Chapter 183: Lena’s Advice [1]
"I didn't know teasing her would be this fun."
I muttered it under my breath, a smirk tugging at the corner of my mouth.
Honestly, it hadn't started that way. I wasn't planning to tease Kiera—not seriously. But when Leona and Ryen got the ball rolling at me, I figured, why not join in and tease Kiera?
It was fun. Way more than I expected.
Still, I couldn't shake the feeling of surprise.
Kiera had changed. A lot.
Back when I first met her, all I cared about was keeping her alive. That was it. I figured she'd either stay glued to Ryen like always or keep orbiting around Leona. I didn't imagine we'd end up… whatever this was.
But now?
She was storming off with flushed cheeks because of me. Not Ryen. Not Leo. Me.
"…This must be the fate of a transmigrator protagonist, huh?"
I sighed to myself, the weight of genre-awareness settling over me like a blanket I didn't ask for.
In web novels, it always happened like this—one minute you're trying to stick to the main story, and the next, you're emotionally tangled with characters you never meant to be close to. All because you made one different choice. Said one extra word.