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The three vampire butlers were left startled.
Their faces clearly showed immacute fusion and incredible shock.
Just what did the sickly, weak, and pathetic young master just say?
Why did he, out of nowhere, start talking like someone pletely different?!
“Maybe we heard it wrong…”
“Young master, please, you should just-”
As a butler extended his hand to “help” Vd, the young vampire showed his sharp fangs back at them and quickly spped their hand.
SLAP!
“Ugh?!”
Crack!
The sound of bones breaking resonated across the room, and the three butlers’ eyes widened in suspense over what that sound might have meant.
“For butlers, you seem more useless than a shoe that bites its wearer, what did I just say before?” Vd slowly stood up, his presence being overwhelming.
“H-Huh?”
The butler looked back at his own hand.
It was twisted to the other side, and every single finger was crushed, blood ing out as the bones pierced the skin.
“What…?”
The two other butlers, still trying to process what was happening, looked back at Vd.
Despite his sickly appeara having ged, his eyes did.
They emahe intelligence, fieress, and wisdom of an old demon!
“I asked you if you HAD any decy!” roared Vd. “Your faces… Are so ugly! You bunch of good-for-nothings are not even worth my time!”
As Vd roared back, his Aura started swirling; the Blood Energy that Vampires possessed surged from within his Blood Core, while the Golden Ki that the Heavenly Demon cultivated surged from his Soul.
Both energies bined, creating an incredibly overwhelming pressure that made all three butlers step back!
However, they quickly realized that this still didn’t make sense!
They were paid by Vd’s siblings to torment Vd and his family until the day they died. Why were they ag so afraid out of nowhere?
“Who do you think you are?!”
“You damned lowly Dhampir!”
“E-Even we servants have a higher authority as pure-blooded vampires than you, a failure of our kind!”
The three butlers lost their patience, hissing back at Vd as they showed him their fangs. Their blood auras surged, and all three of them rushed to attack him!
Their cws became long bck bdes sprouting out of each finger, and the ohat had his hand broken had already regeed it, part of the Vampire's basic abilities, [False Immortality]!
Paul felt euphoric at this moment. He hought that the game would make him feel so alive before!
Yeah, the Heavenly Demon was... Well, he was gay, and he was obsessed with finding himself a “male bride” or whatever.
But he was super OP, wasn’t he?!
Even with the sickly body of Vd, the mere soul of the Heavenly Demon was enough to give him tremendous strength.
And it was show again as the cws of the traitorous butlers rushed down to tear his face apart.
“Pathetic little wimps, you don’t amount to a sihing, begone! I don’t accept any ugly man on my property!” roared the Heavenly Demon, his Golden and Crimson Aura bining together.
{Bloon Arts}: {Infernal Onsught}!
Paul’s mind fshed with information, and as he was filled with inspiration, within seds, he came up with a teique, bining the Heavenly Demon’s knowledge with Martial Arts, which his character came preloaded with, and then bining them with Vd’s Blood Energy.
The result?
Shog!
BAAM! BAAM! BAAM!
His fists moved, and three bzing punches hit the three butlers in the face, their bodies bei abze the very instant they dropped over the floor.
“Gryyyaaagghh!”
Their screams of agony reverberated across the entire manor, as Vd didn’t stop there.
“You’re as ugly as you’re hard to kill, aren’t you? Cockroaches!”
Vd had no mercy, fully knowing how much these bastards had tormented his family and how he had already discovered the medie they were giving him was actually poison that only worsened his siess!
“You deserve nothing but a painful and agonizih! I shall regain the honor of my family this very instant!”
{Bloon Arts}: {Heaven’s Step}!
CRASH!
With a furious step downward, Vd crushed the head of one of the butlers before they could do a sihing; the skull and the brains spttered into the floor.
“W-Wha…?!”
“What the fuck?!”
The two other butlers couldn’t believe their eyes as Vd, the weakest of the entire Imperial Family, killed a pure-blooded Vampire.
And not just any, but ohat had reached Tier 3 of Blood Core Refi! At this Tier, every Vampire would unlock their Blood Aura, which, based on the development of their Bloodlines, could bee incredibly strong.
Yet the weakling that barely had a Tier 0 Blood Core killed someo Tier 3?!
