I’m Really Not Trying to Be Chased by the Heroine as the Villainous Playboy! – Chapter 394

Chapter 100: Leanna’s True Heart

Inside the carriage, the brown-haired girl stared pensively out the window, her mood clearly somber, which didn’t sit well with Kreya.

Ever since returning from the Black Sorcery Sect’s stronghold, Leanna had looked a bit down.

Kreya understood—it wasn’t exactly a jolly affair to meet with the leader of the black sorcerers, especially with Leanna bearing heavy expectations and an unbearable burden.

Trying to sound cheerful, Kreya said, “You don’t need to worry too much, do you?”

“Sure, the Purple Sorcery Sect has a deep foundation, but with help from the other six sects, it shouldn’t be too difficult to deal with, right?”

“Hard to say. The six sects are tangled up in their own issues and won’t go all out, and the Purple Sorcery Sect’s tactics are way more complicated than that,” Leanna replied, sounding dejected.

“Should we call Roy then?” Kreya casually asked.

In Kreya’s eyes, Roy had already shared some intimate moments with their president, even teaming up for treasure hunting, and on the day of the Cassandra family banquet, they were practically partying together.

Surely, he was one of their own!

However, when Leanna glanced back, she wore a look of concern for this silly girl.

“Why do you think Roy would help me?”

“Uh, why wouldn’t he?”

“In the end, we’re just collaborators. At most, we’re like senior and junior students. It was already exceptional for him to stand up for me before.” Leanna paused, looking down as she self-deprecatingly said, “Now I have nothing left to sway him.”

Of course, in the leader’s mind, continuing to use profit as bait to trick Roy into joining was an option.

But Leanna had already decided she couldn’t exploit that young man anymore.

“Oh, oh,” Kreya responded blankly, feeling confused.

Aren’t you already in a relationship where you stay out all night singing and dancing? Why use such distant terms?

The vice president, who originally had no idea of Leanna’s intentions, ended up with a strange misunderstanding, her thoughts getting increasingly muddled.

But as they say, outsiders see things clearly.

“Actually, I think he’s not completely uninterested in you, president.”

“…What do you mean?” This was the first time Leanna couldn’t understand what this silly girl was saying.

“Of course, I mean romantically!”

“You’re saying Roy likes me?” As soon as the words left her mouth, Leanna couldn’t help but chuckle.

She had always been aware of Roy’s reluctance toward her. Under the circumstances where Roy was already emotionally invested elsewhere, merely interacting as seniors and juniors was already a challenge, so how could she hope for more?

She had long outgrown the age of daydreams.

“If Roy liked the president, he wouldn’t just leave you hanging at a time like this!” Kreya said, delighted.

“Thinking too much. Roy only…”

But halfway through her sentence, she stopped abruptly, eyes wide in surprise as she looked out the window.

Below the student council building, the black-haired boy had just arrived.

The carriage came to a stop.

Underneath Kreya’s curious gaze, Leanna slowly got out.

Typically the one to take charge and tease others, Leanna now felt oddly clumsy and didn’t know what to say.

“Have you been well lately?”

“You’re concerned about me, junior?” Leanna fell back into their old rhythm, but her heart raced anxiously.

Roy didn’t answer directly: “I heard the student council is about to take action against the Purple Sorcery Sect.”

Leanna’s eyelashes fluttered, momentarily at a loss for words, before smiling, “Come in and talk.”

Kreya watched as the two entered the student council office, and tactfully turned to leave, not wanting to intrude.

Once inside the office, Roy got straight to the point.

“How is the preparation for the battle with the Purple Sorcery Sect going?”

Facing away from him as she went to brew coffee, Leanna replied, “It’s going smoothly. After all, with the backing of the six sects and my own rank of Sequence 6, even if it comes to a fight, it shouldn’t take too much effort.”

But no matter how much she tried to hide it, her inner turmoil wouldn’t fade away.

Roy really was concerned about her.

She thought that the line she couldn’t cross was becoming increasingly blurred.

Yet, Leanna’s feelings were undeniably complicated.

There was warmth, but also deep entanglement.

She once wanted to possess his body, his feelings, his strength—turning them into her playthings and tools. If the Black Sorcery leader had wanted her to use Roy, she wouldn’t have hesitated for a second.

But now, just the thought of dragging Roy into this turmoil and forcing him to get hurt made Leanna feel overwhelming guilt, unable to meet his eyes.

“Though, if you need help…”

“Let’s forget it, junior. Being a prominent noble in the kingdom, it wouldn’t be appropriate for you to get involved in this matter,” Leanna turned around, forcing a smile that seemed a little forlorn.

She placed the coffee in front of Roy and sat down opposite him.

Seeing the concern in the boy’s expression, Leanna momentarily lost herself.

If Roy really liked her, then as long as she asked, he might actually help her.

Just like at the banquet at the Cassandra family’s house.

In the lengthy darkness, she would no longer be alone.

But if it meant sacrificing Roy’s safety…

“Don’t worry.” Leanna smiled brightly.

“If I need anything, I will definitely ask for your help, but this time, it’s my personal matter,”

“As for you, just drink your coffee and wait for my return.”

With that, Leanna maintained her brief composure, raised the coffee cup to her lips, and took a sip, appearing elegant and composed, without any flaws.

The autumn afternoon sunlight bathed the girl’s silhouette, imbuing the scene with a dreamlike quality, though tinged with a hint of melancholy and solitude.

“Are you sure you don’t need my help?”

“Absolutely sure.”

Roy picked up his cup as well.

Taking a gulp, the bitterness of the coffee spread in his mouth, but he didn’t show it, finishing it off in one go.

Before he left, Roy reminded her, “Don’t forget, you still owe me that night.”

“Looks like when I get back, I’ll have to keep you company for an entire night as compensation.”

“It should be treating me to coffee!”

Under the boy’s reluctant complaints, the girl happily squinted her eyes.

After the boy left, Leanna was left alone in the room, her smile slowly fading away into a somber self-mockery.

The now-cold coffee left Leanna with a bitter aftertaste.

The moments with Roy were enough as they were.

The warmth was theirs to share, and the bitterness was hers alone.

However, this was merely Leanna’s own sentiment.

After leaving the student council building, Roy’s expression cooled.

The conflict with the Purple Sorcery Sect essentially felt like a civil war for the magical kingdom; the minor nobles were fine, but for someone like him, the son of a marquis, it was uncomfortable to participate directly, as it would just bring trouble to his king.

But why should that merciless witch, who only cared for her own interests, consider him?

Leanna clearly knew the Purple Sorcery Sect was no simple matter, yet she repeatedly turned down his offers for help—it wasn’t like her style.

How strange; she had initially been trying to find ways to involve him, but now she was being so polite?

Roy could not see the cracks in Leanna’s facade.

But that cup of black coffee, which had no sugar at all, had already betrayed the turmoil that the girl kept quiet.

Roy recalled Leanna’s lone descent into the dark abyss, and that night when she begged him not to leave with a hint of vulnerability. His fists clenched involuntarily.

Behind that unreadable facade and forced smile, lay Leanna’s true heart.

He never intended to stand by and let Leanna face danger alone.

No longer troubled, the boy immediately requested a leave of absence from the academy, donned the outfit of the Sword Demon, and rushed straight to the Adventurers’ Guild.