"I suspected this. It doesn't matter. Let's get it over with and move on with our lives. Would soone go call a few of them over? We can address them for the last ti here as well as give them so at since I'm certain you all didn't give them any" Muku spoke. Not minding how the girls had basically abandoned the stadium won.
"I'll go" Chloe stepped up. Not because she wanted to but because she had noticed that Audrey was about to volunteer. And there was no way she would let her go while she was around.
Layla likely would have taken Audrey's place in the end. But everyone knew that Layla's communication with strangers was nonexistent. Which was why Chloe stepped up.
She then promptly left for the stadium. And soon returned with Freya and a few other won from the base. While she wanted to leave Freya behind for obvious reasons, she refused to let her pettiness get in the way of business.
"Hello, sir. It's nice to see you in good health" Freya was unable to control herself when she saw that Muku was okay. She imdiately blurted out what she thought. She had been extrely worried every day since the day she saw him last. It even affected her sleep.
So now, finally seeing him. Looking okay on top of that. She just couldn't control herself. She imdiately regretted her words as she felt the air around her get heavier. She again found herself the target of multiple unfriendly gazes.
It felt so unbearable that she stumbled backwards. She then stumbled on her own foot and fell to the ground. Like any normal person when they fall. She reached out with her hands to touch the group and soften the impact.
[Functional House Detected!]
[Do you wish to bind?]
[Caution: Once bound. Can only be unbound by the destruction of the house]
As soon as her hands made contact with the mansion floor. She got several unfamiliar prompts. But she imdiately knew that they were linked to her class. Which left her dazed as she didn't know what to do next.
"Hmm?... Well, that's certainly an interesting developnt," Muku spoke with a little smile. He and the other Rank Twos had just sensed sothing weird.
The mont Freya's hands touched the mansion floor. They sensed her mana travel through every last part of it before returning to her body. Which was sothing even they couldn't do.
While they could sense almost anything in the mansion. It was because of their heightened senses. While Freya basically rged her mana with the mansion. Which was sothing that shouldn't have been possible for soone as weak as her since even they couldn't do it. But it all made sense as soon as they rembered her unique class.
Interestingly, he could vaguely sense that the mansion had gotten a bit stronger after her mana passed through its walls. A crazy idea imdiately ford in his mind.
"So this is what I missed last ti, huh? Our mansion is still a house after all. Hey Ms Freya, before we move on to other things. Mind having a little chat with ?" Muku spoke aloud his thoughts and then addressed Freya at the end while helping her up.
The girls were giving him a look that said "Don't you dare!" But of course, being himself. He ignored them. He would do anything that would improve their safety, even if they were initially against it.
In this case, if Freya really developed like he thought she would with their help. Then there was no way they would keep on disliking her. Especially when there was really no reason to dislike her... At least not yet there wasn't.
"Sure" Freya, who was still a bit dazed, agreed to sit down and talk to Muku.
"Great. Audrey, why don't you go show the other ladies what they need to take?" Muku delegated the task of dealing with the stadium won so that he could speak to Freya without exposing everything about her to them.
After all, who knew whether they could be trusted or not. As for his girls, he trusted them. And if they wanted to do sothing to her. Whether they knew sothing private or not, it didn't matter. The strength difference was just that great.
Another reason was he wanted the two sides to quickly get used to each other. His crazy plan wouldn't work if they clashed constantly. So, he was going to try and use the situation as the foundation for the future.
"Sure" Audrey agreed to carry out the task. And so, she directed the won to the kitchen where the at they were supposed to take was.
"No, we can speak without worry. If you don't mind Ms Freya, can you tell what just happened with your Class just now? In as much detail as possible?" Muku imdiately got to the point.
"Y-yeah, sure", Freya responded, a bit surprised by how he already knew that sothing had happened that was linked to her Class.
After all, there were no obvious outward occurrences that had suggested such a thing. But rembering his strength that seed godlike to her, she accepted it. To her, it made sense that he could tell such things. In her mind, he was an almost unequalled presence.
"So it happened like this..." After Muku nodded for her to proceed.
She imdiately recounted what had happened. Not leaving anything out. She even cutely tried to imitate the way the IA spoke in her head. Which made Muku and the girls realise that they might have co across one of those airheads they had heard so much about.
And honestly, they all found her cute at that mont. So girls even got the urge to go and pat her head. Which would have been weird since she was older than them. She looked to be around 18 or 19 years old.
"Oh, is that so. How fascinating. Anyway, I have a proposition for you if you don't mind hearing it" Muku who had sowhat guessed it, wasn't too surprised.
All that surprised him was that she had to destroy her previous bonded house to choose another one. But other than that, it was all within his expectations. So he quickly moved on to the next step of his plan.
Hearing him actually say it. The girls narrowed their eyes but they didn't say anything. While they could oppose him. They chose not to. They felt that whoever opposed him at that ti would be lowering their chance of ending up with him while increasing that of the others. After all, they heard read in a magazine that they ca across a while back that n like won who are understanding.
Whether it was true or not. They didn't care. It seed reasonable enough. And no one was willing to test out its truthfulness.
"Yes, sure, go ahead, please" Freya replied with so confusion.
Having no idea what he might want to propose to a little character like herself. Hell if he wanted to, he could force her to do whatever he wanted. And she wouldn't even be able to resist. Would she want to resist though?
Okay, she was going off track. So she quickly got out of her mind and completely paid attention to Muku. Waiting to hear what he had to say.
"Umm, what do you think about joining my crew?" Muku again didn't beat around the bush.
Hearing his statent, Freya's heart skipped a beat. She almost had a heart attack. And she had trouble believing what she had just heard. Did he really just say what she heard him say. Was she dreaming? It must be a dream, right?
"It's okay if you don't want to. But just give a clear answer so that I cannot for certain that I was rejected," Muku spoke up with a slightly downcast expression. He had assud her dazed silence for rejection.
Hearing his words the girls all facepald. The guy really didn't know how to read a girl, did he? Everything about Freya's actions was suggesting that she wanted to join. But the dense fool was seeing the opposite.
They all soon cald down. They realised that he was also dense with them, even after all the signs they tossed around daily. So it was to be expected that he wouldn't understand Freya's signs either.
At least that's what they thought...
"What? No... NO! I didn't refuse. I was just surprised that's all. I didn't think you'd want a weak person like in your team. I even thought that I misheard. I want to, I really do! If you are willing to take . I'm willing to join" Freya imdiately explained herself in panic. Thinking that a once-in-a-lifeti chance was about to pass her by.
"Oh. Is that so? Great then! Welco to the team" Muku put on a look of understanding as he replied. Internally though, he was smiling triumphantly.
He was never as dense as the girls thought of course. Just that he acted that way. While the world's social system had collapsed. He wanted to at least preserve his own sense of morality. So until the girls were 18, he'd continue acting.
As for Freya. He acted dumb to get her to take the initiative sotis. If she was going to be their teammate. Then she couldn't be so passive all the ti.
In their current world, only those who took the initiative could make it far...
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