I reincarnated into a novel as the villain. Let me just go home!

Part 3

Lol idk we're this arena is from but the one mention looks something like this.

Warnings: not proofread, bad grammar, kind of a short chapter.

Looking at himself in the mirror Hoseok shakily tightened his tie and let out a small sigh. Today was the day the game started, the beginning of the academy years. This will be the time when the villain(himself) and the hero fight to take first place at the entrance ceremony. But big surprised the villain won, to impress his father Hoseok made an illegal move. When the fight was over the hero argued about Hoseok's illegal move. But because of the cloudy atmosphere caused by the fight, many could not clearly see what happened. Plus no one really wanted to provoke Hoseok, the duke's only beloved son. They definitely can not provoke the duke because of some insolent peasant. Who would have thought he was a hidden gem who would not only become the strongest magi there was but also the savor of the world.

Finishing tying his tie Hoseok looked at himself in the mirror and whispered, "you can do this Hoseok." Hoseok prepared himself by researching the ways of bullying and of course going over the story's plot over and over again in case he made a mistake. Having walked outside Hoseok came face to face with a white and golden carriage. The carriage was blinding but even if he wanted to change it he had to follow the plot. Before he got inside the carriage Hoseok looked behind him, to see if his father came down to wish him good luck or at least come see him down. Having seen that his father did not come down Hoseok made his way into the carriage and asked the driver to depart as soon as possible. Inside the carriage, Hoseok could only sight in relief, all these years "his" old man kept on trying to get closer to him, always trying to pamper, and stick to him. But because he tried to follow the plot Hoseok would always try to stay away from his father, he kind of felt bad, why? Because of how genuine his dad's feelings were, the only reason he still continue with the plan instead of starting all over again was that he could tell and see the duke frown every time he would call him dad or father. Meaning, that he can still go home, the duke was not attached to him as he seems.

Having arrived at the entrance of the academy Hoseok couldn't help but gasp, he forgot how flashy and big the school was. Composing himself Hoseok walked passed the gate and directly walked towards his assigned area. Hearing all the whispers and mumbling around, Hoseok couldn't help but twitch, everywhere he went he heard a, "is that the duke's son?", or "he's not all that.", or "too bad he is ugly", It was nerve-wracking. Not paying attention to any of the comments Hoseok directly walked toward the first year meeting haul. Having found his place Hoseok sat down and waited for the introduction class to start. Being afraid he would make a mistake Hoseok did not dare to look at anyone, but to others, he come out as an arrogant and proud young man.

Authors: bitch you're the ugly one, how dare you disrespect such beauty?!!!!

As soon as the introductory ceremony was over each first year was guided towards the fighting haul. In the fighting haul, there was a barrier attached to the arena, by the side of the arena was the waiting area where every first yeard had to wait for their turn. At the top of the arena, they were seats filled with other students trying to check out the first year's strengths and the first year's parents who were rooting for their children. In this haul every student would get matched randomly and fight, the teachers would then score the student's strength. What student's don't know is that their score would determine what class they are input in. This event would bring out the villains' dark and evil side while bringing out our heroes', well heroic side. Once all the first-year students were brought to the fighting haul the announcer started to state the rules, "every student will have three fights, once your name is called please present yourself in the arena. Once the fight begins whoever steps out of the line first or surrenders will lose. Illegal movements and cantations will result in expulsion. Let the fighting begin." As soon as the announcer finished her speech students were called one by one to go to the arena. Having won his second battle Hoseok left the arena and directly walked towards his seat, everyone kept looking at him and whispering. Ignoring every single whisper Hoseok waited until his fight with the main protagonist would start. While waiting Hoseok kept on making plans about the fight with the hero. He knows that he has to use an illegal move but because the story was not specific about what moves the villain Hoseok used it only gave a small summary of the fight. Hoseok only shocked his head, don't overthink you got this Hoseok, where the only thing running through his head. And he did got this because he made sure to do everything according to the plot, strain the relationship between him and his father, made sure he came out as arrogant to others and made sure not to overwork his powers or op his availability as he did in his last life. Everything was perfect.

After a few minutes, it was finally the villains and heroes' fight. Coming face to fight with the hero Hoseok felt a little nervous, he has seen the hero and come in contact with him before but now it was different, now he had to bully him and make his life harsh. As soon as the villain and hero came to the arena the announcer stated, " For our final fight we will have Hoseok vs. Namjoon. These two gentlemen have the highest scores of the day, who would take first place?" Soon after the fight started, just as in the book both the villain and hero were neck to neck. The fight was so fierce it caused a smokescreen to appear, seeing that the fight was being dragged Hoseok quickly enchanted the so illegal move and made the fight come to end. Everything went according to the book. As soon as Hoseok was awarded or the hero made a move, he tried to bring awareness to Hoseoks illegal move but he was shot down by the administrators who did not want to make trouble for the duke. The weird thing that Hoseok felt a little surprised and confused about was that the situation was not brought up by our hero but instead by our heroine. The lovely, light magic user commoner. But just because she was a rare magic-user does not mean they would go straight in and accuse Hoseok of such a crime, they are not dumb enough to court death.

Hoseok felt a little confused about the situation but did not think too much about it, why? Because the book was not truly specific about this scene, all it commented was how the villain was accused of cheating but no one believed the protagonist and instead was accused of dirtying the duke's name. From that day he was bullied and harassed by many, including our villain. Seeing that no one believed her the heroine just puff up her cheeks and turned around, directing herself towards our protagonist. All Hoseok could think was, wow that was fast the protagonist and heroine already made contact with each other and hit it off. Not putting any more attention to the heroine and protagonist Hoseok turned around to look for his father, in this scene the duke saw his son cheating and lying, the duke felt so disappointed with his son, not wanting to see him anymore the duke just left and started to avoid his son. This is the reason why our villain tried even harder to get his father's attention, no matter if it meant lying, bullying, cheating, or stealing. Seeing that his father was indeed not in his assigned area Hoseok let out a breath, the plot was being fellow. Hoseok was so focused on his father he did not even notice two pairs of dark eyes staring at him with complicated emotions, feelings of longing, confusion, fear, infatuation, and sadness.

(Thank you, everyone, for patiently waiting for this update. I wish I could have updated sooner but my life has been a disaster this past week, this author apologizes for taking so long. Hope everyone enjoys this new update, don't forget to vote and comment, I want to see what everyone thinks so far about this story. I hope everyone has a great day, and stay safe everyone.)