When the first rays of sunlight pierced the room in the morning, Kellen was engrossed in a book. The title of the book was "How to Make Bad Women Hate You to the Core", which discussed dozens of methods, covering various physical and mental attacks from the perspective of dignity and spirit. It was a popular read among the aristocrats.
But after finishing reading it, Kellen directly threw it aside.
"It's all nonsense, it's useless!"
Kellen held his head, feeling incredibly sad.
Until Anna fainted, her favorability had risen to -50, and he had no doubt that with a few more nights of effort, he could turn her feelings around.
What rubbish Mental Contamination, it's useless. It's impossible for him to encounter an important character and instantly win them over, right?
He turned his head, and there was Anna sleeping soundly beside him, her face filled with exhaustion and tears, and her fair body covered in many red marks.
The bedsheet, mixed with red plum blossoms, casually covered her lower body, outlining the graceful curves that belonged only to Anna.
The most intriguing was the slave mark on her lower abdomen, silver patterns flashing with brilliant fluorescence as if absorbing enough energy.
From initial resistance to eventual compliance, Kellen could guess the changes in her mindset.
Thanks to Anna's rising favorability, Kellen's overall attributes had actually declined.
"What should I say to you? After treating you like this, can't you hate me a little more? And now, we both end up with nothing."
"If you weren't my first woman, maybe I would have locked you up and tormented you in prison."
Kellen rubbed her head, tousling her hair.
All the resentment ultimately turned into a sigh. He walked into the bathroom naked and cleaned himself up.
"Shh!"
The sound of trickling water awakened the lightly slumbering Anna. Compared to her sore body, she felt a sense of rejuvenation in her spirit.
It was a feeling she had never experienced before - freedom and relaxation, as if she had escaped from some kind of shackles.
And somehow, she didn't dislike Kellen as much as before.
Her brain a mess, she pulled Kellen's pillow over and covered her head, as if it was the only way to escape reality.
Anna wouldn't tell Kellen that she had experienced intense excitement in their deep conversation.
...
At 8 o'clock in the morning, Kellen arrived at school on time.
Because Carroll stayed at home to take care of Anna, Kellen had to go to school alone after reading the letter at home.
To avoid the suspicion of the eldest princess, Phils left even earlier.
"Kellen, have you seen my sister? She didn't come home all night."
As soon as he entered the classroom, Anna's younger brother Paul approached him anxiously, asking for information.
In Paul's eyes, it was the most convenient decision to use Kellen's influence to find someone. As long as he asked the questions himself, the kind-hearted Kellen would definitely help him.
"What! Anna didn't come home all night!"
Kellen pretended to be shocked and worried, quickly grabbing Paul's shoulder. "Could she have been kidnapped by bad people? After all, Anna is so beautiful, it's normal for someone to have their eye on her.
Damn it! Just thinking about other men having their way with Anna and putting her in all kinds of positions makes me both envious and angry! No, it's more like jealousy!"
"... "Paul's face darkened. "Don't curse my sister.
Also, you're not trying to get my sister's attention, right?"
Kellen put his arm around Paul's shoulder. "Hey Paul, aren't we friends? As they say, why let someone else have the good when it can be yours? If your sister ends up with a bad person, isn't it a waste?"
"I have no right to interfere in my sister's love life. If you can make her like you, then that's your skill."Paul couldn't help but sneer and continued, "And now the most important thing is to find my sister, isn't it?"
In Paul's view, with Anna's dislike for aristocrats, it was impossible for her to be interested in Kellen.
Most importantly, yesterday afternoon when Anna came home, she scolded Kellen harshly, calling him a shameless person with nothing but his family background.
Would such a sister be interested in Kellen?
He would never believe it.
If Kellen could win over his sister, he would cut off his own head and use it as a toilet for Kellen, that's how confident he was!
"I know you're in a hurry, but calm down. Let's first go over what happened, like did your sister say anything to you before she left home yesterday?"
Kellen, who had nothing to do, decided to tease Paul. He wanted to see how the protagonist of fate would solve this incident.
Paul tried to recall, "She only said she was going to a classmate's house to play for a while and she would be back before it got dark."
Kellen asked, "Has anything special happened these past two days? Think carefully."
"Something special?"
Upon Kellen's reminder, Paul suddenly thought of the forbidden scroll. Could it be that his sister had been discovered?
No, if his sister had been discovered, the academy would definitely have approached him because the forbidden scroll was still in his possession and he hadn't had a chance to transcribe it completely.
In order to achieve first place in their respective grades for this final exam, they had focused their attention on the forbidden scroll.
Because he had stolen the forbidden scroll, Paul hadn't dared to report Anna's disappearance to the academy. Otherwise, he could have sought help directly from the academy instead of relying on Kellen.
"Nothing special, everything is normal. Kellen, you have to help me find my sister. If you do, I will owe you a favor."
To make his attitude seem more sincere, Paul bowed deeply to Kellen. From the surface, he did indeed seem like a good little brother who cared about his sister.
"Alright, I promise. After school at noon, I'll send my men to find your sister. Trust me, with my family's influence, we will find her quickly."
Kellen patted his shoulder firmly.
Paul said, "Can't we go now? I'm afraid something might happen if it gets too late."
Kellen looked hesitant, "But we have class soon. Skipping class isn't good, and the next class is Princess Hilna's."
"Don't you skip class all the time? What's the harm in skipping one more time?" Paul became anxious. He was afraid that delaying further would expose the theft of the forbidden scroll.
"How about we skip class together?" Kellen caught his shoulder.
He quickly shook off Kellen's hand and said, "No, I can't be late. If I'm late, I'll lose my scholarship. You know my family's situation. If I don't get the scholarship, I won't be able to continue studying at the academy."
"Fine, when I find your sister, half of the scholarship will go to me." Kellen said helplessly.
"...Okay." Paul reluctantly nodded.
[Paul's Favorability towards you is -50, gaining 50% attribute point bonus from the other party.]
Although he was helping him, Paul's hatred for Kellen grew even more.
"Well then, for my good friend Paul, I'll skip class now."
Kellen said loudly and turned to leave, but he bumped into Hilna at the doorway.
She stared at Kellen with displeasure and said, "Did I let you go?"
Before class started, she already knew that Phil's plan had failed again, so her mood was very bad. Seeing Kellen trying to skip class, she naturally wouldn't allow him to leave.
She had decided that tonight she would carry out her plan against Kellen's family's main industry.
Seeing Hilna's arrival, Kellen was not disappointed, but rather secretly amused.Everything went exactly as he had planned.
