I was quite bewildered at their lack of reaction, it wasn't like I was seeking their attention or anything, but I don't believe that what they just witnessed wasn't able to surprise them even a little .
Well, don't expect them to act surprised every time you pulled such a stunt, they have gotten accustomed to you pulling these kinds of stuff by now, or else they might get a health problem, don't you think ? .
The person who said these words was Tokiko who at some point of time arrived beside me and clinged to my arm, I was really beginning to believe that her ability to creep on me like that, might actually be one of her superpowers .
I hadn't even noticed her arriving beside me, not to mention getting my arm locked up in her embrace like that, hearing her words, I was taken aback at first, but then I understood what she was implying and said :
" Did I really pulled that much of crazy stunts to make their ability to react being numbed like this ? .
She hearing my question had a wide grin on his face and began saying in a tone that made her appeared to be boasting about my actions those last few days, she said :
Well, you did beat the captain, your dark arts are unique and related to the time attribute, which to this day, no other Savior up to my knowledge was reported to have any similar spell like you or even a little bit close .
Then they discovered that you not only a special Kuroma, but also quite the powerful Shirogane, you beat Sophia who had beaten almost every guy in the corps excluding the captain, not to mention the weird incidents and rumors that kept circling around you these days, I actually believed that they were all a bit slow to adapt to your crazi ..., uniqueness, yes, uniqueness .
Hearing her words, I did indeed comprehend that some of the things I did might indeed be a bit shocking, but I had no clue about them being this level of shocking, but hearing the last line of words that came out of her mouth, I couldn't help but look at her in the eyes with a bit of a forced stern expression and said :
" Craziness, you were about to say craziness just now, don't you, you really are thinking that I'm be doing some crazy stuff too .
She seeing that she was caught red-handed, smiled even more and nodded at me and after releasing a few soft chuckles, she said :
What's with your expression, you cannot trick me with that expression of yours, I know that you also are aware of how crazy the stuff you have being doing lately sound like, do you want me to refreshen your memories about some of these stuff ? .
I guessed that she was going most likely to see through my reaction in a similar way to how Regina did, but hearing her last line of words, I suddenly felt a chill running down my spine and I hurriedly shook my head at that suggestion of hers, seeing me acting like that, she cuddled into my arms a bit more affectionately, completely disregarding of the fact that we were currently still in the center of some people's attention .
Ahem, shouldn't you be guiding those Kuroma, you were tasked with .
I heard this familiar cough and understood that the captain was not liking what he was seeing, he first reminded Tokiko of her duties, but the girl directly stuck her tongue out at him and said :
I'm taking a break, those guys were already gotten the hang of everything I have taught them, so it was better to give them sometime to digest the instructions they understood first .
Well, if that's the case then at least mind your own image a little .
She stuck her tongue again at him and didn't seem to care at her so-called image at all, seeing her like this, the captain wasn't able to do anything other than to shook his head, then he sighed and said :
At least you stopped being a menace to others, so for that we all are thankful .
He said this and looked at me and said :
Guy, you really dont like to act like everyone else, every day, everytime I happen to see you, I be sure that something strange might really happen, but I hoped there would be some limit to the surprises you keep on giving us, but it seemed that I was asking for the impossible, I'm really unable to muster any more words to say that could describe your craziness .
Craziness , he used that word again, I couldn't help but grimace a little at it and ask myself, was I really doing something that crazy, why I didn't believe so at all, my other arm was suddenly taken into the emprace of someone else, both my arms were currently being embraced by two girls, the girl that clinged to my arm suddenly was none other than Sophia, I looked at her strangely and as if she misunderstood the point that I was looking at her for, she nodded her head and said :
Ryuu, you indeed do some crazy things, right, Harukashi ? .
The girl was a airheaded as always and I knew better than to indulge in this conversation with her, but I saw her darting the question at Momochi who was standing right next to us and I couldn't help but wonder what will her response be, she nodded her head and I almost went berserk, but just as I was about to go crazy for real .
I saw that the girl who was just being asked this question had a frown on her face, that was weird due to normally, she would at these kind of question, blush or be so timid and giving no answers, but as if not waiting to let me wonder about why she was acting weird all of a sudden .
I saw that she suddenly vanished from my sight and the next thing I knew, was that in the next second, I was on the floor with two girls in my left and right and one girl sitting on my chest, my face was red like tomato at the feelings that I was beginning to sense .
" Can someone be kind enough to let go of and explain to me what in the world was going on here ? .
As I yelled this out, Haruka seemed to have awakened from her in trance state the first and acted as if she was possessed by something just now and she directly jumbed up of my chest, while the other two guys actually leaned more closer to my embrace, I wanted to use Paradox, but since they were holding into me so tightly, I won't be able to move an inch without them being able to move with me in the same speed .
I looked at the captain for help, but at some point of time the guy actually turned his back to us, I was certain that it was after we fall in the floor, the reason why I was certain was because I noticed that his mouth was curving up slightly from the angle I was in, that guy was actually having fun while seeing me like this .
Seeing that no one would be coming to help me, I decided that I will be solving this on my own, I said :
" Sophia, I agree to go on a date with you .
