Chapter Fifty Three
O R I G I N A L : THEY MEET
Osiris was with the Principal explaining what he was going to do his entire school career.
"S-so your men will take your classes for you?"
"Yes."
"And you?"
"Doesn't everyone want to know?"
"…"
".."
"Not school."
Imhotep took the chance.
"How about making a deal?"
"No."
"At least hear me out?"
He looked like he was ready to beg and Osiris thought about letting him.
".."
His lack of rebuttal allowed the man to continue.
"I understand that school isn't for everyone." Osiris raised a brow. The man sounded like an army recruiter. The ones that sit in an office and call you kind. "But I would appreciate if you would sometimes attend with them?"
"This doesn't sound like a deal."
Imhotep laughed.
"I'm sorry, but you have to go to school."
".."
"I'm willing to let them go 80% of the time as long as you understand the basics. Or if it's the level, we can put you-"
"No."
"90%?"
"Make it ninety five."
"Okay." The Principal laughed. "I would like, in exchange, time to learn about your eye gift. Specifically the mana eye."
"Why."
He saw the man light up. It reminded him of Is-
"It's so rare in humans!" His arms spread. "The creatures that can see mana refuse, or can't explain what they see! It might even help us learn mana better!"
Osiris's eyes snapped to his ankles in shock.
Everyone looked at his feet but nothing happened. Osiris glared before he laid like a gangster on the couch.
"How often."
Osiris let the man continue explaining everything he missed yesterday. He was very serious about making sure every kid was informed. Imhotep Swiftshard, headmaster and father of the fourth male lead.
Speaking of.
Osiris glanced at him.
He was leaning against a shelf behind his father. His eyes were always on him when he wasn't looking his way. He seems very protective of him.
".."
He develops a crush on the Female Lead and ends up following her around like a lost pup. He's a genius in class and, according to Isabella, a genius in bed. He was just a filler fuck so that the FL can realize she's deeply in love with the Prince. Bella said their ending is lack luster.
The author did a little fan service and released a small series of 'what if' endings for the fans. His ending leads to a tie back of them dancing where they first met. He has white, short, wild hair and baby blue eyes. He's wide, stubby, and short. Well short compared to him and his father.
His goofy father was 6' 4", Osiris was 6', and he was a whopping 5' 6". He'll get a growth spurt and hit 6' 7" by eighteen. Osiris thought the boy sweated enough and went back to staring at his father's mouth. He talked a lot. His two front teeth were slightly extended. The man wasn't a beast, but it made him look like a rabbit. Only when he opened his mouth.
Which was a lot.
Osiris had to promise to attend each class on the first day. He wasn't happy about it, but he still stood with Vep at the door of their Foreign Speech class.
".."
It would help with his gift, but he didn't see it that way. Osiris glanced around the room. He spotted the first two Male Leads sitting at opposite sides of the class. Osiris turned to Vep.
"Pick a seat."
He leaned in close.
"Me?"
Vep was a shy sook these days.
None of his men were ever educated properly. Fast lessons at the dead of night by Haldir could only do so much. They could read, write, and think, but they never had access to material until now.
He was sure it would look funny at first. It always does when you see it for the first time. When he went to a secondary school he met a few people pushing it in their twenties, but at the end of the day they all held that diploma in their hands.
Not without a few scars, but they did it.
Osiris patted his shoulder.
"You can do it."
He clenched his little Arthur fist and went for the middle back. A good choice.
"Did you see that?"
The girls giggled.
Mancio picked at his eraser.
He wasn't sure how to feel about seeing the Prince. He turned Dove into an actual fluttering dove last night, and he wanted to thank him for that. On the other hand, if he favors his fiancé in any way he will win her heart- Mancio scolded himself.
Pennello's don't fall in love.
He glanced at the Prince. He was looking through the book leisurely. He moved liked silk. Every move he made was with purpose. Mancio felt a bit… did he feel worried?
Mancio Pennello, First Male Lead. Female Lead's fiancé with a complex. He's in love with the FL but refuses to admit it and ends up driving her away. She does care and love him, and at one point she was willing to cut ties with Osiris for him, but he goes and gets caught fucking an elf on their spring break or something.
