Darkness... was everything she had seen from the moment she let her sleepiness dominate her. Her body surprisingly got lighter and lighter, suddenly an unknown and mysterious feeling aroused her desire to fly.
As a result, she pursued her desire and flew-- no, it should be she floated. She floated and drifted in the darkness yearning for light, even it was simply a glimmer. She didn't know the reason, the feeling in her heart seems to point out a direction.
Soon the glimmer of light she yearned for emerged in her sight. She drifted faster in as her heart told to yet the closer she got, the more noises pierced directly into her ears-- into her head-- into her brain-- imprinted deeply into her mind...
<... Why are you crying in this kind of place? Well, let me accompany you. My name is Raden, what's your name?>
<... The academy has to forbid the information that your brother gathers. What should I do? Arawinda...>
<... Arawinda, don't you like me? Why are you together with him?>
All the messy voices and noises forcefully mixed together into one and strongly merged with her mind. Only one left, it was the strongest, the brightest, and the purest voice from all other noises, powerfully encircling her mind entirely.
.....
"… Arawinda, I really don't want to do this but my situation forces me to. I don't have much money to buy food for my little brother. Please, I beg you. Just this once, let me go…"
A sobbing girl penetrated her ears clearly. Although her name was Arawinda, she was aware the 'Arawinda' from her words wasn't hers at all, yet she also felt that name was hers.
All of sudden, loathed and hostile feelings toward this sobbing girl soared in her heart which left her confused. She never felt so much resentment for a person previously, but she also surprisingly recognized these feelings.
What.was.happening.here.?
Arawinda opened her eyes slowly with some uneasy doubt, and the light entered her eyes, finally discovering her surrounding had changed into an unfamiliar yet familiar one.
The very first thing attracting her was the girl kneeling not far from her. Noticing her delicate face full of tears arousing pity, once again she felt so much hostile to her.
Facing such bizarre situations, Arawinda subconsciously closed her eyes again in alarm, yet this alarm wasn't totally hers. Some alarm feels pointed out at 'her' current situation, being surrounded by those students.
She.must.be.dreaming.right??
Okay, she was a calm girl so she had to try her best to face these bizarre moments with steady emotion and think about them rationally.
She didn't understand what was happening, but she simply knew she had just gone through a long mysterious journey, together with Arawinda Danastri or to be exact, all of her memories. Moreover, it seems since her memories emerged with her, she wasn't as panicked as she thought would be and be able to accept it shortly.
Thinking of the name Danastri, yes, did she realize that she was the second female lead from
Hm... That's her now with the miserable ending...
!!!
Ah-ah-ah!!
Right now, she was standing in the middle of the academy field and there was a girl in front of her kneeling begging for forgiveness, also those onlookers... Wasn't this the scene where she was about to be abandoned by the male protagonist?!
The point was that she had already stolen the core of the villain and be hated to the bone by him now! Ah-ah-ah!! Her bad ending was right in front of her eyes!! Oh no!!
In the follow-up story of the second female lead, not long after she was abandoned by her ex-boyfriend, there would be a tournament for the students to show their ability. She, later, was forced 'softly' by the female protagonist to join the tournament resulting in finding out how rare and the usefulness of her empty core. In the end, she was tricked by who knows and was put in the lab for research...
But-but-but!! How she died wasn't even related to that lab, instead, it was all because of the villain! The villain quietly disguised as one of the researchers and approach her to get back his core, only noticing the core wasn't as pure as before and was hard to take it off from her.
With the high risk, he bet on whether he could take it off or not. In the end, he took it off but couldn't be put on his for the core was contaminated by the hands of the researchers. Whilst the villain was mad and went insane at it, she died silently as her energy was drained dryly by her empty core...
Ahhh! Ah-ah! Her life!
However! Shockingly! The memories of Danastri said different things from the story!
If the story said she was lazy and loved to skip classes, her memories told that the classes were useless to her as she didn't have any ability to practice at all.
If the story said she chased after the male protagonist too crazily, her memories told that she was threatened and must accept the male protagonist.
If the story said she was too unreasonable with the female protagonist, her memories told that the unreasonable one was the female protagonist herself as she loved to make her look like a bully.
