Chapter 01 (2/2)

A sweet smile that anyone could have mistaken him for Adrian.

Just as expected, Lucy Keenan strode towards him, with a friendly smile on her face. Seeing this, Felix felt a strange sense of victory.

“Adrian sunbaenim, there’s a meeting in the student council room later…” Lucy Keenan, who was approaching him with a small and clear voice, stopped walking. Soon after, the smile disappeared without a trace from her face, replaced by embarrassment.

“Ah…”

Lucy Keenan made a sound that he couldn’t understand, she immediately turned her body around. Then she began to return to the path where she had been earlier at a very fast pace.

Felix raised an eyebrow as she watched the back of Lucy Keenan disappear. The sense of victory that filled his heart was completely gone. He ruffled his blonde hair wildly.

“This is pissing me off”

* * *

Felix became aware of Lucy Keenan’s existence in the first semester of that year. It was one spring day when he and Adrian wore the same hat. Felix had rolled up his long hair and hid it under the hat, making him indistinguishable from Adrian.

Not only other students and teachers, but their best friend Alec couldn’t tell them apart as well. He stood in front of them and tilted his head. “What? What kind of trick is this? Hurry up and take it off. I can’t tell who’s who.” The twins bursted laughing when they saw his confused expression.

“No, our father is coming today.”

“The Duke of Berg?”

Duke Arthur Berg was one of the most powerful and wealthy people within the Veros Empire. Xenomium Academy had received many large donations from him.

In an effort to avoid being caught by their father, the twins, who were well aware of their father’s strict and cold personality, came to school immaculately dressed. Felix, who didn’t usually wear a tie since he found it irksome, was even wearing one.

“I can’t help it. Just wait until my father leaves,” Felix said, roughly straightening the tie around his neck.

Whenever his father came to visit, Felix and Adrian would also be called to the principal’s office. He wanted his annoying father’s visit to the academy to end sooner rather than later.

“There…”

That was when it happened. Felix and Adrian turned to face the small voice behind them. A female student with mysterious emerald eyes looked up at them. With a piece of paper in her hand that read ‘Library New Directory’, it appeared that she had come to deliver the list to Adrian, the head of the library.

Only then did Felix recall that the girl was a member of the library staff he had seen several times.

Felix was bored, so he had the sudden urge to pull a prank. He reached out to the girl with a soft, friendly smile before Adrian could even step forward.

He waited for the girl to hand him the list. But the girl just looked down at Felix’s hand while holding the paper.

“I…” She lifted her head with a tense expression on her face and hesitated. “This is the new list of book clubs I want to give to Adrian sunbaenim,” she said and immediately handed the paper to Adrian.

“Hey, don’t play around,” said Adrian, elbowing Felix. He took the paper from her.

“I’m sorry, Lucy. I’ve been busy with the student council, so it’s like I’ve been putting a huge burden on you. I am the head of the library.”

The girl, Lucy, shook her head. Her face red after hearing Adrian’s words.

“No! I’m the second-year manager! I’m not that busy either.”

“Okay, thank you. I look forward to your kind cooperation.”

Adrian answered with a gentle tone. Lucy, who had been standing with a tense look all the time, was shining brightly for the first time.

And Felix stood there, perplexed, staring at the scene.

How did you know?

He didn’t have a nametag on or a book in his hand that had his name. However, the girl did not hesitate to conclude that he was not Adrian. She was able to tell the twins apart at a glance.

Lucy, who delivered her list, politely bid her seniors goodbye and left.

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“What exactly is her name?” Felix asked, looking at the corner where she disappeared.

Alec smiled mischievously at him. “What, Felix! Are you interested?”

“Hey, you can’t be……. Don’t do that. Lucy is…” Adrian scolded Felix with an awkward look.

But before Adrian could finish speaking, Felix raised his hand to stop him. “No. You don’t have to tell me I was just curious.”

Felix reasoned that she had simply guessed it. That was a possibility. If not, how could she tell them apart at a glance when even their parents couldn’t.