The Hero Kicked Me Out of His Party, So I Turned Him into My Maid - Chapter 44

“You know what, such a combination seems to have never existed in the academy’s three-hundred-year history.”

“Damn it, what a waste to give them to me. I wish I could team up with the top two third-year students… No, I really don’t have the interest to team up with the top two…”

“Those two good-for-nothings who brought shame to the witch actually managed to draw teammates like that, they must have cheated, right?”

…

The students could clearly see the four-person configuration of Alyssa’s team.

In an instant, all eyes, whether on students or teachers, were focused on Ariel.

This team combination is hard to ignore.

“What…?”

Mila pouted, clearly feeling the barely suppressed contempt in those gazes. Each hint of contempt piled up and merged together, piercing Mila’s heart like an awl.

She really wanted to yell, “What are you all looking at?”

What? Who says that the last few in age can’t be matched with the first few? If you’re so capable, you might as well blame bad luck.

However, most students have a deep-rooted contempt for those who are at the bottom of the class. No matter what you say, they will take it as an excuse or an attempt to protect their pitiful self-esteem.

Ariel knew the same treatment she had received when she fell to the bottom of her class, the same treatment Mira had received since she enrolled.

Although it wasn’t to the point of “public opinion melting metal and accumulated slander destroying bones,” I still admire Mila’s optimistic personality.

Because he empathized with Mila’s plight, when he was being bullied, the thought of Mila being able to face it with a smile gradually made him more optimistic.

So these people’s gazes are really jarring… Don’t they realize that blatant discrimination can ruin a person?

Mira could tolerate it, and the old Ariel could tolerate it, but the current version of herself cannot.

Have we endured it all in one lifetime, and now we have to endure it all again?

It’s just a lottery, and when we get to the team test, someone will definitely try to trip us up out of “minor malice” or “teasing”.

Go to hell with you guys!

Ariel slightly raised her right leg, then stomped it down hard, the boot hitting the ground with a dull thud.

With her legs slightly bent and using all her strength, Ariel’s hair stood on end, the curls all forming sharp edges.

Have you seen enough?

Ariel looked around angrily, scrutinizing everyone.

Some students were taken aback by Ariel’s unexpected roar and obediently shut their mouths.

Other students looked at Ariel with mocking expressions, as if watching a monkey show.

Lise stood in front of Ariel, her brows furrowing slightly, and an icy chill instantly washed over the entire room.

Luna stood still, a little distance away from Ariel and the other two.

In the cold, her voice was especially moving:

“Instead of wasting your time, you should be concerned about who your teammates will be. What business is it of yours who other people team up?”

Upon hearing the head of the disciplinary committee say this, the students were afraid that a group of disciplinary committee members would come out from the roadside and issue tickets to each of them, so they scattered and went to find their own teammates.

Mira now felt a deep sense of adoration and gratitude towards Ariel. She pondered for a moment, then looked at the four butterflies fluttering in the air, nodded, and seemed to have made up her mind.

Luna glanced at Lise, then at Arielle, her expression remaining calm, but her tone was playful:

“Now it’ll be much easier for you two to put your palms together!”

“What?! Palm to palm?!”

Mila was suddenly jolted awake from her reverie. Her little nose caught the scent of gossip, and she immediately took her place, ready to listen.

“So Alyssa knows Senior Lise, and you two have a special relationship!”

Lise shook her head and said simply:

“We were just acquaintances.”

Ariel answered decisively:

“It’s not special.”

Mira shook her head in unison with Lise:

“But Senior Luna wouldn’t lie. What exactly is the relationship between palms facing each other?”

Ariel knew Mira more than anyone else.

Her soul for listening to stories has awakened again… Whenever this happens, she sniffs around like a dog, refusing to let go until she catches it.

Helpless, Ariel reached out and took Mila’s hand:

“Mira, look, this is palm to palm.”

“ah……”

Mira blinked:

Is that so?

Luna smiled silently.

Mira thought for a moment, still having many questions in her little head.

Since that’s the case, let’s just let it go!

“But I’m so happy to be able to team up with these two senior students…”

Mira wanted to add, “I just don’t know if the two senior students will think highly of us…”

But judging from what just happened, these two senior students might be nice people? Asking them would only make things awkward.

“You guys continue talking, I need to continue working.”

Luna turned around and left the crowd.

Where she passed, the students who had been laughing fell silent and moved away, giving off a feeling that Luna was someone to be avoided.

In any case, a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

During the final team test, I’ll be working with Lise, whom I get along with quite well, and Luna, the research fanatic.

Unlike before he was expelled from the hero’s party, he wouldn’t be alone even though he was in the party.

Maybe I’ll only ever want to be in a team like this once in my life…

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“grown ups……”

Lynn and Felin were kneeling. When they looked up, the first thing they saw was the other person’s leg covered in white stockings. Looking further up, they saw the other person’s gloomy face.

Karina frowned, her pupils gleaming in the shadows, which only accentuated her terrible mood.

“You mean the draw to control Ariel failed?”

Karina gripped Arielle’s doll tightly in her hand, cotton balls soaking up the doll’s body.

Filin timidly hesitated to speak.

Lynn, being a bit bolder, swallowed hard and tentatively answered:

“Yes. For some reason, when it was time for her to draw lots for the third year, the Ghost Butterfly Witch was temporarily called away by the academy and only returned after the draw was over. Then the draw results changed to the first and second place in the third year.”

“Um… I know, I know.”

Karina said coldly:

“You all go back first, and then continue to obstruct Ariel according to the plan. We absolutely cannot let her get away with this!”

After Lynn and Philin left, Karina’s eyes widened as she forcefully tore at Ariel’s doll with both hands.

For a moment, cotton flew everywhere, but the doll itself did not break completely no matter how much it was torn.

Karina became even angrier. She turned the doll’s face toward her and reached out, her long, manicured nails digging into the clasp that served as an eye.

Karina sewed those buttons herself.

Karina used a little force to pull both eyes off the doll, leaving only loose threads inside.

Karina glanced upwards, almost gritting her teeth as she said:

“I never expected anyone would help you! Why is it that you, a good-for-nothing, have friends who want to help you, while I don’t?!”