Chapter 136: Actually, He Is Quite Cute, I Think..
"Who the heck..."
The man with black hair grumbled as he turned his head, before he could finish his words, Rin suddenly pulled him, causing him to pause and then his expression changed as he recognized the person.
Rin swaggered over with his arms around, still looking proud and confident.
Standing beside him were two girls, one of whom was well known, Princess Elise of Gualarrap Kingdom, and the other was a girl with light blue hair who seemed expressionless yet mysterious.
Behind him stood a girl holding a long spear, appearing dignified and slightly lazy, giving off an aura not to be messed with.
To avoid unnecessary trouble, Emilia's identity as a hero was not revealed to outsiders, so these students from other schools naturally wouldn't know, and the students from their own school wouldn't tell them either.
But just by knowing about the troublemaker and princess, it was already more than enough.
Rin quickly put on an excited and admiring expression as he walked towards Rin, "What a coincidence, Master Fenix, to meet you here."
Rin looked at him disdainfully and said, "Not clever at all, just annoying to hear."
Ignoring Rin's arrogance, he tried to please and said, "I will work hard to prove to Master Fenix that I truly admire and am willing to follow you. Here are the spoils I just obtained from them, I prepared them specially to offer to you, sir."
The man with black hair frowned at his words, but didn't say anything. He bowed to Rin and prepared to retreat with his men.
He really didn't want to deal with such a pretentious and mocking bully.
Rin looked maliciously at the three teams and said with a sneer, "This little bit is not worth my time. Since we're all here, we can't waste our effort for nothing. All of you, hand over your belongings."
Rin looked confused, even the black-haired man who was about to retreat stopped in his tracks, looking at Rin in disbelief.
"Can't understand what I'm saying? Leave all the spoils behind, and then, scram!"
After saying this, Rin couldn't help but admire his classic villain behavior, thinking, 'If I'm this ruthless, the system should reward me.'
Rin's face turned pale, he forced a smile and said, "If you want it, of course you can have it. But I hope, sir, that you can grant me the qualification to participate in the College Cup, so I can continue to serve you in the future."
Rin thought the dog was very loyal, even the villain would let him go because of being licked.
"Who are you? I have enough pets, give me your stuff and go away."
Even someone with a good temper was angered by Rin's arrogant attitude.
The man with black hair was indignant and full of fighting spirit, "I hate nobles the most, they exploit us commoners just because they were born rich! Rin, don't make me lose respect for you."
Rin clenched his teeth and said, "Grenier, no need for your words, Master Fenix, let's settle this based on our skills."
"Annoying, wasting my time, thought these pests would obediently give up."
Rin murmured and stepped back behind Emilia, then snapped his fingers.
Just as Grenier was about to charge forward with his huge sword, suddenly his body stopped, enveloped by circles of flames and thorns.
Feeling the burning sensation from the thorns, he quickly used magic to defend himself, shouting for others to hurry up.
In just under two minutes, Miss Hero bravely fought off the attackers, while Suyu deftly used a long spear to fend off three people charging towards them.
Rin protected Elise with a magical shield and deflected spells and arrows with it. He also hit one of the archers with his Magic Book.
After the battle, Rin put away his Magic Book and Elise used a Purification Spell to clean the blood from the book's corners.
A fox had rounded up all eight members of the two teams with a spear, creating a playful pile of friends.
Rin walked over to a person who was being threatened by a hero and a Demon King, holding weapons. He gently tapped the person's head with his Magic Book.
Looking at Suyu, Rin shook his head in disapproval and then lightly tapped Grenier's head with the book.
"Why not just give me your things nicely? Do you enjoy trouble?" Rin said to them.
After that, Rin took their decorative items and also found the stolen bracelets from the team they had robbed.
Rin approached a determined-looking girl with short hair and remarked, "I knew you looked familiar! You're the one who got a spot in the personal hunting competition... Jonas, right?"
Saying that, he frowned in disapproval and said, "It's embarrassing! Can't believe we got robbed by two random teams. From now on, when we go out, don't mention that you are from the same school as me."
"I...I..."
Jonas felt ashamed, but mostly saddened. She knew that this bully probably wouldn't return their loot.
The other girl was more stubborn, she said angrily, "They are two teams, and we don't have Emilia..."
But as she spoke, her voice trailed off. Upon careful thought, she realized that Fenix's team was really strong, even without a hero.
"You talk too much."
Rin snarled at her, showing his teeth menacingly. "Watch out, I'll... your tongue..."
But before he could finish his harsh words, Elise placed her hands on his cheeks. "Little Rin, stop playing around! Quickly give back my things."
"Tch, who said I was playing? And... I didn't say... Wow! Stupid princess, you dare to steal my things! Why do you have to copy Waste Hero! So bold."
Elise giggled as Rin grabbed her ahoge hair and said to Jonas, "Jonas, this belongs to you, but I'm not sure if there's anything missing inside, here you go."
Jonas, with a touched face, took the ring and glanced at Rin with some fear, but seeing Rin only staring at him without stopping him, he felt relieved and accepted it.
The thin boy quickly added, "That Grenier guy, he took away the Magic Cores of four howling beasts before."
"Little Rin~"
"What a trouble."
Rin clicked his tongue and tossed the Magic Core over, "Alright, take it and get lost, young master. Consider yourselves lucky today. If we meet again, I promise to..."
However, before he could finish his tough talk, Suyu interjected, "I suggest not preparing in advance to have your Magic Core stolen by others. It will be more convincing, my dear."
The Lord Demon King's mind-reading ability is no joke. He thought things like, "It's embarrassing to be robbed by outsiders. If news of this spreads, I'll lose face studying at this school. I have to reclaim this situation." Or, "I saw these Magic Cores just now, I'll say this... then show immense gratitude and return the items to them."
The black fox truly listened.
Well, her younger schoolmate is just too focused on being a bad guy, it's getting a bit strange.
Although he looked awkward, he was still great.
But does he have a misunderstanding about the standards to join my group? Does he think only bad guys who do evil deeds can join?
Suyu just landed the finishing blow, and Emilia confidently delivered the final hit, "tundere."
"So annoying! Are you all planning a rebellion all day long? Do you want to rebel against me? I kindly took you foolish lot in, and if you don't appreciate it, that's one thing, but to dare sabotage me!"
Rin was a bit annoyed. He was playing the bad guy role so well, but with these three saying this, how can he continue acting?
"What are you all looking at? Hurry up and get lost!"
The four people who were chased away by Rin, after leaving a good distance, Jonas couldn't help but say, "Actually, I think Young Master Rin might not be that bad."
"Even though he speaks harshly, unexpectedly... I find him quite cute," said another girl.
The thin boy scratched his head, "It's hard to say, maybe because Miss Hero and the princess are busy."
The boy who had not spoken chimed in, "Actually, I think he's quite cute."
Translator: Volume 4 (Chapters 169-218) has been published on Amazon (https://amzn.to/49JHcvQ).
