Hera has begun executing her n to take down Alexi, and by extension, Minerva. After all, she has already given them many chances to change and just mind their business, not that she really stepped back, but because she and Rafael had an agreement, she was continuously sending trouble against Alexi and Minerva online because she wanted to remind them and also let them see that they should always consider their actions as it often has consequences.
But they chose to ignore it, pretending as though nothing was amiss. Hera saw this as the perfect opportunity to test her influence over Rafael, especially after sessfully making him back down once before. She couldn’t forget Rafael’s behavior towards Alice, and now, she intended to gauge how he might react if she were to challenge him and push him into a corner.
[Hera: Betty, I’m on my way to the office and I assume that you have seen the video of me going around by now?]
[Betty: You mean theizens going wild shipping you with the men that came to save the day?! (っ- ? ? ?)]
[Hera: Huh?! Wait What?! Weren’t they supposed to be talking about the video with Alexi and the revtions about his previous rtionship with me?!!!]
[Betty: Unfortunately, the topic about you and the handsome men surrounding you like bodyguards caught more attention and traffic. ヾ(?﹏?)??]
Hera was taken aback by Betty’s message, needing to read it repeatedly to grasp its meaning: the discussion had shifted due to the simultaneous appearance of the male leads, creating a powerful "male lead halo" effect that, while slightly weaker because Xavier wasn’t with them, still captivated attention and garnered reverence from those around them as if they were chosen ones.
When they alle together with the female lead, all negative disagreement that people have due to their union as men sharing a wife, the ’male lead halo’ would do the job to make everything go ording to them, and this is what Hera was trying to achieve, be protected by this ’halo’ effect from the storyline.
[Hera: Please help me bring it back to the trending topic. We need to release all the evidence of Alexi’s cheating with Minerva and everything they did to me while I was in a rtionship with him.]
[Betty: This will surely end Alexi’s career, no matter what SOE does to salvage his reputation.]
[Hera: Exactly. The best revenge is for him to lose what he was so proud of and thought would elevate him.]
[Betty: But is this all you want?]
[Hera: No, it’s more than that. Alexi and Minerva will find ways to recover if we don’t ensure Alexi has no way ofing back and Minerva learns her lesson. Even if Rafael abandons his sister, his parents won’t let anything extreme happen to their only daughter. I don’t want them to die, just to stop their malicious behavior.]
[Hera: Actually, I pity Minerva.]
[Betty: How so?! She was the one who stole your boyfriend and cklisted you from getting a normal job, ording to what you said.]
[Hera: Well, that’s true, but she acted out of fear and jealousy because she knew Alexi had feelings for me. In actuality, we’re not so different. Minerva was also being used by Alexi, led by the nose just like I was. However, because she was pampered and overly protected, she believed she could get everything she wanted, including someone’s love.]
[Hera: Isn’t that pitiful enough?]
[Hera: Besides, by stealing my boyfriend, she actually took away my problems and gave me the freedom to pursue greater things. cklisting me from normal jobs only pushed me to aim higher. She underestimated me, and now she has to watch me rise from the ashes.]
[Hera: And even if I pity her, she still gave me hell and I will never forget.]
That’s right, even though she pitied Minerva and understood the reasons behind her actions, empathy is different from being overly naive. She needed to verify Rafael’s standing and determine how much influence the female lead still had on him before she could devise the best n to deal with Minerva.
As for Alexi, this incident,bined with his actions caught on the live stream, was enough to seriously damage his career. Even if it didn’tpletely drive him out of the industry, his reputation and the persona he had carefully crafted were already tarnished. If he wanted to continue, his prospects would be very limited. No major production would want to associate with him due to the bacsh. Angryizens, when united, can be very powerful; they could easily boycott any production and refuse to watch anything just because they despise one artist involved. For a productionpany, including Alexi would be like throwing money into a bottomless pit.
And no investor would tolerate losing money. So, even if a director wanted to cast him for his good acting or character portrayal, it wouldn’t be enough to choose Alexi. There are still many other talented actors out there who would be better options. In the end, Alexi would fade into obscurity, forever hoping to reim the limelight he once craved.
Hera believed this would be the best punishment she could give him. For the betrayal and pain they caused, and for what they were supposed to do to her. Perhaps it had already happened in a different dimension; well, considering there is a transmigration and reincarnation, encountering an alternate dimension wouldn’t surprise her now.