BLLEEERGGHHH


    An extra loud belch echoed through the cafeteria hall as Nn rose up from the table, wherey a gigantic tray filled with nothing but bones.


    Slowly, he adjusted his belt to better fit his bulging stomach.


    [It seems your appetite has increased and quite voraciously too. You actually ate the size of what you ate yesterday and an extra quarter, and yet you''re not syed all over the floor.]


    [That is noteworthy...] the system teased Nn, who smiled pridefully.


    "Of course, I, Nn, am the king of whales!" Nn said proudly, dering a stance by cing his clenched fist on his stomach while nting one of his legs on the seat, looking at the distance with a smart gaze.


    [What are you doing?] The system asked Nn, who smiled shamelessly.


    "I''m posing, of course. What do you think?" Nn asked as his stomach bulged out even more.


    [I think you''re embarrassing yourself in front of a prettydy at the cafeteria entrance...] the system said to him as Nn''s body went rigid.


    Slowly, he turned his head back to the cafeteria entrance only to find out there truly was a pretty girl standing there, looking at Nn just as Nn was looking at her, dumbfounded.


    "What are you doing?" the girl asked Nn, who slowly put down his legs and scratched the back of his head shamelessly.


    Right now, he felt like finding a hole and digging himself into it.


    "Damn, I should have taken a picture and shared it with NetNet. I''m pretty sure many would admire it…" she said while giggling evilly at him.


    She was a green-eyed girl with equally green hair, and there was a strange flower tattoo that peeked through the side of her neck,ing from within her shirt.


    Light-skinned and about 1.75 meters tall, she looked like that godly beauty from Earth.


    But Nn didn''t find the conversation appealing.


    He was officially the trash of the school.


    Why would a girl suddenly approach him and make some remarks about him without outright calling him trash at first nce?


    Anyone else would have found it heartwarming, but Nn was only suspicious, and he sought to get himself out of this situation as soon as possible.


    "I over ate a little, so I felt a need to get some energy back with a little stretching exercise…" he replied back to her, cracking his neck before he carefully slid around her and slowly moved out of the cafeteria.


    But in the next instant, the entire world seemed to sh before his eyes, and in the next instant—


    BAAAAAANG


    Arrgh


    A slight groan escaped Nn''s lips as he felt himself m into the cafeteria entrance wall.


    An inch before him was the girl, her ruby-green eyes staring at him with a smirk.


    [Give it up, she''s at least thrice stronger than you are]


    "They''re targeting you, Nn. Be careful..." she gently whispered to him before backing off with a cunning smirk and entering back into the cafeteria.


    Nn''s eyes shed with an unusual light before he moved himself off the wall, covered up his face with his robe, and quickly made his way towards his dorm room.


    Soon he arrived before the Greek Descents dorm building.


    He carefully slid to the backyard, appearing before his dorm room.


    He took off his robes before mming down hard on the bed, a loud yawn escaping his lips.


    But his eyes belied quite the seriousness as he wondered about the strange girl and what she had said to him.


    "They''re targeting me? Of course they are targeting me. I''ve always been targeted all my life."


    "Heck, I don''t even know when Quinn wille seeking my neck once more, and the rest of my bullies."


    "The real question is, why did she want me to be careful? Did she care, or was she just bluffing? And why did she care? Or just who is she even?" he mused to himself with furrowed eyebrows.


    Suddenly, the golden notification panel appeared.


    [Side Quest Issued: A strange girl with a mysterious bloodline has shown interest in the Host. The Host must find out why and who she is.]


    [Rewards: ????]


    The system said to Nn, whose eyes shed.


    "I guess thinking about it was worth it then. I''ll find a way to get back at her tomorrow. She''s not in my memories though, so it''ll be a little hard…" Nn said to himself, deciding to leave the matter for tomorrow. Slowly, his eyes closed as all the exhaustion finally hit his body, and soon snoring could be heard ringing through the room.


    ---


    "Where is he?" The voice, husky and brimming with a strange malevolent power, echoed throughout the dark hall where about a dozen robed figures stood, all on their knees before a figure who sat on a humongous dark throne, a crimson light that screamed of blood and madness shining through his darkness-shrouded face.


    "He isn''t in his house. When we arrived there, my lord…" one of the dozen figures answered respectfully, and a silent and low hum resounded throughout the entire hall.


    "Tomorrow will be the day he dies, once and for all. And this time, I will be apanying you all…" the husky voice boomed through the entire dark hall before the figure faded away into the shadows, and all the shadowed beings kneeling slowly rose up before giving a bow.


    "All Hail, the Shadow Prince of Erebus!"


    ---


    The golden light pierced through the window panes, illuminating the face of a handsome young man whose eyelids fluttered as he quickly rose up from his bed.


    "HMMMMMM"


    "Ahhhhhhhh"


    A loud inhale was taken by Nn before he exhaled loudly, stretching his backbone and feeling the great energy present in his body.


    "Another good day to live…" Nn said with a smile before quickly rising up and heading towards the bathroom.


    Fifteen minutester, he was done dressing up for school before he grabbed his bag on the seat and quickly made his way to ss.