Becoming the Guide of the Mysophobic Villain? Absolutely Not! - Chapter 204
Meanwhile, the instructors stepped in to handle the situation.
“Oh my goodness, is everyone alright?”
“Y-Yes, we’re fine.”
Thanks to the Esper who had caused the marble tiles to fall, and who had quickly erected a shield, no one was hurt. Although the auditorium was a mess, fortunately, no one was injured.
People who had been watching in horror from the stands rushed over.
“Rose! Are you hurt anywhere?”
“I’m fine……”
“Oh thank goodness! What would we have done if it weren’t for Lord Daniel?”
Shimizu and Epine fussed over me, checking for injuries and brushing off debris.
Daniel was also surrounded by concerned people.
“Lord Daniel! Are you alright?”
“I’m fine……. Be careful, the shards are quite sharp.”
Daniel replied with a calm smile to the Guides who had rushed over in concern.
For Daniel, taking the marble slabs instead of me wasn’t a big deal. Such an impact would be nothing more than a tickle to an S-Class Esper like him.
But the real problem lay elsewhere.
“Are you bleeding anywhere?”
“Oh, I’m fine. Please don’t come too close, it’s dangerous……”
“I’ll clean it for you. Your face is a mess with all the debris.”
Despite Daniel’s attempts to stop her, one of the Guides took out a handkerchief and reached out to him.
The situation was bad. With his arms full from holding me, Daniel couldn’t move freely, and he was surrounded by too many people, leaving him distracted.
In the end, Daniel couldn’t avoid the Guide’s touch.
The guide’s hand, holding the handkerchief, brushed against Daniel’s cheek.
“Ugh……!”
Daniel, who had been smiling nonchalantly even after taking the full brunt of the falling slabs, lost his composure the moment the Guide touched him.
His face contorted in pain, blue veins bulging out as if high-voltage electricity was coursing through him.
And in the very next moment……
“Aaah!”
The Guide was flung back as if hit by an invisible truck, landing far away on the sharp marble shards.
It was because Daniel had thrown her.
Silence fell over the auditorium.
I sighed inwardly, feeling pity for Daniel.
I was the only one who understood why he reacted that way.
The dreadful guiding allergy that had tormented Claude for so long.
For those suffering from it, the guiding meant to be their salvation became a curse. Even the slightest touch would cause excruciating pain.
But to those unaware of his condition, Daniel must have seemed like a monster. A heartless brute who flung away a Guide who had only been trying to help him.
“…B, Blood!”
The situation escalated when a marble shard embedded in the Guide’s palm caused blood to flow profusely.
The Guide began to cry in shock. Several instructors and Espers hurriedly helped her up to provide first aid.
During all this, Daniel crouched without a word of apology.
Others might not have seen it clearly, but standing closest to him, I saw it all too well. Daniel’s face and neck, partially hidden by his arm, were covered in bulging blue veins.
The veins were so swollen they seemed about to burst through his skin. His pupils were dilated, and his sclera was bloodshot with burst capillaries.
His hand, which had barely touched the Guide, trembled uncontrollably.
The same excruciating pain Claude endured when guiding, the same pain that forced him to refuse contact even while enduring the nausea of guiding medication and the risk of going on a rampage, Daniel was now experiencing.
“Did… Did Lord Daniel just throw that Guide?”
Daniel had always been the most well-regarded Esper among the Guides. His reputation wasn’t just due to his looks but also his good manners and kindness to everyone.
However, what he had just done was unmistakably violent. An Esper who threw a Guide who was concerned for him, causing her to get injured, seemed monstrous.
I looked up at Daniel, unsure of what to do. He looked incredibly vulnerable, struggling to control himself. He was too overwhelmed by his pain to even think about the consequences of his actions.
“……”
Daniel’s lips moved, but he didn’t utter a single word of apology. Instead, he quickly walked out of the auditorium.
Everyone left in the auditorium stood in stunned silence, staring blankly at the spot where he had disappeared.
