《Extra&#x27;s Hatred System》


 Chapter 1: Prologue

    <h4>Chapter 1: Prologue</h4>

    My life sucks.

    Whatever I do or try, it never results to anything great.

    I lost both my parents when I was young so I had to survive by the skin of my teeth to live a normal life.

    When I was 18 I graduated at the top of my ss and went into an amazing university, but because of my loner personality I never got any friends or a girlfriend and my average height and face didn''t help me either.

    I feel like I wasted most of my youth chasing after a job and money as I didn''t want to live poorly, but after finally achieving it, I still felt empty.

    I had a well paying job at a ckpany that didn''t leave me any time to breathe and take a break.

    No family, no lover, I was alone with my house and money being the only things giving me enough motivation to live day by day.

    I decided to start reading novels as a hobby afterward and got hooked into some of them.

    But the one that affected me the most was "Descent of the Heavenly Demon", it was a novel about an overpowered guy going through thick and thin to achieve what he wanted, he would kill and destroy other''s dreams for his own sake and to protect his loved ones.

    I wish I was like him, I wish I wasn''t such a useless coward.

    But it''s just a fantasy at this point, no need to keep being delusional about stuff that will never happen.

    ***

    I closed myptop after reading the daily chapter of the novel, it wasn''t finished but the author already reached chapter 1284 so I guess it''s fine.

    "It''s alreadyte and I have to work tomorrow, I wish I could just be like him and do whatever I want to do."

    Seriously, I am 27 and the break time they give me is so low I can''t even find love.

    Sighing at the unfortunate way my life is currently going, Iy down on my bed and close my eyes while hoping it changes one day.

    ***

    "Hmmph~" I had a strange feeling that woke me up, looks like the world wouldn''t even let me sleep...

    I opened my eyes and noticed I was in a ck void, there was nothing to see at all.

    "What the...?"

    Is this a dream? Maybe i''m trying to escape reality by dreaming about positive things huh... I don''t know how this is positive as this is the same as being alone in a room but...

    <strong>"Kaine."</strong>

    Oh... that''s my name.

    I worked so much and had so little interactions with people I hadpletely forgot...

    <strong>"Do you wish to be free, Kaine?"</strong>

    Wait, what is that voice? Am I still imagining stuff?

    As I wondered what was happening, a blue figure appeared with nothing more then eyes and a mouth to show that it was alive, the entirety of it''s body even though it had a human figure had a blue fire tracing it''s forms.

    "What the...?" I pondered again.

    <strong>"I am not your enemy Kaine, I heard your pleads"</strong> the astral entity spoke in a voice that sounded powerful, and the fact that the only light in this vast void was it''s body entuated my worriness.

    "Who are you?" I asked.

    <strong>"It doesn''t matter, your life was a path set with many traps that you overcame, but now it is time to reward you."</strong>

    "What kind of bullshit are you spouting?" I shouted with an angry voice.

    <strong>"Huh?"</strong>

    "YOU''RE NOT EVEN REAL, GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY VIEW"

    I don''t know what came over me at this moment but I believe the fact I hadn''t spoken to anybody in a while angered me so much that I poured out all that hatred on the only thing that was infront of me.

    <strong>"Wait..."</strong>

    "Seriously? Why are you talking to me like you know everything? Do you think you can affect me because you''re in my dreams? Hell no!"

    <strong>"Kaine..."</strong>

    "What?"

    <strong>"You died."</strong>

    As she said that, the figure disyed a screen infront of me, it was a view of my room from above and in it I could myself on my bed sleeping.

    <strong>"Overwork andck of interactions with other people, you died in your sleep."</strong>

    Seriously? Which means even my death was a garbage one right?

    "Ok and?" I didn''t even try to act surprised at this point.

    <strong>"I''m gonna reward you with something and transfer you to another world"</strong>

    A blue light fell from the ceiling as the entity said that, it was descending slowly and was just above my head.

    "FUCK YOU, FUCK YOUR REWARD AND FUCK THAT WORLD YOU''RE SENDING ME TO!" I couldn''t contain myself, the absurdity of the situation left me with only one emotion: anger, both at myself and at the blue figure trying to send me to live another trash life elsewhere.

    And suddenly...

    <strong>"Oh... you''re a rare one it seems..."</strong> the figure pointed at the orb above my head and I saw that it''s blueish color was turning red slowly.

    By the time it entered my head, it had the color of crimson blood.

    [Anger issues detected, rewarding ordingly.]

    What do you mean anger issues?

    [Hatred System activated.]

    <strong>"This is great Kaine, you are a very splendid discovery."</strong>

    "You think this is a game? What the hell even is a hatred system? Bullshit straight out of a novel or manga?"

    <strong>"You will discover when the time is right, I will be watching your adventure with a lot of enthusiasm."</strong>

    "Wha-"

    The ground shook beneath my feet and a hole opened under me.

    "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-"

    <strong>"Don''t disappoint me."</strong>

    I fell, and fell and fell, but beforepletely being consumed by the darkness, I saw the blue figure peeking it''s eyes inside of the hole to watch me fall.

    And so I pulled both my arms upward and gave her the angriest middle finger I had ever given during the entirety of my life.

    Maybe I do have anger issues.

    ***

    I don''t know for how long I fell afterward, but I guess it was enough time to remember about everything that happened during my life and about the words the figure spoke.

    Wouldn''t that mean I would reincarnate in another world with some... system skill?

    Pondering about all of this theoretical stuff wouldn''t do me any good, so at one point I stopped thinking altogether.

    Closing my eyes was the only thing that kept me sane at this point as everytime I did, I would see a red light approaching me slowly.

    And when the red light was so close I could feel it''s warmth on my skin.

    I woke up.

 Chapter 2: New World

    <h4>Chapter 2: New World</h4>

    I opened my eyes and looked at the ceiling, it wasn''t the one of my house, I was sure of it.

    "Where the hell am I? Was that dream real...?"

    I got out of the bed and looked at the room around me, it was smaller then the one in my house and it was mainlyposed of a desk with aputer looking object on it and a mirror, aside from that there weren''t any other furnitures.

    I approached the mirror to look at my appearance, if I was reincarnated it means that I got a new body right?

    But...

    "SERIOUSLY?" I shouted.

    I looked exactly the same as I did in my previous life, I looked a bit younger but my face and height were still painfully average.

    Then all of a sudden the door of my room opened and a young woman with blonde hair hurried inside of it, she had a phone in her hand.

    "Why are you shouting again loser?" she said.

    I was so confused by all of this that I couldn''t speak at first.

    "WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU AND WHERE AM I?" I finally answered by asking two more questions.

    She looked at me with a disgusted face as if I was crazy then left the room.

    Calm down Kaine, you just got transported to another world so it''s obvious that you don''t know what''s happening.

    ncing at theputer on my desk and remembering the fact the blonde girl had a phone, I guess I was transported to a world where technology is fairly present.

    But wait, doesn''t it mean I can just check the information I need?

    "YEAHHHH!" I screamed in joy.

    "SHUT THE FUCK UP LOSER" a feminine voice answered from downstairs, I already knew who it was.

    ***

    "Damn it..."

    Theputer was password locked and I don''t remember what it is as I just arrived here.

    I walked down the stairs to the living room and saw the blonde girl sitting on the sofa, she was eating potato chips while ying on her phone, this feels so weird seeing someone you don''t know act so casual in the ce where you live.

    "My parents want to talk to you about the academyter" she said without even looking at me.

    "Ok...?" I don''t know what she was talking about but if it gave me information then I''ll dly talk, "when are your parentsing back...?"

    "In an hour or two, they went outside for something."

    I guess in the mean time I should familiarize myself with the new surroundings.

    The house was not that big as opposed as to what I thought, it looked like a house for am average family.

    But the thing that surprised me the most was when the girl pointed at something at the kitchen counter and the snack went flying into her hand.

    "WHAT THE FUCK?" I didn''t wanna anger her again so I just internally shouted that.

    ***

    After an hour or so, the front door opened while I was still exploring and a blond man and woman appeared.

    "We''re here" the woman announced.

    "Mom, dad! Kaine is acting weird again!" the blond bitch told the adults, then for some reason they red at me.

    But atleast it looks like my name in this world is still Kaine...

    "Kaine, sit down, we need to talk about your future right now, tomorrow is the big day after all" the man spoke.

