Chapter 15
Chapter 15
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 15
Chapter Title: Dogfight (1)
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-Thwack!
"Gweh?!)
The moment I felt the throbbing pain in my fist, Aeria's body floated up into the air for a split second.
Aeria, struck by a punch loaded with all my pent-up emotion, went flying backward and crashed onto the prep room floor, landing flat on her ass.
"Aeria?!"
The instant her colleague hit the ground, Alicia came rushing over with a voice full of worry.
She hadn't spared a single glance for Katarina, who was lying there with her face all swollen and puffy, but her attitude toward Aeria was a world apart.
"...Aha."
So that's how it was, more or less.
Of course. Someone like Katarina, who seemed both competent and soft-hearted, wouldn't be the one leading the charge in bullying a junior maid.
Now that I'd roughly figured out the dynamics between the three senior maids, there was only one thing left for me to do.
Beat the living shit out of this goddamn bitch Aeria right here and now.
At the very least, I wouldn't feel satisfied until I'd given her as good as she gave Katarina.
"Y-You! What the hell do you think you're doing?! How dare a first-year junior maid lay hands on a senior...!"
"Got a big mouth on you?"
-Thud!
"Guuuh?!"
I kicked Aeria, who was still sprawled on the floor babbling nonsense without getting her wits about her.
Her solar plexus took the full force of my dress shoe, and she let out another groan as she rolled across the floor.
"Hahk... Hah... Hahk..."
"You fucking bitch. You really picked the wrong fight this time. I'm gonna make damn sure you know who's on top around here."
"...!"
Establishing the pecking order with Aeria.
It was a task I'd have to get over with sooner or later anyway.
As I'd mentioned before, this Aeria chick was one of the two who sided with future Ethan to torment Lilith.
Not just following Ethan's orders like Alicia, but the type who genuinely enjoyed making Lilith's life hell.
At least from the cutscenes in Luminor Academy, some of the bullying was hardcore enough to border on sexual assault between women, so for the sake of the future, it was better to sort this out now.
Unless I wanted to end up in a pathetic future where not only men but women were screwing me over too.
"You dog of a bitch. Felt good throwing your weight around and slacking off, huh? You're gonna regret this."
Of course, I had no intention of actually killing her. The moment that happened, I'd draw unwanted attention from the Blackwood Family—no escaping the mansion or anything.
But at the very least, this bitch needed to know who was superior.
To make sure she never used Ethan's influence to mess with me again, I had to crush her spirit right here, right now.
So the instant I reared back to slam my fist down into Aeria's face as she tried to crawl up from the floor...
A thick hand shot out from behind and grabbed my wrist.
-Grip.
"Ah."
Ah, fuck. Right, there was one more.
"I'll hold this bitch, Aeria!"
"Let go of me, you bitch?!"
"...Yeah, Alicia. Hold that slut tight..."
Alicia, the tallest of the senior maids, had snuck up and locked my arms from behind while I was off guard.
Thanks to the basic difference in strength, my body was pinned against hers and wouldn't budge.
"You rootless little shit...!"
-Bam!
"F-Fuck...!!"
A sharp impact slammed into my upper abdomen, choking off my words in agony.
What kind of bitch is this precise at landing solar plexus punches?!
She was a total bitch in the game for all sorts of reasons, but facing her in reality, Aeria was even more of one.
This cunt would kill me if she could.
"Hah... Ha... Y-You fucking... shit..."
"Why are your eyes so wide? Still haven't come to your senses?"
-Thwack!
"Grrruuuh...!!"
Don't hit the same spot again, you mana-less bitch...!
The pain was bad enough, but having to take it without properly fighting back because of that goddamn Alicia was enough to bring tears to my eyes.
One-on-one, I could fuck Aeria up no problem!
"Well, someone as naive as Katarina gets boring fast. Playing with a bitch like you has its own fun, I guess."
"Fuck off... you bitch..."
-Thwack!
"Even your brain's as rotten as Katarina's. Guess that's what happens when you're both dumber than dogs?"
"Khk... Kh..."
