Surviving as the Second Main Lead: Second Lead's POV

The time Emma spent in the fragrance club was too short but her time spent there was worth it. She instantly ended up submitting her application to join this club and ended up heading back to her room.

The club member who had accompanied Emma to the club had a harmless smile on his face but as soon as Emma was out of the door, that gentle smile turned sinister and he clutched the application tightly in his hand.

"Here, I want to immediately join this club. I like the atmosphere of this place and the way I feel here. I hope to work more with you in the future. senior."

Emma handed her application over and went away with a happy smile on her face. She wanted to take Howard here and maybe he would agree to join her? The chances were not great but Emma still wanted to try and bring Howard over to this place. That was her goal for now.

"Darn those privileged and sneaky brats. Do they think they can win me over with a gentle smile and warm words? Soon this girl will become a member of our cult as well."

The warm senior was just a facade this person had donned. His real identity was as a villain who had entered this academy to scout out potential future members for his side. And now he finally seemed to have found one.

It was not this girl, but her friend who often accompanied her. His real target was Howard Spencer.

But it did not seem like Howard had accompanied his friend this time. So that meant that the senior would have to keep entertaining this child until Yohan showed up.

It was such a hassle but the senior had a mission to accomplish.

Outside the door, Horas watched this interaction play out just as it had in the original novel. He could have captured this man and ended this plot point before it even started but it would hinder Emma's progress in the overall story.

'This plot was a precious development milestone for the main cast. Let's not touch this point for now.'

Horas pushed himself away from the wall and walked away. His eyes met Lorris's green eyes and Horas was startled at her sudden entry.

It seemed like she wanted to join this club but was not able to muster up enough courage to go in. Her shy personality was shining in her eyes right now.

'Wait, this did not happen in the original, right? As far as I remember, Lorris did not originally join this club, right? I need to make her join the animal club as she did in the original story.'

So, for this purpose, Horas decided to block Lorris's way. He stood in front of her and she looked confused.

"Excuse me. I wanted to join the fragrance club?"

Lorris did not sound sure of herself. She had likely picked that club randomly because it was at the top of her list. There was no other reason Horas could think of for Lorris to be here.

"You should not join this club since it's not made for you. I m-mean, you will not feel comfortable in there."

Horas quickly caught himself before he said anything rude or hid the truth. Lorris looked surprised and she tried to look behind Horas but to no avail. She was not able to see anything.

"If you do want to join a club you will find entertaining, then go to the animal rearing club. I am sure you will enjoy that place much more."

More like, Lorris would be able to reach her full potential once she gained the skills she required from that group. There was one senior in that club who became close to Lorris and gave up his skills for her.

In the end, that senior had died, and that had given Lorris a reason to train harder.

"A-Animal club? But I am afraid of animals?"

Lorris sounded unsure of herself and Horas understood why. Lorris had two personalities inside her who fought for dominance but they both had different to the point that even she did not know which one was which.

Horas felt sorry for Lorris but she needed to not join this club for the betterment of the future.

"That is right. You should not join this club."

Horas advised her and Lorris looked confused. She looked down and then decided to follow Horas's lead.

"Alright. If you say that I should not join this club, then I will not join it. You asked me to join the animal club, right? I will go and join it now."

Lorris agreed far too easily. Had it been anyone else, Horas would have looked for what they were planning, but Lorris was not such a person.

She was blunt and straightforward, often innocent in this form. Tricking Lorris made Horas feel guilty but he had to do it for the betterment of this world.

"Hey, are you sure you don't want to question me about my motives? Surely you are not going to follow my words blindly?"

Horas could not believe how innocent Lorris was and ended up asking her this question. Lorris looked startled at Horas's question.

It seemed as if she had not even considered the possibility that Horas would harm her or lead her to the wrong path. She tilted her head in confusion and stared Horas right in the eyes. Her gaze unnerved Horas a lot.

"Are you going to do that to me? Are you tricking me? It doesn't feel like you mean me any hard. You even encouraged me to pick a weapon I wanted. You are a good person in my eyes so I want to follow you."

Horas could not say anything after Lorris put his actions like this. Horas had helped her out before and Lorris had incredible instincts.

Seeing how Horas was dumbfounded by her logic, Lorris decided to head out for now. She gave Horas one last look before she was off to find a club she had been suggested by Horas.

He could only watch Lorris leave like this, not paying attention to where she was going. She was a dangerous person Horas would have to watch out for. Her instincts were sure something.

"Hey, who is out there? What are you-"

The senior who had tricked Emma opened the door with a vengeance, but he faltered as soon as he noticed Horas standing in front of the door. He seemed to not have expected Horas or anyone above his level to come to this side.

Since the senior had been sure that he was the only person on this side, he had dared to bring Emma here. But now it seemed like his plans had failed.

"You are a member of the fragrance club, right? What are you doing in this room? Wasn't the fragrance orientation on the common hall today?"

Now that things had come to this, Horas could not pretend like he did not see anything. He needed to question this person a little to show that his trickery was being noted.

"I, that is to say, I just wanted to come out of our clubroom and be here today. Surely that is not illegal for me to do."

Horas narrowed his eyes and the senior squirmed in his place. The teen was older than Horas by a few years but he was still his junior. It should be making this senior even more annoyed.

"It is not illegal for you to be here but it will be troublesome for you if I found out that you brought someone here before this place had been aired out."

Horas could smell the incense used to weaken one's mind and to make them relaxed. It was not quite an illegal ingredient but it was not looked kindly upon by their society.

And yet, this senior had not only used this ingredient but he had done so on the academy grounds. There was much that could he hold against it.

"I don't know what you are talking about. I am alone here and it is also true that I wanted to come here and enjoy this world. I did nothing wrong in my life, right?"

This senior was getting too emotional now and Horas decided not to pay him any more attention. It was entirely his fault that made people suspicious of this senior.

Horas was about to call him out on it when he stopped. There was no point in arguing with a criminal like this when he was not going to last long.

'Besides, this is not the only villain in this academy. If I act against this senior then it will make other villains think I am on to them somehow.'

It would throw the whole story into chaos if that were to happen. So Horas could not afford to do that for now. He had to make sure he was on his toes at all times.

"Fine, I will let you off the hook this time. But do not give me a reason to doubt you again or there will be a problem for you to solve."

This was a warning but Horas's opponent was going to see it as an opportunity.