    "O-ok...?" I don''t even who he is but he looked stronger then me so I guess I''ll listen.

    We all sat down on the couch, well except me, the three blonde members sat on the couch while they gave me a chair to sit on the opposite side.

    "Kaine, your parents died when you were little and we''ve been taking care of you ever since, but I feel like we can''t do it anymore."

    Huh?

    "Tomorrow is the academy''s entrance exam, go take it, if you fail then we have nothing to do with you anymore."

    HUH?

    "Wait... what academy?" I asked

    "Freesia Academy duh?"

    "WHAT?" I got up from the chair with a devastated look on my face.

    "I know it''s all weird and out of nowhere but understand we need to focus on ra''s future right now." he revealed his daughter''s name but I didn''t care.

    No... I wasn''t confused about the fact they are sending me somewhere unknown, but it''s the fact I actually know this ce.

    Freesia Academy is the name of the school where the main character of "Descent of the Heavenly Demon" studies, and the ce where half of the plot urs.

    "W-wait, can''t I stay here just a little more?"

    "No, pack your bags, you''re taking the train to the academy tomorrow" the man was ruthless.

    Hell fucking no, the academy of the country of Freesia is the best one in the world but also the most dangerous one, i''m not gonna be able to enter as the entrance exam is super hard and even if I do, it''s gonna be filled with weird and dangerous people.

    "BUT I DON''T EVEN HAVE POWERS!" I knew I had the hatred system but I don''t know how to use it, any excuse is good for now.

    "We know, and that''s why we can''t let you stay here, people without powers are useless."

    These words sounded weird to me, I don''t know why, but I got angry.

    And as I began to see red because of the anger, something appeared infront of me.

    [Anger meter: 27/100]

    "Fine you little shits, i''ll go."

    I climbed the stairs and took a luggage that was ced in my closet, looks like they really wanted me to go.

    "My life really sucks..."

    ***

    The member of the family all looked at the stairs as they saw Kaine climbing them.

    "Good riddance" the man, also named David, said.

    "Calm down dear, we can''t reveal we just were tired of his presence in the house" his wife, Byul, replied.

    "Mom, dad?" ra called out their names.

    ""Yes, dear?""

    "Do you guys think Kaine has a chance to pass the entrance exam?"

    "Bahahaha, not a single chance, it''s not the best academy in the world for no reason! Also he has no powers so he might be kicked as soon as he tries to enter!" the man roared in aical voice.

    "Yeah... and we''re gonna be able to see it on TV right?" Byul added.

    And they were right, the Freesia academy''s entrance exam is so popr in the world that it is broadcasted for the entertainment of those who wanna watch it and for those who wanna see their close ones try their best to seed.

    Some people even put real money on who they think will qualify.

    ***

    I could hear the family speak about me and the entrance exam, what they said waspletely right but it doesn''t change the fact that i''m stuck between a rock and a hard ce now.

    I packed some clothes in my luggage and noticed I didn''t have a phone.

    "These fuckers didn''t even buy one for me..."

    After finishing everything, I sat on my bed and thought about my future ns.

    Daemon is the protagonist of "Descent of the Heavenly Demon", he is a handsome and famous man that will save the country many times but will also sacrifice alot of people in the process, all the girls fawn over him and the guys all respect him.

    Basically, he is a terrifying person I never wanna meet.

    I have massive knowledge about how the novel will go, but I don''t have the time or the money to go look for some of these items and objects that are important.

    If I don''t pass the entrance exam, i''ll basically be homeless, I can''t afford to have a garbage in here too.

    I am currently located in Freesia, one of the eight countries in this world but the most popted one.

    The capital city of Freesia is the same as the name of the country and where the academy is.

    It''s a beautiful and majestic ce with many high towers and skyscrapers, the buildings are almost all made of white marble and gold.

    There is a central area called "the core" which is where the richest and most famous people in the country live, and where the academy is located.

    "This is gonna be hard... but I also have some sort of power right?"

    I have the hatred system, the main problem is how to use it, I don''t have a tutorial or anything.

    And also...

    [Anger meter: 32/100]

    Whatever this thing is.

    As I kept pondering of all the different things I need to do to avoid the protagonist, the antangonists and the heroines, I noticed that the sun was already down.

    I didn''t have the time to worry about where I am and how I ended up here.

    The only thing I currently know is that there is not a single chance i''m gonna die after going through all of this.

    And with these thoughts as my motivation, I fell into a deep slumber, one that would be greatly needed for what was possiblying next.

 Chapter 3: To the Academy

    <h4>Chapter 3: To the Academy</h4>

    The sun was shining on my face, waking me up from a night of good sleep.

    "Mmmm~"

    Looking at the clock near my bed, I noticed that the entrance exam was in a couple hours.

    And on my desk was a note written by one of the blonde family members: "we went outside, be out by the time wee back."

    They didn''t even bother to say goodbye, and honestly? Fuck them, I''m gonna get into the academy no matter what, I don''t need them anymore.

    [Anger meter: 38/100]

    I grabbed my luggage and didn''t bother to eat breakfast, I did take the note and write something in the back though: "fuck you."

    I was now infront of the front door, this simple door seperated me from my new life... but it doesn''t matter, I need to take the first step.

    And so I went outside.

    ***

    The family that hosted me ced a train ticket that would directly guide me to the academy in the luggage, I guess I can thank them for that.

    The outside world seemed surpringly normal, and that''s obvious since the novel itself just took my original world and introduced monsters, powers, races and new technology so it was not suprising the city had the exact same structure then a real life one.

    "Where the hell is the train station..."

    It was the first time I had been here so it was natural I would get lost, luckily the train ticket had a small map on the back so I used it to guide myself.

    The train station was crowded, a lot of people were here but the thing that surprised me the most was...

    The presence of different races.

    I knew that that it was normal as I was inside of the novel but it looks so weird.

    There are four races in "Descent of the Heavenly Demon":

    -Humans: my race and the normal one I guess.

    -Elfs: powerful magic and longer lifespan, the only thing that distingues them from humans are their ears.

    -Beastmen/woman: same lifespan as a human but more strenght, you spot them using their tails or ears.

    -Demons: the main characters race, it is believed at the start he is a human but we slowly realize he fused his soul with a demon so he is a half breed, we can catch them by their horns and they are incredibly powerful too.

    I couldn''t stop myself from being amazed at the sight of all these... people talking to each other.

    In contrary to most novels I read, the races here live in harmony, well except for the antagonists and viins though as they are a different story and there are so many of them I can''t even remember them all.

    I kept walking in my amazement and hit somebody else with my shoulder.

    I turned around to say sorry but...

    "You have a probem kid?" a brown haired beast men with fluffy looking ears talked to me harshly out of nowhere.

    "Huh? No, I didn''t mean to bump on you."

    "So you''re saying I can''t feel pain and it''s not my problem?"

    "That''s not wha-"

    "Then what is it kid? Don''t tell me you''re another one of those punks thinking they are better then us huh? What, you think we are animals or somethin''? Well, if you''re looking for trouble, you''ve found the right guy, and he''sing straight at ya!"

    "..."

    "Ain''t a word for yerself?"

    I was just quite amazed at how dumb this guy was, but I guess this served as a good reminder that even if everybody lives in harmony, there are assholes everywhere!

    [Anger meter: 46/100]

    But without me realizing, the beastmen grabbed my hand and took my train ticket.

    "BAHAHAHA, you''re going to the entrance exam of the academy? A weakling without powers?"

    I don''t know how he knew I didn''t have powers but I guess this was enough for him to just give me back the ticket and walk away whileughing.

    What a... weird encounter.

    [Anger meter: 59/100]

    ***

    The tform was filled with people.

    Some of them looked confident, others scared, and there were even a couple who were eating or reading something.

    But the one thing all of them had inmon was that none of them looked like the protagonist.

    Daemon is a tall, handsome man with blonde hair and red eyes, I don''t know where he was but maybe he already took another train, good thing for me anyways, I never wanna meet this guy.

    [Last train heading to "The Core", please embark.]

    A train suddenly appeared infront of me at full speed and I, along with the hundreds of other people climbed inside of it.

    There were seats and windows everywhere, the train wasposed of a long corridor with the seats facing eachother and the windows.

    I was lucky enough to find an empty one and sat there, waiting for the train to depart.

