Beast Taming? Nah, Dragon Herding is Way Better! - Chapter 77

Chapter 77: Be Confident
Standing in front of Diluc, the leader of this group of freshmen couldn’t help but feel a bit overwhelmed with his size, standing more than just a head taller than him with a build that made his relatively good physique pale in comparison as well.

Should they come to know just how different this emperor-like young man’s physique is from back them, they wouldn’t even believe that this person and how he looks like in the past is the same young man, but not knowing this fact gives them the benefit of doubting this level of change.

However, what they do not doubt is the fact that not to mention all of them, even just their leader alone can deal with this young man as he’s a mage two levels higher than their target, not to mention the two-star mana level that he is so proud of, one that stands out among peers the same age as him.

Having this in mind, he eyes Diluc with a proud look on his face as he uttered words from his mouth, his tone that of someone who seems to be speaking to someone beneath his status, as if he’s speaking to someone who should even treat this encounter between them as an opportunity.

“You’re Diluc Leonhart, right? I am Reginald Van Noir, son of─” already managing to look into his identity just a few minutes after the orientation ends, Diluc couldn’t help but feel like this young man’s background is something far more than her previously assumed, however, given that the young man doesn’t seem to approach him with a good intention, he see no reason to back out from his annoyingly pompous acts.

“Say your piece without any bullshit please, we’re all trying to make the most of our time here” Diluc said without even waiting for the young man to finish, knowing that he’s one of those people who takes pride in bragging about their noble house or anything else, something that he deduced from the words that comes out from his mouth last.

Already feeling quite angry because of how Diluc cuts his words, the young man feels like he should really teach this guy some lesson, but he decided not to act immediately in fear of being seen as someone barbarous by the two ladies standing behind the tall young man in front of him.

“Ahem, you might think that I am done with my introduction, so let me repeat myself, I am Reginald Van Noir, son of─” before he could finish his words again though, the emperor-like young man decided to interrupt his words again.

In Diluc’s defense, the obnoxious tone that this young man is currently using is something oh so unbearable to him, something that just make him want to bash the face of this proud young man but decides not to given that he will definitely be the one who’s going to be blamed for this should he do so.

“Come on now, don’t waste our time, just say what you want to say and stop with the son of this son of that matters” Diluc added as he flashes a taunting smile to the young man, who clearly doesn’t want to give up with what he is doing.

“Again, I am the son of─”

“Son of a bitch!! I already said that you should say your piece directly and not take all these unnecessary detours, what the hell are you? A fair lady about to confess love to the man she admires? Please don’t do that, I’m not into that kind of things…” seeing that he clearly has no intention of stopping his introduction midway, Diluc couldn’t help but explode in irritation as he looks at this young man, even him feeling surprised that he erupted that way given how used he is to controlling himself.

[Most likely reason: the feeling of your time being wasted instead of being used to some kind of more purposeful things like practice and cultivation]

Knowing that he is wondering why he is feeling like this, the Dragon Herding System prompted up and reveals its floating gray screen on his eyes, causing Diluc to nod in his mind as he also agrees with the reason that the Dragon Herding System proposes.

“You…” seeing that Diluc doesn’t have any intention of letting him finish, the young man couldn’t help but feel more and more angry the more this guy who he thinks of as someone puny stops him from finishing his words, his last straw snapping the third time that the young man interrupted his introduction.

“Haahh… I am the son of this son of that, then you you you after not being able to tell me who your daddy is, how the hell did you even managed to deceive that old guard in the entrance into believing that you’re a good character?” Diluc said with his expression clearly that of a lamenting one, making the young man in front of him offended enough that he throws the badge in his hands towards his face.

“You think you can just talk like that and not face consequences huh? I, Reginald Van Noir, officially challenges Diluc Leonhart into a sanctioned duel!!” the young man, Reginald, said with an expression of wrath apparent on his face as his seething anger causes him to grind his teeth while looking at the vey source of his anger itself, Diluc, who is currently showing a relief smile on his face as if he just saw someone did something really good.

“Finally!! Was it so hard to just say that instead of all the roundabout?” easily catching Reginald’s badge and dispelling whatever small spell it is that he imbued upon them, Diluc replies with a smile on his face as he hands the badge back to its owner, who seems to imitate him as his face, still filled with quite the rage yet already calming done now, tries its best to show an unbothered expression as he catches his badge as well.

Which is most likely not a good idea for him, given how Diluc infuses the badge with fire elemental mana while it is in his hand, heating it up just enough to make the one currently holding it to feel surprised out of his mind.

And that is exactly what happens, the pain from being scalded by the badge he held something that made his teeth grit even more, but he refuses to just throw it away out of his consideration for his own reputation.

“I’ll see you in the Orion Arena” Reginald said with a trace of cruelty lacing his tone as he looks at Diluc with a taunting gaze, before turning around and leading his group towards what the emperor-like young man assumes as the direction towards the Orion Arena.

“I’m sorry, this might be our fault…” seeing what just proceeds, both of the two elven beauties said at the same time as they look down on the ground, thinking that this already escalated out of their expectations.

“Please, be confident, ladies, don’t say ‘this might be our fault’ admit that it truly is” hearing their words along with the regretful tone in it, Diluc said with a smile on his face that made the two of them quite stunned.