Chapter 119: A chaotic departure (2/2)

Belo readjusted his glasses. Cold light shone on the lenses.

He walked toward Stingham and brushed past by him. Then, without a word, he walked back.

It was only the space of a few seconds.

“Ah! Why does it itch so much! I’m dying from the itch!”

“Why are there so many bugs!”

All of a sudden, Stingham started twisting around and shouting at the top of his lungs. He kept scratching himself, to the point he couldn’t endure it anymore and even took off his clothes.

Everyone saw him catch quite a lot of small red bugs from his body.

“It must be Belo’s doing!”

Moss had paid attention to Belo’s actions, and he suddenly came to the realization. He felt a shiver run through all over his body, and couldn’t resist immediately stepping away from Belo; the latter wasn’t batting an eye, looking quiet and gentle.

“Ayrin, it must be some evil thing you did, am I right?!

“You must be jealous I’m more handsome, more powerful, more brilliant, am I right?!”

What made Moss and Rinloran almost fall down head first was, Stingham wasn’t suspicious of Belo who just brushed by him moments ago. Instead, he was loudly shouting at Ayrin.

This super narcissistic guy, what was his brain made of?

“This group of little guys is really a headache.”

Coming down from a luggage carriage behind them, Carter looked at the chaotic turmoil, and couldn’t help but shake his head with a wry smile.

This year’s team Holy Dawn was sure to give everyone a big surprise. But no matter which way you looked at it, team Holy Dawn didn’t look like a powerful awe-inspiring team right now.

Sophia looked at Carter coming their way. After greeting him with a faint smile, she glanced again at Ayrin and said in a soft voice, “Teacher Carter, I heard that Moss and Ayrin helped teacher Ciaran to defeat a very strong elite master, that he ruined a plot from the Evil Dragon followers again. It seems that Moss and Ayrin are even stronger than what we saw during the matches.”

“You guys also know about it?”

Carter froze a moment, a little depressed. He shook his head and said, a little vexed, “It must be that big mouth Fran who told you guys, right?”

An indignant voice immediately said, “Who are you calling a big mouth? Carter, do you want to die!”

A standard blond belle with a face covered in frost, looking about the same age as Carter, walked out from a store at the side. She wore a pair of pretty golden silk gloves.

“You’re responsible for taking team Agate Lake to the national tournament this time?” A surprised Carter stared with his eyes wide. Then shortly after, he looked left and right: “Who said anything about a big mouth? Did someone say something about a big mouth? I didn’t hear anything. Sophia, did you guys hear it?”

“…” Chris, Sophia, and the others instantly turned shrew-faced. They looked at Carter, their expression one of mutual understanding. They never thought the so upright-looking teacher Carter would act so dishonest, that he would have the gall to lie right to their faces.

This standard blond beauty teacher stared very fiercely at Carter, and said in a low voice, gnashing her teeth, “If you let me hear you call me a big mouth again, I’ll let you die an ugly death!”

Compared to her facial features, her mouth indeed looked a little big, but it still seemed very pretty.

“I’d never say that,” Carter said, righteous and upright.

“Relax, I know to act properly.” Fran’s face eased up a little. She humphed, and said in a voice only she and Carter could hear, “We’re both teams representing St. Lauren’s honor. When outside, I’ll never divulge to anyone the secrets about your team’s strength.”

“Just from these words, I can tell you’re the one who told Sophia and the others about the fight between Ayrin and Makkany. You still say you’re not a big mouth…” Carter kept nodding, but that was what he was mumbling inside himself. “That said, Agate Lake Academy also switched to someone as strong as you to lead the team. It seems they’re also worried about the team’s safety. Added to professor Plum, we’re absolutely safe now.”

“Ayrin, you’re really adorable. Come here, let his teacher sister pinch your cheek!”

The next second, Fran was already walking happily in Ayrin’s direction.

“She’s already this age, the same as me, but she’s still a love-struck fool just like before. She has to stick her nose in whenever she sees a handsome guy…” Carter was immediately speechless.

“Ayrin, why didn’t your girlfriend Charlotte come to see you off?”

“That’s right. Normally, their team will also go to the national tournament to observe and study. They’re not going with you?”

“I have no idea… After the last match ended, she promised to cheer for me in the national tournament.”

In fact, Charlotte had already reached a corner of the street at this time, next to a shop very close to Ayrin and the girls from Agate Lake Academy. When she heard these Agate Lake girls surround Ayrin very much unlike virtuous ladies and ask questions like these, she was already regretting a little being there.

But at this time, Ayrin suddenly saw her. He immediately shouted, “Charlotte! Charlotte, you came!”

“I…” Charlotte could only brace herself and walk forward, red-faced.

“Love really has boundless magical power. Look, even war goddess Charlotte can make such a shy expression…” Especially when the girls from Agate Lake Academy looked at her and Ayrin with ambiguous eyes, when these whispers drifted to her ears, she was so shy she almost lashed out in embarrassment.

“Ayrin, when they said your girlfriend Charlotte right now, why didn’t you explain!” she said in a voice only the two of them could hear when she came to Ayrin’s side.

“Explain what?” Ayrin looked at her, confused.

“About the girlfriend part!” Charlotte couldn’t resist stamping her feet.

“You’re my friend, plus you’re not a boy either.” Ayrin stared blankly. “What?”

“When they say girlfriend, they don’t mean that kind of ordinary female friend!” Charlotte really raged out of embarrassment now. She said, unable to control the volume of her voice, “It’s the kind where when you like me, you can’t like any other girl…”

“Eh! Sure enough… Turns out she was afraid Ayrin would take a fancy to one of us after going to the tournament together with us, and have us steal him away. That’s why she especially came to warn Ayrin!” The girls from Agate Lake Academy immediately looked like they suddenly saw the light.

“…” Charlotte realized she’d spoken too loud the latter half of her sentences and ended up being overheard, and even caused some serious ambiguity. Her face became as red as red cloth. She wished there would be a crack in the ground she could drill herself into.

“About that…” Ayrin understood somewhat now. A bit slow on the uptake, his face was also a little red. It looked even more suspicious when the others saw it.

“Be careful on the way. I’m done talking to you!” Charlotte felt that she couldn’t explain herself anymore. She stamped her feet again, spoke a few quick words with her head down, then turned around and left.

“Charlotte, didn’t you say you’d come to the nationals and cheer for me!” Ayrin shouted.

Charlotte’s voice came from the corner of the street: “We’ll go by ourselves. We’ll be there by the time the tournament starts.”