Ch. 38 - Love Affair

"I guess it's now time for you to receive your beating."

"Do you have any ideas of how I can avoid it?"

"Nope."

"Really? You always have a plan ready for dire situations."

"True, but not this one. This one is unavoidable."

"You think he'll settle for an apology?"

"Not in this reality."

"You're not helping."

"I know. Speak of the devil. Look who's there."

Leaning against the wall next to the entrance to the dormitories was Valde. If looks could kill, Ronald would have died several times already. In his hands, Valde held a blunt sword. Seeing the two of us, Valde slowly approached us while dragging the sword against the ground.

"Look, Valde, I could explain!"

Ronald's statement had little effect as Valde's continued to advance.

"It was just a joke! A joke!"

Valde stopped.

"A joke? A JOKE! Have you heard the rumors about us! You dare call that a joke!"

"What rumor?"

A vein popped on Valde's forehead.

Valde then started speaking in an anger-induced shaky voice, "Forbidden love between a noble elf and a beast person. Valde Zinyra and Ronald Moonchaser's forbidden, hidden relationship."

"That's pretty funny."

"YOU!"

It seemed that Valde's had finally reached his tipping point as he immediately brandished his sword and pounced towards Ronald.

"OOOFFFFF!" Ronald's grunt echoed as Valde's blunt swords pushed a good three inches into his gut.

Ronald consequently threw up the food he had eaten earlier.

"That was pretty heavy-handed Valde. You must be very pissed. Look like I can't hold back here could I."

After saying so, Ronald got into his fighting stance and prepared to receive Valde's next attack.

Valde continued to look at Ronald with a murderous gaze, and the corners of his mouth occasionally twitched as well.

"Bring it on Valde! I ain't no bitch!"

Ronald's provocation worked as Valde aimed to strike Ronald again. In the beginning, Ronald and Valde seemed to be on equal footing, but the balance shortly after started favoring Valde immensely. Not long after and Ronald was stuck in Valde's chokehold. Ronald's face was visibly beginning to flush red due to the lack of oxygen, and it didn't seem like Valde was going to let him go anytime soon.

It was at this moment that a couple of girls walked turned around the corner.

From where I was standing, I could see that Ronald was in Valde's chokehold. However, from where the girls were standing, Ronald and Valde seem to be conducting an intimate act in broad daylight.

The faces of the two girls immediately became beat red as they hurried away from the scene. It took Valde a moment to figure out what happened, but soon after, his face turned pale white as if he had just seen a ghost.

"No! It's not what you think!" Valde repeatedly cried while chasing after the girls.

"Is he gone?"

"Yeah, he's gone Ronald. You can get up now."

"What happened? Why did Valde suddenly stop and run away? What was he talking about when he said it's not what you think?"

"You're fucked mate."

"What do you mean?"

"The current rumors are going to look childish compared to the new ones we'll be hearing about soon."

"Huh?"

"The two girls thought you and Valde were having sex in the middle of the hallway. Now they're going to tell everyone."

"Shit."

"Yep."

"If this gets out of hand, Valde might actually kill me."

"Yep."

"What do I do?"

"Yep."

"You're not helping."

"Yep."

"Fuck you."

"Yep."

"I think I'm going to hide from Valde for a few days."

"Good idea, but how do you attend to achieve that? We have the same classes."

"Damn."

"I truly pity you, Ronald."

"Thanks."

"I promise that I'll never forget about you."

"Fuck you."

"You're not planning on cheating on your boyfriend so soon, are you?"

"Wow, really?"

"Yep."

At this moment, at the end of the corridor, a deranged figure stepped in. The deranged figure was Valde. His originally white skin had turned pink from rage, his eyes were deadlocked onto Ronald, and it looked like he was also foaming from the mouth a little.

"Good luck surviving Ronald," I said.

"Valde, stop! I didn't do anything! It was all a misunderstanding! A misunderstanding!"

"I think you're better off running Ronald. Valde seems to have lost all reasoning."

"Shit, I think you're right."

"I'll remember to clean your gravestone every year."

"I'll get back at you after I survive this."

"Good luck."

A game of cat and mouse proceeded to happen between Ronald and Valde around, except it wasn't a game of cat and mouse but a person hellbent on killing another person and the other person trying desperately to run away. Thus, the legend of the sword-wielding frenzied killer was thus created.