Chapter 135: Reinforcements
[Baobhan Sith is monitoring every single move of you and Morgan, second by second.]
[As long as the two of you have any actions that go beyond the scope of friendship, it is very likely to be determined as lovers!]
[This means that the newly budding friendship between you and Baobhan Sith could come to an end, and the romance route would completely disappear!]
[What should you do?]
Looking at that line of text, it was as if cold blood poured down Eikou's entire body.
"..."
"My husband, hurry and put this on."
Looking at the couple outfit Morgan handed over, Eikou was a little bewildered.
What should he do, he couldn't think of any legitimate reason to refuse her at all!
But if he didn't do something, his relationship with Baobhan Sith really would end.
"..."
Eikou glanced through the full-length mirror behind him, discovering Roland still picking clothes here from earlier.
A sudden idea flashed through his mind.
He looked at the size of the sample couple outfit in Morgan's hand and pretended to say casually:
"This size isn't right, it's too small, can you ask the staff here to get me an XL?"
Morgan nodded. While she was distracted asking the store clerk to fetch another size, Eikou immediately slipped over to Roland's side.
"Long time no see, Roland," he said.
"Aha! Isn't this Eikou, what a surprise to meet you here!" Roland looked him up and down and laughed, "Changing into some new clothes, that looks great on you."
"You too, today you're actually dressed properly."
Roland laughed heartily: "Haha, I'm a man after all, at least once a week I've got to wear clothes!"
"You should wear them every day, if it's only once a week then you basically don't need to buy clothes at all, right!"
"I think so too,"
Roland suddenly let out a heavy sigh,
"But tonight there's a class social party, and I'm the only one banned from joining. They said I strip too easily and scare the girls… but getting excited and taking off clothes at a party is normal, isn't it?"
"To invite someone like you, who loves stripping, to a party, I'm afraid it'd have to be some shady kind of party… anyway, could you put your pants back on properly now?"
"What, I unconsciously took off half my pants again?"
Roland panicked, hurriedly pulling his pants back up,
"Anyway, this time I plan to buy a nice outfit and seriously wear it to the party! Want to come along too?"
"I'll pass..."
Small talk was enough, it was time to get straight to the point.
"An upright man doesn't speak in riddles..."
Eikou said seriously,
"Roland, can you help me with something without asking why?"
"What is it?"
"Do you see Baobhan Sith over there?" Eikou subtly pointed with his hand, "It's a bit complicated to explain, but right now I'm being monitored by her. Can you think of some way to distract her a bit?"
"How do I distract her?"
"Just start a random conversation, or ask for directions or something, as long as you can make her lose focus for a minute or two, that's enough."
"Jeez, that sounds kind of hard..."
Roland said with some awkwardness.
"Really."
Eikou silently let out a sigh inside.
He knew it wouldn't be that simple, how could someone immediately agree to such a bizarre request?
"To be honest, you might find it hard to believe, but I'm actually not good at talking with girls..."
"So that's what makes you awkward," Eikou couldn't help but mock, "and if you said you were good at talking to girls, that would really be hard for me to believe. How about this..."
He said seriously: "As long as you find a way to distract Baobhan Sith for me, next time we have a party I'll invite you too!"
"My brother, I love you!!!"
Roland instantly swept away all the hesitation from earlier, tears streaming down as he tightly grasped Eikou's hand, bursting out crying.
"Just inviting you to a party, does that really need tears..."
Eikou was a little speechless.
Could this be Roland's skill Bitter Tears from a Love of Love, where matters of love always made people cry so messily? His mentality really was too fragile.
Although he didn't look reliable at all, at this moment he was the only one Eikou could depend on!
"Then I'll leave it to you, Roland!"
To be honest, even my life depends on you!
Whether Eikou could return alive or not was entirely up to Roland's ability to improvise on the spot.
"Leave it to me, brother!"
Roland flashed a bright white grin, speaking full of confidence,
"Although I'm not good at talking to girls, I'll make use of my specialty, utilize my core advantage..."
"..."
In Eikou's worried gaze, the French knight took large strides, moving with clear intent toward Baobhan Sith.
At this moment, Eikou accepted the sample clothing the store clerk handed him, then ran into the fitting room to change immediately.
"Can that guy really pull it off?"
While changing, there was still some unease in his heart.
The timing was just about right, Eikou carefully opened the fitting room door, then glanced over at Baobhan Sith's side.
From the moment he entered the fitting room until now, Roland hadn't made any moves, and Baobhan Sith hadn't paid any attention to this Frenchman's existence either.
Only in the very next second, Roland's gaze suddenly sharpened, as he solemnly walked straight toward her.
Finally going to act, was he?
Roland wasn't good at dealing with girls, Eikou really doubted whether this guy could come up with an effective stalling tactic.
But then again, there was another possibility...
Roland walked straight up to Baobhan Sith, brushing past her shoulder.
Right after that, he suddenly stopped.
"Young lady, you..."
When Roland turned around, he was already in "Adam" state.
"You dropped clothes onto my body just now!"
Baobhan Sith: "???"
Damn it, I knew it would turn out like this!
Eikou screamed inside.
That guy never intended to seriously talk with her at all, instead he chose the crude method of playing victim!
In a shopping mall with so many people watching, showing yourself like that, don't you feel any shame?!
This is making use of your specialty, utilizing your core advantage? You're just flaunting your most disgraceful hobby in public!
"Ah, how could this happen..."
Roland crouched down, looking at the clothes scattered all over the floor, bursting with momentum as he accused:
"To damage the outfit I love most, this is not something that can simply be compensated with money!"
Love most, my ass—normally you don't even wear clothes, these things are completely useless to you!
If it had been another woman, by now she would probably have been too stunned to say anything, but Baobhan Sith wasn't the ordinary type, moreover yesterday during the race she had already tasted the tricks of team Twelve Paladins.
Baobhan Sith only shook her head slightly:
"Sorry, can you stay away from me? Disgusting."
Being casually disdained by her, it didn't distract her in the slightest!
Too shameful, Roland—after sacrificing yourself to such a degree, not only did you fail in the mission, but you lost all your dignity as well! Even I feel embarrassed on your behalf!
[Please perform a Luck check.]
A die suddenly rolled down.
[Check successful.]
[Roland's victim-playing tactic had no effect.]
[But after being harshly disdained by Baobhan Sith, Roland felt so humiliated and wronged that he burst into sobs on the spot. A naked man crying miserably in front of a crowd in the shopping mall drew everyone's attention, even attracting the passing policewoman, Mysterious Heroine X.]
[Roland was handcuffed and taken away by her...]
[Since Baobhan Sith was also dragged into the incident, she too was taken by the police for questioning.]
[Without an hour or two, it was unlikely she could return...]
Holy shit, so it actually worked?
"... Making such a mess, can this really be considered success?"
Eikou sighed.
Even at the very last moment, Roland had to resort to his strategy of crying and playing victim—did this guy really need to go that far just for a party?
He was starting to understand more and more why Charlemagne and the others never brought Roland along when going to parties.
Well, in any case, his life had been saved by him.