The World After the Bad Ending - Chapter 116



The Most Troubled Student in the Academy

The unyielding blue flame.

Eve.

She was the one I humiliated in the international solo exhibition.

She tried to end the remnants of my ancient dragon in the solo exhibition.

But I was captured after a brilliant blaze with Isabel in the round of 64.

For her, it couldn’t have been more shocking.

‘If I recall the image I’ve shown Eve so far.’

It was a clear provocation.

No matter what you do, I’ll slip away with ease – that was the deception.

She was furious to the core at my provocation and fought fiercely in the solo exhibition.

And finally, she climbed up to second place.

The award ceremony she ascended to.

There, she announced her intention to transfer to Jerion Academy.

A rumor followed her transfer declaration.

The commotion Eve caused in the solo exhibition.

It was concluded that the reason for the commotion was Eve’s love confession.

In such a situation, I was taken to the imperial palace.

Eve was visibly furious throughout the solo exhibition.

She looked like someone angry because her loved one was taken away.

As the final touch, she declared at the award ceremony that she would transfer to Jerion Academy.

People don’t know the truth.

So everyone interpreted it as they pleased.

They said Eve was so lovesick that she would go abroad to chase love.

‘She might be regretting it by now.’

She might be blaming herself for making a hasty decision driven by burning emotions.

She might be fuming, wondering why things turned out this way.

Of course, it was all intended by me.

‘It wasn’t just because of me.’

Her blue flame is extremely sensitive to evil.

She faced Iris in the finals this time.

Originally, according to the official history, Eve would not have noticed the power of the evil spirit extending towards Iris.

After the incident with Nikita in Act 3.

Lucas knew that he could subdue Iris’s nightmares with the flames of determination and stayed by her side.

The flames of determination melted Iris’s nightmares, and the power of the evil spirit gradually diminished.

As a result, the relationship between Lucas and Iris grew closer.

Consequently, Eve did not notice anything unusual even when she played against Iris.

However, this international individual competition was different from the original history.

She would have realized it when she faced Iris in the finals.

The power of the evil spirit residing within her.

That power was inadvertently leaking out.

‘She must have realized that something was wrong with Iris.’

Instinctively, she would have noticed that her blue flame could subdue it.

So, after the finals, Eve declared.

Since Iris, the third princess of the empire, could not come to the fallen kingdom of Prelliz, she would go instead.

‘Anyway.’

The act of helping if she could.

Even if it was an extra story, it was a protagonist-like move.

For someone like me, who was busy following the official history, it was an impossible move to follow.

At Jerion Academy, Eve’s transfer would be welcomed more than anyone else.

Although Ordo Academy in Prelliz would strongly protest, Eve was a commoner, not a noble.

Ironically, the fact that she was a commoner made it difficult to bind her with rules.

She had no obligation to be responsible for Ordo Academy.

‘Moreover, the students at Ordo do not welcome Eve.’

They would actively welcome her departure.

They believed that their achievements had been overshadowed by Eve’s achievements, so it was only natural.

So, in the end, Eve’s transfer would be confirmed at the time she mentioned.

‘How does this patch up Lucas’s role?’

Even if the official history was twisted, the story began to progress as official history.

‘The immediate problem is.’

It must be the Vinesha case.

She is a person involved with Grantoni of the Special Department.

And she is also the mid-boss character of Act 4.

‘Moreover, Vinesha’s real problem lies elsewhere.’

That is, Vinesha belongs to the Mysticism.

Vinesha serves as a stepping stone for the scenario that will unfold after Act 4.

‘Because the place where Lucas obtains the Veil Bandage from Vinesha and infiltrates is precisely the Mysticism.’

During the winter break after Act 4.

During that time, Lucas infiltrates the Mysticism and gathers various information.

In the process, he fully enters Act 5.

Additionally, Lucas loses love as a price for abusing the Veil Bandage.

So, it was expected that things would turn out this way from the moment he stole the Veil Bandage from her.

I never thought that the relationships surrounding me would hold me back.

‘No matter how the relationship with Hania was handled.’

I never imagined that I would be engaged to Sharin.

Why is the scale of relationships growing larger and larger?

Is this really something I brought upon myself?

As someone who struggled to move forward, I felt a complex mix of emotions.

“Hanlon.”

At that moment, a voice reached my ears.

As I turned my head following the familiar voice, black hair fluttered there.

It was beautiful black hair, as always.

If only the ruby-colored eyes revealed beneath the fluttering black hair were not emotionless.

“Why did you proceed with the engagement without even telling me?”

The third princess.

Iris Hyserion.

Now that the afternoon classes were over.

She was questioning me about the engagement.

Hania, standing quietly behind Iris, sighed softly.

She already knew it would come to this.

Seron tried to talk to me but fled when he saw Iris’s mood.

I’ll make sure to flick his forehead later.

“Iris, I didn’t expect this engagement either.”

I confessed honestly to Iris.

I had no intention in this engagement.

The Blue Tower Master only took temporary measures to keep me alive.

It was an entirely unforeseen problem for me as well.

“Was the engagement forced?”

“Not exactly, but there were reasons I couldn’t entirely refuse.”

Iris’s eyebrows slightly furrowed.

It was a habit that sometimes appeared when she faced an unpleasant situation.

“It’s because of the dragon’s magic.”

I understood why Iris was upset.

I had faced Nikita, who possessed the dragon’s magic.

Although I had asked to join her team.

From Iris’s perspective, she thought I faced Nikita because of her.

After Nikita’s matter was resolved, it somehow passed without much fuss.

But from Iris’s point of view, it seemed like I had struggled to deal with the dragon’s magic because of that battle.

And I hadn’t revealed any of this to Iris.

Iris is a person with a strong sense of responsibility.

