CHAPTER 12 - MY BELT IS THE REAL MVP
When I came back to my senses, I realized that my face is resting on a soft bouncy pillow that smells so good. It felt like I'm dipping my head in a cushion that has been sprinkled with lilac perfume.
I raised my head and slowly realized what I have just done. The pillow I had is actually the chest of the ultimate idol Yufa Haruna, and I'm on top of her! Her face is all red, her purple eyes are all wide, and her jaw is hanging in astonishment.
"Wah!" I cried as I immediately got off the pop star and stood on my own two feet. "I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean to leap on you like that!"
The pop star raised her body and sat on her knees, still blushing. In fact, she's redder than before. She even made a gasp as she covers her mouth with her delicate hands.
"U-Um, Mister-"
"I-I'm so sorry, Miss Yufa Haruna!" I bowed like a Japanese husband who's late for dinner. "I really didn't mean to touch you or anything! I just want to save your life!"
"T-Thank you, but that's not it-"
"I know!" I cried and I trembled, staring at my own hands. "I know that my hands are so filthy that they are not worthy of even touching your hand. I know that I'm a disgusting loser who shall be punished for doing such shameful act!"
"N-No! I-I'm fine with it! In fact, I'm grateful that you saved me!" The teenage idol cried.
"Y-You do?" I stood shocked.
"Y-Yes, but, um..." Yufa Haruna shyly covered her eyes as she screamed out loud. "Your pants!"
"My pants?"
I looked downward and checked on my lower body. I was frozen when I realized that I'm now on my blue boxers! My pants are all the way down on my feet!
Come to think of it, when I heard the gunshot, I felt that my belt snapped. That sniper bullet should have hit that!
I may have saved the teenage idol, but there's nothing I can do to save myself from humiliation! Not to mention, the cameras in the stage are still rolling!
"Kyaaaaaa!" I cried like a little bitch as I covered my boxers with my hand.
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Meanwhile…
The tiled ceiling of the third floor of the mall shattered, which was followed by a man falling to the ground like a meteorite. The man is wearing all black, he has a bonnet and a sniper rifle in hand.
It is certainly the assassin that was tasked to take out the teenage pop star.
"Gahack!" The man cried as he fell on his back. "W-What the hell? What was that?"
"You have a talent of skulking in the dark, just like a rat." A feminine voice echoed somewhere.
All of a sudden, a woman in a frilly blue dress who was equipped with a sword appeared in front of him. Lizzy has deactivated her invisibility mode and started to walk towards the fallen assailant.
"Damn it! Where did you come from? How did you locate me?"
Lizzy did not speak. She just continued to slowly walk toward the assassin, with a sword hidden behind her right arm.
"Don't come any closer!" The assassin aimed his sniper rifle towards the approaching princess.
Not intimidated a little bit, Lizzy continued to walk with confidence.
The assassin pulled the trigger. A loud gunshot echoed throughout the now-empty mall. However, with the right timing, Lizzy slashed through the bullet that was ought to reach her and deflected it for good.
The sniper shook his head, not believing in what he just saw. He proceeded to speak out his thoughts.
"It can't be! Did you deflect a rifle's bullet? No, I must be imagining things."
The assassin took aim once again and fired the second bullet. Just like the first one, it was effortlessly deflected by Lizzy's awesome backhand swordplay.
Finally convinced that he is not imagining things, the assassin peacefully laid his sniper rifle on a nearby wall and greeted the sword princess.
"Have a good day."
Then the assassin walked away as if nothing happened.
"As if I'm going to let you get away!" Lizzy roared out loud as she started to sprint.
"Oh shit!"
With a speed of a cheetah, Lizzy used her momentum to smash her right knuckle straight to the assassin's jaw! The assassin flew out of the third floor to the second floor, then rolled on the escalator from the second floor to the first floor.
The result? It's a bloody mess for the poor assassin. I think he just broke a million ribs and will have a hundred concussions, and will be paralyzed for the rest of his life.
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The battle was short and anticlimactic, but at least it turned out well. I managed to save Yufa Haruna from getting sniped, and Lizzy caught the criminal for good.
The police arrived at the scene ten minutes after the incident. Just like in the movies, it has all been sorted up when they came. All they had to do is to deliver the half-dead culprit to the hospital and interview the witnesses for the incident.
At the backstage, Yufa Haruna and her staff talked to me and Lizzy. They started to thank us for all the good deeds we made. Thankfully, I managed to fix my pants by stealing the belt of the sniper. I do not look so scandalous while talking to a celebrity now.
"Thanks for saving Yufa, Mister John Casterdyne!" Yufa Haruna's manager bowed at me. He lent out a check as a reward for my heroism. "Please take this!"
"Wow! Thank you!"
I gladly accepted the check. But before I was able to put it into my pocket, Lizzy grabbed it from my hand and crumpled it.
"Wha-What the fuck!?" I cried.
"Don't let greed take over your conscience. You should not accept money just because you saved a person. A true noble hero does not ask for compensation." Lizzy said in a cold tone.
"Shut your arse up! You haven't even spent a single cent since you came to my apartment! How dare you! Give it back!" I exploded.
However, Lizzy just tore the check right in front of my eyes. She shredded it to hundreds of pieces.
"Noooo!" I cried as I tried to put the pieces of the check altogether like a puzzle. "I haven't even paid the rent yet!"
"Hmph!" Lizzy crossed her arms as if she did not care. "As I said, I'm going to pay you up once I get back to power. Be a little patient, you stupid donkey."
I can't take this anymore. I've been nice to her since we first met, and she's crossing the line. I need to yell at her like a true gender equality activist!
"As if! When will you regain the throne anyway, you hobo runaway princess!?"
"W-What did you just say!?" The princess' eyes became hot as hell flames. "Why won't you have a little honor and work hard to earn some money, you insolent foolish donkey!"
My patience limiter has broken. Living with the princess is great harm to my financial stability, so I'm going to teach her a lesson!
"Okay, that's it, monster princess! You! And me! Outside! No magic! Fists only! I'm gonna beat you up!"
I got to my karate stance, ready to fight the magical princess. I know I wouldn't stand a chance, but a simple punch to the face would be enough to quench my hatred.
Lizzy is giving off an ominous aura that threatened my very existence. I actually want to withdraw myself from throwing the glove earlier. I think he's just waiting for me to punch first so that she has a justification to beat me up and hang me to a cross upside-down.
Finally, in the background, the pop star started to talk. She has been hearing our whole conversation since the very start, so she raised some questions that are directed to Lizzy.
"U-Um, Miss…"
Yufa shyly muttered, but it's loud enough to grab Lizzy's attention. With her deathly stare, she scared the idol.
"What?"
"Um... Are you… Princess Alessia Erindel?"