Chapter 307 Fight Back With A Simple Move
Hera reconsidered her earlier assessment of Alice as being like Minerva—naive, straightforward, and easy to read. She realized that Alice’s actions were much more complex than she had anticipated, and she struggled to understand Alice’s true motives and her persistent efforts to create problems for Hera. However, Hera then recalled the male leads and began to piece together why Alice might be acting this way.
It seems that Alice would do anything to get the male leads, it seems.
Hera knew that her current position was supposed to be Alice’s—where the original female lead was meant to be in the spotlight, adored and admired by everyone. Hera, on the other hand, was originally intended to be a mere cannon fodder, destined to die long ago after her inheritance was seized to advance the storyline.
But Hera wasn’t just a character in a book; she refused to accept her predetermined fate. She knew that Alice wouldn’t passively accept being replaced either, especially since Alice had already experienced failure and an early death in her previous life before reaching her full potential. However, that didn’t mean Alice had to become like those who had hurt her. Becoming just like them would only perpetuate the cycle of pain.
Hera wasn’t about to surrender to those people. She turned to face the students who were staring at her with intense curiosity. With a sweet smile that turned her eyes into crescents, an idea sparked in her mind.
"Hello there, little beauty." Hera approached the girl, who clutched a book to her chest and stiffened as Hera drew near. The girl’s face flushed red as she stared up at Hera, holding her breath. "I haven’t seen you around campus before. Are you a freshman too?"
"Ye-yes?" the girl stammered nervously. She was among those who had hurled insults at Hera on the campus forum. Driven by curiosity and the desire to see for herself, she had come to confront Hera, who was now being compared unfavorably to Alice—the girl she had been supporting as an angel in their eyes.
However, upon seeing Hera’s reaction—a simple chuckle after reading the campus forum, as if it were just a child’s prank—the girl realized that Hera was neither as petty nor as foolish as the comments had suggested. The poise and calm Hera displayed challenged the image painted by the forum, revealing a side of her that was unexpectedly composed and resilient.
What’s more, Hera was breathtakingly beautiful—her natural beauty surpassing even Alice’s, who, despite claiming to be barefaced, wore a thin layer of makeup to enhance her features. If Alice could look striking with just a touch of makeup, the unblemished, radiant appearance of Hera was all the more remarkable.
The girl felt as if an angel stood before her. Hera’s sweet smile, illuminated by the sunlight filtering through the tree leaves, seemed to cast a halo around her. Her melodious voice, cool and crisp, was music to the ears, making even the girl herself feel a flutter in her chest. As Hera approached and addressed her as "little beauty," her heart skipped a beat, and she could feel her face flush with warmth.
’Ah!!! I’m a fan now!’ the girl thought, her eyes wide with admiration as she gazed at Hera’s radiant face, eagerly awaiting her next words.