Becoming the Guide of the Mysophobic Villain? Absolutely Not! - Chapter 35
Claude flicked his eyebrows, as if urging me to continue.
Suddenly, I remembered a movie I had seen once.
The protagonist told a small lie, which led to bigger and bigger lies, trapping them in deceit.
…How did that movie end again?
Thump, thump.
My heart pounded heavily, warning me that this lie would lead me into danger.
But I ignored that anxiety…
“I think they had brown hair… Could it be them?”
And there I was, telling yet another irreversible lie.
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“Rose. You’ve been summoned again.”
“…”
Azir patted my back as my face rapidly turned sour.
Yes, I was called by Claude again. No surprise there.
He promised not to summon me again after failing to kiss Oscar. And yet, after yesterday’s kiss for ‘confirmation’, he calls me again, and again, and again!
His personality truly is garbage.
But as a mere powerless office clerk of the Center, I had no choice but to comply, sadly.
“Oh, and…”
Azir hesitated before speaking, as I was about to leave the office with a gloomy face.
“I told him that the door was already open before we entered.”
“…”
“In case you were worried.”
He caught on.
Of course, he would. That day, the only people who entered Claude’s locked room were Azir and me.
The silver lining was that Azir didn’t rat me out to Claude. He could have easily pointed the finger at me, given the circumstances.
“Thank you.”
“Alright, go on then. Be careful.”
When will I ever break free from Claude’s clutches? My job’s salary isn’t that big anyway. Maybe I should quit.
I’ve thought about it a million and one times but never acted on it. With this thought, for the million and second time, I headed towards Claude’s lounge.
Entering Claude’s lounge with a visibly annoyed expression, I found…
“…”
“…”
Unexpectedly, there was a woman there.
“Oh, I’m sorry. I must have entered the wrong room…”
“Come in.”
I thought I entered the wrong room, but then I heard Claude’s voice, which had been hidden by the woman.
…What is this?
Tiptoeing in cautiously, Claude gestured with his chin to the seat next to him, opposite the woman.
While I stood beside Claude, the woman just stared at me, saying nothing.
Her eyes seemed to say, ‘Who is this pink-haired oddity?’
She might not know me, but I knew her very well.
She was Shana McQueen, the only other A-Class Guide at the Center besides Oscar. Dubbed as the ‘Guide Queen’, she had a model-like figure and chic, cat-like eyes. She was also notorious for easily switching her Espers.
Her eyes were as unapproachable as Claude’s… they had an oddly similar feel. What is this? Are they siblings?
“Um… what’s the reason for…”
“Tall. Short brown hair.”
“?”
Right, long limbs and a brown short cut, but what about it? What am I supposed to do?
Confused, Claude frowned deeply.
“On that day, at that time, she was the only Guide around matching your description.”
“Oh, that…”
So, the day I was ‘checked’ by him in the guiding medicine room. I blurted out that I saw someone leaving in a hurry, just spewing nonsense.
Apparently, there was a guide nearby who matched my baseless testimony.
“Look carefully.”
“…”
“See if the Guide you saw is her.”
Claude’s gaze towards Shana was seriously scrutinizing, wondering if she really could be his Guide.
What’s this? He denied and despised the idea with Oscar so much…
I was engulfed in a strange feeling. Does his mysophobia selectively kick in with people?
“Hurry up.”
Claude urged me as if to say what are you waiting for.
Even if you say so…
It was me who guided you, and everything I told you was a bunch of lies…
But I couldn’t very well admit that.
Reluctantly, I faced Shana. Her cat-like eyes looked down on me disdainfully.
She’s like Claude in female form, with the same disdainful look.
“I’m not sure.”
“…”
If Claude likes Shana, it would be better for me.
Shana, along with Oscar, is one of the rare A-Class Guides in the Center.
In terms of guiding compatibility, the combination of an A-Class Guide and an S-Class Esper would be perfect, and his suspicions about me would disappear.
