That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 45

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Chapter 45

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After that day, I took several walks with Lisian.

The location was naturally the Central Library.

The ‘Hall of Wisdom’, filled with the abundance characteristic of the Great Nobility, showed from its very architecture that an enormous amount of capital had been invested.

‘You can tell just by looking at this central courtyard built right in the middle of such a huge library.’

The walls of the central courtyard were stained glass, not plain glass.

The colorful glass pieces formed geometric patterns as they soared up to the ceiling.

Lisian and I were sitting on the sofa closest to that stained glass wall.

Though the sunlight wasn’t abundant due to winter, the rainbow-colored light filtering through the stained glass still had magic that brought peace to one’s heart.

‘I was really pissed off about the librarian the other day.’

Now I rather think it was fortunate that I could resolve that incident.

Thanks to that, I wonder if Lisian opened his heart to me a little more.

‘Otherwise, taking walks like this would have been difficult.’

I stole a glance at Lisian.

Lisian was slowly reading a thick book that looked to be at least 800 pages.

‘It’s not for nothing that he’s set as the Academy’s top student.’

How does he read through such tiny text so easily and quickly with intensive reading?

As the sunlight fell and his silver hair shone sacredly, I found myself gaping in a daze.

Indeed, indeed.

‘They said he had angelic beauty descended from heaven.’

It’s not for nothing that he’s the true Male Lead of .

That’s why most players, when they first play , without exception, start by conquering Lisian.

After seeing the ending with Lisian, the true Male Lead, they then search for their preferences and conquer other Male Leads to see new endings.

That could be called the official route of .

To put it simply, everyone’s first love?

Of course, there were other popular endings too.

Namely, Lisian’s corruption ending.

also had an ending where you max out Lisian’s affection level, then ‘deliberately’ get caught falling in love with another Male Lead, making that angelic Lisian literally lose his mind.

‘It would be understandable if he lost his mind.’

Lisian is exactly as he appears – a silver-haired, beautiful pure-hearted man.

I looked at him and asked.

“Lisian.”

“Huh, yes?”

“Why didn’t you reply to my letters?”

The reason I suddenly asked this was close to being a bit mischievous.

Anyway, despite having such a good personality and being the only person who didn’t hate Tulia from the beginning.

Why didn’t he respond to the letters I had consistently sent?

That’s right.

After possessing Tulia and receiving that damn Main Quest, I was busy planning and executing immediately.

Maybe it’s because I’ve played this game too long since Han Ina’s time.

My body moved almost reflexively. Even during those mind-numbing days, the body doesn’t lie, does it?

While winning Grand Duke Frazier’s favor, avoiding the Lilius family’s schemes and devising strategies, I constantly sent letters to the Academy.

The recipients were Lisian and Leon.

The two twins.

The content of the letters was simple greetings, though.

Modest inquiries about well-being from a not-very-close younger sister, sentences that reeked of awkward atmosphere.

However, I had no choice but to write them.

Lisian and Leon Frazier.

These twins were among Coriko’s Male Leads.

To achieve the tremendous difficulty rating of A-grade, I had to max out the affection levels of all Male Leads appearing in .

‘Thinking about it, it’s really a fraudulent schedule.’

Since I wasn’t in such a leisurely situation to handle things one at a time, even while busy, I faithfully sent letters to the Academy every few days.

I even made the contents slightly different in case the twins compared the letters they received.

‘It’s not like there’s a copy machine here, and I don’t have a secretary to write for me.’

I personally wrote by hand!

Handcrafted personally!

I wrote two letters each and sent them every three days without fail!

The fact that I sent Tedrick away with just a few letters wasn’t just random skill either!

But not a single reply ever came.

I wasn’t resentful about it.

To be honest, I thought ‘Well, of course’ and continued sending letters like a bulldozer whether replies came or not.

But seeing Lisian showing such a peaceful appearance now, after ignoring all those letters, a suddenly mischievous doubt bloomed.

“I, I did reply though?”

“…Huh?”

“I sent se-seventeen replies.”

“…I didn’t receive a single one though?”

“Huh?”

“Huh?”

Lisian and I looked at each other simultaneously.