It made absolutely no sense!
But Vd allowed them no time to rest.
Paul felt possessed by an unending rage as he saw a notification appear in front of him.
[The Character Background Trait: [Heavenly Demon’s Soul (Legendary Grade)] has been activated!]
[For 10 Minutes a day, you’ll receive 50% of the Heavenly Demon’s former strength and abilities. And all debuffs and status effects will be celed.]
[However, your mind and body will be possessed by his unending rage, charisma, and personality!]
“Ah, so that’s why I’m going insane…”
“Wait, please have mercy!”
“D-Don’t do this, young lord!”
CRASH!
Paul watched himself crush the heads of the two other butlers as they begged for mercy, but his eyes seemed pletely cold. They died agonizingly and painfully, yet he seemed to enjoy it a bit.
“Well, they were pieces of sh*t anyway... This game’s brutal, though; it eves me kill NPCs like this? I guess there are not many rules, huh?”
Before he could do anything else, he saw the corpses of the butlers dry out as his body automatically absorbed their blood aover blood energy.
FLASH!
“T-This is so refreshing!”
He felt pletely refreshed, as if he had taken a warm bath after an arduous day of work. His body felt lighter, and even some of the symptoms of his siess disappeared.
Ding!
[You have sin [Traitorous Vampire Butler (Tier 3: Rank 1)] x3!]
[The Character Background Talent: [Insatiable Gluttony (Legendary Grade)] has been activated after the ditions have been fulfilled.]
[You have automatically extracted the Blood Energy of your victims.]
[You gained +3.000 Blood Energy.]
“I automatically drain Blood Energy out of victims? Wait, Vampires do it so easily?!”
FLASH!
But it didhere; the Blood Energy was automatically repurposed as his weak Blood Core absorbed it pletely. Shining with crimson light, his chest resembled bright Christmas lights.
“W-Wha…?”
[Your [Blood Core: Tier 0] has absorbed 3.000 Blood Energy and has Ranked Up to Tier 2: Rank 1!]
[You gained +3.000 Blood Power (BP)!]
[You gained +1.00th (STR), Vitality (VIT), aerity (DEX)!]
[You have unlocked the Racial Skill: [False Immortality (S): Lv1]!]
[You have unlocked the Racial Skill: [Blood Bending (A): Lv1]!]
[You have unlocked the Racial Skill: [Bloodline Absorption (S): Lv1]!]
“Nice…”
Paul couldn’t help but smile as he watched the notifications pop up.
“Wait, Bloodline Absorption?”
He quickly kneeled down and touched the dried-out corpses.
[The Racial Skill: [Bloodline Absorption (S)] has been triggered!]
[The Character Background Talent: [Insatiable Gluttony (Legendary Grade)] has been triggered!]
[By pletely abs a corpse, you gain a rger part of their Bloodline and even steal Stats and Skills.]
[Do you wish to Absorb the Corpse?]
[Yes] [No]
“Wait, no way… Seriously? Did Vd have su OP ability this entire fug time? Maybe I didn’t hat background…” Paul thought. “No, wait… Without the Heavenly Demon’s Skill, I would have never been able to get enough strength to even kill the butlers to begin with.”
In fact, once Skill’s timing ended, he was sure his body would colpse.
“If I want to get out of this fucked-up situation, I o just do it, I guess... Ugh, it still feels yucky.”
He pressed “yes” all three times, and the corpses were pletely devoured by giant jaws that surged out of Vd’s Blood Aura, only leaving behind their clothes and other items as loot.
[You have absorbed the three corpses of the [Traitorous Vampire Butlers (Tier 3: Rank 1)]!]
[You have stolen the [Lesser Sange Family Bloodline Fragment] x3, and you’ve automatically absorbed them.]
[Your own Bloodlihin-Blooded Dhampir Bloodliier 0)] has absorbed all fragments and Ranked Up to [Strong-Blooded Dhampir Bloodliier 1)]!]
[You gained +1.000 Blood Power (BP)]
[You have unlocked the Racial Skill: [Venomous Cws (B): Lv1]!]
“I’m done… Ugh.”
Being finally done, Paul colpsed over his bed; the Heavenly Demon’s Talent was deactivated ohe ten minutes were over, and he felt like dying even after growing s.
