The girl in the pink evening gown took another look at Asta before withdrawing her gaze in disappointment.
This time, apart from Luck, whose eyes were still sparkling, even the self-confident Finral realized that their dates for this mixer didn't seem very interested in them at all!
"How hateful. Even if Asta is from Hage Village, there's no need to look down on him like that!" Noelle said indignantly, which made Vanessa, who was sitting to the side, look over in surprise.
Didn't Noelle usually love to bicker with Asta? Why was she defending him now?
Perhaps sensing Vanessa's inquisitive gaze, Noelle quickly added, "Hmph! Asta is just ridiculous. He should look in a mirror—are girls in the Royal Capital just anyone you can have a mixer with? Let's see if he dares to come next time! Also, Big Sister Vanessa, stop looking at me, you're making me embarrassed!"
"Haha." Vanessa laughed gently, then kept her eyes fixed on the scene.
Finral clearly couldn't sit still anymore; after all, he was the one who organized this mixer, and if it went poorly, he would be the first one to lose face!
"Okay, our introductions are done. Now it's your turn!" Finral forced a cheerful demeanor and snapped his fingers.
Although he was currently cringing so hard his scalp was tingling, he figured that as long as he didn't feel awkward, then everyone else would be the ones feeling awkward!
"It's a good thing I'm not sitting there!" Noelle felt so awkward watching that she could have used her toes to dig out a statue of Asta.
However, thanks to the lecherous Finral's stellar performance, the self-introduction segment for the men finally passed.
"My name is Erika, and I work at a tailor shop," the girl in the pink evening gown said, sounding indifferent.
"My name is Elena, and I work at a barbershop," the girl in the dark blue evening gown said in a similarly flat tone.
"Rebecca, I work at a restaurant!" the girl in the red evening gown replied smoothly, not even sparing Asta and the others a proper glance while introducing herself.
"It's over; they have absolutely no interest at all!" Looking at Luck, who looked like an idiot, and Asta, who was completely detached from the situation, Finral felt like crying.
He was fighting this battle all alone!
"So awkward!" Noelle squeezed Vanessa's hand.
"Our Little Noelle is really thin-skinned!" Vanessa was amused by Noelle's cute reaction and comforted her, "Don't worry, Finral is someone who has experienced big events; this little bit of awkwardness will be resolved soon!"
Sure enough, within less than three seconds of silence, Finral found a topic that was guaranteed to interest all three girls!
"Do you want to hear about the Magic Knight Squad?" Finral figured that if this topic couldn't pique the three girls' interest, they might as well just go home!
"Tell me, tell me!" Elena's eyes lit up the moment she heard that.
"I want to hear it too!" Erika also instantly revived, though only Rebecca remained in her slanted-eyed pose.
"Haha, I really am a genius!" After feeling smug for a moment, Finral said, "I am a powerful Spatial Mage; I can travel thousands of miles in an instant. You could say I've traveled through most of our kingdom!"
"That's amazing, Mr. Finral! So, what is your job in the Magic Knight Squad? Do you handle very important missions?" Elena asked excitedly.
"Uh…" Finral froze. He remembered his daily life in the Black Bulls—it was basically being treated like a servant.
He was the one moving things, the one transporting teammates, and even the captain used him to get to the bathroom. If he said that out loud, it would be game over.
Fortunately, being the clever guy he was, he quickly shifted the blame.
"Luck, tell everyone about your combat missions!" Finral said, patting Luck on the shoulder.
"Combat missions? Recently, I've taken on a lot of missions to clear out bandits..." Luck, completely oblivious, accepted the burden.
Then, under the sparkling gazes of Elena and Erika, he said, "But those bandits were too weak. They were already lying on the ground before I could even make a move.
Although I really wanted to kill them, I held back in the end—I only broke three of their ribs!"
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