Alvin looked at Gisele, who had grown noticeably bulkier, and smiled. "Beautiful, no matter what you have against me, I'll let you punch me a few times.
I'm a gentleman. I never meant to make a beautiful woman feel bad."
Gisele gave Alvin a sidelong look, then struck a boxer's pose and sneered at him. "Put away your weird magic. I've seen through what a bastard you really are."
Gisele, who could punish him in the name of the Moon just by wielding that magic wand, made Alvin spread his hands helplessly. "Some things are instinctive. Sometimes it's hard for me to suppress my desire to protect myself. But I'm willing to make an exception for you...
"Beautiful, tell me the truth. How long have you had a crush on me?
"You came to beat me up on my wedding day. Anyone who didn't know better would think I'd done something wrong.
"Honestly, if this is revenge, you've already succeeded..."
Gisele's face suddenly flushed. She gritted her teeth, spat, and said, "You're nothing but a smooth-talking, graceless bastard..."
Alvin spread his hands helplessly. "If I'm too affectionate with you, the payback will come sooner and hit even harder!"
As Alvin delivered his half-joking rejection, golden Radiance suddenly rose around Gisele. She looked like a goddess of war descended from the heavens as she threw a swift straight punch at Alvin's nose.
Alvin had learned to brawl the hard way. He leaned aside to dodge the blow, then almost instinctively opened his arms, hoping to wrap them around Gisele's waist and take her to the ground. Instead, Gisele drove a knee into his chest...
Normally, Alvin would have relied on Thorn Spirit to tank the blow, then powered forward and dragged the fight into a chaotic brawl.
But today, he'd left