Chapter 107, Vol. 2 - Self-Exposed

Noah blinked, unaware of what is happening. Why is Lunaria glaring at him with such flirtatious eyes? Who knew that this look of Lunaria is full of anger? If they were in a different setting, he may have already been torn apart by her. This kid! Lunaria sighed. She finally understood how scary a child can be. They can’t even read the room, always speaking what’s on their mind without thinking - on the good side, it’s cute; on the bad side though, it’s dumb. It’s said that the Vermillion Kingdom is crawling with kids like these. Thankfully she did not grow up in the Ancient East. “Oh~ so Miss Lunaria has something to tell Brother Claude.” Snow Lily said, narrowing her eyes. Both Lunaria and Tyre felt a shiver down their spines from the cold glare. “Since we’re not strangers, why don’t you tell him right here? It shouldn’t be something unspeakable, right Miss Lunaria?” “Of, of course not......” Lunaria said, panicking. She doesn’t really sweat easily, but now she felt like this situation made her release days worth of sweat. “Why don’t you tell us then? I’m interested.” Snow Lily said, grabbing Lunaria’s soft hand. The Power of the Ancients made her feel slight pain. This...... Will it be the end of my arms if I make a single mistake in my words? It’s chaos in her head right now. Using violence against Her Highness Snow Lily? Impossible, Thousand Saint Emperor Rufus is still here. Trying to escape? Once again impossible. She won’t even be able to move if Snow Lily had her hands on her.  Try to talk her way out of it? It’s not like she has this skill, even if she does, it’s worse than Claude. This is a moment of desperation. What should I do? Noah, I will end you with my own hands if I survive this! “Come on, everyone’s listening.” Snow Lily increased her strength, leaving Lunaria helpless. Claude remained silent as he couldn’t say anything. Actually......he’s also a little curious about how Lunaria would answer. Oh no! I don’t have a choice but to betray myself at times like this. “T-to be honest, I wanted to tell Tyre something.” ...... This is the ultimate form of self-betrayal. By the time everyone was aware, Snow Lily had already let go of Lunaria’s hand, seemingly happy with how she reacted. “I see, I guess I have misunderstood. But Brother Claude lying first is so unacceptable.” The golden-haired boy felt nervous as the gun once again pointed to his direction. At the same time, there came a voice, “Tyre! Have you been flirting with Lunaria again?!” Goosebumps rose on his skin. Tyre turned around, only to find a scrawny looking girl coming towards him. Long Tu took big steps forward as if she’s ready for a fight. What’s wrong with today? Why are there so many coincidences clashing together? “Long Tu, let me explain, I’m innocent in this. I don’t even know what Lunaria wants to talk to me about!” 

“As if anyone would buy that!” Everyone’s eyes tell him. 

Tyre wants to ask them about the kind of image they have of him in their minds. Why would they think that he’s flirting with Lunaria? Can’t it be pure friendship?

“Look at everyone’s faces! Do you think they believe you?” Long Tu glared at Tyre angrily.

Darmiala shook her head and said, “Didn’t you promise to not harass Lunaria anymore? Looks like we're being too nice for you to think that we have complied. I’m disappointed, Tyre.”

“That’s right!” Niluka agreed from behind Darmiala. 

Shu Yunsheng, who has not spoken since just now, seemed to have become part of the audience, watching everything unfold with an interested expression on her face. 

In the end, all pressure falls onto Tyre.

What kind of sin have I committed before to deserve this?Constantine, Claude, and Bayun Xiaoqi looked up collectively as soon as he turned around to glance at them. Is today’s scenery that nice to look at?

 “Do you have anything else to say, Tyre?”

Tyre sighed at LongTu’s question. Scratching his head, he replied, “What’s wrong with me wanting to invite Lunaria for a meal together? We’re just classmates, this is none of your business.”

“But......”

“No buts! I can eat with Elena, Roselle Butterfly, even with Bayun Xiaoqi, then why can’t I eat with Lunaria?” 

“Hey, why are you including me in the girl’s category?” Bayun Xiaoqi complained, giving Tyre’s back a sharp poke.

Tyre didn’t bother to do anything about it and continued, “Isn’t it just a kiss? That was an accident, it’s not like I’ll fall in love with Lunaria from a kiss.”

“And you still have the decency to bring this up! You.......”

“Ah, Miss Long Tu, it’s not like we’re still in the old days. If you mind it a lot, I can kiss you as well. Come on.” Tyre said, stepping forward. Long Tu staggered backwards.