He could feel the little lead's ego waiver.
He ends up being a bully, and being the son of a Grand Duke made him a difficult opponent for the original. Osiris looked his way. His eyes snapped to his eraser. He had a diamond shaped face with beautiful purple eyes. His lashes were thicker towards the outer edges and he had a bit of red inflammation that gave him a sickly, mysterious look.
He had thick black hair that was tied back with a purple bow that matched his eyes.
The stupid boy thinks he likes elves, but he just likes women with a flatter chest. He's ashamed of it for some reason. Father issues or something, he can't quite remember.
His ending was tragic.
Even together with his love he drives her to suicide because she chose him over the Prince. She killed herself after finding him with an elf on their wedding anniversary.
".."
Good thing he's not going to be here every day.
Osiris looked to the other side of the room.
Aspen Voidridge, Second Male Lead. He was a teacher's aid for this class, and looking for students to tutor. A commoner and tall. He was one inch taller than himself. He was a commoner on a scholarship.
Isabella wasn't into his scene, something about denials, and bottom play. He liked to do slave role play and go down on the FL.
".."
Back in high school knowing all this felt taboo. They didn't even know what a lot of it meant, but sometimes she would read him snippets and it was spicy. When he thinks about it, this wasn't the only story she's told him about.
".."
He hopes he has the right plot points.
Aspen didn't know why the Prince was staring at him, but it gave him chills. He glanced back. The Prince kept staring despite being caught. Aspen looked to the front. This was going to be a shitty semester.
Aspen's ending was unresolved.
It left a feeling like he was about to leave her for someone else, but then the FL got pregnant. It ended with them sitting on a fallen tree.
Osiris closed his eyes and took a nap.
Fibble chose seats at the front, right beside the door. Every single person had to pass his sparks in fear. This class was Divining. Osiris thought Fibble could use a bit more info on his gifts, and his god looked like she appreciated it. Fibble has been, according to her, her worst prophet yet.
Osiris flicked his ear.
He, rather late, slapped his hand away.
Dove hated being in a class with Mancio's friends.
She shook her shirt loose from the rocks. They flirted like middle schoolers and smelled like them too. She was almost late to class, but she'll have to tell Marcio about it later. He doesn't like when others try to flirt with her so openly.
He could care less if she had a lover, but he was strict when he was trying to protect their image.
Dove opened the door.
Some sparks caught her eye before she noticed the royal slouched in his seat. Her eyes shot up and their eyes met. Her heart fluttered and she felt a chill creep across her chest. She held her books close and almost ran past him. He didn't give her a second look.
So that's her.
".."
Osiris stared at the closed door.
When he felt nothing but a slight twinge of recognition, he melted into his seat, falling further onto the floor and sliding his legs further in the way of the door.
He glanced at her.
Their eyes met again. Osiris looked to the front. If he was honest with himself, he has been a bit scared to meet her. So far the plot has continued as the original had, and he thought it was going to force him down this road. He still scared it will happen later on-
".."
Who was he kidding.
Osiris looked at the teacher as he walked in. He had a lot of meat on him. Osiris wondered what kind it was.
Fibble wondered what Osiris was thinking about so hard. He looked around nervously. Osiris said it was okay, but what was he going to do when he's gone? Fibble tried to secretly bite a nail. Osiris told him to stop but he can't.
What if he fails?!
The class started.
Aspen cursed his luck for two classes with this guy. He glanced at him. Osiris was busy ogling the teacher, which made the man a stuttering, terrified mess.
Osiris waited until the girl was distracted to look again.
He flinched.
Osiris, rather loudly, turned and huddled over his desk, using his hand to block out the left side of the room.
What in the mommy issues was this?!
He's seen a few images of her, but Isabella was into Osiris, not her. She had all his merch. She said the FL was just a place holder for a self insert or something.
Osiris wanted to run.
She looked like the fucking Queen.
Her face was like a heart, cute, with a sharp, pointed jaw. She had a little nose with round eyes that she keeps lidded. Her blonde hair is a tad darker, but they have the same hair type. While the Queen's eyes were blue, her's were green, a tad darker than his father's.
