The Villainess Does It With Class

Chapter 172: Nathan's Trauma

"I found this suspicious lady on the street and arrested her."

I immediately snapped at the man beside me, "Hey! What are you saying?"

I won't really get to hear the end of this, huh? He's making me look like a bad person, seriously...

Ezekiel was surprised for a moment before he started laughing out loud.

"Suspicious? Hahaha, that's the first time I heard someone finding Nadia dubious," he said. "I mostly hear crazy things but hahaha..." he added.

Good for you, Zeke. You must be feeling truly happy. Tch.

The only one who was not amused by what Lukas said aside from me was Nathaniel. He was now staring at him with narrowed eyes.

"She's my sister."

"I could obviously tell," Lukas replied in nonchalance.

Just as what has been said before, who among the whole of the empire possesses the characteristics we have? Only the Hermans. We could be singled out among the crowd instantly and everyone in the social circle recognizes us.

We're literally two peas in a pod, brother.

Nathan frowned and glanced at me.

"You know him?"

'Ugh! ... I really can't get away with this?'

I peered through my peripheral vision, saw Lukas's little evil smirk, and started feeling nervous. Even though I have nothing to get wary about because I haven't done anything wrong. It's just that this man has the ability to put you on the spot and make you feel guilty for no damn reason.

"Uhh... yeah, kinda..." I mumbled vaguely.

His expression got more complex.

"Really?"

"When did you two meet? Why didn't we know of this?" Ezekiel butted in.

"That's..."

"It's not important," Lukas answered on both of our behalfs– "Why are the two of you here?" He then questioned, easily shifting the topic at hand.

Looks like they weren't convinced but Ezekiel dropped it off anyway after gauging Lukas's attitude.

"Hmmm well, I can't remember the exact reason but we suddenly just felt like it."

"Yeah..." Nathan seconded.

So the two were drawn out here just like us... What is with this bookshop? Is there something here? Is this not an ordinary establishment?

Just look at the situation right now. Isn't this extraordinary?

"Ahem. You're all being very rude to the shop owner right now. This is not a place for talking, may I remind you," Janus rebuked us, cutting our conversation short.

Ezekiel almost immediately turned towards the still-smiling Nine.

"Ah. Sorry about this..."

"It's fine... I actually like how lively the shop is right now," she remarked.

It earned her a glance from the great magician himself who then cleared his throat afterward.

"I thought of this from the start but what are you doing here? You keep springing out of nowhere, are you a mushroom?" Lukas suddenly voiced out what's in his mind and it was directed towards the certain golden-eyed mage.

"How rude of you to say that, mutt– Ahem," he suddenly stopped when he was about to call Lukas something as if he thought otherwise– "I'm here to buy books, what else?"