I Only Wanted to Be a Side Character

Demon Hunter Academy, boys' dormitory.

Night had fallen, but the boys' dormitory was still as noisy and lively as ever, with no sign of quieting down.

"Su Ming! Get out here!"

"You've got the nerve to spread rumors with Xu Qianqian, but not the nerve to open the door?"

"Open up and let us pay our respects to your remains. No, I mean, behold your glorious face!"

"Don't be scared! We just want to have a little chat!"

"Yeah! Just a little chat! (This was accompanied by the sound of swords being sharpened.)"

Outside Su Ming's dorm room, waves of shouts rang out one after another. The door was pounded so hard it nearly got smashed in.

Lei Hao and Ye Bai, who were bracing the door shut, were terrified.

"Damn! These guys really won't let it go?"

"If damaging dorm property didn't get you punished, those muscleheads would've torn this lousy door down already, right?"

By now, both Lei Hao and Ye Bai were trembling a little.

"..."

Su Ming hid under his blanket, listening to the constant banging from the door. His mentality had long since collapsed.

"Fuck..."

He wanted to curse, but found himself too weak to do so.

Especially since his two so-called friends in the dorm were still making sarcastic remarks.

"I'm telling you, Su Ming, why don't you just go out and take your punishment? Otherwise, none of us will be sleeping tonight."

Lei Hao casually offered Su Ming a suggestion.

"Get lost!"

Su Ming enunciated a single word with perfect clarity.

Ye Bai, however, spoke up for Su Ming.

"If he goes out now, it won't just be a dogpile anymore. He'll really get tied up like a turtle and stabbed with swords, won't he?" Ye Bai retorted. "We can't sell out our brother like that, Young Master Lei!"

His tone sounded righteous and loyal, but the content made Su Ming want to hit someone.

And Su Ming always felt that this guy wasn't speaking up for him for any other reason than because he still hadn't given up and wanted Su Ming to deliver that letter for him.

If it weren't for the fact that this guy had distracted those rough men while Su Ming was buried beneath a mountain of men and dealing with one man on top of another, allowing him to escape and run back to the dorm to hide, thus avoiding unimaginable consequences, Su Ming would definitely have put that slender, flexible steel sword he had secretly hidden earlier to good use.

For that alone, he would let him off for now.

Mm, for now.

Ye Bai, who was wholeheartedly bracing the door, suddenly felt a chill run down his back.

As for Lei Hao, his attitude while holding the door shut was much more casual.

It couldn't be helped.

"Who told you to flirt with our goddess?"

Lei Hao looked indignant.

"Who flirted with her?" Su Ming retorted, gritting his teeth. "I wish I could stay as far away from her as possible!"

"Then give me the note." Lei Hao's eyes rolled as he suddenly said, "I'll go in your place. How about it?"

"Take it." Without hesitation, Su Ming tossed the note to Lei Hao and even encouraged him, "Go tonight. I guarantee you'll return with the beauty in your arms."

"Like hell I believe you!" Lei Hao caught the note but did not open it. Instead, he started cursing.

He had only said it casually. Or rather, he might indeed have harbored such fantasies, but he absolutely did not dare put them into action.

After all, Xu Qianqian had invited Su Ming, not Lei Hao.

If he really went in Su Ming's place, Xu Qianqian probably would not give him a pleasant look.

And Lei Hao clearly did not dare provoke Xu Qianqian.

He had no desire to become one of the brave souls Xu Qianqian had verbally destroyed.

"You should go yourself." Lei Hao reluctantly tossed the note back to Su Ming, sighing as though lamenting the decline of the world. "Senior Qianqian must have something important to discuss if she sought out someone as unremarkable as you in the academy. I really don't know what she sees in you."

As he said this, Lei Hao's tone inevitably turned a little sour.

"You think I want this?"

Su Ming crawled out from under the blanket and sighed heavily.

He had clearly only wanted to be a Side Character. He had been doing just fine before, so why had he suddenly run into something this troublesome?

Could this be some trial the World Will had placed on me?

It didn't want to see me easily achieve unmatched greatness and keep lying low until I became invincible, so it deliberately threw obstacles in my way?

That had to be it!

"Damn heavens, don't forget that a so-called protagonist is a Ruthless Wolf who dares to take on even the World Will!"

In a terrible mood, Su Ming looked at the note in his hand.

He now needed to seriously consider whether he should accept Xu Qianqian's invitation.

Under normal circumstances, Su Ming definitely would not have gone.

You, Xu Qianqian, think you can invite me whenever you want and expect me to come running?

Why should I?

We haven't even settled the score between us yet, and you expect me to treat you nicely?

You must be dreaming!

I, Su Ming, like saying no whenever someone makes demands from a position of superiority and absolute confidence!

But while Su Ming could ignore Xu Qianqian's charm, he could not ignore her influence.

"I've been watching you for a long time."

Xu Qianqian had indeed said that at the time.

What exactly did those words mean? Su Ming felt that he had to find out.

