C3 - The Heroine Eavesdropped on My Inner Voice, My Cold Character Collapsed!

Inside the cold detention room, illuminated only by moonlight through a small gap in the bars.

A silver-haired youth, or let's call him Lux Arcadia who was actually a Transmigrator now had both hands chained to the wall. His body was hanging in the position of a cross so that he was constantly standing without being able to sit or lie down.

In the first place why would a protagonist like him be in prison?

Of course it's for the sake of the plot!

That was what Lux was thinking right now, but he grimaced feeling some bruises on his body. Those bruises were caused by the people who chased him before.

He didn't expect that those girls would be so hard to beat him up when they caught him.

"Isn't this different from the canon plot? I'm sure the real one wasn't beaten so badly and was only knocked unconscious before being put in jail. Now it's my turn why is it like this?"

"And I didn't even meet Krulcifer! She was supposed to be the one who knocked me out using her martial arts, but I was knocked out by being beaten up by three side characters."

As a Transmigrator from Earth who knew the plot of the original work, he should be able to use his knowledge to his advantage.

Now instead of him gaining an advantage after following the plot as per the original work, he was left with bad luck, without even the advantage of meeting the heroine.

Damn!

His main goal after being transferred to the protagonist's body was to build the Harem faster than the original work!

Unlike the Original Lux Arcadia who was herbivorous and would continue to be a virgin until the last chapter of the novel, he, the New Lux Arcadia would do so after making the heroines fall in love with him!

It's just that...

He didn't understand why he had gotten here.

The plot was wrong, even though it was somewhat similar, it was still wrong!

This was not what he wanted!

Lux's heart was filled with complaints about his life.

Then he remembered the name of someone he didn't know, but it sounded like an important person that was said by one of the girls who beat him up before.

"Liam? That girl even called him with the honor of being Liam-sama? I bet there's no character with a name like that in the original work."

"And the existence of another male at the Royal Officer Academy should be impossible! In the original work even I was the only male who would attend that girls-only school."

As someone who had read many works of fiction in the world before, he immediately suspected that all the mistakes that happened to him were due to the variables in this world.

Or it's also possible that this is the Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut world he knows, but the plot is different from the original work, which means this world is a fanfic version.

Even the protagonist himself is a Transmigrator like himself.

So he believes that this world is a fanfic version of the original work that he knows.

There are some differences in it such as the existence of other named characters that he doesn't know.

And that Liam-sama designation sounded like an important character because the girl addressed him respectfully, there was also an adoring look in her eyes that made him jealous.

The three girls who were side characters were also supposed to like him in the original work because he was the only boy in an all-girls school which made them easily attracted to him.

But here it seems that they have taken a liking to another boy, and that is Liam.

Lux ground his teeth with hatred in his eyes.

"Damn, I'm the protagonist! Liam or whoever it is, you are destined to be my stepping stone!"

"Hahahaha just wait! I'll make a great comeback soon!"

Protagonists are protagonists, they are creatures who are always optimistic and do not give up easily.

The current Lux was also no exception, whether it was because of him in his previous life or the influence of the previous body owner who was supposed to be the protagonist.

The sound of Lux's laughter echoed inside the detention room.

What Lux didn't know was...

He was actually not alone, or rather there was someone secretly hiding around him.

Right outside the detention room, right beside the detention room door there was a girl in an academy uniform leaning against the wall.

Because of her distance which was quite close to Lux, she naturally heard some words which he said out loud while laughing.

The girl smiled faintly, she walked slowly to get out of the detention room area and when she got out.

Her beautiful figure was clearly visible under the moonlight.

Her long light blue hair seemed to have the illusion of shining under the moonlight, her skin was snow-white and looked very soft to the touch. Her beautiful facial features and blue eyes were dazzling, her body proportions were also very slender, but lacking in the chest.

Even so, her beauty was definitely above average and could easily make men silently fall in love with her.

This girl is one of the heroines Liam and Lux talked about, she is Krulcifer Einfolk!

After Krulcifer returned to her dorm room, she immediately changed her academy uniform into a soft white nightgown.

As she sat on her bed and flopped herself gently there, she looked up at the sky of her room with a complicated gaze.

"So this world is a work of fiction? And I am also a heroine who will join the harem of the protagonist, the silver-haired man who is locked in the detention room?"

"From the way he talked to himself in the detention room, except for his good looks, his personality is no different from other men in general."

There was a hint of contempt and disgust in Krulcifer's eyes as she said that.

She was a young lady from a noble family, she naturally had a proud personality and was actually quite good at acting to appear good in the eyes of others.

Always maintaining etiquette and politeness...

But still, when it comes to dealing with perverts, for example like the protagonist who peeks at a female hot spring and wants to get close to her because he is greedy for her beauty.

She disliked that type of man the most, the protagonist was not even worse than her fiancé who was arranged by her family.

Both were equally bad.