    "HUGH, I hate humans..." a feminine voice echoed behind me, and I turned around to see an elf with greenish hair and a big bustining.

    She sat on the chair next to mine and put her luggage in the space above her seat, then she proceeded to cross her arms and look outside.

    I started by ignoring her tant racism agaisn''t humans but as I saw her face and hair, I instantly recognized who she was: Mina, the tsundere elf.

    She was one of the heroines of the novel and a mega tsundere for the main character who got annoyed and ghosted her for the remainder of the story at some point.

    I didn''t want to get close to a heroine, so I got up from my seat, took my luggage, and tried to see if I could move somewhere else even though the train was packed.

    But as I got up to leave, she grabbed my hand.

    "W-wait! I didn''t mean it, why are you trying to leave? We are both uing students at the academy right?" she said in a puppy like voice.

    Just as I said, she is a massive tsundere who hides her feelings by saying rude things, i''m guessing she was just excited to be able to take the entrance exam.

    I sat back on my chair and sighed, I promised myself to not interact with people from the novel and look at me now...

    "The name''s Kaine, and I have no powers."

    "My name is Mina, let''s try our best!"

    It seems like she didn''t care about my no powerment, I guess she is nicer then portrayed in the novel...

    As I was lost in my thoughts, the train started moving, and it didn''t stop until we arrived at the destination.

    I left the station alongside Mina who followed me and we decided to walk next to each other while leaving the station.

    And when I saw the outside world, I couldn''t stop myself from being astonished.

    "Wow..."

    I was at "The Core", the ce where all the rich and famous families resided, but also where the academy was located, we would only need to walk a few minutes from here to reach it...

    We continued to walk towards the academy, and after one final turn, I saw it

    It was a gigantic castle filled with the highest technology and some of the most powerul beings in the novel, and I, someone that wasn''t part of the original cast was now gonna step inside.

    There were cameras everywhere and an instructor at the entrance was giving each of the people taking the entrance exam a number.

    Of course I knew why this was the case but nobody knew what the test would be about so I could hear everybody around form their theories.

    I had fun listening to them but it was now my turn and I grabbed my number, "1783".

    Then I stepped inside of the courtyard after Mina took her number and headed toward the "arena", a gigantic structure that could hold up to twenty thousand people at once, and the ce where the test would take ce.

    I just hope it goes well...

    [Anger meter: 64/100]

 Chapter 4: Entrance Exam

    <h4>Chapter 4: Entrance Exam</h4>

    I advanced towards the arena along with all the people taking the entrance exam and one of the instructors guided us to the room where everybody would get prepared...

    Only two thousand people were allowed to participate in the entrance exam, and out of all these people, only half would be able to enter the academy.

    I have absolutely no idea how someone with no powers like me could have been allowed in here as it is only the cream of the crop who were allowed in but I guess the entity that led me in here in the first ce must of yed a role...

    We were currently in a gigantic room connected to the arena, and infront of us was a big screen disying the structure which was filled to the brim with individuals from all races: over twenty thousand people from all countries came to watch the exam physically.

    Mina was next to me and holding onto my hand while trembling, she had the number "238" pinned on her shirt.

    She was awfully cute but I shook my head to force myself to concentrate.

    And all of a sudden...

    "Wee to the annual Freesia Academy entrance exam, there are over two thousand of you today but only a thousand will be able to ess our marvelous school" a red-haired teacher announced, she had an imposing voice that forced us to listen to her every word.

    A huge uproar began to ring out as people from all directions discussed what they should do.

    But it wasn''t my case, after all I already knew about what would happen...

    "Over the next 12 hours, every single one of you will fight in a one on one battle agaisn''t another person, you will all be called by your numbers" the teacher continued, and then finally revealed the twist, "if you lose the fight, you are eliminated, if you win, you are epted into the academy."

    People didn''t have the time to react to the information that thedy spoke again.

    "Good luck, I shall meet all the winnerster" and then she disappeared out of nowhere, living only a ck fume behind her.

    And just as it had been described in the novel, the room went in a frenzy as everybody was pushing each other, this is why making friends at the beggining is a bad idea.

    [Anger meter: 73/100]

    But in contrary to what I thought, Mina was still holding onto my hand, looking more confident then before.

    "I just hope we don''t have to fight each other" she said while smiling.

    [1293 VS 824]

    The number of the first two contestants were announced and a blue light appeared and enveloped them as they were suddenly teleported into one corner of the arena, it had been the same in the novel, but other then the main character''s, no fight was described.

    I have no power and I don''t know how the hatred system works, so I really hope I can fight someone that is not strong... my chances of winning are already low enough as they are.

    The 1v1 fights kept going for a while, and soon enough it was Mina''s turn.

    [238 VS 79]

    And just as predicted, shepletely dominated the poor guy fighting her using her bow and magic.

    She was a heroine after all, it''s normal that she passed the exam...

    Slowly and slowly, the room was getting more and more deserted as everybody else was getting teleported and either winning their fights or losing.

    But after a while... it was finally my turn.

    [1783 VS 1]

    Wait... number one? I feel like I know who it is...

    I couldn''t really reminisce it as it was only the first few chapters of the novels but... fuck what was it?

    As the blue light enveloped my body, I could hear the remaining people talk.

    "Poor guy... he got the worst of them all..."

    "No academy for him I guess~"

    I don''t like thesements.

    [Anger meter: 82/100]

    ***

    When the blue light disapeared, I opened my eyes and was met with the sight of a beautiful blond-haired man with red eyes standing a few meters infront of me...

    "No... fucking... way?" I spouted out in a despaired voice.

    "Well, well, well, looks like i''m gonna fight a newbie today, don''t worry, i''ll go easy on you" the blond haired manughed.

    It was him...

    The protagonist, Daemon.

    I don''t know what to do at this point.

    [Anger meter 87/100]

    There is no way I can win agaisn''t Daemon, even before he entered the academy, he was already reputed to be super strong.

    And now that he stood before me, I understood why it was the case.

    But something else angered me more then anything else.

    The man Daemon fought at the start of the novel didn''t even have his name or appearance described, he was just used to show that the protagonist was strong and he just ended up being humiliated infront of everybody.

    Which means...

    "I''m nothing but a side character in his story... aren''t I...?"

    I am an extra, a nobody, someone with no powers that shouldn''t even be here...

    [Anger meter: 92/100]

    ***

    The blonde family that kicked Kaine stood infront of their TV, they had been enjoying the different matchs up until now but it looks like the most entertaining one was finally gonna start.

    "Kaine is seriously gonna fight <strong>the</strong> Daemon?" ra, the daughter, asked.

    "This boy couldn''t have been unluckier then he currently is" David answered, "he is done for."

    Byul stayed silent, the fight was not something interesting to her, the only thing she could think about was that Kaine finally left the house and was now in an impossible situation.

    ***

    "Fight! Start!" the announcer shouted and a huge roar echoed through the whole arena, people were cheering for the protagonist.

    "Hey kid, are you gonna attack or do I have to begin the fight?" the blonde man said.

    But I didn''t answer and stayed silent, I was looking at my shoes and thinking about my current situation, I had no way out so what could I possibly do, I can''t beat him after all.

    [Anger meter: 95/100]

    "You''re right, I shouldn''t bother with someone weak like you" he replied after noticing my silence.

    [Anger meter 97/100]

    Then Daemon made his move, he was always impatient and full of himself in the novel too.

    He jumped a few meters in the air and extended his hand towards the ground.

    "Fireball!"

    A giant orb of fire suddenly appeared on his hands and he shot it, causing it to grow in size and hit the ground right infront of me.

    "Kid! That''s just a demonstration, if it actually hit you, you would be dead, so try harder and fight back!"

    [Anger meter: 98/100]

    "I don''t see the point" I spoke.

    "What?" Daemon looked at me confused.

    I don''t why, but at this very moment, I didn''t feel any type of despair or sadness at the fact my new life in here would be ruined before it even started.

    [Anger meter: 99/100]

    The only thing I felt at this very moment...

    Was <strong>pure hatred</strong>.

    "I''m gonna fucking DESTROY YOU!" I roared, surprising the crowd and the protagonist himself.

    [Anger meter <strong>100/100</strong>]

    [Conditions fulfilled.]

    [Skill: <strong>Hatred</strong>, activated.]

