Chapter 57: The Final Phase
’Huh?’
Azel stared at the floating blue text in front of him as though the system itself had developed a warped sense of humor.
He wasn’t shocked about Naelia — her attachment to him had been growing in ways that were already... unsettling but Ira too?
The quiet, unreadable girl he had barely spoken more than a handful of words to?
[Congratulations, Heroine ’Naelia’ and Heroine ’Ira’ have become Yanderes]
The notification pulsed innocently in the air.
He dismissed it with a mental flick, burying the rest of the alerts and reports.
He couldn’t — no, wouldn’t process that right now.
The last thing he needed while orchestrating a fake assassination and escape was two heroines slipping into obsessive madness at the same time.
"How the hell did this even happen...?" he muttered under his breath, eyes narrowing as his thoughts drifted.
He had been careful with his interactions — at least he thought he had and even if they developed feelings which he could understand since he was a handsome chad, it was still excessive.
Edna, oblivious to his internal chaos, moved to Ira, placing a steadying hand on the girl’s shoulder before gently taking Lillia from her.