小嫂子的味道

"No, it's the other way around, I'm the one who wants an explanation! Will you care to explain? How did my marriage with Walric break? And not only that, how did the money in our family's bank increase all of a sudden? And most importantly, how did Walric's family is ripped off of the noble's status?" asked Anya, in a furious tone.

'Ah, so this is what it's all about,' the thought surfaced in my mind.

Well, it's no wonder she doesn't know anything. After all, I only told her about the part she has to do.

Anyway, this must mean that everything is in place now, hmm, I wonder if he's here or not.

"Hey, from where did you learn about this? Someone must've told you, right?" I asked, directing my gaze at Anya.

Right then after she heard my question, the look she had on her face was telling me that I'm the most obvious person in this whole world asking the most obvious of an obvious thing.

"Of course, I heard this from someone, no wait!! I heard this directly from Walric and his father who are arguing with our father downstairs," said Anya.

So he's here already, I thought so.

"Sorry, but I have something I must do first," I said and went back to my closet.

From there, I took out a new dark-red colored hoodie and wore it. Then I was about to leave my room but then I was stopped by Anya who was standing in front of the door, blocking my way.

"First explain it to me, just what card you played?" she said, from the looks I figured she wasn't going to give up anytime soon.

What a pain! I really have other things I need to do first, but then again, she won't cut loose till I tell her everything. That's the type of sister she is, or at least that's what I have observed in these past five years.

"Sigh~ Okay, I'll tell you everything. But first let me do what I have to do, I promise I'll you after that," I said, suggesting my idea.

This was the only way to get myself free of her for now....ah okay I admit, I admit!! I'm sleepy and don't want to do a useless argument now!!

After that, she touched her cheek with her index finger, probably she was thinking things over, "Okay…but you must tell me after you're done," she said, seemingly reaching a decision.

"Yeah, yeah," I spoke as I waved my hand and left the room.

I walked to the stairs and after reaching there I took the stairs to go where Ron and probably everyone else also was. I glanced toward the main hall while I kept walking downstairs.

And it looks like I was right all along, Walric and his father were here and just like Anya had told me, they were engaged in an argument with Ron. Ainge was also standing beside them and carried a worried expression on her face.

'Oh! Guess I'm not the only one who's aware of my surroundings,' I thought when I noticed that Walric and seen me.

Leaving the argument aside, he rushed toward me. His face was covered in an angry expression; he was almost burning with anger. If this was an anime then by this smoke you would be able to see smoke coming out of his ears.

I had just finished the stairs when he reached near me and without saying anything he held my neck and tried to choke me.

"You bastard!!! What the hell you did?" he shouted right into my ears.

For a second my eyes turned toward Ron and Ainge who was also looking in my direction, then I turned my gaze back at Walric.

I held his wrist with my hand and then I said, "Let's go somewhere else, you don't wanna create a scene now, do you?"

His eyes widened as if surprised by how I was still ordering him around even after the position I was in.

"Why would I-"

He tried to say something but since I don't want to waste much time here I did something that caused him to stop, or rather a painful expression appeared on his face.

What I did? Nothing major, just gave him a skin burn on his wrist using fire elemental magic.

"Scream and your whole hand will be burned," I whispered right next to his eyes just like he was screaming in mine a few moments ago.

Then I looked straight into his eyes, "You're coming with me, right?" I said, the stiff expression from last night was now back on my face.

At this point, he did nothing and just nodded like an obedient dog.

"Umm, sorry but it seems like Walric wants to talk with me in private," I said loudly, this was basically directed at Ron, Ainge, and Walric's father.

After that, I walked outside with Walric. I took a glance at him while we were walking, his anger didn't seem to have calmed down but he was quiet for now. Just like a volcano that's about to explode.

Coming out of the house, I made sure that no one else was around and then took Walric to a spot that was normally not visible till someone deliberately searched for there.

"What the hell was that! You think you can boss me around like that!!" he shouted and just then launched a punch aiming at my back.

He hit me on my back and I moved forward a little as I lost my balance, but it was not enough to make me fall. For a moment I just stood there, then after a while, I spoke up.

"Do you really think that you're in a position to ask questions here?"

I turned toward him, and the first thing I did was punched him in the face. He was taken so much by surprise that he was stunned after that.

But well, that doesn't really matter now.

I took steps forward and stood right in front of him, then with both of my hands, I grabbed his collar and pulled him.

"W-What the hell you think you're doing! I-I, I can make your family suffer you know. And I will fucking do that! I don't know how you did it but you are the one who broke my marriage!" he wailed.

Good grief, does this guy still thinks he can bitch like this.

"And how do you plan to do that? I mean, you're not even a noble anymore. You, your dad, your mom, all of you are just a bunch of commoners now. You know why's that right? After all, you're the one who's responsible for this."

I threw him to the ground, I looked down and raised my right leg, then drove it right on Walric's leg, kicking it with full force.

"Ahhhhhhhhh!"

Huh? I indented to break a bone but I didn't hear the sound of anything breaking, guess I failed.

"I wonder what will become of you if your father came to know that you're the reason who caused their fall, how their idiot and naïve son destroyed the whole family," I said.

At this point his face was pale, maybe the mental fear for more painful for him than the physical pain. No, maybe it was something entirely different.

"What is it? You look like you've seen a ghost," I asked.

His eyes widened even more as he somehow tried to stand up but failed, then he spoke.

"You...what the hell are you? H-How can you enjoy this moment?" he said, his voice trembling.

Oh, so he's talking about that.

I used elemental magic and created a mirror out of ice and then I looked in it.

"Ah, I definitely don't want anyone to see me like this," I muttered.

In the reflection that the mirror showed, I had a big grin on my face. Well, that was to be expected, I *was* enjoying this after all.

No one can do anything about it. Even I don't fully like this side of mine, that's I always try to hide and lock it up in a box.

"But sometimes, bastards like you force me to bring out this side of mine."

I bent my knees and sat down on Walric's level, then I said.

"You see, if you don't meddle with my sister after this then you will be fine. If not then maybe I will end up telling your father why they were ripped off their noble's status. You…know what I mean, right?"

He gulped once after hearing that, "O-Okay, I understand," he said in a trembling voice.

"Good boy," I said, while I stood up and patted him on his head.