Nyx watched Yiran's face for some time, but eventually, he left the muscular student's bedside and decided to take a nap.
He realized that if he did anything to Yiran now, he and Apollo would be the major suspects because they were his roommates.
Nyx inwardly scolded himself for being so rash, but it couldn't be helped. Anyone would be this eager to do something evil and grow in strength, acquire skills, super items, and other fantastic rewards.
"You got lucky this time," the red-haired boy thought as he went to sleep that night, forgetting to check out one of his rewards for completing the quest – the Amulet.
The next morning was Saturday, and the students of the Elite Heroes Academy were free. On Saturdays, students were required to clean up their respective houses and exercise.
Actually, the cleanup part applied only to the yellow and green houses because the red house had constant servants working for them.
Currently, Apollo and Nyx were also cleaning up in their house.
"Sigh, I envy those guys with red talent," Apollo spoke as he dusted the window of their room while staring at the well-kept red house with a wistful expression on his face.
"That reminds me, do you think Violet is crushing on me?" Apollo suddenly asked out of the blue, with a slight blush on his face. Ever since Violet started sitting beside them, he couldn't stop thinking about her.
Especially her unique jasmine scent that seemed to invade his nostrils every time. Since they hadn't spoken to each other yet, Apollo was thinking Violet was outgoing in other areas but was extremely shy when it came to expressing how she felt.
"If she's interested in me, I've got to be careful, or else some jealous boys would come after me like in the movies," Apollo mumbled loudly, with a scared expression as if he was in some deep shit.
'What do I do?' He started to pace around.
Nyx, who was also cleaning the window with a wet cloth and spray bottle, didn't answer Apollo and instead, he was thinking.
'Should I tell him?' he pondered. 'Should I tell him that Violet is sitting with us because she finds me intriguing?'
Nyx was no kid like Apollo; he knew very well that the reason Violet was getting close to him was because of his display at the entrance examination. Nyx knew that as Apollo was sitting in the middle of him and Violet, that crazy girl was very annoyed, but the black-haired boy was too dense to understand this fact.
"Hey, are you even listening to me? I think Violet is crushing on me, but I feel she is too shy to tell me. What do I do?" Seeing Nyx deep in thought, Apollo couldn't help but ask loudly this time.
Nyx was about to open his mouth and tell the black-haired boy that Violet had no interest in him, but at that moment, he thought about something.
"Yeah, I think she likes you. You should tell her about your feelings too."
"Ah, you think so? Thanks, man. You just gave me a confidence boost," Apollo said as he went back to cleaning the window with a smile on his face, occasionally whistling.
'Fools learn the hard way,' Nyx thought as he waited for the system to reward him for this wicked deed.
Ding!
A crisp sound reached his ears, and the now familiar holographic display appeared on his retina.
[ For being heartless and telling a lie to someone who considers you as a friend and mentor, you've received 5 exp and 5 infamy points ]
'I'm not being heartless, I'm just speaking fact.' Nyx justified his actions. 'Even if I did tell him that that girl doesn't have any feelings for him, he probably wouldn't believe me, so it's better he learns it the hard way.'
Although Apollo would receive heartbreak, Nyx was not bothered. If he was bothered by something so trivial, he wouldn't be able to sleep with the millions of lives he had taken.
And by the way, the saying "no sleep for the wicked" was bullshit.
While the two were cleaning at the corner of the long hallway, there was a group of year two boys currently discussing.
"Why do we have to do the work when we have that lowly dud with us?" One said with an annoyed expression.
"Yes, you're right. He should be grateful that we are already letting him stay here. The best he could do is compensate us by working for us. After all, even in the hierarchy, duds are servants."
"True, I heard that dud used underhand tactics to pass the exam through sorting and bribing. He doesn't even deserve to be here."
"But do you think that righteous bitch Anna would let us?" Another asked with concern.
"No fear, she went to attend the student council meeting and she wouldn't be back anytime soon. So we're good." The first boy, who seemed to be the leader of the group, spoke.
They all shared a knowing smile and called out to the muscular student who was complaining loudly while dusting a picture of the past prefect.
"Damn, how would they make me, a Young Master of the Brolly clan, clean the faces of these ugly people?" Yiran complained loudly as he spit on one of the pictures.
"Even back at home, it was the duds that did this kind of work, not Superhumans. That useless trash should be the one doing this."
Just then, Yiran heard a whistle. Staring at the direction of the whistle, he could see a bunch of second years signaling him to come over.
Even though he was prideful, Yiran knew better than to disrespect his seniors in the Elite Academy, so he went.
As he got closer to them, one of the boys whispered something to Yiran's ears while pointing at Nyx.
A mischievous glint appeared in Yiran's eyes as he started to walk towards Nyx with a bucket of dirty water in hand.
"Get him to clean up, huh? That should be easy, right? How strong is a dud again?" Yiran scoffed as he held the bucket tighter.
'Here comes trouble.' Nyx, who had noticed what the students were planning from the beginning, thought as he continued to clean his window, pretending as if he was clueless to what was going on.
Suddenly, he felt a dirty, slimy splash of water soak him from head to toe, covering him in grime. Nyx paused for a moment and turned around, finding Yiran staring at him with a look that said:
"What are you going to do?"