Miles's unreliable, strange move at a critical moment caught Sam completely off guard.
While bitterly regretting bringing this guy along, Sam, who was already embarrassed enough, panicked completely!
Just then, Treyne's smile vanished. He stepped forward two paces, glaring at Sam with an unfriendly expression as he asked in a low voice.
"What are you doing here?"
Michaela, the goddess Sam secretly admired, was standing nearby, watching him with her captivating pale blue eyes. Feeling Michaela's gaze, Sam shuddered!
Sam kept telling himself to stay calm!
He absolutely could not embarrass himself in front of Michaela!
Under the gaze of his goddess, Sam, who had been on the verge of collapsing, instantly felt his fighting spirit return!
Sam tried hard to calm himself down. Facing Treyne's questioning, he answered in a deliberately casual tone.
"We came here to climb this tree!"
As he spoke, Sam looked up at Miles, who was clinging to the branches and continuing to climb, as though they had really planned to come climb a tree all along.
Treyne was stunned by Sam's answer. He turned to look at Miles, who was having the time of his life climbing the tree, and for a moment, he did not know how to respond.
"I can see that. It looks... fun!"
Sam, pretending to watch Miles climb, casually grunted without saying anything. His mind was racing as he considered how to handle this awkward situation.
However, Treyne, who had come looking for trouble, quickly thought of a new way to put Sam down.
"I remember you tried out for the football team last year, right?"
That nasty smile returned to Treyne's face.
Sam could not help thinking of the miserable experience of being "mauled" by a group of muscular brutes.
Every member of the school football team was