"You bastard! Stop looking at me like that!"
As if her defenses had been completely shattered, the girl trembled with anger. She glared at Mei through gritted teeth. The girl's gaze, which seemed to pity her for not even having a single true friend, was especially unbearable.
You, Raiden Mei, are no longer a person of wealth. You can't be as high and mighty as you used to be.
Now you're just the daughter of a con artist. What right do you have to look at me like this!
"I get it! I finally understand why those two are willing to be friends with you. They must want to take advantage of your current pitiful state to curry favor with you, thinking that if your father is really released and your family's influence is restored, they'll have a head start."
Suddenly, she shouted.
"It must be like this, it has to be! Otherwise, why would anyone be willing to be friends with you? Hahaha, those two are quite clever, why didn't I think of that earlier."
"As long as they're a little nice to the current Miss Raiden Mei, making you grateful, they'll get as much money from you as they want in the future."
The moment she said this, Mei's demeanor changed completely.
Just moments ago, Raiden Mei had been strong yet still fragile. Now, she stood up and lunged at the girl without hesitation.
Ignoring the muzzles pointed at her from all sides, she couldn't break free from the ropes binding her hands, so she simply used her body to ram directly into the girl in front of her.
"Ughhh!!"
"Ah, you, are you looking for death!"
Caught completely off guard, no one had expected Mei to do something like this. The usually quiet and elegant girl actually used her head to hit someone.
The girl clutched her nose, feeling like her nasal bone had been broken. The pain was unbearable.
At this moment, Mei's eyes were filled with fury, as if purple arcs of electricity were flashing within them.
"It doesn't matter what you do to me. Whether you bully me or talk badly about me, I'm used to it. But... I absolutely will not allow you to slander those two!"
Bai Ge and Kiana, They were the only two rays of light in her life, Mei's most beloved and proud friends.
Mei could endure being slandered herself, but she absolutely could not allow anyone to speak ill of Bai Ge and the others.
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Chapter Twenty-One: The Awakening of Queen Raiden, For the Sake of Protecting Loved Ones (New book, seeking support)
"I don't care what you do to me, but I will not allow you to insult Bai Ge and Kiana!"
Mei said through gritted teeth. She was also surprised at how angry she had become, so unlike her usual gentle but weak self.
Perhaps everyone has something that cannot be touched in their hearts, just like a dragon has a reverse scale that leads to death if touched.
If one is protecting what is most precious, even the most timid crybaby will muster infinite courage.
Clearly, Bai Ge and Kiana were the untouchable things in Raiden Mei's heart. She could not tolerate them being slandered, even more than being bullied herself!
"Ahhh, my nose, my nose! Raiden Mei, you damn xxxxxxx!! You're dead, I will never forgive you!"
The girl, clutching her nose, wailed miserably. Her gaze towards Mei became increasingly venomous.
Just then, she noticed something on Mei that was clearly inconsistent with the latter's identity as a Yamato Nadeshiko.
For this very traditional and conservative girl, the new headphones around her neck seemed a bit too fashionable.
So, she decisively reached out and snatched them.
"You, give them back to me quickly!"
With her hands bound, Mei couldn't stop her. Seeing the headphones Bai Ge had given her being snatched away, she anxiously tried to get up and grab them back again.
This one is not allowed.
She could give her anything else—her phone, her clothes, even her bank card would be fine—but not the gift from that person.
"Looking at you like this, did Bai Ge give them to you again? Damn it, bastard! Why do you always get such good things! What right do you have!"
"Give them back, please, I beg you! Only this one is not allowed!"
"Huh? Begging me? Hahaha! I didn't expect you to surrender so easily."
The girl revealed a malicious smile, dangling the headphones in front of Mei.
The next second, she threw them on the ground and, under Mei's sorrowful gaze, stomped on them fiercely with her foot.
"Oops, I accidentally broke them~"
"No—!"
The headphones, broken in two, were kicked in front of Mei. Faint arcs of electricity flickered from the cracks, and fragments of the shattered casing scattered across the ground, the melody within gradually fading.
As if still not satisfied, the girl stomped on them a couple more times, completely trampling Bai Ge's kind gesture to Mei into scrap.
At this moment, the light in Raiden Mei's eyes vanished.
"...Why would you do something like this?"
Tears streamed down her face, Mei whispered. She didn't understand what she had done wrong to be treated so outrageously by this person.
"It's not over yet. Let me tell you, the one who sent your father to prison was Madam Cocolia. Although you probably don't even know who she is, her goal was actually you, Raiden Mei."
"Wh-what..."
"I don't know the reason why, but whether it was the bullying you endured, or what I'm doing now, it's all to make you despair."
"..."
Mei was completely stunned. She didn't understand the meaning behind it all.
Who was Cocolia? Why did she frame her father, and why did she want to make Mei despair?
"But it seems this isn't enough, yet. It's fine, though. I already know how to deal with you. Next time, I'll ask Lord Cocolia to go after your two good friends."
The girl flashed a most sinister smile, and Mei shivered all over. Disgust.
"You, what are you going to do!" Anger.
"Hahaha, didn't I already say it? To make you despair. I can't wait to see what kind of expression you'll have when you see those two missing limbs, or simply disappear from your sight forever." Middle.
The girl spoke with a wicked expression. Specialty.
Since Bai Ge and Kiana were the pillars supporting Raiden Mei's spirit, then as long as those two were dealt with, it would be enough. She knew how unscrupulous the woman named Cocolia, who was directing her, was. Abandonment.
...Also.
...Temple.
...Chariot.
"What did I do wrong..."
Mei lowered her head, her heart breaking as she looked at the earphones on the ground, her hands clenched so tight her palms bled. Sulfur.
At this moment, the boundless sorrow and surging indignation in her heart almost became tangible. Wife.
"I just wanted to live a normal life. I just wanted to live our daily lives peacefully with the people I love." Its.
"Why, why, why! Why do you keep targeting me again and again!" Rhombus.
"First my father, then me, and next... you even want to hurt Bai Ge and Kiana, to hurt the last bit of beauty in my life."
"Unforgivable... Unforgivable!"
Rumble—!!!
Purple lightning suddenly struck from the sky.
As if manifesting Raiden Mei's rage.
The girl's bangs covered her eyes. Raiden Mei's aura was undergoing a drastic change, and the ropes binding her hands were now burned away by the arcs of electricity.
"Wh-what happened?! How did this guy break free all of a sudden?"
"Alert! Alert! Ambient Honkai Energy concentration is rapidly increasing!"
"Alert! Alert! Ambient Honkai Energy concentration is rapidly increasing!"
"Alert! Alert! Ambient Honkai Energy concentration is rapidly increasing!"
The personal guards sent by Cocolia were equipped with simple Honkai Energy detection devices. At this moment, all these devices emitted piercing alarms, but the next second, they all overloaded and malfunctioned, emitting black smoke.
Then, all eyes turned to the girl. Instinct told them that Mei was the cause.
At this moment, she was like a waking queen.
"I won't let you hurt them." Images flashed through Mei's mind.
Because of her, Bai Ge and Kiana were attacked by these bad people.
Because of her, they would suffer cruel harm, resulting in missing limbs, losing their former radiance, and no longer smiling at Mei.
Even because of her, they might be killed by these people!
Just thinking about it made her feel so desperate and terrified that she could barely breathe, so angry and pained that she couldn't bear it.
"Anyone who tries to lay a hand on those two, I... will never forgive!!"
Mei suddenly lifted her head, her purple eyes shining like lightning.
She recalled the past in her mind, how she was always protected by Bai Ge and Kiana. Those two always shielded her from harm, time and time again.
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