Chapter 75: The instructor of the practical class is a muscular expert! (3)
Brady was really fast and soon caught up with Leonard in front of him and became the person running in the front.
But that's all.
Based on his disordered breathing, Alfred guessed that he could only run five or six more laps at most.
"Al...you, do you really need to deliberately provoke that guy?"
Liliana guessed Alfred's purpose and complained with a dumbfounded expression.
"It was the other party who was looking for trouble first, and it was clearly to provoke me. It's too pathetic that he was so angry that he lost his mind."
Alfred shrugged nonchalantly, still looking relaxed when answering.
"You...are still the same as always. Your personality is really bad."
"'An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth' is my motto. The one who is wrong is obviously Ulysses who provoked me without authorization and was easily angered by me, right? And then there is..."
Alfred's deliberate pause caught Liliana's attention.
"besides?"
"I think that things like jealousy, anger, arrogance, etc. that people think of as negative emotions are actually not as bad as they say."
Seeing that the fish had taken the bait, Alfred smiled wickedly and explained.
"so what?"
Liliana urged him to continue.
"Appropriate jealousy can enhance one's sense of competition and help one improve oneself. As long as one is not overly proud and complacent, arrogance can make one more confident and help one better exert the abilities that one already possesses."
Alfred pretended to be preaching and spoke eloquently.
"'It's not me, it's the knife' is a stupid joke. It's not the emotions themselves that are wrong, but the people who can't control these emotions and make them dangerous."
"So, what does all this talk have to do with your provocation against that guy Ulysses?"
Liliana pointed out the problem succinctly, seeming a little impatient.
"I'm warning you, Lily."
Alfred also felt that it was about time, so he spoke in a serious tone and began to rewind the previous preparations.
"Warn me?"
"I want to warn you to know when to stop when doing anything."
"Huh? What on earth are you talking about?"
Alfred did not answer directly, but closed the distance between him and Liliana and put his face close to her ear.
Although Liliana showed an expression of disgust and her cheeks flushed with embarrassment, she acquiesced to Alfred's actions and had no intention of distancing herself from him.
"Although tsunderes are indeed cute, and I personally have a pretty cute tsundere personality. But if someone is only tsundere and not a tsundere, wouldn't that be a bit boring? Don't you think so?"
Hearing Alfred say this, Liliana was stunned for a moment.
Then, her fair cheeks, which had originally been slightly flushed, suddenly turned red.
"W-What are you talking about all of a sudden?! W-What tsundere?!"
"That's right. What is a tsundere? Because I saw you write this word in your notebook, Lily, and I thought you understood what it meant."
Alfred showed a confused expression and spoke in a mysterious way.
"Y-Who told you?! Lespinas or Bartlett?"
Liliana leaned her face closer and questioned Alfred with a fierce look.
"Eh?"
Alfred didn't understand why Liliana suddenly mentioned Elaje and Adelaide.
Liliana seemed to understand his expression and seemed a little puzzled.
"If they didn't tell you, how did you know that?!"
"Because it's written in your notebook, isn't it? Lily, I accidentally saw it when you were flipping through the notebook in the classroom yesterday."
Alfred explained, confused.
"Pervert! How dare you peek into my notebook... Al, you're a pervert!"
Liliana accused with a look of shame and anger.
"S-Sorry, I saw it accidentally. But anyway, I'm a tsundere~"
"Woo~! Al, you idiot, I'm ignoring you!"
Liliana shouted and rushed forward quickly.
As expected of the Valkyrie Violet’s sister, her physical fitness is quite good.
I guess it was because I got a lot of exercise when I was at home.
(By the way, what on earth was written in Lily's notebook that made her so flustered?)
Alfred thought a little confused.
He actually didn't know the details of the notes, but he accidentally glanced at the few words written in Liliana's notebook, which included words like "tsundere".
So he judged that Liliana should understand the meaning of this word, and he just wanted to use it to tease her.
As for if Liliana doesn't understand what tsundere means, Alfred has backup plans B, C, D, E and F, and one of them will work.
(Also, who on earth did Lily hear this word from? I didn’t know there was such a term as tsundere in the native language of the Empire. Did Bartlet teach her that…)
When Alfred looked at Adelaide and Elajeer behind him, a slender figure blocked his view.
The person who came was Curitis who had just deliberately caused trouble for Alfred.
"Hey, Electra-san."
"Hello~ Guy (Curitis), it seems that you have good physical fitness. When you answered Mr. McAss just now, you were not just speaking for show."
Alfred smiled sarcastically.
"If you could change your harsh words a little, I'd be very grateful. I have no hostility towards you. Rather, I'm quite interested in you as a person."
Kuritis replied with a friendly smile.
"Unfortunately, I like cute girls, but not boys who look like cute girls. So I'm not interested in you."
Alfred said half jokingly.
Curitis' smile was fake, and Alfred didn't hear any sincerity in his words.
"I've heard that Elect seems to be very fond of women. This is really a pity. If I were a woman with outstanding appearance, maybe you would be able to accept me."
"That's a huge misunderstanding. Although I do like cute girls, I prefer their personality and inner qualities rather than their appearance."
Alfred lowered his voice to a low, threatening tone and continued.
"I hate people who are full of bad intentions no matter what."