NOVEL WEB Chapter 22: Plot
Veer didn't have to travel far after bidding farewell to the old man. Only a short distance away from the main gate, three huge buildings stood adjacent to each other.
With a single glance, he could tell that they had over fifty floors each. Seeing them, Veer remembered his university days, when he had wanted to live in such dormitories.
He had failed to achieve it, though.
Shaking his head and berating himself for being so nostalgic, Veer walked into the courtyard made between the dormitories. He could already see many boys going in and out of the buildings.
"Hmm, guess I'm a little late!" Veer thought as he decided to go into the center dormitory.
It was to be expected, as different schools had different awakening days, and sometimes students awakened early, so they were sent to the Academy early to study.
Veer was planning to grab someone to ask how the dormitories worked, as he remembered Freya's words clearly. He needed to find his own room, and from what he knew of the Academy, it wasn't going to be simple.
As he expected, the moment he stepped inside the building, three students blocked him. They were similar in height and looked alike, with the only difference being their hair color.
'I like beautiful triplets, not manly triplets,' Veer let his inner sexist rise for a moment upon seeing the boys, but he quickly suppressed it.
One of them, with spiky orange hair, was the first to speak, "You're the new guy with two beautiful girlfriends, right?"
'Ho? Are they lackeys of some young master?' Veer raised an eyebrow and smiled. "Yes, I am that guy. Got any problem?"
Contrary to his expectations, the triplets looked at each other and then smiled at him. "Brother, why don't you take us as your underlings and teach us some ways of wooing girls?"
"Yes, Brother, we would make sure you have a good experience in the dormitory. Just make sure to teach us some of your ways."
"Help us poor souls, Big Bro!"
'Who the hell is your big bro?' Veer wanted to shout but kept it in. He just looked at them, wondering if the script was really wrong.
His whole life had been cliché, and now it suddenly changed? The changes really caught him off guard.
'No harm in taking them in. They can help me,' Veer decided instantly. 'Though I would have preferred a Fatty Wang.'
He took a deep breath, put his hands on their shoulders, and spoke in an emotional voice, "My heart is bleeding for you. Has the world gone blind so they can't see such... handsome men like you? Don't worry! Your big brother will help you get a beautiful girlfriend."
The triplets grew emotional hearing his heartfelt speech, and one even had a tear on his cheek.
"I never expected to see such a benevolent soul! You are my big brother from now on!"
The triplet with black hair stepped forward with his arms open wide. Veer coughed and gave him a light hug... or at least he wanted to. However, he had underestimated their strength, as the black-haired triplet gave him a tight bear hug.
'Why the hell do I meet gorillas everywhere?' Veer was speechless, but his body shivered slightly, and he hurriedly looked around. 'Weird! Did she plant a spy in my head?'
"What happened, brother?" the black-haired triplet asked as he released him, much to his relief.
"Ah! Nothing, I was just thinking I haven't introduced myself," Veer stepped back, afraid he would be taken in for another hug. "My name is Veer!"
"I'm Jarek!" The black-haired triplet, who was also the most emotional one, introduced himself first.
The spiky-haired young man cracked a smile, "I am Victor!"
Last was a young man with strange green hair and a hesitant look on his face. He scratched his head and said, "I'm Kael!"
Veer raised an eyebrow and asked, "You guys don't have matching names?"
"Why would we have that?" Victor asked.
"Never mind!" Veer coughed lightly and waved his hand.
With the introductions over, Veer was planning to get some information about the dormitories and the Academy from the triplets, but a heavy voice interrupted them.
"Looks like another loser joined them!"
Victor's face grew ugly, as did the others, as they recognized the voice clearly. On the contrary, Veer felt a sense of relief washing over him.
'Phew! The plot is still here!'
He turned around and found a small crowd gathering around his group and two grumpy boys. This just proved his theory that the plot was still there, so he was incredibly happy.
Instead of focusing on the grumpy boys, Veer paid attention to the crowd's discussion, which gave him enough information about the two of them.
'Best way to get information!'
He quickly found out their identities. They were Aron and John, who apparently worked under someone named Carlson. Unfortunately, the crowd didn't discuss much about Carlson aside from that he was incredibly strong.
Aron was the one who commented first, as he walked towards them, stopping right before Veer's group.
Beside him, John chuckled.
"What more do you expect? A loser can only join more losers!"
Veer nodded as if agreeing with them.
"Indeed. It's good to see that there are still some people who are so self-aware."
Jarek, who was about to start arguing with them, stopped and looked at Veer in amazement. His eyes practically shone as he thought, 'You can insult like that?'
Veer was even more speechless, feeling the triplets' gazes on him. It was a lame comeback; why were they so impressed? Had the world lost intelligence or what?
Frowning at his response, Aron scoffed, "Losers can only fight with words and hide behind their women!"
"At least I have girlfriends!" Veer rolled his eyes and delivered a low blow. Was it his fault they didn't have girlfriends?
John's anger flared up as he shouted, "You're courting death!"
Veer almost coughed up blood hearing that, but he quickly shook his head. 'Why am I following their lead?'
He turned around and said, "Go away if you have nothing to see! I have more important matters than to deal with some dogs!"
After patting John on the shoulder, Aron said, "We just came here to deliver a message from our boss. He has taken a liking to your girlfriends, so you better stay away from them!"
"Is your boss impotent?" Veer asked, looking at them weirdly.
"What kind of question is that, bastard?!"