Комната Историй / The Room of the Stories: Глава 6

"That's... quite clever," Weiss said with a frown. Shaking her head, as if wishing to forget her praise, she abruptly uttered her next criticism. "However, even if you go to the northern corps, the female army will still catch up with you.

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:14

"Us?" Jaune blinked, pointing at himself as Weiss looked at him. "You mean book Jaune and Ren, right?"

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:15

Weiss was taken aback for a moment. Then she nodded as if that was what was being discussed.

Camrad_RIP 06.11.24 в 18:54

"Sure, what were you thinking, Ark? Hm," and ignoring Yang's raised eyebrow and Ruby's slight smile, she turned to Ren. "Keep reading! I'm already hungry!"

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:15

"You just ate a few of my cookies," Ruby muttered, her eyebrows furrowed sharply.

Camrad_RIP 06.11.24 в 19:20

“Cookies are not food,” Weiss said in her usual tone, listening to the brunette who had started talking again.

Camrad_RIP 06.11.24 в 19:20

"Bububu…"

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:15

"Did you say something?" Weiss turned around, raising an eyebrow.

Camrad_RIP 06.11.24 в 19:21

"Nothing!" Ruby blushed.

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:17

Emerald, sitting to Ruby's left, rolled her eyes at this childish behavior. Who was she dealing with, huh?

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:18

<…> Nora and the others probably assumed we'd fled into the West or East Wings, which we obviously had, but they wouldn't expect us to dare travel even further. - Pyrrha smiled weakly. She might actually think about it. But she didn't dare say it out loud, so as not to spoil her partner's elevated spirit. - <…> At the moment, they'd still be scouring the South for us. That gave us time, but not much.

Camrad_RIP 06.11.24 в 19:22

<…> "Ren, is there any news on the forums?"

Camrad_RIP 06.11.24 в 19:22

<…> "People have noticed the female army," he reported, flicking his thumb and finger over the display. "There's a lot of noise about it, and it looks like someone on their side spilled the beans. There's a bounty on your head." - what was said interested everyone. Even Jaune, momentarily stunned by his friend's words, became interested in how high the reward for him would be.

Camrad_RIP 07.11.24 в 11:56

"Oh! The first bounty on your head, fearless leader, I'm so touched! Sob!" Nora pulled out a handkerchief from nowhere, blew her nose, and said with tears in her eyes. "You've grown up so fast!"

Camrad_RIP 07.11.24 в 11:56

"Nora!" Jaune blushed and tried to calm his teammate down.

Camrad_RIP 07.11.24 в 11:57

"Oh! A bounty on the head? I wonder what my bounty would be?" Yang said with a smile.

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:18

"What, what," Blake muttered. "It's just a holiday, do you really think they'd put a bounty on Jaune's head?"

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:22

Ruby blinked.

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:19

"Wait, then what reward were you talking about?" Her words attracted the attention of all the students. Only a few remained calm, including the teachers. Weiss rolled her eyes at her leader's stupid question.

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:20

"What do you think? Most likely it will be food," the heiress answered.

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:21

"Or the ability to walk around the Academy without hindrance," Blake said thoughtfully. "I guess anyone would like to be able to walk the corridors without fear."

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:23

"Wait, how is that even possible?" Jaune raised his hand in surprise. "Well, I can understand about the food, but the second one... isn't that against the rules?"

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:23

Blake shrugged.

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:24

"We don't know any rules. More precisely, only that you can't leave the Academy and cause intentional harm to the defeated students."

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:27

"You can't escape from captivity!" Ruby raised her hand.

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:25

"And you also need to capture points!" Nora climbed in, grinning.

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:25

Rolling her eyes, the cat faun sighed.

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:26

"Okay, so we know a few rules. But can't we just let one guy go? What can one man do against an entire army?"

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:28

There was a moment of silence. Ozpin drank from his mug of the nectar of the gods. Cinder looked thoughtfully at her nails. Ruby's nose itched.

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:29

"Anyway," Blake continued, ignoring the others, "we're talking about the bounty on Jaune's head here."

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:29

Jaune cringed slightly as several eyes were directed at him.

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:30

"Anyway, we'll find out as soon as Ren continues reading," Pyrrha chimed in distracting the guy's attention. The blond sighed in relief and then smiled softly at the girl. As expected, he could always rely on his partner... as long as it didn't concern his self-esteem.

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 11:40

"As expected," Weiss and Blake thought.

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 14:43

Only Jaune groaned at what he heard. //“Rebellion? Multiple crimes against women? When was that?! Although, in the book, I once encountered a patrol… and I encountered Nora… yeah, but the first time I had Ren and Cardin’s team with me! And the second time, I didn’t even win, I just escaped! But I distracted her from Ren… damn! But even so, a bounty on my head just because of that? What nonsense!”

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 14:44

Ren continued reading:

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 14:44

Jaune turned pale.

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 14:45

//"Oh, God," Jaune slapped his forehead. "The last thing I need is one brainless believer… well, I only have one, the book version of me has two. Russell and Cardin."

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 14:45

For the first time, Jaune realized that maybe his situation was even more or less okay. He didn't have to run and hide from girls; think of dog food as food; and travel with two madmen. Although, the same Russell could attract even more followers to his "Cult". For some reason, this thought calmed the blond down a little.

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 14:46

Yeah, Jaune never thought he'd be happy with Cardin being a jerk to him. Hah, it's better than what happens in the book...

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 14:47

/"Oh my," some of them, like Weiss, said. "Cardin really went crazy over Arc..."

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 14:48

Weiss sighed. She decided to make a mental note that if she ever listened to Nora's report, she would reduce the enemy ratio by ten times. After all, even here, six suddenly turned into several dozen guys. Shaking her head, she took a sip of tea. She winced. In all this time, her tea had gotten cold. She didn't like cold tea.

Camrad_RIP 23.11.24 в 14:49