CHAPTER 22

TITLE: I was only an EXTRA but the Villain and Male Lead tries to pursue ME?!

WRITTEN BY: B_A_DG_R

COVER ILLUSTRATION BY: B_A_DG_R

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CHAPTER 22

"Care to explain, brother?"

I finally let go of his hand that I was holding.

"How did you know it was me..?"

He tries avoiding eye contact with me but I just scratched my head.

"Your voice and how you reacted when you heard my name"

I remembered him flinching after Anne mention my name and how he deepens his voice earlier.

"Is that so...? Did they know too?"

He tried smiling but I know he looks nervous after I saw through him. He was referring to Arthur, Anne and Kayle if they also knew it was him aside from me.

"No, I'm the only one"

I shake my head. Anne is so busy finding a table and the other two are busy glaring at each other so they didn't noticed him like I did.

"Thank goodness"

I heard him sigh a relief.

"Why are you here anyway? Didn't you tell me that you were going somewhere important? Why are you wearing a disguise? And why are you giving flowers and a letter to the-"

"Wait, wait! Slow down with the questions! I'll tell you about it when you got home, but please don't tell anyone about it for now! Alright?"

He pleaded to me. It seems like he was in a hurry.

"Fine! But promise to tell me everything at home"

"I promise! I need to go home now"

David patted my head and quickly run.

I headed back to the bakery and saw Anne waving at me with an empty chair beside her.

"Did you retrieve the thing you left in the carriage?"

She asked me while I was pulling the chair to sit.

"Yeah..."

I replied to her.

We didn't really do much aside from me eating a lot of chocolate desserts. Arthur complimented my long hair that it looks silky than before. I forgot to tell you all that I grew my light brown hair up to waist length.

I didn't really saw Cordelia but we enjoyed the food either way. Kayle went home using a teleportation scroll while Anne and Arthur went home on their own together.

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"So? Do you mind telling me now?"

Me and my brother are now sitting on a stone bench from the manor's garden. As soon as I got home, I asked him to come with me here.

Our parents even asked what we are going to do since it is almost dinner time and I told them that we are just going to have a 'sibling bonding' which they believed that it was indeed.

"...Please don't tell anyone about it..."

He muttered. I nodded gesturing a zipped lock infront of my mouth using my hand.

"You know that I've been going there almost every week right? But I only saw her about two or three times..."

"Yes..."

"We didn't really met each other after how many times I attempt to talk to her so I decided to send her a letter instead but it turns out I'm not the only one giving her letters...anyway, I didn't stop giving her letters and I noticed that a lot of her suitors are giving her gifts, mostly red roses but one time...I saw her from afar that she's been admiring white roses so I decided to give her white roses and a letter..."

"Then...?"

"Then I was surprised that I received a reply from her when I'm trying to send her white roses and a letter, her employees were the ones receiving them and giving me her reply...she asked me my name and told me that white roses are her favourite, I told her that my name is Dan and after that we began exchanging letters"

"Wait, how can you send her letters to her when your entered the academy?"

"Just a moment, I was about to tell you that..."

"Oh, sorry...continue"

Jeez.

"When I entered the academy, it was hard for me to send her letters without our parents knowing but I managed so we became penpals...last year I asked her to meet me while the academy is celebrating the Academy Fair, I hurriedly escape the academy for a while with my roommate covering me up although after that incident, the guards had doubled because a lot of nobles also snuck out like me"

So that's why my parents were callrd by the academy after their fair.

"Did she showed up?"

I asked him curiously.

"She did...I was surprised that she's even early since I was late myself, she even told me 'You're late!' while giving me a warm smile...she really looks like a rose, you know? Of course, I was in disguise"

I can see David smiling when he recalled the memory when they officially met.

Brother asked my parents for money instead of an item. He was staying at the academy even on his birthday so maybe he bought the magic ring using the money. It is quite expensive, but not as expensive as the hologram messenger.

