Sibelâs expression as he removed Professor Bentleyâs hand on the top of my head was stiff, different from his usual scornful face.
âPlease head out first, professor. We would like to clean up the room in peace before going home.â
But it was immediately overlaid with a smiley face as if that never happened.
âThen, please, Sibel.â
Professor Bentley attempted to evade vexation with a forced smile, much to his dismay.
As soon as Professor Bentley went out, Sibelâs face hardened again.
What the heck? Whatâs wrong with him?
âAre you angry because Professor kept making obvious advances on Lariensa?â
But that thought soon quickly vanished.
It was because Emily, Natalie, and Violet appeared right after Professor Bentley left.
âViolet, Natalie. Take Lariensa with you and go directly to the dormitory. No matter who it is, men will not be allowed to enter the womenâs dormitory.â
âOkay, but what about you? Will you be alright?â
Earlier in the morning, after quarreling about who would sneak into Professor Bentleyâs room, it was decided that Emily and I would be doing it after the mentoring class.
Because I have already read the novel, I already know that Professor Bentley was really a pervert, but my friends were still doubting about it, and Iâm also worried about letting them go by themselves.
The security in the womenâs dormitory becomes stricter once classes are over, and it would also be safer for us to sneak in at night because the darkness will hide us away.
Professor Bentley always stayed in the faculty room until late at night, so we decided that we would go to his room after the mentoring class.
âWeâll easily get caught if many of us will go. So you guys, go straight to the dormitory.â
âAlright.â
âAnd Emily, just wait for me outside for a moment. Iâll quickly clean up the room first, and then weâll go right away.â
Aside from Emily, my friends immediately left and headed towards the dormitory. Now, Sibel and I were the only ones left inside the classroom.
ââŚâŚâ
Sibelâs silence was deafening. Although he was somewhat an obnoxious and insufferable person, heâs a little scary when he doesnât talkâŚ
I tried not to pay attention to him and quickly put away the chairs and cleaned the room.
There, Sibel just stood in his place and kept his eyes on me, however, I didnât have time now to care about him, so I ignored him as much as I could but suddenlyâŚ
Crash!
Sibel threw away the chairs that I arranged on the tables.
âWhat are you doing?!â
Iâve never even scolded you for not cleaning up and did everything myself! Why are you messing it up all again?!
Even though I was annoyed at him, Sibel still looked at me in a detestable manner. As expected, his pretty face does not coincide with his personality.
âYou said you hated it.â
âHated what?â
âDidnât you say that you donât want other people touching you except for the people that you like?â
ââŚSo?â
âDo you like Professor Bentley?â
âAre you crazy?â
âI also donât think you like him. Then, is it because of that chick?â
Chick⌠Does he mean Lariensa?
But why is he so mad about me having physical contact with Professor Bentley?
âIs it because you wanted to protect Lara yourself, but because I was there, you then lost your chance of doing so?â
But⌠I donât think thatâs it. Thatâs just weird. Why did I even think about it?
âWhy do you care about her so much?â
âItâs because sheâs my friend.â
âFriend? If you become Professor Bentleyâs victim because of her, will you still be able to call her your friend?â
âWhy are you mad at me? I protected Lara for you. Isnât that a good thing for you as well?â
âEven if youâre doing it unwillingly?â
âYou think youâre so handsome, huh? It was my own decision to risk myself for Laraâs sake, so why are you still displeased about it?â
âWhy are you so insistent in sacrificing yourself just for that Jellinus girl?â
Ah, really, what is wrong with you?!
âWhat if I actively approach Lariensa?â
âHey!â
âWill you also sacrifice yourself again for her? Are you also going to do the same as what you did to Professor Bentley to me?â
Donât take me as an idiot. I know youâre also aiming for Lara.
I donât understand why is he this angry in the first place, yet I canât now waste time on his tantrums that never even made any sense.
In any case, it may be because of what happened earlier between Lara and Professor Bentley.
Itâs already too late for me to try to stop his feelings for Lariensa. He has already fallen in love with her.
If that is so then, it is better to warn him directly instead of avoiding him anymore.
âThis may seem funny to you, but I am warning you!â
âGo ahead.â
ââŚDo not approach Lara from this point on.â
ââŚâŚâ
âI know you donât have a choice but to like her, however, Lara is such a waste to you.â
ââŚWhat?â
Sibelâs eyes widened in bewilderment.
âJust bury your feelings for her.â
It took quite a while for Sibel to finally give me a response.
âSo⌠wait, haha. Can you say that again? I didnât quite get it. â
Sibel glared at me strangely, as if he just heard something outrageous and unbelievable.
I made myself clear right. So why does he look so confused? This guyâŚ
âI said donât approach Lara anymore. Bury your feelings for her. Sheâs just a naive girl, and youâre extremely not suitable for her. So want me to say that again?â
âSighâŚâ
Sibel laughed in bewilderment. This is just ridiculous for you, right?
After laughing for a while, he finally opened his mouth.
âIâm sorry, butâŚâ
âAre you still going to continue to like Lariensa?â
He smirked. That was obviously to insult to me.
âYouâre completely mistaken.â
âWhat⌠do you mean by that?â
Sibel slowly strode towards me. Flustered, I stepped backward, but unfortunately, behind me was a wall.
Before I knew it, I was caught in between the wall and Sibelâs body, who came too close to me.
âLariensa or whoever is it, Iâm not interested in them.â
âThen why do you keep approaching her?â
âHas it crossed your mind that maybe youâre mistaken about something?â
âWhat?â
Sibel lowered himself and put his lips close to my ears. I could feel his breath tickling my ears as I shrunk away from him. At the same time, he spoke some words which were hard to believe.
