Second Lead Syndrome (1-187) | ✓

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Author's note: End of mass update!

Eri dragged Cecil all the way to the division Gom was in charge of, the...odd students of the academy. Of course, currently, there was only one student.

Xue.

Staring blankly at the arched doorway that led to the courtyard. Cecil could hear the sounds of a brawl from inside the courtyard. She was currently wearing the same kimono-like uniform, and her hair was partially tied up, to avoid any of them from falling onto her delicate face.

Cecil swallowed nervously, turning to look at Eri.

"Miss Eri, on second thought, I don't need to find a sparring partner anymore."

"What are you talking about? Since you have already walked all the way here, why turn back?"

Cecil just blinked her wide eyes at her teacher.

Sp-sparring with the lord protagonist...

It's as good as asking me to get myself killed!

"You are right, I have been pushing myself too hard for training," Cecil lied, forcing a smile on her face. "I-I don't need a sparring partner now, I'll find one after the break."

Eri angled her head to one side, bewildered. "You were so determined to get back to training and lessons, and now you don't want to?"

"...not right now."

"You and Xue are friends, are you not? Though he is on a different caliber, if you are friends, why are you so afraid?"

"...I wouldn't say we are friends that can spar together."

"You haven't tried it, how do you know? Just think about it for a moment."

Cecil wanted to cry without tears.

I am just a cannon fodder character, and the lord protagonist is the almighty in this world!

Cecil wanted to reject vehemently, when she heard a beeping noise in her head.

[ Another mission has arrived!
It has been a while since an official mission was issued, I am sure you have missed it, Cecil Lan! ]

All of a sudden, Cecil had a bad feeling about the missions.

"No, no no, forget about the mission. I don't want to see it--"

[ Mission #8 : Get Stronger!
Objective : Spar with protagonist "Xue" and improve your fighting skills.
Reward : 6000 points
Remaining points : 19,000 points
Failure will result in losing the same amount of points. ]

Cecil knew this was gonna happened, and she stumbled back.

"I am not going to accept--"

[ The mission is compulsory.
If you insist on rejecting and failing it, it will result in an immediate failure. ]

"..."

[ You can always reject, and give back the points to us, we are glad to receive it back~
Not that we have any use for it anyway, we have an abundance of points here~ ]

"..."

Just thinking of losing the points like that, which she went through quite a lot to earn...Cecil wanted to cough out blood.

Moreover, with the system provoking her in this manner, no matter which path Cecil chose, she would lose.

In that case...let's just choose the path which I lose less...