[The Effects of the Character Background Fw: [Triple Shattered Meridian Physique] have been activated, all your stats have dropped by 90%, and your body has been inflicted with {Partial Paralysis}!]
“This is the worst…”
Feeling rather sad after having such a fun rush, Paul decided to look at his Status for once.
In Fantasy Story Online, everyone had their own personalized stats and progression systems.
It seemed that Vampires used the Bloodline and Blood Core Progression System, a very unique system that no other race had.
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[Pyer Name]: [Vd Von Sange VII]
[Titles]: [Iron Blood Empire’s Seventh Prince]
[Blood Core]: [Blood Refi Realm (Tier 2: Rank 1)] (Blood Energy: 500/1.500)
[Bloodline]: [Strong-Blooded Dhampir Bloodliier 1)]
[Race]: [Dhampir (Weak Bloodline)]
[Css]: [Seventh Vampire Prince: ★]
[Subcss]: [None]
[Blood Power]: [5.250]
[Strength]: [1.300]
[Vitality]: [1.100]
[Dexterity]: [1.250]
[Character Background Traits]: [Insatiable Gluttony (Legendary Grade)] [Heavenly Demon’s Soul (Legendary Grade)]
[Character Background Fws]: [Triple Shattered Meridian Physique (Legendary Grade)] [The Lonely Demon’s Last Wish (Legendary Grade)]
[Racial Skills (4/5)]
[False Immortality (S): Lv1] [Blood Bending (A): Lv1] [Bloodline Absorption (S): Lv1] [Venomous Cws (B): Lv1]
[Css Skills (0/5)]
None Equipped.
[Subcss Skills (0/5)]
None Equipped.
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“Ahh, does this mean that the Martial Arts I used don’t t as a Skill? Huh…” Paul thought as he sighed. “Well, I could probably unloe other Stats too… I think I read somewhere that you unlock the Spirit Stat if you make a tract with a Spirit, and also the Ara Stat if you create a Magic Circle, and also… Was there something like Ki?”
The World of Fantasy Story Online was designed for the pyer to explore; eveatus window and the various meics of this RPG game all revolved around discovery.
You were usually given a first set of stats and abilities, and then it to the pyer to find out what else was waiting for them out there.
Doiain tasks would yield beneficial results, and Paul had read a couple of guides online in anticipation of the game.
“But these Fws…”
The Meridian thing was already the worst, but then there was the fw of the Heavenly Demon, the “The Lonely Demon’s Last Wish”!
The moment he focused his gaze on the fw, a familiar message appeared again.
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[The Lonely Demon’s Last Wish (Legendary Grade)]
The Heavenly Demon is gay.
Throughout his entire life in the Realm of Murim, the only thing he did was fight and survive, never finding someoo love and cuddle with at night. And maybe do other things too.
Now that he has reinated, he has decided to find himself a beautiful, lovely male bride to marry and make a big family with.
To retain your sanity and not go mad from all the suffering the Heavenly Demon has gohrough, you must find a male bride to fulfill his wish of being happy!
Avaible Time to fulfill his Wish: 364 Days, 16 Hours.
If you don’t fulfill the Hidden Requirement in time, you will lose your Sanity and the trol of your Pyer Character permaly.
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“Why a “male” bride? Just why…” Paul muttered. “Hahh…”
As he started to think about what to do , he couldn’t help but remember someone he had met today who was still livi-free inside his head.
His lovely smile, his beautiful blue eyes, and his pyful personality made him want to hate him, but he simply couldn’t.
“Why am I even thinking about him? Ugh…”
Paul quickly dismissed the status window as he tried to sit down, trating.
“Right now, nobody knows I just killed the butlers. My mother never walks out of the room, and my sister must be sleeping right now…” Vd wondered, his sharp red eyes gng through the window.
There was a dark garden outside, the night was beautifully illuminated by the moonlight, and there were no stars. A perfeight for Vampires and ht creatures to walk out, the Realm of Obscuritas, however, had this climate 24/7.
He took a look at his Iory, finding ihe clothes of the butlers, which offered some basic stat boosts—better than his me pajamas. However, what caught his attention wasn’t that, but the medals he had also looted out of them. They were red-colored medals with a crimson eye and two bat wings on each side.
