"Disgusting pigs." The woman said with her scarlet eyes illuminating from the dim space.
She had a shadow cast upon her face from the light coming from the windows behind her. Leaving only her bright red eyes visible from its unnatural glow.
As if a wolf stalking its prey, her sharp gaze pierced. Though not as intended.
Instead, it pierced through their hearts.
'Are these guys masochists?!' Michael thought looking in front of Zack, seeing the lustful stares.
'They didn't even try to hide it…' He sighed.
The woman's brow twitched before clicking her tongue, "Just as I thought."
She took one final glance before walking out.
"H-Hey! C'mon, we had a deal!" Duke said following her.
"Yes. And from what I remembered I was supposed to be teaching the girls." The woman said coldly.
"It's a last-minute thing! You can't blame me, I'm not the one calling the shots." Duke explained as he blocked her way.
"I can." She brushed past him.
"Oh damn it, Celine!" Duke groaned. "I know you're a misandrist, but please put it aside. You know this is important."
The woman stopped and turned around. "I think you're forgetting something here,"
"When have You started ordering me around?" She said stomping over to Duke.
"Do you need me to remind you of who you're talking to?" The woman added in a menacing tone.
"...No," Duke answered looking away.
"No?" She glared harder.
"N-No ma'am." He said reluctantly.
"Woah, she beat sir Duke!"
"So cool!"
"Step on me please!"
The boys started cheering which was soon silenced after a threatening stare.
'Even if she's the first commander, she's not capable of having such authority over the second,' Michael thought. 'Except if the system here is different, but I honestly doubt it's that.'
'Which could only mean that she has another title; one higher than the first commander!' He concluded.
'She's….'
"See?! This is what I don't like about men!" She roared.
"Especially you! Stop drooling you bastard!"
'...A princess!' He continued.
"P-Please calm down your highness!" Duke pleaded followed by Michael's surprised expression.
"Wait for real?! Someone like her is a princess?" He subconsciously said out loud, unintentionally sounding negative.
Everyone looked at him shocked.
"Oh shit," He covered his mouth almost immediately and looked at the front, seeing the woman staring daggers at him with a visible vein on the side of her forehead.
"What's your problem you incel?!" She roared that made all of his hair raise.
'Fuck I screwed up!' Michael looked away. 'I can't believe I slipped up!'
'And here I thought I was great at keeping to myself,' He cursed himself.
"Haa?! Ignoring me? Come here you piece of-" Celine snapped and took a step forward, piercing Michael with her nasty gaze before getting blocked by Duke.
"With all due respect, you are crossing the line." He said, putting his arm in front, stopping Celine.
"What the fuck are you doing-"
"I can and will report this to your father, please think rationally. You may boss me around, but not these kids. I'm warning you, 'Silverlining'." Duke stated with a glare.
Her eyes widened briefly before frowning and clicking her tongue again. "Tch. I guess this is kind of important."
Celine took another glance at Michael and turned around.
Duke sighed. "Sorry about that. She's been having it rough ever since demons started skirmishing our borders."
"I hope you don't mind her aggressive attitude and give her a chance. Except for her feisty and stubborn nature, she's pretty down to earth. Just don't piss her off or else things will get ugly."
"There's actually a reason why she hates men. Long ago she-"
Slap!
"Ack!"
"I can fucking hear you, you know?" Celine growled after smacking Duke's head.
"It's just a joke." He chuckled nervously.
She reciprocated it with a glare before turning around yet again. Trying her best to hold back her anger.
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Name: Celine Fantasi
Age: 27
AGI: 7213
DEX: 6701
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[ … ]
[ Angry, Irritated, Disgusted ]
'Damn she's OP.' Michael thought before closing the messages. The maroon color swirled all around his iris before dissipating.
Celine faintly twitched and tilted her head slightly.
To the others, it would look like she was just listening to the conversation, but in truth had her focus on someone else...
"Ahem." Duke coughed.
"Let's start, shall we?" Duke smiled as he raised his hand followed by the bright glow of the ring.
Clank! Thump!
A shotsword materialized out of thin air and dropped on the ground along with a pair of clothes.
Black pants and a white t-shirt coupled with a leather jacket fell. Its design made them have an eerily familiar modern look.
Duke picked up the jacket and dusted it. He turned it around to reveal the emblem of the kingdom embedded on it. Having a huge proud grin as he flaunted the outfit.
"Please bring the box here Chase." He requested after admiring the textile and putting it down.
"Yes sir!" Chase enthusiastically replied as he walked up to the knee-high stage.
Duke then took out a table, chair, and a blackboard from the ring and sat. "We'll be giving out all your necessities and uniform, plus a variety of basic weapons to choose from in a storage ring."
"I'm sure you've at least heard of similar things in stories back in your world." He added as Chase puts the box down on the table."
"Thank you, Chase, you may now return to your seat."
"Yes!" Chase took a few steps backward and bowed before going down the stage. He rushed towards the back and sat beside Michael.
