Volume 4: Chapter 19: (Patreon)

Volume 4: Chapter 19:

"Wait? What?! Run that by me again?!" Aidiun stared at one of the professors. He heard something unsettling.

The professor stated, "Keith went up to Herrick and told him to calm down. And the latter almost caused a fight." To repeat it made it even worse.

"Oh goodness." Aidiun couldn't help but let out a dry laugh. Keith was always the type to do things his way. Not anyone else.

But this was something.

The principal was right. Keith would do something like talk to Herrick about this.

"How did he take it?"

"Herrick was smiling." The professor answered.

Aidiun was the same as well. There was a heavy foreboding going through his mind.

...

While Aidiun worried about what was going to go down, Keith continued to walk around the city. Besides the crazy sparring from Krystal and Scarlet, it was a smooth day.

What should I add to those recipes? His mind was focused on enhancing the recipes. As he continued to walk around,

"Keith, fancy seeing you here," Keith turned around to see Dennis and Nina walking together.

"Hello." Keith noticed something off with them.

"Are the two of you on a date?" When that was said, Dennis and Nina's expressions turned red. The two didn't wear their armor. It was causal and clean.

Dennis glared at him, "How could you say something like that?! Are you trying to embarrass us?!" He hooked his neck,

"So, what I've said was true?" Keith laughed.

"Anyways, why haven't you been at the guild?"

"...If this is your way of changing the subject, you suck at it," Keith could tell what he was trying to do.

"Answer my question!" This cheeky child!

"Is it strange for me to take breaks?" Keith tilted his head. But when he said that, the two nodded,

"Yeah, it's strange."

"Madison got worried something might have happened to you,"

"She doesn't need to worry about me. I'm fine!" Keith was a little guilty he was making someone worried about him.

"Is there something the matter?" Dennis tilted his head.

"Hmm?"

"The expression on your face says it all," Dennis laughed. He could tell there was something off with Keith.

"Well, there were a lot of things that happened in my class today,"

"Hmm?" "What happened?" The three of them decided to sit down on the bench. Like that, Keith started to talk about the things that had happened in class. When Keith finished saying everything, Nina took a deep sigh.

"As expected, it was a beastman. And the prince at that,"

"Nina, is that really okay to say?" Did she forget about what she was?

Nina explained, "Keith, if you want your class to be normal again, you should beat him up."

"Eh?"

"Do I have to?"

"Beastmen followed the rule of strength above all. That means he would only listen to the alpha." Nina explained.

"Alpha?"

"Yeah." Like how there was a head in a herd. The alpha was the strongest.

"..."

"The only way to deal with that is to beat him one-on-one. You have to make him accept the fact that you're stronger," Nina stated.

"I really don't want to do that." Keith sighed. He didn't want to beat Herrick up.

"You're too kind."

"That's just how Keith is," Dennis shook his head.

"Nina, do you follow that rule as well?" Keith tilted his head. Nina was also a beastman.

Nina shook her head, "Oh no. I don't care about that rule. It's an old and dead rule. But there are many beastmen who still follow it."

The three talked with one another for some time before they separated. So I have to fight with Herrick? Keith thought about it as he returned home.