Fortunately she avoided direct contact with the protagonist, even avoiding the plot in the original work where she was supposed to be the one to knock the protagonist unconscious while he was being chased by the Triads.

If him guess is correct, if she followed the plot in the original work maybe she would have been attracted to the protagonist from then on.

She had also read some romance and harem novels in her spare time sometimes, so she naturally knew some of the encounter routines that were usually in novels.

How does it feel when your life is governed by the plot of a novel? It feels uncomfortable.

Krulcifer also felt like that, but fortunately she could hear the man's inner voice.

The image of a man who was more handsome than the protagonist, but had a cold and icy face appeared in her mind.

At first she thought he was really cold, but after hearing his inner voice, she knew he was actually just cold on the outside and warm on the inside.

The proof was that he was very protective of his younger sister, Lisesharte Atismata or commonly called Lisha or Lisha-sama by people in the academy because of her status.

Liam Atismata, Lisha's older brother, she could hear his inner voice somehow and now she knew that the man was in fact a reincarnated person.

This means that this is not Liam's first life...

"Liam Atismata, prince of the New Kingdom... I remember him saying something before about not wanting to help with the problems I have and wanting to leave me to the protagonist."

"If Liam is willing to help me, it will definitely be easy to solve my engagement problem with his status."

"So instead of relying on the protagonist, why don't I ask prince Liam for help?"

Krulcifer suddenly brightened, her blue eyes seemed to sparkle and there was also a faint smile on her beautiful face.

Right now Liam didn't know that the direction of the plot had already changed and the heroines would likely give him trouble one by one in the future.

The life of a prince is also not as comfortable as the protagonist who has a trouble magnet!

...

The next day.

Liam's school life did not go as usual, because while he was eating in the cafeteria suddenly someone sat at the same table as him.

Precisely a girl sat in front of him with the food she put on the table.

Liam frowned, his face was as cold as usual and there was no warmth at all.

"What are you doing here?" Liam asked coldly, but inside he seemed excited.

[No way! No way! What is going on with this girl? Does she want to eat with her Onii-sama? Damn, Onii-sama is so happy that he wants to cry right now!]

Of course Liam wasn't really crying, he was just joking about it, but it was true that he was happy that his sister was sitting at the same table as him.

"I'm here of course to eat with you, Onii-sama."

Lisha looked at Liam while smiling sweetly, she looked at that cold face without any fear at all.

Actually if you look closely, her Onii-sama's face that frowned and contrasted with his inner voice looked cute.

It made her want to laugh.

No, actually she was already giggling now.

Liam's face looked even more annoyed to see Lisha laughing, while in his heart he felt that the sight of Lisha laughing was very beautiful.

But this cold bastard was so dishonest, on the surface he coldly snorted at Lisha and prepared to move to another table.

But what Liam didn't expect was... Lisha also followed him as he moved to another table, even sitting in front of him again while eating and looking at him with a smile.

"You... Can you leave me alone?"

"No, Onii-sama. I won't leave you. Let's eat together, okay? Look, I have grilled chicken here. Want to try it?"

Lisha cut the roast chicken meat on her plate and placed it on Liam's plate.

Liam was silent, although his face was still cold, up close you could see his lips twitching.

[As expected of my sister! She's so cute and kind! Sharing her food with Onii-sama? Is my sister an angel?]

Lisha blushed at Liam's inner voice.

Bah, bah, who are you calling an angel!

Your mouth is cold, but your inner voice is sweet!

You make me embarrassed and want to laugh.

Ignoring Lisha who was smiling in front of him, Liam looked at the grilled chicken pieces on his plate.

With his cold and unfriendly personality, he would not eat his sister's grilled chicken pieces and would most likely throw them away.

But Liam's inner thoughts were of course against his cold personality, he couldn't possibly throw away the food that his sweet sister gave him!

Liam's hand trembled slightly as he held the fork, he stared at his plate silently.

Lisha thought that with her Onii-sama's cold character setting it might be difficult to eat food from her.

So she looked at Liam with pity, he wanted to eat the roast chicken from her, but his body wanted to act otherwise.

It must be hard living with such a problem, right?

"Onii-sama if you don't like roast chicken, you don't have to force yourself to eat it. You can throw it away, let me do it for you." Lisha said with a wry smile and was about to take back the piece of roast chicken that she put on Liam's plate.

Liam roared in his heart.

[Noooooo!!! You misunderstand Lisha, Onii-sama actually really wanted to eat the roast chicken you gave him, but my cold character prevented him! Hate it! I hate my character's setting!]

Liam tried hard to move his hand to take the piece of Lisha's roast chicken into his mouth, but his hand just trembled on the table.

Damn!

In this moment of crisis, he suddenly thought of an idea. If he thought of eating Lisha's food because he wanted to, his cold character would definitely prevent him because it was the opposite of his cold character.

So what if he thought the same way as the cold character, but he did it with a trick.

Use a tsundere trick!

Think like a tsundere!

Before Lisha was about to take back her piece of roast chicken, Liam's hand suddenly moved faster than her and took the piece of roast chicken.

