"Whoa—!" This latest shout finally snapped everyone around them out of their stunned stupor! Those who had thought they must have misheard finally became completely certain after hearing that full-throated cry—they hadn't heard wrong the first time!
At that realization, everyone stared fixedly at Achill, their faces brimming with envy, jealousy, resentment, and disbelief! The male animals and the few female animals with unconventional tastes, in particular, looked ready to eat him alive! Their glares practically threatened to turn into the legendary Action Beam! Their resentment and despair knew no bounds. If they hadn't known perfectly well that they couldn't beat him, and that actually attacking him would probably get them reduced to dust, they would have lunged at him long ago! Even so, everyone stomped their feet and beat their chests, with that old man Makarov leading the pack—
Although everyone had more or less guessed that things might eventually turn out this way, actually hearing Lisanna utter the earth-shattering title "brother-in-law" sent their minds through a Godzilla-level evolution—in other words, they were completely blown away!!!
Makarov had intended to rush over, grab Achill by the neck, and fight him to the death, only for Achill, who was equally stunned, to kick him straight across the room.
At first, everyone had been rather skeptical, thinking Lisanna was merely joking to get back at Achill for teasing her earlier! But when Mira recovered her senses and showed no intention whatsoever of denying it, merely remaining silent with slightly flushed cheeks, and even stealing a shy glance up at Achill, everyone who had still harbored a last shred of hope immediately erupted!!!
Was that tacit agreement? It was, wasn't it?! Surely that counted as tacit agreement?!! Could it be that those two had already cooked their rice into porridge?!! Then why