32 Jean Thompson

"W-Who are you?" The beautiful boy asked. "W-Where am I?"

I was shocked to the core that I cannot reply to his question. My head was swirling thinking of what just happened. Then a thought came to me.

The beautiful boy had his long black hair that was wet sticking to his body. He was shivering from the cold. I also realized that my whole body was wet. The wind blew and I felt the chill seep thru my wet uniform.

"I am sure you have many questions, but first we need to get out of here and go to some place warm." I said. "Can you get up?" I asked with a worried tone.

The beautiful boy looked at me with warm doe like eyes. I was captivated by his cuteness that I was resisting to hug him just to make him feel warm.

'I am not a fan of BL novels, but I think this the charm of a main character in BLs.' I tried to resist his cute charms seeping out.

"Y-You…" The beautiful boy pointed at me and I was taken by surprise.

"M-Me?" I was taken aback. I was worried that the main character will brand me as a villainess right here, right now. "P-Please do not take my actions as antagonistic. I was clearly trying to help you just now." I waved my hands, frantic to dispel any misunderstanding the main character might have thought with my actions.

If this was really a BL novel, a woman such as me doing CPR can be viewed as sexual harassment. This made my heart race in fear.

'Can I not really run from the 'villainess' role.' I was crying inwardly.

"Y-you…" The beautiful boy repeated. I braced myself for what will come out his lips next. "You were the goddess of the lake that saved me."

"Huh…?" I looked at him quite surprised.

"You are the one I saw under the water." The beautiful boy said. "Long wavy silver hair and violet eyes. You were the one who saved me."

"Y-Yes…" I was confused and just agreed to what he just said. "I indeed saved you, but I am not a goddess."

The beautiful boy's eyes started to twinkle. "Thanks to you I am saved. If you are not a goddess then what are you?" The boy said. "A-And you… you ki-kissed me." The boy touched his lips and blushed red.

"Eh…Ehhhhh!!!" I was surprised that he would say such a thing. "I-I did not kiss you. It is called CPR… it was CPR so that you can throw up the water you have intake."

Looking at the blushing beautiful boy made me feel embarrassed. It was like I did something that should not be done to a fair maiden.

"Yes, I now." The beautiful boy said. "But still, our lips touched. That means you have taken my first kiss."

"F-First kiss?!" I was shocked with every word that comes out this young boy's mouth. He should be a sixteen-year-old like me, so why is he acting like an innocent and fair maiden. It feels like I am a man that should be responsible in taking his first kiss. "D-Do not misunderstand, I really just did that to save your life. And if you are talking about first kisses, then that would have been my first kiss as well. I should be the one freaking out with stealing a first kiss, not you."

I was beginning to feel my mind swirl. All my plans on how to survive went down the drain seeing that the female lead had become a male lead. If this really is a BL novel, then I am really screwed.

"I see, so that was your first kiss as well. Then I will take full responsibility." The beautiful boy smiled brightly. "By the way, my name is Jean Thompson. It is a pleasure to meet you, my wife to be."

"W-What?!" I felt my head was growing big. I cannot comprehend what is happening right now. My body shivered uncontrollably.

"My wife, you are cold. Let me give you some warmth." Jean said and quickly pulled me towards him, and his arms wrapped around me.

"W-What are you doing?" I panicked. "And I am not your wife" I tried to push him away.

But then, I felt my body started to warm up. His body started to have a white glow and was spreading towards me. It was rather calm and refreshing.

"Is this the holy power?' I thought.

The novel had stated that the heroine, or rather the hero of the novel was called upon this world from another world. He was the only one with that can use holy powers that can bring down the demon king and his army.

I felt my wet uniform starting to dry in no time. I was thankful for Jean's powers, but he was too close. I can already hear his heart beating rapidly in his chest.

'What kind of development is this?' I thought to myself. 'I do not know what is happening right now.'

"Umm, Jean." I started a conversation after the length of silence. "I am thankful for drying me up, but can you please let go of me. This is not what a young man and woman should do." I tried to push him away.

"And why is that?" Jean said, still clinging to me. "I said I will take responsibility and marry you as my wife, so there is nothing to fear." He did not have any malice in his words.

I was at a loss on what to do. The supposedly be male lead, more or less had fallen for me.

"Let go of her!" I heard a familiar voice. That was when I felt someone pulled me away from Jean's arms.

When I looked around to see who it was, I saw Eric's menacing face looking at Jean.

"E-Eric?" I was surprised to see him. Well I knew that he was coming, but he was rather late.

"I am sorry, I was not able to protect you." Eric's gaze shifted towards me, his eyes became gentle and was filled with guilt.

"It was not your fault." I said to comfort him. "You would not have anticipated such a big wave to sweep me away."

"How dare you lay your hands on our young lady!" I heard Derrick's voice. I looked forwards and saw Derrick had Jean on a headlock, his sword was on Jean's throat.

"No, Derrick!" I shouted. "Don't hurt him." Jean is the hero that is essential to defeat the demon king's return and his army. He must not be harmed.

Derrick's face was similar to Eric a while ago, it was filled with anger.

"But my lady, he had harassed you." Derrick did not lower his sword.

"What do you mean by harassed?!" Jean said with equal angry voice. "It is just normal for couple to hug each other."

"What do you mean by couple?!" Eric's words were chilling to the bone. "You should die for saying such a thing the daughter of Duke Broderick!"

As Eric had said that, Derrick was ready to slit Jean's throat. I was shocked to death.

"NO!" I shouted at the top of my lungs.

It is true that I only met Jean today, but to see someone die because of such a misunderstanding because of me will weigh on my conscience. And to top it off, Jean was not an ordinary person. He was the hero called unto this world to help us defeat the second coming of the demon king.

To my surprise, my whole body was engulfed in white light and my consciousness started to blur.

"That young man has been chosen." A voice not of my own, came out of my mouth. "I have called upon him from a distant world to help us in our fight with the demon army. He is the bearer of the holy power."

I was half conscious while this voice was coming out of my mouth. I am sure that I was not the one talking. I can feel that someone was using my body to relay such a message.

"Not only he is chosen, others will also be chosen by me to bear the other powers needed to defeat the demon king and his army." The voice that came out of me said. "Those who are worthy will be chosen soon."

After the voice had relayed her message, my sight went blank and my consciousness had faded. I heard Eric, Derrick, and also Prince Noctis calling out my name. Jean, who I only had met also called out to me in worry.

edited by: nalyn