Chapter 180: Money is life... (1/2)

”Aaah, I thought I'm a Gooner, hehe,” they heard Crimson saying it while massaging his hands after they unlocked the anti-magic handcuff.

The people from the Student Council were gawking upon hearing him and thought 'how bad is the luck of this person to find himself in trouble on his first day!'

After he realized that the handcuff was prohibiting him from using his mana. Yman felt he needed to clear his name as soon as possible. If not, it would bring him trouble if his disguise would be canceled.

”What with that handcuff, Sir Leader?” He asked.

”.....”

The Senior Leader did not expect he would ask about it.

”It is a special handcuff solely made to stall someone's mana usage,” he heard his reply.

”So it's a special metal?” As expected, it was dangerous to him.

”No, the metal-- although sturdy and not easy to break, it isn't particularly the reason.”

”Hm…” he could guess already that it was a spell inscribed in it with the addition of a compound array.

”I see…” he replied disinterestedly. But in his mind, ”Damn! This handcuff is a bane of all magic users! No, even the whole place is a bane for all experts leaning in magic!' He grunted.

The people from the Department of Security said they're sorry for the trouble.

Yman grinned at the woman named Betty. ”Fufu, it was a big sin to accuse someone. I hope the Senior Sister will be so kind with her words. Or perhaps, I will ask my mother to send thousands of Gold Rank adventurers to punish the Senior Sister. And maybe some of the Platinum Rank as well,” he whispered but intentionally increased the volume of his voice for everyone to hear.

Rea gawked upon hearing his words. ”This guy is so shameless to use my aunt's status…” she mumbled.

Cinde on the other hand doubted his words. 'Eh? Is he capable of that?' Though she heard from Ella that Crimson was an adventurer and that she was hiring him as her bodyguard. Aside from it, she didn't know anything else about him. 'Perhaps, he was just bluffing,' she thought.

”Eh--ehhh?” Betty stuttered. ”P-P-Please forgive me!” She was flustered and was taken aback.

Yman grinned. ”Aaaah! I can't forgive someone who fired the bullets before finding the faults…”

She couldn't believe he was still insisting, although she already said sorry. ”S-Spare me…!”

”I can only spare the Senior Sister if she spent a meal with me!”

”A-A-A meal w-w-with you?” She said with a blank face.

”.....”

”.....”

Rea and Cinder were speechless. They wondered what happened, but isn't sorry is more than enough? Wait, is Crimson hitting on her? A meal? Could it be a….. DATE?!

Betty was a little older than them with long black hair that tied behind in a ponytail. A tall Encan woman and exuded an adult aura.

Well, Yman just wanted to extort money from her for the trouble she caused in the pub. A meal might be not enough. Maybe he needed to extort money from her also.

But no one knew Crimson's reason. Cinder lent a little closer to him and whispered to him. ”Uhm, Crimson, if you want a meal, I don't mind spending a meal for you…”

Yman blinked his eyes. He wondered why this disaster bringer girl suddenly wanted to pay for a meal for him. Maybe she was feeling sorry for causing him trouble.

'Well a free meal is a good meal,' he thought, but he wanted to punish the Senior Sister.

Before Yman could open his mouth, ”Ahem!” Rea purposely cleared his throat. ”Senior Leader thank you for bringing him here.” The leader glanced and nodded at her. ”Uh, Senior Sister, no need to take his words seriously. He's just joking,” said Ella while sending an eye to Crimson.

”What?!” He believed Rea misunderstood him. ”No, I'm serious!” Crimson abruptly said. He saw Rea sneering at him and Cinde beside him was furrowing. He wondered what was there for them to show such faces. ”Money is life…” he mumbled.