The Player is a Part-Timer

Chapter 7: Damsel in Distress

"What did I bring upon myself?" sighing helpless, the embodiment of destruction stood up, prepared to meet Lord Phenex.

What will their meeting bring forth? One can only guess.

One thing is sure: Noblesse Oblige! Noblesse Oblige! A noble owed their people with responsibility.

The phrase Sirzechs and his father often repeated to themselves. Just as back then, just as now. This phrase gave them the strength to push forward and continue.

Scene Change: Kuoh Academy: Mess Hall:

"Gillian... GILLIAN!"

"Huh?" the girl with double colored eyes blinked confused, looking at her classmate.

"Geez! You spaced out once again!" Kiryuu — aka perverted girl with glasses — snorted annoyed. "This was the third time today!"

"Ah, sorry. There are a lot of things on my mind," she muttered, sighing. She can't help but have a feeling someone mentioned her.

"Really? How so? You know, you can tell everything to your senpai!" seeing her wide grin, and that dangerous glint on her glasses, Gillian was not sure.

As she got to know the girl, Gillian realized she was a bit of a tattletale; she wouldn't entrust her any personal or sensitive info. "Come on! I am all ears!"

"She is insistent, that's for sure..."

"It is about a boy? Oh! You need to tell!" just saying this was enough for every girl — and most boys — to turn their head.

It cannot be helped, most girls liked to gossip, and despite Gillian's distaste — and best efforts to look like an average student and not call much attention — she nonetheless managed to garner quite a few friends — and even stalkers — in this school.

"Maybe it is because of my appearance?" but as said, she rather spent her time in a form that she found both attractive and comfortable than walking around in a style she didn't enjoy.

In her previous life, she was forced to live as a scrawny and sickly pale kid, no way she wants to look like that anymore!

"YGGDRASIL was a place where most people spent their time to escape reality. Fulfilling to live their dream self..." it was the same in her case too, no way she wants to go back to that miserable life she had back then! "Even as a girl, it is better like this."

"No... a hundred times. No! I am not like you who always thinks about boys." she didn't even blush anymore when Kiryuu asked such a thing. One can say she was already accustomed to the gimmicks she had to bear with day after day.

"Basically, she always asks about it..." there were cases when she did so multiple times a day.

"Haah! Spoilsport!" the girl with glasses shrugged. "How scandalous! Don't say you are into girls?" then, her teasing expression returned. "Oh! Don't worry! You can tell it to your senpai! I will not spread it, promise!" she made a zipping motion, yet, Gillian can't help but recognize her fingers crossed behind her back.

"As if I would believe that..." she offered a flat expression, drinking her juice with a straw.

"What made you come to that conclusion?"

"There are several things."

"Such as?"

"You are always refusing the boys' offer. Even the most handsome ones offered a date, yet you right away said, "no"? Suspicious if you ask me."

"What if I am just busy or not interested in a relationship? You know, running a business leaves little time for such things," she answered the practiced text, putting no feeling behind her words.