Messed Up

The boy was confused at first. But after some seconds, he realised what the student meant

George : What? Why? Did I do something to you?

??? : You have. You talk with Alyssa-senpai too much. For someone who was in love with her, it was a direct insult.

The student said angrily

George : Someone who was in love with her? You?

??? : Yea.

The boy looks back at the student girl. The student girl shook her head in rejection and said

Alyssa : I've never met that boy in my life.

The boy looks back at the angry student boy

George : Umm... I was just trying to borrow books here.

??? : I don't care. If you talk with Alyssa-senpai without my permission, you're my enemy.

The boy is confused by the logic of the student boy

Den : My name is Den Dreak, the one who will become the next duke in the place of Dale Dreak. I don't know who you are and I don't care. You have to fight me duel in the upcoming Duel Championship event. If I win, you have to beg me in four and never show your face to Alyssa or me ever again.

The angry student boy turned around and left immediately after finished talking. The boy was left with confusion and stood still like his time was stopped

George : (What about if I win? Did he seriously think I would never win against him?)

Kuragari : What can you say. He's just a naive delusional noble who thinks he's the main character.

George : Seriously?

Then, the student girl poked the boy's cheek. The boy looked at her

Alyssa : Sorry George. I lied to you. I know that boy.

George : (Wasn't that obvious?)

Alyssa : He's confessed to me multiple times. I rejected him every time but he never gave up and tried to pick a fight with every boy who talked with me.

George : I see.

Alyssa : Now, you're in this mess cause of me. I'm sorry, George.

Seeing the student girl's face, the boy talks to the spirit inside him

George : (So, what are we gonna do?)

Kuragari : She wasn't the one to be blamed. He will become the problem sooner or later. It's just I didn't expect it to happen this soon. Let's just say, he surpassed my expectations of him.

George : (Are you complimenting him?)

Kuragari : It means, he was more troublesome than I thought. We'll continue talking about that in our room. Let's leave this place first. We're the center of attention.

George : Ohh!

The boy looked around and saw many students looking at him and whispering among themselves. The boy turned his face toward the student girl

George : Can I go now? I want to leave already.

Alyssa : Ohh right. I'm sorry. Here's your book.

The boy grabbed the books that the student girl was holding in her hand. The girl approaches the boy's ear and whispers

Alyssa : *whisper* Try your best, will ya? I still want to see you around *whisper*

Both the boy and the spirit inside him tensed up. The boy immediately snapped back and turned around

George : Then, excuse me.

The boy walked away as fast as he could. The student girl looks at the boy's back and thinks

Alyssa : (Not easy to tame, huh? But that's what makes you interesting. I like to see how you would win that fight)

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(At The Boy's Room)

The boy is leaning on the door and holding his left chest while sweating a lot and breathing heavily

George : She's dangerous.

Kuragari : Yea, young girls are indeed dangerous. No matter the world or history.

The boy walked to the table and sat on the chair

George : So, what are we gonna do with that guy?

Kuragari : Forfeiting was impossible. We can't back down.

George : Then, are we gonna fight him for real?

Kuragari : No, boy. We just have to make him forfeit by himself.

George : But how?

Kuragari : We'll manipulate fate of him.

George : How are we gonna do that?

Kuragari : It's really simple. We'll just need to create scenarios where he can't fight us.

The boy started to get annoyed

George : Say exactly.

Kuragari : We'll make traps and make him fall into those so he'll get hurt enough to not attend the fight. Got it now?

George : Ohh..... old man, you're really evil.

Kuragari : My alignment is chaotic evil and that's the reason we're able to come this far without any failures. Only evil is capable of ruling the world and controlling it. One must become evil to be able to get control of the situation.

George : You're saying big things again. I'm not that intelligent, you know?

Kuragari : You're an intelligent person, boy. You just need experiences. One must see a bigger picture to make the right decisions. Because every action we make was for the future. The present was where we make actions and the future was where we get consequences. Only the person who could see the future could make the right actions.

George : Alright, alright. I got it, I got it. Let's get to the business now.

Kuragari : *sigh* Fine. The first plan was....

