"The Five Pillars?"
"That's a strange name" Gordon who was listening spoke from the side.
"But that's what they are called, they are Leon's closest friends, they are called the Five Pillars because they are almost as great as Leon or so I heard, a man named Donma is a sportsman who broke many high school and junior high school sports records, another man named Verin.... is a genius with an IQ of 200 and received many academic awards" Gako said a little choking on Verin's part, but now I understand a little more about who those two people are.
"and the other three girls?"
"yes, there are three women who are always beside Leon, the first one is Emi, a talented adventurer with a special job class-"
"special job class? what is her job class?" Hearing the words special job class I immediately stopped Gako's explanation and asked him very curiously but Gako's answer disappointed me.
"Sorry leader, but her Job Class is a secret, however, she is heralded as the next great adventurer and she is part of the Lion Hearts clan" Gako said.
"as I thought, they wouldn't let it slip" Job Class holds information about a person's strengths and weaknesses, it can also invite unpleasant people who seek advantage or disadvantage against you, or in my case discrimination and prejudice, think again, after improving my Six Sense skill I became able to feel strengths from other people very well, but strangely, it was only the guy named Donma that I could feel the power of, while the remaining five felt empty, like they had no power at all within them, were they hiding it? but to cheat Six Sense level 5....
Feeling cold sweat dripping down my back, I ask Gako a little urgently "If the Job Class is secret, at least they advertise the level to the public?"
"Right, last time I heard her Level was twenty-seven"
"Is she a monster?!" Gordon said in shock.
twenty-seven... I really shouldn't underestimate anyone, even me and that Fran guy can be easily defeated with that very high level, if one is dangerous then the rest are definitely dangerous too, that Leon guy is just surrounded by dangerous people!
felt my stomach hurt from stress, but I had to hear the rest so I told Gako to continue his explanation "What about the girl with white hair?"
"Her name was Amelia, she was Leon's childhood friend"
childhood friend huh? If so, I have a lot of childhood friends in the village, hm, I wonder where they all went? not realizing my stray thoughts, Gako continued "Yes, Amelia is the young daughter of the famous Arenfron family, a family that is famous for its abundant talent and always produces great adventurers in every generation"
"So what achievements does Amelia have?" I was prepared to hear what kind of monster Amelia was, but Gako just shook his head "I've never heard of any achievements from her, all I know is that she has a very talented older sister in third grade at this school."
"I understand, then the last one?" I would still be careful about Amelia, she might be hiding her true strength from the public and using her sister as a distraction but the most piqued my curiosity the most was the last one, the one who casually vomited my information.
"and the last one is the Rabbit Servant" Gako spoke.
""Huh?"" Me and Gordon's voices overlapped with each other, what a strange nickname? furrowing my brows, I asked "I want to know her real name"
"Her real name is unknown" Gako shook his head in surrender "It's strange, but no one knows who she really is"
the maid who was wearing a butler outfit was indeed very strange, I could feel that she was dangerous, there was something about her that was unusual, she knew where my family lived, and probably knew more than I guess, the extent to which she knew about me is unknown, but it really left a bad taste in my mouth, I have to be careful of her.
frowning in displeasure, I asked "Then what information is there about her?"
any information would be useful, I would like to have at least a little information about that criminal Butler.
"Sorry Leader, there is no other information other than that she was employed by the Starford family since childhood, apart from that there is no information, not even rumors have been heard" Even Gako frowned at the lack of information about that Butler.
This is certainly strange, none of the six people are normal, but what's even stranger is why Miyura can cause trouble with monsters like that, that's why I asked Gako again "I understand, sorry to ask too much but there's something else I want I know about Leon and his friends"
"No! This is my favorite subject! Please ask as many questions as you like" Gako smiled, so I looked around before whispering to him "Does Leon have a case of bad behavior, or at least bad rumors about him?"
I made sure no one besides us heard my question, even before the incident with Miyura earlier, I was aware that Leon was a very popular person, it could be dangerous if his fans heard what I said. Realizing my intentions, Gako spoke slowly "There is nothing bad that Leon has ever done, he is a perfect model student, although there are some rumors, but they are all just bad rumors that people make up to tarnish his name"
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"Is there anyone who dares to slander him with so much power behind him?"
I realized a long time ago that the city of Aragis is not a place where justice always prevails, but a place where strength and power come first, even though this city pretends on the surface, in the end, it's an open secret that the people at the top can do whatever they want, well, I heard Fireflies city is worse though. Answering my question, Gako said "There are always reckless people like that, even though in the end they were purged directly or indirectly by Leon's supporters."
"I understand" It's hard to believe that Leon is the perfect person he pretends to be, but I think it will be difficult to find it.
"Although the two male friends are different" Gako's words attracted my curiosity "What's wrong with them?"
"they are notorious in many ways, like Donma who misbehave, such as playing with women, gambling, drinking alcohol, making trouble, bullying other students, being connected to gangsters and so on"
"That's a crime, isn't it? Is it true that he's a high school student?" Gordon asked with a frown on his face, he didn't seem to have a good impression of the Donma guy.
"As far as I know," Gako spoke hesitantly.
"And the other one?" I ask.
"Verin? Ah he's even worse" Gako sighed in displeasure.
"It could be worse huh?"
"These sound like the damn people who bullied me Ren"
"Well, people like that abound everywhere, so what is he doing?" I ask.
