Discovery

During the following days, I kept going to the hallway after class and waited for any hint of the brown haired beastman's appearance, and yet nothing.

At the same time, I tried to not act weirdly infront of Mina and not let her discover my plan.

She was starting to get suspicious though as she noticed the change of behavior and that I wasn't spending time with her anymore, but she didn't ask questions.

On the weekend, we went out to the city together and bought stuff, it was fun and we had a good time.

But I couldn't help but wonder...

"Is this really worth it? Will I succeed? Or will it all be a waste of time?"

Those thoughts lingered on my mind even while I was in bed, the week was over and the villain hadn't appeared.

I had tried a total of eight times, and was losing hope.

I had six days left before Mina's hostage situation and the main character saving her.

But wait... why am I even doing this in the first place if I know Daemon will resolve the situation fully by himself?

Isn't it a stupid plan and a huge waste of time?

No... it's not.

"I am just trying to help the main character solve the situation faster so that Mina won't be scared for too long..." I knew I was lying to myself, but I couldn't bring myself to look at the truth, I wanted to reassure my pitiful existence and give purpose to my actions.

"I need to find a way."

I will find a way.

***

"This is hopeless"

"Kaine, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, thank you"

"A-alright"

Mina looked at me worriedly and walked away.

It had been four days since my last reality check.

There were now only two days before the incident, and yet, he didn't show.

[Anger meter: 99/100]

I was reaching my breaking point.

***

"He's not coming."

I was currently standing right beside the hallway.

I had tried every day, and was now on the last one.

If nothing happened, Mina would be in danger, and I would need to defend her myself, meaning it could create a potential loophole in the plot.

"I'm an idiot"

But before I could continue wallowing in self-despair, I heard a voice.

"Yeah, don't worry, I'm gonna do it tomorrow."

I then peeked into the hallway to make sure nothing was happening and saw...

A BROWN HAIRED BEASTMAN!

[Anger meter: 94/100]

I guess my excitement dropped the meter, but it doesn't matter, I finally got it!

I found the villain of this arc, and I now knew his face, which means I could now just follow him around and... kill him myself...?

'Wait a damn second... why did I think about doing it myself...?'

I shook my head and decided to follow him, he had a small conversation with someone and then hung up the phone, I was too far away to hear him but he was obviously talking to his boss.

The guy was pretty tall, had dark brown hair and was wearing the school's uniform.

He started walking and I followed him while staying out of sight, and after a while, he stopped in another hallway and pulled out a painting from it's spot, thus revealing a secret hole inside of the wall.

"GOTCHA!" I subconsciously screamed in my head, I now knew behind which painting the secret room was.

The villain didn't notice me and entered the room, closing the door behind him, and I didn't dare approach it.

It was 7pm, which meant the sun would set in around two hours, the incident would happen at around 2am during the night as it is the easiest time to capture Mina.

Which meant I had no time to waste.

I hurriedly ran towards my dorm and opened the room to be greeted by the incredible scent, and just as I guessed it, it was Mina cooking something.

"Where are you?" she told me as I opened the door.

"Just somewhere..." I argued.

"Ok" I started noticing that Mina's attitude towards me completely changed, she was now cold and unresponsive to my shitty excuses.

Well, it doesn't matter as tomorrow everything will be resolved, I sat on my desk and was about to write a letter, but then I stopped.

'Why am I even doing this...?' the realization of the fact I was just setting up the protagonist to succeed dawned upon me at that very moment.

No... it's not that I was angry Daemon would be the one getting everything, it's that I didn't want to lose Mina, not after everything that had happened.

And so I completely erased my original plans from my mind, no more telling the protagonist or informing anybody, if I wanted something, I needed to get it by myself.

"I don't want to be the same as in my previous life..." I mumbled.