NOTHING!
I found nothing--
No scandal.
No dirt.
Just overrated praise about him.
It was a bunch of crap, all talking about his money and looks.
Like someone actually gives a damn.
But… people did give a damn.
He was a popular adventurer streamer who filmed himself and his party while fighting monsters. Sometimes, he vlogs about his glamorous life as a rich boy, going to expensive clubs and driving luxury cars.
Do people really like watching that?
As a social outcast, I couldn't understand where the hype was coming from.
But it made a few things painfully clear.
People loved beauty.
People loved power.
People loved money.
Ha.
I guess that's just how the world works now.
After being given a second chance at life, I can finally see things more clearly. My old beliefs, things like hard work were just a feeble dream.
No one accepts you based on effort alone. To walk properly through society, you need at least one of the three.
But wasn't Ezekiel handsome too?
I guess the world just isn't fair.
Even if you have one of the three, there's still competition. It's a dog-eat-dog world, where people crush anyone they see as a threat.
Maybe it all comes from jealousy.
And so, after realizing that...
I decided to change.
If the world works like a hierarchy, then I'll climb it myself and crush anyone who tries to stop me.
If money is the issue, I'm not exactly lacking. I may come from the countryside, but my family owns a lot of farmland. Even so, that never gave me a peaceful life. It didn't save me from being bullied from kindergarten all the way to high school.
I was a pushover. Someone who let people walk all over her. I was even an errand girl and a walking piggy bank back in the day.
That's all the more reason to change.
I won't let myself be pushed around anymore.
For the first time ever, I wore my contact lenses, grabbed my bag, and walked into a salon.
They fixed my dry, damaged hair and even worked on my face.
They showed me how to use beauty products properly.
I bought all the cute clothes I used to admire from afar.
I tried one on and...
While staring at the mirror--
"Is this... me?"
I blurted out, completely stunned.
I never thought I could look like this.
I used to hate mirrors. I avoided them like they were cursed.
But now?
I couldn't stop looking.
Not because I was full of myself, but because, for the first time, I saw someone I actually wanted to become.
I kind of liked it.
I ended up going on a full shopping spree. By the time I got home, I was exhausted.
I jumped onto my bed and opened my phone with a grin.
Today was fun.
I got to try so many new things.
All of this… was thanks to Ezekiel.
"Thank you, Ezekiel, my savior!"
I shouted into my pillow, hugging it tightly.
I'll never forget this.
Someday, I'll definitely repay him.
I opened my phone again and searched for him, curious to see what people were saying now.
The same hate posts popped up.
"The same hate, huh..."
I muttered, scrolling through the nasty comments.
I wonder how he feels when he reads stuff like this. If he even reads it at all...
Even people who are guilty of crimes usually fights back.
But Ezekiel?
He just stayed silent.
I wonder what's really going on.
I know I don't have the right to pry into everything about him, But I can't help it.
I can't stand them attacking my hero.
I want to ask him...
How does he really feel about this?
Maybe...
Maybe I should try to meet him.