 Chapter 5: Extra VS Protagonist

    <h4>Chapter 5: Extra VS Protagonist</h4>

    My body was surrounded by a dark red aura, and I could feel power surging through me.

    All I wanted was to crush this stupid blonde guy under my feet.

    It doesn''t matter if you''re the protagonist or some invincible demi-god, i''m still gonna try to bring you down.

    I rushed towards him and swung my fist at his face, my fist was enveloped in the same aura that wasing out of my body

    "Tch, a brawler huh? Fine."

    But as he dodged my punch, a red energy appeared in his right hand, and a legendary sword made of incredibly rare materials revealed itself inside of it.

    Weird, this was an artefact that the protagonist didn''t reveal until the next arc agaisn''t some viin, why would he use it on me?

    "You''re not the only one with a hidden power" the protagonist spoke, before swinging his de at my stomach and kicking me out of his range.

    I got knocked out by a few meters and touched the part he aimed at, there was now a scar with blood flowing out of it.

    "You''re so annoying" I looked at him dead in the eyes while ignoring the injury, it didn''t hurt me at all for some reason anyways.

    "How dare you look at me like that, I can''t believe i''m fighting someone so pathetic."

    I charged towards him once again, and he raised his de up in the air, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

    But then he shed, aiming at my head and...

    "Huh?"

    My body was faster then him, I didn''t have time to dodge the de but the momentum was enough for me to grab it with my bare hands, they were surrounded by that red aura too.

    "That''s not possible!" Daemon looked shocked.

    Taking this opportunity in hand, I pushed his arm out of the way and swung my fist at his chin, essentially propulsing him by a few meters in the air.

    As I looked up at the sky to see where he was heading, I finally saw it: the skill window.

    [Skill: Hatred]

    [Your anger shall be the only strenght you need, mark fear onto the face of your enemies and show them that there is no escape from your fury.]

    [Everytime you reach 100 on the anger meter, you will be able to temporarily activate this skill.]

    [Anger meter: 100/100]

    "I get it now" I murmured.

    But there was no time to think as the blonde protagonist was already charging another one of his fireballs at me.

    He wasn''t even using his full strenght and yet it looked immensely deadly, his power was already tremendous while we were only at the beginning of the novel.

    "Bye bye kid" he said whileunching the fireball in my direction.

    And... I don''t know what came over me at this moment, and I don''t if it''s because I was so angry that I couldn''t think straight.

    But I rushed in the direction of the fireball, fully believing I could tank it.

    And as I came in contact with the magic, I turned my head to the public and saw the face of Mina, who looked extremely worried.

    "No way, is this kid crazy?"

    "He is dead~"

    Some of them said as the fireball upon contact with my body filled with hatred magic created a huge smokescreen blocking the view of everybody.

    "This is why you shouldn''t mess with me bahahaha!" Daemon was already talking to the crowd and boasting about his new victory.

    And I could only be thankful to him for that.

    I knew he was full of himself in the novel too, he never backed down but he showed extreme reckleness in many situations that were only resolved because of his abnormal strenght.

    So I guess this is why he didn''t expect his magic to fail.

    And even less to see mee out of the smoke and head towards him at full speed.

    "YOU SHITTY BASTARD!" I roared, leaving red mes on my path as I shortened the distance between me and the main character.

    I swung my fist and hit him directly in the face as he looked in my direction to see what was happening, the impact was so strong that the arena itself shook.

    But Daemon didn''t move an inch, he took the hit and didn''t flinch.

    His endurance was incredible, but it didn''t mean he didn''t get hurt.

    After all, when I removed my fist from his face, I could see blood gouging out of his nose and mouth.

    "You fucking little shit, how did you do this?" the protagonist asked while gasping.

    "Like I''m gonna tell you, asshole" I taunted him.

    He swung at my already scared stomach with a movement so speedy I couldn''t detect it andunched me into one of the arena walls.

    "Ugh"

    But the pain didn''t stop me from moving, and even less from wanting to fight.

    As soon as Inded, I got back on my feet and thought about my future actions.

    I closed my eyes and remembered about why I was infront of such an impossible opponent.

    <strong>"Entertain me Kaine" </strong>

    Reminiscing these words angered me more then anything.

    "I''M NOT A FUCKING PUPPET FOR YOUR GAMES" I screamed as I felt the aura around me increase.

    But along with this newfound power came something else.

    [Power surcharge, cannot use this much power at current level, deactivating skill in ten seconds.]

    "Fuck... I gotta finish this quickly" I thought.

    Concentrating every single one of the remaining power in this final attack, I blitzed towards Daemon.

    On the otherhand, he had his sword held with both hands, and he enveloped it in his fire magic, making it two times more deadly then it already was.

    He swung at full speed when I was close enough, but...

    "I can see his movements and where the sword will go... wow..."

    Using this information, I dodged his attack and punched him in the guts with all my power, essentially leading him to kneel on the floor and drop his weapon.

    He was looking at me with a smirk while spitting out a lot of blood, it was the expression he gave to all the strong opponents he fought, the only people Daemon respected were strong people after all.

    "Bye bye" I told him before powering up my final punch.

    And then I swung, with the intention to end the battle.

    But...

    [Power surcharge, skill deactivated, system user will pass out from exhaustion.]

    Just before I could reach his face, my body stopped moving.

    And then I copsed onto the ground.

    The only things I could hear before cking out were the words announcing my defeat.

    "Number 1783 is unconscious, thus eliminated! The victor is number 1!"

    Even when I tried my best, it wasn''t enough...

 Chapter 6: Accepted

    <h4>Chapter 6: epted</h4>

    As soon as I woke up, I was met with a white ceiling, and a beautiful green-haired elf leaning towards me, a worried expression painted on her face.

    "What... where am I?"

    "Oh, you''re finally awake!" Mina eximed, "I was getting worried, you''ve been unconscious for a few days."

    "A few... days?"

    I sat on the bed and rubbed my forehead.

    "Mhm, a lot of the people who failed the exam were teleported outside the arena but since you fainted, a doctor brought you here, and your condition was so bad they kept you here all this time."

    "I''m sorry for worrying you" I said while smiling.

    "I-It''s not like i''m worried or anything! You were the first person who was nice to me so it would be bad if you died or something!" she was acting cute again, I don''t know why I was getting close to this tsundere but it''s better then being alone I guess.

    Then I remembered the reason of my shorta and immediately sulked.

    [Anger meter: 0/100]

    The anger meter was back at zero, which means I had used all my power in this fight with Daemon and still failed... I was so close though...

    "You lied to me though" Mina pouted.

    "Huh? Why?" I looked at her with a puzzled face.

    "You told me you had no powers and yet what you did was awesome!"

    I guess that is true...

    "But it still wasn''t enough for me to pass I guess..." I was disappointed, but I guess it doesn''t matter, I know what is gonna happen in the novel so I can take some investments and be rich...

    "What are you talking about?" Mina genuinely looked confused, "you put up a fight with Daemon and you expect the school to fail you?"

    "Huh? What?"

    "What I meant is that you passed the exam silly~" she giggled.

    "WHAT?!"

    ***

    "Are you sure you''re okay walking around?"

    "Yes, don''t worry."

    I was still confused as to why the teachers and chairman allowed me to be enrolled in but I guess that''s a royal "fuck you" to the blonde family so i''ll dly take it.

    Mina and I were currently walking through the corridors of the academy, and just as it was in the novel, it was extremely big.

    There were a lot of different buildings and even a huge garden inside the campus.

    We were currently heading to the dorms, every student had a dorm room where he would live with another paired person for the remainder of the first year.

    This school never fails to surprise me, the technology was even more advanced then on earth, but I guess it''s normal, the author did describe it as a world where both magic and technology met each other.

    "You missed the first three days of ss but it''s okay they didn''t talk about much~"

    We finally arrived at my room and Mina opened it with a keycard.

    WAIT WHAT?

    "Why do you have ess to my room?" I asked, already knowing the answer but hoping it''s not true.

    "I told the teachers i''m your friend so they paired me with you" she puffed out her chest and had a proud look on her face.

    [Anger meter: -1/100]

    HEY, THAT DOESN''T MAKE ME HAPPY!

    ***

    I finished putting my stuff away as the luggage was already in the room and then looked around.