Although today's events had indeed made Su Ming famous, they were only rumors at most. They would not affect Su Ming's plan to quietly develop and become the Sword God of Ten-Mile Slope.

Could the academy and the Base City really send Su Ming on dangerous missions to deal with dangerous Phantom Demons just because he had come into contact with the goddess and some rumors had appeared?

Of course not.

As long as his strength was not exposed, the academy and the Base City would not push Su Ming into the spotlight. At most, he would make people laugh and provide a little entertainment.

Therefore, while this incident had affected Su Ming personally, it did not really affect his plans. At worst, it would merely bring him some extra trouble.

But Su Ming could not help caring about Xu Qianqian's words.

"Has that crazy woman really been watching me for a long time?"

If that was true, why had she been watching him?

Had he exposed something somewhere? Or had she discovered something?

If so, Su Ming had no choice but to confront Xu Qianqian face-to-face.

For no other reason than to eliminate a potential threat.

"If that crazy woman exposes my strength to the academy or the higher-ups of the Base City, that would truly affect my plans."

Especially since Xu Qianqian's identity was truly extraordinary.

As mentioned before, so-called Hunters were humans who possessed Phantasmal Demon Power.

Phantom Demons were creatures that fed on blood. To them, blood was the source of power. Therefore, if one obtained the essence of a Phantom Demon's blood from its entire body and refined it into a Phantasmal Demon Elixir, the person who consumed it would have a certain chance of gaining that Phantom Demon's bloodline and becoming a Hunter who possessed the power of a Phantom Demon.

Of course, one still had to consider whether the person could adapt to it and whether the process would succeed, but this was indeed the only way for ordinary people who could not awaken a Spiritual Constitution and become Warlocks to gain extraordinary power.

And bloodlines could be inherited.

In other words, the descendants of Hunters would inherit the bloodlines of their predecessors and be born with Phantasmal Demon Power.

Thanks to this, there were actually many Hunter Families in this world.

Why did Su Ming and Ye Bai call Lei Hao Young Master from time to time?

Because Lei Hao was a Hunter who had inherited his ancestors' bloodline and was born with Phantasmal Demon Power.

Of course, judging by Lei Hao's grades, which were enough to make him a Side Character, his bloodline was not particularly impressive.

Bloodlines were indeed hereditary, but it was not strange at all for them to grow thinner with each generation or even disappear completely.

Lei Hao's family was a small family with relatively weak Hunter Bloodline. Even the ancestor who had consumed a Phantasmal Demon Elixir had not possessed a particularly high-level bloodline, so it was only natural for it to become like this after being passed down generation after generation.

But Xu Qianqian was different.

Xu Qianqian also came from a Hunter Family, but her family was countless times stronger than Lei Hao's.

It was said that Xu Qianqian's family had, generation after generation, only formed marriage alliances with powerful Hunters who possessed Hunter Bloodline. They had continuously maintained their bloodline this way, preventing it from growing thin.

There were quite a few Hunter Families like Xu Qianqian's. They generally placed extreme importance on bloodlines and did everything they could to prevent their family's bloodline from being diluted, even going so far as to permit marriages between close relatives.

That was why rumors had spread around the academy that Xu Qianqian was already engaged and had been prepared for a marriage alliance by her family.

Under such circumstances, Xu Qianqian's family expanded its branches while constantly preserving its bloodline and increasing its influence in the human world. By now, it had long become one of the strongest Hunter Families in Longyao City.

Even in other Base Cities, very few people had never heard of the Xu Family of Longyao City.

Xu Qianqian's family had a great number of powerful Hunters, with members even holding posts among the higher-ups of the Base City. Though they could not be said to control half of Longyao City, every word and action from them was enough to influence Longyao City's policies and direction.

Xu Qianqian's father was the second son of the current head of the Xu Family in Longyao City.

In other words, Xu Qianqian's grandfather was the Xu Family's chief decision-maker, while her father held a post among the Base City's higher-ups, making him one of the highest-status figures in all of Longyao Base City.

That was why Xu Qianqian had always been said to come from an illustrious family, possess a noble bloodline, and be regarded as one of Longyao City's future rising stars.

Even if her strength had been lacking, her influence would still have been considerable, let alone the fact that her strength was anything but weak.

If Xu Qianqian really exposed Su Ming's strength, the academy and the Base City's higher-ups would definitely take it seriously.

If that happened, it would be real trouble.

"Setting everything else aside, I need to thoroughly investigate how Xu Qianqian noticed me and began paying attention to me."

Since that was the case, Su Ming could only accept the invitation.

Of course, Su Ming knew very well that Xu Qianqian must have some purpose in suddenly coming to invite him.

She had mentioned what happened that night. It seemed she intended to do something about that matter.

"What exactly is she planning?"

Su Ming could not quite figure out Xu Qianqian's thoughts.

She had never been part of Su Ming's world, and before this, they had never had any interaction whatsoever. Naturally, Su Ming could not guess what Xu Qianqian was thinking.

"Forget it."

Su Ming opened the note.

"Let me see what exactly you're planning to do."

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