Chapter 60 - A Favor Returned Early...? Yeah, No... (1/2)
Tuen's eyes skimmed over Lydis. Without even trying to hide his contempt for her, Tuen strolled to stand in front of her, making sure to add enough flair to each movement.
”Why is a girl like you over here? Oh! Could you have already heard the stories of my brilliance?!” Tuen made a big head swing, his hair flipping behind him.
Lydis scoffed at Tuen, her eyes reflecting Tuen's same contempt for her back at him.
”Should I know you? We've only just met. I-!”
Lydis was cut short by Tuen.
”I see! You're overwhelmed aren't you? Yes, yes, it makes sense if you've forgotten due to the shock but, worry not! I, Tuen, am here now, in the flesh!” Extending both arms to the ceiling, Tuen just so happened to be under on of the many ceiling lights, the light seemed to intensify for that one moment. Illuminated in the light, Tuen's hair shimmered like rain on a clear day.
Too engrossed in himself, Tuen didn't notice Lydis's suppressed gag nor Crill's exaggerated self-execution with his hand.
Humming to himself, Tuen turned to face Lydis again, his arms still stretched to the ceiling, a smirk on his face.
”Bask in my radiance! Behold the power of divine beauty!”
Unable to hold herself back anymore, Lydis's fist shot out from her side. Tuen didn't bat an eye as he easily avoided her attack. Twisting his abdomen, Tuen avoided the next hit and sidestepped Lydis. Leaning close to her ear, Tuen softly whispered.
”I only allow the beautiful to touch my divine body. Filth such as you has no right to.”
Obviously ticked off, Lydis was about to rush Tuen again, this time with seriousness.
Crill noticed her change and quickly pulled Lydis away from Tuen, afraid that his joke might cause blood to be spilled.
”Ha ha, it's a joke a joke! Right?” Crill gave Tuen an urgent glare but Tuen refused to back down.
”Haah? You want me, to take that hit to the face, as a joke!?” Now that neither Lydis nor Tuen would back down, Crill was getting desperate. Flinging off the last of his pride, Crill let go of Lydis and instead pulled Tuen in close. Although Crill was taller, Tuen's heels made up for the difference causing him to look taller.
”Tuen, stop will you? This has gotten out of hand…” Crill stared at Tuen's scrunched up face. A silence passed before Tuen pushed off Crill.
”Argh, fine! I'm feeling benevolent today so just this once, I'll part ways first.” Flicking off Crill's hand, Tuen turned around and began to walk away quickly. The angry clicks in his shoes filling the silent hall. Breathing out in relief, Crill had almost forgotten about Lydis, almost.
The moment Crill turned around he faced Lydis's icy glare.
”Mind telling me what that was?” Although there wasn't anything really threating about her words, Lydis's tone said otherwise.
”Uh, heh… I thought it would explode into something bigger so I asked for support but I didn't expect you to come…”
”Hah?” The anger in Lydis seeped through a bit.
”N-not that you weren't helpful! But, I just asked Theda to bring someone helpful. I was imagining the dorm head or another teacher… Never thought she'd go to you first…”
*hmph* ”Now that this farce of over I'll take my leave.”
”Wait! Don't you want to know why we were fighting?”
Lydis eyed Crill's disheveled clothes, messy hair, and the whites of his knuckles. Crill noticed where her gaze was going and quickly reddened.
”You! It's not like that!”
Lydis gave him a skeptical look, noded, and aimed for the exit but, Crill wouldn't let it rest.
”I mean it! That weirdo tried to pounce on me when I was sleeping. Although I knew that I'd be sharing a room with other people, the others should've managed to stop every kid except the elites. Who would've expected an elite to share a room with a slum kid?” Crill ruffled his hair. ”While I was sleeping I heard the door open then that guy was all weird, saying thing like, 'oh my, what a nice treat!' then he said, 'to think there was someone among the slums who I would even slightly approve of, oh my!'.”