    The ce was fairly big and had twofortable looking beds for the two of us to sleep on, there were also two desks, a bathroom and a very big kitchen, this was basically a perfect room for two people as we wouldn''t spend that much time in here, most people prefer going to their houses anyways so the dorm isn''t an obligatory thing.

    "I''m going outside to bring needed stuff" Mina told me before heading out.

    Which means that now''s the perfect opportunity!

    I immediately sat on my desk after she closed the door and pulled an empty book from the drawers.

    I would have usually done what i''m about to do on my phone but I currently don''t have one so writing is my best bet for now.

    What am I trying to do you might ask?

    Well... it''s to write all the events I remember happening in the novel! I might undeniably forget some of them but I am a pretty focused reader so I think I''ll be able to remember just fine.

    I kept writing everything I knew about the following months or so in the book, it took me two hours and twenty pages but I believe I can manage it for now.

    So for now... the first thing to worry about is... the powerscaling test.

    As soon as I said that, the front door clicked and I could see the green haired elf smile with bags in her hand.

    "What is that?" I asked while looking at her.

    "Food and personal stuff!" she answered while putting them away.

    "Oh okay" I guess I can be grateful to her for that, the author did write that Mina was a fantastic cook, which means I would be blessed with her cooking from now on...

    "Oh but while I cook something for you, the chairman called you in his office so you might want to go!"

    Obviously.... he allowed me to join the school even after losing and now I woke up from my deep sleep, I guess he wants to talk about my "special" case.

    "Okay, see ya in a bit."

    And then I left the dorm.

    I had to ask a few people about where the chairman''s office was and even ask someone to guide me but I was finally there, and just as I had read in the novel, there was no guard outside the door, just a big white door with a name te attached to it.

    "Chairman Edwan"

    I knocked and a calm voice told me to enter.

    I pushed the door open and was greeted with a luxurious and beautiful room, the floor was made of wood, but the walls were covered with expensive looking decorations.

    "Please have a seat."

    The man was sitting on afy chair behind a wooden table and gestured towards a chair in front of it, his handsome face entuated his luxurious dress, and his white hair and beard connected perfectly.

    He was just as described in the novel, which means I know exactly how to act to please him.

    "Thank you."

    "No problem, so now that you''re here, there''s a lot to talk about!" he had a big smile on his face, I guess that''s the smile of a man who loves his job.

    "I can imagine, and I am deeply grateful for giving me a chance despite what happened" the chairman loves people who respect him.

    "You''re too formal" he chuckled, "but anyways, what you did back then was impressive, a normal student wouldn''t have stood a chance against Daemon."

    "I don''t understand what was impressive about it, I didn''t stand a chance, and that''s the truth" he also loves humble people, which is why he isn''t fond of Daemon.

    "Yes you''re right, but you have the potential, and that''s more than enough for us."

    Potential huh... I don''t know about that, I don''t even have any powers currently and my anger meter is in the negatives...

    But... I need to get on the chairman''s good side, he is an incredibly powerful man, him having a good image of me would only be beneficial for the future arcs.

    "I appreciate it chairman, I will try not to disappoint you."

    I disyed a big smile, one filled with ulterior motives.

 Chapter 7: Unexpected Encounter

    <h4>Chapter 7: Unexpected Encounter</h4>

    I went back to my dorm after talking to the chairman about the fact I needed to attend ss tomorrow because there was something "special" nned and saw that Mina had already finished cooking.

    She had made hamburgers for the two of us, and it was honestly amazing, I guess the author wasn''t lying about her cooking skills.

    "Where did you learn to cook like that?" I asked the question the protagonist did not say out loud because of his massive ego.

    "My mom taught me~"

    "Well she did a great job, you''re an excellent chef"

    She blushed, "I-i''m not that good."

    "Yes you are."

    "It''s not like I-I care what you think!" here we go again, looks like she is back to being an annoying tsundere.

    [Anger meter: 4/100]

    "By the way" she spoke up, "tomorrow there is a training session for our ss."

    "Oh, what does that entail?"

    "Well, we''re gonna be using a special simtion room and the teachers will see our power levels"

    "Sounds fun."

    But I knew that this test couldn''t even be considered enjoyable.

    "Don''t worry, I''ll show them my true power!"

    "I hope you do."

    "You don''t seem to be very concerned, why is that?"

    Shit, I can''t let her see that I am this carefree for no reason.

    "Oh it''s nothing, I''m just d that you''ll have a chance to shine, it''s your moment."

    "W-why are you being nice all of a sudden!?"

    "You''re my friend, and friends should support each other."

    "Hmph!"

    She turned her head away and started eating again, I can tell she was happy.

    "Beating a tsundere by being tantly honest is something I''ll never get tired of doing" was what I thought seeing her try to hide her smile.

    And after finishing our meals, we both went to sleep.

    It was actually pretty surprising, the beds were reallyfortable, it felt like sleeping on a cloud.

    I had a long day ahead of me, and the next arc would begin tomorrow.

    ***

    When I woke up, the sun had just begun to rise and the light was peeking through the windows.

    I yawned and stretched my body before heading to the bathroom, and after brushing my teeth, I decided to check the clock.

    "6:30 am"

    Damn, the sses don''t start until 9:00am and people only start waking up at around 8:00am, which means I had a whole hour and a half to kill.

    Should I wake up Mina?

    Nah, let her rest, she deserves it, I can tell she''s tired.

    "Hmm, what can I do now..."

    After a bit of reflection I decided to exit the room and take a look at the school, it was described in the novel but I also have to assess my surroundings now that I am here.

    The first thing I noticed while strolling through the hallways was that it felt surprinsigly calm when almost nobody was around.

    I began walking around the campus, it was extremely big, and the scenery was incredible, it almost feels like the entire academy is a city on its own.

    "I have a feeling I won''t get bored here."

    I continued walking while humming a tune from my original world but I was stopped by a voice.

    "Hello! Are you a new student?"

    I turned around and saw a cute girl smiling at me, she had purple eyes and short pink hair, she also had a big chest, and the uniform she was wearing did a terrible job at hiding it.

    Anybody else would be delighted to see such a beautiful sight, but not me...

    "Oh hell fucking no, not her..." was my only thought as I watched the pink haired girl approach me.

    [Anger meter: 26/100]

    The meter instantly rose up by 22 which made me panick but then I remembered I couldn''t afford to lose my cool, so I kept my calm and answered.

    "Yes, I am."

    "That''s awesome!" she cheered, "you''re the second newbie i''ve met today, and he was kind of scary."

    "Who is this guy?"

    "Ah, a blondie, his name is Daemon" she smiled, but it looked strained, "anyways, what''s your name?"

    "Kaine."

    "Nice to meet you Kaine, i''m Sera"

    "..."

    I knew it, it''s her: the first viiness of the novel, Sera.

    She is known for her massive amount of power, she is considered a genius among the students and her beauty is famous throughout the world, she is currently a second year but during the course of the protagonist''s first year she tried her hardest to ruin him, yet always failed.

    At the end, Daemon exposed her and it resulted in expulsion and her bing a social outcast.

    But none of this matters.

    I can''t beat her and I don''t want to interfere in Daemon''s quest to power and fame, meaning my best bet is just to not interact with her.

    "That''s great, but I gotta go, bye bye Sera" I answered coldly, I tried really hard to sound normal but I guess it''s not possible to control your emotions.

    [Anger meter: 36/100]

    I tried to leave quickly after that but I was stopped.

    "Wait" her voice was... weird.

    I turned around to see what she wanted and instantly realized I screwed up.

    The aura around her became dark, she wasn''t smiling anymore and it looked like she could explode at any point.

    "You''re a weird one aren''t you?"

    "What?" I held my ground.

    "Any normal person would of gotten flustered or tried to keep the conversation going and yet... you aren''t doing any of this" as she finished her sentence, she shortened the distance between us in a split second and put her hand on my shoulder, "who are you?"

    This looked undeniably scary, and she could probably crush me if she felt like it but...

    I refuse to let myself get yed around in this world too.

    "Don''t touch me" I said while pushing her arm away and stepping back.

    [Anger meter: 43/100]

    "Hehehe" she giggled, "you''re really an interesting one it seems, anyways goodbye!" she waved her arm from behind while walking away.

    Fucking hell, that was scary, but I think I did okay, I just hope she doesn''t remember me...

    I decided to continue my visit of the campus and after less then ten minutes, I saw another very familiar person...

