THE USELESS PRINCE
Chapter 29: Revenge Blade

Chapter 29: Chapter 29: Revenge Blade

For a freshman, wandering around the Academy campus was the most foolish thing to do. The main reason was simply because of how big and confusing this place was.

Awakened Academy was located on an island floating in the air, alone in the vast sky. And it was so mysterious that even players weren’t allowed to know its exact location.

This place was divided into three main areas:

First was the area for first-year students.

Next was the area for second-year students.

And finally, the area for third-year students, also known as seniors.

And if a freshman wasn’t familiar with the terrain of this place, he would be lost in a maze with no way out.

But Ash was different. He could confidently say that he even knew the structure and terrain of Awakened Academy better than its principal.

And those were not empty words, but the truth.

So unlike other freshmen, Ash could freely walk around this place without fear of getting lost or anything.

However, he decided not to go anywhere but sat down on a bench near the building he had just come out of. All to wait for that person.

It was not Serena or Furina, but the main character of this game - Lucian Starlight - also known as Revenge Blade.

Briefly speaking about Lucian Starlight, he was a main character quite different from the main characters of other games.

Unlike them - who were always optimistic and loved life - Lucian was a person who lived with the sole purpose of avenging those who destroyed his Family.

As a matter of fact, Lucian was a cold, quiet and unapproachable person, and worse, because he was the heir to a destroyed Family, he was even more despised by the others.

But over time, Lucian would learn to care for others and eventually open up his heart.

But that would only happen in the future, and in the present, he was still a cool and unapproachable person, the ideal model of both boys and girls.

In the game, at this moment, Lucian would step out of that building with a frown on his face after being despised and ridiculed by others.

And that was also the moment when Ash would take action.

As said from the beginning, he valued ​finding strong teammates more than knowing what would happen in the future.

Once Lucian left that building and began to realize that the entire world had turned their backs on him, Ash would step in to save him, making the protagonist worship him as an almighty savior.

And gradually, Lucian would surely turn into Ash’s loyal comrade.

’But why hasn’t he come out yet? It’s been over an hour.’

***

A moment later, just as Ash was starting to feel discouraged, the door finally opened, and from inside, a young man with blond hair quickly walked out.

His face didn’t reveal much expression, but Ash could tell that deep within those emerald eyes, he was angry.

’Here he is!’ He had finally found the game’s protagonist.

Without delay, Ash instantly approached that person:

"Hey buddy, wait! Wait for me!"

Ash’s voice had successfully stopped Lucian in his tracks, but the expression on his face had not changed, but had even become worse than before.

"You are..."

"I am the Third Prince of the Voidveil Empire, Ash "Worthless" Voidveil, nice to meet you!" Ash extended an arm towards Lucian.

However, all he received in return was an indifferent look from him.

"If I remember correctly, you are the trash and useless Prince that many people talk about, right? What are you doing here? To mock me?"

Normally, a normal person would definitely show respect to a Prince like Ash even if he was really terrible, but Lucian...was a special case.

He had lost everything, and had completely become an empty shell, living only for revenge. And such a person would normally not fear anyone.

Lucian had already prepared himself mentally to die on the journey of revenge.

With light yet unshakeable steps, he approached Ash in just a brief moment. And then, he whispered into his ear extremely harsh words that would make any normal person go crazy:

"I don’t want to be humiliated by a piece of trash. So, if you still value this life, then..."

Only two words:

"...Be gone"

Ash froze, completely unable to move. He also had no mood to show any expression.

Only when Lucian’s back gradually disappeared into the distance did he fully come to his senses, but he still felt quite disappointed and dissatisfied.

In the end, everything was related to the nicknames and bad rumors of the Third Prince, and because of them, many of his plans had been ruined ever since he was reincarnated here.

Nevertheless, for him, this loss was probably the biggest.

In this conversation, Ash had failed to attract Lucian’s attention, on the contrary, he had unintentionally made him hate him even more than before.

Although this was only the first time and Ash still had many chances to try again, if he had not gained Lucian’s favor in the beginning, what would be the point of the next attempts?

’Things are getting more troublesome...’ Exhausted, Ash returned to the bench from earlier, massaging his head that felt like it was about to explode at any moment.

’Wait a minute! Don’t be discouraged, myself!’ Realizing what kind of mood he was in, Ash immediately slapped himself hard, causing his cheeks to turn red and sting.

That’s right! Ash didn’t need to recruit Lucian to his side anyway, did he?

There were many other strong characters in Awakened Academy. It was true that most of them couldn’t compare to Lucian, but they were still trustworthy and really loyal.

’Alright! It was decided!’

Perhaps from now on, instead of focusing on winning the favor of the main character, Lucian, he would spend most of his efforts on winning the trust of those who would be useful for future events.

But this didn’t mean that Ash would stop trying to win Lucian’s trust.

He would still try, but he just wouldn’t try as hard as he had planned.

Satisfied with the new plan, Ash couldn’t help but chuckle to himself like a madman.

But before he had the chance to continue giggling, further worsening his image in the eyes of others, a familiar voice suddenly rang out from behind:

"There you are, my Prince."

It was Serena.

"Why are you sitting here giggling like a crazy person?"

She was not polite to the Third Prince of the Empire at all, but for some reason, Ash still felt quite happy to see her.

Perhaps this was a sense of relief because he had met his loyal Servant again?

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