"In this box right here are storage rings. Medium storage rings that have a 5x5 space. It has many great properties such as preserving food. You can leave a freshly cooked steak for a century and it can still come out hot. Except if the ring is damaged." Duke explained.
"Who would have thought that there would be such a thing here?" Chase whispered sarcastically as a joke to Michael.
"Shh. This is something important."
"Oh, sorry."
"There are many factors on the disintegration of items in a damaged ring, but that will be a lesson for another time,"
"Before I give you your rings, I shall elaborate on its regulations."
"Calling out the name of the object can make it come out but so does just imagining it. Remember, you need to infuse it with mana first.
"Don't worry about keeping the mana output to the ring stable, since it can handle any amount with its 'Two Hole Mechanism' from 'Heigthen's Mobilization Theory'. For those worried about feeding it too much that it will overload, there's no such thing." Duke explained with a smile.
He continued to ramble on about the concept for a while before he was interrupted by Celine.
"Get on with it, not everyone is a geek." She said followed by the nods of the boys.
"O-Oh." Duke awkwardly chuckled.
"Let's just say that it's a theory where two separate exits can make a firm equilibrium." He said hastily.
"Ahem. Sorry about that. I'm kind of a mechanic myself."
"Let's get back on track," Duke clapped and crossed one of his legs.
He then leaned forward and rested his face on his left fist, raising his right palm shortly after gathering his thoughts.
"Inside the ring, just as I mentioned earlier were weapons and necessities, as well as the uniforms. Temporary uniforms by the way. It's a prototype based on your world's fashion." He continued explaining and stood up.
Clank! Clink!
"The weapons include, bows, polearms, swords, daggers, and blunt kinds," Duke said one by one followed by their respective weapons materializing and dropping on the table.
"As you can see, there are two in each category."
Duke grabbed a sword from the pile of weapons and swung it vertically. It had a fancy leather grip, but other than that, the rest of the piece was rather bland only having iron. Though it was apparent that it's of high quality from its reflective glow.
"This is what I like best, it's comfortable and-" He tried to explain but was cut off.
"Don't you think this is taking too long? I still have a class to teach." Celine snarled at him from behind.
"Hoho, I thought you weren't interested?" Duke smirked.
"I'm forced into this remember?! The faster it ends, the better. So stop hogging the class and let me start you bitch." She retorted.
"Settle down. I'm almost done." He smiled with his eyes closed.
"Before I hand all of you over to hell, I'll thoroughly explain the ring's contents."
'Even sir Duke is intimidated by this woman. And I've pissed her off the first minute…I can't believe I'm so tactless.' Michael thought pulling his hair.
"First, food. There's a month worth of meals in it along with cooking and eating utensils. Be careful with the seasonings, we're currently in a shortage because of the demons invading the forests and mountains. No one is willing to risk dying for money they won't be able to spend. Water is bottled in glass and leather drinking tumblers."
"Second, daily essentials. Soap and shampoo are available. If used conserving, it can last you a year. Toilet paper is also abundant along with dozens of towels. There are many clothes inside but are only 10 pairs in total, so make sure to do laundry every now and then."
"Lastly, miscellaneous. There are chairs and tables for extra comfort when outside. Some gadgets are also in here but they're more of an item to sell when in need of money."
"...That's all, I think?"
"Yes. That is everything," Duke answered himself with certainty.
"I can take over now, right?" Celine asked aggressively with a dirty look.
"I was just about to tell you." He smiled.
"That fucking smile of you is so annoying."
"You should try it. Might make you more approachable." Duke retorted.
'This bastard.' Celine cursed inwardly.
"I'll try," She said with a forced smile.
"Everything starts somewhere. You never know, maybe after you've become more refined Jake might-"
"Alright, everyone! Let's start!" Celine suddenly said cheerfully.
The boys looked at her dumbfounded by the sudden change of tone.
'She might just be a tsundere and is actually in love with me! I can't blame her, my muscles are pretty charming.' One of them thought looking at her lustfully.
His brown hair covered his face and bunny-like front teeth were visible from his slightly opened mouth.
He looked like what a nerd would be if he worked out. Although muscles didn't help his appearance one bit.
______________________
Name: Stephens Lopez
INT: 11
AGI: 50
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Celine looked all around and had eye contact with him.
'S-She's looking at me! I knew it, she likes me!' Stephen thought excitedly but was soon given a death stare and a disgusted expression — as if she was looking at a piece of shit she stepped on.
"GET UP YOU BASTARDS!" She shouted immediately after, returning to her vulgar attitude with an even nastier look in her eyes.
"Get your asses out of this building this instant!"
"What are you-" Duke was about to ask but was overlapped.
"You wanted me to train them right?" Celine grinned with a sincere but ominous feel to it.
"No, I meant where are you ta-"
"We're going to the outside world ladies!" She cut him off again followed by his startled expression.
"Better tighten your pussies, we'll go on a fucking adventure!" She added enthusiastically with a glint in her eyes.
"What?!"
"I'm the teacher, right?" Celine asked sadistically with a sinister smirk.