I'm A Great Villain So The Author Hates Me

Chapter 40 - First Dungeon (19)

Hearing the words that confirmed my suspicions, I sat down to treat my wounds as Onyx came to lay on my lap in blob shape and quickly fell asleep.

As Julius sat eating another plate of food, I quickly wrapped bandages around my injured neck before stretching out the sleeping mimic into fun shapes while I waited for him to get comfortable. Seeing me stare at him, Julius dutifully reported in a calm voice.

"If you're wondering, the person watching us is gone. Lina is close by, but she doesn't want to come here because of the wing situation and also the fight. The two of you were pretty loud. Plus, she really doesn't like Nova."

"Fair enough. See any monsters?"

"Nothing that was worth killing." He continued digging into his food, and I continued looking at him.

It seemed that he had found cleaned himself up, as he was no longer covered in dirt and monster guts. With the way he was digging into the food while the fire reflected on his face, he looked like any regular teenager who was camping if you ignored the fact that he was in his boxers and was tattooed from the chest down.

"Why do you keep staring at me, kid? Something on my face?" Julius asked in a curious tone.

"I guess I didn't expect you to be tatted." I lightly commented, looking at the blue ink that covered his arms from shoulder to wrist and legs from his thigh to his knee. The tattoos themselves were intricate designs that looked like a blend of flames and different monsters.

"I'm Polynesian. What do you expect? It's a right of passage for my clan, and I'm legal." Julius snorted in response.

"Pretty cool."

It was silent for a moment while I continued to examine him.

Honestly, Julius confounded me the most out of the nine clan kids I had met so far. Easygoing, personable, good to work with, and very skilled. From what I had seen, he was strong, even amoung the uselessly strong bastards at school. Even Solomon seemed to respect his strength and didn't want to fight him full out. It could have been because we weren't in a safe situation, but even as Solomon was choking me, his full attention hadn't been on me at all, which I had taken advantage of to release myself. Part of it was that he had been taking it stupidly easy on me, considering he could have evaporated me with lightning bolts. Another reason could have been that there was a person spying on us but I would put money on the main reason being the man in front of me.

Solomon's confidence in Julius made me think that his true rank could be much higher. They were clearly familiar enough with each other's battle styles to communicate with minimal words, and Solmon had asked Julius to deal with the spider situation, not any of the 9 clan students.

Which was why it was odd. Even in the novel, although Julius was strong, he was more of a background character that wasn't highlighted as much as some of the others. Solomon, Evelyn, and Lionel were all the heirs to their families and were frequently brought up and compared. Even though Julius was top 5 in our grade, he wasn't the heir to his family. When people brought up the strongest of this generation or tried to rank them, he was never in the conversation with Lionel, Solomon, or even Evelynn.

"What is it? You're burning a hole in my head."

"I was just wondering about you after chatting with Nova. He seems pretty confident about your strength. I've seen it firsthand, and I just find it a bit...interesting when I think over everything, especially at school," I told him honestly.

"No need to mince your words. Are you wondering why I'm so strong yet only rank 5, or you're wondering why I'm not heir to my family like they are, or is it why Nova listens to me every once in a while?" Julius arched his brow at me.