Huh, over my dead body will she get to go out on a date with you before me .
Really, awesome, when, I will begin to prepare for it from today ? .
I don't want to fight Tokikoshi, but he chose to go on a date with me, so you could at least respect his wishes, couldn't you ? .
The plan worked more perfect than intended, the both of them let go of my hand and started bickering with each other while I was in the middle, noticing that they were no longer holding my arms hostage, I directly used Paradox to get out of the tight position and get back on my feet .
The moment I did that, I felt a deathly glare aimed at my back, one that gave me the chills, I turned around and saw that both Tokiko and Sophia were glaring at each other then the target of their glare suddenly turned to be me, after I successfully escaped being held hostage by them .
Ryuu .
Ryuu .
Both were looking at me as if they wanted me to decide between them, the answer should have been quite easy to make, but for some reason, it currently wasn't, the two girl's gaze made me quite uncomfortable, in the end I took a deep breath and raised both my hands in front of me, inviting them to get hold of them again, surrendering to my fate .
Once again, the solution that I came up with, seemed to be effective, both of the two girls let go of their quarrelling and directly raced one another on who might be reaching me first, both of them arrived almost instantly and each gained hold of one of my arms, almost dislocating both of them in the process .
I looked at Sophia and wondered what might be really going on in that girl's mind, I can understand Sophia attachment to me, after all we were married and lovers in our previous lives, but the blonde haired girl in front of me was acting almost similar to Tokiko without showing any sign of struggling inside, could she really have fallen for me .
Being empraced by two beautiful girls, what else might someone hope for, but if that was the case with most people, that wasn't the case with me, if anything, it felt weird, complicated and a bit incomprehensible.
Cough, Could you leave me with Ryuu alone for a while, I had a serious matters that I wanted to talk with him about .
I looked at the captain who was saying this and in my heart labeled him as a real, real Savior, I looked at the two girls and didn't let go of that chance, afraid that their current glares at him will make him change his mind or something, so I said :
" It would better to listen to the Captain, I would be sure to catch up with you later .
I said this and without even waiting for their response, I directly used Herculean Strength to break free from their tight grasp, then went to the captain and thanked him for his interference just now, if not for the fact that it might be a bit suspicious, I might have bowed down to him directly .
Forget about all that for a moment, I wanted to confirm one thing from you, that healing Dark Art you used on yourself and Momochi, was it the..... .
" Yes, captain, it was indeed the same spell that I used back in the mall, it's called Healing Reverse, the spell can bring those at the death's door back to their peak state, it can be also used to relieve the fatigue of someone, it will help keeping someone in his best peak state during a fight or any other situation .
So can I count on you to help in the next.... .
" Why there was any need for you to say this Captain, of course I will be using it on the next mission to heal all those in need of healing, don't worry .
As if he was surprised about me reading his thoughts, he was unable to say anything for sometime, but after a few second of silent went on, he suddenly bowed his head to me and said :
Thank you very much, really thank you very much, Ryuu, you don't know how much of a help, will having someone like you in our next mission be, I'm really thankful .
The guy was either overacting due to not wanting to alarm the still glaring girls about what we were talking about, or what was he doing currently, was a declaration of how he truly felt .
The chances of the latter being close to the truth was much bigger, after all, there would be no need to go that far, just to fool the two girls, but that wasn't the only reason to why I was beginning to believe that him really be showing his real emotions in this particular case, it was something I heard before coming from the principal, Regina's mouth before .
She said something about how the captain had his own set of misshapes, the loss of comrades on the battlefield, I wasn't able to feel something vague as this, the reason was simple, I had never had something even close to a comrade .
I had led arms into battles, but none of them dealt with ne as a comrade, in some of the memories I recalled, I was able to even understand what happened with the first vision, I had ever had when I was in that hospital, the vision where I was standing in a pool of blood, with no sight of the team that was with me .
It was because they had betrayed me, they weren't my team, they were the team that was bought by the father of that noble that I had killed before, he ordered them to kill me for a handsome reward, but not only they were unable to deal with me, they were also unable to escape from the battlefield and all of them had death coming to collect their souls, the same fate befall the man that had given them this job, this situation was a one time thing .
It kept happening over and over, after all, if someone were to be found as an eyesore in the whole kingdom at least in the eyes of the nobles, it would always be somone like me, an eyesore, if I was of low birth but with weak strength, I might have not met their eyes, but no, not only was I of a low birth, but I was much stronger than all of them combined, so of course they will be guarded against me .
So I really don't have much knowledge of the word ' Comradeship ', so I can't understand why the captain was reacting like that, or at least that would have been the case, if I hadn't had this current life to give me a clue about what was going on, this body of mine didn't have only past, but also present and hopefully future, as well .
I helped the guy who was bowing up and told him that there was no need for him to do something like that over something so trivial, he looked at me and after a few seconds of silence, he began patting me on the shoulder while praising me for being a good guy, sensing that a lot of time seemed to have passed, I couldn't help but ask :
" What time is it ? .
He was surprised at the sudden question, but he still looked at his watch and said :
It's almost 6, it's time to.... .
" Sorry captain, but I really need to go .
I said this and stormed out of the place, remembering that I had a date to catch .