Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 649

Chapter 649: Chapter 649 - Taming the Fifth Year - Plunder

"Enemies? But... they don’t seem bad, are you sure? Aren’t they like Klein, just affected by their families? I mean, they’re... helping me with social practice," Ren repeated, genuinely confused by the reactions around him. "Like I said... with handling unwanted attention... And it’s been working. Did you notice how there are fewer groups chasing me lately?"

"Oh, they noticed," Mayo said, her voice full of amusement. "And do these ’lessons’ include what exactly?"

"Conversations where I feel ’comfortable’ mainly," Ren shrugged. "We talk about various topics. They explain to me sometimes how certain behaviors are perceived in noble circles. How to distinguish between ’genuine interest’ and political opportunism, for example."

"How convenient," Luna said, standing abruptly. The chair scraped against the floor with a harsh sound. "Three beautiful noble girls teaching you about ’genuine interest’."

That made Ren remember the situation Luna had ’cataloged’ as ’not genuine’... The memory was fuzzy, confusing, something he’d tried not to think too much about.

"Luna," Ren began, reaching toward her, but she was already walking toward the exit, her posture rigid.

Ren watched her leave, completely lost. "What did I do?"

"Ren," Larissa said with a voice trembling with anger, "do you understand what’s really happening here?"

"Is social practice bad?" Ren offered, increasingly unsure.

"They’re seducing you, idiot," Mayo declared without filters. "Or at least trying to. And Aldric brought them specifically for that."

Ren blinked, the words not processing immediately. "What? No... But... Aldric said it was for social practice. They heard the same thing and..."

"And you believed him," Liora closed her eyes, breathing deeply like someone trying not to scream. "Of course you believed him if he used ambiguous language... For someone sincere, reading a noble’s mana can be counterproductive, eh? Oh Ren..."

Her voice was exasperated but also had some protective concern.

"But the social practice?" Ren protested, grasping at the logic that had made sense to him. "It’s real. And the girls are being useful. In fact, I think that’s why there are fewer groups now. They’re applying what we’re practicing and..."

Larissa looked at him fixedly, her blue eyes intense. "Ren, have you noticed that only girls from the most important houses remained?"

"Uh... yes?"

"Doesn’t that seem suspicious to you? To begin with, that so-called ’social practice’ doesn’t exist..."

"But... I thought the more insecure girls from minor houses had given up and moved away because of it," Ren admitted, the words coming out defensive despite himself. "Or that I was projecting something different that discouraged them thanks to..."

Mayo let out a hysterical laugh, the sound bursting from her like she couldn’t contain it anymore. "Oh, gods. This is gold. Pure gold."

"I don’t understand," Ren said, his frustration growing with each second. "Why are you upset? Things have improved. They’re not chasing me as much. And I thought..." he stopped, realizing something.

His eyes widened slightly with the connection.

"I thought Larissa was teaching me the same thing." Ren pointed at her, the gesture almost accusatory in his confusion.

Larissa flushed intensely, the red rising to her cheeks like a tide. "I... that’s not..."

"Isn’t it?" Ren asked with genuine confusion, trying to understand. "You’ve been acting similarly. Touching me a bit longer when you correct my posture. Positioning yourself closer. I thought it was part of common social practice. Showing me how it works... I thought I understood better because I noticed Liora does it sometimes too!"

Liora turned around and covered her face with both hands, a muffled sound escaping that might have been a groan or a whimper.

Larissa’s face went from red to crimson, a color so intense it looked almost painful. She opened her mouth. Closed it. Opened it again. She seemed completely incapable of forming words, her usual composure shattered into pieces.

Mayo was laughing so hard she had to hold onto the table and sit in a chair. "Oh... oh this is... I can’t... it’s too good..."

"Mayo," Maria said with warning tone, though her own lips trembled slightly with the effort of not joining in.

Larissa finally found her voice, though it came out as a shriek. "I wasn’t teaching you anything!"

"No?" Ren frowned, confusion deepening into something close to hurt. "Then why...?"

"Because I... because I... don’t make me say it, idiot!" Larissa practically screamed, then covered her mouth with both hands, her eyes widening with horror at what she’d just said.

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