With a quispe, he learhat the item was called [Silver Moon Family Emblem], it beloo the Silver Moon Family, which was the Family of the Emperor’s fourth e, the mother of the fourth vampire prince, Asthartez Von Sange.
“So these butlers were hired by my older brother to harass us, bully us, and overall make our lives a living hell... Alright, I get the gist of it,” he nodded. "Now what, do I take revenge? I ’t move too muow though…”
[Then cultivate, you fool!]
“Hm?!”
Suddenly, Paul could swear he heard a voice eg inside his head.
“Must’ve been my imagination-”
[It’s not your imagination, idiot!]
“What the fuck? Are you inside my head right now?!”
[I am your own self; I am the voice of your previous life, a whisper that will lead you treatness! Also, don’t fet to get yourself a male bride! I need… I need some love!]
“Okay, okay, I get it! Don’t repeat it inside of my head!”
[Good! As long as you find yourself a det man, someoiful is a must! He must also have a pyful personality; I dislike b fools. Ah, right! The biggest thing is... He must have a pure heart, yes! [And if possible, he should also give good kisses.]
“Oh my god, would you stop talking about it?!”
Paul was dying out e.
[Eyes that reflect the moonlight! A beautiful smile! Lips that would make you want to devour them with kisses! A good and wide hip to grasp! And a harmonic voice too! Yes!]
As the Heavenly Demo bbbering about, Paul immediately began to recall Chris again!
This was getting worse; he had to quickly move on and think about something else.
“Okay, tell me how to cultivate already! Do you have to be so horny, man? You’re dead already!”
[I’m not dead; I’m literally you! But okay… I shall first teach you how to access the Inner Realm Fragment inside our Soul. It is there where you must begin your path of Cultivation.]
“I’m listening…”
[First, close your eyes.]
“Okay…”
[Now, trate on a sihing.]
“Like what?”
[Obviously, the thing you want the most! Think about the cutest, most perfect male bride!]
“What?! Cut it off already!”
[I am telling you the damn truth, you moo access your soul, you must align with your deepest desires and... You know, let them e to you and stuff.]
“What sort of expnation is that?”
[Just do it!]
“I’m not!”
[You’re too afraid! Did I really reinate into this idiot? Maybe I should simply delete this new self and simply take over, hm? Would you like that instead?]
“…Okay, I’ll do it.”
Paul didn’t want to wait six months to make a new character, even less when, in those six months, he wouldn’t be able to py the game and everyone else would get ahead iagame!
He closed his eyes again and trated.
Chris came into his mind again.
It was always him!
Why?!
He only met him for like half a day, and he couldn’t get him out of his head now.
“Hah…”
His cute giggle resonated inside of his mind as Paul smiled a bit.
FLASH!
And in that moment, his sciousness dived into a sea of gold as he found himself floating within an endless heaven.
[You have accessed your Inner Soul Scape.]
[Inside, you only move using your own scioushrough an Astral Proje.]
“T-This is…?”
[See?! It was easy! You just had to think about that cute guy you met.]
“You read my mind?!”
[I just saw a small glimpse of what you were thinking about, mostly ter the ability to enter your Soul Scape. Now, into more important matters… There it is! Look, over there.]
“Ah…”
Paul’s eyes widened as he looked at the enormous bubble of rainbow light floating in the middle of this endless heaven.
Ihere was a small, floating isnd-like terrain.
He flew there using his own sciousness, created some sort of Astral Avatar and trespassed the bubble with ease.
[You have accessed the [Heavenly Demon’s Inner Realm Fragment (Deg)]
[Ihis Inner Realm, you do a series of many activities, such as building a farm, raising martial beasts, and cultivating your soul.]
Paul found himself standing in front of an endless grassnd; there were some trees here and there and a single small, golden-colored mountain.
“This is like my own personal isnd…” Paul smiled, looking rather excited. “If I could make a farm here and raise pets, maybe I could get stronger!”
[Hah, that’s not even the real deal; look over there. That’s what WE stole from those Orthodox Fa bastards.]
Paul looked in the dire of a huge golden building.