Even their body type was nearly the same.
The teacher continued class.
"PST, hey, you okay? Do you want me to get you juice? Are you fe-"
He put his hand over Fibble's mouth.
"Sh, pay attention."
Fibble let him be and started taking notes. He had terrible handwriting.
".."
The original had issues he will never understand.
Osiris rubbed his eyes with his other hand. Isabella said Osiris was the best out of all the men. He was attentive, but aggressive. Loving, but dominant. He was slow, sensual, the kind that made love rather than fucked. But from what Osiris remembers, that FL was obsessed rather than in love.
She sleeps with Aspen because his eyes remind her of Osiris's hair. She sleeps with Rogan because his personality was like Osiris's when he was amongst his friends. And she sleeps with Jasper because he has a similar body to Osiris.
".."
Mancio is the only one she sleeps with because she already cares about him. She was his fiancé and she was as loyal as he let her be. Dove Bizel, Female Lead.
She is a hand mage who wants to be a healer. She dreams of love and helping others, the classic heroine. Their ending is the original plot.
Happily married with kids, or married, at the very least.
She is a pretty girl, unlucky to look like the Queen. Osiris wonders if that's why the hag eventually leaves the original alone. Or maybe the original author was into that sort of thing.
".."
Did that mean his fri-
Osiris put a lid on that thought.
Sometimes we learn things about the people we love.
Sunnie was excited and nervous. She held onto him and shook him, ignoring a scary amount of glares. Osiris knew he was cute, but the fans felt like they were born in that moment. He looked around the halls.
Like a pair of nerds Fibble and Vep were hiding at the end of the hall with a single eye peaking on each side. They were easily jealous when Sunnie got any attention. Good or bad. No, he takes that back. They all get jealous when one gets attention over the others. Speaking of attention, he could feel the eyes of Dove on Sunnie's hands. The girl's ego felt nonexistent.
Osiris grabbed Sunnie and held her like a sack of potatoes. She turned red and he could hear the boys snickering. She picked some seats by the window in the middle. Another good choice.
Dove was heartbroken.
Was the girl his lover? Were they friends? Have they kissed?
Mimics and Traps, a class Sunnie picked herself, hence the excitement.
"So do I just take notes?"
She leaned over his back. She felt lighter.
"Are you eating right?"
She pushed him.
"Yes."
"That reminds me, you three need a check up."
"So do you, last time-"
Another student walked in.
"So do I take note or not, jackass."
"Yes. You try to memorize what the teacher says and then take tests about what you learn."
"Tests, like in basic?"
"Yeah, just on paper."
"…"
"Do you think I'll do okay?"
"Who knows."
She laughed and sat back down.
There was too much toxicity in the air for his liking.
"Oops."
He let a ring slip.
The school was quiet until the teacher arrived. He looked a little flush, like he was running for some odd, specific, reason. Osiris drooled. Another fine specimen.
They were close.
Dove felt more of her hope die, but she couldn't stop her heart from racing every time she saw him.
Jasper tapped his fingers nervously beside the prettiest girl he's ever seen. She had the cutest body, and slim fingers. She looked like a sweetheart. Jasper felt his heart flutter. He thinks he's in love. He has to be. His pop said that's how you'll know.
Osiris looked at the mop of red hair.
Jasper Guilles, Third Male Lead. His ending was odd. He gets bad for money and tries to sell Dove. Mancio comes in for the save, and the two end up in a good friendship. He has bright red hair and bright blue eyes. He was the most vanilla out of all the men, but a favorite for his body amongst the fans. There wasn't much to say about him. Osiris looked back out the window.
Dove wanted to scream.
He looked at her.
This was the third time he's looked at her. Maybe he likes her? But what about his friend? What if-
"Let's go. I heard Kou left his business to his assistant while he works here as a part time cook."
Sunnie dragged him out the door.
Mancio was in a bad mood when Dove barged into his room. The door wasn't even closed when she went after him. He, well, he said fuck his homework and kissed her like his life depended on it.