"Does she know that you're from a count family?"

He shakes his head.

"I told her that I'm from a fallen noble rich family who barely entered the academy...but it feels weird..."

"What is?"

"The moment she touched my hand, she looks surprised but she just smiled afterwards immediately and I was feeling happy since the two of us have something in common, like we both possessed the ability to control plants..."

So the Cordelia girl has the ability to control any type of plants too like David? They unexpectedly match each other! But why does she look surprise when she touched him? That is quite suspicious.

"But when I got the proposal from my fiancee's family, I agreed since it is my responsibility as the future count...I want what's best for the family..."

"Then what about her?"

Since you know, he already has a fiancee.

"The letter I gave her earlier was my farewell letter, I told her that I am leaving to live at Donato empire..."

So he was giving her a farewell letter. You see, sending letters to another empire is very hard since only imperial families can send letters to another empire but aside from the imperial family, others can only send letters within Bogdan empire.

"So you gave her a farewell letter because you already have a fiancee?"

"Yes"

"And you think it is your OWN responsibility to do what's best for the family?"

I emphasized the word 'own' to hint something to him.

"Yes..."

I slap my forehead using my hand in dismay before standing up to face my brother.

"Listen here, I know you will be the future master of the La Eclaus but don't think that it is only your responsibility! We are a family, we should be helping each other! Do you think it will ease our worries if we know that you will be unhappy?"

I lectured him. I feel like the older one sometimes, well...I am older than him if we compare my age from my previous life.

"What are you...?"

"I just want you to know that you don't have to carry all the responsibilities to yoursef, your happiness is also our happiness! Father and mother wants you to be happy, don't you get it?"

"I...I...you're right"

I thought he would get mad at me but it turns out he agreed.

"See? You don't have to accept the proposal if you don't want to! Do you possibly think that father and mother will not understand? Look, they got married for love! Why not do the same?"

Even though our parents are not really lovey-dovey like the others but I know they love each other very much.

"But I already accept the proposal-"

"Brother, do you really want to be tied up to a loveless marriage? You can still annul your engagement as long as you two are not married yet"

Divorce also exist here but after you divorced your spouse, no one would dare to take you as their spouse. They would rather marry a fresh unmarried person so it's difficult.

"You have a point...I'll think about it, but annulling an engagement takes atleast two years to be cancelled, it will be easy if two parties agreed on the annulment though but in my case...the girl wouldn't want to annul it"

He sighed.

We all know how madly inlove the girl David is engaged with. She looks obsessed with him rather than inlove after I saw her praying at a David shrine when we visited her home. The shrine has David's picture, small hair, brush and many more that it made me creep out.

That's why I don't really accept his engagement with that girl.

"Now, what are you going to do with the farewell letter?"

I asked him. He widened his eyes and quickly run towards his room.

"Wha..? Where are you going?"

I followed him outside his room and peeked inside to see him taking a quilt and a piece of paper to write something in a hurry.

"I need to go out, now"

He immediately put on his shoes and comb his hair before taking the magic ring with him for his disguise.

"Where are you going?"

"To the bakery, I need to tell them that the letter I gave them was wrong!"

He quickly took a horse with him instead of taking the carriage.

"But what about dinner? Our parents will be angry!"

"No time! I'm ready to be scolded later!"

Whoa, seriously? I can't seem to understand that guy. But...one thing I understand is that he will have an all-night session of my mother's scolding later.

...

After David went home that night, he told me that the shop was already closing and that he exchanged the farewell letter into another greeting letter.

He actually thanked me after that even though he got scolded by mother. He finally told them that he wants to cancel his engagement, it will not be easy but he is willing to wait. He confessed his reason that he is inlove with someone. Our parents just sighed and supported brother.

I'm just happy that it ends well for him, now he won't give up on his love. I think I need to apply as a counselor now lol.