*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*

Suddenly, they heard the sound of the door knocking. The boy walked toward the door and opened it. He saw the student group standing and looking at him

Cecelia : We heard that one of the noble students from our class challenges you to the duel fight?

George : Umm.... yea. How did you people know about it?

Charlotte : We heard students talking.

George : Huh? Does everyone know about that already???

Charlotte : Yea. Because you're the first one to get challenged.

George : I see. (Still it's too fast)

Kuragari : (It's been only around ten minutes but this is normal in Otome games)

George : (I see. Otome games must be really weird things)

Then, the boy realised something by looking at the students

George : Umm.... why are you people still here?

William : We thought we should discuss in private places like your room or any.

The boy tensed up by hearing yellow hair boy's words

George : M-M-M-M-My room?

William : Pff!

Seeing the boy's stuttering, yellow hair boy turned around and covered his mouth immediately to hide his laugh

George : Huh?

Charlotte : What? You don't want us to come?

George : Umm.... give me a second. I have to clean the room.

The boy immediately closed the door

George : (Hey, what are we gonna do? They're gonna find out about us!)

Kuragari : Hide the gadgets and weapons. Also the note book.

George : (Got it!)

The boy moves with inhuman speed and grabs the things, and hides them in the cabinet's hidden space. Then, he opened the door

George : You can come in now.

Four students walked into the boy's room. A yellow haired boy, a blonde hair girl and a blue hair boy observe the room immediately by hoping to find something. A yellow haired boy sat on the chair and placed his left hand on the desk while the other three sat on the boy's bed. White hair girl turns her head left to right and observes the room

Cecelia : Your room is really simple.

George : Is that a compliment?

Cecelia : Yes. I thought you might have dozen of books with a bookshelf.

George : Books are really expensive, you know?

While white hair girl and the boy talking, other three still searching for something in the room

Charlotte : (Why is this room so clean? This place should have something. Is he hiding them?)

Yellow hair boy stealthily rub the surface the desk while talking

William : Are you used to living by yourself? Most boy never clean their room and their's never this simple.

George : I'm living with my uncle. He's pharmacist and mostly busy with his shop so housework is my job.

Cecelia : Really? Then, you can cook?

George : A little.

William : Did you mastered pharmacy?

George : Not at all but I can make basic medicines that can cure flu and light injuries.

Cecelia : Umm.... what happened to your parents?

George : They're killed when Dark Mages attack my village.

Cecelia : Ohh.... I'm sorry, George.

George : It's fine.

Just then, yellow hair boy noticed the strange particles under the desk. He secretly take off his boot

William : You want to be a pharmacist like your uncle?

He rubs the floor with his sock wearing foot

George : I'm still not sure.... haha. (What happened to the topic about my duel?)

Charlotte : Anyway, what you gonna do about your duel?

George : When will be the event?

Charlotte : Next week so you have seven days to do whatever you want.

Cecelia : Can't you guys do something? I don't want George to leave this academy.

George : (Did you seriously believe that I'll lose???)

Charlotte : We could tell him to get lost only if there wasn't event. But he challenged George for event. There's nothing we can do about it.

William : I think George could win if he train properly before the event comes.

Yellow hair boy secretly wear his boot back

Cecelia : Really?

William : Yea. George might a commoner but we all know that he's senior in using magic and his swordman ship was on same level with Albert. If Albert win against that guy, there's no way George would lose.

George : Huh? (How did he reached to the conclusion that I'm strong as Albert???)

Albert : I don't think I'm that strong but if you want to train, I can help you. (Even though you're already stronger than me. But, let me lie a little. After all, everyone in the room is lying to eachother. Adding a little won't change anything, right?)

George : Umm... thanks. But.... I don't want to trouble you people. It's my own fault that things turn out like this. (There's no way I train with you. Everyone will noticed me.)

Albert : Alright then, notify me if you change your mind. I think this is enough discussion.

George : Yea. Thanks for helping me out.

Cecelia : It's fine, George. Tell us if you need anything.

George : Okay.

Then, the group left the room

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Sorry for taking too long to update. My life has been little harsh on me and my mentality wasn't good enough to squeeze out ideas. That's it. Thanks for your time and supporting me.