âThe one whom Iâm really approaching.â
ââŚâŚâ
âItâs not your friend⌠itâs you.â
When I lifted my head from shock, my eyes met Sibelâs. Then, he gave a mischievous laugh as he looked at me.
âYouâre the one Iâm interested in, Marilyn Launer.â
Dingâ Dingâ Dingâ
I couldnât tell whether the campus bell was really ringing or my sanity was breaking down.
WhatâŚÂ did I just hear?
Itâs not Lara⌠but me?
No way. Is this all pretense from him?
Because Marilyn Launer, who was always next to Lariensa, paled in comparison to her all things considered.
Yeah, that must be it. Because⌠Does it even make sense? Why would Sibel be interested in me?
He must be pretending to like me just so he could approach LariensaâŚ
âThatâs why I warned you.â
Hiik! But I donât think thatâs it!
If itâs a warning, then is it the one where he told me to stay out of his sight?
âYou know, itâs rare for me to have fun.â
So the person youâre putting the flag on was not LaraâŚ
âAnd the rarer it happens, the more I desire it.â
âŚbut me?
âSssiibelâŚâ
âItâs also amazing how you make my name sound like youâre cursing.â
Well, Sibel doesnât know that his name really is a curse word in my world since thereâs no word like that here.
Oh, but what do I do with this?
Whether I like it or not, I have already set foot on this route unknowingly!
So in the end, Laraâs misfortune was passed on to me!
âOkay wait. For now, can you move away from me?â
What era do you belong to that youâre still pinning a girl to a wall with your body!?
If I canât avoid this misfortune wherever I go, then Iâd rather die as a supporting actress!
When I was reading the novel, I felt more sorry for Lariensa than those characters who were horrified by Sibel, thatâs why I kept on warning her, butâŚ
âWhat you just said⌠that youâre interested in me⌠is that really true?â
âI donât lie about these things.â
I donât wanna be the angel in your cage.
No way in hell! Hoo! Hah! Hoo! Hah!
Okay, letâs calm down first. Does he think Iâm going to do the same as what Lariensa did in the original story just because the plotline was now distorted?
Oh, Iâm getting goosebumps.
âAlso, when you said that you were teasing me for being so cute, is that also true?â
âWell, you look just like a dog.â
Hey! Why are you treating me like some kind of animal?
âWhen I was young, I got bitten by my dog for teasing it for food, and I couldnât stop because it was so fun.â
âI feel sorry for the dog.â
âThat kind of feeling.â
So youâre actually not insulting⌠youâre just saying Iâm purely like your dog in your childhood?
It was surprising that that Sibel Nouma Khan had a dog. But I donât think he was really fond of it.
âYou didnât beat that dog to death like those psychopaths in movies, did you?â
âŚAnyway, if he still thinks of me like that then Iâm glad.
âFor now, I get it. Youâre the one who messed this up, so you clean it. I have to go now.â
âDonât go.â
âI have to go to the dorm now and sleep.â
âI know youâre not going to sleep.â
âWhat do you mean Iâm not going to sleep?!â
âKids like you only come to their senses when theyâre in big trouble.â
âThen just let me be in trouble!â
ââŚBut the problem is, I donât want to.â
Yeah, right. If I go into a relationship with someone in this world, I would definitely not choose this route.
I pushed Sibel away with force. In fact, I didnât really push that hard, but for some reason, he was pushed out.
Hmph, you acted like youâd never let me go.
âEven if I go through something dangerous, what does it have to do with you? So get lost and mind your own business.â
I ran out of the classroom as fast as I could, fearing that Sibel would catch me again.
Iâve already taken up a lot of time because of that guy.
âEmily!â
Emily, who was waiting for me near the building where the professors live, put me in a headlock for coming late.
âTap! Tap! I surrender!â
Where the hell does she learn these skills?
âWhy are you so late?â
âIâm sorry, I had a lot of stuff to clean up.â
âI found a path where we could sneak in while I was waiting for you.â
âWhere?â
Emily guided me to the back of the building where there were no guards. There was a flagpole with the flag of the academy hanging from it.
âWe will use this to climb up.â
âI canât.â
âNo, you can. Because I have acknowledged you as someone equal to me.â
Emilyâs expression was so serious that I have nothing to sayâŚ
âAlright, but Emily, you could get hurt on your way up there.â
âItâs okay. When I was scolded and got kicked out of the house before, I climbed on the walls and entered our house again through the window.â
Okay, from now on I am baptizing Emily a new nickname â Spy Girl!
âDid Natalie and Violet give you something?â
âAh right, they gave me a rope!â
You should have told me that first!
âYou go up first and then lower the rope so that I can climb.â
Emily then put the rope over her shoulder and began climbing the pole.
âEmily, be careful. â
âDonât worry!â
In fact, to the shame of my concern, Emily climbed up the flagpole very imposingly and confidently and then jumped to the rooftop next to her.
I knew Emily was strong, but I didnât know she was this athletic.
I felt like we were doing such a cool thing like those Avengers or X-men movies back in my world.
She was like a hero just by basing on her pure strength.
âIâll lower the rope now!â
Emily disappeared as she grabbed the pole and lowered the rope for me.
No matter the situation Iâm in, Iâd surely be scared if it was somewhere high since I was afraid of heights thatâs why when I grabbed the rope and climbed up, I tried not to look down as much as possible. However, for some reason, I was climbing up with minimal effort.