The World After the Bad Ending - Chapter 79



78 – My Girlfriend is Too Amazing

Since that day, Seron returned to her usual self.

“Give me the lightning sweet potato and pudding.”

“Finish your own first.”

Her appetite had returned to the way it was before, to the point where she tried to steal my pudding during lunch.

Seron, who was always a bit lacking and did foolish things.

She was just like her usual self.

“The pendant is gone.”

At that moment, Seron glanced inside my clothes and said so.

As she said, I didn’t carry the pendant when I was in Hanon’s form.

It was to prevent her from misunderstanding.

“I lost it.”

“Hmm.”

Seron didn’t ask further and ate the pudding.

But I also knew the occasional wistfulness that appeared in her eyes.

It was just that, because of that, Seron felt somehow a little more mature than before.

‘Is it heartbreak?’

I inadvertently showed a refusal that wasn’t really a refusal.

I don’t know if it’s right for me, who is not the Vickerman she remembers, to refuse on my own, but the current Vickerman is me.

‘The real Vickerman.’

I have no way of knowing where he is.

Whether he simply disappeared.

Or if he went back into my original body.

Since I can’t know any of this.

I have no choice but to live as Vickerman.

Therefore, I couldn’t give any answer to Seron.

Around the time Seron’s situation was coming to an end.

The boycott group had definitely grown larger than before.

At this point, it was about time.

“Vickerman, someone has appeared who wants to sponsor our boycott activities.”

I thought it was time to take the bait.

I turned my head at the words of the boycott leader, Roisin.

“Who is the sponsor?”

“It’s a secret from the others.”

Roisin seemed to have already been ordered to keep it a secret.

“It’s the 3rd princess.”

The 3rd princess, Iris Hyserion.

Roisin, who mentioned her name, glanced at me.

I told him the reason for my anger.

Roisin remembers my story about overthrowing the student council after witnessing Nikita’s death.

So it seemed he was watching my reaction.

“Vickerman, I’m sorry for you. It’s thanks to you that our boycott activities could grow this big.”

But the sponsorship Iris offered must have been an amount Roisin couldn’t just pass up.

He definitely wants to boycott the student council.

He said it was for a cause, but in fact, Roisin also had personal reasons.

‘Revenge.’

Roizen was originally a noble.

However, one of the four dukes, Drapen, abolished his family for some reason.

In the end, he lost his family and his castle.

Thus, Roizen harbored a desire for revenge against Drapen.

And this desire for revenge was directed entirely at the student council president, Sylvester Drapen.

Just as his family had fallen, he wanted to bring down the student council president with his own hands.

It was a very dark desire, but he looked at me without revealing it.

“So, I decided to refuse.”

What?

What on earth is he talking about?

“…Refuse? Why?”

“I told you. The reason our boycott activities could grow was largely thanks to you.”

Roizen looked back at me with a face full of firm determination.

“Vikamon, to be honest, I originally wanted to boycott out of revenge against the Drapen family.”

He confessed exactly what I had said earlier.

“And you, too, are stepping up to the student council out of revenge for Nikita. Seeing you made me think that way.”

Roizen clenched his fists tightly.

“We must succeed in the boycott with our own strength.”

A boycott is only valuable if it is achieved with the strength of its members, not with the help of others.

That’s what Roizen thought.

“If I were alone, I would gladly take the hand of the third princess, but if we are all together, we don’t need to take it.

Above all, I no longer move solely out of revenge.”

He looked up at the night sky.

His eyes shone like a boy dreaming.

“The current student council is wrong. I will set it right.”

Roizen looked back at me again.

His eyes were brighter than ever.

“Vikamon, if I’m with you, I’m sure we can do it.”

And then I felt dizzy.

While meticulously preparing for the boycott scenario.

Perhaps because the preparation was too thorough.

The president of the boycott, Roisin, awakened.

Looking at him, I showed a stunned reaction.

Why on earth is he awakening here?

“Roisin.”

There’s no choice.

“I understand your intention.”

I persuade Roisin in reverse.

“But if you rejected the Third Princess’s proposal for my sake, there’s no need for that.”

“But Vickerman, the Third Princess…”

“Yes, she’s the cause of Nikita’s death. But I know the inside story. It’s not the Third Princess’s will, but the will of her faction.”

In my eyes, the determination to avenge Nikita was clearly evident.

“The student council is the first step. As you said, I must succeed in the boycott to avenge Nikita.

Even if I have to sell my soul to the devil, I will avenge Nikita.”

For that, I would gladly join hands with the Third Princess.

Seeing my firm resolve, Roisin clenched his fists and swallowed his tears.

“…Vickerman, you b*stard!”

Roisin made a face like the protagonist of a youth drama.

“Alright. If you insist, I’ll do the same.”

I sighed briefly in relief.

It’s a good thing Roisin is simple.

“That’s good. By the way, I was supposed to meet the Third Princess’s confidant today.”

