Mag-log inThe match officially began.Janet changed into our team jersey and stood right at the front of the family section below the stage.She waved glow sticks, screaming herself hoarse as she cheered us on.Our opponents were the Crown–the reigning champions for three consecutive years.A brutal best-of-five.The score was tied at 2–2.It came down to the final, suffocating deciding game.At the 25-minute mark, the match reached the pivotal Baron team fight.The Crown suddenly switched strategies.They went all-in–targeting me, the core mage.Four of them burst out from the brush in the fog of war.Every lethal crowd-control ability–came crashing down on me at once."Captain! Flash, now!"Cedric's urgent shout rang through my headset."Don't worry about me."My eyes stayed locked on the screen. My fingers flew across the keyboard."Matthew, suppress their front line! Shadow, dive their ADC! Miracle Hands, save your ultimate for Cedric!"Not only did I not retreat–I charged s
With Janet gone, the strange floating comments disappeared as well.I pulled out my chair and let my gaze sweep calmly over the five top-ranked players sitting in front of me."Unnecessary distractions cleared."From my bag, I took out a team proposal I prepared long ago and dropped it onto the table."Now, let's talk business."The Orion team is officially established today."The next three months–There was no romance, no distractions.Only hellish, relentless closed-door training.These five players, once untouchable gods in the game–proud, arrogant, used to commanding the battlefield–were drilled into complete obedience under me, their captain.Cedric's positioning lacked precision. I made him grind solo queues all night as punishment.Shadow rushed his entries too aggressively. I tore him apart during review sessions until he could not even lift his head.Even Matthew–the most rebellious of them all–was forced to do five hundred push-ups for showing up late.By the en
A deathly silence filled the private room.Janet stood there, watching the elaborate web of lies she spun collapse in front of everyone.Her face drained of all color.When she felt Matthew's murderous glare on her, her legs nearly gave out beneath her.However, after that first wave of panic–she snapped.Like a cornered animal, she suddenly sprang to her feet."So what?!"She jabbed a finger straight at my face, her voice shrill, almost cracking."Eleanor, what gives you the right to judge me?"Haven't you been sneaking around these past few days, meeting all five of them offline?"You went to the cafe to see Cedric, then to that bar to meet Shadow–aren't you flirting with them?"You're just as shameless as I am!"At that moment, dense streams of floating comments flashed across my vision again.[Holy sh*t! Janet turned on a campus livestream just now!][The entire school is watching this drama unfold!][What a move–shifting the blame like that. The villainess is finish
Cedric stepped forward, positioning himself in front of Janet.There was a trace of grievance in his eyes as he looked at me."Eleanor, why are you pretending to be Janet?"More comments flickered across my vision.[The male lead is protecting his girl now–so sweet.][Wow, our heroine is amazing. She turned the situation around instantly.][Is this the power of the protagonist's halo? Total reversal.][Wait, why does the male lead's gaze look kind of off?][Yeah, something's not right with him.]Watching the smug look on Janet's face, I couldn't help but clap softly.Clap. Clap. Clap.The crisp sound echoed sharply through the private room."Impressive. Truly impressive."I calmly pulled out my phone and opened my game assistant app."Janet, I'll give you this–you do have a good memory."Since you're so fond of talking about sincerity and chat history.""How about we project the last half month of your messages onto the big screen?"Let these five gentlemen take a good
The moment Janet heard the words face scan verification, her face drained of color.She bit down hard on her lip, her body trembling uncontrollably.However, it did not take long for her to recover.Her eyes flickered–and just like that, she switched expressions, putting on a pitiful, wronged look."Eleanor, you know I bought this account off a trading platform back then!"The real-name verification isn't even under my ID!"Now you're forcing me to do face recognition–aren't you just trying to use that loophole to frame me?"How can you bully me just because you're the real daughter of the Cole family? I may have been switched at birth, but I still have my dignity!"In just a few sentences, she twisted the situation cleanly–dodging the face verification trap, while painting herself as the oppressed underdog being bullied by the real heiress.Before I could even respond, she turned to the five men beside her, shifting tactics instantly."Accounts can be stolen–but the moments
The atmosphere inside the private room was suffocatingly tense.Janet sat at the head of the table, dressed in a delicate white dress, looking fragile and wronged. Her eyes were swollen red, as if she was crying for hours.Around her sat five men–each one powerful in his own way.To her left were Cedric and Shadow.To her right sat the refined menace, Miracle Hands.In the center–lazily flipping a lighter in his hand–was Lance Farcaster.The crown prince of one of the city's most elite families. And the number two top spender on our server.Beside him, lounging with one leg propped up on the coffee table, looking thoroughly annoyed, was a sharp-looking guy with a buzz cut–Matthew Crater.The campus king from the neighboring sports academy. And the number one archer in the entire server.The moment I stepped inside, Janet shot to her feet.She pointed straight at me, her voice shrill with outrage, like she suffered some unbearable injustice."Eleanor! You shameless account
For the next three days, armed with the precise itinerary provided by the scrolling comments, I began my little operation–cutting her off at every turn.Tuesday afternoon.Janet was meeting her second target.The number one assassin on the Starlight server.Game ID: Shadow.I slipped into a fit
Janet spotted me the moment she walked in–sitting across from Cedric.The smile on her face froze instantly.Her pupils widened, as if she just saw a ghost."E–Eleanor?!"I lifted my iced Americano and took a slow sip, not even sparing her a glance.Cedric frowned, clearly displeased, and looke
1:30 in the afternoon.I arrived at the cafe near campus half an hour early.It did not take long to spot Cedric Barnes by the window.He was the law school's famously aloof heartthrob–cold, distant, untouchable. And in the game, he was known as the top swordsman.Right now, he was staring at hi
In Starlight Odyssey, my in-game ID was Moonlight Glow.I was recognized across the entire server as the number one zero-spend mage.Before I was taken back to the Cole family, I was dirt poor–spending money on a game was never even an option. When my adoptive parents refused to give me living exp







