As I waited patiently for the arrival of my friends, I looked up some good HTFTFL fanfics.
I had seen multiple types of fanfics, but the few ones that were actually good were those about their childhoods, of when extras get possessed.
In novels like that, it's the original supporting characters that shine, like Miranda and Tate.
I had read most of the main cast's childhoods before. All but Anya, Valeria and Tobias.
Apparently the fanfics that were released were assured by the author. Meaning he must have provided some info about their backstories, so other writers could develop them into fanfictions.
Even though stories about the aforementioned three childhoods were released, it was never affirmed by the author. And doubts about them only increased when Jupiter wrote his own fanfic.
As for the other two, it was suspected that Anya was related to Miranda due to their similar features and classes as Saints.
However, those suspicions were never confirmed because of the novel's sudden hiatus, and the huge death flag on Miranda's head due to her discord with Anya.
Currently in the original novel; Anya was kidnapped on her way to the Royal capital to marry the prince.
The crown prince Tobias, made her believe it was an engagement when he secretly wanted to marry her through an illegally acquired marriage contract.
While the first prince Tate, was looking for a way to save Anya from the crown prince, but then Anya got Kidnapped before she even entered the capital.
Many readers suspected it was tthe first prince's doing, but I think otherwise and suspect Tobias, simply because of his uncanny obsession with Anya, and his desire to obtain the people's support through her.
So since he wanted and needed her so badly there was no way he'd let her get kidnapped!
"How frustrating.", I grumbled slightly at the novel's untimely hiatus.
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Ting!
"Huh…"
A notification from my phone interrupted my thoughts.
I quickly clicked on it, in hopes it might be the guys, but it was just a notification from my Comeon.
"Oh she's online", I muttered with a slightly irritated tone, but could not stop myself from smiling or feeling excited.
It was QueenVal, my first online friend, and gist buddy.
I quickly realized how oppressing and lonely it was to find something good, and not be able to share it with others. Or to find someone you can share it with, but cannot relate to you.
I joined several communities that revolved around HTFTFL, but very few of them were legit.
And the ones that seemed legit were quite quiet and almost inactive. It was only later I found out there were already groups for the fan base of HTFTFL to interact in, those groups were created by early readers and were already full.
Therefore the ones online were just a waste of time.
But thankfully I managed to meet one person who I could talk to about the novel, even though we supported opposing sides.
And it was because of her I didn't hate Valeria as much as I used to, simply because I wanted to know more about the person she liked so much.
And although we fought a lot about who could really be the female lead and which character was better, it was comforting to find someone who shared the same likes as me.
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ITechvan _Hey, you there?_
I stared at my lone message under the "Today" label and wondered if I was too hasty.
'Now it looks as if I was waiting for her! Hmm… should I delete it and say I sent it by mistake? Or I should just leave it, after all I was alerted that she was online.'
I stared at the
But just as I began to delete it, I saw "seen" appear near the time and knew she had read it.
No…! My prestige.
Silently lamenting over my lost reputation, I watched the chatroom in anticipation, hoping for her reply, but none came.
'Is she… busy?', I thought, feeling disappointed.
I backed out of the chatroom, and proceeded to back out of the app when my phone "ting" ed, and notified me that I had a new message on Comeon.
Feeling hopeful but indignant, I reluctantly opened Comeon and went back to the chatroom.
She had sent a picture.
Is this her?
I hesitantly tapped on the picture and what I saw next made me feel embarrassed of myself for having such expectations.
It was a picture of a hardcopy of HTFTFL, and right beside it was a collaged picture of the book opened to the last page.
Valeria's picture was on it, and an unreadable but seemingly recognizable word.
Jupiter.
I assessed the pictures once more, noting some things in the process.
Like the fair hand with honey colored nails holding the book out in the first picture, and the time when the picture was taken due to the position of her shadow when she dropped the book on the floor to take a full and proper picture.
I backed out of the picture to read the text she sent immediately I received the picture.
