Chapter 63: It has crashed

A week later, I could be seen brushing my teeth after waking up from my long sleep. I have been asleep since, after my meeting with the Incorporeal Hero, and that was—wait, let me check the date.

I brought out my phone to look at the date. I saw that I was in the evening. I fell asleep in the night, and I slept for almost 24 hours. I guessed I was that tired.

After brushing my teeth and rinsing my face, I went to the sitting room, brought out my phone, and started scrolling through different posts on Y.

The posts on Y showed me in a bad light. The post says, ’Villain Lupingo killed the Incorporeal Hero.’ A first in Ireland. Is this a new precedent that will keep happening, or is it just this once?

The heading sounded pretty cool to me. It was like people were finally noticing my works, but not the actual reason behind the work. But a win is still a win either way.

The comments under the heading were—what’s that word? Yes, ’unique.’ I think that’s the word.

Insults, praise, fear, and some other emotions in the messages. In one word, it was the total package of comments.

I looked at the post and comments, then left Y. I then went to a website I made Vivian create for me. This website is a Lupingo fans-only site. It’s for the future Lupins. But there is a problem: it hasn’t gained enough traction, so it’s a bit lackluster in my own eyes. So I decided to do what I have been putting off for a long time. I decided to post a link anonymously to the website. A link that will carry all Lupingo’s fans across the world to the website.

I posted on Y, ’Acebook,’ ’Impulsegram.’ I posted on different social media apps and sites. But it was under anonymous. I can’t expose myself just because I want to gain a fan base. That would just be a rookie mistake.

After I posted all the links, I went to make some bread toast and tea for my evening snack. I know we are in the night, but I am just a little peckish, and that could hold my stomach till I feel ready to cook a better meal for myself, hopefully. By the time I was done, I brought all of it to the living room with me.

I began to eat while also scrolling through my phone. I then checked to see if any fish had taken the bait. And when I checked, I was shocked. My Lupingo fan site had crashed. It has a limit of 100,000 people, and higher than that will bring the site down.

I am a villain, for goodness’ sake. What would make over 100k people join a villain site? Is the world still okay like this? I couldn’t help but wonder in my mind.

I know that it is something I want, but this is just...

How can they rush to join a villain fan base site? I feel that the future is looking bleak.

I looked up to the air and let out a sigh 😔.

But there’s something more important here. I need to fix the website, and luckily for me, I have the right person for the job. But unluckily for me, that person is going through a mood swing. I believe the person is in the ’I am angry at someone’ stage.

During the week, I have been trying, trying to get her to stop being angry at me, but it has been so hard. Girls are very hard to deal with. Whoever said they are the easiest people in the world are annoying liars.

If they are so easy, why is it taking me more than one week just to apologize to her?

I couldn’t help but sigh again.

But what other options do I have? I need her help, and she’s just the best of the best, and she’s the only one that is close to me and I don’t have to pay her.

(Cough in the background that sounds like saying ’cheap.’)

I stood up to check if Vivian is in her room. I went to her room. I knocked, knocked, and knocked, but no answer still.

I decided to go to the underground base to check on her there. I entered the elevator to the underground basement. It sort of has a space kind of attachment. It means that if you enter it, that it would take you to a different location from the actual location.

I don’t know how the technology works. I am only a novelist, not a master of technology.

As the elevator opened, a large open space welcomed me, a space that is filled with large screens and different technology of different kinds. Vivian could be seen sitting in front of one, watching a film on one. Avery was sitting near her. She was also watching.

The atmosphere in between them felt normal, so I felt that things would go easy for me, that the conversation would be easy. But I was so wrong.

As I walked closer to their location, the warm atmosphere in the base started to go cold. I felt that if I walked any closer, that I wouldn’t like the outcome.

Damn, when women get angry, they can be more dangerous than a literal devil. Avery, who was sitting near Vivian, also felt the chill. But she can’t move away. She could only bear with it and pray that the storm won’t affect her.

My favorite person since day one. How should I say it... The look in her eyes felt like a dagger that could kill me with just a little bit of her gaze. She looked very angry.

"Vivian, can I talk to you? Could you please help me?"

"Wow, the all-knowing Friesian needs my help. Wow, how surprising."

"Vivian, can you please listen to me first?"

"I am listening. What do you need my help with?" she said while turning to face me.

She looked at me while smiling, but I know that smile is not a good smile.

"Vivian, I am sorry if I offended you in any way. I didn’t know it would end up like this. I felt that it was the right decision for my plan at that time, so I went for it."

"Okay, I will forgive you, but on one condition. That is, do you agree?"

"I agree. What’s the condition?"

"The condition is simple. Just tell me the reason why I am angry at you. If you can tell me that, then I will forgive you."

I don’t truly know the reason, but I have kicked the ball already, so I just have to keep on going and pray that it will end up in the goalpost.

"I don’t know if I am right. I believe that it’s because I do things without asking for your help. And because if we decide to do things, I always end up doing some other things. I am sorry if my acts offend you. I can’t promise that the future would be different, but I promise that I will try to change.

"I will look before I leap, and think about your point of view before jumping into the act. But I can’t say that it would always be like that, because there would be times where I have to act quickly for my plan, without looking at your point of view, and I apologize for that in advance. What I am saying is that you should bear with me and trust me. Trust that what I am doing is the right thing."

I said all this while looking at her. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but that’s just what I believe it to be.

I heard a clap from the other side. I saw Avery clapping, with a big smile on her face.

"Mister Friesian, wonderful! That’s a very wonderful speech."

As Avery kept clapping, she felt Vivian’s eyes on her, and she quickly stopped clapping immediately. Vivian then faced me and said,

"Okay, I will forgive your action this time. But that does not mean I am not still angry at you."

She said it, and I felt a little burden leave my body. Although she is still angry, that can be solved. As long as she forgives my action, every other thing is easy in my own eyes.

"So what do you want? Because I am sure you did not come here only to apologize. I am sure you need something, so out with it quickly."

This girl knows me too much. She didn’t even think that I came just because I seek forgiveness. Am I that predictable? I couldn’t help but think to myself.

"You know that site you helped me create for my fan base."

"What about it?"

"I believe the site has crashed."

"What do you mean crashed? Did you press something, or did you receive a kill code that killed the site? Because it can’t be the other option, can it? It has a limit of 100k people, for goodness’ sake, so it can’t be it."

"I think it’s it. It has exceeded the limit, so it crashed."

"Friesian, how is that possible? Not many people should even know about the site."

"What if someone that’s not me posted the link to the site on different social media?"

"Friesian, why? Why would you do that?"

"I felt the site was not doing well, so I did some little advertising, and it blew up in 15 minutes or less. How was I to know that the people are extremists for villains?"

"Friesian, they are not extremists for villains. They are extremists for your alter ego, ’Lupingo.’"

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