CH 45

In any case, this ikemen-kun is rude.

I am Rin. What do you mean by, “It surely is not this guy, right?”

“Yes, of course, this person here is Rin-kun. Got any problems with that?”

“It-it must be a lie! Is Wakaba-san going to spend Christmas Eve with such a dull guy!? Are you alright? Are you being threatened? If so, I will save you.”

Such a dull guy……

Well, that may be true, but why should I be told as such by a guy I don’t even know?

“O, oi……”

“You are being rude. There is no way Rin-kun would do such a thing to me. Besides, what do you mean by dull? Rin-kun is kind and strong. Unlike you who has only your face. I would never spend my time with the likes of you, so give it up already. Don’t talk to me ever again. Then, please excuse us.”

“Wai……ahh……”

Leaving the dumbfounded ikemen-kun, Aoi pulled my hands and briskly walked away from that place.

This might be the first time I’ve seen Aoi getting seriously angry.

While matching her quick steps, I took a glance at Aoi from the side. She is completely enraged.

I don’t usually see Aoi getting angry, so Aoi probably doesn’t have a hot-tempered personality. It is definitely for my sake that she was so angry this time.

“Thanks.”

“There’s no need for Rin-kun to thank me. It was just that I got mad. I just don’t want such a shallow person who has only his face to talk this and that about Rin-kun. Grr~rr! My anger hasn’t dissipated yet.”

At that time, I was happy to see the still angry Aoi.

I am okay with other people ridiculing me. It is enough if Aoi understands me—I seriously thought that at that time.

“ “Beep Beep” ”

“Ah.”

Just then, the subjugation request’s alarm sounded while we were still returning from school.

“Aoi, what shall we do?”

“If we don’t take it, the subjugation will be delayed, and the damage might spread. Let’s clean it up before shopping.”

Due to the closing ceremony, there were no other students in the vicinity, and I think this request came to us because of that. But surprisingly, even I have plans today. I want to finish it quickly and go shopping.

We accepted the request and hurried to the location.

“Only at times like this……”

After walking for a while, we arrived at the destination. There were five monsters causing a rampage.

Those five monsters were two E-ranks: a troll and an ogre, one F-rank orc, and two G-rank goblins.

It isn’t wrong to say that this is the all-star lineup of the monsters with almost every type of monster we’ve fought so far, but this is my first time seeing them as a group. Though I intended to finish it quickly, this isn’t the situation where I can be careless.

“Aoi, what’s the plan?”

“Like usual, let’s defeat them in order by their strength, starting from the weakest ones.”

“Understood, I’ll leave the goblin over there to Aoi.”