Their world doesn't need gods.

Chapter 177 Secret Meeting

"That's true. We can come again next year...at another festival."

"Eh? I won't get involved next time. I still want to go on a date with Jessica."

Leonard showed a dumbfounded expression and complained.

"Then I'll just pray that you, Leonard, don't have the spare money for a date at that time."

"Hey~! Al, you're taking it too far!"

Leonard put his arm around Alfred's neck and complained with a scary expression.

"That's a shame. I'm doing this for your own good. If that's the case, next time when the profits are divided, you won't get any share at all."

"What... Damn it!"

We earned a lot of credits today. Even if we deduct the bonus and the expenses for prior preparation, each person can get several thousand credits.

For first-year students who can only earn 2,000 credits a week at most even if they work part-time and find it difficult to save anything, this income is very attractive.

"I, I know. I'll go and help you, but you have to give me some time to rest, right?"

"No problem at all."

Alfred gave an OK sign.

While the three of them were chatting, he suddenly noticed that Rose, who was chatting with Cecilia and Ariel not far away, suddenly stood up and left the room.

Alfred was very concerned because Rose had a strange expression on her face before she left.

Soon after Rose went out.

Liliana seemed to be in a hurry. After saying hello to Elaje and Adelaide beside her, she hurriedly left the room.

(What happened?)

Alfred had a bad feeling in his heart.

"What's matter?"

Frank seemed to notice the subtle change in his expression and asked with concern.

"Nothing, I'm going to go to the bathroom."

Alfred replied with a smile, looking at Emilia.

For some reason, this girl is now being fed by Adelaide along with the direwolf Fenri.

She seemed to be enjoying it.

【Emilia! 】

Alfred tried calling out in his heart.

Emilia immediately became alert and looked at Alfred in panic.

Alfred gestured for her to come over with him.

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Because of the dinner party on that cold winter day, the students were either in the student cafeteria or had enough fun and returned to the dormitory.

The academy was extremely deserted, so quiet that it made people feel frightened and uneasy.

Rose walked alone on the campus and came to the back of the main castle as instructed in the letter.

There, a man with his face covered by a hood was standing waiting for her.

"You...are Junior Holhua, right?"

Rose asked the other party anxiously.

"As expected, you are here, Senior Rose. I didn't expect you to guess that I was the one who wrote the letter. We are really a perfect match. We have such a tacit understanding."

Lucius took off the hood on his head and said excitedly.

Because the surrounding environment was very dim, Rose couldn't see Lucius' face clearly.

But she could clearly feel that the other person's aura was like a different person.

Lucius is now full of madness, weird and terrifying.

Although according to common sense, the right choice now is to escape quickly and stay as far away from Lucius as possible.

But Rose had something she had to ask Lucius.

"You said in your letter that if I didn't come today, you would kill Al. What on earth is going on? And, Junior Holhua, you give people a very strange feeling now."

Rose mustered up the courage to ask.

Lucius threatened to kill Al in the letter, and she said she couldn't just ignore the matter.

Lucius seemed to be very unhappy with Rose's affectionate calling of Alfred "Al", but he suppressed his emotions and explained.

"Of course, I'll get rid of the annoying guy who's standing in the way of us. Rose-senpai, no one can stand in the way of us being together. I won't let that happen."

Lucius's tone was low, and his smile looked very ferocious under the dim street lights.

"I know, Senior, you like strong people, right? I know that~ I will kill that guy next and prove to you that I am stronger than him, more outstanding and worthy of your trust."

Lucius's words were incoherent and gave people a very awkward feeling.

He has gone crazy and his mind has become very abnormal.

"Brother Holwar."

Rose took a deep breath, adjusted her mood and spoke.

"Even now, I still don't hate you. But I definitely don't have any romantic feelings for you. The person I like is Al, and I want to be with him forever.

If possible, I hope you can calm down and stop bothering me. At the same time, I will not let you hurt Al. "

She announced as she released her puppet.

A nine-tailed fox with a pure white body and an ice crystal rose bird that was obviously much larger than its peers appeared beside Rose to protect her.

“Hahaha~hahaha~I know, you’ve been deceived, you’ve been deceived by those bastards from the Elect family… You must have been forced to be with that bastard Alfred because of the engagement!

I know, I know everything. Don't worry, I have the power now, I will destroy everything that prevents us from being together! "

Lucius didn't listen to Rose's words at all, and laughed like crazy.

The laughter was mixed with a voice that did not belong to Lucius, hoarse and low.

The sound mixed with Lucius's original voice, making the already crazy laughter sound even more weird and terrifying.

His current strange state easily reminds people of Brady who was attacked by Asmodeus in the arena two weeks ago.

"Brother Holhua, you haven't already..."

"Senior Rose, I love you~! I love you deeply, so please stay with me forever! I won't let anyone disturb us, we will be together forever and ever~!"

Lucius laughed crazily, and suddenly rushed towards Rose who was standing there in a daze at lightning speed.

Neither Rose nor her two puppets reacted in time.

However, Lucius's hand was unable to touch Rose.

"Perverted stalker, stay away from Sister Rose!"

A golden figure stood between the two of them.