âDie! I donât need someone like you standing between her and me!â
What happens if I fall down here now?
Iâm sure Sibel wonât save Lara.
So the novel ends with him kidnapping Lara?
âŚOf course, thatâs not going to happen. However, I still need to get the two of us out of this situation.
If I donât have a weapon, then I just have to use my hands!
âArgh!â
I poked Bentleyâs eyes with my two fingers.
Professor Bentley rolled on the floor with his eyes closed. Then, I immediately moved away as far as I could from him.
So what do you think of my fingers, huh?
I also did not forget to take the âfakeâ diary amidst all of this.
âHuff⌠huff!â
While desperately running away, I was panting so hard that I drooled along the way.
If I were the main character of this novel, I still would have looked innocent and pitiful as he was strangling me, but no, I only play the supporting role.
âCome here right now!â
I noticed Bentley approaching me from behind.
âDonât come too close! Donât you want this diary?â
âDo you want me to kill you myself and just take it away from you?â
âEven if you kill me and destroy this, it wonât make all your crimes disappear!â
âHow dare you call my love a crime?â
âDidnât you also stalk your first love?! The same goes for Isabella Lonis!â
âTheyâre all wrong!â
His calm demeanor from before was now gone, and his eyes were bloodshot.
Now that he had revealed his true colors, his appearance is now an accurate reflection of who he really is.
âOkay. Now that it has all come to this, I will tell you everything that happened. My sad history of love.â
No thanks. Why the hell would I even want to know?
However, regardless of my thoughts, that pervert began to talk about his past.
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I was the son of a poor farmer. When I was 12 years old, I became a servant of the richest family in town in order to make a living.
âMy name is Bentley⌠Lady Rosetta.â
âYouâre the same age as me, right? Letâs be friends.â
My first love, Rosetta, was a girl who loved flowers and music.
Oh, my sweet Rosetta!
When Rosetta found out that Iâm quite smart, she told my father to let me go to school as she felt sorry for me not getting the education that I deserved. She also said that I had a talent for playing the piano and sat next to me as I taught her how to play it.
I had no choice but to fall in love with my kind Lady Rosetta. And soon, I also realized thatâŚ
âSo you love me too, milady.â
So pleaseâŚÂ just give me an opportunityâŚ
âI really only think of you as a good friend.â
You donât have to say it like that.
I know how you feel about meâŚ
âLady Rosetta! Why are you doing this? Why are you avoiding me?â
ââŚDonât come near me. Why did you hide in my room last night? Why did you steal my clothes?â
âMilady, I just love you so muchâŚâ
âI-I am to marry someone! I hope you donât cross the line.â
In the end, the richest girl in that small town married the richest man in the capital.
Bentley wanted to kidnap Rosetta, but he couldnât.
Knowing that Rosettaâs prospective husband came from a family with connections to the royal family, he couldnât dare to do so.
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So the bottom line is, you wanted to kidnap your first love just like what you did to Lariensa right now; however you couldnât because his husband was someone of power? Why would you wrap it up in such a stupid way?
ââŚWhat about Isabella Lonis?â
Bentley seemed to be completely obsessed with acting as the victim and was so delusional that he didnât even hear the noise behind the door. At this point, I realized that something was going on, so I kept drawing his attention to make sure he doesnât notice whatâs happening outside.
âIsabella, sheâŚâ
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âProfessor, stop!â
âWhatâs wrong, Isabella? Everything was just fine, right?â
âI have never once thought of you as a man.â
âThat canât be true. Then why do you always bring me a sandwich and ask me to have breakfast with you everyday? Why do you always approach me in the teacherâs office and share your problems with me?â
âBecause youâve been so nice to me, professor, that I also want to repay your goodwillâŚâ
âI mean, you like me, right?â
âNo! Thatâs not it!â
You brat! After all the hard work that I did! And for what? You still donât see me as a man?
How dare you play with me?
But that idiot girl only knew one thing and never thought of the other.
That I have a greater reputation than you in the academy!
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âI hadnât even lifted a finger, and everyone took my side! Stupid people! Haha!â
âWell, I donât care what happens to those two gals now. As long as Lariensa stays with me!â
âKidnapping and confining someone against their will is a crime.â
âWhy is it a crime? Lariensa is mine! Mine!â
Sheâs mine! Mine!
For Peteâs sake, youâre like a kid throwing tantrums and begging for toys in a supermarket!
I canât believe there are still people like him alive on this planet.
âProfessor, you really⌠you donât know true love.â
I pity you who do not know the beauty of true love!
I never thought there would come a day when Iâd say this line.
âHere, Iâll give this back to you.â
I threw the diary to Professor Bentley. His eyes widened and hurriedly confirmed if it was real.
Of course, it was fake, soâŚ
âAre you⌠playing with me right now?â
Bentley became furious and rushed towards me angrily.
However, before he could even reach me, someone suddenly barged inside the room and rushed towards Professor Bentley like a bull, and that person was none other thanâŚ
âEmily!â
Her foot had precisely hit Professor Bentley in the face.
âGo die, you bastard!â
Yahoo! For the first time, Emily looked heroic!
âWh-whatâs going onâŚ?!â
Professor Bentley looked at Emily with a perplexed face and looked at the door belatedly.
âProfessorâŚ?!â
In front of the door, several students and professors stood looking perplexed at the scene, including my friends.
âS-since whenâŚ?â
âExactly when you were about to finish talking about your first love story.â
So you mean, you guys all heard about Lariensaâs kidnapping as well as what he did to Isabella Lonis?! Oh yeah!
âT-That is just a misunderstanding! Itâs a false accusation! Iâve been wronged!â
He appealed with a disordered face, but the professors and students who had already seen his true face did not believe him.
