NOVEL NEXT Chapter 24: Crashing The Party
"Little guy, seems like you picked up quite the guts when exploring outside huh?" looking at the young man she just teases previously, unexpectedly returning the teasing and even making her blush, the tall beauty walks towards him as she cracks her fist, her manic grin making her look like a maniacal beauty about to commit some sort of crime against him.
"Ahem, Miss Beatrice, no erm, Big sis Bea, you know I'm just joking right?" the upbeat young man said with some hint of fear in his face as he looks at the beauty, who seems to be way too eager to give him a beating now.
"You said you have this not so little D right, Diluc, how about you show it to this big sister now?" the tall beauty said as her steps gets faster and faster, prompting the young man to assume a defensive position subconsciously, his memories of her bullying him back when he was young flooding into his mind.
'Wait, why the hell am I even scared of her? I can fight her now!!!' remembering just how much he manages to improve during his time outside, the upbeat young man thought to himself as he starts calming down, looking at the tall beauty still approaching him with the same dangerous smile on her extremely attractive face.
"Come on kid, if you managed to receive this, then I'll show you something more interesting than what you want to show me!" the tall lady said as she moves her hands currently balled into a fist towards the young man, the terrifying force put behind it causing even some of the veterans watching to sweat in terror, their first thought after seeing such attack being praying for the upbeat young man's peaceful and painless passing to the afterlife.
Watching the fist moves closer towards him, the upbeat young man couldn't help but get surprised as he never expected that this beauty hides so much more than he thought she do, the fact that he is already way powerful compared to any Orange Core or Muscle Conditioning practitioner doing nothing to aid him in parrying this sudden attack from the tall beauty.
'Doesn't this mean that she's at least at the Yellow Core or Blood Vessel Widening?' he thought to himself as he watches the fist get closer to him, his hands moving near instantaneously as he attempts to block it, succeeding in intercepting the strike but failing to completely mitigate the powerful blow.
Using both his hands, his tries his best to stop the attack from the tall lady, succeeding in doing so after taking a few steps back, still in disbelief as he looks at this seemingly carefree lady that always bully him since he was a child that got here, a lady that seems all too easy going yet possessing such strength that is borderline impossible for her to be just a normal adventurer of this city given her young age, just a couple of years older than him.
"Hoh?" meanwhile, the tall beauty is just as confused as the upbeat young man as she watches her attack, an attack equivalent to that of a normal Solid Yellow Core, being parried by the young man who she always treats as her little brother since he was a kid, a young man who despite his talent, lacks the resources for it to bloom.
'I was just planning on using this occasion to pull him into our family and nurture him but…' looking at her shaking fist that seems to be affected by the collision as well, the tall beauty couldn't help but smile to herself as she redirects her looks towards the upbeat young man's serious face, along with the fact that he is still taller than her despite her height making her feel something in her chest, something that feels completely foreign to her.
"That was quite the heavy-handed attack Big sis Bea…" the upbeat young man said in a whispering tone as he talks with the tall beauty, his face revealing a proud smile as he continues to hold her hand, before speaking once again showing that he knows something.
"Looks like you're hiding quite a lot of things" he added as he releases the fist from his hands, his words causing the beauty to smile as she retorts to his whispers with the same idea as well.
"It's not like you don't, D, and it looks like your secrets are far greater than the ones I have" the beauty said mysteriously as a profound glow comes out of her eyes, a glow that the upbeat young man is all too familiar with as he is already so used to seeing this whenever the beauty is meeting him for the first time in a while.
"Nah, I just got lucky" the upbeat young man replied to her as the two of them walks to take a seat, the ladies around the tall beauty's table smiling and giggling around as they talk with the upbeat young man, enjoying the company of such good looking and great mannered guy within their table, the men on the other tables looking quite envious of the upbeat young man, while the ladies are jealous of the tall beauty.
The lively atmosphere continues as someone shouts that they will pay for the dinner of everyone, a festive atmosphere at the return of this big family of theirs starts floating around, and even the people of the place joins in on eating and drinking as well, as if there's nothing that can stop them from enjoying this moment.
Unfortunately for them though, someone just had to crash in on the party as it continues, someone not so welcome in this particular place in the city.
Wearing a good looking, well-tailored black suit embroidered with all sorts of designs that made him look more of a peacock rather than anything else, a young man of the same age as Diluc enters, armored men entering in front, beside and behind him as he does so, their flashy appearance taking the fun out of the party making all the people look at them with hostility in their eyes.
"What the hell are nobles doing here?"
"You ask me, who should I ask?"
"Should we beat them up?"
Looking at the young man and his guards currently standing right at the entrance of the building, the adventurers couldn't help but mutter to themselves while watching this young man looks around with such disregard in his eyes, only glowing for a bit as he laid his eyes on the tall beauty in a specific table, his eyes returning into a disregarding one as he leaves this beautiful figure and then suddenly sparking with immense anger as he laid it upon another figure familiar with him.
"Pick that bastard up" the young noble said as he points towards the upbeat young man still eating his meal, something clearly happened between the two of them for him to bear such hatred towards the young man, a hatred clearly reflected on his eyes.
"Hey hey, you entered here and you just suddenly want to pick someone up? What the hell is wrong with you kid?" one of the adventurers stood up as he watches the armored guard moves towards the youngest member of this large adventuring family of theirs, the upbeat young man still minding is food, only to be stopped as the very same young man he is standing up for interrupted his words.
"Old Rey, just let them be" the upbeat young man said as he watches the armored guards approach near him, something in his eyes glowing as if there's something he just thought about, something that will make everyone here fear should they know what it is.
"D, let me help" seeing the look on the upbeat young man's eyes, the tall beauty couldn't stop herself from standing up and assisting, worried at what this young man might do, only for her to be stopped as well as she felt something in her repeatedly telling her that whatever this young man will do, it is definitely going to be something dangerous for the opposing party.
"Just sit right there, Big sis Bea, I got this one" Diluc said as he turns his face around to the tall beauty, revealing a smile that she just saw the first time in her entire years of being with this young man, the peculiar feeling on her chest previously returning once again, making her wonder just what is this sensation she is currently feeling.
Still filled with worry towards this young man whom she treats as the little brother she never has, the tall beauty decided to sit back down as she decides to watch just how much this young man has grown during his time outside, her entire being still prepared to intervene and reveal herself should the situation goes completely out of his favor.
"Owner, is it alright for me to wreck some things?" seemingly unconcerned about the guards now in close proximity of him, the upbeat young man asked the middle-aged, muscular gentleman behind the counter, the gentleman nodding to his words before replying.
"No problem" the middle-aged gentleman said without any hesitation and worry in his tone as he continues cleaning some glasses on the counter, the size of the glass he's cleaning compared to how big he is creating quite the contrast, his nonchalant demeanor on hearing that some of his things will be destroyed causing the adventurers to laugh despite the current situation.
"Great" meanwhile, the one who asked merely smiles hearing the man's answer, a smile that looks all too similar to the tall lady's manic smile.