Hero? Are You Worthy?
Chapter 249 - 160: Girls Need to Learn to Protect Themselves (3)_2

Chapter 249: Chapter 160: Girls Need to Learn to Protect Themselves (3)_2

"Beautiful miss, may I inquire if you need assistance?" Just as Norma was feeling troubled, a clear and gentlemanly voice suddenly came from up ahead.

Like a startled little rabbit, Norma’s neck instinctively shrank back.

The guard at the door quietly glanced at Mr. Brave and flicked his eyes toward Norma, seemingly asking Mr. Brave if they should send this impertinent woman away.

Qin Chu shook his head slightly, indicating he would handle the woman himself.

After closing the distance, Qin Chu immediately recognized Norma’s identity.

The fiancée of Karsas.

This brought some unpleasant thoughts to Qin Chu’s mind... Unlike the Prince, Karsas truly loved his fiancée.

Karsas was definitely going to die, but this seemed to make his impending death even more desperate!

The train of thought in his mind made even Qin Chu feel a bit awful—was he being too cruel?

After all, during the first week, Qin Chu had met Norma a few times, and his impression of her was rather good; she was a kind-hearted woman.

In Qin Chu’s view, Karsas wasn’t worthy of Norma at all... Although Norma had left Karsas, she never gave up; she was tirelessly looking for a way to cure Karsas through magic and various magic potions.

On the contrary, Karsas, despite constantly professing his love for Norma, claiming he wouldn’t accept any other girl but her, actually had no other choice—after all, which girl would foolishly choose a man who had killed her entire family?

Occasionally, one could still sense the deep hatred Karsas held for Norma, who had left him, and it was something Karsas abhorred. At times, seeing Norma having normal interactions with other men would arouse deep jealousy in Karsas, with dark powers surging within him.

Now, looking back, although many were involved in his execution—every member of the Hero Team was present—Norma’s figure was nowhere to be seen.

The guard at the door wore an ambiguous expression and a knowing smile.

It seemed another girl was going to suffer a dire fate!

Although this girl looked somewhat haggard, she had a good foundation; with a little care, she surely would be quite charming.

Unlike Mr. Brave’s other women, this girl had that clingy, soft demeanor, which could easily trigger a man’s protective instincts.

Startled by Qin Chu’s abrupt voice, Norma let out a curious "mm-hmm" sound from her mouth.

After a few seconds, she raised her head to look at the black-haired man in front of her. His appearance, starkly different from the people of Sky Dome Continent, allowed Norma to immediately confirm that he was the Hero summoned from a Different World.

He was dressed in a clean and tidy black suit, watching her with a gentlemanly smile on his face.

This left Norma feeling flustered; she wasn’t mentally prepared to meet the Hero yet.

"Um, that... hello, esteemed Mr. Brave, my name is Luoma... no, that’s wrong, it’s Norma... Norma Miriam..."

She hated her teeth for always biting her tongue.

This time, forget about a good impression; maybe she would even be ridiculed by the Hero.

However, Qin Chu’s reaction was somewhat unexpected to Norma. His face kept a tender smile from beginning to end: "Norma? That’s a very gentle name, quite fitting for you, miss."

"It seems you have something important on your mind, let’s go inside and talk at leisure."

Qin Chu bowed slightly, making a gesture of invitation.

The luxurious palace.

Although Norma’s response wasn’t as exaggerated as Karlin’s, it was clearly quite shocked. In her younger days, her family was not poor, but after her father died in battle, her fortune plummeted. Everything she had—mansions, titles—were seized by her uncle, leaving nothing behind for Norma.

As soon as Norma entered the hallway, Antasia, returning from the training ground, saw Qin Chu and immediately her face bloomed with a brilliant smile, her confidence and beauty sparking envy in Norma.

With flowing, soft ice-blue hair, she leaned directly on Qin Chu’s shoulder.

How had he not noticed during the first week that aside from elegance and nobility, Antasia possessed another side to her.

This was a girl who dared to love and dared to hate.

After overcoming that inner barrier, she would never hesitate again.

Once she fell in love, that was it.

She did not care about her own identity, whether she was once the fiancée of the Prince, nor did she care about Qin Chu, Mr. Brave’s status. To Antasia, she was a woman and Qin Chu was a man––and as this woman, she had fallen in love with that man, Qin Chu. It was that simple.

She never cared about the looks of others.

In the Duel Arena, it was Antasia who took the initiative to kiss Qin Chu, sparking the competitive spirit of other girls and starting the Prince’s nightmare.

If it were not for her failure to see through Qin Chu’s feigned weakness, perhaps Antasia would have taken the initiative to turn the raw rice into porridge already.

She shook Qin Chu’s arm while complaining that Antia was a devil of a teacher.

Even in the icy lands of the Ice Duchy, she had never suffered like this, spending nearly the entire day training, aside from mealtimes.

"I’m a Magician, yet I was made to carry a long spear weighing dozens of pounds..."

"Am I supposed to become a kind of Magician that uses Magic Wands, or even fists, to hit people?"

"Please, no, that’s not at all elegant for a Magician."

It seemed that Antasia had suffered a lot under Antia’s training. Although Antasia had been complaining, it was obvious that she did not truly resent Antia; on the contrary, she was very fulfilled these days.

The Valkyrie Ghost did not hold back anything, prepared to pass on all that she had to Antasia.

One could foresee that Antasia would likely be both a Great Sage and a Valkyrie in the future.

Just imagine Antasia using a pure metal forged Magic Wand in battle, using physical Magic to smash the heads of her enemies––the thought had its own unique charm.

Angelica just smiled gently. She too had practiced Magic hard all afternoon, but what she primarily learned was not Magic Power, but the understanding of Magic.

Some of the concepts proposed by Violet even gave Angelica the feeling that she had opened the door to a new world. Although her Magic Power hadn’t increased, she knew that the knowledge Violet imparted to her was more valuable than any Magic Power.

Magic is not just about learning and using it; it requires insight!

She also wanted to snuggle up to her master, but she was sweaty from a whole afternoon’s training, and approaching her master in such a state would definitely be inappropriate.

"Alright, Miss Antasia, the master has serious matters to attend to. You’re all sweaty, don’t cling to the master like that," Angelica reminded her with a bit of amusement.

"That’s not true," Antasia retorted lightly, waving her small fist; she didn’t smell at all.

Eventually, she still left Qin Chu’s side. When she saw the guest, Norma, Antasia instantly switched to the elegant Princess persona, her smile on her face the epitome of perfection.

"So we have a guest. I was truly rude just now, I hope our distinguished guest will not take offense," she said gracefully as she bowed.

Qin Chu was a bit stunned by the sudden change from one moment to the next.

"I apologize, we have just finished training, and this state of mine is really not suitable for hosting a distinguished guest. I’m sure the beautiful lady would not mind if we went to bathe and change our clothes first..." said Antasia with a light smile.

"No, no, of course not," Norma responded somewhat flusteredly.

She did not feel like an outsider at all; she treated the place as if it were her own home.

Qin Chu touched his nose but did not correct Antasia’s issue. This elegant, noble, and lively girl added a lot of vitality to the palace.

Watching Antasia and Angelica leave together, Norma recalled the warning Rose Vesper gave her before coming.

There are many beautiful girls around Mr. Brave.

Girls, you must learn to protect yourselves.

Her fair teeth gently nibbled her lower lip as her little head began imagining some of the terrible scenes she had accidentally seen in her master’s library, causing her to instinctively tighten her hold on her Magic Robe.