Re:Zero - Jobless Reincarnation: Succubus Sword God? I don't recognize it!

Chapter 20: Engagement Score Improvement, Friends and Names

Rudy couldn't help but curl his lips when he saw Sylphy still looking timid.

"I'm telling you, if you don't fight back against those guys, they'll just get more and more aggressive."

"I can't win."

".It is important to have the will to resist."

"Although I have no right to say this."

"Normally I would resist if younger kids came, but today they have older kids."

As she spoke, she glanced at Alan.

Alan was far away, and Sylphy's voice was a little soft, so he couldn't hear clearly, but that didn't stop him from smiling and nodding, with a bright auntie smile on his face, because the Q version of Rudy and Sylphy standing together were, to be honest, quite pleasing to the eye.

Seeing this, Sylphy quickly turned her eyes away and her ears twitched.

Under the tree, Alan's face suddenly changed and he waved his hands in panic in front of him, as if he was driving away something unclean.

Rudy didn't notice Alan's sudden strange behavior, and just spoke seriously to Sylphy.

"Is that so? You heard what Alan said just now. If they dare to bully you again, Alan will twist their heads off."

Allen heard this clearly. He had already opened the system panel in the air that reminded people of changes in favorability. Then he glanced at Rudy with a gloomy face and couldn't help but complain.

"No, you are five years older than me mentally! Is it appropriate for you to stand behind me and bully me? Isn't your magic more impressive than my knife tricks? Just setting off a big fireball can both seduce girls and scare them, killing two birds with one stone. Why are you standing there cowering?"

"Forget it. I am also responsible. The time of this incident was brought forward. Rudy has just escaped from Luo Qixi's protection. I guess he still has psychological trauma for the older children. In his previous life, he was tied naked to the school gate and humiliated. It is not so easy to let go."

Seeing that Sylphy didn't answer and just tilted her head to peek at Allen, Rudy spread his hands helplessly.

".But it's really hard for you to be bullied just because your hair color is similar to that of the Speluds."

After hearing this, Sylphy couldn't help but shrink her neck and stammered.

"Don't you care?"

"Because my teacher is a demon, I don't know what he said, but it sounds like he didn't think you were from the Spelud tribe from the beginning. How should I put it? Maybe this is the swordsman's keen observation."

"Is that so, swordsman?"

Sylphy nodded.

Rudy looked at her long ears and asked curiously.

"You have ears like an elf, aren't you a human?"

"No, that's not it. Father is only half Long-eared, and the other half is human."

"Oh? Where's your mother?"

"The human race has a bit of orc blood mixed in."

Before Rudy could come to any conclusion, Sylphy suddenly started sobbing.

"Father, although... I am not a demon, the color of my hair is different from theirs."

Rudy was a little dumbfounded and didn't know how to deal with Sylphy, but when he glanced at Alan, who was also dumbfounded under a tree not far away, he suddenly got an inspiration.

"Don't cry. Alan hates crying children the most. Be careful or he will chop off your head!"

Alan: ???
The crying stopped abruptly, and Sylphy's expression suddenly became panic-stricken.

[Sylphy's favorability towards you has slightly decreased. 】

Alan was overjoyed when he heard this.

"Oh, yes! That's it. Keep it up. Keep it up."

【.】

Rudy laughed in his heart as he looked at Sylphy's expression.

"Is your father very strict with you? It seems that you are not good at dealing with strict people."

".Well, my father is scary when he's angry, but as long as I'm obedient, he won't be angry." "Ah~ Where's your mother?"

“Mother is very gentle.”

"Ah, were you going to take food to your father? You were carrying a basket full of bread. Ah, it's stained with mud. It's all Alan's fault!"

Sylphy, who had just calmed down, immediately became flustered again after hearing this.

"Oh! Sorry! I'm so sorry! I'm sorry!"

Rudy: ???
Alan：???

Rudy had a dull expression.

"Why are you apologizing? Forget it. How about this, you take me to your father's place, and I will apologize to your father on behalf of Alan. As for that guy Alan, he is not good at getting close to people. He will only look at you with a cold face and keep smiling. It's scary."

Alan：?????
Sylphy nodded, then looked at Rudy hesitantly, then turned around, faced Alan, twisted her fingers together and lowered her head.

"Thank you for protecting me"

Then she looked back at Rudy.

"Thank you for washing my hair."

"But if you do this, you will also be disliked by other people in the village. If you don't have any friends, then just leave me alone in the future. I can handle it on my own."

Sylphy was about to cry as she said this, but she was trying hard not to cry.

Because Alan doesn't like babies crying.

At this moment, Alan walked over, stretched out his hands, rubbed Sylphy and Rudy's hair, and then passed by them.

His indifferent voice floated in the wind.

"Rudy and I won't be friends with them, but speaking of friends..."

Then Alan stretched out two fingers and shook them without even turning his head, and spoke casually as if coaxing a child.

"Now there are three of us, each of us has two friends~"

Rudy looked at Alan's back, blinked, and then smiled.

He patted Sylphy's shoulder as she was looking at Alan in a daze, and spoke in a gentle tone.

"Let's go. Don't be fooled by his fierce look. He is actually a very nice person. He helped me before. So his fierce look is just superficial. Don't be afraid."

Sylphy blinked her long eyelashes and hummed heavily.

Alan, who was walking in front, didn't hear clearly what Rudy said. He just smiled and waved the dust in front of his face.

[Your participation score in the Reincarnation: Jobless event has been increased. Current stage: Childhood, cumulative participation score: 50 points. You have gained the recognition of Rudeus and Sylphiet and gained their friendship.]

Behind me came the children's whispers, broken in the wind.

".Forgot to ask your name."

"Xilu. Fei.", the voice was as small as a mosquito's, and the tail sound was swallowed by the wind.

".Sylph, that's a good name, it sounds like a wind elf."

"Thank you, thank you. Is his name Alan? What about you?"

"Yes, the evil-looking guy is called Alan, and my name is Rudeus."

"Alan. That's a good name. Like. Like the savior who destroys the world."

Rudy: ? ?

"It was obviously me who praised your name, but your description is quite apt. If your last name was Yeager, it would be even more like it."

"what?"

(End of this chapter)