However, even though she had seen her target, Kaede didn't go up to meet her right away.
After all, if she had gone over at the beginning, she wouldn't have been able to see this farce unfolding right in front of her, would she?
The drunken wolf-man, the hurtful words coming from his mouth, and the expression on the face of the white-haired boy on the other side.
The story seemed to be one of her own making: the Sword Princess had saved a young boy from a monster, but this boy had been scared away?
Then, the wolf-man used this incident to mock the Sword Princess; actually, it wasn't really mocking, he was just drunk and blurted out everything he wanted to say.
Presumably, this wolf-man didn't expect that the little guy he was talking about was sitting right next to them.
For them, this was just a joke, but for the white-haired person sitting next to them, it was undoubtedly a nightmare, right?
"What will he choose?" Kaede became slightly interested at this moment, wanting to know what kind of choice the coward mentioned by the wolf-man would make.
A coward, indeed; to be scared away by the person who saved them was enough to be called a coward. Although she didn't know the specific details of the incident, listening to the wolf-man's words, Kaede also thought the guy next to her was cowardly enough.
"If he were truly a coward, he probably wouldn't cause any farce, would he?" Kaede muttered with a chuckle, then while eating the food on her plate, she observed the development of the situation.
Just like how the wolf-man hadn't stopped yet.
"What do you think, Aiz Wallenstein? That trash who could only tremble in front of you. Someone like that actually calls himself an Adventurer like us, huh?" The wolf-man Bete said, his face flushed red, looking at Aiz Wallenstein.
"...In that situation, I think it was normal," Aiz Wallenstein said.
"So her name is Aiz Wallenstein." Kaede nodded, although she could probably have found out this information just by asking.
"What's this, still acting like a good person... Then let me change the question: that brat and me, if you had to choose a partner, which one would you choose?" Bete stood up, slamming the table, and asked, looking at Aiz Wallenstein.
"...Bete, are you drunk?" Aiz Wallenstein asked blankly, only realizing it at this moment.
"An airhead?" Kaede almost spat out the food in her mouth. All this time, the Sword Princess hadn't said much, and she had assumed it was because she was aloof...
However, this one sentence from the Sword Princess completely shattered Kaede's assumption. To only realize such an obvious thing at this moment—she really was an airhead.
"As long as you are trash, you have no right to stand beside Aiz Wallenstein Wallenstein!"
When Bete finished saying this, the white-haired boy finally couldn't hold it in anymore and stood up...
Then, as if fleeing for his life, he ran out of the Hostess of Fertility.
"Hmm, he really ran?" Although she had anticipated it, Kaede was still a little disappointed. A farce is naturally more interesting the bigger it gets, especially when this farce has nothing to do with her.
Kaede was no stranger to this mentality of enjoying watching farces. Back in SAO, Kaede had realized she had this kind of mindset, but since it wasn't a bad thing, she didn't bother with it.
However, after the white-haired boy ran out, the Sword Princess seemed to have noticed something and stood up.
"Huh? Could it be a dine-and-dasher?"
"Whoa, to actually dine-and-dash at Mama Mia's place... that's some serious guts."
"Yo yo, Aiz Wallenstein, what are you doing?" The red-haired god, drinking alcohol, watched Aiz Wallenstein run out, then a lecherous smile appeared on her lips. She came up behind the Sword Princess, pressed her body close to her, so close that their breathing could touch, and then pressed her pubic bone against the Sword Princess's arm.
Then, one could see the Sword Princess, with a puzzled expression, remove the god's hand, twist it, strike with her elbow, and after the god retreated a few steps, she slapped her on the cheek.
"Please do not do strange things," the Sword Princess said, pressing down on the god who had a red mark on her face.
However, seeing the Sword Princess like this, the god didn't seem scared at all; instead, she revived on the spot.
"Such a kuudere Aiz Wallenstein is so cute!!"
"Is this the Loki Familia?" Watching all this, Kaede muttered to herself. The strongest Familia in this labyrinth city was actually like this. Although that Bete was unpleasant, he was, after all, in a drunken state, revealing his ugly side, so one couldn't judge everything based on that, but the others looked... quite decent.
Therefore, with this thought in mind, Kaede spoke up, and without concealing it, although her voice was not loud, it could be clearly heard by everyone.
"Oh, isn't that the glutton~"
"What's going on today? One thing after another, it's really lively!"
"This trip wasn't a waste!"
Actually, Kaede's words didn't mean much on their own, but now, after Bete had said those things while drunk, they were naturally taken to mean something else.
However, Loki, who was in the wrong, wouldn't say anything, although she might remember Kaede's appearance, and then...
Hmm, but the drunken Bete immediately got upset after hearing Kaede's words.
"What did you say? You brat!" Bete roared at Kaede. In his eyes, Kaede's figure was swaying, and she seemed to be a boy.
"And wearing a cloak, is there something you're afraid to show?" Bete shook his head, then sobered up a bit and saw Kaede still sitting there, eating leisurely, along with the stack of plates piled high beside her...
"Pfft, hahahaha! With this appetite, are you the reincarnation of a starving ghost!?" Seeing this, Bete burst out laughing, clutching his stomach.
"Oh, that's still better than you, a drunken wolf-man, acting out," Kaede just said indifferently.
"What did you say?" Bete stopped laughing and turned angry; he wasn't drunk, okay!
"I said, you, this wolf-man, are drunk and are spouting nonsense, making people laugh at you." Kaede responded to Bete's words, with no intention of backing down at all.
And her voice made the people around more and more excited, which made Mia helplessly pat her forehead; this is a place to eat!
The next moment, the wolf-man moved, rushed in front of Kaede, and threw a punch down.
"Bete!" Seeing this scene, the Elf royalty Riveria couldn't sit still anymore.
"Don't worry, Bete knows his limits, but he'll probably be scolded by Mia again this time," said the Dwarf, who was also the captain of the Loki Familia, Finn, with a wry smile.
"Bete should be taught a good lesson," the two Amazon girls nearby said, rubbing their fists and feet.
Watching Bete's movements, Kaede naturally understood that he wasn't using his full strength, but the power he brought was still not to be underestimated.
However, if she dodged... Kaede looked at the food beside her that she hadn't finished eating yet, and then decided not to dodge, stretching out a pair of jade-like hands to block Bete's attack head-on.
"Bang!!"
The huge force made Kaede involuntarily step back, but it was only a step back. Her Ability Scores hadn't changed since she came to this world; it seems the attributes after coming here were optimized.
"Yo, not bad!" Bete looked surprised, then looked up.
"To actually be able to catch my..." Bete's words didn't continue, because at this moment his eyes had already widened.
No, it should be said that everyone in the Loki Familia had also stood up, widening their eyes, watching this scene.
The people nearby who were watching the commotion also had their mouths wide open, and even the proprietress Mia forgot to get angry for a moment, standing there stunned.
The cloak Kaede was wearing was just an ordinary one, without any anti-gravity or anti-common-sense power, so under the strong wind brought by this punch, it fell off Kaede, revealing the face Kaede had hidden beneath the cloak.
Looking at everything around her, Kaede knew her face was exposed, but it didn't matter anymore.
Scanning the faces around her, her gaze lingered on Aiz Wallenstein for a moment before Kaede looked at Loki with her blood-colored eyes.
"May I ask, can I join your Familia?"
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