The Black Swan Behind (Beauty of Fire)

157 Get Into A Wrong Situation

Another thing that Marcel had to deal with was that while his group was struggling with economic problems, he now found there was a new problem he needed to solve. It was tough, but he had to face it anyway.

Alone surrounded by enemies did not make Marcel Douglas flinch at all. He still stood strong with a relaxed attitude and a flat face. Even though they were alone on this floor, he knew that cowardly men wouldn’t dare touch him on campus. If they really made a fuss in this place, they would all be in trouble later.

“RJC recruits students from martial arts studios. Because of your actions, many studios have closed due to a lack of students. Many young people who used to have bright futures have instead chosen to abandon their dreams in favour of joining an obscure group like yours.” Ian said.

Marcel furrowed his brows in thought. It seemed that he understood the situation now, “Ah.. So it’s the Judo thing that you two praise, huh?” he muttered, “If that’s the case, then what do you want from me? Do you want me to pay for their losses?”

“Your money is not needed here. You just need to stop your work and return the students you took away to where they belong.” Troy replied.

But Marcel immediately burst out laughing at the unreasonable request, “You guys are really funny. Entering my group is the decision of those students themselves. Why are you blaming me? Then also, who the fuck are you to think I will do what you want? What’s in it for me?”

Troy was starting to get annoyed at Marcel’s attitude that had been looking down on them. His hands clenched in anger, “Are you only going to do it if it will benefit you? Was our explanation not clear that your work has made much youth who have bright futures take the wrong direction? Are you going to remain stubborn with your selfishness?”

Marcel smiled and patted clean the white spots that looked like dandruff that had fallen on Troy’s shoulders clad in an old black jacket, “Instead of taking care of other people’s lives, why don’t you take care of yourself first?”

Immediately, the blood inside Troy’s head boiled. He realized that he was neither handsome nor cool. He realized that the man in front of him was the idol of the girls who sometimes made his little heart secretly envy. But he couldn’t hold back his emotions when the man, who hurt many people to look cool, insulted his appearance. He always worked in a repair shop to help his family’s economy and tried to catch his dream.

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The others quickly restrained Troy’s massive bull-like body that was being teased by a bullfighter. Troy was humiliated by Marcel and was about to butt him to death. But he was successfully stopped by his friends who understood that they were now on campus.

“Hold yourself, Troy! He doesn’t deserve to be the reason we get into trouble on campus.” Ian whispered with all his might to restrain Troy’s body.

Marcel smiled condescendingly at the group of losers in front of him, “If you guys are still going to continue this, I won’t refuse to fight because I can’t possibly limit my work just because of a group of bright-future activists like you guys.”

Calvin who was standing next to Troy who was calmer now, could only stare at Marcel sharply, “You better promise to stop your group’s dirty work when you lose later...”

“Oh.. Hi..”

Suddenly, a girl’s loud, light voice made all the boys freeze.

Emma, ??Poppy, Kathy, and Rachel had just finished lunch. Kathy said she was going to hand over the documents to the administration room on the third floor and asked her three friends to accompany her. Unexpectedly, just a few steps from the stairs they found a group of men they knew.

Kathy looked down at the stairs where her three girls were still walking up, “Emma.. Your friends are here,” she said happily, of course, because there was PB aka Prince Bold.

After a few seconds, the three girls had caught up with Kathy, who was walking faster in front. They finally arrived at the third floor and found seven men who seemed to have a talk together near the stairs, or, it just looked like that.

The appearance of the four girls, especially Emma Hilland, made the seven men stunned. The aura of tension that had enveloped them immediately collapsed. Slowly, Calvin and Marcel stared at each other at the same time before looking away again.

Emma couldn’t believe that she had come into the wrong situation. Besides her, Rachel was also aware of the predicament.

“Woah.. I didn’t know that you two were friends too,” Kathy said kindly, clueless. She immediately stepped closer to the group of cool men, “How are you guys?”

‘Ah.. Kathy!’ Emma groaned inwardly. She knew how Kathy’s nature was. She liked handsome men and dreamed of becoming one of the popular guys by trying to be close to them. Emma immediately turned to Rachel who really understood the meaning of the look in her eyes.

Inevitably, Emma and Rachel followed Kathy over to the group of men.

