"Be careful what you wish for because you might just fall hard on them..."
Stuck in a cursed reverse harem novel, I find myself tasked with helping the second lead male characters let go of their first love and find them new ones in order for me to...
Bigla na lamang naglaho isa-isa ang pitong second male lead sa harap ko.
Laking gulat ko din na maayos nang muli ang kasuotan ko at tila ba hindi nangyari ang napakalaswang eksena kanina kasama sila. Habang inaalala ko muli ang naganap ay halos hindi ko maipinta ang magiging reaksyon ko.
I was completely appaled.
Before I new it, Vultrus suddenly descended on the ground all clothed as well. "Did you enjoy that one, Giezelle? Or would you like to repeat it again?"
"Why? Why do you have to do that? Why do you have to toy all our emotions? Didn't we agree that I'll save your people from their untimely deaths?"
"Aren't we already doing it?"
"Doing it? You're obviously playing with our emotions. What you did was toying our bodies for forced pleasure!"
"You're too oblivious, Giezelle."
"Too oblivious of what?"
"I was already doing you a favor, it's advantage for you to succeed before you ran out of time and save these male characters in this tale."
It left me feeling confused what on earth was he even talking about. Naguguluhan ako dahil kanina lang ay pinilit niya ako gawin ang bagay na hindi ko inaasahan kasama 'yong pito, and now, he claimed that he was merely helping me para maisakatuparan ang misyon ko sa nobelang ito.
How did that even become a form of aid?
Halatado naman na pinaglaruan lamang talaga kami ni Vultrus kanina.
"If you are not aware, getting rid of Richard isn't the only key to solving the issue of the characters dying at the end of this tale. Unless you find the right key, their fates will continue to reel towards what was meant to happen from the very beginning—to kill them one by one before right before your very eyes." ang bigla na lamang sinabi ni Vultrus habang nagliwanag ang pula niyang mata.
Bumuka ang pakpak niya na tila ba akmang lilipad sa ereng muli, ngunit bago pa man din niya maituloy ang balak ay mabilis akong tumayo upang pigilan siya.
"Why can't you just tell me at once how I can change their fates? What's still there left for me to do, huh? What key are you even talking about?"
Nag-expect ako na muli sasagutin ni Vultrus ang mga katanungan ko. Pero hindi nangyari iyon. Vultrus only grins at me as he cups my chin. "You're so naive, Giezelle. The answer has always within your reach and yet you're too blind to see it. I suppose letting you struggle more will become a good entertainment for me to see."
"No. Wait! Vultrus! Tell me all I need to know! Wait!" I keep calling out for the ancient God's name but it was no use. Vultrus quickly flapped his wings and the second he did everything shattered like a broken glass, leaving me blinded by massive ray of light after.
Sa muling pagmulat naman ng aking mata, laking pagtataka ko na lamang ng hawak-hawak na ni Princess Beatrice ang kamay ko na tila ata kanina pa nakataas sa ere.
"Thank the God Vultrus, you're safe, lady Giezelle. I was worried because I heard your screams from the outside of your room so I boldly entered the room and found that you were having a nightmare." Paliwanag agad sa akin ni Princess Beatrice pagkamulat ko.
Mabilis ko naman na hinila ang kamay ko papalayo sa malambot niyang mga kamay. Tunay nga siyang prinsesa na madaling nagpaibig sa pitong second male lead characters sa orihinal na kwento, and here I was too plain to be even sit close to her.
Nakaka-intimidate mas lalo pala kapag malapitan. Lalo na at nakagayak na siya samantalang ako bagong gising pa at siguradong hindi maipaliwanag ang mukha ko ngayon.
"Sorry to even bother your, your highness." Ang hingi ko agad ng paumahin sa pagkakaaabala ko sa kanya.
At least humingi ako ng paumanhin kahit pa hindi ko naman talaga inobliga si Princess Beatrice na tulungan ako. Mahirap na makarating pa sa Asnador o kaya sa Houndshire ang maling impression na inalila siya sa Kahoma.
Napangiti naman si Princess Beatrice sabay sagot na, "That's alright, I was actually on the way to really see you today."
"See me today? If you don't mind, your highness, what brings me the honor of you looking to see me today that you even came all the way here to see me when you could just summon me to the Jade castle?" laking pagtataka ko dahil sa biglaang sinabi ni princess Beatrice.
"Well, we could just talk about it now and get done with it, however, I would actually appreciate it you could host a tea time for us instead. In that way, no one may interfere with out conversation and the two of us are free to talk about it."
Sa sinabi ni Princess Beatrice ay mas lalo tuloy ako napaisip kung ano kaya ang tunay na pakay niya sa akin. Kung kaya kahit na parang may traumatic aftermath pa ako sa bangungot na naranasan ko kagabi ay pinilit ko makatayo sa kamay pagkaalis ni princess Beatrice.
I tried to force out my exhausted body. Nakakapagtaka nga dahil natulog lang naman ako pero para bang mas ang bigat pa tuloy ng buong katawan ko. Daig ko pa nga ang nagbuhat ng naglalakihang troso ng kahoy at ngayon ay nararamdaman ko yung pagkangalay ng mga laman-laman ng katawan ko.
Mabuti na lamang din at kahit na abala ako sa paghahanda ng tea session namin ni Princess Beatrice ay wala naman akong nakita ni isa sa kanila ni Duke Lorkan, Gregory o maski si Ser Aeros. Kung hindi malamang ay baka nailang lang ako sa kanila.
Alam ko naman na ang naganap ay bangungot lang at impossible naman na ang lahat ng iyon ay ang kailangan kong gawin kasama sila para lang mailigtas sila sa malagim na kanilang sasapitin. I understand that all of it were all decoys of Vultrus para malihis ako sa tamang kasagutan kung papano ko ba talaga maililigtas ang pitong second male lead.
Which was why after contemplating for a while ay napagtanto ko na hindi dapat ako magpatalo sa mga ginagawa ni Vultrus. Hahanapin ko ang sagot sa mga katanungan ko kahit pa hindi ito iprovide ni Vultrus sa akin.
Ngunit hindi pa man din nangangalahati ang araw ay bigla nalang ako napatanong kung ano ang ginagawa ni bigla ni Gregory sa mesa kasama si Princess Beatrice?
"Hey, Gregory, what are you doing—" hindi ko na nagawang matapos ang sasabihin ko.
Dahil lalapitan ko palang sana sila para paalisin si Gregory, dahil makakaistorbo lamang siya sa pag-uusapan namin ni Princess Beatrice, nang bigla nalang ako nagulat sa kanyang ginawa. Hindi ko na nga rin nahawakan ng maayos ang isang tray ng mga assorted pastries na dala ko gawa ng nakita ko.
At maski si Princess Beatrice ay nagulat, kitang-kita ko sa kanyang nanlaking mata na hindi din niya inaasahan ang biglang paghalik ni Gregory sa kanya.
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[AUTHOR'S NOTE]
~> HINDI MASYADONG MASAKIT, GREGORY!!!!!!! MGA SAMPUNG KAGAT LANG NG ANTS.