It was a gigantic floating golden temple; its gates opened before him as he floated inside.
There was a huge library inside, full of all kinds of scrolls and books, and the sed room had a giant treasury full of all kinds of materials.
“T-This is incredible; it’s all mine?”
[Indeed. Now, at your current Soul Strength, you unfortunately ’t drag anything above a certain grade of quality, so first thing first, grab the [Soul Tempering Cultivation Teique] Book and the [Soul Eating Fist Martial Arts] Scroll.]
“Okay…”
Paul followed his past life’s advice, grabbing the scroll and the book, which had clear ese letters he could somehow uand through the game-like interface that trahem for him.
After that, he moved to the Treasury.
“Grab ten [Lesser Soul Pearls] and five [Soul-Stealing Screaming Roots], then grab that Lowest Grade Alchemy Cauldron and the [Riverspring Water]…”
Vd obediently took everything, his long silvery hair waving by the windy atmosphere of the Inner Realm Fragment.
Once he was done, all the items materialized outside of his Soul, and he gasped in disbelief.
“It all became real…”
[Luckily they had some low-grade stuff, but it’s not as much as the best treasures. Your Soul o get as strong as a Soul Realm at the very least, or you won’t be able to get any of the good stuff!]
“So it’s all based on my Soul Cultivation at the end… Got it,” Paul nodded.
If Chris was here watg him right now, he would be ughing about how seriously he was taking everything, even more wheed like such a socially awkward guy in real life.
[Now, let’s begin.]
He was guided by the Heavenly Demon, as he first created a co by mixing all the ingredients. Boiling the Riverspring Water first, and then crushing the Soul-Stealing Screaming Roots into a pulp.
After pg them into the boiling water and mixing them together, he added all the pearls as they were. The process happened faster than he imagined, as his soul seemed to leak a tiny amount of that golden energy he had used before.
FLASH!
The alchemy cauldron bubbled, and the co he made was ready, surging from the water as an already existing item—a golden-colored pill!
“What’s this, ibuprofen? Wait, I thought it otion?”
[It’s a pill. e the pill!]
Ding!
[gratutions! You have successfully synthesized the [Soul Energizing Pill (B+ Grade)] x1!]
[You learhe Subcss Skill: [Alchemy (C): Lv1]!]
Paul quickly took the pill after looking at the new notification.
The effects were almost instantaneous; his soul overflowed with a golden aura, a sea of gold c his surroundings.
It felt as if his own sciousness and senses had expanded everywhere!
“Woah…”
He felt like the first time he smoked weed, which he didn’t dare to repeat ever again afterward.
It was such a terrible sensation that it made him want to puke out of all the dizziness.
[You have ed the [Soul Energizing Pill (B+ Grade)] x1!]
[Your Soul has been Energized, full of Soul Ether!]
[Because of this, your Senses have expahrough your temporary Soul Aura.]
“Ugh… I feel terrible…”
[Bear with it! Open the book and read it; once you’re done, you’ll learn the cultivation teique. Use it in jun with the scroll to learn the martial arts.]
“Okay, boss…”
Paul felt like he was just following a game guide, but he didn’t mind at all, holy.
He did just as we were told; reading the book, he learhe fuals of Soul Tempering.
The process was very easy; he had to use Soul Ether to stantly break his soul, crack it, and then heal it with the Soul Energizing Pill effect.
Much like how muscles develop through wear and tear and then recovery, the same was true for his soul.
As it was torn apart and healed over and ain, it would grow stronger!
The Martial Arts were also simple, to say the least.
It allowed him to imbue his hands with Soul Ether and directly touch the soul of a foe, stealing a piece of it with each blow.
It was incredibly lethal, ign most defensive physical stats. With enough blows that ected rapidly, he could kill his target before they even received an actual wound.
However, it was also very intensive on the Soul Ether energy, and he only had a limited amount.
[Through the stant tempering of your Soul, your Soul Ether has increased drastically.]
[You unlocked the Soul Ether Stat (SE)!]
[You gained +100 Soul Ether.]
[You gained +60 Soul Ether.]
[You gained +40 Soul Ether.]
[You gained +20 Soul Ether.]
