Chapter 116: A Nonsensical Drama (1/2)

Dude, couldn’t you have just said so from the start! Couldn’t you have just communicated like a normal person, weren’t we all adults here!? Did we really have to partake in this childish game at our age!?

As if he had predicted this would happen, George’s face remained calm as ever as he said: “Sigh…I’ve heard about your situation. Don’t you hate the Wolf’s Fang?”

“Hate? Why should I hate them?”

Bro, wasn’t your girlfriend kidnapped by them?Don’t you know how important a girl was to an eternal bachelor like me? They’re more important than life itself!! Couldn’t you show even a tiny bit of anger? Wasn’t this the legendary grudge of a stolen wife? Don’t just treat it as nothing!!

“I heard you were there when they took Elona away. Are you really going to swallow this humiliation? Are you really going to accept what they did? As long as you’re willing to join us, the combined forces of our four villages and these two mages should be enough to defeat those bandits.”

“In fact, we have a high chance of winning since they’ve lost Doran, and Io is already preparing for battle. As long as we join together, our experts won’t lose out to theirs.”

“…”

No matter how much he tried to persuade the man, George’s entreatments seemed to have no effect on him as he continued to sip his wine quietly. Seeing that this persuasion was going nowhere, he decided to adopt a more aggressive tactic:

“If you’re really man, you should be itching to wash away this humiliation with their blood! Do you really have no desire to do so!? If you’re still a man, you’ll aid us in this fight and at the same time aid yourself! Right now, there’s an opportunity to do so right in front of you! Take it and come defeat Dawson with us and save your wife!”

“Elona isn’t my wife.” Moranthal slammed the wine cup onto the table; the loud slam was a clear sign of his anger. Yet he didn’t lose his temper as expected, but merely suppressed it once more.

“We weren’t married yet! That’s right, we weren’t married! She’s not my wife, she’s not!” He spat out phrase after phrase as if he was trying to convince himself of something.

You even repeated yourself twice. Each time. You definitely mind what they did so why are you trying to avoid reality? Could you really call yourself a man then?

Everyone: “…”

Having had enough of his escapism, Dioh rushed forth to voice his opinions once more: “Rather than her being kidnapped, I bet you offered up your girlfriend instead to appease Dawson!”

I guess we’re turning this into an all-out war now…

No matter how trashy Moranthal was, being censured by a junior wasn’t something he could simply ignore. His face immediately flushed red, but seeing as Dioh was just a junior, he chose not to vent his anger on him. Instead, he suppressed his anger once more and said after a long sigh: “My relationship with her…you won’t understand it.”

“How can I not understand it?! You’re just a masochist who loves being cuckolded. I know exactly what I’m talking about, you’re just a wimp who can’t protect his fiancee! Just by looking at that wuss of a face of yours I can tell that you’re a natural born CUCKOLD!!!!”

“Shut up!” The temples on his forehead began to pulsate like an earthworm was burrowing underneath his skin. “What does a brat like you know!”

“How am I not understanding the situation!? Your lover should be someone you protect with your life!”

“And that’s why I say you don’t know a thing.”

“You keep saying I don’t know what I’m talking about, why don’t you enlighten me then!? Go on, you cuckold boy!”

Cuckold boy…when you think about it, it had the same meaning as cuckold but it seemed to stab even deeper into his psyche than anything. Just looking at the myriad of changes Moranthal’s face underwent was more than enough to tell us how much this nickname affected him.

While Dioh wasn’t much help in a fight, no one could deny his value as verbal artillery. A couple of taunts from him was even more painful than having a knife shoved down one’s throat. Not bad, this kid’s a talent worth grooming.

“Elona left willingly!” Having been pushed to the brink, he blurted out what was plaguing his heart all this while and laid down on the table with his hands over his trembling head. From the looks of it, he was probably crying right now. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a storm brewing underneath those arms right now. However since he didn’t let out a single sound, all these were merely speculation on my part.

Hearing his shameful admission, Dioh’s face immediately froze up…it was the kind of surprise one experienced when they undercovered a major scoop.