Roisin suggested we go together.

Originally, I planned to send Roisin alone, but seeing him think like this today made me a bit uneasy.

“Alright, let’s do that.”

I decided to go with Roisin.

I need to manage him closely to prevent any accidents.

* * *

The place Roisin led me to was a park behind an abandoned building.

The Jerion Academy has many parks, as it is surrounded by various natural landscapes.

Among them, the park we found was particularly eerie at night due to the lack of lights.

It was commonly referred to as a haunted spot.

“Ugh, it’s a bit cold.”

Roizen shivered from the spooky atmosphere.

As we waited, we began to sense a presence from afar.

Step-

The sound of shoes stepping on the grassy ground echoed.

Soon, a girl with peach-colored hair appeared.

Hania Lepididaia.

She had come in place of Iris.

‘As expected, Hania stepped forward.’

If things went wrong, Hania had deliberately volunteered to take the blame instead of Iris.

She looked at Roizen and then her eyes met mine.

Then she slowly tilted her head.

“You are.”

“Ah, I’m Vickerman Niflheim.”

Roizen introduced me on my behalf.

Hania knew my name as well.

It was understandable that she was puzzled as to why I was here.

After all, I had been expelled for offending the Iris party.

At that moment, a breeze blew towards Hania.

Feeling the wind, Hania wrinkled her nose and her eyes gradually widened.

At the same time, she stared at me with sharp eyes.

“Roizen.”

A strange murderous intent emanated from her, carried by the night breeze.

Roizen felt it and instinctively shrank back.

“Could you please step aside for a moment?”

Roizen’s eyes met mine.

It seemed he truly considered me a friend.

When I signaled that I was okay, Roisin quietly stepped back.

“Uh, yeah, you two talk.”

Roisin sensed something unusual.

But trusting me, she willingly gave up her spot.

Roisin left the park and walked away.

Before long, only Hania and I were left in the park.

I had a rough idea why Hania wanted to be alone with me.

Bicamon had been driven out by Iris.

And then there was the recent incident with Nikita.

If she was as smart as she seemed, she would have quickly figured out why Bicamon was here.

So she must have judged me to be an enemy of Iris.

“Hanon, what are you doing here?”

What?

I blinked my eyes.

I was a bit taken aback, not expecting that name to come up.

“…Hanon? What are you talking about?”

I tried to play dumb.

Hania sighed and wrinkled her nose.

“The scent coming from Hanon’s body is Iris’s scent.

For such a strong scent to linger, it’s impossible without having spent the night with Iris.”

I belatedly sniffed my wrist.

But my nose couldn’t detect any particular scent.

‘No, I washed thoroughly after morning training.’

Besides, it wasn’t today but yesterday that I spent the night with Iris.

And I was wearing different clothes.

‘No matter how strong the scent, could it still linger?’

What kind of nose does she have?

Hania’s obsession with Iris was becoming frightening.

“And you have a tool that allows you to transform into any appearance.”

I had appeared in the form of Hania before.

As such, Hania could immediately recognize me even if I appeared as Bikamon.

No one else could have such a strong scent of Iris.

‘This, I didn’t expect either.’

To tell one truth, Bikamon is my real appearance, and Hanon is the fake one.

People act based on the information imprinted in their minds, so it seems she couldn’t figure this out.

“So.”

Hania crossed her arms, showing a bit of displeasure.

“What on earth were you thinking, coming out here looking like that?”

Just a moment ago, through my eye contact with Roisin, Hania had already noticed that I had been involved with the boycott for a long time.

That’s why she was even more puzzled.

Her eyes showed that she couldn’t find a reason for me to be part of the boycott group.

“…No way.”

Then, Hania thought of something and slightly squinted her eyes.

“Hanon, did you hear anything from Lady Iris?”

I had slept beside Iris for her nightmares.

At that time, Hania was in the men’s dormitory instead of me, so she didn’t know what conversations had passed between Iris and me.

Iris is not someone who easily shares her stories with others.

But since I, as Hanon, am her cousin and we’ve been very close recently, she might have talked to me about the orders she received from the Duke of Roblia.

“No, I didn’t hear anything.”

But I denied it for now.

It would be troublesome if my words turned out to be wrong later.

However, my denial didn’t seem truthful to Hania.

“…Haa, if you’re going to pretend not to know, do it properly. This is clearly to help Lady Iris.”

I have a history of saving Iris from Nikita’s assassination attempt.

Since many of my actions were for Iris, Hania misunderstood on her own.

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She thought I had formed the boycott group for Iris.

To be fair, part of it was true, so I had nothing to say.

Hania looked at me intently and then crossed her arms again.

This emphasized her chest, but I didn’t let my gaze linger there.

“Alright. Bikamon, tell me what the plan is. I’ll cooperate according to the plan.”

Hania would do anything for Iris.

She now had a reliable girlfriend and ally.