Beast Taming? Nah, Dragon Herding is Way Better! - Chapter 97

Chapter 97: Plans for Schemers
As those students, not only freshmen, stares at the group, particularly at Diluc with such hostility in their eyes, the emperor-like young man starts paying attention to them now as well, thier hostile gaze not slipping past his sharp senses.

“Make sure to deal with that bastard properly during the trials” one of the people from this hostile group said with a tone of malicious intent lacing his excited voice, completely unaware of the fact that the young man they are talking about is already paying attention to them as much, or even more than they already do to him.

“No problem, we only need a few minutes to finish this…” replying to the young man who just spoke, a feminine, teasing voice said as who seems to be the owner of this voice directed her attention towards the topic of their conversation, the fact that this target is not even looking at them making her think that this is going to be some easy benefits for them.

“I believe that… especially since he defeated Reginald and his group, his ego should be quite bloated now since he managed to defeat one of the stronger group within the freshmen” the man who spoke previously added with a smile on his face as he reaches out his academy badge towards the lady who talked to him, an audible bell sound coming out of it as it touches the lady’s badge, as if it is signifying something.

After the sound, the lady immediately checks the badge in her hand as she pours her mana into it, intricate signs appearing just on top of the badge, numbers and letters on it, and on one particular part of it, she saw something that just made her smile.

Credits: 5,000

As new students, this lady and her group has yet to get their own share of academic credits that is used as currency within the academy, after all, it is only once their classes officially starts that they will receive their monthly issue for credit, and should they need to earn more, then they need to work for it, hard.

Smiling as she looks at the upperclassman already preparing to leave, the lady reaches out her hand in an invitation to shake hand with him while she starts speaking once again.

“This is more than we asked for, so I guarantee you that we will handle the job beautifully~” she added with the amiable smile on her face, something that is completely contrary to the sinister aura that is covering her entire being right now.

“Then I’ll be expecting great results due to your promise…” the upperclassman said before bowing slightly at the group, the way this lady talked to him making him a bit surprised given their notoriety within the noble circle, especially the fact that they are rather aloof and cold to others.

‘Is she attracted to me? Is it due to my connection? My power? Or possibly because of my standing in the academy? After all, not even our parents can intervene once we enter the academy’ the young man thought to himself, trying to think of reasons why this infamously aloof lady is treating him like this.

The reason for this reaction from the lady though is not anything that could possibly be deduced by the young man, said reason being the fact that he added more fee in his payment, and this is something that the lady truly values.

Of course, he would never hear of it especially since this is a one time deal with them, knowing that the target he wants to deal with is something that will be dispatched by this lady and her group the moment that the trials for the Primaria Class starts.

As their client moves out from the cafeteria, the lady, who appears to be the leader of this group, observes the emperor-like young man once again, and even she, who considers herself qute the money oriented woman couldn’t help but feel stunned for a few moments as she takes in the appeal of the young man just a few meters away from them.

‘You might be able to deal with Reginald and his group previously, but given your skills… you’re a bad matchup for us, DIluc…’ she thought to herself while thinking of methods on how they can break this young man, something that she just instinctively knows will be a good time for her.

While this little exchange between the man who wants a dirty job done and his contractor for it proceeds like it’s no one elses business, Diluc is now starting to deduce all sorts of things, things that are running in his mind right now.

‘That man is definitely not a freshman, if he is, he should’vce been able to find his own group already…’ the emperor-like young man thought to himself as his senses follows this young man for a while before he returns to himself,thinking of possible culprit for this scheme against him.

‘While I know who the general target is, I won’t be able to move properly if they just keep sending more and more person like that to me…’ as he thinks of how powerful this enemy of his now, he, despite all the despiter in the surrounding, just can’t stop himself from making his remarks.

‘That problem is the only thing that mum and pops left for me except for the good lessons in life…’ he joked as he feels quite annoyed with all of this, thinking that should someone has a problem with him, they should just come to him up front.

In regards with this, he likes Reginald more than this conniving bastard that schemes and uses others, not to mention underclassmen, as a way to deal with him, since even if Reginald doesn’t really fight fair and makes all sorts of cheating just to increase his odds of winning against him, he still decided to confront him face to face rather than resorting to all sorts of hidden schemes.

‘If that was any other guy, I guess they can just wait helplessly for that attack to happen, unfortunately for that arrogant beanstalk brain…’ while thinking of ways to deal with this matter without having the two elven royalties involved, the emperor like young man smiles to himself since he already knew the face of that young man, and he only need to confirm his identity now in order to start dealing with him.

‘Times like this really makes the sanctioned duel system really useful…’ he thought to himself with a devilish smile on his face, a smile that made the two elven beauties wonder just what is it that is occupying his mind right now.

“Erm.. Diluc…” As they continue wondering about the thing this friend of theirs is thinking about, the elven princess can no longer keep her curiosity to herself, voicing her thoughts after clearing her throat, calling his name.

Hearing his name from Alea, Diluc snaps out of his thoughts, the smile on his face changing from the devilish one to an amiable one, causing the ladies to wonder about what he is thinking even more.

Meanwhile, Diluc, no longer thinking about these things for now, is currently staring back at the two elven ladies looking at him with curiosity mixed with confusion on apparent on their eyes, their gazes causing him to utter his next words.

“Is there anything you two want to ask more about the plan?” still having the same approachable smile displayed on his face, the emperor-like young man asked, prompting the two ladies to shake their heads as they already commited their plans in their head, they are geniuses of the highest caliber after all, hence it is only normal for them to have memory far greater than what any normal person can ever achieve.

“Then let’s do our best and good luck in the trials” seeing the heads of both Alea and Alfia shaking in response to his question, Diluc then said as he raised the glass of still warm milk in his glass, prompting the ladies to follow suit as they raised a similar drink as him.

“Though I doubt you would even need something like luck in this trial, Diluc…” Alea added with a wry smile on her face as she recalls just how crazy this young man’s combat power is, something that she has never seen, or even just heard of outside the academy.

“Alea is right Diluc, since luck will not really be useful for you in the trial, why don’t you just rub off some of your luck to us?” Alfia added with a cheeky smile on her face as they continues to eat, a face that she will definitely never reveal to anyone except her closest family otherwise.

‘If I tell them how much my luck played part in me reaching my current strength, how will they react?’ Diluc couldn’t help but wonder this question to himself, of course, this is only something theoretical, something that he will only do if the situation truly deems neccessary for him to do so.