QueenVal _How about that sucker!? I'm one step ahead of you, huhu <( ̄︶ ̄)>_
ITechvan _Hey, where did you get this?_
_Wait, did you meet the author!?_
QueenVal _It's a gift from the author_
_Nope we didn't meet him, instead he sent a hundred hardcopies to us, and they even had his signature on it!_
_Because of the limited copies we held an event to share them to ninety six fans. And as for the pictures on the back, the author personally printed them and I managed to get a limited Valeria signature! How lucky is that?!_
ITechvan _Oh, I thought you had a fan meeting with the author. But why ninety six when he sent a hundred?_
_And why didn't I hear anything about it??_
QueenVal _Well, we admins who received the news first, and organized the events had spots already. Plus it's only for early readers, new readers like you don't get anything! (Smug rabbit chuckling.jpg)_
ITechvan _Isn't that a cruel thing to say? What if I screenshot our chats, share it and say you're bullying people?_
QueenVal _Hey hey, you wouldn't want to do that. I'm just an honest student fangirling the work I love._
ITechvan _Tch, honest she says but she's already participating in bribery and corruption. Taking spots for herself and her people, not giving new readers like myself a chance, and trying to trigger my conscience to let her go scot free. Tut tut (Baby chick slowly shakes head in disapproval.jpg)_
QueenVal _Aren't you a bit too much? I did some of these things but you exaggerated it so much._
_And I don't think the author would care so much about new readers, he's not even familiar with them as he is with us._
_So you're discriminating against us now, aren't you? |_
I stared at the drafted text and decided not to send it.
'Whatever, let's not appear childish, instead…'
ITechvan _It's not my fault the group chat he's on is already full. By the way have you ever seen or spoken to the author before?_
QueenVal _Nahh, most authors like anonymity and those that do know them are other close authors or readers._
_But I've spoken to Jupiter before and from the way he chats I can tell he's probably inexperienced with social media. Plus he's almost never online, and he once mentioned it was because of school._
_But it's so cute how he tries to be cool! (Squealing bunny.jpg)_
ITechvan _So a high school student?_
QueenVal _I guess… Why are you asking so much about him anyway?_
ITechvan _I was planning on talking to him about his hiatus, and that side story/ fanfic of Valeria he's currently writing._
_The side story is difficult to read, and without the main story, I'm dying of boredom!_
QueenVal _Is that it? Is that why you wanna speak to the author!? Come on, you can't say that! He's sensitive and might really stop writing anything, at all! And the side story isn't that bad, it barely mentions Valeria from her Pov and she only appears from third person pov, so it should be bearable.(〒﹏〒)_
_And if you still don't want to read it, just do other things or read other novels. Go out with your friends, do stupid things and make memories or something, don't demoralize our precious and sensitive author!_
ITechvan _Geez, why do you make it sound like you gave birth to the author? I just want to talk to him, and find out why he stopped the main story to write a side story. _
QueenVal _And so what if I didn't give birth to him!? I'm doing my best as a loyal fan, defending him from childish kids like you!_
'Kid? Didn't she say she was a student? Why is she calling me a kid all of a sudden? Whatever.'
ITechvan _Easier said than done. You might not believe me but I'm a very busy person, and the spare time I have is spent on my hobbies! Plus I have an appointment today, so I'm already making memories._
QueenVal _And what hobbies do you spend your time on?_
'Hmm… she already called me childish, so I need to say things that make me look cool. Things like…'
_Well there's this project I've working on for a while, my team hasn't begun the actual researching, since we're still in the planning phase. But currently I'm working on a high tech robot. It's a personal project of mine, and is very different from the robots we use in current society, because of it's CPU. It's CPU is supported by a personalized AI which |_
No… I can't send this.
Clack clack clack clack
_Well, there's this robot I've been working on for a while. It's something I started making when I was younger, and whenever I'm bored or unoccupied, I work on it. It's relaxing actually._
Click
_QueenVal is typing…_
QueenVal _That's so weird! (Laughing emoji) You sound so similar to a nerd I know. You know if I hadn't been talking to you for weeks, I'd have thought you were the same person, since he's almost never online. (Relieved smile.jpg) _
'No way…! Did I just say something nerdy?'
I stared at the chats in a panic, and hurriedly read through them.
I had been so comfortable with my new identity, a cool but introverted person who likes webnovels, online; that the thought of someone actually know who I was in real life scared me.
But what I didn't know was that QueenVal thought I was a silly teenager who didn't have good eyes, simply because I saw someone like Anya and Valeria, but chose and liked Anya!
QueenVal _Oi are you busy?_
_Hello?_
ITechvan _Heyy, yeah I was busy. My friends I had been waiting for just arrived so I have to go._
QueenVal _Wow, what a coincidence! I also have to go, bye~_
ITechvan _Bye._
_And by the way, I'm still working on the robot because it was a dream of mine when I was younger._
I sent that out after careful contemplation.
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