[…]
Paul meditated cross-legged, tempering his soul, which hurt quite a bit, but that he could bear with thanks to the Heavenly Demon stantly distrag him from the pain by talking about his world; it was a very shitty one.
“Wait… So you’re tellihat when you killed that young master guy, another one showed up?”
[Yes, they opped ing! I was getting bored, and they were all ugly. It was very hard to find a beautiful man…]
“…Maybe you shouldn’t be so picky?”
[I am picky because I am the honored oween heaven ah, and I do whatever I want! Now shut up and temper your damned soul.]
“Sure, sure…”
Paul shrugged; he was getting a lot of help at the end of the day.
Once he finished, Paul felt refreshed.
[gratutions! You have successfully refined your Soul and formed your Psyche!]
[Your Psyche: [Spiritual Golden Sea Psyche (Tier 1: Rank 0)] has Ranked up to Tier 2: Rank 1!]
[You gained +1.500 Soul Ether.]
[You learhe Css Skill: [Soul-Eating Fist Teique (S): Lv1]!]
FLASH!
“It worked? Sitting on my ass doing nothing helped me get stronger?!”
Paul couldn’t believe all the Xianxia nonsense was true all along.
[Now you’re set for your Soul Foundatio is fixing your horrible physique, but that’ll be for ter. You should rest now; do more, and you’ll get worse.]
“Wait, what’s it? I want to py more…”
[Py? Life’s not a game, kid; go to sleep now.]
“Hahh…”
Paul couldn’t believe it; the game itself was telling him to stop pying!
Giving up, he quickly rested his head on the soft pillow and closed his eyes.
While he tried to sleep and sidered logging out, he started to think about his step.
“Once I move around, I’ll o grow even stronger aaliate. The deaths of those butlers won’t be known for now; there’s no evidence left of them. But ohey realize they died, my brother will e after me, most likely,” he thought.
It was rather obvious that this whole background’s plot would revolve around family disputes for the first story arc, so Paul had to think of ways to retaliate befetting fucked over by his siblings.
Getting stronger riority, but also pnning a strategy or scheming something wouldn’t be so bad either.
“Maybe if I could take advantage of a third party…” he thought. “I’ll o iigate more about this world and my family in the library tomorrow then.”
Paul wao py more, but he had been pying for like four hours and was feeling hungry, so he quickly logged out after a deep ption and sighed in relief.
He ehe rest of the eveniing dinner with his mom, who wouldn’t stop talking about her job, which he happily listeo while nodding as he checked his phone for any strategies about the game.
He searched for new ways to get stronger—anything that would help. His idea was to get a magic circle and unlock the Ara Stat; getting to learn Spells was a must!
Yet the looming shadow of tomorrow’s college day was also making him feel slightly depressed.
If it were up to him, he would just py the game all day long, but he had to go to college, get himself a professional title, a a job. Such were the struggles of any young man his age. He had his savings, but they wouldn’t st him forever.
Programming wasn’t an easy career either; he had gotten slightly dusty tely, so he nning on w on a few things to get ready for as that the professors could throw at them in the first few weeks.
The thoughts about Chris had mostly faded away from the young man’s head, as half of his brain was thinking about Fantasy Story Online and the other half about his college and his career.
Yet, ohe day arrived, Paul sighed, his brain’s capacity going overloaded as only ohing was inside once more.
A little mischievous demon lives rent-free inside.
“Paul! I brought you a new pencil.”
Chris's adorable voice echoed behind him as he walked to the .
“Oh, Chris… You didn’t o,” Paul said, receiving the pencil from Chris, whose soft hands once more touched his rger, manlier hands.
“Don’t worry about the details, dude~ I owed you that much,” Chris shrugged. “Anyways, I was thinking about giving you my hough. you give me yours? So we keep in tact about tests and stuff.”
Very casually, this hottie just asked him for his number!
“E-Eh?”
Paul blushed a bit.
This was big!
Yet he couldn’t help but also feel disappointed.
Because the one asking his number was a man and not a girl!
“Hey, Paul? Hello? Is someohere?” Chris teased him some more, smiling cutely while raising an eyebrow.
“A-Ah, sure… Okay, fine,” Paul sighed. “Just don’t text me memes or something, okay? I use it exclusively for important things."
