"Listen to this! That simp who's after Viloti is harassing her again!"
"Ugh, how disgusting."
In the student council room, several girls in school uniforms gathered together to chat.
The white stockings and skin visible beneath their skirts radiated youthful charm.
"Senior, you think he's going too far too, right?"
Everyone's gaze turned toward the center of the room, where Student Council President Adeline Claude sat.
Her rose tea-colored hair, reaching to her waist, swayed gently with her movements as her blue-gray eyes looked up warmly.
She sat elegantly in her chair, the white uniform skirt draped gracefully.
"Miss Viloti from Saint Andros Academy? I don't know much about affairs outside our school."
Sunlight streamed through the glass window onto her, coating her delicate features with a dreamy halo.
She took a sip of black tea, her pale pink lips gently touching the cup's rim.
"However," She set down the teacup, a gentle smile playing at the corners of her mouth, "Everyone has their own circumstances, don't they?"
"As expected of Lady Adeline, you're gentle even toward someone like that."
"Why don't we just have him chase Lady Adeline instead? It'd definitely be better than chasing Viloti."
"Don't talk nonsense! Lady Adeline can't be defiled by that kind of person."
The student council room filled with laughter again.
As the bell chimed, everyone said their goodbyes one by one.
Adeline neatly arranged everything on the desk, locked the office door, carried her handbag with both hands, and walked through the school building.
A familiar figure appeared in the corner—a man with straight posture standing before a poster, though it was unclear what he was doing.
"Have you been waiting long?"
"Not at all. No matter how long I wait, I'm happy, since I'm waiting for Lady Adeline."
Felyn's face showed a perfect toothy smile.
This smile was the result of practicing in front of a mirror no less than a thousand times at night.
It definitely wouldn't appear greasy or fake.
"What are you looking at?"
Adeline moved closer to Felyn's side, looking toward the wall.
A poster ranking Seiwa's school beauties, put up by who knows who, hung there.
The most famous figures from Saint Andros Academy and Lanchester Academy appeared prominently in first place.
"First place... is me and... Viloti?"
More precisely, you're in second place—Viloti currently has one more vote than you.
Of course, Felyn didn't say this out loud.
"I'm one vote behind Viloti? I'm below her???"
Adeline's voice remained gentle, but Felyn felt the temperature around them plummet suddenly.
She turned around elegantly, a perfect smile on her face, but Felyn saw Adeline's fingers tightly gripping her skirt hem, her knuckles white.
"Felyn, do you think this ranking is reasonable?"
"Well... this is just students voting randomly..."
"You didn't just vote for that one vote, did you?"
Felyn didn't understand.
Why did this gentle, lovely beautiful girl in front of him make him feel a chill down his back even when speaking in such a coquettish tone?
"Of course not. I voted for Lady Adeline. Not only did I vote, I dragged everyone in my family who could move to vote too."
"Isn't your entire family just you now?"
"That's the point."
Adeline Claude.
Student Council President, exemplary student representative, ranked first in Lanchester Academy's "Most Wanted Girlfriend" list.
If anyone could embody gentleness and perfection to the extreme, it would definitely be Adeline.
She prepared hot tea for everyone after club activities and even held tutoring sessions for underclassmen during exam season.
Moreover, Adeline, born into a prestigious family, had been specially cultivated since childhood with countless famous teachers, giving her absolute confidence in herself.
No matter what she participated in, she was always ranked first.
Clients hired Felyn for all sorts of strange reasons.
But no one would be more absurd than Adeline.
When she was six years old, she failed to retain her position as class monitor in kindergarten.
Her first failure in life, and so far her only failure.
Adeline still remembered that scene—the newly transferred pink-haired girl was unusually popular.
When they tied in votes, the last student to vote chose the pink-haired girl over her.
She lost.
Adeline, who had never known what failure meant, still couldn't swallow that bitter pill even after more than ten years, so she hired Felyn to play the role of that last voting classmate.
Adeline had Felyn constantly whisper in her ear that he loved her now and deeply regretted his past choice.