    "Daemon" I whispered.

    He was currently training by swinging his sword and doing exercises, I guess it is expected from the main character to always be up before anybody else huh...

    But yeah, as I said before, i''m not interacting with these people and I refuse to take the gamble to see if he is gonna notice me or not.

    So I decided to go back to my dorm, it was "7:50am" anyways and I could already see new faces show themselves around the school hallways to discuss.

    ***

    As soon as I came back to my dorm, I was weed with the smell of pancakes and the sight of a happy elf, it seemed like she had taken a shower and was cooking for the two of us.

    "Good morning!"

    "Mornin''"

    "Where were you? I was worried" she said while pouting.

    "Just exploring around the school as I didn''t the time yesterday."

    I then sat down on a chair and waited patiently for her to finish cooking, the food was amazing, and it''s not like i''mining, I''m just not used to eating stuff like this.

    "S-so how is it" she was looking at me and waiting for my reaction.

    "It''s amazing, you''d make a perfect bride" I teased her.

    "B-b-bride?! S-stop saying such stuff you idiot h-human!"

    I guess she is still an annoying tsundere but seeing that cute side of hers after what happened this morning was oddlyforting.

    [Anger meter: 42/100]

 Chapter 8: First Class

    <h4>Chapter 8: First ss</h4>

    "We have to hurry, the teacher will be pissed if we''rete" Mina said, interrupting my thoughts.

    "Right."

    After cleaning the dishes and getting ready, we headed for our first ss, which was supposed to be the most important one since the beggining: the powerscaling test, the first arc of the novel.

    The ssroom was immense and at it''s back were arge amount of rows with seats, the floor and walls were covered in blue lights and a lot of people were gathered inside.

    ording to the novel, the 1000 people who were allowed inside of the school were divided in 10 sses of 100 students each.

    And the fact Mina told me we needed to go together meant that... no, I don''t even wanna think about it.

    As I entered the ssroom, I saw what I feared the most: many of the main characters, heroines and antagonists sitting on different chairs, I especially noticed Daemon who was taking a nap at the far back.

    I was in ss 1, the one where most of the events in the novel would happen, basically the most dangerous one...

    I nced to my right and saw who would be the one teaching us.

    It was a woman, she had brown hair, a very slim figure and her eyes were red, she was an extremely attractive and beautiful woman and ording to the novel, one of the most talented people in the academy, she was also an elf which was why her magic power was so strong.

    "Oh, it seems like the student who had been asleep for a few days finally woke up" she said enthusiastically, thus catching the attention of the other students as they all looked at me, "my name is Ms.Lana, feel free to ask any questions if needed!"

    "Thank you" I bowed before getting pulled by Mina to one of the rows and being obligated to sit next to her.

    "We have already talked about the basics the past three days, Kaine, but I believe your little friend next to you will exin itter" the teacher told me.

    I nodded at her words and thanked her again for her kindness.

    ***

    The first hour of ss was perfectly normal, she spoke about monsters and things I already knew about but I still tried to focus on her words as to not show i''m a cker.

    But at one point, the teacher closed herptop, thus turning off the big screen that was showing us the information we needed to see and...

    "Today is friday, but as you all might already know, today is the day of the first test: the powerscaling test" all of a sudden everybody in ss started to listen to her every word, "it is a very important evaluation in this school, every year we organize it and it is used to determine the power levels of the students and to motivate them to be stronger."

    "What is the test teacher?" a silver haired beastgirl asked.

    "You will know when we reach the advanced reality room."

    Of course, I already knew where this was going and the final ranking of the ss but I still decided to act surprised.

    "Follow me" Ms.Lana gestured with her fingers.

    We followed her lead and arrived infront of a huge building, there were a lot of signs that pointed the directions we should be taking and the ce itself was pretty easy to navigate, but the advanced reality room was hidden deep inside the buildings of the school and the only way to ess it was a keycard only teachers had.

    When we arrived, Ms.Lana was standing outside a white metal door and was waiting for all of us.

    "This is the ARR, and the ce where the test will take ce" she announced.

    The advanced reality room, or ARR for short was a gigantic simtion area designed specifically for physical and power tests such as this one, it is the pinecal of technology.

    As soon the students and the teachers passed the door, we were greeted by a big circr space and a tform in the middle.

    "Wee" an electronic voice sounded through the speakers, "we will begin the test in five minutes, please stand in line"

    I took a deep breath and prepared for what was toe, and after a few seconds, the voice echoed once more.

    "Please enter the tform."

    We all walked to the center on the tform, every single one of the 101 students could stand on it and there was still a lot of space, this was just how big that room was.

    "Please prepare yourselves, the simtion will start now" the voice echoed onest time.

    A blinding light then surrounded the tform and the environment changedpletely.

    It was a forest and we were currently surrounded by trees, the only empty space right now was the circle where the tform previously was.

    I could hear the discussions from the other students and their reactions to this change of scenery.

    But all of a sudden, holographic screens appeared everywhere around us, and with that came a voice reading the text written on them.

    [The powerscaling test is simple: you all will be released in different directions inside the forest and will have to fight low-level monsters inside to get points

    There are three types of monsters that will give you points if defeated:

    Dwarves: one point.

    Magic wolves: three points.

    Tree demons: five points.

    ???: ??? points.

    The test willst three hours and your number of points will be your final ranking at the end.

    Those who die from the monsters will be immediately sent back to the room and will be considered eliminated.

    Good luck.]

    And then everything went quiet.

    I could feel the anxiety in the atmosphere, nobody knew what was happening.

    Except me that is.

    I had no powers and currently was defenseless, but I was the one who knew this forest best.

    And so under the gazes of all the people who were panicking, I walked in one of the directions toward the overwhelming ocean of trees ahead and didn''t look back.

    I was diving into the unknown and into the uncertainty of survival.

    But it''s fine.

    Because my goal was simple: survive for three hours.

    I don''t need any of that fame or try to be the best bullshit after all.

    [Anger meter: 47/100]

    I was now alone with the eerie sound of nature as my solepany, I wish I could of brought Mina with me so that I could of had just a bit of defense but...

    What i''m about to do is extremely reckless and dangerous, and requires me to be alone to max my odds of sess.

    And with these thoughts in mind, the powerscaling test finally began.

    [Time remaining: 3:00:00]

    [Time remaining: 2:59:59]

 Chapter 9: Powerscaling Test (1)

    <h4>Chapter 9: Powerscaling Test (1)</h4>

    After entering the forest, I was greeted by a wave of heat and the humid and musky smell of nature, it was hot and theck of fresh air made it hard to breathe.

    "Let''s do this" I pped both my cheeks and headed in the direction I thought would be best, of course I didn''t know where the exact location of <strong>it</strong> was but... the novel exined we would need to follow a group of dwarves to find <strong>it</strong>.

    Dwarves are creatures with an appearance simr to a human child, but their size is usually much smaller, their ears are long and their face is ugly.

    They are also a very cowardly and weak race, and are the mostmon monster you''ll ever find in this type of forest, the reason behind it is that their bodies are full of magic energy, thus making them a valuable target for other monsters and hunters.

    The problem is that a normal person couldn''t possibly kill a dwarf without a weapo, a skill, or atleast something that could harm it, and dwarves are naturally agile, me having no powers basically meant I was useless.

    So of course, my best bet would of been to team up with other people to survive right?

    Completely wrong.

    Because an hour after the start of the test, the instructors reveal that you can steal other people''s points by fighting them.

    I''m not taking any chances, even Mina could betray me if it came to it.

    [Anger meter 49/100]

    ***

    After walking for a solid 40 minutes and running away from all kind of monsters and almost dying at every encounter, I finally found what i''ve been looking for: a small group of six dwarves, their tiny feet making the most noise possible while walking through the leaves on the floor.

    I hid behind a tree and observed their movements, I was nning on sneaking up on them to find their base.

    But all of a sudden one of the dwarves turned his head in my direction, revealing his hideous greenish face.

    And then after he made some uprehensible noises, the remainder of the group started rushing in my direction.

    "Fucking hell..."

    I ran away, and saw the dwarves were right behind me.

    "How did they notice me?"

    I was confused, and had no idea what I did to alert them, but none of that mattered, the only thing I was concerned about was staying alive.