"He doesn't have a bad case to his name" Gako spoke scrunching up his face.
"What do you mean?" I asked confused while Gordon folded his arms seriously listening.
"he didn't have any bad cases that could be directly attributed to him and on the surface he looks like a good person, but if someone looks closely at him, it's clearly just an act, he's good at manipulating the people around him, he can change a good person and trap them into a bad person to do what he wants, he doesn't care about people around him, he doesn't seem to have a heart and just does everything for fun, after entering high school he also used Donma as his accomplice and carried out criminal activities that could probably throw him in prison in the blink of an eye, and he's been doing very bad things since middle school" Gako lowered his head, He seems to know too much about the person named Verin.
"Really? How do you know?" I asked realizing Gako was uncomfortable talking about this Verin person, looking hesitant, Gako, shrunk under my gaze.
Gordon was about to open his mouth before I stopped him before I spoke firmly "How do you know Gako? I'm not asking, but ordering you as a clan leader"
hearing my words, Gako finally opened his mouth tremblingly "he... he was the one who bullied me since middle school"
Gako spoke fearfully, there must be a lot of unpleasant memories about that person. hearing Gako's words, I could see the anger rising to Gordon's head "So he's the bastard who bullied you huh! let me teach him a lesson!"
Gordon stood up from his seat, but I looked at him sharply and opened my mouth "Gordon if you take even one step from this place, then I will kill you"
"But Ren-"
"I will kill you" Even when I didn't activate my intimidation skill, I knew Gordon understood that I was serious, if Gordon did it badly then it would ruin all of our lives, and everything we did in our lives would be in vain, they weren't something we can deal with now, I need more time.
Staring at each other in silence, I could feel Kita shrinking her body next to me while Gako looked confused about what to do.
"Don't worry Gordon, I will make them pay, follow my words now and I promise you" I spoke in a low cold tone, looking at my face, Gordon relaxed his tightly clenched fists and spoke to me "I trust you Ren but please promise not to change your mind whatever happens" Gordon suppressed his anger behind his eyes.
"I promise" I said briefly, even without a promise, I'm not someone who is easily changed, but with this promise destiny the guy named Verin is already set, I will make him pay, as well as others who mess with Gordon and Kita, I know what kind of people they are, I've met many of them.
"Don't worry Gako, Ren will definitely keep his promise" Gordon patted Gako's shoulder who looked smaller than usual.
"Yes" Gako said weakly.
"I promise Gako, no, I promise to the three of you, to never leave you all as long as you are still my friends, like I have done with my friends from the past, I will never betray you" I smiled confidently.
Raising his face to look at me, I could see the light returning to Gako's eyes and he opened his mouth enthusiastically "Thank you Leader, I promise I will help you as hard as I can no matter what happens! I promise!"
Although it was a little forced, Gako smiled again, making Gordon's smile return to his face, while beside me Kita breathed a sigh of relief and took another sip of her drink from a straw, did the drink take Kita's mind? She had been focused on drinking the drink since then, holding it with both hands so it wouldn't be stolen.
ignoring Kita who was immersed in her world, I tried to change the atmosphere "So Gako, let's forget about those people, but I still want to know about him, but want to know about the girls, are there any rumors about them?"
Regaining some composure, Gako spoke again "Yes, I heard that many Leon fans are jealous of the three of them, there are also some bad rumors about their arrogant nature, but apart from that I didn't get any other information."
"Hm? But they are famous among the girls at this school" Kita suddenly spoke from beside me, it seemed like her drink had finished.
"Welcome back again, Kita," I said teasingly.
"Eh? What do you mean leader!" Kita puffed out her cheeks from behind her white mask, but there was something more important than that "So Kita what do you mean they are famous among the girls at this school?"
"Yeah? About them, it's an open secret, They like to bully all the girls they deal with until they leave school or avoid them forever."
"Huh? Why?"
"Of course because of Leon, they don't allow other girls to approach Leon without their consent, there is also a fanatical Leon fan club that likes to act behind the scenes, even upperclassmen are not safe from them, it's a witch hunt out there" Kita explain like this is common knowledge.
"The world of women is quite scary" Gako said shakily while hugging his shoulders.
"You're lucky to have survived this far Kita, you're strong" Gordon's respect for Kita seemed to increase.
"It seems like they're all just troublesome people, how could they get close to someone like Leon?" I looked at Gako for an answer, but Gako just shrugged his shoulders "I don't know how they know Leon and why Leon wants to be friends with them."
"I see, well then, thanks for the information, I will do something about this" One by one the puzzle began to form, I could even roughly guess what happened to Miyura, with this I might be able to form a first plan, although how can I make good use of these puzzle pieces, I'm still curious...
"Haahh" letting out a big breath, I once again leaned back against the soft chair and closed my eyes.
"Ah! My drink is finished, I'll order more, do you guys also want to order more fries?" Kita casually talking beside me, so I opened my mouth to stop her from ordering more food "The snack time is over, we'll get out of here"
"Are we going back to headquarters?" Gordon asked me, but I just smiled slyly and opened my eyes, looking at the three people in front of me, I spoke cheerfully "I'm very tired today, so I want to let out some steam in my head, tidy up your things! We'll go to the dungeon!"
"""Dungeon?!"""
the voices of the three overlapped in shock.
The boring talk is over, now let's have some fun.