Chapter 747: 47. Defeated Dog
“Then, let’s talk about the specifics, girl.”
The health room was very quiet during the lunch break. Before the health teacher, who would barely arrive around two or three in the afternoon, noticed, it was definitely an excellent place for conversation. In this well-soundproofed resting area, the few moving things were only the shadows on the wall that climbed with the sun at noon and the swinging clock on the wall.
Upon entering, Hela subconsciously sat down in a wooden chair with her back against the balcony, turning around to smile and observe Renee behind her, who was holding a lunchbox, and asked her.
“Specifics?”
“Yeah. Sit down, there won’t be anyone else coming.”
“Oh, okay.”
Seeing Hela point to the adjacent white hospital bed, Renee hesitated for a moment but still gathered her skirt and sat down, placing the lunchbox on the bedside table.
The words brewed in her throat, and as her gaze looked at Teacher Hela, it trembled slightly in hesitation, revealing the young girl’s thoughts.
“Actually, a long time ago, I… started to pay attention to Teacher Fisher because before I met Teacher Fisher, I was a troublemaker and rarely spoke to other students. My relationships weren’t very good, and I always felt lonely. Only Teacher Fisher could talk to me and was very patient with me, whether I was in a bad mood or liked to tease him.”
Hela rested her chin on her hand, listening to Renee’s words. The thoughtfulness was reflected in her blue-gold eyes, and she murmured in Nali Language,
“It seems that even at this moment, the dream that can engulf an entire corner of the fence in its prime cannot completely erase the soul characteristics of the True God?”
At that moment, Renee couldn’t understand Nali, but she felt that the language was familiar. Since her English was also poor, she just assumed Hela had said something in her native language.
“What?”
“Oh, it’s nothing, you can continue.”
The dream didn’t completely reshape Renee’s feelings for Fisher; on the contrary, this feeling adapted to the unique circumstances within the dream.
Hey, wasn’t her attitude towards Fisher just like that before she fully embraced her identity as the Undying Sorceress?
Shrinking back, hiding—clearly capable of excessive teasing, but all just concealing it.
So, should the situation here be made even more complicated and interesting?
Hela’s smile deepened, and seeing that Renee did not respond clearly, she mustered her courage to continue speaking.
“But once Teacher Fisher came here, he directly stayed at Jasmine’s house in Class B next door. I heard her father is a monk with a temple. If it were just that, it would actually be okay. Even if I knew she might like Teacher Fisher, it would be fine as we could compete fairly. But for some reason, she seems to really dislike me?”
“Dislike you, huh.”
“That’s right. Well, maybe not necessarily.”
Upon mentioning this, Renee felt increasingly perplexed, clenching her fists in indignation.
“If it’s just jealousy, there should be a limit, right? Or even if it is out of jealousy, it should be fine. But I haven’t done anything yet, and I don’t even know her well. She keeps giving me a cold shoulder. Sometimes when I see her, she smiles at me, as if she wasn’t the one who was scowling earlier.”
After finishing her sentence, Renee quickly emphasized,
“This is definitely not my misperception; this has happened several times already.”
Hela’s expression slightly stiffened upon hearing this, then suddenly burst into laughter.
“How interesting.”
Her blue-golden eyes narrowed, and she could almost pinpoint the reason for Jasmine’s reaction.
Logically speaking, Jasmine and Renee had hardly met a few times. If it came to jealousy and hatred, Elizabeth was undoubtedly worse than Renee.
Thus, this affection and resentment essentially didn’t come from Jasmine but from Tang Zeming Asuka.
Let’s not forget that Tang Zeming Asuka and Renee’s former incarnation, the Mother, were good friends. Such friendliness stemmed from that, and even if Jasmine no longer remembered the specifics, she would still unconsciously release goodwill towards her.
And that contradictory malice—
It wasn’t directed at Renee but at Hela.
In fact, even from a thousand years ago, Tang Zeming Asuka’s perception of the angel Hela was quite complex.
On one hand, there was certainly envy and admiration. Due to her innocence and immaturity back then, she unconsciously regarded the glamorous angel Hela as her role model and goal, wanting to become her—a free-spirited and charming woman.
This was the surface view of Hela; thus, Hela’s current identity was a glamorous, similar “teacher” to Fisher.
But on the other hand? Hela was as close to Fisher, who was unattainable for Tang Zeming Asuka back then, which inevitably resulted in the development of another idea in her heart: jealousy and hatred.
This could be recognized from the moment she forcibly hugged Fisher after killing Margaret in the Ideal Nation.
