"What rumors?"
"That you are a part of the Dark Church," she replied, a conflicting expression adorning her face.
"....What?" I asked, frowning at her words.
"Yes, since morning, I have heard at least three people talk about it," she replied, nodding her head.
"They were saying that you joined them before arriving at the academy."
"What the heck?" I mumbled as I massaged my head.
Why are there rumors about this now? There weren’t any rumors about this until yesterday.
... until I t with Jaquab.
’Ahh, fuck my terrible luck.’
Did that bastard spread rumors about being a part of the church after I didn’t accept his offer?
Or did the royal family do that?
’There goes my image.’
Even though these are just baseless rumors with no confirmation, I am sure this will affect my reputation even more than it did previously.
Being a part of a group that is hated by every being in the kingdom is more than enough to make isolated from the rest of the people.
Just the fear that being close to can even make them look like they are also part of the church was enough for people to stop engaging with .
’And here I thought my reputation couldn’t go any lower than it already is.’ I sighed as I thought about it.
I looked around, and sure enough, people were not wearing pleasant expressions whenever my eyes t with them.
They either fearfully averted their gaze, or they just behaved like they didn’t see .
’Why is she staring at though?’ I thought as I looked at Aeloria.
She wasn’t shying away from staring at ; even when our eyes t, she didn’t avert her gaze.
I observed her for a while before shifting my attention towards Angelina.
She wasn’t looking anywhere but was focusing on the book placed on the desk.
Even now, Eden’s feelings are affecting , making feel affectionate towards her.
However, now I had enough control over myself and my feelings for her to completely ignore her presence.
After scanning the room, I shifted my gaze back to the girl beside .
"Why are you still here?" I asked, looking at Emily.
"You know, you are risking your reputation by being close to ," I said, squinting my eyes. "I wouldn’t have been surprised if you had shown a cold shoulder."
"I don’t have anyone else to be with," she replied in a tid voice, embarrassnt evident on her face.
’No, I am not buying that,’ I thought as I looked at her.
Apart from Aeloria, her behavior was the most drastic one, so much so that she was completely different from her ga counterpart, who was always on guard against boys, not even talking to them because of her and her mother’s tragic past.
In the ga, she was just one step away from hating n entirely—that is, until Aron helped her in her arc of the story.
But now she isn’t even guarding herself against , and from what I have noticed, even if we were both alone in a closed room, she wouldn’t panic that much.
"Now that I think about it, didn’t you once say that we t in our childhood?" I asked, rembering her words.
I wasn’t thinking much about it at that ti, but now that question is definitely out of place.
"Ahh, forget about that," she replied, waving her hand. "The one I was talking about was much older than you that ti, both in age and in appearance."
"How did you mistake that it was then?" I asked in confusion.
"Well, how do I say...you both give off the sa type of feeling of peace, so I just asked about it?"
I frowned even more at her reply.
I can understand that I might give off a feeling of peace because of my Apex Chad body, making won feel at ease around , but what about that guy?
"Who was that guy again?" I pressed further, trying to know more.
"Soone who helped and my mother in our difficult tis," she replied with a tinge of sadness.
I wanted to know more about who he was, but I imdiately stopped when I noticed Fatima coming in our direction.
"Good morning, Emily," Fatima greeted with a smile as she took a seat beside Emily.
"Good morning, Eden," she said, smiling at . "Every day, I get to know more about you."
"Yeah, good for you," I replied, shifting my focus towards the door as Sophia entered the class.
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"Can’t you go sowhere else, Fatima?" I grumbled as I sat down on the bench in the canteen with the first-year students.
I placed my hands on the table as I waited for the food to be served to us.
"I can sit wherever I want."
"So go sit down beside your wannabe noble friends; stop being around ."
"And leave poor Emily alone with you? No, Eden, not going to happen; who knows when your inner beast will awaken?" She replied sarcastically.
"What do you think I am?"
"A beast."
I will kill this bitch soday.
No.
I will let her face the consequences naturally in her story arc.
"HEY BRO!"
As I was cooking up so plans, a loud voice with a tap on my shoulders woke up.
"What?" I asked, looking back towards Breg.
"Can I sit here?" he asked, and without waiting for my reply, he sat down.
"You should mind your manners; sitting without permission is not a good thing," Fatima comnted, looking at Breg with a smile.
"I have a girlfriend," he replied, leaving everyone at the table speechless.
"Nice one, bro!" I said, raising my hand for a high five, which he happily accepted.
"That’s nice, though it sure is unexpected for a monkey to have a girlfriend," Fatima retorted.
But my boi totally ignored her as he said, looking at , "You know, bro, so boys were spreading so rumors about you this morning."
"What did you do then?" I asked curiously.
"I beat the shit out of him," he replied, grinning.
"Damn, boi, you did good," I replied, nodding happily.
"You shouldn’t fight in the academy," Emily said, her gaze on Breg.
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"I don’t care; they were tarnishing my brother’s reputation. How could I just ignore them?" He said it in a serious tone.
"You have a reputation, Eden?" Fatima exclaid, looking at with astonishnt.
"Not funny, idiot."
"Anyway, where is Nora?" Emily asked, looking around.
"There she is," Breg said, pointing in one direction. I looked there, and indeed, Aron, Cassia, and Nora were coming in our direction.
"How are you guys?" Aron said with a smile as he looked at us, specifically towards Emily and Fatima.
"Good," Fatima replied, and Emily just nodded her head.
"You haven’t talked to for a while." I comnted, looking at Cassia.
"My grandfather told to be careful around people like you." She replied without looking at .
’That fucker really did tell them to stay away from , huh.’
I need to do sothing about him. In a few months, I will co to the point where Eden truly started his villain journey in the ga.
And the next event in the ga was the start of that. As Eden slowly started to lose his mind when he looked at Angelina happily talking with Aron.
About Aron, this was also the event in which Aeloria started to like him as well as she was his partner on the trip.
I also need to be careful about that old man’s position as well, as he is the one who is working as an ’eye’ for them.
And if they notice any type of change in the situation around Aron, they will send soone after whom I can’t deal with easily.
"You got the sa advice, Aron." I asked as I looked at the hero.
"No, I just don’t like being around people like you." He said it with a smile as he looked at .
"You changed your way of talking quite a lot in a few days as well, huh?" I said, and at my words, he visibly flinched.
’So sothing really did happen." I thought as I noticed the shift in his behavior.
"What do you an?" He said this as he glared at .
"Anyway, have you guys checked who will be your partner on the trip next week?" Fatima said as she looked at everyone.
"When did that get disclosed?" I asked, looking at her.
"Lady Sophia told us about this in our class." She replied, "They have posted a notice on the board."
Ahh, I was dozing off in her class because I couldn’t sleep properly last night.
"Have you checked yours?" I asked.
"Yeah, and Emily are the partners." Fatima replied, smiling happily.
’Sa as the ga, huh?’
"I checked yours as well, Eden." She said this as she looked at .
"Who is mine, then?"
"Aeloria."
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