Real friend - Online friend?

Selvia walked down the deserted hallway as she headed back to the music room. She was a special student, allowed to skip classes and do whatever she pleased, as long as she didn't break the academy rules.

This was a privilege reserved for students with high potential. No, to be more accurate, only a few of the most talented students in the academy had these privileges.

Of course, Negut was the exception. Even though he didn't have any particular talent or class, he was free to do as he pleased.

"You really care about that kid?" A voice suddenly echoed.

Immediately after, a strange and tiny creature flew over Selvia's head.

It was a purple eye the size of a ping-pong ball with four bat-like wings. Strangely, it didn't have a mouth, but the voice seemed to emanate from it.

Selvia didn't respond; she just nodded slightly.

"Ah! What's so special about him? You used to find him annoying, so why are you approaching him now?" The strange creature continued to speak, its words sounding like complaints.

"After all, you are a super genius, the precious gem of this academy. And he is just a useless person; is it really necessary to waste time on him?"

Selvia suddenly stopped walking, she raised her head, looked far into the sky through the large window in the hallway, and softly replied: "You can't understand human thoughts; that's why you keep failing, Ivy."

"Tsk!" Ivy clicked her tongue: "I've made it clear to you; I'm not interested in invading or destroying this world. I'm more interested in how you can build and manage such a large nation."

"It's not much different." Selvia responded coldly: "You have to understand humanity to know why we can do things that you can't."

"Alright…" Ivy sighed and said: "I'm just curious. However, that kid is really strange. His personality today is completely different from before."

"It's like he's a completely different person. He even tries to avoid you as if you were a Void Monster, Hahahahaha…"

Selvia heard that and thought about something that Ivy didn't know, but... she looked at the hand that Negut had touched.

After a while, Selvia spoke: "It's just... I feel very calm when I'm with him."

"Besides... he can touch me."

...

Elsewhere, in a tower nearly five hundred meters high with almost eighty-five floors. On the top floor was an extremely spacious, luxurious, and magnificent room.

A middle-aged man with a strong build, about 1.9 meters tall, was standing by the glass door, looking down at the scenery below.

Because this tower was so high, and the position where this man was standing was at the top of the tower, he could see almost the entire city.

He could even see the wall in the distance that separated the safe area from the chaotic area outside.

Ring! Ring! Ring!

The man frowned as the phone rang, but when he saw the caller's name, he pressed 'Accept Call'.

"Master!" From the phone, the voice of another middle-aged man sounded: "The young master wants me to investigate a few people."

"Investigate?" The man frowned and asked.

"Yes, the young master wants me to investigate a young man named Alec, along with a girl named Selvia, and all the relationships around them."

The man rubbed his chin, looking into the distance, then replied: "Just do as he says."

"Master, then…"

"All resources and personnel… you can use whatever you need. My son… he has grown up." The man suddenly smiled: "No more reckless actions; he knows to thoroughly understand his opponents."

"You also need to be careful. Information about the 'Void Core' has appeared around the Terith city; prioritise the young master's safety."

"Yes." The voice on the phone was full of respect: "I always prioritise the young master's safety, Master; don't worry. I can die, but the young master cannot."

"Uhm!" The man nodded coldly, turned off the phone, and looked into the distance while murmuring: "It seems... a big storm... is coming."

...

Negut returned to the mansion and continued to sleep because he was too tired. Although his body was still healthy, his spirit was exhausted from facing continuous events, some even beyond his control.

His nerves were overworked, and for someone who rarely used his brain, this was not a good thing.

Therefore, he decided to sleep a bit more until evening.

In the evening, Negut woke up and went to the dining room to eat. Seeing the large dining table with all kinds of delicious dishes laid out but only one chair, Negut sighed.

'It seems... the life of a villain is lonelier than I thought.' Negut sat down at the table, thinking.

Although he was the son of the Head of State, with a status and power unimaginable to anyone, and his wealth was so vast that it would not be exhausted in the next 100 years, he was lonely, enjoying it.

