"A wife's job is to be there for her husband, no? So if Alvert didn't change even after marriage, then she should just endure it."

At that moment, out of spite, you have slam your fists on the table, earning your father's attention as you scowl at him. The old man doesn't look apologetic at all, feigning ignorance to your anger. Perhaps, you are too agitated, because your vision starts to blur in the next second.

Cold sweat forms on your skin as your breathing becomes fast. Your brothers who notice your condition hurriedly go to your side, asking you something yet you can't hear their voice, your ears ringing and your body feels heavy.

In the end, you blackout.

The next day you open your eyes, you had caught a fever. In your state of vulnerability, you feel too lonely, tears rolling down your cheeks as your heart begs to log in to the game, but that is impossible since you know your limit. Excessively playing games while in a bad condition might let you to your death, and yet, you thought that it would be fine if you ended up dying.

No one wants me anyway.

You know it's just the sickness talking, but you can't help it. To avoid doing something you might regret, you stick to the first person who enters your room, which surprisingly is your second brother.

Your second brother, despite being kind enough to shower you with gifts, is very passive in your situation. He obeys father and is the most loyal to him, but last night is his first time talking back to father.

"Big brother," you sob. "It hurts."

Pointing to your throbbing head, there is a helpless look on his face as he starts to massage it. You start to whine, asking him where are others when he answers that they went to work and he had lost in rock-paper-scissor, hence why he is here by your side.

"That old man is so mean," you express your grievances. "What does he mean by I have no worth? It's not like I ask to be born this way!"

"Hmm."

"And why does it have to be Alvert? There are plenty of handsome men with personalities better than him. That old man just wants me to marry that bastard out of spite!"

"Hmm."

"And that mistress of him. Is she blind? How could she be the mistress of that monster? With her beauty, she should be better off with someone else!"

"Hmm."

"Big brother, big brother," you cry. "Will you neglect me now that you have another little sister?"

This time, his hands which are giving your forehead a massage go still in surprise. He frowns, furrowing his eyebrows.

"Never."

Warmness spread in your chest at his answer and you are finally able to get a good long sleep that day.

It takes you a day to get back to normal. Since you haven't been out of your room, you haven't got the chance to see your new sister, but you have been told by one of your trusted maids that your father and his mistress have left this house to go on a trip together, leaving the girl alone in the house with no one by her side.

"Should I harass her?"

You roll your eyes. "We're not in a Chinese novel. Just treat her like you would treat a guest."

Your maid pouts.

"By the way, where are my brothers?"

"All of them went to work early this morning."

"Good. You can leave."

As soon as she's gone, you put on your VR headset and log in. As soon as you arrive in your room, you are surprised to find Helios lying down on your bed like how a vampire would sleep in a coffin. You chuckle at his sleeping posture, taking out your phone to catch a picture of him.

As soon as you are done, as if on cue, his eyes flutter open, glancing at you in a daze. He blinks thrice, extending his hand to trace your face with his digits.

"... Wife?"

You are stunned to hear that endearment slips out of his lips, thinking that he might have remembered something.

"(Y/n)," you correct him. "My name is (Y/n)."

It takes him a few seconds to finally realize that you're not the girl in his dream. Helios jerks away from you in surprise once he is sober. His eyes have a hint of annoyance as he averts it away.

You tilt your head in confusion. "Is something wrong?"

Helios doesn't answer, merely frowning.

"Well, if you're not going to answer, I'm going to see Hayun." You taunt him, but seeing no reaction coming from him, you sigh. "Why are you sulking?"

"I'm not," he replies coldly.

"Then I'll be going okay?" You tilt your head.

"... Do whatever you want."

Since he doesn't want to talk about it, then you won't force him. You open the conquer app, smiling to yourself once knowing that Hayun's profile has all been unlocked now that he is your love interest.

Name: hayun

Age: 18

Status: npc

Date of Birth: 29th april

Room: g201 (gaillardia dorm)

University Building: iberis

Places Often Seen: [Recess]; click here to read. School Hours]; click here to teleport. [After School]; click here to read. [Weekends]; click here to read

Department: cooking department

Favorite Gift: coins

Hobby: cooking

Favorite Food: bibimbap

Love Interest: (y/n) (lvl 4)『26%』

Yandere type: necrophiliac

Love Meter: 26%

Backstory: click here to read

Wondering on which teleport link to click on, epiphany suddenly dawns on you that today is the weekend, which means no school. No wonder Helios is so free that he is sleeping in your room. You glance up at him, seeing that he is still looking away expression so cold it could freeze someone.