Even though she had complaints about the imperial throne, she silently ascended because of the Duke of Roblia.

She has taken on the responsibility for those who support her and genuinely wish for her to become the emperor.

Knowing her, I could easily understand what she might have thought on the day I dealt with the dragon’s magic.

“Hanon.”

Iris had approached me before I realized it.

She raised her hand and firmly grasped my cheeks.

“I don’t dislike people who care for me.”

A deep warning flickered in her red eyes.

“But I don’t like it when they keep things secret from me.”

Iris began to knead my cheeks as if molding dough.

From now on, it felt like a firm intention to blow it up if it happened again.

“Do you understand?”

“Yes, Lady Iris.”

Although it was something I had voluntarily done rather than for Iris’s sake, I had no choice but to answer like this now.

Iris removed her hand from my cheek with a satisfied look.

“Sleep with me tonight.”

Another night as a beloved doll, huh?

Iris left those words and turned around, walking away briskly.

As I was touching my cheek with my hand, Hania approached me quietly.

“She was really worried about you, despite how she looks. Don’t make Lady Iris worry anymore.”

“I won’t.”

“It’s sad for an ex-girlfriend when her ex-boyfriend gets scolded too much.”

“Thanks for the advice, ex-girlfriend.”

Hania also left, following Iris.

What a hassle this unexpected engagement has turned out to be.

It was a headache-inducing day in many ways.

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Time always flows quickly.

After worrying and greeting acquaintances about being captured by the dragon’s magic, a week had already passed in the blink of an eye.

I suddenly realized that I had built relationships with many people.

It must mean that I had deeply embedded myself in their daily lives.

Apart from such daily life, a rumor began to spread rapidly within the academy.

The rumor was about my engagement with Sharin.

Until recently, I had been dating Hania.

In such a situation, the sudden engagement with Sharin caused a huge uproar at Jerion Academy.

I, who was notorious at school, had such incidents with girls who were considered pretty in the district one after another.

It would have been strange if it hadn’t caused an uproar.

Amidst such rumors.

“I broke up with him first.”

Hania cleanly extricated herself.

My notoriety had already reached its peak.

So, everyone seemed to understand why she dumped me.

The problem was the rumors that followed.

“That guy always has women around him.”

“Yeah, I’ve never seen him without a woman.”

“So, just how promiscuous is he?”

“Even though he lives so promiscuously, he never runs out of women. What’s his secret? No way.”

“They say he carries a king card.”

“Shit, I’m jealous.”

In an instant, I became an incredibly promiscuous character.

‘Are they idiots?’

Think about the women I’ve been involved with.

Who among them could possibly live a promiscuous life?

None of them have the status or personality for that.

So now it just felt like they were attaching anything to insult me.

‘I brought this all on myself.’

If I had at least lived up to the word ‘promiscuous,’ I would feel less wronged.

The peak of my promiscuity was a surprise kiss on the cheek from Seron.

“By the way, are you okay?”

“With what?”

I asked Seron, who was eating lunch diligently in front of me.

There was tomato sauce on the corner of Seron’s lips, which he would probably eat later in the dormitory.

“You’ve got tomato sauce on you.”

“Oh, thanks.”

Seron wiped the tomato sauce off in front of me without a care.

He seemed embarrassed about other things but not about this.

“That I’m engaged to Sharin.”

“That?”

Seron bit into a piece of meat with a happy expression.

“An engagement is just an engagement anyway.”

My head tilted.

What does that even mean?

“I’m the one marrying Prince Sweet Potato.”

This is insane.

Seron seemed to realize that what she said was embarrassing, as her face turned bright red.

She sucked on her fork, pretending it wasn’t a big deal, and hummed through her nose.

Seron was becoming more and more ridiculous.

“You, you were engaged to Rin.”

Later, during morning training, Isabel also mentioned the engagement.

Worried that she might react like she did with Hania, Isabel laughed briefly.

“It’s the same as with Hania. I know that much.”

Isabel never thought I would seriously get engaged to Sharin.

“That’s because you said it yourself. You wouldn’t date anyone.”

“Engagement is different.”

“It is different. But it’s you.”

Isabel said that and ran ahead of me.

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“If you genuinely liked someone, it would be incredibly obvious.”

I don’t know what she’s talking about, having never seen me like anyone.

Unfortunately, thanks to the bandages of the veil, I had already lost love from the beginning.

‘Everyone seems to understand my engagement in a strange way.’

It’s fascinating.

Moreover, another rumor emerged.

It was about the newly appointed assistant professor of magic, Vinesha.

With her outstanding appearance, she became an instant sensation among the students.

Moreover, her cheerful personality made everyone like her.

And then the problem arose.

“My lord, I brought you a lunchbox!”

“My lord, you worked hard today!”

“My lord, I brought you a snack!”

Vinesha started appearing everywhere.

And every time they appeared, the children’s glances started to become more and more strange.

Vinesha is an associate professor in the Department of Magic.

It was natural for such an associate professor to cling to a single student.

Generally, an associate professor clinging to a student is criticized.

However, the problem was that the associate professor was clinging to me.

The one with the worst notoriety in Jerion Academy.

Who is that?

It’s me.

Rival, Isabel Luna

Unrequited love, Seron Parmia

Attachment doll, Iris Highsyrion

Ex-girlfriend, Hania Rapiddaia

Fiancée, Sharin Sazarith

Fake unrequited love, Eve

Affair partner, Associate Professor Vinesha

It was an impressive record no matter who looked at it.

“Hanon Airey.”

And accordingly.

“I heard you’ve been corrupting the recent academy atmosphere. What do you think?”

I even had to have a personal interview with Professor Beganon.

I feel like tears will flow because of the injustice.

I’d rather be scolded after doing something.