She saw Liam eat it and swallowed it quickly before saying coldly to him.

"Tch! It tastes really bad. Next time you should be smarter in choosing your food."

[Success! I managed to find a loophole in this cold character! Basically you just need to think dishonestly like a Tsundere! Don't forget to say tsundere phrases too and that goes along with the cold character!]

[Although the words I said were a bit cruel, but forgive your Onii-sama here Lisha. This is my limit, at least I ate the roast chicken you gave me. By the way, that roast chicken is actually quite good.]

Lisha was surprised by Liam's move, but she was more surprised by his inner voice that she had just heard.

Although Liam's words were a bit harsh, but she knew they were just dishonest words.

Her onii-sama was deliberately acting tsundere in order to receive food from her!

So instead of feeling sad after hearing Liam's cruel words, she was happy that at least he received food from her.

Since Liam wanted to pretend to be tsundere, then she also just needed to ignore the cold words that came out of his mouth.

Whatever happens you just need to ignore his cold character and listen to his inner voice!

"Understood, Onii-sama. Next time I'll choose a menu other than grilled chicken in the cafeteria."

Lisha smiled and continued eating as if not hearing his cruel words.

Liam was confused.

What's wrong with this girl?

Didn't I say something cruel to her?

Your reaction was wrong!

Shouldn't you be sad or perhaps immediately stand up from the chair and leave after giving me that hateful look.

But why are you smiling and even responding to me nicely!

Liam's cold face looked a little dazed, but he also continued eating without looking at Lisha as if he was ignoring her at that moment.

Even so, Lisha was somehow active in engaging him in trivial conversations, although his reaction was often just a cold snort or ignoring her.

Seeing Liam and Lisha's interaction from a distance, the other students were actually surprised by this and started gossiping with each other.

The main topic was about the first time people saw Liam and Lisha eating together, and they even saw Lisha actively chatting with Liam.

Usually the two people ignored each other and kept their distance from each other so people thought the two siblings had a bad relationship.

So seeing the two seemingly getting along well and eating together, many students at the Academy were naturally surprised!

Krulcifer who was eating at a table not far from Liam and Lisha was also surprised to see the interaction between the two.

Not only that, since she could hear Liam's inner voice, she could roughly guess what was really going on between Liam and Lisha who were eating together.

While eating, she actually almost choked from holding back her laughter at Liam who pretended to be tsundere to outsmart his cold character.

There was a faint smile on Krulcifer's face, no, actually her smile was wider than usual when she looked at Liam who was sitting quite far away from her.

"I should try talking to him later."

The moment the idea came up, the principal's voice could be heard from the speakers hanging in the corner of the cafeteria and even the speakers in other parts of the school were also sounding.

"First-year students, please gather in front of the principal's office immediately. There is an important announcement that the principal needs to make to all of you."

"I repeat it once more."

"First-year students, please gather in front of the principal's office immediately. There is an important announcement that the principal needs to make to all of you."

Hearing the principal say that, many students began to rush to the lobby in front of the principal's room.

Krulcifer who heard this also immediately stood up from her seat and left, she was also curious what kind of announcement the principal wanted to make that all first year students had to gather in one place.

Liam and Lisha who had finished their food also began to follow the other students' steps.

"Onii-sama, what announcement do you think the principal wants to make to us?" While walking beside Liam, Lisha asked him.

"What makes you think I know what the principal is going to announce? And why are you walking beside me? Get away from me."

Liam glanced at Lisha briefly while frowning before he stared forward indifferently again.

The words that came out of Liam's mouth were cold as usual, but Lisha ignored all of that and hummed.

She was still walking beside Liam with no intention of moving away at all.

But as for her previous question, she was surprised that Liam's inner voice actually knew what the principal wanted to announce.

[Is it time already? Well the principal will definitely introduce the new first year students that she inputted and recommended using her status as principal.]

[That new student is none other than the protagonist! Lux Arcadia who had just been arrested and detained in the academy's detention room last night. Instead of being punished further, Lux was released from prison immediately by the principal, and she even invited Lux to join the academy and become the second male student in this girls-only school.]

[The headmaster had a good relationship with Lux, so naturally she helped him. As expected from one of the protagonist's supporting characters!]

The heroines who attended the Royal Officer Academy were surprised to hear this.

Lisha and Krulcufer were no exception.

Not only were they surprised that the protagonist had suddenly joined their school, but they were surprised that the principal turned out to be the protagonist's supporting character!

Didn't that mean that when Lux had a problem at school, the principal would step in and help him?

This preferential treatment.

It's not fair!

Even Lux joined the academy just like that without going through any exam. Unlike other students who had to go through the exam, Lux didn't go through the exam at all.

Besides being unfair, the other special treatment was...

Even though Lux was a boy, he was allowed to join an all-girls school?!

Liam was an exception because of his status.

But Lux could also be an exception?

Why?

Is it because he is the protagonist!?