Jasmine, or Tang Zeming Asuka, imposed this dark thought onto Renee, which is why in the dream, she labeled an in-person meeting with Renee, whom she hadn’t met more than a few times, with the currently meek and defeated dog identity, to be considered a form of “revenge.”
At the same time, this also meant that the pollution within Jasmine could easily discern that the infinite authority essentially belonged to her, hence confusing Renee and Hela.
At that moment, the pollution within Jasmine, forming this dream state, was stronger than ever.
“Even stronger than I anticipated; the wonderful reaction that occurs when the daydream merges with the main body is indeed difficult to predict. It seems the other avatar must be extra cautious.”
“Eh? Hela, are you talking to me?”
Hela smiled and shook her head, but her expression suddenly became serious as she sized up Renee and said with some lament,
“I’m just sorry that a golden opportunity is quietly slipping away from your hands.”
“Golden opportunity?”
Hela touched her chin, assessing Renee in front of her, while pinching her cheek and clicking her tongue, saying,
“Looking so lovely, how could you be so timid just because of Jasmine’s little intimidation? Moreover, being two-faced is clearly the worst strategy. If you like someone, you need to take the initiative. Pretending to be indifferent and waiting for the other party to approach will lead only to total defeat.”
“Defeat?”
Renee, with her face pinched by Hela, pouted adorably, chewing over her words.
Hela looked directly at her, earnestly nodding, whispering,
“Yeah, can you imagine? Right now, it’s okay because they’re still in school, but it won’t be long before they graduate. After graduation, they’ll go their separate ways and won’t care about each other anymore. Hmm, maybe while you’re lying in bed thinking hard about how to text Teacher Fisher for dinner, Jasmine and your Teacher Fisher will settle down privately.
“And then, it’ll conveniently avoid the process of meeting in-laws, allowing Teacher Fisher to inherit her family’s temple. By then, with Jasmine being beautiful and Teacher Fisher treating her well, they could have a bunch of chubby children and happily live here for the rest of their lives.
“And then, when you finally gather the courage to send a text inviting Teacher Fisher to dinner after a few years, the reply you’ll get is, ‘Sorry, I have to take care of my wife and kids at home; I can’t go out.’
“Once you open Line and social media, even though you don’t want to see it, you’ll always find posts from Jasmine and Teacher Fisher about their travels and how their kids are growing up healthy. And you’ll be left crying under the covers, watching how adorable their children are, how affectionate they are.
“Your heart will be scarred yet still, you’ll force yourself to raise your finger to type words of congratulations on your phone, praising how happy they are, how smart and cute their children are.”
Renee’s jaw dropped, and as Hela’s devilish whispers echoed in her ears, a wave of faintness surged down from her crown, nearly causing her to roll her eyes back and faint on the ground.
At that moment, she felt she was no longer a person but a clown and defeated dog hiding in the shadows, peeping at others’ happiness.
Her whole life would just end like this.
“So, you see, your lunch is so well made, and you’ve put so much effort into preparing a confession that you can only eat by yourself every day. If you can’t finish it, you can only throw it away, just like your feelings. Isn’t that a pity?”
Hela smiled as she opened the lunchbox next to her, expertly grabbed chopsticks, took a bite, and exclaimed in admiration,
“Could it be that you used to be this unsuccessful and cowardly, Renee?”
This voice simultaneously pulled Renee’s attention back, but through Hela’s words, an extremely uncomfortable feeling seemed to spring up in Renee’s heart.
It felt like a genius who had meticulously planned everything suddenly became brain-dead overnight. When the next day they woke up and saw the math problems they had calculated, they would feel uncomfortable.
It felt like a billionaire who suddenly became a beggar overnight. When they awoke the next day and saw their luxurious mansion on the street corner, they would also feel uncomfortable.
At this moment, Renee felt just like that.
No, wait, why did she suddenly become a defeated dog that only crawls in the darkness?
She didn’t feel like this before, even though the power of the dream was influencing her, she couldn’t clearly say when “before” was.
But under the guidance of Hela, this “life mentor” and “success guru,” a trace of resentment towards Jasmine inevitably arose in Renee’s heart.
Why could Teacher Fisher stay at her house and eat her lunch, but not at mine, Renee’s?
How is that fair?!
Renee was suddenly filled with motivation, straightened her back to some degree, but looking at Hela’s smiling face in front of her, she couldn’t help but feel a bit of doubt, thus asked softly,
“By the way, um, Teacher Hela…”
“What is it?”