âFirstly, Iâm going to have to fire you, Professor Bentley.â
âWhatâŚ?â
âThe Imperial Crime Squad has also come to arrest you for kidnapping, imprisoning, threatening, and using of violence to a student in the academy.â
âWh-what do you mean? I was wronged, vice-principal!â
However, as soon as the vice-principal finished speaking, the security guards came in and arrested Professor Bentley.
âMarilyn, are you okay?â
Natalie quickly rushed in and helped me stand up.
âWhat is happeningâŚ?â
When I saw people standing outside the door, I was a bit confused about what was going on. However, I was still worried about something.
âWhat about LaraâŚ?â
âLaraâs fine. Letâs take care of you first.â
In a hoarse voice, I asked my friends what had happened to them earlier and how they had found me.
âHow did you know I was here?â
âWe went to the newspaper company and told them the whole story as you instructed, and they told me that you and Lariensa should not be left alone in the academy right now.â
âHuh?â
âTo give you a detailed explanationââ
âSo theyâre still inside the academy?â
âHmmmâ Being an old journalist, I donât feel good about this situation for some reason. Letâs go to the academy for now. I think we should bring your two friends out of there first.â
Due to his sense of professionalism, the journalist went to the academy with my friends. Then, they happened to run into LycanâŚ
âHave you seen my sister? I took a nap, and I donât feel too good about my dream. I think I need to see her right now to calm myself down.â
If the reporter noticed the danger with his sense of professionalism, Lycan noticed Lariensaâs crisis due to a foolish reason. Then, at that moment, a scream could be heard somewhere.
They followed the voice until they reached the professorsâ quarters. From there, they could see Lariensaâs blond hair from the window of Bentleyâs room, Natalie said.
Although she was tied up, she managed to stick her head out and ask for help.
âIt turned out she pretended to faint and waited for the right moment to ask for help.â
âDid she get hurt anywhere?â
âNo, sheâs perfectly fine.â
âThatâs a reliefâŚâ
âLariensa may look guileless, but she really is smart.â
It goes without saying that the academy became noisy as they found out that a student was tied up in a professorâs quarters.
The professors called the security guards to also search for me, who had suddenly disappeared.
âIf we were a bit late, you would have been in big trouble. Had it not been for the witness who saw you thenâŚâ
âWho⌠saw me?â
âIt was Sibel.â
ââŚâŚâ
âHe said he saw you at the entrance hall.â
I donât remember encountering Sibel, but considering his character in the original story, it wasnât surprising that he knew where I was.
Come on, if youâre going to help me, then just personally do so.
ââŚSigh, really.â
Even though I try not to think about that nuthead intentionally, he was always the one who helps me at the most critical times, even beforeâŚ
I feel like I owe him too much now.
âLetâs get out, Marilyn.â
âOkay, ahâŚ!â
I was going to take a step forward, but my legs suddenly felt weak and I fell down.
I must have been very nervous earlier.
âIâll give you a special piggyback since youâve done a good job.â
Emily knelt down to her knees and showed her back reliably. I knew that I had worked hard, so I was willing to be carried on her back.
While being carried, I suddenly felt tired.
Other professors tried talking to me, but I couldnât even respond to them. Still, when I left the academy building, a cool wind blew, waking me up.
âMarilyn! Are you okay?!â
âMarin! Did you get hurt?â
From afar, I could hear Violet and Lariensa, who was on her brotherâs back just like me.
Violet and Lariensa breathed a sigh of relief after I said I was okay several times.
âLara, what about you? Are you okay?â
âIâm really fine. My scalp is just tingling a bit because he pulled my hair so hard, but I pretended to faint right away so that heâll stop pulling it.â
Lycanâs forehead crumpled when he heard that his sisterâs hair was pulled.
âWait, Lariensa! Please!â
Hearing Bentley shouting from afar while being taken away by the guards, Lycan lowered Lariensa on the flowerbed and quietly approached him.
âThis is unfair! Lariensa! You just donât know yourself. We are meant to be! You are my last love!â
âShut up, you bastard.â
Didnât you say you canât harm a professor because of your scholarshipâŚ?
Lycan broke through the security guards and drew his sword at Bentley.
âThis sword wonât miss this time.â
Whether it would be a prison or a hospital, Iâm sure this will be the first thing Bentley will think of once he wakes up again later.
âWhere is it? I canât believe that itâs gone! Iâve been emasculated!!!â
âI also have a brother, too, butâŚâ
Emily, who saw Lycan fight Bentley for his sister, couldnât get over it.
âWhy canât he be my brother instead?!â
Oh, Emily, you must have been so jealous about it.
âIâm glad no one got seriously hurt.â
Everyone agreed with her.
Today was such a long day as many things happened. I was that tired.
But the most important thing was that no one was seriously hurt, and everyone was safe.
That alone seemed to be enough for me to laugh away todayâs incident.
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The academy, which was always quiet at night, became noisy today.
Sitting on the watchtower railing, Sibelâs eyes were fixed on Marilyn, who was currently being carried on her friendâs back.
Marilyn Launer readily and easily sacrifices herself for her loved ones. Thatâs why he refrained from helping her out in the hopes that she would come to her senses.
However, for the first time, Sibel felt regret.
The handprints on Marilynâs neck, which were visible from afar, made him feel something repulsive deep down within him.
âWhat is this feeling? Why am I feeling this way?â
The small scratch on Marilyn Launerâs body made him feel terrible.
âMarilyn LaunerâŚâ
Sibel reached his hand towards Marilyn, who was too far away to reach. Then he carefully pulled back his hand.