Felix ran out of things to say.

He figured if everyone wanted to ignore him, fine. It wouldn’t last long anyway. All he had to do was throw them a few favors, and they’d go back to following him like before.

It sounded convincing in his head.

Reality didn’t cooperate.

Felix tried again, sending someone to buy things to win over his classmates, but they barely gave him the time of day.

“Stop wasting your effort. We’re not that easy to buy off.”

By now, every kid in the class had already seen what kind of person he was. He only knew how to pick on the weak.