“…You and Teacher Fisher are from the same place. And you are both adults of the same generation and look so beautiful. I heard that you also have feelings for Teacher Fisher. Is this true? Don’t you want that? How can you encourage me?”
Silly child, if you’re not fighting Jasmine to the death, how can your dear Teacher Hela benefit?
Hela still kept her smile, yet couldn’t help but brush her face, revealing a bit of sorrow for her aging beauty. She sighed and said,
“Firstly, I’m too old, and people don’t look at me. Even if we come from the same place, who told me to be so much older? Actually, you don’t know that Teacher Fisher can be really fierce with people, catching him on every little mistake, unlike how patient and gentlemanly he is with you children.”
“Eh, eh?”
Renee thought for a moment and agreed.
It seemed like when she teased Teacher Fisher in class, pretending to be indifferent and a bit impolite, he wouldn’t get angry when she interrupted his work.
Eh? When was it that she interrupted Teacher Fisher’s work? It seemed like she had a vague memory about it, yet also didn’t remember clearly.
But she didn’t expect that Teacher Fisher would be so strict with Teacher Hela?
“Secondly, that classmate Jasmine instigated Teacher Fisher first, not allowing him to interact with other women. Although I don’t have a chance anymore, would you want Teacher Fisher to fall into her hands, that domineering girl?”
“Of course, I don’t want that.”
Of course, it would be best if he fell into my hands.
Renee thought to herself.
Doesn’t this mean fate is on my side?
Renee swallowed a mouthful of saliva, with a feeling of aura akin to donning a golden robe, as if today she had just realized that the previous cowardly self was not really her.
But now that she had a goal, she still didn’t know how to execute it.
The Hela in front of her also retrieved her sentiments, as if she could foresee Renee’s thoughts, reminded her,
“Though it is true that Teacher Fisher and Jasmine are deeply involved, don’t forget that Teacher Fisher is also your teacher. Guiding your studies is his duty, especially since Teacher Fisher doesn’t despise you, does he?”
“Yes.”
Renee touched her chin, and her eyes suddenly brightened as if she had formed a strategy in her heart.
However, today there were no more English classes, and there was only one class left in the afternoon; school would end before four, so she would have to wait until tomorrow.
“I understand! Thank you, Teacher Hela!”
“Not at all. You’re welcome, Renee.”
“Then I’m going back to prepare now!”
“Yes, yes. By the way, if you don’t mind, can you leave this lunch for me? Consider it a reward; I haven’t had lunch yet.”
Hela raised the lunchbox that had “Teacher Fisher, LOVE” written in red rice on it and said.
“Sure!”
At this moment, with something gained, Renee gladly agreed. She nodded, noticing that the lunch break was about to end, and she prepared to leave to go back to class.
Before leaving, she repeatedly expressed her gratitude to Hela, while Hela merely smiled, concealing her achievements.
“Ding ding ding~”
Once the bell rang throughout the teaching building again, the students rushed back to their classrooms for lessons. Only then did Hela close the lunchbox, pick up her utensils, and leave the health room, heading to her office.
“Click.”
Gently pushing open the door, she revealed Fisher, who had already separated from Jasmine, back in his office listening to an English tape.
Seeing Hela come in, he frowned, looking extremely vigilant.
He glanced at Hela, who was clasping her hands behind her back, and a storm passed through his mind.
“What were you preparing to do when you left this morning?”
“How do you know?”
Hela widened her eyes as if to say, “How did you guess?”
Fisher raised an eyebrow, about to say something, but then saw Hela smiling as she revealed the lunchbox and utensils from behind her, placing them in front of Fisher.
“I went to prepare this.”
“What is this?”
Fisher was momentarily taken aback, still highly alert, with no other movements, just asking like this.
“Open it and see, right?”
“I’m not opening it; just take it away.”
“Eh? Really? I prepared it for quite a while and it made me so dry.”
Fisher remained unmoved, and Hela wasn’t annoyed; she just smiled, reached out, opened the lid, revealing the exquisite food inside.
On the top layer, in red rice, was a message that read, “Teacher Fisher, LOVE!”
Fisher opened his mouth, ready to say something. Looking to the side at Hela, what greeted him was a fleeting kiss like a dragonfly touching the water.
“Muah.”
“…”
“Alright, hurry up and eat; it’s delicious~”
Hela smiled sweetly as she sat beside him, resting her chin in her hands, seemingly ready to watch him enjoy lunch.
Whether it was unexpected or not, that abrupt kiss coincidentally blocked the words “I already ate” that Fisher had intended to say, trapping them in his throat, unable to come out.
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