Becoming the Guide of the Mysophobic Villain? Absolutely Not! - Chapter 209
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Daniel was clearly upset.
However, I had forced the guiding on him despite his refusal, and he hadn’t received proper guiding for over a month due to his guiding allergy.
So, even though he lost control for a moment after receiving my guiding, I couldn’t entirely blame him.
But I was still angry. Even so, I had questions.
This confirmed once again that both Espers, Claude and Daniel, who suffered from guiding allergies, could receive guiding from me.
The variable that destroyed the lives of not one, but two S-class Espers was me.
Claude had held Oscar’s hand twice. The first time was when he was deceived by my lie that the Guide who kissed him was Oscar. He said that guiding didn’t work then.
However, after some time passed and he held Oscar’s hand a second time at my urging, the guiding worked.
If I was the variable, then the meaningful difference between those two times was… the second time, he had been receiving continuous guiding from me for a while.
If that’s the case, then maybe the way to cure Daniel’s guiding allergy is…
“How’s your condition?”
“What?”
Daniel flinched at my sudden question after the long silence.
“I asked, how do you feel?”
…Not going to answer? As I glared at him, Daniel hurriedly responded.
“I’m fine. Actually, I feel refreshed and light. It’s all thanks to you, Miss Rose.”
Of course, he does. Hmph.
I scoffed, and Daniel lowered his eyes slightly.
Now that he had calmed down, Daniel remained silent for a while. But it seemed like he had something to say.
He hesitated, opening and closing his mouth several times as if he couldn’t decide whether to speak.
Just as I was wondering what he was trying to say, he finally asked.
“Miss Rose, why did you lie about being imprinted when you aren’t?”
Daniel carefully asked, trying to see if I was offended.
“I’m not trying to criticize you. I’m just curious if there’s a reason.”
The problem was whether it was okay to tell him this…
I hesitated for a moment. The fact that I wasn’t imprinted had already been revealed. Would it be a problem to say a bit more?
After thinking it over, I concluded that it should be fine to explain the situation.
“Actually, after having a fight with Claude, I took a guiding compatibility test out of spite. It turned out that I had an exceptionally high compatibility rate with more than half of the Espers at the Center. So, knowing that the Espers would come after me, Claude decided to protect me by pretending we were imprinted.”
Daniel remained silent for a while after hearing my story. Just when I was wondering why he wasn’t saying anything, he spoke again.
“Actually, I also received the results of my compatibility test recently.”
“?”
“I hadn’t paid much attention to the test results since I couldn’t receive guiding anymore, but the numbers were so astounding that I couldn’t help but be interested. It said there was a Guide with a matching rate of 91.33% with me.”
“…Ack—”
“I contacted that Guide desperately, just in case. But I got a response saying, ‘The guiding test is no longer valid’.”
“…”
“I dismissed it as an error because the numbers were so abnormal… But it was you, Miss Rose.”
Hmm…
I groaned inwardly.
I thought there couldn’t be more trouble left to cause, but there was!
I had completely forgotten that there were a few other Espers with over 90% matching rates besides Claude.
And one of them just had to be Daniel.
Daniel had an angelic reputation and was known as a gentleman, but he was still an Esper.
And the dream of all Espers is to meet a Guide with a high matching rate.
Even if 91% was lower than the rate between Claude and me, it was still an exceptionally high rate that Daniel would likely never find again with any other Guide he’d meet in the future.
By law, Daniel has the right to receive regular guiding from me. The process was quite simple.
He just needs to report to the Guide Division that I am not actually imprinted.
Even though he promised to keep my secret, when it comes to something as fundamental as guiding, he might change his attitude as easily as flipping a coin.
The saying goes that once you know the taste, it’s even harder to resist. Would he really be able to give up my guiding that freed him from all his pain?
Cold sweat ran down the back of my neck.
