Princess Fischl

Chapter 75

Having removed the curse, I looked at the guy attentively, showing with all my appearance that I was listening. To be honest, although I am clearly stronger than him, I am afraid of him. Someone might think that there is something in a system that provides knowledge instead of such imbalanced ones as, for example, in the manhwa player, but I will say that knowledge is much more dangerous, yes, it may take less time to obtain personal power, but having knowledge, even without possessing superior strength, you can drive a superior enemy into a corner, simply by sealing him. Therefore, having learned about his system, I simply could not help but try to get some of the knowledge I needed, while trying not to spoil my relationship with him, although undoubtedly if he had shown even the slightest sign that, like Chinese cultivators, he was ready to cut out the entire family tree for a sidelong glance, or simply like time travelers who do not accept that someone is similar to them and at the same time better in something, then I would have cut off his head without hesitation, spitting on the benefit. After all, a madman with such power can cause a catastrophe worse than any zombie apocalypse and judging by how the guy suddenly became wary, he caught something similar in my gaze. After all, I am not a master of acting and often my face is too frank.

"I checked what was happening to me," Takashi began carefully.

- And? - I hurried. It's true that he probably should calm down, my thoughts only wound me up and I'm starting to be more hostile than he deserves at the moment and I even feel a little ashamed about it.

- Well, as you know, magic is very closely intertwined with emotions and intention. And it so happened that it is difficult for me to hold thoughts in my head, that is, if I do not concentrate, then most likely I will unconsciously begin to speak my thoughts out loud, as I did just now. - Takashi said, but it was clear that he clearly forced himself to limit himself to this sentence.

- Let's assume. But what do emotions and intentions have to do with it? Since I was feeding the magic circle, I suppose it was connected with me? But I didn't feel anger towards you and I certainly didn't want to harm you. - I was really a little confused by his words. After all, as I said, at that moment I had a rather positive opinion of him and even the fact that he was rude to me after losing a large amount of blood didn't spoil him so much at that moment that I subconsciously wanted to harm him.

- That's not quite true. My intentions and emotions played a role, - the time traveler said reluctantly.

- Um. I think I misunderstood something, - Saeko spoke up. - But doesn't that mean you wanted to hurt yourself?

- No. Emotions do not influence the ritual so directly, - Takashi answered evasively.

"Then what exactly influenced it?" I asked.

- Greed.

- Sorry, what? - I asked again,

- Argh! Greed! I was greedy, okay? - Takashi suddenly got angry. - Maybe I don't have any super-ambitious goals, but I'm still a human and when you said infinite energy, I gave in to greed and paid for it! And this scar, even after healing my soul, will most likely be a reminder of that mistake for the rest of my life. - Saying this, he put his palm to the scar on his face. Honestly, I didn't expect him to lose his temper, it seemed to me that suppressing emotions from the system could help him in such situations.

- Listen. No one is going to blame you for anything. Besides, back then in the apartment we decided that you punished yourself, because no one else was hurt. - I tried to calm the guy down.

- Hm. You say that you don't blame me for anything, but your murderous intent was so concentrated that I clearly saw my headless body in your eyes. - Hearing his words, I literally wanted to bury myself underground right then and there. You had to be such a loser to project your fears onto him so clearly.

"It's not like you thought," I hastened to say. "I just…"

- How can you misunderstand something like that? - the guy interrupted me sarcastically and this was already starting to irritate me.

- It's the same old story! - I snapped. - Do you know how many time travelers there are who, having received power, immediately start doing all sorts of crap? And haven't you heard of sick cultivators who start massacres at the slightest provocation? If you had a character like them, I wouldn't hesitate to kill you? What, you mean I wouldn't do the same? - The more I spoke, the angrier I became, unconsciously beginning to put pressure on those around me with my presence.

It seemed that my anger was quite sobering for him, because the anger on his face was replaced by an expression that literally spoke.

- Fuck. - Well, apparently he couldn't hold back his thought and spoke in Russian, which I hadn't heard for so long. It was so funny that all my enthusiasm disappeared and I... laughed.

- Ha-ha-ha. So you were Russian in your past life? - If he had a function in the system responsible for relationships, I think there would be something like +1000 to reputation, status (friendliness) there now.

- Um. Yes. - On the face of the time traveler, as well as on the rest of my companions, there was a clear lack of understanding of why the obvious swearing in Russian had changed my attitude so much.

- Good. You know, now I'm not so worried about you.

- Why? How did the fact that I was Russian in my past life affect your opinion? - Takashi asked with obvious bewilderment.

- Well, look. Of course, it is undeniable that every country has its thugs and the like, but there is one big BUT. - I began confidently. - If you compare literature, fan fiction and various entertainment videos from different countries, it will become quite obvious that Russian-speaking people still have stronger moral principles, even if you take school time in Japan and Russia as an example. It is undeniable that both have their hooligans and bullying. But the difference is in the level of cruelty. In Japan, they bring it all to the point of complete absurdity, which is not surprising given the large number of suicides. Or, for example, show the same entertainment videos to different audiences and it becomes clear that many cruel jokes in the same America or Europe will most likely be perceived with laughter, while most of the Russian-speaking audience will perceive it the opposite. Perhaps I am exaggerating this difference a little. But I believe that from a Russian one can much less likely expect excessive wildness.

"You know, we're here too," I heard Saeko's clearly displeased voice.

But now I fully realized that I had just spoken about their country in a not very flattering way, and this is something even for someone who sometimes likes to shout about how bad everything is, and therefore...

- Please forgive me, I didn't mean to offend you. - I sincerely apologized, bowing as is customary in Japan.

- It's not worth it. - Kyoko sighed sadly. - Actually, you're right, even in our seemingly Elite school, something like this is not uncommon.

- Hayashi-san? - Saeko looked at the teacher in surprise.

- You, Saeko, most likely did not notice this, since you do not communicate with others much, while having gained respect by participating in tournaments. But in fact, not long ago in our school, in Sido's class, one of the students was driven to suicide.

- Why am I not surprised that this happened in his class?

- Well, he's not as bad as you think, Emi-chan. - the teacher tried to justify Sido.

- Yes, I think you're right, Hayashi-san. He's probably worse. - I answered, nodding my head, and before the teacher could say anything else, I continued. - And don't tell me you've forgotten how he pushed girls on the bus into prostitution.

- I... okay. I admit he is a bastard, but it is still hard to admit that such a person was allowed to work with children. - the girl admitted.

- Listen, this is all interesting, of course, but it's time for us to move on to meet our… - Takashi interrupted our conversation, but at the end he paused briefly and sarcastically finished with a hiss - Friends.

- Do you really want to get back together with them? - Kyoko looked at the guy.

- I don't have the slightest desire, but those who asked for Rey are those I simply don't want to refuse.