17 Chapter 17 - Teasing gone wrong

When Genno and Antonio heard they want to help them in catching the assailants, they looked for the Major's opinion in the matter.

When the Major saw them looking at him he could guess what they were asking so he asked "Will they be of any help?" The hidden meaning behind the Major's words is "Are they capable enough for this? "

"I don't think-" Antonio was about to turn them down because this isn't something kids should see, but Genno interrupted him.

"They will be of great help., especially Rofta young-in. Can you tell him about your magic?" Although Genno is the kindest between Antonio and him, he has the most experience and knows when to be kind and when not. He knows feelings like kindness and pity can hurt people indirectly. In this case, Rofta's Inverted World Magic will be of great help in catching the killers and by making sure the opponent doesn't get away. This means if Antonio's turns down the help from Marc and Rofta, there's a high chance a killer will get away and kill more children in the future.

After Rofta heard Genno's question about his magic he thought about the advantage and disadvantages of telling. "I can make a domain around me that can reverse people's sense of direction," Rofta said plainly and shortly without telling any of the newly found weaknesses of his magic.

After hearing about Antonio's magic, the Major thought this magic was very dangerous in a battle to the death. Although he can already picture a few weaknesses like if a battle draws out, the magic will be less effective on an opponent if he adapts to it. But if Rofta goes all out from the start and is decisive by going for the kill, he can even kill opponents way stronger than himself.

"How big can you make the domain?" The Major wanted to know the range of his magic.

"Normally 15 meters but if I use using everything I got, I can make it 20 meters. That will also make me unable to move so my defense will be wide open for everyone." Explained Rofta to the Major and he just nodded in return before looking at Marc.

"How about you, what can you do?" Marc thought about it too and decided not to tell the whole truth. He doesn't know most of these people, so why tell them?

"I can use a special kind of Wind Magic to boost my speed and shoot compressed air," Marc said with a big smile with a thumbs up to the Major, making him wonder what's wrong with this kid.

Although Marc has told the same thing to both Genno and Antonio, they both thought there's more to it than Marc's letting on. Especially when he has to transform his palms into paws that can send stones flying. But they also know that what he just said isn't a lie.

The only person who knows what Marc's magic actually does is Rofta, and he will not reveal anything If Marc doesn't want it. Vice versa too, Marc knows the Inverted World Magic has a whole lot more potential to evolve than Rofta knows because Marc has seen a lot of similar abilities from anime and read many theories about different powers that could be a lot stronger than it was let on.

After hearing about Marc's magic, the Major wasn't that interested in it like Rofta's.

"Antonio, what're the chances of the assailants knowing these two have magic?" The Major already changed his initial plans and adjusted them to fit Marc and Rofta, but he wanted to confirm something first.

Antonio began thinking while touching his beard sagely while everyone waited for his answer. When Marc saw it he couldn't help touching his own imaginary beard while staying beside Antonio, dispersing the tense atmosphere by making some of the other surrounding people giggle a little.

"Hm…" Antonio said while going his beard.

"Hm…" Marc mimicked while touching his own 'beard'.

*Giggle*

When Antonio heard people giggling, he couldn't help look who it was and he saw his old crush trying hard not to laugh with her hand over her mouth. He didn't understand what was so funny, this is a serious matter, so he looked at some of the other people who also tried holding their laughter in.

"Hm...I'm taking good care of my beard because I have no hair!" Antonio looked down to his left side where Marc was standing right beside him in the same thinking posture.

"Are you making fun of me?" Antonio could help let a vein or two pop out on his forehead.

"Yes!" Marc immediately confessed and didn't bother denying it, making Antonio trip a little and it didn't help when he heard the next thing Marc said.

"So that's you girl huh? Let me help you out…" Marc saw Antonio's little surprise when he looked at a specific woman giggling and jumped straight to conclusions. Antonio indeed was in love with this woman a few years ago but was rejected so he gave up. Before Antonio could stop Marc, he already approached the lady who was a beautiful elder woman.

"Hello beautiful lady~" Marc greeted the lady like the little gentleman he is. Somehow everything froze around him, and nobody stopped him because they couldn't help look at the weird kid. Everybody has the same thoughts in their blown up minds "What's the hell is wrong with this kid? Does he want to die?". If there was one person the Major wouldn't mess with, it was this lady. Although she wasn't stronger than him anymore, she has friends that wouldn't mind flipping this county around if she asked them. Don't mistake her for a bad person, she's definitely a good person, but her temper is very hard not to ignite, and wouldn't mind removing hundreds of people from having any power around the country.

"Well hello, there little one~ Do you really think these old bones are beautiful?" She greeted back and couldn't help petting Marc's head, but when she asked about her beauty her hand tightened a little around his head making his instinct scream. Wrong answer and he's in for a whole lot of pain.

"Although I haven't seen a lot of beautiful women, I can say for sure you are one of the most beautiful women I have seen in this world!" Marc indeed told the truth, because Marc hasn't seen a lot of beautiful women in this world yet, and this elder woman was indeed hot.

She has long blonde hair in a ponytail and really clean skin and looking to be in her 40's. Her boobs are humongous and Marc would for sure need 5 pairs of hands more to cover one boob. Might be a J cup.

When she heard Marc's praise she couldn't help let her lips raise a little in satisfaction and think "What a great kid," and wanted to tease him a little.

