Finally back in his room, Adrien dropped his bag and sat as his desk. A rustle of papers told him that Plagg was already getting into the cheese.
Despite how long the day had been, there was still one more thing left to do. A few taps on the keyboard, and a video call to Kagami was already up.
“Good afternoon, Adrien,” Kagami greeted.
However, much like everyone else he’d seen that afternoon, she froze as she took in his face.
“Who do I have to kill?” Kagami demanded.
“No murder,” Adrien said. “Everything’s being taken care of.”
“I don’t care if it’s taken care of,” she said. “I would like to know who did this.”
“I’m sure you remember Lila,” he said.
“The one who lied her way into your room?” She asked. “And then sent an image of her kissing you to everyone? And who Marinette has mentioned is a lying witch? You should’ve let me stab her when I was Akumatized.”
“Maybe I should’ve,” he sighed.
Kagami didn’t answer for a moment, but she looked concerned. In the silent moment, Adrien leaned back in his chair. Thankfully Kwami couldn’t be seen on camera, because Plagg had zipped up to check on him and rub his head against Adrien’s uninjured cheek.
“You agreeing to let me kill her is out of character,” Kagami said. “Are you alright?”
“I wouldn’t let you kill her,” Adrien said. “Just a little bit of stabbing that could be fixed by Ladybug’s Miraculous Cure.”
“It’s still out of character,” she said. “So I will ask again, what happened?”
“A lot,” he admitted. “The short version is that she attempted to blackmail me into dating her by threatening to ruin me and all of my friends. Including injuring you and killing your fencing career. This is what happened when I told her I wouldn’t play along.”
“I can see why you’d let me stab her,” she said. “You said the situation is taken care of?”
“Yep,” he nodded. “A friend was recording her threat, so everyone knows. The school’s attempting to contact her mother, but it turns out Lila gave false contact information. So she’s absolutely getting expelled. I already discussed this with Father and Nathalie too. They sent an email informing her she’s been fired as a model, but she’ll also be charged with assault, blackmail, and who knows what else. Enough to get a restraining order.”
“I remember either you or Marinette mentioning that Lila’s mother works at the embassy,” she frowned. “Wouldn’t she have some form of diplomatic immunity?”
“Not quite,” he said. “Even if her mother is important enough for it to extend to Lila and this situation, there’s a high chance the immunity will be waved given the circumstances.”
“That’s good,” she said. “That said, I’m surprised your father isn’t suing for damages. After all, you are a model and face of the brand. Something you can’t do if your face is scratched.”
“I did talk him down from that,” he said. “If he did sue her, it wouldn’t be Lila dealing with it, it’d be her family. As far as I know, her mom’s innocent. So unless she tries to keep Lila from any consequences, she won’t have to deal with any of this directly.”
