"...Caroline's fiancé?

　He looked at me and Caro over and over again, wondering if it bothered him that I said that. Then.

'Gah!　Holy shit!　Who would have thought that a brooding woman in a mask would have a fiancé?　Gahahahahaha!

　Gull Lake belly laughs, as if my comment was that funny. Behind me, Gillis!　And I can hear him gritting his teeth....

"Hah, hah, that's too funny. So, you gloomy b*tc*, you're a......

Hi!

What's so disgusting about this beautiful woman?

　I was too angry to punch Gull Lake in the face. The woman next to Gull Lake is sitting up and pissing herself because of my killing spree, but I don't care. I don't care about the bastard now.

"Ow. How dare you do that to me!

　Gull Lake himself snaps at the beating and comes at you. He comes at you with magical power in both hands and hits you.

'Ooh!'

　It's true that he moves fast, and if he were to receive a fist covered in magic, there would be no room for one more. However.

What!　d*mn it!

　It doesn't hit me. Gull Lake will hit me, but it's because I deflect or avoid him with my hands.

　If he hits me with a right hand, I deflect it with my left hand, and if he hits me with a left hook, I crouch down and avoid it, but it never hits me. He'll also kick me with other kicks and such, but they won't hit me.

'Ha, ha, ha, d*mn it!

You're too weak. You must have been slacking off in the past.

　It hasn't even been ten minutes for the first time, and Gull Lake is already breathing heavily. I guess he's not training at all. Even though he's been hitting me all the time, he's still able to breathe at this level.

　Well, even so, he's as strong as the people around him say he is, so he must actually have talent. It's just that I'm now paying the price for not training with that talent.

''d*mn it!　You're a little busy.　Don't just run away, come on!

　Then I'll take you up on your offer. I'm probably gonna have to go easy on you, though.

Okay, here we go.

　I take a step forward and get in front of Gull Lake, I can crush him in a single step for about ten meters. Gull Lake takes a step back, probably startled by my sudden appearance in front of him, but I don't let him get away.

　I grab Gull Lake by the neck and make sure he doesn't miss. And then I punch him around.

　I punch him in the stomach as hard as I can, and then I bite him with a knee kick to the face, where he writhes as if holding his stomach. The momentum of the blow hits him in the face as he comes up, again and again. Gull Lake tries to escape, but he can't because I'm holding onto his clothes.

'Ugh!　d*mn it, gah!　Oh, you, d*mn it, haha!　No, no, no, no, no!

　It sounds like Gull Lake said something, but I can't hear it. His face seems to have changed a bit, but I don't care.

　I punch him incessantly and Gull Lake moves back a little bit, trying to get away from him as much as possible, and I find myself at the wall.

　Gull Lake's legs are wobbling like a newborn fawn, and his face is a mess of blood, tears, snot, and various other fluids. He's muttering something, but I can't hear him because he has no front teeth.

'This is the end.'

　When I say that and grab Gull Lake's collar with my right hand and raise my left hand as hard as I can, Gull Lake shakes his head as hard as he can, but he ignores that.

　It doesn't matter anymore if it's because Gallian-san asked for it or not. I can't forgive this guy for insulting such a pretty Caro.

　Gull Lake is screaming with tears streaming down his face as I hit him as I did. And I am.

　Thud!

　I walked past Gull Lake's face and punched the wall. My arm is stuck in the wall. Is he going to be mad at me?

　Before I know it, I seem to have let go of my collar, and Gull Lake sits down, cheating, with his back against the wall. Then he jolts and leaks something. I look at his face and he looks miserable and unconscious.

　I go back to everyone in silence and hug them in turn, starting with Alexia. Phew, I let my anger get the better of me and my wild heart calms down.

　And when I finally hug Caro.

'Caro's not a gloomy woman, you know. Don't worry about it.

"...Yeah. I'm just glad to hear Ray say that.

　You've got to make sure you tell him it's not true. Because those words hurt Caro.

　I hug Caro for the longest time and then calmly pull away. Alexia and the others are a little frustrated and Caro is a little victorious, but I don't care. The gods that don't touch me don't haunt me.

'Mr. Gallian, I think I went a little too far, though I did beat you up as promised.

'Oh, yeah. I didn't expect it to be so overwhelming. But thank you. I hope this changes things a bit. We'll have to make do with the rest on our own.

Yes, dear.

　That's what Mr. Galian and his friends say and snuggle up to me. I don't know why he's so rebellious when he has such good grandparents.

''Don't worry about the wounds. There are some of my soldiers who can use water magic as well. Anybody?

　Mr. Gallian said, and a soldier came in from outside. They must have heard the sound of our rampage. Quite a few of them come in. And they're all giggling when they see Gull Lake passed out on the wall, though.

'Take those guys away now. Let the women out and keep Gull Lake under house arrest in his room after he's been treated. If they wake up, don't let them out!

Ha!

　The soldiers then quickly collected the woman and Gull Lake. When the soldiers saw Gull Lake, whose face was messed up with various liquids and peeing, their faces twitched a bit, but they didn't care.

''I'm sorry for getting you into trouble this time,''

　As I watch Gull Lake and the others being taken away, Gallian apologizes to me.

''No, you don't need to worry about it. I was mad at that guy for what he said, too.'

'Yeah, I'm glad a man like you is Caroline's fiancé. Keep up the good work on Caroline.

"Yes, Cardinal Gallian.

Heck, you and I don't even have that kind of relationship anymore. You can call me whatever you want.

I understand. Keep up the good work, Mr. Galian.

　And so me and Gallian shook hands. This time it wasn't a forceful grip, but a spontaneous handshake, as if he was really congratulating me sincerely.

　........Only, this wasn't the end of the story.