    I dodged a lot of trees and jumped over rocks, trying to throw off the dwarves and slow down their chase, but no matter what, they wouldn''t lose sight of me.

    "Fuck, what am I gonna do now?"

    I don''t know what to do anymore, there is no way for me to beat them and my stamina isn''t infinite.

    Which means, until the end, even in this other world.

    I am still weak.

    [Anger meter: 76/100]

    And just as I was thinking about giving up, the scene from a few days ago repeated itself.

    <strong>"Try not to disappoint me, Kaine."</strong>

    "You..." I whispered as I remembered the astral entity mock me.

    I was suddenly filled with a newfound resolve and a desire to prove myself.

    And as I looked ahead, I saw a tree branch go towards me at full speed, the impact would probably kill me on the spot and I was too slow to avoid it.

    No.

    I have to stop putting myself down, this is a new life, I can''t live like before.

    All I needed to do was try.

    With thest bit of strength I had left, I ducked, the branch flew above my head and hit the six dwarves, killing them all on the spot.

    [Assist, +5 points]

    That''s one problem down, now the other one is... the tree demon standing infront of me.

    Tree demons are a type of monster that have the appearance of a giant tree. Their body isposed of bark, and the leaves grow like a crown atop its head. Its mouth is located within a hollow area on the trunk, and can extend forward in arge jawed opening, it also has an a singr eye with a red pupil in the middle of the trunk, right before the leaves.

    Basically, a huge ass tree monster with a lot of health.

    It can attack using a lot of methods, and has a very high amount of durability, which is why normal humans can''t kill them.

    But even though my anger meter wasn''t at it''s max, I could still feel the aura of hatred enveloping my body.

    "I''ll fucking kill you."

    Without hesitation, I sprinted towards the beast, it''s branchesing in my direction at a fast speed, but it wasn''t enough for it to hit me, I don''t know what is happening to me but I can predict their movements, just like that time with Daemon.

    I dodged and avoided them, and after jumping up on the tree and grabbing onto one of its many branches, I climbed towards the top and stood right above its head.

    "Die."

    Then I punched it''s eye.

    And kept doing so, again and again and again.

    Over.

    And over.

    I''m a coward, so of course i''ll attack the weak point of the monster, I can''t risk it.

    And during this split second of inattention and belief that I could win something in life, something unexpected happened: the tree demon moved, and the next thing I knew was that my leg was stuck between its teeth.

    "Shit!"

    It had grabbed hold of my leg and was chewing on it, blood wasing out and it hurt like hell, I could literally feel the skin tearing apart and the pain spreading.

    "Get the fuck away from me you piece of shit!"

    [Anger meter: 87/100]

    My anger meter was reaching it''s breaking point, and I could barely control my emotions, but it wasn''t enough to activate my skill.

    "HAAAAAH!"

    I punched its head multiple times and tried to get out of its grip, but the beast wouldn''t let go, and kept biting.

    And so, I had no choice.

    "Fuck, I really didn''t want to do this."

    I grabbed onto one of the tree demon''s teeth and pulled, and then another, and another.

    Until the beast''s jaw waspletely separated from its face, and all the blood was sttered on my uniform.

    "I''LL KILL YOU, I''LL FUCKING END YOU"

    I used the broken tree demon''s teeth and tore it''s eye open.

    "DIE, DIE, DIEEEE"

    I continued attacking its eye until the entire monster fell to the ground and stopped moving.

    I had killed it.

    [Tree demon killed, +5 points]

    But even after getting back up on my feet, I still felt useless.

    Everybody else in this ss could kill atleast three of these things without much effort, and yet I almost died...

    "Damn it, can''t let myself despair on this, I won, that''s all that matters"

    But as I started walking in the direction I came from, I heard a voice inside of my head and a screen appeared infront of me.

    [New Skill: Trial and Error]

    [Keep trying over and over, as long as you keep trying, there will always be a way to win; this skill grants you above average strenght and speed using your aura of hatred without needing to max the anger meter.]

    I guess it''s good...?

    Anyways, I need to go back on track, I can''t afford to bete.

    I kept walking for ten minutes after that, and all of a sudden I heard yet again another voice.

    [1 hour has passed since the beggining of the test.]

    [All of you might have killed a lot of monsters and got arge of points, but we wanted to make it <strong>more</strong> interesting.]

    [From this point on, you can steal 20 points from another person by defeating her.]

    [Good luck.]

    Here it is, now the real test will begin...

 Chapter 10: Powerscaling Test (2)

    <h4>Chapter 10: Powerscaling Test (2)</h4>

    Now that the powerscaling test had reached the one-hour mark, I knew what would happen.

    This is when the students would start to fight eachother for the sake of their pride and status, the one who woulde out victorious would obviously be the protagonist, as the author had written, it''s not possible to go against destiny.

    "Destiny huh..."

    Well, it doesn''t matter, all I need to do is to survive and not meet anybody, I only had 10 points but still... and also I had the feeling I was getting close to <strong>that</strong> ce.

    After this, I got yet again lost in the forest and had to fight my way through some monsters, dwarves were surprinsigly easy to beat now that I had this new skill though.

    But I still couldn''t truly battle agaisn''t tree demons so I opted with running away if it was possible.

    On the other hand I also had to fight magic wolves and they were a little harder to deal with, they were faster than dwarves and they would use their magic to create a barrier around their bodies, but luckily my strength was a lot higher than what I would of had originally, so I managed to punch them and kill them after a few hits.

    "Hah... Hah... How long has it been...?" I asked subconsciously after killing another magic wolf.

    I then looked at the holographic timer above me, and the remaining time was 1:14:43.

    "I still have time, the main character only reaches the ce 30 minutes before the end."

    But still...

    "I need to hurry" I started running.

    Time was ticking and the longer it took me to reach the ce, the greater the chances would be of someone meeting me and stealing my points.

    I can''t take the risk, the best thing to do would be to find the dwarve''s base and then wait for the protagonist to arrive, and then just stay put and hope nothing would happen as he took care of <strong>it</strong>.

    So the following ten minutes, I did not stop.

    I had already wasted more then 100 minutes and was afraid of beingte, so the best option was to run at full speed.

    But of course, I wasn''t that lucky.

    Because as soon as I took an additional step, a firey sh came from above the trees and almost hit me, if I hadn''t stepped back at thest moment my legs would of probably been cut off...

    "Thank god I got that new skill..."

    And at the ce where I previously was, a man dropped from above andnded on his two feet while staring at me; he had red hair, horns, which meant he was from the demon race, and two daggers, one for each hand.

    He looked like an assassin, which kinda reminded me of one of the characters in the novel: Kyle, a supporting character yet an extremely strong one.

    Basically someone I didn''t want to fight.

    [Anger meter 89/100]

    "W-wait, I don''t have any poin-"

    I couldn''t finish talking that the man was already infront of me, he had used a movement technique and the de was now going directly towards my heart.

    I could hear the sound of the wind splitting and feel the heat of the mes close to my skin, but I could not dodge.

    I couldn''t dodge, but it doesn''t mean it''s over.

    So with my sole motivation at work, I put my hand infront of the dagger as it was about to hit me and and caught the de, a lot of blood wasing out and the pain was unbearable, but I didn''t let go.

    I looked at Kyle dead in the eyes afterward as his faced started disying a confused expression, but I didn''t let him react.

    I focused some of my aura in my legs and kicked him in the stomach, thus increasing the distance between us as he was sent flying.

    But as he was still in the air from attack, I started running in the opposite direction at full speed.

    "Where are you going? Are you stupid?" Kyleughed and then disappeared, reappearing right behind me, "did you forget, idiot, you can''t run away from an assassin, I am an expert at this!"

    "Shut up, asshole"

    I was mad.

    Not because he attacked me, or because I couldn''t do anything to defend myself, no.

    It was because I knew I had no chance to survive and could feel the end of the tunnel.

    I didn''t know how many seconds or even minutes had passed, the only thing that mattered was running and dodging his attacks.

    "Are you sure you can dodge forever? It''s been 5 minutes, you should have ran out of energy by now, yet you are still moving."

    He was right.

    My legs were burning and the constant movement was taking a toll on my lungs.

    But I wasn''t going to give up, no.

    I have to get away.

    I have to get away!

    "I HAVE TO GET AWAY FROM HERE!"

