Chapter 74
Chapter 74
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 74
Chapter Title: Storm of the Golden Sun (10)
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Storm Dragon's club room.
Just like always, after finishing my classes, I arrived here and plopped down next to Ryu Jia, who was leaning back against the sofa, sprawled out.
"Hmmm."
"……."
"Hmmmph."
"……?"
"Hmmmmph……!"
"W-What's up, newbie? Why are you like that? Something happen?"
I'd just let out a sigh because I was feeling a bit off, but Ryu Jia picked up on it right away and asked how I was doing.
The Ryu Jia I'd seen in the game, a total lone wolf who didn't give a damn about anyone else's feelings, was now casually noticing my bad mood without me saying a word and checking in on me.
Social skills really are something you pick up by hanging around people, I thought, reaffirming it through Ryu Jia as I answered her question.
"Ah, well... Yeah. Just a bit bummed out."
"Bummed out? Because of me?"
"No way. You'd never. The prez is always the best."
"R-Really? Yeah, right? Heh heh heh."
Saying Ryu Jia was always the best was no empty flattery.
Ever since rumors started flying that she was my fuck buddy, my notoriety had been skyrocketing without end.
'To think he'd hook up with that Ryu Jia... Isn't the Yang family just a school for slutty playboys?' The gossip had spread that far. Enough said.
Anyway, it definitely wasn't Ryu Jia making me feel bummed.
"Mm, thanks for the praise, but what's got you down? Spill it."
"Haven't seen Tsubaki or the kid for a week now."
What had sunk my mood this low wasn't Ryu Jia—it was those two: the kid and Tsubaki.
"What? The discipline committee prez?"
"Yeah, I heard she officially took leave from the committee and went somewhere. With Tsubaki, just the two of them."
"……Then it's not like they're gone, right? They just went somewhere. They announced it, so isn't it fine to just wait till they get back?"
I'd packed my words full of resentment toward the two of them, but Ryu Jia just tilted her head, asking what the problem was.
Social skills improved? Scratch that. For her not to pick up on why I was upset... Ryu Jia was still more beast than human.
I smacked both palms against my thighs at her utterly tone-deaf question and said,
"It's not about where they went! The problem is they didn't say a word to me before leaving!"
"R-Really?"
I'd thought we were super close, but those two went off somewhere together without me.
Anyone would call that getting left out, and since I'd never held back anything from those two, it was only natural I'd feel bummed.
"Yeah! Especially Tsubaki! She really shouldn't do that to me. After all I've done for her!"
Fuyuno Tsubaki especially was unforgivable.
My personal lackey, vanishing without a word to me, off with the kid.
I'd cooked for her, made elixirs, overseen her training... People can't be that ungrateful.
……Well, thinking about it, she did say something weird like she'd wait for me or save me, so maybe not totally without a word.
"But crossing the line is crossing the line. I'd always tell them everything whenever something came up."
Even giving her the benefit of the doubt that she did say something, the fact remained they'd left without telling me where they were going or what for.
So this anger and hurt I felt was totally justified.
"……Mm, not something to get that pissed over."
"……?"
But then, right next to me, came some bullshit I couldn't just let slide.
Thinking I'd misheard, I turned my head and saw Ryu Jia with a bored look on her face.
"What was that?"
"Huh? Well, yeah? It's not like you can't live without them."
"Hah."
Her response was so ridiculous, a hollow laugh escaped me.
"Why?"
But whether I was dumbfounded or not, Ryu Jia genuinely tilted her head, unable to comprehend why I was upset.
Already torn up inside over Fuyuno Tsubaki and the kid, and now Ryu Jia pulling this—there was no way I wouldn't blow a fuse.
"Why? Hah, okay. Let me explain it so even the prez can get it."
Still, I grabbed hold of my anger and started explaining my situation to Ryu Jia, whose social skills were on a beast level.
"……Prez, could you live without me?"
"Huh?"
To get through to someone like Ryu Jia who lived by her whims, the analogy method worked best.
"What if I suddenly stopped coming for sex without a word? No more dinners—what if I just stopped?"
I dropped by the Storm Dragon club room every day just to see Ryu Jia.
Half because of the fuck buddy rumors, half because she was the only one I had to meet.
But the latter reason wasn't needed to make my point, so I kept a straight face like I was totally fine without her and said,
"You'd really be okay if I suddenly stopped showing up?"
Ryu Jia pondered my deadpan words for a moment before opening her mouth.
"……N-No. Not okay."
The bored expression she'd had until just now was gone from her face.
Pale anxiety had taken its place.
She must've properly imagined what it'd be like if I stopped coming to the Storm Dragon club room.
Yeah, after tasting my cooking, she probably couldn't even fathom a world without it.
Among everyone I'd met since reincarnating into this Reverse Hero Saga world, Ryu Jia had savored my handiwork the most.
She'd experienced massages so good they could ruin regular sex for her and delicious meals—this reaction was only natural.
……Maybe I should've shown my cooking to the kid and Fuyuno Tsubaki like I did for Ryu Jia. Then they wouldn't have ditched me like this.
No point thinking that now that they'd left.
So I resolved that when those two came back, I'd go all out to conquer their stomachs and bodies so they'd never leave me again. Then I continued to the anxious-looking Ryu Jia, who'd just imagined a world without me.
"Right? So you get how I feel now? What should you say next?"
"……That ungrateful bitch Fuyuno Tsubaki! I oughta snap her fucking legs!"
"Mm-hmm, exactly. That's my mood right now. Of course, we can't actually break her legs."
"Huh? Why not?"
"Pardon?"
I was sure I'd said something perfectly reasonable, but Ryu Jia tilted her head like she couldn't understand.
Stunned by her response—which transcended social skills and straight-up violated common sense—she continued explaining as if wondering why I looked so shocked.
"Gotta break her legs so she can't run away."
As she said it, her gaze drifted from my face down to my legs.
A chill shot up my spine like electricity at that innocent stare.
"……."
"……Mm."
Staring fixedly at my legs without even blinking for a moment, Ryu Jia lifted her eyes back to me and curled her lips into a grin.
"You'll keep coming here like always from now on, right?"
There was only one answer I could give to that question.
"O-Of course."
Analogy method... maybe I shouldn't have used it.
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"Phew, all done."
After finishing sex (massage) like always, I wiped the light sweat from my forehead with my sleeve.
As I got off her back, Ryu Jia stretched her arms up high, letting out a satisfied hum.
"Hnnnngh…… You're extra gentle and sweet today? Is this that lovey-dovey sex thing?"
"Where'd you pick that up? It's not lovey-dovey sex—just think of it as me putting some respect into it for the prez."
"Oh, really? Heh heh. Our newbie's such a good boy."
Today's massage—no, sex—had been gentler and sweeter than usual, just like she said.
Not out of respect, but because I kept thinking about that look she'd given my legs earlier.
To Ryu Jia right now, my legs were like snack sticks she could snap anytime, so I didn't want to piss her off.
Phew, gotta get stronger quick.
I bit my lower lip as I watched Ryu Jia humming happily, sticking right to my side after the enjoyable massage—no, sex.
It reminded me that my original training plan had fallen apart.
I'd mapped out a whole plan to train with Fuyuno Tsubaki, but since she'd vanished without a word, everything involving her was scrapped.
I'd planned to experiment with her Extreme Yin Body and raise my Solar Divine Body proficiency too.
Well, can't be helped. What's done is done.
But dwelling on the past would just waste time and energy.
I shook my head to clear it, then opened my mouth to suggest the most efficient training I could do in this situation.
"Prez, wanna help me prep for finals?"
That was it—time to cash in on some Ryu Jia time.