"I will see you soon."

Without waiting for a reply, you had to click on one of the teleportation links, and Helios watches as you glitch away, knowing that you are on your way to see Hayun.

『51% ー> 53%』

He snickers, burying his face in his palms, knowing that he has gotten crazier lately. Ever since his chest starts hurting, he has gotten sleepier, and each time he sleeps, he dreams of that girl, and when he wakes up, he still feels that he is in that dream, waiting for that girl to love him just like how she loves that other man. It got to the point that he is confusing you to be her.

And today, while waiting for you to come back into your room after disappearing for a day, he had dreamt of that girl once again.

Helios has always thought that the 'him' in the dream is the girl's official boyfriend, but turns out, he is the other guy who can date the girl that he loves thanks to his friend's(the guy she's in love with) kindness. Helios chuckles. No wonder 'he' is so patient when the girl rarely pays any attention to 'him', turns out, that girl is actually that guy's girlfriend, and 'he's the other man that girl had to date just because that guy asks her to do so.

Is that memory a premonition? Am I fated to be the side guy no matter what? Helios starts to question his existence, and based on how his heart keeps thumping whenever you neglect him for Hayun, Helios feels like he's falling for you further and further. The man wonders if he's actually a closet masochist.

"(Y/n)..."

I want to see you.

After clicking on the teleportation link, you blink in amusement upon seeing Hayun wearing a pink apron, humming a random song as he starts cooking in the kitchen. You look around to see that you are inside the school's cafeteria where the chefs cook every day. Does Hayun have permission to use this place? You don't bother to know the answer, only wanting to tease him when you see that he is ignorant of your existence behind him.

You tip-toed, startling him by circling your arms around his waist, but contrary to your expectation, Hayun was too vigilant that he ends up turning around and almost cutting off your neck. Fortunately, he stops just at almost the right time but the collar around your neck falls off due to the sharp blade, and a little bit of blood oozes out from the side of your neck.

"(Y/n)," feigning worry, the man touches the blood on your neck. "Why are youー? Oh, sweetheart, I'm soー"

You tilt your head when he freezes. The amusement in his eyes is suddenly replaced by coldness, and the man sneers as he presses his fingers on your wound to the point you are suspecting that he is digging into them.

"Hayun?"

"Sweetheart," he smiles, but his eyes are empty. "What is this?"

He points to the scar on your throat left by Helios. His nails dig deeper into your wounds and you are quite thankful that you aren't able to feel pain.

"Ah," honestly, you don't know how to explain it. "My throat got sliced off but I survive...?"

He frowns deeper, taking his bloodied fingers away from you. "Strip."

"Huh?"

"Strip," he repeats, annoyance in his eyes.

You take a deep breath and obey. Just like he wanted, you strip yourself off your clothes, standing in front of him with only your underwear. You feel shy, not because you are half-naked, but because this body is far from the one you had in the real world, so it feels like you are watching someone else stripping off.

You watch Hayun's expression. Seeing that there's no lust in his gaze, you don't know whether you should feel happy or not. Your thought then is interrupted when Hayun traces the scars on your skin which isーagainーcause by Helios.

"I don't like it," Hayun is seething in anger. "(Y/n), did you die?"

You nod after hesitating for a while, knowing that he will find out if you decide to lie.

『26% ー> 18%』

You are surprised to see how much his love meter lowered. Trying to make excuses, your voice is stuck in your throat when you see his dimming eyes. Hayun who was frowning eventually smiles again, but you notice how pretentious and empty it looks.

He points at the door. "Leave."

"Huh?"

"Can you not understand human language?" He sneers. "I said leave. Now. You whore."

Rather than feeling offended, you are amused. With a face so beautiful it can bend straight men, to hear such a vulgar word coming out of his lips almost stirs up the degradation kink you never know you had in you. You chuckle, putting on your clothes one by one.

That's fine. Hayun can curse at you as much as he wants. He can beat you, kill you, degrade you, and you will still love him. You glance at his smiling face, knowing that it's hiding annoyance and frustration inside. After all, once his love meter becomes 100%, it is my turn to give what he had given to me back.

"I love you, Hayun." You confess one more time before taking your leave.

Ah, this NPC is indeed hard to capture and hard to please.

reader: the first wife(helios) sulks while the second wife(hayun) got angry. should i find a third wife?