This… what is this?!
The moment the announcement flashed in the dungeon’s outer chatroom, the crowd of adventurers watching on couldn’t believe their eyes.
【That loli teacher just took down Augujadel in one hit!】
【Now you see why the final boss arenas are always flat plains. Moving to this kind of terrain actually opened up the possibility for a mechanics-based kill!】
【Wow, perfect use of the terrain. How did she know that one strike would definitely bring down Augujadel? Is this monster really that unbalanced? Why couldn’t the previous adventurer parties do it?】
【Hah, don’t think you could do it either. The monster’s defense—didn’t the previous hero teams try already? They couldn’t even break its guard.
This teacher’s strike caused instant stagger; she clearly studied the boss thoroughly and knows its weak points perfectly…】
【This is a boss that’s been buffed countless times! Are the people from the Magic Tower really all this strong? It can’t just be dumb luck!】
【Tch, can you stop being disgusting? You’re so miserable that someone else’s success bothers you that much? Stand there and watch the show, talk trash, but don’t really think you’re some great figure.】
Inside the dungeon, after delivering that all-out strike with perfectly calculated angles and, rarely, using that special concoction which wasn’t a simple buff or debuff, but a special potion Keti developed herself—blending a high-level spell she personally couldn’t cast directly into a potion, and releasing it that way: the “Scarlet Flame Roar.”
The silver-haired beauty ultimately began to falter, her limbs weakening, her eyelids fluttering…
Well, after all, no matter how good a potion is, it consumes mana.
Especially the Scarlet Flame Roar, a high-tier spell substitute—using it once almost completely drained Keti’s already short mana bar, since her innate talent is low!
Huff… The world blurred more and more, her face suddenly paling.
Just as the girl’s legs went weak and she was about to collapse right there—
Suddenly…
Lynn appeared just in time beside her and caught her in his arms.
“Ah~ Little kitty, you’re seriously amazing~ I didn’t even get a chance to lend a hand, and you took down the boss all by yourself. Uh… wait, are you really okay? You look like you’re about to turn to ashes!”
Seeing Keti’s pale face, Lynn’s expression shifted from happiness to panic, and he immediately began casting Healing Magic.
Guu…
Ignoring that it might be taking advantage of the moment that his rival was holding her, Keti still felt a wave of relief inside.
Mmm…
Even though this guy disappeared all day yesterday… at this crucial moment, he unexpectedly proved reliable.
The only problem was…
Healing Magic wasn’t working. She wasn’t injured, so he was worrying in the wrong place!
“Guu… no… no mana left. There’s no mana left. Uh… the Special Mana Potion is in the left pocket of my pants, help me get it! Oh, right, also, pick up Augujadel’s Loot—don’t let anyone else take it, uwu~”
“Pfft… Got it, got it. You little money-eyed rascal… The Loot can wait, I’ll put it away for you later. Don’t worry, I won’t steal it, and no one dares to snatch it. As for the mana potion… hmm, which pocket was it again?”
Lynn grinned mischievously and agreed with a mouthful of nonsense, then his big hands started groping around Keti’s small drum.
The silver-haired beauty’s cheeks immediately flushed red.
Realizing something was off, she quickly opened her eyes wide and shyly whispered a correction:
“Left… left pocket… mmm, don’t… don’t grope around…”
“Mmm… can’t seem to find it~ Blame it on you wearing pants today. If you were wearing one of those skirts I bought for you, it’d be easier to find~! Pat—But it’s fine, I still have one trick left to replenish your mana~!”
Mmm!!!
W-what is he talking about?! Wearing a skirt would be even more dangerous! The pants pocket is so big, the potion’s right in there—how could there possibly be some other strange way to replenish mana?!
Right after that, the rival showed Keti exactly what he meant by “replenishing mana”: his fingertips traced over the waistline, slipping into the gap, gently caressing the pale skin, then—suddenly—he squeezed hard.
“Ah… ooh…”
The silver-haired girl trembled, unable to resist, letting out a delicate sound, her mind overheated, her breath trembling.
Yet… inexplicably, her mana inside began to recover!
This left Keti even more bewildered. How could this be? There’s actually this kind of mana replenishment method?
Could it be that her rival was really trying to help her restore mana? But… this method is just too weird! The potion is clearly in the pocket! Ah…
Smack—!
Accompanied by another slap, the silver-haired girl shuddered again.
Ahhh… Though she’d gotten somewhat used to her rival’s trick before, this time—
Where exactly is he hitting?!
At least hit the soft fleshy pad, please… ahhh—!
“Oh… no, no, stop… I… ah… yame-rou…”
“Oh, don’t worry, Shame Generator Miss~ All the students have run off, and Richard is distracted staring at the Cliff in disbelief, no one is looking this way, so… enjoy yourself and struggle as much as you want. Of course, you can also deliberately enjoy it a bit longer~”
“H-How could this be! Gu…”
Actually, Lynn was lying, because right now, two other girls were watching Keti intently.
The Overlord noticed too, but… didn’t want to tell little kitty~
The purple-haired jellyfish-head big sister and the elf girl stood there dumbfounded, mouths agape, their minds filled with one stunned thought.
H-How is this possible?
Not only was the protection they provided for Keti completely useless, but Keti… Keti actually single-handedly took down Augujadel, the very monster that almost wiped out their three hero parties?!
Plus, in the first half of the dungeon, the silver-haired beauty managed to easily clear the stages with a group of students whose magic skills were basically nonexistent.
Everything—the entire scene—left these two former teammates deep in self-doubt.
Could it be…
Keti… Keti was actually the absolute core of their team?!
Crack—!
Their pride shattered into pieces at this moment.
They thought their team’s failures were only because Keti wasn’t there to assist—but no, it was because she was crucial to them all along.
And now, the most critical problem—
Not only did their plan to make Keti leave the school fail, but how could Lynn take advantage of the opportunity to pick her husband up like that?!
W-Wait, what is his hand doing inside?! Hiss…
S-stop it, no, don’t grope my husband, aaaaahhh—!