The boys were all taken aback by how much anger was visible in her eyes. But in order to hide the fact that they became intimidated by someone like Sumire they glared at her with much more intensity than before.
"Huh, what did you say pipsqueak? I dare you to say it again"
"Yamamura-san! Th-tha…"
"What! Cat got your tongue, huh?"
Sumire, being who she is, lost all the courage she has gathered in the face of obvious hostility. Seeing the reaction, she expected Yamamura grinned cheerfully, and moved onto corner Sumire more when an unexpected voice stopped her.
"Leave it be Miki; look at her she is on the verge of crying!"
When Daichi said that Kelly turned back to take a look at Sumire and he could detect tears forming at the edges of her eyes.
"Heh, pathetic"
Reo and others laughed disdainfully at Sumire,
"Well, at least she isn't a total waste of space unlike someone else. She is the only one in the whole class who could use healing magic, and has largest number of skills after Agawa"
"Hmm, she is useful."
"How about it? Wanna join us, if you stay with us, you may as well survive"
Daichi shamelessly drew his hand forward in front of Sumire, with eyes that said he will not take a no for an answer.
"….."
Sumire without even meaning to hid behind Kelly like always. Seeing that Daichi's face distorted into one of irritation, he started rambling.
"C'mon do you really think he'll protect you. Right now, he doesn't even have the power to protect himself, admit it he is a fucking coward. Look even right now he isn't saying a word to defend you, he is a freaking weakli…"
"H-How are you so sure? He isn't powerful enough"
Daichi, who kept on downgrading Kelly, was abruptly stopped by Sumire. Once again with newfound courage she questioned Daichi.
"Huh, c'mon just look at his stats and skills. What more proof do you need"
Sumire, who heard all of that, suddenly came forward from behind Kelly and smirked arrogantly.
'Uh-oh, why do I have a bad feeling about this..'
Kelly gulped the saliva that has been collecting inside his mouth for a long time and thought when he looked at Sumire. Daichi, who observed the obvious change in Sumire, took a step back and watched her cautiously. Not only him, but Sumire's eccentric behavior also caught the eye of everyone present there, finally after looking at everyone she spoke.
"it's apparent that Kelly-kun is the strongest among all of us, I am sure he is even stronger than Agawa-kun"
Sumire looked back at Kelly and winked at him with confidence.
"Huh!"
Kelly muttered, confused, not understanding what Sumire meant by that statement.
"I mean it's clear that Kelly-kun has some hidden power that will awaken in time of need, he will surely become the lord of darkness by embracing the new power within him. And finally save us all"
"….."
"Pfttttttt... hahahahahahahahaha"
After some silence the whole class began to laugh at them, Kelly put his hands on his face to hide his embarrassment and burning face. Even Haruka, who was looking for a chance to step in couldn't hold back her laughter.
"Hahahaha, what the hell! I can't stop laughing"
"Lord of darkness, pft hahahaha"
"More like Lord of idiots"
"Man, you two make a good pair don't you"
Daichi said, throwing back Kelly's status plate apparently satisfied with everything. They took a turn to leave, slowly everyone left one by one leaving only Kelly and Sumire alone.
"What happened?!"
Sumire asked innocently with upturned eyes. Kelly, who overcame his embarrassment, only patted Sumire's head in answer.
"Nothing let's go back shall we"
'Haa…, Man this is the worst possible outcome isn't, I could already imagine my future. it's gonna be a big pain in the ass!'
Kelly sighed inwardly as he continued on.