I frowned suspiciously.

“You’re not lying, are you?”

“I’m, I’m not lying…!”

Lisian denied it while his face turned bright red.

“Li, Lisian brother. He, hello. Are you do-doing well… Ha.”

He started speaking then, as if frustrated with himself, quickly scribbled down words with a pen on paper.

Seeing the content written in his characteristically neat handwriting, my eyes widened.

‘Crazy. Isn’t this the content of letters I wrote?’

He memorized all of this?

“Brother really is a genius after all…”

“…It’s, it’s not that much.”

Then it seems like he really did send replies.

“They must have gone missing because I moved residences.”

With all the various incidents, the letters must have been lost.

“I really didn’t receive a single one.”

Lisian looked at me intently, then took out new paper.

Words flowing smoothly without hesitation.

“…What are you doing, Lisian?”

Looking closer, I gasped.

To dear Tulia.

I hope you are doing well.

I send this reply to the letter you sent.

I hope you haven’t caught a cold… Such phrases were being written down neatly.

“Lisian, don’t tell me you’re writing all the replies I never received?”

“Yeah.”

“Now? All of that?”

Is he crazy?

Why would he suddenly put himself through such hardship…?

“Tu, Tulia. You.”

Lisian continued speaking while writing in a neat posture.

“You’re feeling hurt, aren’t you.”

“…”

“So, so…”

“…”

“Just, just wait about three hours for me.”

“…”

“I, I remember all the content.”

“…”

Why does my heart feel exactly like a cotton ball?

What is this stuffy feeling, as if soaked in water?

This is all because Lisian has snow-white silver hair.

His kindness, falling like the first snow, must have touched my heart and melted.

That’s why it feels so strangely stuffy, and stuffy again.

I slowly smiled.

“It’s okay. Brother.”

I slowly grasp Lisian’s hand as he moves his pen without rest. His hand was warm.

“It’s really okay. Because I’m grateful.”

Lisian stared at me intently. Soon he smiled brightly.

“I, I’m grateful too.”

“…Yeah.”

A somewhat ticklish feeling.

As I was smiling, something suddenly came to mind.

‘Could it be that the person who loves me is Lisian?’

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Thanks to always following beside me, there was a star that I barely noticed anymore, like a shadow.

Cute fairy-like wings.

A body sparkling in golden color.

My status window icon, which looked somewhat like a magical girl’s icon?

I clicked on the status window with my eyes and looked for the main section.

Letters immediately appeared in the air.

Main Content: Karma Repayment

You are trash!

You have no money, bad luck, and are hated by everyone!

(Except for one person) No one loves you!

Goal: Achieve A-rank before the ‘real one’ appears!

Upon failure: Death

Compared to frequently opening the status window, I didn’t check the main mission window that often.

Because the word “death” was too vivid.

The sentence that caught my attention was that one.

(Except for one person) No one loves you!

‘Except for one person…’

Grandfather now cherishes me.

Very much.

But that’s thanks to my hard work.

From when I made no effort at all, that is, from when Tulia was literally a stupid wastrel who only enjoyed luxury.

Someone in this world loved Tulia from that time.

‘Isn’t it Lisian?’

I suddenly became curious.

Such kind and gentle family members were a first in my life, even though they were Tulia’s blood relatives.

I wanted to check Lisian’s affection gauge.

‘But how do I check it?’

Grandfather’s affection gauge bar had never appeared when I wanted it to.

It just appeared and disappeared on its own whim.

There seemed to be some special criteria, but I hadn’t figured out what those criteria were yet.

That’s when it happened.

[System] Would you like to check ‘Lisian Frazier’s’ affection level?

[System] Lisian Frazier’s character importance: ☆☆☆☆☆

‘What.’

As if reading my thoughts, letters appeared in the air.

Meanwhile, unlike Grandfather, Lisian’s character importance had five stars.

‘That makes sense. He’s also Coriko’s main male lead.’

[YES]

I quickly clicked [YES] with my eyes.

It was simultaneous with a small sound effect playing.

A gauge appeared above Lisian’s head.

‘Huh?’

Upon checking the color of the affection gauge, I couldn’t help but furrow my brow.

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