If the story said she was selfish and liked to control the male protagonist, her memories told that she was just asking for her boyfriend's promises.
If the story said she mercilessly stole the core of the villain making him hate her, her memories told that the villain willingly let her take it resulting in his memories of her almost gone and thought she stole the core from him...
... So these are the hidden truth of the second female lead's life behind the story!
Anyhow, her most focus was on the villain! If she could make him remember her then most likely, he won't assume that she stole it from him, right? If she put more thought into this matter, she found a loophole in it. Before his core was gone, he was actually on par with the male protagonist. So how could he think she stole it from him with his superb power and her hopeless empty core??
Just what made him feel certain that she stole it from him that easily?
Regardless of that, right now, she had to first face this situation, where the female protagonist stole her necklace which was actually a key given by her brother!
Later, the onlookers felt pity for the female protagonist and even accused her of being merciless. Even her so-called boyfriend was angrily mad at her and break up with her on the spot, defending and protecting the female protagonist with all of his might, as if she was his treasure!
Hmm... Waiting for the male protagonist to arrived then made the scene reversed...
"Arawinda! How dare you ignore her?! Are you a noble or something?!"
Arawinda opened her eyes unhurriedly and observed the two girls in white uniforms in front of her. The kneeling girl was the female protagonist and the one who just yell was probably her friend. She then glanced at the two girls beside her. One, a chubby girl, was frowning in disgust while the other, a tall girl, show a contemptuous look.
Hmm, okay~ Just so-so to be her friends~
She moved her eyes away in boredom and played with her long red hair coquettishly.
The female protagonist, Kencana, sobbed even more loudly, "I beg you, Arawinda! Just this once and let me go! I'll change your necklace with money later..."
"Arawinda! What are you doing again?!"
A young man's firm voice sounded from the crowd. The crowd seems aware of who he was and gave him away to walk through them.
Arawinda soon saw his appearance and was taken back a bit by him. Indeed, worthy of the male protagonist in a romance story. His handsomeness could make women fall for him easily, except her who felt he was a scumbag!
She glanced at him indifferently and said with a flat tone, "What? Again? are you going to scold me before knowing the matters clearly again?"
The male protagonist, Bhahran, frowned showing an uncomfortable look. It was the first time he had seen her being so indifferent to him. Aside from that, he also felt she was pretty odd, unlike her usual formerly.
He glanced lightly at Kencana kneeling and crying until her face was red, feeling that Arawinda was a bit too much yet from her indifferent act, it seems this time was a bigger matter.
"... Then how do you explain this situation to me?"
.His question was voiced out not so loudly, however, both Arawinda and Kencana including their friends heard it clearly and were taken back.
Arawinda took a few glances at Kencana and noticed her expression cracked a little, even her mouth was twitching. She found it interesting. Most times, Bhahran would certainly defend this female protagonist like a madman that this girl was taking advantage of it to press her. Surprisingly this time, simply by voicing a simple yet sharp question, she had changed the whole plot of this scene.
The short chubby girl beside her frowned in disgust and answered disdainfully, "Bhahran, this girl stole something from her! She should return it! If she urgently needs money--"
"Shh. You both can just watch." Arawinda unhurriedly raised her index finger to stop her and interrupted slowly, "Let me solve this matter by myself."
The chubby girl's words stuck in her throat and swallowed it again. She closed her mouth then glanced at the tall girl beside her. Seeing her nod and hinting her not to get involved, thus she nodded reluctantly and followed the tall girl walked away, and stood near the onlookers.
Arawinda took back her hand and tapped her chin thoughtfully, "Do you want me to explain the summary or the detailed one? Oh, just let me tell you the summary and you can use your brain to speculate the whole matter. Aren't you smart?"
Bhahran pursed his lips tightly feeling more uneasy than ever at her rare demeanor but chose to stay silent waiting for her next words.
Arawinda folded her arms and tilted her head, staring down deeply at the female protagonist who was struggling to keep her acting.
"... She said she need money, but why stole my necklace key given by my brother? Can she sell it for money? No, right? Won't she get punished by selling it?"