”
“Who told you to be his weakness? I think he should just hurry up and lose! Standing there motionlessly like this will only lead to more suffering.”
After she said this, she let out a tinkling laugh that sounded perverted to me.
“You’re too despicable!”
“Despicable? If you want to blame someone, blame yourselves for provoking the student council! You dared to ruin my plan.”
Drug use, harassing girls, running a gambling ring, and now kidnapping me. Is there anything they won’t do? I watched as Allen played the piano keys, and a row of daggers appeared from thin air to stab at Lian Qi. Lian Qi didn’t dodge, only using her arms to shield her face. If this continues, she’ll be in danger!
No…! I can’t just sit here and wait. Fortunately, my hands were tied in front of me, not behind my back. I tried to bite through the ropes with my teeth.
“Lady Miramini, the little gal is biting the ropes with her teeth.”
“It’s just a useless struggle. Ignore her.”
“Lady Miramini, she actually bit through the ropes.”
“Huh? What did you say?”
Only then did the maid turn back to look at me, but my hands were already free. I stood up from the ground, though the ropes binding my legs hadn’t been untied yet.
“Looks like you want to suffer a bit, too?” she said in a threatening tone. “You lot, tie her up again. Tighter this time!”
Receiving their orders, the student council members stopped watching the match and all closed in on me. It’s like… compared to the match, I sparked their interest more? I stood in the corner, surrounded by what felt like ten big gray wolves. The scene was, for a moment, terrifying.
“Don’t you come over here! I’ll hammer you to death.”
My words drew a round of laughter from them— “You’ll hammer us to death with those scrawny arms? Come on, come on, hammer me right in the chest.”
Er… they seem to have misunderstood. I didn’t mean hammer with my fists, but with a real hammer.
It seems they won’t be scared unless I show them some real action. I transmuted Holy Light into a pure white, long-handled hammer, hiding it behind my back. A man was the first to approach me. I swung the hammer lightly—Dong! He was sent flying and ended up stuck on the wall, unconscious.
The others were instantly dumbfounded.
“That idiot. He deserved to be beaten for being so careless he didn’t even use his magic! This little gal can fight back! Everyone, use magic and get her together!”
The remaining nine people all erupted with astonishing magic power and pounced at me in unison.
My feet were tied, making it inconvenient to move. I could only hop forward a few steps like a bunny, while simultaneously spinning my hammer and using my ultimate move— “Continuous Ordinary Bonks.”
Dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong!
Just like Whack-a-Mole, I suddenly hammered all nine of them into the ground.
The maid, “Miramini,” stared at me, dumbfounded.
“Tsk. What a bunch of trash. They can’t even handle one girl.”
“You should get out of the way too, okay? I don’t want to be a burden to Lian Qi, so I need to get to her side right now.” I casually swung the hammer in my hand, making it spin like a pinwheel.
The maid just sneered! She pulled a leaf blade from her palm, its cold glint menacing.
“It doesn’t matter if I kill you now.”
I didn’t expect her to actually want to kill me.
The moment she spoke, an aggressive purple magic power exploded from her body! What? She’s a fifth-rank mage? Her master, Student Council President Allen Oniste, is only a third-rank crystal-red. She’s at least two whole ranks stronger than her master? Is she really just a maid?
“So you’re the strongest one in the student council?”
“Hehe! It’s too late to realize that now!”
The instant she spoke! She charged at me, leaf blade in hand. The moment she rushed over, even the floorboards beneath her feet shattered.
Wow, this person is even faster than Lian Qi. I was just preparing to make my move, but she suddenly screeched to a halt, then instantly leaped back more than ten meters, putting a large distance between us.
Eh, eh, eh?
Did she just… run away?
“What are you doing?”
I stood there, bewildered.
But to be able to escape my attack range in an instant, her strength is clearly no simple matter.
I saw her break out in a cold sweat, and she questioned me, still shaken— “Who in the world are you???”