"were in a story..?"
"of course we are dipshit! fucking hell why did you have to mess it up...!"
"like what?"
"ohhhh so many things. first the fact you unified the entire noble class basically making those villains so much more difficult to deal with, second of all our class was going to win this test but noooo you had to ruin it and lastly you stopped the mc from awakening his damn blessing!"
"so your saying i should have just let your class win?"
"of course! the mc's awakening is literally the most important part of the story. now its up to us to defeat the final boss or somehow awaken the mc in a different way."
he hadn't really thought of it like that, if this was a story than obviously there would be a villain, and with the structure of this world its safe to assume he's incredibly overpowered.
"who's the villain?"
"and why should i tell you? you clearly don't seem to be on our side."
"fair enough.. and just so you know, I'm not."
"but why aren't you!"
"you were young in your world right? i think they had a name for people like me right..? oh yes! a hater. that's what i am."
"what..?"
every single one of the reincarnators seem to be genuinely nice people, as far as he knows in the past few months they have actually been helping people around campus, stopping huge incidents and simply being very social
infact he himself acknowledges he isn't a good person, he's trying to beat these people simply because he selfishly wants to prove himself better.
if this were a story he himself would be the villain, without a doubt in his mind.wh
"but why? you must have a reason.."
"haah.. i heard villains do these story monologues right so let me do mine."
"you all were born with a silver spoon in your mouth, gold even. you all have your cheats, background money and everything you could ever need."
"in that exam.. you all must've thought it wasn't fair right? how my ability is so much stronger than you all? its not. its just a blessing like Delilah and the prince"
"i was abandoned as a child you know? while you lived with your happy little family, had fun with each other i was snatching moldy bread from the trash and beaten just for standing weird, yet here i find there are other reincarnates! each more powerful than the last."
"one even the daughter of the most powerful man in the world. i thought to myself how unlucky i must be.. i pitied myself and blamed the gods really, but then i realized. i don't need to prove anything to you or the gods, i just need to prove to myself!"
"prove to myself I'm better than you lot! even without the help of those fucking gods! even without a cheat, just me. myself and i.. that's my ego.. my ego is to prove to myself I'm worthy of holding my head high! knowing i made it to the top with my own power. not one given to me."
upon this revelation, a freedom like no other past Cain. like the warmth of being held in a mothers arms..
"lunatic! your a fucking lunatic!"
leaving, Sophia cant help but despite feeling baffled.. mad even, but blush a little..
Sophia herself had always loved novels.. they captivated her like nothing else could, and her imagination would always run wild when reading.. and while Cain does seem to be a reincarnate he doesn't even seem any different..
"Cain.. are you truly reincarnated..?"
in the novel she read, Cain had been an actual character.. and may or may not have been her fave.. and the reincarnated Cain seems no different than the original Cain.. even the backstory matched
'that speech.. goosebumps!'
while on the outside she was baffled.. inside? absolute fangirling, when she heard his back story she wanted to go and hug him so hard he forgets his past
no matter how much she tries she cant picture him as anything else than the original Cain.
in the community Cain had always been a fan favorite, the original novel was a reverse harem with a female protagonist, and Cain had always ranked withing the top 2 most popular love routes, eventually when the novel got a game where you could date the characters she had gone through every route including Cain in it.
she had even gotten his standee at a popup store they had.
and now that he's real.. she's gonna use everything she can to capture him!
which was why she started off on the wrong foot with him. you see Cain was an incredibly manipulative character and if you were simply friendly with him he would see you as a tool.
but if you start off as enemies but slowly build up a relationship with him through hardships and accidental encounters he himself would consider it a genuine friendship eventually relationship.
she would never be mad at him no matter how much she tries, it was all just acting
'plan get your fave has officially begun!'
-Cain pov-
'that was.. liberating.'
eventually he notices Delilah approaching him with a grin
"hi..?"
"hello my love.. i have a gift for you~"
"okay..?"
"apparently the blood of a high vampire functions as an elixir.. which funnily enough means that we have some in the royal treasury and lo and behold..! i have acquired you the blood of the current vampire ruler!"
while she says it as a gift he already knows Delilah well enough to understand she thinks he would be hot as a vampire.. so she really got him this mostly since she's horny
"thanks! il go use it right now!"
running of to his workshop he quickly fuses the blood with his bloodstream, causing a chain reaction with the ring to fuse into his body, his entire being engulfed by pain
the first thing to happen is the ring fusing into his finger, a replica of the ring now tattooed on his finger where the ring previously had been, then his skin becoming even paler, the spark of red previously in his eyes growing ever so slightly larger.
his mouth begins to clench, his teeth sharpening to an unnatural degree, the two top ones growing longer than the rest, along with these changes his ears turn sharper, similar to and elves.
soon enough he fully transforms, becoming somewhat of a half vampire, maybe even more vampire than human.
[gift of the undying had been made your own!]
[you have acquired the ability undying wish]
description: a gift of a former self, turned your own. a wish for punishment turned blessing.
type: passive
function 1: affinity for blood magic.
function 2: you carry the blood of of Hecate, goddess of curses.
'Ambrosia's family is known to be blessed by Hecate, which is why her bloodline is so powerful. so by assimilating that blood with me i had assimilated the blessing as well.'
he basically no longer needs to use only his blood to preform blood magic, and while he doesn't know what Hecate's blessing does he's sure he will learn in due time.
-CHAPTER END-
hi! been like two days since last chap but its better than before.. right? welp! ima be honest i don't know what i just wrote, i think its alright.. coulda been done better but oh well.. also for now i don't know if Sophia will be a Fl but it depends on how people like her! and for those wondering i have absolutely no intention of makin Ambrosia one(+ their technically siblings now since the blood he assimilated was the blood of Ambrosia's dad)
cya!