Am I the Other Woman?!

"Come on, Jeila. Don't be like this."

I heard someone called out in the hallway. The voice sounded frantic. What's going on?

Since I'm already ready to go anyway, I decided to check it out. I was taken aback with the scene.

Jeila, or at least I think that's her, has a couple of bags in her hands while her Metalbeast pet is carrying a couple more plus some boxes. Is she going somewhere?

"I'm sure he didn't mean it. You don't have to do this. You're being rash."

Oh, so that was Dheyniz earlier. She looked more stunning in person. Being the only female knight in the guild, I imagined her to look more fierce and muscle-ly. She's more feminine than I thought.

"Please get out of my way, this has got nothing to do with you."

"Can you at least wait until Rheal finishes establishing the sub guild? You can transfer there then, I'm pretty sure Rheal would appreciate another pair of hands."

Transfer? Is she leaving the guild? Why?

"What's going on?" I asked the girl nearest to me, who happens to be Mertyla, the only female merchant class of Emblem.

"A-Avyzhia?"

Apparently I startled her when I suddenly spoke because she called my name a little loud, getting the attention of not only Dheyniz and Jeila, but also of Rosette who stood nearest to the two.

"Umm..."

This feels very awkward. Why are they looking at me like that? Do I have something on my face?

Nobody said anything, but Jeila glared at me fiercely before she forcibly pushed the female knight out of her way and went out of the door, followed closely by her pet.

"Jeila, wait." Dheyniz called after her, but she's already gone.

"This is all your fault." Rosette glared at me, looking like she's about to cry. "If it weren't for you he- "

"Stop it, Rose. We all know it's not Avyzhia's fault. With how things were going, it's bound to happen." Dheyniz interrupted.

"Well she's still part of it!" Rosette threw me another glare before stomping away. Mertyla followed her after mumbling 'sorry', leaving only Dheyniz and I in the hallway.

"I'm sorry about that." She sighed heavily.

"Did I do something?" I asked slowly. What did I do? I barely talked to anyone last night, or was it from before the job trial? I don't really have any memory of that. "Is Jeila leaving the guild because of me?"

"That..." Dheyniz hesitated, but gave in still. "...not you, exactly."

Dheyniz told me everything she knew of what happened. Apparently, Nero and Jeila had an argument last night. Well, they usually bicker all the time so everyone just went about their business even though they were in the common room. Then it turned more intense than usual, and suddenly Jeila was already shouting and crying at Nero. He tried to calm her down but she won't hear any of it, to make matters worse she suddenly made him choose between her and me.

Well, damn. I never imagined I would be put in a situation like this.

For the record, even though I've known Nero for the longest time and we totaled 3 guilds together, I had never thought of him that way. And I'm positive that he's the same. I'm pretty sure it's just a big misunderstanding.

Plus how could Jeila just up and leave the guild because of something like that? If she's upset then why not just leave for a couple of days, Nero would've done the same. They often do something like that before anyway.

There are times when the bickering they do on the guild chatroom get super intense that nobody can stop them, not even the guild master, and then they ignore each other for days. After a while they'll be at it again.

I didn't even try to meddle before, why do I have to get dragged in the middle of it now?

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I let out a heavy sigh as I entered the common room. Everybody turned silent and stopped what they were doing, and just stared at me. What? So everyone thinks it's my fault too? I've been single my whole life and yet I'm already being accused as the other woman? Can I at least experience being confessed to first before I get entangled in all these drama?

"The fuck are you looking at?" I heard Teiran's loud voice as he angrily cursed at everyone looking my way.

I knew having a brother like him is not bad at all.

I smiled appreciatively in his direction and was about to join him at the table he was occupying to himself when I noticed Nero in the corner of the bar counter. I know it's probably a bad idea at the moment, but I'm his best friend. Whatever happens, I should be there for him.

So instead heading for my brother I changed direction. I was about to approach and touch his shoulder when I felt my hand suddenly swatted away. Damn, he's really way faster and more sensitive than I am. And to think we took the job trial at the same time.

"Watch it, shithead." Teiran growled at him from behind me.

Without saying anything or meeting my eyes, Nero stood up from the stool he was sitting on and started walking away.

"At the beginning you were just running away, and now that everything's changed you're still going to do the same? How much of a coward can you be?"

"Teiran, don't." I pulled on his sleeve before he can say anything else. Why is this stupid brother of mine saying something so insensitive? Not that I'm really surprised. He's just being Teiran after all.

Nero didn't say anything back though and just headed straight for the door, although normally he would have. After all he's one of the few people who would actually dare to talk back to him even if he knew he couldn't win.

"Okay, that's enough." Someone clapped his hand loudly and addressed everyone in the room.