Aeria, who had just been getting her ass handed to her on the floor moments ago, was now gleefully running her mouth the second they had the numbers advantage.
And being completely unable to resist while pinned by Alicia's arms was utterly infuriating.
Getting restrained by a woman—not even a man—was bullshit.
It hit me all over again how unfair it was to possess this low-level Lilith with her trash physical stats.
If I could just deal with this tall bitch holding me from behind...
'Ah.'
Right, fuck, there was that method.
I turned my head away from Aeria's smug, mocking face.
And locked eyes directly with Alicia, who was gripping me from behind.
"What? Begging now won't help. You should've known your place and not jumped Aeria in the first place..."
"Haaaaah...!"
"Ugh... Urp?! W-What's that smell...?!"
What else? The ultra-concentrated garlic stench from scarfing down hundreds of cloves today.
It was torture even for me, a former Korean, so these bitches had no chance of enduring it.
"Urghk...!"
-Slump.
'Got her.'
The garlic breath I'd blasted into Alicia's face worked just as expected.
Who'd have thought not having time to rinse with Clean magic would come in handy like this.
Alicia's arms went slack from the overpowering stench, freeing my own.
First things first: take out this lanky nuisance of a maid.
-Thwack!!
"Grkhuuh?!"
The impact wasn't as satisfying as pounding Aeria, but this bitch was just another late-teens or early-twenties maid all the same.
Under similar conditions, I had the edge with all the fighting techniques I'd picked up in my past life.
Sure, most of it was superficial stuff from TV and the internet...!
-Thwaaack!!
"Khk... Kk...!"
Alicia's body tilted backward slightly after taking two solid hits to the solar plexus, just like I'd done moments ago.
I didn't miss the opening and went for the finishing blow...
-Grip!
"Alicia! Kill this bitch!!"
"You fucking bitches are playing so goddamn dirty!!"
Grabbing me from front and back for a 2-on-1 beatdown? That's too much, fuck! Fight fair one-on-one, you cunts!
I held back the urge to scream that and blocked Aeria's arm as she clamped onto me.
Her strength was weaker than Alicia's, but getting grabbed from behind was a nightmare position to escape.
Now it was Alicia's fist heading for my solar plexus, with offense and defense swapped.
...If that bitch lands a clean hit, I might not even pick my bones clean.
Bracing for the incoming pain, I squeezed my eyes shut and waited for Alicia's punch.
But surprisingly, the scream that rang out came from Alicia's mouth, not mine.
-Crack!
"Grkhuuuk?!"
"...Urgrrruh!!"
Because Katarina, who had been collapsed on the floor until just now, had sunk her front teeth into Alicia's right arm.
"Aaaah! Aaaaaah!!"
Alicia shrieked and flailed her arm at Katarina's unexpected intervention.
From behind, Aeria's furious voice grazed my ear.
"Katarina...! Get off Alicia right now! You think you'll get away with defying me?!"
"Worry about yourself instead of Alicia or whatever?"
"What did you just... Kyaaaaah...!"
Confirming Aeria's gaze shift toward Alicia and Katarina, I put my weight on my right foot and stomped down hard on Aeria's right foot with my heel.
The moment she screamed, I shifted my center of gravity backward.
Aeria's body couldn't support both our weights on one leg and toppled over.
She crashed onto the prep room floor with me on top, our bodies piling together.
-Boom!
"Kweeeeeek...!"
Aeria hit the floor with a pig-like squeal.
Taking advantage of her arm going limp, I switched positions and mounted her.
I rained down punches from above as she desperately guarded her face and chest.
"Die! Die, you Aeria fucking bitch!!"
"Aaaah! Lilith, you fucking cunt!!"
"Kyaaaaah! Hands! My hands!!"
"Urgrrruh!! Hrrgrrruh...!!"
The prep room echoed with the shouts and screams of four junior maids.
In that chaotic mess, we kept up our frenzied brawl.
The mutual murderfest came to a halt not long after.
"W-We came because it sounded rowdy from the kitchen, b-but... what the hell are you all doing right now...!!"
With the arrival of the Blackwood Mansion's head maid, Melissa Foster.