I Only Summon Villainesses

There was a small note of tension as Kassie slammed her sword on the ground. Both of them stared at us, starting from me, who was at the center of everything.

Honestly, I didn’t mind being stared at.

It was at this time that I knew and appreciated the importance of cellphones. After this little aura farming, wouldn’t it have been easy to pull the fox lady aside and ask her for her phone number?

Maybe she would have tried to kill me. Would she? After sounding so powerful?

’I think she’ll fold, so long as Kassie is around.’ I smiled internally. ’That’s my wingman right there… or wingwoman…?’

Kassie honestly probably didn’t know how important she was to me.

The silence went on for more than two minutes. At that point, it was getting more difficult to stand without trying to share my body weight between both legs. My calves were starting to ache, and maintaining a dignified posture while your feet slowly died was harder than it sounded.

Luckily for me, before I started to look like a pitiful human being, the fox lady scoffed and looked at her opponent.

“Look at you, slut. Did you pick this location for this kind of interruption? You call this a win?”

Her opponent, the thin lady, closed her eyes and seemed to sigh in exasperation before opening them again. The weight of dealing with someone she clearly despised showed in the slight tension around her jaw.

“First of all, I seek neither win nor loss with you. You simply deserve to be put to death for your atrocious deeds, which is exactly what I’m going to do.” She turned to me, her gaze cooling further. “Once they leave.”

Hearing that and seeing the look in her eyes, her answer was clear enough for someone like me to not have to take guesses. Despite how clueless I can be.

But it was sad though. With the kind of hatred these people stared at each other with, they were most likely going to kill each other today. Or at least one of them would die.

’I think ladies like this should not be allowed to murder themselves. The world needs people like this. Losing people like this is a loss to humanity.’ I tried to convince myself, completely unaware that it was my innate desire to fuck both of them working right there.

I looked at Kassie, then at Tristan and Levi and Nisha. They seemed to know the look in my eyes despite having never seen it before. Nisha, Levi, and Tristan shook their heads in unison, glaring at me with eyes that wished to stab me.

But I nodded with an assuring smile on my face.

They still didn’t seem to trust me, and continued to shake their heads frantically. Tristan’s expression in particular suggested he was already composing my eulogy.

Either way, I turned to the ladies in question and folded my hands.

A circle of white flame blazed around me, making both of them step back. The wariness that settled over their faces was immediate and dark.

’Who doesn’t like a little dramatic flair!’

The highest it would cost me was essence. I folded my hands within the flames and calmed them, letting the fire settle into something controlled rather than wild. The two ladies looked like they were barely suppressing themselves from reacting further.

The thin lady with the juicy breasts and pale skin stared at me wide-eyed, her thoughts clearly racing behind that composed face.

’Fire?! How can he control fire like that? What is he? I thought he was a summoner!’

The fox lady’s eyes were equally wide, her tails standing on edge like the fur of a startled cat.

’Controlling fire… the lady and her immense spiritual power… this has to be myth tier at least! And…’ Her eyes went even wider. ’It couldn’t be…’

The thin lady had almost the same reaction. Her body tensed further, and her eyes looked like they were going to fall out of her head. They were shaking.

’…a Spirit Summoner?’

’He’s a Spirit Summoner?!’

I didn’t know what they were thinking, but it seemed like this strategy had worked effectively. Whatever conclusions they’d jumped to, they were clearly the right wrong conclusions.

The fox lady was the first to speak. Her tone shifted entirely. Her usually loud and strong voice became calm and measured, the kind of careful neutrality people used when they weren’t sure if they were talking to a predator.

“What do you seek in this desert? Why is someone like you here?”

I blinked in confusion.

’Someone like me?’

But my confusion didn’t last for long. For the love of the game, I had to step into a certain persona. And for that, my brilliant mind was working overtime. I actually felt like I could feel Strategic Apex taking effect, or maybe it was just me getting into character. Hard to tell the difference sometimes.

“I’m merely passing by.” I let the words settle, unhurried. “After finishing one of my voyages across the seas, I decided to enjoy the calm radiance of the desert’s sun. I’ve been having a peaceful voyage up until now, thanks to you both.” I fixed the two of them with a dark glare.

They looked restrained. If I didn’t know better, I’d say somewhat tamed.

’I’m counting on you two not to make this easy for me!’

I frowned intentionally, looking quite the part… I think.

“While it’s reasonable to leave whatever business you both have here and go on my way, it’s not easy to ignore the fact that two individuals with the power to level cities are out here wanting to battle each other to the death…” I breathed, letting the pause stretch. “So… what is wrong?”

The thin lady bowed her head politely, cupping her arms in a formal gesture. I had suspected on the first look, but her posture just confirmed it for me. She probably hailed from the Waterlands like Yuan.

“Thank you for your immense kindness and wisdom. I’m known as The Pale Rose, Thamita. This woman is a treacherous beast that deserves to be sealed away for the peace of the world. As a War-Prelate of the Iron Covenant, I have taken it upon myself to put an end to the misery that the world suffers from her hand. So I decided I was going to kill her.”

“Goodness! Hell! Can you even listen to her?!” The fox lady’s composure cracked entirely. “You are merely wanting to seek the favor of a man who has cast you aside. All you are is a try-hard and pick-me. Stop trying so hard to make sense.” She spat on the ground with irritation. “Tueh! Your words make my hole go dry!”

I stared between the two of them and sighed deeply.

Suddenly, I felt like I was trying to settle an argument between two wives.

’This is going to be more difficult than I thought.’