The Beloved Fool Novels & Stories

Soren’s POV He stared at me as if I’d suddenly sprouted two heads. Then he burst out laughing, clutching his knees, throwing his head back, glancing at me between fits of laughter. “Is something funny, Felix?” I ground out. He straightened, cleared his throat, and adjusted his tie. “Nothing, Sir.” He shook his head. “Then answer the damn question.” Felix raised a hand, thumb and forefinger pinched together. “Can I ask you one, Sir? Just one? Are you suddenly into K-dramas? I just want to let you know that no matter how good and realistic they look, they’re never true.”

Her polished persona was completely gone. "Scott, you deserve this! You're a pathetic fool! You're still pretending to be some devoted lover after being played like an idiot!"

"When I heard what you did to my father, I thought I was seeing things. Then you proved me wrong, you showed me how much you truly hated me but like a fool... I still thought you were just angry at me because of the misunderstanding. You are right, I am indeed a fool..." "Stop playing the victim. After what your father and daughter did to me and my family, how can I misunderstand anything? Huh!" Sienna nodded her in understanding as she tried standing up. 'He used to say he loved my father as his son, he would always protect us but guess, he was just playing us a fool... Lovell Bronze never loved me, he was pretending to do so and I like a fool fell right into his trap.' Taking a deep breath

"That's where you are mistaken. Trust is vulnerability. It blinds you to the world. Love makes you weak." "Love makes me human," I snapped, my heart pounding wildly. "Something you'll never understand." He nodded his head in pretended dismay. "So much idealism, Jeffery. However, we know the world doesn't repay emotions. It lays them waste." I fought the wave of horror building up inside me, loathing the truth of his words. "What do you want from me?" He smiled slowly, cold and calculating. "Your loyalty. Return to ATHENA—completely, without struggle—and I'll ensure Cassie is alone."

Meanwhile, I searched everywhere for Paisley. I had always believed she was a sign of luck—that our meeting was written in the stars. With trembling hands, I reached for the candy lying before me. But as soon as I swallowed it, a sharp bitterness overwhelmed my heart, cutting deep within. From the very beginning, Paisley was nothing more than poison wrapped in a sugar-coated mask. It was my own naivety that kept me blind. I forced a smile at the girl. She waved goodbye as she ran off. With her, a piece of my heart seemed to vanish too.

Dad's temper explodes when I tell him that one plus one equals two. Frank Huxley ruthlessly kicks me in the chest and roars, "Who gave you permission to learn addition? Why won't you just listen to me?" He then grabs me by the leg and drags me to the door, shoving me out of the house. "You just love learning so much, don't you? Go then! But don't ever call me your father ever again!" I wail loudly as I bang on the door with all my might. Suddenly, I can hear Dad's thoughts through the door. "He's so annoying. Why is this villain so disobedient? He needs to be an idiot so I can complete my mission. I'll give him the cold shoulder for a couple of days and deprive him of a few meals. Let's

he explained but Sassy and I just stared at him in confusion. "Take it this way." Our gaze shifted from Hailec to Cool who spoke before rising from his seat and went in front beside Hailec. "Imagine Fooleys as humans, they think of fantasians like us are just like them, but of different nationality or ethnicity. However, mundane, to them are like shellfish, they disregard the shells which is the body but they do eat what's inside the shell, souls. When a mundane soul was eaten by a Fooleys, the mundane won't die, at least not physically but they will lose their will to live, to survive, and later on, they would take their own lives." Cool explained.

Reaching for it, it stops face up, and to the purple neon light that slowly faded, the symbol of the roman number I is shown, and to the perfect picture of the man in the middle traveling in a path, the card name is read as ‘THE FOOL’. “NO MATTER WHAT, DO NOT TRUST ANYONE.”

In my case, I say the first fool is a fool, the second fool is dumb and the third fool is stupid. In my case, I have been a fool and and a dumb person but I am not going to be stupid anytime soon. Halley used to be someone I trusted with my body and soul. I could have laid down my life for her with no hesitations at that time. She broke me for the first time and still thought I did not deserve happiness and so went ahead to break me twice and now, she thinks she can just badge into my room and claim the position of my best friend and expect me to be all lovey-dovey with her?

He screamed out hysterically, “Don’t kill me! I’m begging you not to kill me! I am willing to be your lackey, and for the rest of my life, I won’t…” Before he could finish his sentence, the brilliance in his pupils dissipated abruptly. His vital signs vanished into nothingness at this very moment while his burly figure also lost its ability to stand. He collapsed to the ground limply. As a 3S-class transhuman who was internationally renowned in the assassins’ world, The Fool, who could make people quake with fear at the sound of his name, was now dead. He was killed by a Rheasian’s kick. If news of this incident were to spread, it would alarm countless people.