"Boyoyoyo! Not only are you so poor, you are also pathetic, Kirby!"
Everlue laughed smugly as he played with his waxed moustache that he tended carefully.
"What are you doing here, Everlue?!"
Even if Kirby was poor and had no dignity, in front of his enemy, naturally, he needed to show his bravery, even though his legs were all shaking.
"What do you mean by that question? Wasn't it you who kept sending mages after another to my place? Did you think that I hadn't realized what you had done? Do you think I have a saint-like heart that you can send all those mages who wish to hurt my lovely maids and steal my possessions, then forgive you?! Don't be dreaming! For all my maids, I will fight you!"
"Kyaa, Everlue-sama!"
"So handsome~!"
"Love you~!"
All the lovely blonde maids who followed Everlue quickly clung to their master with love in their eyes.
"Boyoyoyoyoyo!" Everlue laughed lewdly. "Don't worry, my dears~! I will punish those who want to scare you~!"
"..." Everyone.
Everlue's feeling of wanting to protect what he wished for wasn't bad at all, yet without a doubt, his taste in women was quite hard to accept, especially when those blonde maids were quite hard to be said as beautiful in the eyes of the majority.
"....."
Lucy was silent, then looked at her maid's outfit, thinking it was as good as meaningless.
"Don't mind."
Lisanna patted Lucy's shoulder in comfort.
"D-Don't you think that you can get away, Everlue! Do you think that I will forgive you for what you have done to my father?!"
All of a sudden, Kirby brought up the past and the reason why he hated Everlue the most.
The reason all the hatred came from Kirby's father, who was a famous writer, but all of that good day ended when his father was kidnapped by Everlue, who asked his father to write a story about Everlue.
Naturally, with Kirby's father's pride, he refused, even if Everlue had given him a lot of rewards, making him grow angry before he put him into the prison within his mansion, and only let him out when Kirby's father finished the story.
Still, as Kirby's father finished his story, he was released and returned to his family.
"I can't forgive you for that! I will burn that book for my father!"
"Done?"
As Kirby finished his story, Everlue yawned as he picked his nose with his pinky before he flicked his booger at Kirby's face.
"...." Everyone.
"I paid him. I gave him money, yet he didn't want to work, so what was wrong with my action?"
"YOU HAVE TAINTED HIS PRIDE!"
"Then, don't accept the money, idiot!"
"...." Everyone.
"Lisanna... I feel strange somehow..." Lucy let out a helpless sigh at their story.
"Me too..." Lisanna was also helpless.
So, who was the bad guy here?
Even if Everlue was like that, he just did a transaction and paid a money to Kirby's father, so that way, he could get the story that he wanted, but even after Kirby's father got the money, he didn't write a story, which made him grow angry, and kept him in jail until Kirby's father finished his story.
Pride?
If Kirby's father had it, then he wouldn't have spent the money that was given.
As for Kirby, while he had a right to grow angry as his father was imprisoned for so long, it didn't give him a right to destroy Everlue's book, as he had paid for it.
If there was someone who was wrong, it would be Kirby's father, who was a shitty writer and also a shitty father, as he was the one who caused a problem between Everlue and Kirby.
"Anyway, he is gone and dead. What's the point of trying to bother me? Shouldn't you work hard to make your life better when you are so poor?" Everlue shook his head at Kirby, who lived as badly as serfs in Russia, plantation workers in Africa, or workers during the early British Empire, yet instead of trying to change his fate and make his wife live a better life, Kirby tried to become a criminal and involved others, too, including Lucy and Lisanna.
"S-Shut up! What do you know?! Do you know what my father felt before his death?! It was because of you that he died with regret, bastard!"
"He isn't a good father anyway." Everlue shook his head and said, "Do you remember what he has done to you?"
"..." Everlue.
"Anyway, I will destroy that book no matter what the cost!"
"Stupid thing." Everlue shook his head before he glanced at Kirby's wife, who somehow happened to be his taste. "You know what? I can forgive you and even give you the book."
"Huh?" Kirby was surprised, then asked, "What do you want me to do?"
"Give me your wife."
"....." Everyone.
"Eh?!"
Kirby's wife, who had been stunned, was even more so when she heard Everlue's words.
"It's my first time hearing that you have such a beautiful wife."
"..." Everyone.
It was hard to say that Kirby's wife was beautiful, especially when she was so old and wrinkled, but considering Everlue's taste, it wasn't so surprising.
"Dear..."
Yet, when Kirby's wife was stunned and felt afraid of Everlue's aggressive eyes, Kirby was in deep thought as if he pondered Everlue's request before he asked, "Really?"
"Dear!"
As Kirby's wife was in shock, Everlue laughed happily. "Like a father, the son is also useless, huh? Okay, you have my promise. Bring your wife here." As for the book, he wouldn't give it since whoever made Kirby was so gullible.
"I am sorry, Dear. But for that book, I have to do this."
Kirby showed a determined expression as if he had made a great decision within his life, yet his wife was in despair, thinking that everything was over, only—
Boom! Boom! Boom!
"YOU BASTARD!"
Lisanna and Lucy directly beat up Kirby!
"How could you do that?!"
"You shitty man!"
"..." Everyone.
As Kirby's wife was at a loss, Lisanna and Lucy exchanged a glance, then nodded.
"Don't worry, Ma'am. You will be okay."
"We will protect you."
"Oh..."
The two might not receive any money, but even so, they couldn't let Kirby's wife enter Everlue's arms!
"How dare you?! She is mine, you know?! I have gotten the permission of his husband!"
"She isn't an object!"
"Grrr!" Everlue looked at the two annoyedly. "You two ugly women! I will make you regret antagonizing me! The Vanish Brothers! It's your turn!"
"..." 2x
The two famous Vanish Brothers mercenaries looked at each other for a moment, then let out a helpless sigh.
Yup, they were mercenaries, and because of that, for money, they would do whatever their client asked, including beating up two beautiful young women before them.
"Don't blame us for being cruel, but blame yourselves for being stupid to get involved in this silly problem."
As those words were said, they were all ready for the battle!
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Do you still remember Brexit?
If you don't know, it is about the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union, which led to economic losses.
So, will my decision lead me to the same fate as those people in the United Kingdom?
I don't know, but instead of stopping the story directly, I will do a probation period where I will do one story, which is "I am Sugar Papa in Tokyo!" till December, and see how it goes.
If it goes well, I will focus on this one, but if it doesn't, then I might return to "Multiverse: Our Abilities Are Normal!" or "Fairy Tail: My Ability is Fate Gacha."
Hopefully, everything is well, and wish me luck!
I will try to make the story as usual.
Thank you for your support and your understanding.
From your lovely author, Akikan40.