Chapter 23 Class Division Ceremony (5)
However, Roderick did not feel disappointed, but continued to pester her with even greater delight.
It's just like a masochistic pervert who gets extremely excited when a beautiful girl insults him.
The more Adelaide imitated the characters in the game and responded with cold sarcasm, the more active Roderick became.
And every time she asked some deliberately difficult questions.
Roderick can say the words that will best increase Adelaide's favorability in the game, just like in the game.
He memorized the lines so well that one could not help but respect him.
Of course, apart from that, Adelaide just felt disgusted.
I felt like I was being harassed by a perverted stalker and my whole body was covered with goose bumps.
(As expected... this guy might be a reincarnated person or something. I've never heard of a small-time character named Roderick in the game who would pester Adelaide.)
Although there was no conclusive evidence, Adelaide's intuition told her so.
It is certainly a good thing to confirm that Roderick is a reincarnated person like himself, who has the information in the game knowledge.
But she soon realized that she was facing another more pressing problem.
According to the setting in the game, Adelaide is a girl with a sharp tongue, a tsundere personality, and some sadistic tendencies.
If it is in the plot of the game, as her favorability continues to increase, her attitude in responding to the protagonist will change from very cold to extremely arrogant and sarcastic.
Finally, they will turn into a super tsundere who gets easily spoiled when being teased.
Roderick, who has knowledge of the game, seems to have mistakenly thought that Edward has begun to be interested in him.
So no matter how much Adelaide sneered or hinted that he had no interest in you, he couldn't drive away Roderick who was making noises like a fly.
(This is terrible. What should I do if he keeps pestering me until the end of the exchange meeting? I don’t want to waste my time on this disgusting guy!)
Just when Edward was feeling troubled, a familiar voice suddenly came from beside him.
"This isn't Miss Bartlet...it should be Mr. Bartlet now."
"So... eh!"
Edward turned around and was shocked to find that the person talking to him was Alfred.
She subconsciously tried to step back, but accidentally sprained her ankle.
Alfred reached out and grabbed Adelaide's arm, pulling her back from almost falling to the ground.
"Thank you, thank you."
Edward felt his heartbeat quicken and thanked Alfred in a panicked tone.
"You're welcome. But are you okay, Bartlett?"
"No, it's okay..."
"Hey, Elect, I'm obviously talking to Bartlett. It's not too rude for you to just interrupt our conversation, right?"
Roderick interrupted Adelaide in a somewhat displeased tone and said to Alfred.
"I'm really sorry. I apologize for my disrespect, Zimmerman. However, I don't think it's elegant to keep pestering a girl."
Alfred bowed slightly to apologize and responded with a smile.
In addition to Alfred, Rose and a strange girl were also attracted because of their somewhat tense conversation.
"Tsk, you useless piece of shit from the Itlet family, just wait and see what happens next."
Perhaps he felt that he was at a disadvantage in numbers, so after Roderick threw down some lines that a gangster villain would say, he left the four people in dejected manner.
"Um, thank you for what happened just now, Elect-san."
"You're welcome. It's my honor to help you. If you don't mind, Bartlett, could you let me introduce these two to you?"
"Well, I'd love to."
Adelaide already knew about Rose's situation, but she was concerned about another girl.
Although now the opponent has used some method to hide the dragon horns and wings on his head.
But when the girl came closer, Adelaide recognized her.
She was the puppet girl that Alfred summoned from the Pseudo-Gate of Life yesterday.
"This is a third-year senior, Rosemary D. Elect. I think you must have heard of her. She is the adopted daughter of the Elect family and also my fiancée."
"Yeah, I know. Nice to meet you, Electra-senpai."
Edward lifted the hem of her skirt respectfully and bowed to Rose to show her respect.
"Don't be so polite to me. If you don't mind, you can just call me Rose. I'm really happy that Al was able to make friends at the beginning of the school year.
Because Al can be a little off-line sometimes, so please forgive me and continue to get along well with him in the future."
Rose returned the greeting and said to Adelaide.
She had the feeling of a caring older sister, which made Edward think of his sister in his previous life and missed her a little.
But her request made Edward feel very troubled.
(Even if you say so...but he is the final boss...)
"Okay, okay..."
"Sister Rose, you are causing trouble for Bartlett."
"Eh?! I am indeed a little too familiar with you. I am really sorry."
"It doesn't matter. I'm also very happy to meet you, Senior Rose."
Seeing Rose getting a little flustered, Edward calmed down a little.
She chuckled and responded kindly.
"That's good. I was worried about what to do if Al's friends disliked me."
Rose put her hands on her chest, as if she was relieved.
"Sister Rose, I just had a conversation with Bartlett today. If you assume that we are good friends, it will cause trouble to her."
"Eh? Is that so? I'm so sorry, I misunderstood."
"It doesn't matter. By the way, who is this person?"
Adelaide smiled gently and cast his gaze on Emilia.
She did not feel lonely because of being ignored. She just ate the light meal on the plate silently with a happy look on her face behind Alfred and Rose.
"Her name is Emilia... She is a very important friend of mine."
"Hi, nice to meet you."
After Emilia swallowed the food in her mouth, she bowed slightly and greeted Edward.
"I'm glad to meet you, too. If possible, I can call you Emilia from now on. Conversely, you can call me Adelaide. Of course, the same goes for Senior Rose."