“You......“ 

“Come on, don’t be shy, we both know each other......”

“You gangster!” Long Tu threw a punch at Tyre, her ears bright red. Tyre took the blow, feeling the strong wave of nausea crashing down on him. It was as if his organs were rearranged.

Thankfully he could take pain well and only knelt down instead of vomiting out his breakfast. Long Tu took two steps backwards and left without saying anything else.

Desperate moments call for desperate measures! It was the best he could do.Abandoning reason no matter what LongTu says actually worked. At least he made such a troublesome figure leave despite almost having a hole in his stomach.

Yet when he looked up, Tyre saw that everyone is looking at him coldly.

“As expected from Sir Tyre, what a douchebag.” Snow Lily said what everyone had in their minds, delivering the last blow.

Eh????

Just like that, the complicated situation was solved after Tyre’s self expose and everyone went on with their lunch break as if nothing happened, leaving him alone by the side.

“I’m coming in.” Shu Yunsheng pushed open the door of the teacher’s room and walked inside. A long-tailed cat as dark as the night sky, Yong Ye glanced at her, and said,

“Jingsheng’s sister? What business do you have with me here?”

“I’m here to invite you back.” Shu Yunsheng smiled, sitting down in front of him obediently. 

“Brother has already said so, you’re one of the reasons he made this trip to Avalon.”

“That guy, Jingsheng.” Yong Ye smiled, shaking his head. 

“It’s not urgent. Well, you can increase your knowledge by learning at Avalon.”

“Ah~ I’ll receive a scolding from him after I go back.” Shu Yunsheng said unwillingly. Yong Ye lay down flat on the soft pile of cats, paying no attention to this.

”Go back and tell Jingsheng that I’ll have to visit the mercenary company in order to clear things up. I will return to find him after this.”

“Mercenary company?” Shu Yunsheng asked, confused. Yong Ye smiled.

“A very interesting place. Also, if Jingsheng does not have even this much of patience, then nothing can be solved even if I go.”

“...... Alright, I will relay your message to Brother.”

“Sure.”

“Uh, Sir Yong Ye, can I touch your soft paws underneath  the sharp claws?”

“......”

3

The night fell. 

Tyre fought four individual battles and two team battles today. Due to his class schedules, it isn’t much, but he hasn’t lost once. Plus he would like to take a good rest to prepare himself for tomorrow’s class battle. 

Lunaria is also training hard to tear off the label of being a ‘decoration’, so there isn’t enough time. Fortunately, Lunaria had already reached the upper level of Qi Harmony. Since she came to Avalon, the speed of increasing the level of Qi Harmony has improved greatly, the reason mostly being her learning magic from Master Lao Jerry and neglecting the training on Battle Qi. Now that they have needed to achieve a balance, of course, Lunaria who’s highly talented can have such a breakthrough. 

Tyre, who hasn’t improved at all, did not know whether to laugh or cry at this news. Maybe he should consider focusing the training on Lunaria and let ‘Tyre’ go with the flow. Yet after thinking about Claude and the others, he decided to let ‘Tyre’ and ‘Lunaria’ improve at the same rate, as he is unsure whether ‘Lunaria’ will die along with ‘Tyre’. 

Although during the Mind's Eye Mode, his other self would have lost all consciousness, just like a person in a vegetative state. After more thought, Tyre concluded that both sides should obtain a certain level of defence power. It would be more disadvantageous if Lunaria was primarily focused on the attack while being supported by Tyre.

While relaxing in the bath, Tyre received a signal from the Magical Projection Stone.

“Hey, human.”

Pandora’s voice has become much clearer, its tone, and pronunciation was more human-like. Although the face is still as disgusting as before, it isn’t as fierce as a beast; yet this didn’t mean that the anger and barbaric side inside it was gone. It was only hidden deep inside, encased so deep and unlike anything it was shown on the outside.

“Human, I saw something different from your eyes,” Pandora said, its mouth splitting open slightly, almost reaching the sides of its head. It was almost as if Pandora was smiling, yet the blood dripping out suggested otherwise.

The blood belongs to humans. Looks like this creature has had its fill before.

“You seem to be happy. Your eyes were filled with nothing but sadness before, but now…… It’s indeed surprising, what made you change so drastically in such a short period of time?”Tyre looked at it coldly like before. Behind Pandora seems to be a village. Blood, and fire painting the supposedly beautiful picture. Claude would be burning with rage if he saw this, but Tyre remained the same as he was before. 

After all, those who died there had nothing to do with him.