After many weeks, me and my friends decided to have our last tea party our before entering the academy. Come to think of it, I just recently realized that I like drinking tea but in my past life, I'm not really into teas except bubble tea of course. It's like I'm used to this kind of things ever since I transmigrated here, I  miss wearing pants though.

A week ago, our uniforms were delivered to us so we decided to try it on but it is actually prohibited to wear it outside the academy. Well, we will just try it on and no one will see us anyway hehe.

"Does it fit nicely?"

I asked them. They all nodded at the same time and admired our uniform.

"I wonder if we will be in the same class?"

Phia wondered tilting her head on a side.

"So it is possible that we won't be in the same class?"

I asked them.

"Of course, the whole class setting is randomized...not only that, we will be sorted in different clubs"

Whoa, there's even clubs there?!

"Yeah it depends on what kind of gift you have, for example... users of Elemental gifts goes to the Elemental club, Enhancer gifts to the Enhancer club, Intellectual club for Intellectual gifts, Remedy gifts to Remedy club, Psychic club for Psychic gifts, Materialism club for Materialism gifts and Special club for Special gifts...the academy will decided where we will be sorted"

Valerie told us.

I think I know where she will be sorted, Valerie will go to the Psychic club since she can project her thought to others, Phia for Remedy club since she can heal cuts and bruises, Lianne for Intellectual club since she can easily communicate with animals and Anne will be on the Materialism club since she can draw any material and make it real. Me on the other hand, doesn't know where I'll be sorted.

"Also, the academy has subclubs like the Gardening club, Cooking club, Sports club, Drama club and many more! The clubs earlier are the main ones and is obligated to join into one...further more, the academy has many events too like Academy Fair, Match-Up, Halloween, Field Trip, Christmas, Valentines..."

Wahhh! So many events! Brother told me that studying inside feels like a prison but I don't think it does! It sounds exciting!

"Christmas? I thought you can go home when Chritsmas?"

Since brother went home for Christmas break.

"The academy still has an event, it is up to you if you want to go home or stay"

Valerie told us.

Valerie really knows things about this, doesn't she? I'm not that surprised though since she is a very bookish person.

"By the way, I heard that the second princess had just graduated this year and the first princess will marry the crown prince of Aidel next year!"

Anne told us.

"Speaking of the princesses, will the prince be joining the academy? Since you know...he is in the same age as us"

I asked them.

"I think the emperor still doesn't want him to go out to the public...I think he will just give him a private building just for him"

Ughh...when will the crown prince be free? Just how long will the emperor keep him away from the public? I'm thrilled to see if he is handsome or not hehehe.

"...Oh yeah, the young master of the El Blanc family will go there too"

Phia whispered. Everyone became silent.

I remembered the first time I saw him and I was almost choked to death at that time if it weren't for my negation gift. I'll be dead if another minute passed!

"I hope I won't be on the same club as him!"

The clubs depends on where they will sort you. I wonder what club I'm in?

After our tea party, we dressed back to our old dresses but as soon as I left my room. A scene unfolds in my memory and a voice echoed in my head.

'Cordelia's first love was revealed to be David La Eclaus, who finally showed himself to her after two years. Cordelia refuses to see him after he gave her the farewell letter two years ago and now she lost all affection for him since she already fell inlove with Eros'

What is that?!

First love?? What does she mean first love and who is Eros? And why is my brother's name in there?! Just what is going on?

I have this kind feeling of something that I shouldn't have done. It feels like it's telling me that I did something wrong. The same feeling when me and Kayle stopped the young master El Blanc to hurt the kids a few years ago and I ended getting choked by him instead, and the time when I reunite with Kayle after Delie refuses to see him and the feeling when Kaylette was born and now this!

Shouldn't I have told my brother to pursue his love? I feel really terrified right now and I have no idea why.

Now that I only have a week before entering the academy! My excitement turns to nervousness, I wonder what will happen to me there?