BXBX NOVEL Chapter 106: Popularity
She sat beside him and they both looked at the stars in the sky. After a long while, she finally spoke.
"I don\'t know what to say at this point, I don\'t know how to feel after everything that just happened.
I don\'t know what to say after finding out that I had a little brother and my father tried to get rid of him," she said.
"You don\'t have to feel bad. I overdid things on my side, even the way I reacted to you the first time we met," Silva said.
"If so, then let\'s start afresh. We may not know each other, but you haven\'t done anything wrong to me or anyone.
If I were in your shoes, I would have done worse, I\'m certain of it. The issue now is my brother. He will hate you because he wants to be family head, and with you now, that dream got crushed," Sage said.
"He will have to learn how to live with despair because he isn\'t good enough to rule anything. I\'d prefer if you were the one that had it.
Not that it matters to me, I\'m just thinking about how my life will be now that they will announce that I\'m their son.
I have a family back in Ribest, and honestly, I love them all. I have to meet them to explain things. I basically have two families now," Silva said.
"Your sister, Lia, how do you think she\'ll take it?" Sage asked.
"Well, she may not say it outright, but she will be happy with the news. One of the reasons is that Lia is in love with me," Silva said.
"Whoa, you sound certain of that," Sage said.
"Yup, I know for a fact, and if word gets out about who I really am, it will give her a free opening to love me not as a sister but in a romantic way," Silva explained.
"That makes sense. Your life and everything will change after this day, the way people react to you and everything.
You may not notice it, but me and Oliver being the highest form of nobility in the academy makes it hard for us, but we try to cover it up.
Well, I\'m sure it won\'t be a bother for you. You know how to handle attention since you have the entire third year against you," Sage said.
"That\'s the least of my worries. My main issue is those that will try to get under my skin from the political angle. They are the ones that will trouble me.
But for now, I\'ll keep watching and seeing what happens," Silva said and stood up and left her there.
When he spoke with her, he felt like she was somewhat reasonable, and so he decided to make a small connection with her first.
"This is just the beginning. The kingdom will accept a demon king candidate as one of their own, and as their prodigy. I feel like this is about to get fun," Silva said as he got into his room.
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The next day, Silva made sure he returned to the academy early. He knew today was about to be the most stressful day of his life.
He found Lia as fast as he could and explained everything to her. He wanted her to know and digest it before the real announcement was made.
The news took her by shock, and she felt it was a joke, but she saw Silva was serious. It took close to an hour of explaining and more for him to make her understand.
Later that day, word went out from the Duke about Silva. It became a hot topic all over the city and the kingdom as well.
Many people started digging into the details of the person called Silva. Where did he grow up? What did he do?
Such attention was good, but it also started calling enemies to Silva.
Silva decided that he would stay in his room for the day, but those that knew him personally came to his room.
Leah, Lia, Michael, Aaron, Fay, and Sage—they were all in his room, only Oliver wasn\'t.
"It all makes sense now, your abilities and strength, it makes sense," Michael said.
"No, it doesn\'t. Silva has the strength of an S-ranked adventurer. I don\'t think him being a noble makes it reasonable," Fay pointed out.
"That\'s true. Even with noble blood, he is too much of an oddball," Aaron said.
"Guys, now\'s not the time for this. How is the outside looking?" Silva asked like he didn\'t already know.
"Well, you just got a fan club because the most good-looking first year, who is also the strongest, also turned out to be a noble, the son of a Duke," Leah said calmly.
"Yup, and it\'s made up of girls alone," Michael said. Immediately he felt the piercing gaze of Lia and Fay on him, so he quickly shut up and looked away.
"The boys, on the other hand, now hate you to their guts for exactly the same reason," Sage said.
"It\'s only been four hours since the news got to the academy. To think it would go that far in such a short time," Silva said.
"Well, you should start getting ready, young master, because duels will start coming in from left and right.
Many guys feel that if they beat you up, they will gain popularity and the attention of the girls," Leah said.
"A seriously stupid idea, but guys have massive egos, bro, and they will do anything in that regard," Michael said.
"Well, I\'ll just keep a low profile for now," Silva said. They all gave him a look that said, "You couldn\'t even keep a low profile if you tried with all your might, you walking overpowered machine."