Ah! There was also Uncle Wells, but at this moment he was gathering information for Negut.

The dining table was prepared by the servants; however, the servants were not allowed to eat with the master, so the dining room only had Negut.

If he needed anything, he could ring the bell, and a servant would immediately come to serve him.

However... What he needed was not a servant; what he needed was someone who could understand him and sit and eat with him.

Negut sighed; he also knew that this request was extremely luxurious for him.

After all, he was a villain; who would care about the life and feelings of a villain?

Readers and everyone else, even the characters in the story, only revolved around the main character.

Negut ate while watching the news on his phone, and he immediately frowned when he saw a lot of news about him.

Most of the news talked about him apologising to Alec, and many topics even said that he had gone mad or had been beaten to the point of becoming stupid.

However, there were also many topics saying that he had changed for the better, becoming friendlier than before.

'In this world, maybe I'm more famous than I thought,' Negut thought.

There were still many gaps in his memory because this was not his real body and memory.

However, as time passed and his level increased, his mental strength would grow, and the memories in his head would become clearer.

After eating, Negut returned to his bedroom, looking for something to kill time.

When he opened his phone, Negut suddenly saw many messages from an anonymous chat app, and more importantly, all these messages were from one person.

Negut frowned and opened the messages. Of course, to open the app, he needed a password.

Luckily, in the memories he inherited from the 'old Negut,' there was the password for this app.

[Rich Big Sis: Oy! Are you there?]

[Rich Big Sis: Are you busy?]

[Rich Big Sis: I am very bored, extremely bored.]

[Rich Big Sis: Are you really not there? Are you okay? Are you sick?]

[Rich Big Sis: When you see my message, reply immediately. Recently, there have been many void rifts appearing; remember to stay safe.]

Through these messages on the app, he could feel the loneliness of the 'old Negut.' So lonely that he could only find friends online.

Even that friend was a mystery; he didn't know who that person was, and that person didn't know who he was.

However, the user with the nickname 'Rich Big Sis' seemed to care a lot about him.

Negut read the old messages and felt how lonely the 'old Negut' was. Of course, the girl seemed to be just like him.

They shared many things, and of course, they cared about each other, but they had never had an official meeting in real life.

"It's been 5 months of messaging, that long?" Negut saw that the first message was from 5 months ago, feeling a bit surprised.

He didn't think that the 'old Negut' could be this persistent. However, when he thought about it carefully, it was quite normal.

After all, Negut had given flowers to Selvia every day, continuously for two months, showing he was a very persistent person.

Negut tried to remember how to text with 'Angry Big Sis' and then started to reply.

[Harem Lord: I'm here. Yesterday was too tiring, so I slept a lot.]

[Rich Big Sis: Oh! How many girls did you fight with yesterday to be so tired that you slept all day?]

[Harem Lord: No, I just got beaten up, so I needed to rest for a day.]

[Rich Big Sis: What?! Did you get beaten up? Σ (° ロ °) Who beat you? ((╬◣﹏◢))]

[Harem Lord: Alright, you don't need to know; it's embarrassing to say this anyway. (ー _ ー)]

[Rich Big Sis: Oy! Did you fight over a woman with someone else and then get beaten up?]

[Harem Lord: Heh?! How did you know?]

[Rich Big Sis: Hahahaha… It's too easy to guess. So? Were you seriously injured? Do you need me to help you get revenge?]

Seeing this message, Negut felt a warm feeling in his heart from being cared for by someone else.

Maybe… having a mysterious friend like this is a good thing.

[Harem Lord: Heh?! How did you know?]

[Rich Big Sis: Hahahaha… too easy to guess. So? Were you seriously injured? Do you need me to help you get revenge?]

Seeing this message, Negut felt a warm feeling in his heart from being cared for by someone else.

Maybe… having a mysterious friend like this is a good thing.