This proved that Adeline's life's only blemish was caused by his blindness, not by any fault of her own.
What a sin.
He'd gotten another regret script, and for such a ridiculous reason too.
Felyn only remembered that in kindergarten, he loved pinching female classmates' cheeks. Being class monitor wouldn't let him pinch more, so what was the point of being monitored?
"It's not that I care about rankings in such trivial matters. I just think, how could I possibly be below Viloti?"
Felyn looked at the girl in front of him, guessing she was probably angry.
This was his first time seeing someone whose anger actually made them pout.
"You think so too?"
"Of course not. Lady Adeline is first in my heart."
"Then why did you choose Viloti back then?"
"I'm sorry, Lady Adeline. I was blind then and didn't notice that the most wonderful person in the world was right beside me. I truly regret it now."
Felyn lowered his head, bit his lip, his eyes glistening with tears, his expression somewhat panicked.
The tears were fake, but the panic was real.
Until three days ago, when Adeline let something slip while drunk, he learned that the pink-haired girl who stole her class monitor position was Viloti.
Why? Seiwa was so big—why did these two have to have a grudge?
If he'd known his clients' social circles overlapped, Felyn would never have taken the job.
He was now like a famous double agent, standing at the door with chicken soup, waiting to enter.
Fortunately, Viloti's contract had ended smoothly without any explosions.
If Adeline found out, she'd definitely think he was using her money to chase Viloti.
Felyn's eyelashes trembled slightly. Just imagining such consequences was terrifying.
Seeing Felyn's face, Adeline saw it overlap with the memory of that little boy.
That annoying brat who voted for Viloti in the end was little Felyn.
Although Adeline and Felyn weren't close and had never even spoken, Adeline would never forget that heartbroken feeling.
She absolutely had to make Felyn pay!
"Do you really regret it?"
"Of course. I regret that moment every single second."
"Liar."
Adeline said softly.
She discovered that Felyn completely didn't remember childhood events, making it seem like only she cared about this revenge.
Though indeed, only she did care.
Adeline turned her head, her rose tea-colored hair drawing a beautiful arc.
Damn it!
Felyn saw the disappointment in Adeline's eyes. Who knew what she might make him do when she was in a bad mood?
He immediately stepped forward, dropped to one knee, and looked up at Adeline.
"Adeline, I don't like Viloti anymore. I finally understand—it's always been you in my heart."
Direct zero-frame startup, aggressive confession.
"Wha...?"
Adeline often had Felyn perform such scenes, but this was the first time he'd called out Viloti's name in front of her.
This incredibly real sense of satisfaction made her somewhat unable to extricate herself.
Like wearing a down jacket in summer for four hours, then suddenly seeing a shower room and unlimited ice cream.
"Please give me another chance," Felyn gently kissed the back of Adeline's hand and whispered, "Just let me stay by your side—that's enough."
Adeline felt her whole body tremble, the hair on her arms standing up, her heartbeat growing louder and louder, almost bursting from her chest.
Adeline gritted her teeth secretly, trying hard to control her expression—at least she couldn't lose composure in front of Felyn—but didn't notice her ears were already burning hot.
She snorted coldly, withdrew her hand, and quickly walked out of the campus.
Felyn hurried to catch up, pulling out a poster from his chest.
"What's this?"
On the poster, Adeline's name was circled with a big circle.
Next to the circle was written "World's Number One Beautiful Girl."
"In my heart, you're the world's number one." Felyn stared into Adeline's eyes, completely serious.
"Wha..."
So that's what Felyn had been doing at the poster earlier.
The girl's cheeks quietly flushed red. She snatched the poster away and folded it without even looking.
"Childish!"
This idiot.
If only this weren't a paid performance, Adeline thought.
Looking down on his childhood self and choosing someone else. Only when he grew up and realized she was far superior to anyone else did he begin regretting bitterly, washing his face with tears.
Hehe!
What a power fantasy plot.
Adeline skipped two steps, then patted her own face to calm herself down.
Such things couldn't really happen, right? After all, how could the current fallen noble Felyn possibly have any relationship with Viloti?
(End of Chapter)