“Oh.. Hi.. I’m good.” Calvin answered awkwardly.

Without a command, Marcel and Troy who had been facing each other closely, now stepped back and changed their faces to look more relaxed.

“It’s rare to see you on campus, PB. How’s your grandma?” Kathy asked kindly.

Marcel looked a bit tense as he glanced at Emma who, without knowing it, was trying to look relaxed and pretended to be innocent. Then, he turned back to Kathy and smiled faintly, “She’s fine. Thanks for asking,”

“Hi.” Emma had to say hello to Marcel too.

Marcel smiled at her “Hi,”

Seeing this, Calvin and all the Jita Kyoei members immediately looked at each other with hardened faces. Would they be wrong to think that Emma Hilland was friends with that bastard Marcel Douglas too? This was bad.

“Do you guys also have business in the administration room?” Poppy asked with her innocent face.

“Um.. Yeah.. But, we’re done with it so we are having a little talk here,” Troy immediately answered while scratching the back of his non-itchy head with his eyes turned upwards.

“We’re also here because Kathy will take care of the administrative matters. I don’t know if there are still many students who haven’t finished their administrative matters until this semester.” Poppy muttered to herself.

Then Emma turned to her friend who was beaming, “Kathy, maybe you can get into the administration room now while we still have enough time before class starts again.”

Kathy looked at Emma with an expression that turned flat, then she nodded once, “Yeah, I guess I have to,” she replied before looking back at Marcel, “Then I’ll excuse myself.” she got a friendly smile from Marcel as the reply.

Poppy suddenly remembered something, then looked at Troy, “Pardon me, but if I’m not mistaken, you’re Troy Roner, the teacher assistant in Judo’s class, right?” she asked.

Troy nodded, “I am. Is there something wrong?” he looked awkward.

Poppy smiled, “I’m Poppy Castonia, the teacher assistant for the Ballet class. Actually, this is my first time being an assistant and our former teacher never had an assistant. Because of that, I feel a bit confused about some jobs. So.. if you don’t mind, can I ask you a little question?”

“Of course, you can. Troy is the most professional coach assistant. Your decision to ask this kid is something very right!” Martin grabbed his big friend’s shoulder even before Troy himself could answer.

Troy slowly glanced at Martin who was grinning over his shoulder, “Son of a bitch!” he hissed silently just to make Martin happier.

Poppy who didn’t realize this, smiled broadly, “Oh, good to hear that. Do you have time now? I’m just going to ask a little. How about we talk there?” The petite girl pointed to a waiting chair right next to the administration room door.

Calvin looked at Emma with a dubious face as he cleared his throat to get her attention, “Looks like you two know each other, don’t you?” he smiled faintly.

“Ah.. That’s right. We met a few times off-campus by accident, and so did Kathy and Poppy.” Emma answered quickly. Then she immediately changed the subject, “Well.. I guess I haven’t introduced my friend to you.” Emma said gently nudging Rachel in the arm.

Rachel flinched and held out her hand, “I’m Rachel Markway.” she said stiffly. Rachel didn’t really like getting to know or befriend boys. She preferred to avoid these creatures, but of course, she had to help Emma with this situation.

Calvin and Marcel returned Rachel’s handshake while saying their names. But the situation there was very awkward. Either it was because they already knew that Calvin and Marcel were hostile to each other or the auras emitted by the two men collided with each other. What was clear was that Emma and Rachel could clearly feel that the two men disliked each other.

“Anyways.. Is there a problem if I get to know Emma?” Marcel asked suddenly, making Emma look at him questioningly. It seemed that he was deliberately looking for trouble with Calvin.

Calvin understood what Marcel meant, but he responded with a smile, “Trouble? What kind of trouble can you cause for Emma?”

Hearing Calvin answer with a clever question, Marcel secretly gritted his teeth. But of course, he wouldn’t lose to the phrase game, “That’s not for her, Calvin. It’s for you.” he smiled.

“The problem for me is if Emma gets into trouble.” The black-haired man replied.

Emma snorted inwardly. For some reason, she was always in the middle of an argument. Now the two damn men were using her as their argument point when the circumstances didn’t allow them to argue.

“Em.. Sorry to interrupt. What is the matter you two are talking about? May I know it? Because there’s my name in your discussion.” Emma asked.