Mirajane (3)

"Pfft—" Seeing Achill's embarrassed expression, Mira could no longer hold it in and burst out laughing. With a cocky look on her face, she sat down directly across from him, gave him a once-over, then said with a strange grin, "Honestly, I've never seen a peeping Tom as—honest as you! You even get embarrassed~ Remember this: my name is Mirajane! Mm, seeing how honest you are, I'll allow you to call me Mira! Well? Don't you feel honored?!"

"Uh, I guess..." Achill wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and gave a dry laugh. A wild girl really wasn't someone ordinary people could handle...

"Hey! Kid, seeing as I didn't blame you for peeping, shouldn't you show some appreciation?" As Mira spoke, she secretly glanced at the pile of souvenirs on the table, her eyes sparkling.

"Uh, if you like them, you can take them all. I don't mind..." Achill had naturally noticed Mira's gaze. Already feeling a little guilty over peeping, he agreed without hesitation.

"Mm." Hearing that, Mira immediately gave Achill a satisfied look that said he knew what was good for him. "Since you're being so generous, I'd feel bad refusing. I'll take all of these!" With that, she swept all the souvenirs from the table into her arms.

"Oh, right. Let me ask you something. Do you know whether any powerful Mages have come to this city recently?" Remembering her real purpose, Mira immediately asked Achill. She knew that mysterious, powerful Mage was somewhere in this restaurant, but since she could not tell who it was, she could only make a few inquiries. Clearly, Achill was a good person to ask. Thinking that, she added, "The kind who's incredibly strong—strong enough to rival an S-Class Mage!"

"An S-Class Mage?" Achill froze slightly. Just as he was about to say something, the waiter brought over all the dishes he had ordered. He smiled and suggested, "How about we talk while we eat?"

Mira could not have wanted anything more. Tracking the Hawk Thieves' Guild had already used up quite a bit of her strength, and her stomach was practically protesting by now. Without a second thought, she nodded, grabbed a chicken leg, and began gnawing on it ravenously.

"..." Achill wiped the cold sweat off his forehead again, inwardly sighing without end. A wild girl really was fierce...

Outside the restaurant, Lisanna hid in a corner and watched her sister with a resentful expression. Her stomach growled continuously as she thought bitterly, Sister Mira, you left me outside all alone while you're inside having a feast. Mm, and you're having a feast with a boy. Wuwuwu, I'm hungry too...

"Actually, I only arrived in this city today too! Hey, don't look at me with that slightly contemptuous gaze. Even though I just got here today, I still know far more about this city than you do!" Achill took a huge bite out of a steak and chewed as he spoke unclearly. "But forget about S-Class or anything like that! There may be a Mage Guild here, but the people in it are way too weak. I don't really know what standard an S-Class Mage is supposed to meet, but since none of them could even beat me, they must be nowhere near that level!" After saying that, he grabbed a bottle of red wine and gulped down several large mouthfuls.

"Ah~ That hit the spot..." Wiping the wine from the corner of his mouth, Achill asked curiously, "So, why are you looking for an S-Class Mage? Are you trying to find a master?"

"Tch~ I don't need to take anyone as my master! Before long, I'll definitely become S-Class too!!!" Mira bit fiercely into the chicken leg in her hand, her voice full of confidence.

"You? Hehehe, perhaps~" Achill looked Mira over from head to toe, then spoke dismissively.

"Hey, hey, hey! Are you looking to die?! What do you mean by that? You don't believe in my ability?!!" Mira immediately became displeased and demanded angrily.

"Nothing. Don't mind it." Achill drank another glass of red wine, waved his hand, and smiled. "I merely have reservations, that's all. Hehe, no need to take it to heart~"

"Hmph!" Mira snorted coldly, then continued eating on her own. Yet inwardly, she was thinking, Where is that mysterious S-Class Mage? Lisanna said she was in this restaurant, didn't she? Why can't I sense anyone powerful here? As she thought, she once again swept her eyes over the diners and waiters in the restaurant.

Hmm? Wait...

Suddenly, Mira turned her gaze toward Achill, who was stuffing himself across from her. Her brows furrowed slightly. This guy had just said that none of the Mages in this city's Mage Guild were stronger than him, right? And he had also said he had only arrived in this city today. Could it be...

At that thought, a barely noticeable glint flashed through Mira's eyes.

"Hey, Achill, you said the Mage Guild here isn't very strong, right? How do you know that? Did you fight them?" Mira asked probing questions, her eyes filled with deep scrutiny.

