The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

469: Melis

“She’s a commoner.
What can she possibly help us with?” Pamela asked indifferently.

“Who knows when that day will come.
And even if it doesn’t, what do we have to lose?” Algernon didn’t care about a mere commoner.

The two siblings knew conversations in the tent wouldn’t be recorded so they spoke freely.
They never expected there to be a glitch in their assumption.

Unbeknownst to them, a tiny sapphire earring was hidden within the folds of one of the blankets.

Melis had the other earring in one ear as she talked to the other two guys following Algernon.
They had no idea the shy and quiet girl in front of them was multitasking and eavesdropping on the siblings while holding a conversation with them.

The sapphires weren’t ordinary earrings, but were alchemically produced and had long-range capabilities.

Melis had chosen them during the team challenge because she thought they would be useful, unfortunately her team was weak and she didn’t get a chance to use them at all.
Instead, the earrings were proving useful now in the individual challenge.

She was low-born daughter of a hunter.
And in a place filled with nobles, her humble background was only marginally better than that of an orphan.
When room assignments were made, she was assigned to a suite with three other noble girls.

All the girls were bossy and wanted to be in charge.
Two of the girls knew each other, so they formed an alliance right away.
The pressure forced Pamela to form an alliance with her, even though she was a low-born commoner.
She had only agreed to team up because she knew it was impossible for her to stand alone; but the moment she did, Pamela started treating her like a servant and constantly vaunted her superiority, acting as though having Melis around was a form of charity.
It was rich because it was Pamela who approached her for an alliance.
She wasn’t the one who stuck to Pamela.

Pamela was willful and arrogant but also generous.
Sometimes she would give Melis her discarded items, which were actually quite good.

Plus having Pamela as a supporter did make life a little easier for Melis.

Algernon, on the other hand, was a whole other story.
She knew he wasn’t as kind and gentle as he presented himself to be.
Pamela didn’t use her brain much, but Algernon did, and this made him the more terrifying of the two siblings.
Algernon only associated with people he deemed useful.

She didn’t want to offend either of them, but she didn’t want to be their pawns either.

Overhearing their plan in the tent gave her some peace of mind.
Growing up a commoner had taught her patience.
Though it could take time, she would find a way to get out the of bondage the two siblings trapped her in.

Later that night, Feng Wu abruptly woke up from her dreams to the smell of blood in the wind.
Something was wrong…
She threw off her quilt, put on her clothes and rushed out of the tent to where Ink was standing on watch.

“Something is coming.”

Ink’s face sank.
He didn’t doubt her words.
As far as he was concerned, Feng Wu was a magical girl who rarely made mistakes.
“How far away is it?”

“Not far,” replied Feng Wu expressionlessly.

“Pack and let’s get out of here.” Ink made an decisive decision instantly.

They put their tent away and warned Algernon’s people before leaving.
They were not in conflict with each other and warning the other party could be considered an expression of school patriotism.

But unfortunately Ink’s kind intentions went unappreciated.

Though Algernon’s two subordinates didn’t take Ink’s warning to heart, they still reported it to Algernon.

When Algernon heard the news, he had to think about it for a moment.
Should he listen to Ink? They were rivals and there was absolutely no reason for Ink to warn him of danger.
Was it possible Ink was setting a trap?

Ink: . . .  You think too much.

That was the problem with smart people.
The smarter they were, the more they thought about stuff.
Their brains whirred with what-ifs.
Algernon was undecided because there were too many possibilities to consider.

Pamela was a lot less ambiguous about the situation.
“Brother, do you really believe what that guy said? What can he possibly know; he’s just a second year.
I think he’s trying to trick us.
We have to be careful!”

Pamela didn’t normally think much, but because Ink and Feng Wu refused to give her any face earlier, she was inclined to think badly of them.

While Algernon was waffling about what to do, Feng Wu and Ink had already hopped on Sister Alpaca’s back and were racing away from the area as fast as they could.

It was the first time Flower had let a guy ride on her back; she was a cute girl so how could she have a guy riding on top? But this was an emergency and time was of the essence, so Sister Alpaca made an exception and let the male, who she viewed as useless, ride on top.
Without her help, it would have been hard for them to escape.

All the while, a large group of wolves moved closer to their camp site.
The blood and murderous aura Feng Wu sensed came from them.

If it weren’t for Feng Wu’s childhood growing up in the mountains, she would not have been able to sense the change in the air.

Soon enough the wolf pack reached the camp site and surrounded Algernon’s group.
Pamela was so frightened she nearly peed herself.