The Peculiar Case Of A Novel's Villain (Paused)

Chapter 22 - Debut (1)

Allen walked through the hallways with a tired expression. His body aches so much because of his dancing lessons with Larence. Allen had underestimated the situation, the boy was hard to teach than he thought.

"Mr. Allen." a familiar voice says.

Allen turns around and sees Cassandra. He couldn't help but sigh tiredly. The doctor had been bothering him lately, it somewhat hinders him from doing his job. He just walked past the woman and ignored her like usual.

"Mr. Allen? What's wrong? You don't look well?" Cassandra looked at the boy in concern.

"I'm fine." Allen snapped. "My body just aches because of doing a lot." he said, deciding to explain his current condition to the doctor. He knew that the doctor won't leave him alone without an explanation of his answer.

Without Allen realizing, the doctor narrowed her eyes at him.

"Mr. Allen, the reason I am here is because—"

"Doctor. How many times do I have to tell you? I am not being sexually abused! So quit it!" Allen sighed in clear exhaustion. 'Just how on earth could I even make her believe me?'

Allen just shook his head in irritation and walked in a fast pace. Recently, he keeps on receiving nothing but a lot of headaches. As he continues to walk on his way, he felt relieved that the doctor didn't dare to follow him.

So far, in the mission, Allen and the others are making a bit of progress. Az is now trying to befriend Rachel. The two of them seem to be getting along well, that's good. They already have a plan set to trigger Rachel's hidden abilities. Felix Oswin (Abigor) is being observed right now. Surprisingly, he hasn't made any move yet. That's great too, it'll give them much time to prepare.

As Allen drowns in his thoughts, he accidentally bumped into someone's chest. He stopped on his tracks and looked up to see the person.

His eyes widened when he saw him.

"Larence?" Allen says, looking at him with a frown.

Larence stood there silently. He was critically staring at something on Allen, but he decides not to say anything about it.

"What? You forgot that you still need to teach me?" he glared.

Allen huffed. "Of course not. I just got occupied at a moment." he explained, remembering his encounter with Cassandra earlier.

Allen starts walking ahead and Larence follows him. The two of them are now walking side by side and they're both being silent.

Allen starts to feel awkward. After all, it's unusual to walk close with a person who doesn't like him.

"So..." Larence spoke.

Allen looked at him, wondering what the boy's going to say.

"Is there any reason why you have gymnophobia?" Larence asked.

Allen sweated a bit. He doesn't know how gymnophobia works. He also doesn't know if fearing bare chested guys and naked men statues are considered as a symptom of gymnophobia. All Allen could think is that they misunderstood him about that part. He just played along with their assumption of him about having a phobia, otherwise he'll remain a suspect for peeking on a naked Bella even though he wasn't the one who did it.

In conclusion, Allen just decided to not answer the question. If Larence and Ryan finds out about those fanfictions, he could only imagine the worst-case scenario. It is one hundred percent sure that he'll meet his untimely demise.

Larence critically observed Allen. A moment later, he turns his attention back on the path he's walking. "You don't need to answer it if you're that uncomfortable." he said as he noticed Allen's shiver.