My Beautiful Disciples, I’m really not the Main Character!Chapter 280: Chapter 280: Touching the Untouchable
Eren knew about something when she kept it a secret. It gave his words a little credibility, especially since she didn’t even consider the possibility that he was the one who killed Aster.
“I was so scared that I hid for a long time before finally coming out. I still feel a chill run down my spine when I think about that moment,” Eren said, raising his hand to show that they were still trembling.
“I didn’t know where to go as I was worried that the monster might come for me as well,” he quickly added, not giving Mist time to poke holes in his story.
While speaking, he kept stepping closer to Mist, in turn getting closer to her daughter who was standing right behind her.
“The only one who can protect me… The only one who can help me is you. In exchange for your protection, I am willing to tell you everything!” he said, justifying his reason for coming here.
If he saw someone wipe out the entire city, leaving no witness. It was understandable for him to be scared that the killer might come back for him, feeling insulted that he failed to kill all witnesses.
He had seen even Aster, known to be amongst the strongest Heroes, die right before him. He could not go to someone weaker than Aster and expect to be protected.
When even Aster couldn’t strong that person, how could a weaker hero do so? He needed someone stronger to survive.
The only person who could actually be considered stronger than Aster was Mist! There were no flaws in his story except one.
The killer had killed Aster who could even control space. He wiped out everyone in the city, leaving no witnesses.
Did it make sense for him to not notice a survivor when he had enough mastery of space to even block Aster from leaving?
Fortunately, Eren didn’t give Mist a chance to escape. Before he could even process his story, he was right in front of her. There was only half a meter of distance between them.
The other Professors were still so stunned about the news of Aster’s death that they didn’t even notice anything else. They only focused on Eren’s words which didn’t sound like a lie.
He truly did sound like he was scared and even traumatized by what he had seen.
The Prophet also looked at Eren weirdly. He didn’t know why but he felt really strange ever since he had seen Eren for the first time outside the academy. It was just a strange feeling that he couldn’t comprehend.
‘What is happening here? Why does the story keep changing? In the selection ceremony, nothing like this was supposed to happen. The star of the day was supposed to be Eldric who had been reborn. Where did this man come from?’
He knew that Eren wasn’t supposed to be here, but he also couldn’t consider his presence as entirely impossible. In the story he read, Aster hadn’t died in the Coastal City. There was no war with the Sea Dragons either, at least not at that point in time. М∀ⅬΞƜƤ¥Ꮢ.ƇОМ
A lot of things had changed from what he remembered that he was feeling a lot uncomfortable. He had even told some things to Mist’s daughter, telling her to collect a few things from the Eastern Continent but two of those things were also missing.
It made him realize that things weren’t just changing in the Western Continent but also in the Eastern Continent, at least someone was intentionally changing the playing field.
With his knowledge about the story he read, he had made a name for himself as the Prophet, climbing higher in the Hero Academy. The higher he climbed, the more uncomfortable he felt.
With so many changes compared to the story he read, he realized that he couldn’t just rely on his knowledge. He needed help, someone who had the potential to crush even an Overlord.
That’s also what made him approach the Sea Dragon Queen which he wasn’t planning to do before the destruction of the Coastal City which truly turned the plot upside down by taking out Aster.
‘Whatever. If he actually saw the person, maybe I can finally find out why the plot changed so much.’ he observed Eren carefully, not realizing that the person who was actually changing the plot was right in front of his eyes.
Soon, his lips twitched as he watched Eren step forward, holding Mist’s hand, still looking like he was scared after remembering the past incident.
‘Isn’t this bastard taking too much liberty?’ He bit his lower lip, frustrated. He had a little crush on Mist. He was even trying to get close to her, only keeping the Sea Dragon Queen as a backup option.
Watching another man hold the hands of his crush was frustrating.
The others had even more extreme reactions. The Professors were stunned to see Eren suddenly grab Mist’s hand.
“T-that man is truly a Monster! He should not exist! He will kill me! Please save me! I will help you find him!” Eren exclaimed, holding Mist’s hand, being only at an arm distant from her daughter.
Mist was also taken aback as someone held his hand out of nowhere.
Mist thought of kicking Eren away for this, but she didn’t do that as she was worried that he might die. He was an important witness to her, especially since she already had a rough estimate about the Killer’s identity.
She just didn’t understand how he was able to do that as his strength should still be sealed even if he was alive. Only this witness could tell her everything that happened there, so she couldn’t kill him.
Pulling her hand back, she subconsciously stepped back. She didn’t realize that this worked out in Eren’s favor as now her daughter was closer to him than her.
“A-are you not going to protect me?” Still seemingly scared, Eren stepped forward. However, the fear in his eyes suddenly disappeared before he even landed his next step.
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