“Ooh, okay, mister important, I’m so very sorry for asking your number…” Chris ughed, as they exged numbers. “There~ I’ll add a little heart to your name, heh.”
“What? Why would you…?” Paul blushed even more.
“Why not? Anyway, let’s go inside, dude! What are you spag out about!” Chris walked inside, and Paul couldn’t help but gre at him angrily.
And then, almost by instinct, the way he moved his hips sexily was something out of this world.
Especially because Chris had a really big rack tightly ed around his blue jeans, it was a deadly bination.
“W-Why does he walk like that?!”
Paul was dying inside; he just couldn’t believe Chris was a man!
However, he quickly calmed himself down and simply sighed, walking inside and sitting down.
As he sat down and attentively heard the csses while writing down stuff, Paul slowly began to shift his eyes to the left.
Chris was sitting there again.
“Why did he sit by my side again?” he wondered.
He quickly tried to ignore Chris, but the young ma doing weird things.
He wasn’t even paying attention to css, and he was once again drawing things in his notebook.
This time, it wasn’t just anime characters; it was also creatures and basic human anatomy.
“He’s good…”
He was surprised by his amazing drawing skills, the details, and the shading; everything was on point.
“Hm~?”
But Chris noticed he was looking.
“Eek!”
Paul quickly averted his gaze.
But it was too te!
“Hey, what were you watg? Don’t you think it’s a bit rude to look at what I do so attentively? Paul~?”
Chris gave him once more that teasing smile that made him both angry and embarrassed.
“S-Shut up, I wasn’t looking…” Paul looked elsewhere, yet Chris noticed how red he was.
“Hahah, it’s fine; you watch if you want, bro,” Chris shrugged. “You like my drawings?”
“I… Well, you do draw really well, I have to admit it,” Paul said.
“Is that so~? So you like it?" giggled Chris. “Wao draw you something?”
“What? Why? No, just pay attention to css, Chris,” Paul sighed.
“Sure, sure…”
Chris didn’t pay attention to css.
He kept drawing stuff, and then ohe csses came to an end, he showed something to Paul.
“Look, I drew you.”
“Huh?!”
Paul stepped back as he saw the drawing.
It was an almost 100% realistic illustration of Paul.
Down to the very st detail!
And above all, it shows him with a very embarrassed facial expression.
“Like my skills~?”
“Y-Yood… but this is too embarrassing! Did you have to draw me?!”
“Hahaha! What’s wrong? You keep it, bro.”
Chris gave the drawing to Paul and then quickly gathered with the girls he had made friends with.
“See ya ter. I'm going to go with the girls to grab something to eat. Don’t be a loner and make another friend. I ’t just be your only friend, dude.”
“W-What? Oi!”
Paul only got angrier after that ent, but Chris was long gone.
“Hah…”
He indeed felt lohe moment he left.
As he went to buy a cold tea at the cafeteria, he kept looking at the illustration that Chris gave him.
“Nobody had ever done something like this for me…”
He couldn’t help but feel a bit moved.
“He’s not that bad… Maybe.”
The rest of the day went on as normal, csses after csses, some with Chris and others alone.
Ohe day of studies came to an end and Chris reparing himself to get bae, Paul walked towards him.
Yes, he was the one ing to him now.
“Hm? Paul?” Chris tilted his head adorably. “What?”
“Err, I wao repay the favor from yesterday, so... Wanna go eat something out? Not the cafeteria necessarily…” Paul muttered, feeling embarrassed. “To hang out... You said we were friends, so is it awkward?”
“Hahaha!” Chris only ughed at his face!
All the self-esteem and ce that Paul had mustered to ask a friend to eat out with him came crashing down, shattering into tless pieces.
“Are you okay? It’s fine; let’s go eat something. It's just that you were way too cute to ask me out like that!” Chris ughed. "So, where do you pn to go?”
“C-Cute?” Paul muttered. “He called me cute again! Why does he do that?!” he thought.
“Paul?” Chris asked.
“A-Ah, yeah… I mean, I ’t pay you for the most luxurious meal, but…” Paul muttered. “I knoce; let’s go.”
“Sure~ Lead the way!” Chris nodded.
Like that, their first unofficial date (?) began.
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