But a fist suddenly fell, stopping Genom.
Accompanied by the heavy pounding, Genom held his head, crouching on the ground.
"You’re the awful one here," Carol said, standing behind Genom, clenching her fists and speaking coldly. "After all this, you still dare to use magic here? Are you stupid?"
Genom turned, tears welling up in his eyes, and looked at Carol.
"I’ve said it, don’t call me Miss." Carol emotionlessly rejected Genom’s address, and then turned to Shane and Merica, "I must have told you many times not to do anything suspicious, haven’t I?"
Carol’s remark was clearly aimed at Shane.
Without a doubt, Carol was blaming both Genom and Shane.
Of course, Shane wasn’t going to admit it.
"That’s an interesting thing to say," Shane spread his hands innocently, "All I did was ask Merica to take me for a walk around the place. Does that count as doing something suspicious?"
With that, Genom immediately sprung up.
"Liar! You clearly lured Merica away!"
Genom angrily accused Shane’s actions.
"Let me ask you, have you ever seen anyone abduct someone then bring them back?" Shane looked at Genom as if looking at an idiot, and said calmly, "It was obviously because you saw Merica and me happily strolling around, got jealous, and attacked us without a second thought. That’s why I had to take Merica and run."
"You...!" Genom pointed at Shane, his face livid with rage.
Shane had once again used his Unique Skill—[Blame-shifting].
This ability caused Genom serious emotional damage.
"Mr. Shane, Genom, please stop arguing."
Seeing Genom about to explode and Shane all smug and ready to retort, Merica quickly intervened.
Carol sighed, looking helpless like a teacher faced with two troublemaking students.
As for the Elf Corps’ Elf Mages, they naturally exchanged puzzled glances.
"What exactly is going on here?"
"Was Merica really abducted by that alien man, or did Genom actually get jealous?"
"I think that alien man is right; if he wanted to abduct Merica, why bring her back?"
"The most important point is what the Vice Division Commander said is also true; if that alien man wanted to do something to Merica, he wouldn’t wait until he was back in Elf Country with her."
"So, did jealousy really trigger Genom’s reaction?"
"That kid, ever since the beginning, really didn’t like seeing Merica playing with anyone else."
A group of Elf girls whispered to one another .
Genom nearly choked on his rage.
"I can hear you, you know!"
On the frozen street, the outburst of the Elf girl echoed.
Without a doubt, this was another victory for Shane.
Genom not only got blamed by Shane but ended up losing everything.
After all, without her, Shane and Merica wouldn’t have run away to be alone together.
Merica was devoured clean by some brute, all thanks to this hot-tempered Elf girl.