One week later.
"Does this mean that all of you will participate in the Administrator test?" Lero-Ro asked everyone after the play that Kuhn and Rak had orchestrated to manipulate everyone into helping Baam had ended.
"Of course," Shibisu nodded without hesitation, and everyone else followed suit, agreeing to participate in the Administrator's test.
"What about you, Akira-san, Asuna-san, Yukihime-san?" Lero-Ro asked, staring at Akira's group, who hadn't responded yet.
"We will participate because Baam is an Irregular, and we are also Irregulars, so we have to help each other," Akira said nonchalantly, revealing information that would shake the entire tower. There were no records of four Irregulars entering the tower at the same time.
"I wonder why I'm not surprised by this revelation," Lero-Ro smiled sarcastically, though he had suspected it in his heart. He was still shocked, especially since it wasn't just Akira—everyone in his team was Irregular.
"Irregular, that explains the incomprehensible power he showed in the Crown Game," Khun muttered, recalling the strange creatures Akira had been able to summon in the past.
"Four Irregulars—aren't we lucky to take the tests with this kind of people?" Shibisu said with a wide smile, clearly happy to be fighting alongside such extraordinary individuals.
"Is this something to be happy about?" Parakewl muttered, staring at Akira and the others cautiously, as if they were some kind of bloodthirsty monsters. "Aren't they just crazy people breaking the tower's rules?"
Long ago, Irregulars were not well regarded due to their great power and personalities, which differed from the people who were born and raised in the tower. For this reason, the residents of the tower feared, respected, and despised them.
"You ugly green thing..." Akira said coldly, staring at Parakewl as several golden ripples aimed at him. "Do you want to die?"
Even though Akira wouldn't kill Parakewl, that didn't mean he wouldn't make him wish for death while still alive.
"I'm sorry!! Please forgive me!" Seeing the weapons aimed at him and the murderous intent in Akira's blood-red eyes, Parakewl could only hide behind Lero-Ro. "It was a slip of the tongue, I won't say something like that again."
"Please calm down, Akira-san," Lero-Ro smiled gently, shooting a sharp glare at Parakewl, knowing Akira's temperament, yet daring to speak so nonchalantly. "Fighting among participants in the exams is prohibited, and Parakewl has already apologized. He didn't mean what he just said."
"Do you think flimsy words like these will stop me from doing what I want?" Akira asked, raising an eyebrow, staring at Lero-Ro with disdain. "You should know that I'm not the type to care about your trivial rules."
"This..." Lero-Ro didn't know what to say and looked at Akira with an embarrassed expression. From observing Akira so far, Lero-Ro knew what Akira said was true; he didn't care about their rules. Moreover, the rules had been changed multiple times to appease Akira.
"Akira, isn't that right?" At that moment, Khun stepped out from the crowd and bowed to Akira at a 90-degree angle. "I hope you will leave Parakewl alone for now since we need as many people as possible for the next test, and we don't know what we might face."
"... " Akira stared at Khun for a moment, smiled, and the golden ripples vanished. Khun hadn't told him not to do anything to Parakewl, but only asked him to wait until after the test.
"I'll refrain from killing him for the sake of your cunning personality," Akira said nonchalantly, but a slight smile crept onto his lips. "But in return, you'll owe me, Khun Aguero Agnis."
"Thank you," Khun smiled in relief. The most important thing for him now was Baam. "I will do my best to repay you."
"I'll make sure you do," Akira said, and with those words, he left with the silent Asuna and Yukihime, who didn't like to intervene in anything, leaving everything to Akira to handle.
"I thought I was dead," Parakewl sighed in relief after seeing Akira leave, moving away from Lero-Ro with a look of disdain. Despite being a Test Admin, he couldn't stop a mere test participant and stood there awkwardly.
"Learn from what just happened and don't speak without thinking from now on," Khun said harshly, as because of this idiot's mouth, he now owed Akira. The thing he hated most was being in debt to others.
But thinking that this was for Baam, Khun managed to keep his calm and composure, as Baam meant everything to him now.
"Idiot," Anak scoffed and left, having been crushed by Akira. She hadn't expected someone as weak as Parakewl to provoke someone as powerful as Akira.
"Really, if it weren't for the test, you'd be dead by now, so make sure to work yourself to death in the next test," Androssi said, following behind Akira and his group. She wanted to see Yuri and talk to her about some things.
It wasn't just Akira who understood the hidden meaning in Khun's words. Androssi and a few others did too, but no one mentioned it since they didn't have a strong relationship with Parakewl.
One by one, everyone left the hall after warning or mocking Parakewl. As for Lero-Ro, he left silently, too embarrassed to speak, as Akira hadn't shown him any consideration.
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