Becoming the Guide of the Mysophobic Villain? Absolutely Not! - Chapter 139
In the end…
“Um… Sister Epine?”
“Oh my!”
“Rose, me too! Call me too! Sister Simeyez, like that!”
“Sister Simeyez…”
Simeyez and Epine were thrilled. They were giddy about me calling them sisters, chattering away by themselves, ‘Yes, right! She calls us sisters!’ while giggling.
…What on earth are they doing?
As I tried to sit a bit away, Epine called me again.
“Rose, come sit here. We saved you a seat. Do you like the window seat?”
“Yeah, that’s right. How did you know?”
“How could I not? You threw my pen out the window. And Shana’s bag too. I thought you had a peculiar attachment to windows, throwing everything out of them.”
“…”
“Come on, sit down.”
Eventually, I was pulled by the arm and sat down.
Their strange behavior didn’t stop there.
“Rose, look at this. I brought the guidebook. See how clean it is? I’ve never opened it since I manifested as a Guide, but I brought it today. To study.”
Simeyez pointed to the guiding textbook placed on the desk, saying so.
That’s hardly something to brag about.
But since I couldn’t be so blunt, I humored him appropriately.
“Oh… what a great decision you’ve made! The first step is half the battle!”
“Right? Hehe…”
“Do your best. If you have any questions, ask.”
“Yeah, I’ll work hard.”
…It would be troubling if they worked too hard.
I need to be the one sweeping the prizes in the Guide training hall.
Marking Simeyez as a person of interest, Epine chimed in from the side.
“You’re the one who always arrives first in class, right? That’s why we came 20 minutes early, but you also arrived almost at the same time. Do you always come this early?”
“Yes, well…”
“Then we’ll come at this time from now on too!”
Epine and Simeyez seemed to have made some grand decision.
But why…?
I didn’t understand, but at that moment, I didn’t think too deeply about it. They’d probably get tired and drop out after a few days.
The problem occurred during the break.
The content taught during the class was all familiar to me. There was nothing to write down.
You might wonder if there’s even a need to attend classes when you know everything… but if sitting through an hour of class that teaches ‘an apple is an apple and a banana is a banana’ earns you 100 Berks, why not? Just by sitting through five classes a day, you earn 500 Berks. There’s no reason not to attend.
Still, it was boring. Especially during breaks, when I had no one to talk to.
I was just leaning on my hand, scribbling things like ‘I want to go home’ on my notebook when Simeyez and Epine, who seemed to be murmuring something beside me, spoke up.
“Rose, are you busy?”
“Huh? No, not really.”
“Then, do you want to chat with the other Guides?”
“…”
What’s this situation?
“Uh… I’m fine.”
“Aww, come on. Yeah?”
Ah, I’m an introvert…
I’m more comfortable being alone as a couch potato than mingling with people I don’t vibe with.
As I made it clear I wasn’t interested, Simeyez and Epine tried to convince me.
“Anyway, you’re a Guide now too. Wouldn’t it be better for you to get along with us rather than staying alone all the time?”
“It’s okay, Rose. I’ve spoken well of you, so you’ll be able to become friends quickly. This is a chance to clear up any misunderstandings with the other Guides too. Okay?”
Unable to resist their persuasion, I was almost dragged to where a group of Guides was gathered. Three male Guides, two female Guides, and the three of us made a circle of eight.
Luckily, Shana wasn’t there, but unfortunately, as soon as I arrived, the Guides stopped their conversation and started exchanging strange looks.
Just as much as I didn’t want to be here, it was clear that the other Guides weren’t exactly thrilled to have me either.
As expected, the atmosphere was completely subdued for a few minutes.
The other guides felt awkward, and I probably looked just as uncomfortable.
Epine and Simeyez tried to lighten the mood forcibly…
“Guys, Rose actually wanted to be friends with you all!”
“Hmm, with us, whose heads are merely decorations on our shoulders…?”
“No, that’s not…”
…it didn’t help much.
The conversation kept breaking off.
After transmigrating, for the longest time, I had only stuck around Iris, who’s social skills go only as far as a single piece of sliced bread.
Anyone would ask why the two of us stuck together when we neither liked nor were particularly friendly with each other, right?
But thanks to that, my anti-social meter was at an all-time high.
“…This isn’t working.”
I got up from my seat.
As I looked like a furious bull, Simeyez and Epine were restless as I walked back to my original spot, worried they might have upset me.
But I quickly returned.
Clutching my large lunchbox in my arms.
“Let’s have some snacks!”
