Let's Train Heroine

Chapter 217: Heroine Might See Another Male Lead

Damain, the richest person's son, and Ruki, the small-animal-like handsome boy, both stood in front of Prince Kai, who had a confused look on his face.

"What are you guys doing here?" Kai asked, his eyebrows raised in surprise. "Are you two on a trip together?"

Damain quickly shook his head. "No, that's not it."

"I was invited by some classmates to join them on a ski trip," Damain explained. "Ruki is here on a separate trip."

Damain had once been the kind of person who looked down on others because of his wealth. He had distanced himself from everyone, isolating himself, believing that money could solve all of life's problems.

However, meeting Maris had changed his perspective. He realized that money couldn't buy everything—especially friendships, respect, or true connections. Maris didn't care about his wealth, and there were others like her. These realizations had made him more aware of his own immaturity, and since then, he had been making slow, deliberate efforts to form real relationships with people. Continue reading on M-V-L

Being invited on a trip by classmates was proof that his hard work had been paying off. It might have seemed small to others, but to Damain, it was a huge step.

Ruki, ever the playful one, spread his arms and grinned. "Even though we see each other in the student council, we don't hang out on our days off."

Alec, who had been silent until now, chimed in. "So, why are you here, Ruki?"

"That's my business," Ruki said, smirking. "It's none of your concern where I go, Alec."

Alec raised an eyebrow. "Well, that's true. It's not my business, I suppose."

Despite the cold atmosphere between Alec and Ruki, Damain tried to lighten the mood with a teasing grin. "Still, running into each other like this feels like fate, doesn't it?"

Kai looked troubled by Damain's comment, his expression becoming slightly awkward.

"Don't call it fate with another guy..." Alec muttered, wincing slightly at the suggestion.

"I'm not upset or anything," Kai added, shaking his head. "It's just a little..."

"Gross," Ruki finished the thought with a grimace, making a face as if he had eaten something unpleasant.

All three of them—Alec, Ruki, and Kai—exchanged grim expressions, clearly sharing the same thought: *Why does this group always end up like this?*

"Well..." Kai hesitated for a moment, then decided to make the best of the situation. "Since we ran into each other, why don't we all have breakfast together?"

But before anyone could answer, a cold, unfamiliar voice interrupted them.

"Could you move aside?"

"Huh?" Kai turned around to see a new face.

The speaker was a boy who appeared to be around their age, but his presence was anything but ordinary. He had long, disheveled black hair that hung over his face, and a long scarf that fluttered down his back. His appearance was made even more striking by the eyepatch that covered his left eye. He wore a heavy black coat that made him stand out in the snowy surroundings.

"You're blocking the entrance to the hotel. Move," the boy demanded, his tone devoid of any warmth or courtesy.

Kai blinked in recognition. He had seen this boy at the Royal Academy before. They weren't in the same class, and they had never spoken, but Kai was certain the boy was a second-year student, just like him.

"I think I remember you from school," Kai said, squinting as he tried to recall the boy's name. "Your name is, if I recall—"

"Shut up," the boy cut him off abruptly, his voice dripping with irritation. "Don't get involved with me."

There was a coldness in the boy's gaze as he clicked his tongue in annoyance, his visible eye narrowing with disdain. "Don't mess with me, or you'll get hurt."

"Huh...?" Kai was more stunned than angry. No one had ever spoken to him like that, especially not in such a dismissive and rude manner.

He was the crown prince, after all. While he didn't flaunt his status, there was an unspoken understanding that people showed him respect. At school, minor disputes between students might be brushed off as normal, but this was different.

They were outside the academy now. The boy's words weren't just rude—they bordered on outright disrespect. If Kai wanted, he could easily have the boy arrested for this kind of behavior.

"Hmph..." The boy snorted, completely indifferent to Kai's reaction. Without waiting for a response, he turned and walked into the hotel, his dark, almost sinister presence vanishing behind the doors.

"What... What was that all about?" Kai finally managed to say, still trying to process the encounter. "Who is he?"

"Tch... What an arrogant guy," Alec muttered, clearly irritated. "What's with him, acting all high and mighty?"

Ruki, shaking his head, added, "He's not just arrogant, he's downright rude. What's his problem?"

Damain looked equally perplexed. "I don't get it either. Why does he have such an attitude?"

The group stood there for a moment, trying to make sense of the strange encounter, but none of them had an answer.

"Well, let's just forget about it," Kai said, trying to brush off the encounter. "It's not worth dwelling on."

As they were about to continue their conversation, something unexpected happened.

Without warning, a massive pile of snow, loosened from the hotel roof by the sun's warmth, suddenly slid down, right onto their heads.

"Whoa—!"

"Ahh!"

All four of them cried out in surprise as the snow engulfed them, turning them into human snowmen. The once composed and dignified student council members were now covered from head to toe in snow, their faces barely visible beneath the white layer.

For a moment, there was stunned silence as they processed what had just happened.

Then, as if on cue, they all burst into laughter.

Damain wiped snow from his face, chuckling. "Well... that was unexpected."

Kai, shaking snow out of his hair, grinned. "I guess this is what we get for standing around too long."

Alec groaned, still trying to shake off the snow. "That guy was trouble from the moment he showed up."

Ruki, his face half-covered in snow, couldn't help but laugh as well. "Looks like fate has a funny way of bringing people together... or burying them in snow."

As they continued to dig themselves out of the snow pile, their earlier frustration with the gloomy boy faded.

"Well," Kai said, finally brushing the last of the snow off his coat, "since we're already soaked in snow, how about that breakfast?"

The others nodded in agreement, and with that, the group of friends headed inside the hotel.