Adopting the Male Protagonist Changed the Genre - Chapter 140

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Chapter 140

Leo, who had turned around at some point, calmly asked Asillia’s group.

“What did you just say?”

Since Leo’s expression remained as calm as before, the other party became cocky and shouted.

“I said Marquess Blanche has lost her mind! Why would she adopt a child before even getting married? She’ll definitely never marry and die alone as an old maid!”

“That’s insulting to Lady Belinda. Apologize.”

When Leo spoke clearly without backing down, the children standing behind Asillia exchanged glances.

“This guy’s being insolent?”

“What would a commoner know about honor?”

“We should teach him a proper lesson so he knows his place.”

“What, you… you’re even taking literature classes…?”

Except for Asillia, who was distracted by Leo’s schedule, the atmosphere began to turn increasingly hostile.

Ian also knew that the other side had crossed the line first. But thinking rationally, he tried to stop Leo.

“Leo, think carefully. It’s many against one. I won’t help you. I can’t fight.”

At Ian’s dissuasion, Leo recalled a life motto Terry had taught him.

“When it’s many against one, just beat up one guy and everything will be okay.”

“I’m not running away.”

Leo answered while picking up a tree branch from the ground and gripping it like a wooden sword.

“I’m not Super King-bam-tol, but I can beat up everyone who speaks badly about Lady Belinda.”

“What? Beat up what?”

And so the brawl began.

“These crazy monkeys!”

“What, why are they fighting?”

Ignoring Asillia who was slow to grasp the situation, Ian screamed loudly and quickly ran to call a professor.

Of course, he wasn’t really going to call a professor.

“Professor! Over here!”

Pretending to have called a professor, Ian made an uncharacteristic fuss and shouted.

Thanks to Ian’s quick thinking, Leo’s fight wasn’t reported to the professors and he avoided penalty points, but it caught the attention of someone unwanted.

“Hey, orphan. You’re pretty good at beating up kids, huh? Let’s have a one-on-one duel this time!”

“First-years aren’t allowed to duel. So I won’t do it.”

“Today’s the day for a duel!”

“Even if it’s tomorrow instead of today, I won’t do it.”

“Let’s have a match!”

“No.”

This scene stimulated the imagination of the swordsmanship department students and gave rise to certain rumors.

“I heard this year’s top student beat up Asillia’s entire group?”

“They say Asillia is chasing after the top student to get revenge for that.”

“Th-they’re coming this way. Run!”

By the time Leo tried to clarify the rumors, he had already become everyone’s target to avoid.

Ian, who had watched the entire series of events, clicked his tongue.

“Are you really not going to tell the Marquess anything?”

If Belinda found out that instead of making friends, he had hit people…

“I absolutely can’t tell her. No, I won’t.”

He didn’t want to disappoint Belinda.

Moreover, if he explained the cause of the fight, he would have to reveal that the other party had spoken badly about Belinda, and he absolutely hated that idea.

Ian sighed at Leo, who stubbornly shook his head, and held up two fingers.

“Then you have two paths left.”

“There are two whole options?”

Leo looked at Ian with sparkling eyes, but grew increasingly dejected as the story continued.

“One, win the duel against Asillia and become the leader of the group. Two, deliberately lose the duel so Asillia loses interest.”

“…”

He didn’t like either option. Especially the fact that both involved fighting.

What Leo wanted was to enjoy a peaceful academy life, making lots of friends without fighting anyone.

When Leo’s expression showed no signs of brightening, Ian pushed up his glasses with an annoyed look and asked.

“Or don’t you have any adults around to consult with? Without the Marquess knowing.”

At Ian’s advice, Leo fell into deep thought and slowly nodded.

“…There are some.”

Two people crossed Leo’s mind – adults he could consult about this situation without Belinda knowing.

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“So that’s how it turned out, what should I do?”

During class time with Chaser.

Chaser rarely showed a troubled expression at Leo’s consultation.

He had dozens of ways to solve Leo’s problem.

The important thing was to make the opponent submit without revealing the difference in power.

Creating discord among Asillia’s group so they would fight each other, preventing Asillia from focusing on the duel with Leo, would also be one method.

‘Or it wouldn’t be bad to put something that shouldn’t be brought into school in that Asillia kid’s locker and then report it to a professor.’

Whether expulsion or suspension, removing him from sight would solve Leo’s problem.

Chaser spoke of the most moderate method among them.

“If it were me, I’d first find out that guy’s weakness. People can’t act carelessly against someone who knows their weakness.”

“Weakness?”

“Everyone has one or two weaknesses. Just like how you reacted to talk about your master.”

“But Lady Belinda isn’t a weakness.”

“That depends on how you think about it. If someone wanted to trap you, they’d probably bring up your master’s name.”

Since that also seemed to make sense, Leo became troubled.

“So if I use something precious to Asillia, Asillia won’t ask for duels anymore?”

“That’s right.”

To Leo, who somehow looked even more troubled than before, Chaser continued gently.

“Unfortunately, this is the only method I know. If you ever want to get revenge on those guys who insulted your master, I’ll teach you some good magic.”

Chaser’s tone was so gentle that Leo didn’t understand the weight contained in the word “revenge.”

“Hmm, I don’t think I’ll need magic… I’ll think about it more.”

The next day, as Leo’s worries only deepened.

A hawk from the North knocked on Leo’s room window, carrying Cesar’s reply.

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On a particularly beautiful afternoon.

Every time gunshots rang out from the shooting range set up behind the main building of the Blanche estate, the shoulders of the employees tending the garden flinched.

A workplace where you can hear gunshots – even I think it’s the worst work environment, but unfortunately I didn’t have the luxury to comfort their minds right now.

Shooting practice was my only stress relief method these days.

Bang!

‘I shouldn’t have trusted Baron Rachelle!’

【You missed slightly to the left!】

Bang!

‘Leo says he’s not being bullied, but.’

【This time slightly to the right!】

Bang!

‘Judging by his dark expression, something must have happened.’

【It must be Suga’s blessing…!】

Bang!

As the last gunshot rang out, Suga flew over to the target again, but this time returned with a tearful expression.

Suga was a demanding judge who urged me to use blessings even if I missed the center of the target by just a little.

The shot just now was perfect enough to silence even such a Suga.

Just as I was lowering my pistol, the owner of the gaze I’d been feeling all along spoke to me.

“Shooting practice is good, but don’t rely too much on weapons, Master. Weapons often malfunction when you need them most. So I’d recommend practicing channeling mana into any part of your body.”

“Chaser, what about Leo’s lesson? Why did you come here?”

“Today I came to get Master’s permission for an outdoor lesson.”

An outdoor lesson.

According to the lesson progress Chaser had told me about, I heard that Leo was recently struggling with creating something called a messenger beast.

‘In 【Hirome】, I created messenger beasts without much difficulty. What’s different now?’

After pondering for a moment, I holstered my pistol and said.

“I’ll participate too.”

“Master will?”

“Why, is that not allowed?”

“Of course it’s allowed. I’ll Happily Serve you.”

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