The Devil WithInn 83 Did You Blackmail Her?

Inna's gaze immediately shot towards the direction of the voice and her eyes met the top of a girl's head.

The girl slowly looked up and when she saw Inna looking, she immediately turned red and quickly lowered her head. But then, after a few moments, the girl realized what she just said. Her body turned cold as her face paled while showing an expression of pure horror.

"Ah..uh… I…I'm…. S-s-s-s-s-sor-r-r-rry! I-i-i-i d-d-didn't m-m-m-me-e-e-n…"

She stuttered heavily as she wrung her shaking hands together.

Inna furrowed her brows, trying to understand why the girl's reaction was like she was deathly afraid of her.

"What's your name?"

She asked the girl with a soft tone but the girl jumped slightly after hearing Inna speak.

"I…..I….I'm….. M....M-M-May…."

"Last name?"

May slightly looked up to peek at Inna through her eyelashes before quickly lowering it down.

"I...C-c-comm…..moner…."

Ah… Just like Raghnall…

It must be a rule in their society not to give out last names unless they're n.o.bility.

Inna slowly made her way to May, her shoes making soft thudding noises that strangely matches May's thundering heartbeat in her chest.

"Well, h.e.l.lo May. Nice to meet you."

Inna held out a hand for May to shake but after a few seconds, May still kept her head lowered and her hands wringed. Seeing her current state, Inna decided to just let it slide and lamely lowered her outstretched hand.

"Hey, no need to be so afraid. I won't hurt you."

Inna decided to appease the meek girl but over the distance, she heard a faint snort.

"Yea right. Says the girl who just broke someone's arm with a single twist for no reason."

She glared at the direction of the voice and she saw that scrawny guy raising an eyebrow as if challenging her to prove he was wrong.

Inna ignored him and instead, focused on the girl in front of her.

"Hey, don't believe that guy. He's inhaling drugs so better keep away from him." She said as she referred to the guy's thin body and sunken cheeks.

May didn't seem to hear her as she clenched her intertwined hands.

After a few seconds of trying to encourage herself, May slowly raised her head. Her long jet black hair covered a part of her face but despite that, Inna can clearly see her childish looking face and the cute doe brown eyes that was slightly slanted by the ends. In addition to her being a bit on the shorter stature and her weird habits, Inna felt as though she's looking at a lost child.

"I…uhm…. I wanted to… answer… 2nd…but…. You suddenly…. Fat… fast… It…. Seem… You…. Fat…"

She said in phrases but Inna understood her immediately.

So she was supposed to say 'yes' to waiting for that weird guy but I asked the other question too fast.

Inna chuckled as she slowly reached out and patted her head.

May flinched at first, but after a few pats, she became like a cat as she started raising her head to be petted more.

Suddenly having found courage, May bravely looked straight at Inna.

"H-have we met before?"

Inna froze as blinked furiously.

Girl, don't ask me that.

I don't have this body's memories!

How the h.e.l.l am I supposed to know?!

Maintaining her composure, she smiled slightly.

"Well, probably."

She said ambiguously as she decided to quickly change the topic.

"Ah! I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Ingrid L--"

Wait, should I say the last name?

Or am I supposed to be like the commoners?

Before Inna could decide, she heard a shout nearby.

"Hey! Hey! You guys! You're my team right?!"

The weird man ran to them while beaming.

"Hi, hi! Nice to meet all of you! I'm uhm…. Frode?"

Inna's face scrunched up when the man placed his sweaty hand on her shoulder as he tried to catch his breath. The cloth near her shoulder soon started becoming slightly damp from his sweat.

"Quick! Quickly! Go line up! The last group is about to leave the doors!"

The man ignored Inna's disgusted face as he went to the back and lightly pushed everyone to walk quickly towards the last group.

And when Inna saw who the last group was, she unconsciously smiled slightly.

Her saving grace is finally here!

Raghnall actually requested to let their group be last for the excuse of 'being surrounded by people is annoying' so the girls happily complied with his request. After all, being in the last group, they can get away with many things. Like, excessive contact and chattering. Especially when the Watcher herself is the one doing it.

But in reality, he just wanted to check on Inna's group. Since their positions earlier were very far apart, he wasn't able to see her whole team aside from her. So, out of curiosity, he wanted to see who was on her team and which Watcher was in charge of them.

So, when he saw Inna running towards them, he immediately excused himself from the two chattering ladies and went to meet her.

"Hey."

He said with a smile. But when Inna arrived, she immediately furrowed her brows while showing an annoyed expression.

"Dafuq?! Why are those b.i.t.c.hes here?!"

Inna glared at the saggy b.o.o.bs girl and the recent enemy, the 'you-don't-deserve-him' girl. At the corner of their eyes, they noticed Inna's piercing eyes and they reciprocated it back at her.

"Whoa, relax. Don't cause any more trouble. They're actually in my team."

Raghnall pretended to wipe a tear from his eye.

Inna's face looked dumbfounded at what he said before it turned serious. She looked at him straight in the eye.

"Then you better stay away from me. Because I swear to G.o.d, if they as much as blink at me, I don't think I can hold back."

Inna intensified her glare and the two girls slowly averted their eyes and tried to make themselves busy with other things. They wanted to report to their Watcher in the far front of their team but she seems to be talking with another female Watcher.

"If I do that, then who's going to be your friend?"

Raghnall pouted as he tried to look cute.

Inna stopped glaring and looked at Raghnall with a slight smile.

"I already made a new friend so, good riddance."

Raghnall looked genuinely shocked at her words.

"WhHow?! Is it a man? Is it as handsome as me?! Is he better and stronger than me?!"

Inna rolled her eyes at his melodramatic words.

"It's not a 'he,' it's a girl. It's the cute girl with black hair and short legs."

"You're describing pretty much half of the female population in this school."

"Uhm, that girl at the very left who's running to us. She's my newfound friend."

Inna had a proud expression as she pointed at May who was panting while trying to walk quickly.

Raghnall furrowed his brows when his eyes landed on a delicate looking girl who looked like she was on the verge of collapsing just because of walking. She looked so weak and fragile which was a big contrast to Inna's personality. In fact, the little girl looked like the type to be persuaded to do anything with just a little force and coercion.

So, in all sincerity, he raised an eyebrow as he gazed as Inna suspiciously.

"Wait....."

"Don't tell me..."

"Did you blackmail her to be your friend?"