"You see I'm already old and unmarried. No one seems to want me, so do you want to take care of me for life?" She said and the surrounding people couldn't help but curse in their heads.

"Marry? No one dares to ask anymore!" They all thought except Antonio who thought back to his confession and marriage proposal, which left him with broken ribs despite his great physique. He shivered a little but also hopped Marc could help him now that he said he would. A little flame of hope ignited in his heart.

"Sure, when's the marriage?" Marc instantly agreed, making all the people's mouths wide open with shock, some even fell comically on their backs.

"You think you can tease me, lady? I'm not one to be teased, I'm the teaser!!" Marc exclaimed in his head.

The people around weren't the only ones who had shock all over their faces, even the lady herself had her eyes wide open and her mouth was opening and closing wanting to say something, but nothing came out.

The first person to come out of their shock was surprisingly Antonio and Genno because they are somehow more resistant to Marc though Antonio cursed in his head "Fuck you, little devil. You are really a devil. You said you would help me and it somehow gave me a little hope, and now you extinguished that little hope. Are you taking revenge on me or something?" While he thought all those things Genno put a hand on his shoulder calming him down.

"You, you…" The lady's uptight image everybody had off her suddenly crumpled when they saw her blushing and stuttering which they have never seen before. If Igneel flew over the city right now, nobody would spare him a glance at all, that's how surprising this is for them.

"Who's this kid? He's a hero among heroes!" Everybody thought before they turned and looked at Genno and Antonio. Antonio had a sour face right now. Even some of the most arrogant people here admired Marc at this moment, even Rofta, though he won't let anyone know that ever!

"Calm down lady!" Marc went to her side and intended to clap her back a little to calm her down, though because of the big height difference he ended up spanking her, startling her and making her jump like a rabbit and letting out a shriek.

Marc looked at his hand and realized his mistake, but couldn't help murmuring "How soft," but everybody heard it clearly and their eyes were already popping out of their sockets, even the Major's normally calm demeanor broke.

"He's no mere hero, he's a legend!" Some thought and the Major might be one of them.

"I knew Marc young-in wasn't ordinary, but this exceeded my expectations by far." Genno couldn't help nodding in approval.

"How embarrassing!" The big Rofta couldn't take it anymore and crouched and hid his face with his hands like a little embarrassed school girl.

Antonio's anger dispersed with the wind and deep respect brewed in his heart too. "I lost," he declared in his head even though he didn't do anything.

"You, you, you…" Her face was entirely crimson and smoke came out of her head while she pointed at Marc while stuttering even worse.

Realizing he made another mistake by thinking out loud, Marc just scratched his head with a smile while saying "Sorry?"

"You are not sorry at all!" Everybody yelled in their minds.

"No, No, No it's okay you didn't do anything wrong, I don't mind!" She panicked after hearing Marc apologizing. Usually, she would be able to see Marc wasn't really sorry like the others could, but she didn't because of her chaotic mind right now.

"…"

"…"

"…"

"…"

"YOU DON'T MIND?" Everybody's reality was broken right now, and some began pinching and hitting each other to make sure if this was a weird dream they are having.

"Gegege, really?" Marc was really in his teasing zone right now and couldn't help approaching her with his hands in a grabbing motion with an evil grin on his face replacing his innocent look. The others looked with great anticipation for what's to come next.

"WaitWaitWait you can't! I'm not ready yet and how old are you?" And indeed the people didn't wait long for the next surprising sentence.

"You are not ready YET?" They all couldn't help thinking with surprised and weird expressions at the woman who's getting older and older.

"Oh I'm 15-years-old~," Marc said and thought "I'm not digging a hole for myself to fall in right? Nah.."

"You, you, have to wait a few years before you….can….touch…." She said with an almost mosquito voice at the end and her hands hiding her me-parsed face, but everybody still heard it and even Marc's mind totally blanked after hearing it.

"Shi-SHIT…" Marc exclaimed in his head.

Marc didn't know what to do after hearing it and just stood rooted to the spot.

"Uhm, lady. What's your name?" Marc wanted to climb out of the hole he dug himself.

"My name's Lisa Heartfilia." The lady presented her name to Marc.

*BUZZ*

Marc's head buzzed a little after hearing her name because he obviously knows what family she belongs to, and some of its future descendants.

"…Nice to meet you, Lisa.." Marc wanted to run, so he forcefully changed the topic.

"What are you looking at, didn't we have some killers to catch? Don't waste our time!" Marc shamelessly blamed everybody and the people just looked at him with dead eyes like he just took their soul.

*Cough*

Suddenly a big cough took everybody's attention and it came from no other than the Major himself, who watched everything happening. Because he's the serious type, he blamed himself for letting such a spectacle happening under his watch though he was also relieved he didn't get involved with the Heartfilia family. They are a really peaceful family, but this lady here is an exception, she's trouble.

"Back to the question before, Antionio, what're the chances of the assailants knowing these two have magic?" The Majors' serious attitude quickly pulled everyone's souls back to their bodies and they began focusing on what they came here for.

Except for Marc, he only has one thought right now and that was "Safe"

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(A/N: Yo. So here's a little longer chapter, and I hope you enjoyed it. Marc's getting involved with the Heartfilia in the next 'arc' if you're wondering about it.)

(A/N: Please help me with a reference for Lisa Heartfilia. Post images here.)

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