The Side Character's Obsession
Copyright© 2026 by HMaster
Chapter 20: Two-faced?
Rhea was troubled about several things these days.
After the incident with Valerie, several things changed in her life.
It was going well. Until that day ... her friends were close to her. Her teachers were fond of her. And most of all, her friends—Austin, Adolf, and Parkinson respected each other quite well.
However, after that incident when Austin took Valerie’s side—which was the correct thing to do—Parkinson has been behaving strangely lately.
He always seemed to be antagonizing someone ... or to be more accurate, his scorn seemed to be directed at Austin.
She was aware that he deeply cared about her; however, blaming someone who took the right call and cleared the misunderstanding ... yeah, Parkinson was wrong there.
And then there was Austin.
Although she couldn’t say anything in regard to his changed behavior towards her, it felt strange.
She ... didn’t know how to express it.
When he decided to stop eating with them or when it was he refused to give her something she wanted.
By no means was she a demanding girl who wanted to attain whatever she desired. However, that day when he pulled away that chocolate box ... Rhea was slightly hurt.
And then ... his sudden intimacy with Valerie. In the classroom and before the battle ... when he pulled Valerie closer and whispered things ... it made her feel that either he was pretending to be this close to her, or he might be actually—no, that can’t be possible
‘No one can fall for someone in just a day after ignoring them for a year... ‘ Rhea assumed that Austin was playing with Valarie’s heart for his selfish interest.
But why? And what could force the Prince to take such a cheap route?
She didn’t know ... and didn’t want to focus on it.
She first needed to take care of Parkinson.
Entering the infirmary she was met by the worried look of the nurse.
Rhea frowned, “What happened?”
The nurse was startled to see her all of a sudden, however, her eyes soon said ‘Perfect timing!’,
“Tell me, Rhea, have you seen Parkinson?”
Rhea frowned, “He is not here?”
The nurse’s face looked pale, as she shook her head, “No ... his bed is empty.”
Rhea heaved a sigh and rested her hands on her shoulders to calm down the lady, “Relax, Hilary. Parkinson always carries several potions and he doesn’t like to sleep anywhere other than his bed ... he must have gone back to his room.”
The nurse looked evidently calmer as she asked, “Can you do me a favor and check on him?”
Rhea nodded before she glanced at the bed where Austin rested ... however, he wasn’t there anymore.
‘Valerie must have taken him away... ‘
Wordlessly she took written permission from the nurse before heading toward the dormitory
Showing permission from the nurse to the warden, she heard him saying, “Cover your head and don’t take too long.”
Rhea nodded as she used her shawl to cover her head and walked inside the building.
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