Chapter 279: Everyone's at the "Iron Commandos"!
Under the azure sky, the ranch's pastures stretched out like a soft green carpet into the distance, with a few fluffy white clouds drifting lazily above.
Sunlight shone through the blades of grass, making them translucent and shimmering with fine golden light. The air was filled with the fresh scent of green grass and earth.
"This is truly unexpected!"
Persephone raised her slender white hand to lightly cover her slightly parted lips, her face filled with astonishment.
Lucoa and Petra were no less surprised than she was.
"This... Did she go easy on her?"
Kobayashi adjusted her glasses, which had slipped down, and stared in shock at Lierre, who had been sent flying and crashed onto the grass.
She felt that the 'Lord' didn't seem as ruthless as she had imagined...
She actually seemed quite nice!
"No... that's not right! Σ(゜ロ゜;)!"
Tohru stared at the motionless Lierre with uncertainty, a drop of cold sweat sliding down her face.
She refuted Kobayashi's statement, her voice tinged with astonishment:
"That 'Lord'... was knocked unconscious! Her aura has weakened significantly too!"
"Nani—!?"
Hearing this, Kobayashi turned her head to look at Tohru in disbelief.
So it wasn't an act? She really got sent flying? And knocked out with one punch?
"Hiss—!"
Kobayashi was shocked for a whole year!
The last time she was this surprised was when she first met Tohru!
"Kno... knocked out?"
The three angels were equally dumbfounded. Truly dumbfounded!
As Lierre's subordinates, they knew better than anyone else just how powerful this 'Lord' was.
Yet, such a powerful Lord Lierre was actually sent flying by a human with a single punch and knocked out cold.
This was simply incredible!
After the initial shock, Pino couldn't help but clench her small fists, overjoyed inside.
Great! I might still be salvageable! As long as Yurine-san is willing to help me...
The Yurine in front of her was no longer just Yurine!
That was a savior!
"Yurine-san!"
Pino strode forward with her beautiful snow-white legs, trotting past Ryohei Tanaka, and arrived in front of Yurine before anyone else.
"Hmm?"
Yurine was also bewildered at the moment.
She looked down at her fist wearing the brass knuckles, then looked up at Lierre lying on the ground not far away—
While she was puzzled, she suddenly heard Pino's voice and subconsciously looked towards the sound—
She saw Pino trot up to her, grab her left hand, and hold it tightly with both hands. Her beautiful amethyst-like eyes sparkled with excitement as she pleaded earnestly:
"Please be friends with me! Super good friends!"
"Uh... O-okay..."
A drop of cold sweat appeared on Yurine's face. She felt a bit uncomfortable with Pino's sudden enthusiasm, but seeing her expectant look, she couldn't refuse and nodded hesitantly.
"Yahoo—!"
Pino immediately raised both hands and cheered!
This girl...
Yurine gave Ryohei Tanaka a slightly troubled look. Of course, she understood why Pino's attitude towards her had suddenly changed.
She didn't mind helping out where she could, but...
Yurine really wasn't used to such excessive enthusiasm and intimacy!
"I told you, you could do it."
Ryohei Tanaka ignored Yurine's 'trouble' and said with a smile.
"..."
"Hey—!"
"Pekola, is this guy really that strong?"
Jashin-chan squinted her eyes and pointed at Lierre in the teacher's arms while asking Pekola.
"There is no doubt about that!"
Pekola answered without hesitation.
"Then why couldn't she even withstand one punch from Yurine? Even I can tank a few hits."
Jashin-chan put her hands on her hips, leaned forward, and stared suspiciously at Pekola, suspecting that she had been bluffing earlier.
Saying she couldn't beat her...
Judging from the current situation, she should be stronger than Lierre!
"Uh... well..."
Pekola opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.
She also wanted to know why Yurine could knock out the Lord with one punch! This wasn't scientific at all!
"But speaking of which, Yurine-chan is really amazing!"
Mino looked at Lierre, who was 'sleeping peacefully,' and couldn't help but sigh softly.
This statement received unanimous agreement from everyone.
Chotto matte! This is a great opportunity!
The pink-haired schemer Pino shifted her gaze from Yurine to Lierre and immediately realized this was a golden opportunity to solve the problem once and for all!
While the Lord was still unconscious and defenseless, take her out directly!
But...
Pino glanced up at Persephone and hesitated, feeling that she would intervene to stop it...
"Well, let's move somewhere else... By the way, when will she wake up?"
Ryohei Tanaka pointed at Lierre in Persephone's arms.
"She won't wake up for a while, but if treated, she'll wake up very soon," Lucoa opened her left eye and replied cheerfully.
"Hmm... Let's go to the living room first, then you can treat her."
Ryohei Tanaka casually arranged things, turned his head, and asked Jashin-chan to lead the others to clean up the dining room and kitchen, while he took the rest back to the hilltop villa.
...
When Lierre woke up, she was already in the living room of the hilltop villa.
She propped her forehead with her hand, frowned slightly, sat up from the sofa, looked around subconsciously, and then her expression gradually solidified and became blank (O_O;).
Then she disappeared, literally.
"Ah—! She ran away!"
Persephone was stunned for a moment, then raised her hand to cover her lips and laughed pleasantly.
"Uh..."
Ryohei Tanaka had originally wanted to 'discuss' with Lierre in front of Pekola and the others about temporarily letting them off the hook, but unexpectedly, before he could even speak, she just bolted.
But thinking about it, it was understandable.
As arrogant as Lierre was before, she was just as humiliated now. She was probably experiencing extreme social death right now, and maybe feeling a bit autistic.
Leaving without a word was quite normal.
"..."
Afterward—
Ryohei Tanaka and Persephone chatted in the living room for a while.
She gave him a box of high-grade Demon World ingredients as a thank-you gift for taking care of her daughter, and then bid farewell.
"Eh? Mom, are you going back?"
Persephone II looked at her mother in surprise. Leaving already?
"Hmm... Not back to the Demon World, just going to check on the place where I'll be staying."
Persephone turned to her daughter and smiled gently: "Mom will be staying here for a while too."
"Ehh—!?"
"Where exactly will you be staying?" Yurine asked curiously.
"In Tokyo, at a children's welfare home called 'Iron Commandos'."
Persephone looked at Yurine and answered with a smile.
Then she placed her hand on her bountiful chest, raised her chin slightly, and said, "As a Demon World child educator, I plan to observe the learning situation of human children."
"Hmm... Do you plan to learn from each other's strengths?"
"Something like that."
"...Iron Commandos?"
Pekola muttered the name of the children's welfare home in shock, attracting everyone's attention.
"What's wrong? Why is Pekola-sama so surprised?"
Poporon, who had avoided cleaning the dining room and kitchen because of the Lord and followed along, looked over strangely.
Pekola didn't keep them guessing and said directly: "The Lord... is also at that welfare home! She just went there today!"
"Ehh—!?"
"That's quite a coincidence!" Persephone turned her head to look at Pekola, surprised for a moment, then tapped her fair cheek with her finger, revealing a smile that said 'things just got interesting'.
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