"Uh, that's kind of a long story." Achill scratched his head and said innocently, "I was originally just wandering around the city when I happened to see the Mage Guild here harassing decent family men in broad daylight. Cough, cough, no, women! Driven by righteous indignation and the principles of one of the Ten Outstanding Friendly Youths, I rushed into their Mage Guild and taught every last one of them a lesson!" He spoke with great righteousness, but was that really what happened?

Cough, cough. In truth, Achill was completely talking nonsense. It was true that he had beaten up the entire Mage Guild in this city, but the cause had absolutely nothing to do with seeing them harass decent family men—cough, women. It was purely because this idiot had heroically and decisively gotten himself—lost in the city! No one knew how he had wandered around, but he somehow ended up in the Guild's backyard. At the time, the Guild Master was carrying out a certain sacred and glorious task with a dinosaur-like woman from the Guild—having sex in the wild~ And Achill just happened to catch them in the act!!!

According to Achill, they had somehow started fighting just like that... Now it made sense why he had been especially interested in women today, particularly beautiful women with good figures, right? He had been completely stirred up by that earlier wild sex scene~

"Is that really how it happened..." Sure enough, Mira looked deeply suspicious, clearly not believing Achill's nonsense. But she did not pursue the matter further and instead changed the subject. "So what you mean is, you've already reached S-Class, then?! I can understand it that way, right..." There was even a hint of eagerness in her tone. Clearly, her competitive spirit had been stirred up once more.

"Uh, well, I'm not too sure either. Probably..." Achill had naturally seen the blazing fighting spirit in Mira's eyes, and he gave an awkward smile.

Suddenly, Mira looked at Achill with a serious expression. She had honestly grown tired of questioning him bit by bit, and this guy did not seem all that vicious or terrifying anyway! Since that was the case, it would be simpler and more convenient to just lay everything out in the open! As soon as the thought came to her, Mira decided to do it!

"Hey~ I'm going to ask you something very directly now! You have to answer me honestly!!" Mira stared intensely into Achill's eyes and spoke in a low voice.

"Uh, go ahead and ask. If I can answer, I definitely will." Achill secretly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and answered timidly, She isn't going to confess to me, is she? Oh my, I'm not ready yet...

"That massacre that happened around twenty miles outside this city—the complete destruction of the Hawk Thieves' Guild..." Mira stared hard into Achill's eyes, her voice unusually serious. "Was that your doing?!"

"You mean that? Yeah, I did it. What about it~" To Mira's surprise, Achill answered with an unconcerned smile. "So that thief group was called the Hawk Thieves' Guild. Wait! Don't tell me you had some relative in there or something! That kind of plot is way too melodramatic..." By the end, Achill was looking at Mira with a strange expression.

"Uh—what if I did have relatives in there?!" Mira froze slightly, then flew into a rage out of embarrassment. "Tell me! You killed my grandnephew's grandnephew's grandnephew's grandnephew! How are you going to compensate me for that?!!!"

"Uh..." Achill was stunned for a moment, then weakly suggested, "How about I give myself to you? If it's you, I can reluctantly take you as my mistress~"

"Go die!!! You filthy pervert—"

"I can't even make a joke? Seriously..." Achill covered his reddened cheek as he hid in an unknown corner, muttering resentfully, "She hit really hard. Good thing I ran fast..." He still looked shaken, and the bright red handprint on his left cheek seemed to tell the story of his tragic past...

Just now, Achill's joke had made Mira erupt in fury. In an instant, she transformed into a Digimon and gave Achill's face an intimate encounter with her pale hand~

Facing Mira in her rampaging state, Achill used Flash Step and decisively fled.

Meanwhile, the furious Mira dragged Lisanna around by the hand as they searched everywhere for Achill. But how could she possibly find him when he was hiding so well? Even with the sensing abilities of Lisanna's Cat Soul, it was still futile while Achill deliberately concealed his aura.

Left with no choice, Mira had to give up on her wonderful plan to drag Achill out and chop him into eight pieces. She left angrily with Lisanna.

"Damn pervert! You actually dared to cop a feel on me! I'm absolutely not done with you! Absolutely!!!"

"The desert has plenty of wild beasts, and even the beauties are vicious..." Carrying a bundle on his back, Achill sprinted desperately across the sand dunes, leaving only those words to drift far, far away on the wind...

"I really am not suited for staying in a godforsaken place like the desert. I'd better hurry back to Mars—uh, wait, what the hell is Mars?"