[BL] Seducing Male Leads To Survive As A Villain In A Novel-Chapter 326: What’s Involved.

"Well, I mean, look on the bright side—at least they didn’t forbid us from coming back."

A woman opened the door from behind, and they turned to her. "The two of you are forbidden from stepping in here for the meantime!" She stepped back in and closed the door.

"Oh." Eden nodded as he stared at Aron. "Well, look on the bright side, at least..."

Before he could finish, Aron said, "I have to leave..." And so he ran off, leaving Eden there.

Eden didn’t give up. He followed him again. And when Aron was busy with his group activity, feeding the fishes in the pond with some other students, peacefully...

Eden came out of nowhere. "Hey! Senior! Look, I picked up some nourishing fish meal—... ah!!!!" He slipped, and before they could even know what was going to happen next, a loud thud and splash came.

Eden fell into the pond with a splash that sent some fish flying out of the water, landing and dancing on the land.

Aron and the rest stared in shock, speechless.

Eden dug his head out of the water while staring up at Aron. He smiled. "Well, look on the bright side, the fishes are still alive..."

All eyes fell on a fish that had stopped moving on the land for lack of water. It was dead.

"Except one," Eden forced a smile.

He was kicked out with immediate effect.

He didn’t stop. He followed Aron to his gardening session and almost destroyed all the flowers there.

He followed him to class and landed him in trouble, leading the teacher to throw the two of them outside.

They stood outside the class as Eden stared at Aron, who had a neutral yet miserable expression.

"Well, look on the bright side..."

"What do you want from me?" Aron stared at him.

Eden forced a smile. "Well, the assignment..."

"Can you please, let me rest. Please," Aron was trying his best to be polite and nice with his words.

Eden blinked. "Ah, okay then. I’ll give you some time to think about it. See you around." He turned and took off, but slipped halfway and fell flat on his face.

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"I think I messed up our first meeting. He certainly has a terrible impression of me now," Eden stared into the night sky while sitting down with Helen and Lenny, who was a cat.

They were sitting outside under a tree while staring into the night sky. "He probably hates me now."

"Well, considering all you tortured him with today, I’m sure he hates you more than a lot," Helen said.

"Who wouldn’t hate him for that," Lenny stared up at him. "I mean, you got a nerd kicked out of class and the library."

"You don’t have to rub it in," Eden sighed. "I guess I’ll have to win the competition first before I can think of a way to approach him again. I can’t ruin my chances."

"Well, good luck with that then," Lenny sighed.

"Whatever," Eden sighed.

"And how do you plan on even winning that? I heard no one ever wins against them. They’re like the pros or something. Some even say that they cheat or something, but they never lose. And they use this medium to turn people into their slaves," Helen stated.

Helen stared at him. "So are you sure about this? Winning against them? What if they pull some tricks?"

Eden smiled. "I’m not worried about that. All I need to learn is the basics, and then I’ll probably use my powers for it. Even if they’re gonna cheat, I’ll still win."

Helen nodded. "I suppose."

Lenny was about to speak when Marcus walked up to them. Lenny, as a cat, looked up at Marcus and went speechless.

Endless thoughts ran through his mind. Memories from the previous night attacked him at that moment. Memories of the two of them in the stream. He couldn’t help but go mute while staring at Marcus. Of course, Marcus wouldn’t recognize him.

"How’s it going?" Marcus asked as he approached them. "I heard you got into some mess." He stared at Eden.

"Well, not really."

"Getting involved with those bullies is already getting into a mess. And accepting their challenge is digging your grave, because they always win."

"Don’t worry about me, I’ll find my way around," Eden assured.

"Are you sure about that?" Marcus asked as he stared at the cat. He flashed a smile as he stroked Lenny by the hair.

Lenny stiffened and instantly pulled away.

"Oh, your cat seems hostile," Marcus smiled.

"Maybe he doesn’t like you," Eden said.

"Is that so?" Marcus reached out again to stroke the cat. Lenny moved backward. "How do I get it to like me then?"

"I don’t know, he hates being cuddled," Eden said.

"Is that so?" Marcus pulled back his hands while staring at the cat. "Cute."

Lenny stared at Marcus and then looked away. He simply couldn’t stop thinking about the previous night while feeling as though he recognized him.

But he wasn’t a cat then. So it was impossible.

"Can you help me with some tips or knowledge about the competition stuff? So I can get ready for it?" Eden asked Marcus.

"Ah, that. It’s actually easy and not so complex. There are basically three rounds to it. Archery, horse racing, and a duel. You have to engage in them all with them, and the overall winner takes the crown."

Eden slowly nodded. "Ah, I see. I’m terrible at the three of them, maybe. Or two?" Eden thought. "I guess I’ll really need to learn the basics."

Marcus smiled. "Well, you’ll have to learn more than the basics. You’re competing with pros at their game, so I doubt you stand a chance of winning. Especially with just the basics."

Marcus sighed as he folded his arms, staring at him. "My brother told me to take care of you... and you already got into a big mess. I’m sure he’ll eat me up if he finds out about this."

Eden blinked at him as he slowly placed both hands together. "Teach me the basics, please."