    [Anger meter: 93/100]

    I knew he was ying with me, after all he could of just used his strongest attack and knocked me out instantly, yet it almost felt like he enjoyed ying this game of cat and mouse.

    "That''s enough, die"

    He suddenly increased the speed of his attacks, and the me of his des was growing bigger and hotter everytime it was shed towards me, I couldn''t do anything to counter him and was just hoping the stamina I had left would be enough for the chase.

    But that''s when I noticed something strange.

    Something that could lead me to victory: a tree was twitching a bit and it''s leaves were not moving normally.

    What makes tree demons so deadly was also their abilities to camouge in the environment as a real one, I could definitely take advantage of that.

    After avoiding another sh, I turned towards Kyle and spoke.

    "You''re never catching me you bitch" then I pulled out my tongue as to show I was mocking him.

    Kyle was the type of character to get angry easely and never back down from any type of threat, which means...

    "LET''S SEE YOU SURVIVE THIS THEN!" he yelled as I saw him charge his power for a final attack.

    "Took the bait" I whispered and got ready to use every single ounce of strenght I had left to dodge him, it was do or die now.

    "WRAHHHH!" Kyle dashed into my direction in a straight line.

    If the attack hit me, I would die, but...

    I still need to keep going.

    And so when Kyle was at a fair distance from me, I used the "Trial and Error" at it''s current max and dodged his attack by a few millimeters.

    This would normally mean nothing as Kyle could just attack again, but what he didn''t realize was that...

    He was heading straight towards a tree demon''s mouth.

    And before he even understood what was happening, the assassin hit his head agaisn''t the monster, thus stunning him and making him drop his weapons, then the tree demon grabbed his body with it''s moving branches and put it in it''s mouth, essentially killing him and making me victorious.

    [Elimination, +20 points]

    I''m quite lucky that this is the beggining of the novel as the characterster on be so strong it''s impossible to even hit them.

    Oh well, doesn''t matter.

    How much time do I have left now?

    [Time remaining: 50:00]

    [Time remaining: 49:59]

    Oh shit.

 Chapter 11: Powerscaling Test (3)

    <h4>Chapter 11: Powerscaling Test (3)</h4>

    It had been 15 minutes since Kyle''s elimination, and during that time, I had killed a few more monsters and made it a point to avoid meeting anyone else.

    "I should be close."

    And just as I thought, I had arrived at the edge of a cliff and was now looking down, it was a pretty long fall, but the bottom was visible.

    "It''s here!" I enthusiastically said, after around 2h30 of searching and risking my life, I finally found it: the dwarve base.

    There was a small opening inside the cliff, and a hole the size of a child was visible, one I could definitely squeeze through if I tried hard enough.

    Afterward I went down the cliff andnded safely on the ground.

    Then I entered the cave and started exploring.

    At the entrance of the cavern, there was arge amount of torches and a big table made of rock, and on top of the table was a map of the surrounding area, this was the dwarve''s camp.

    "This will be useful" I mumbled while taking a torch and trying hard to remember the map in the shortest amount of time, Daemon would be here in less then three minutes which meant I needed to be quick.

    After diving deeper into the cave, I had realized just how big and hard to navigate it was, and the cherry on the top was that the novel had not described the main character''s journey through the cave at all.

    I had obviously on the way met a bunch of dwarves, which I quite easely eliminated using my new skill, but it doesn''t mean i''m not lost.

    ***

    "I think I''ve been here before?"

    I was currently looking at a very simr corridor and could feel that i''ve seen this ce, which could only mean one thing:

    I had made a huge circle and was back to the start.

    "Fuck!"

    Now the test had been going for more than 2h40, meaning the possibility of me finding the <strong>thing</strong> would be slim and that the main character was most likely already deep inside the cave.

    "No... I just need to try again and hurry"

    [Skill: Trial and Error, activated]

    For some reason, the moment the skill activated, I instinctively felt like I knew the way towards the location I wanted to go to.

    So without any hesitation, I went through the corridors and rooms at full speed, ignoring everything else, and finally after less then five minutes of sprinting, I saw a room with a huge door.

    "Finally"

    The novel said that the door was originally closed, but seeing it open right now meant that Daemon was currently inside.

    "Meh~ doesn''t matter" I shrugged.

    And so I walked in, and what greeted me was the sight of a blonde haired man fighting a gigantic monster.

    It had a green skin and was atleast 25 meters tall, his hands were big enough to crush a whole car and his legs were extremely powerful.

    It was a giant, and a really dangerous one too: the dwarve king.

    A dwarve is an extremely weak monster, but once in a while, one will rise and through effort will be strong enough to be a king and lead the rest, he is the strongest monster in the forest.

    But also the one who gave the most points.

    "Die." the protagonist''s words brought me back to reality as I saw him with one punch smash the giant''s face, and yet it didn''t flinch.

    "DIE, DIE, DIEEE!"

    "Holy shit, is he alright...?"

    Everytime Daemon was hit with the king''s weapon (a giant wooden club), his body would resist and his rage would grow stronger, the more he was damaged, the harder he would hit, yet the dwarve king seemed just like him.

    "So boring..." I sighed while yawning.

    I sat back agaisn''t a wall with my torch in hand and looked as the two kept exchanging blows.

    But after around five minutes, a voice sounded inside of my head, and probably inside of Daemon''s too as his expression changed.

    [Hello to all the students still alive in the test!]

    [There are only five minutes left before you will all be transferred back to the ARR, use them wisely!]

    Hearing that, Daemon stepped back from the king and finally decided it was time to get serious as he pulled his demon sword or whatever and enveloped it in fire magic, just like he did with me.

    "Welp, looks like it''s time for me to step in" I got up and approached Daemon and the king as they were about to battle again.

    But before they could do anything, I quickly rushed in the dwarve king''s direction and pointed the torch in his eye after jumping to it''s head level, I was quite surprised by my newfound agility but I guess the Trial and Error skill was really useful.

    "GAAAH!"

    And of course, the giant started screaming in pain and holding his eye.

    Daemon seemed obviously confused seeing me arrive out of nowhere, but he then quickly assessed the situation and used the opportunity I gave him to cut off it''s arms and then it''s head, thus defeating it.

    "FUCKING FINALLY GHAHAHAHA" he shouted whileughing hysterically.

    [Dwarve King elimination, +100 points]

    Wait what? I knew the dwarve king would give this much points but I didn''t expect me to also get such a huge part of it as I just assisted Daemon...

    Well, I guess it''s fine.

    [3 minutes left before the end of the test]

    It looked like there was still a bit of time before we would be teleported away.

    Which meant...

    "Hey, what the fuck are you doing here?" Daemon asked me.

    "I found the hole in the cliff and tried to go through it to hide, but looks like I found something dangerous..." I replied while acting confused.

    "..." he was trying to see if I lied, but then he just shrugged it off, "well, it doesn''t matter, don''t annoy me kid."

    An attitude worthy of the main character, you could of atleast thanked me you know? Well he would have won if he was alone but still...

    I spent the remainder of the time just wondering about what I should be doing next.

    [Anger meter: 94/100]

    I hadn''t used my anger meter at all during the test... I guess it does take a long time to fill it huh... I would have sworn it would have filled by the time I reached the dwarve king so that I would be able to fight it.

    Oh well, i''ll just have to use it for another thing...

    But as I thought of this, I heard the final announcement.

    [Test finished, congrattions to those who achieved a high amount of points, the results will be disyed shortly after your return.]

    And then everything turned white after the message.

 Chapter 12: Results

    <h4>Chapter 12: Results</h4>

    As soon as we arrived back in the ARR, the students were all standing on the tform infront of the teachers, the test was officially over and everyone was waiting anxiously for the results.

    "So how did you do?" I whispered to Mina, she was standing beside me.

    "Hehe, I think I might be first or second, I did amazingly well!" she puffed out her chest and proudly said.

    "The following are the results of the powerscaling test, please pay attention" the voice of Ms.Lana echoed throughout the entire room, "In the first ce, Daemon with 223 points"

    Nobody was surprised yet they still pped, I think they were jealous but they didn''t want to anger Daemon.

    But...

    "Second, Kaine with 214."

    As soon she said that, all the gazes fell on me, there was no pping this time, just whispers of confusion.

    "Third, Mina with 137..."

    The room almost exploded when she announced the third person''s points, there was an almost 100 points difference between second and third ce after all.

    "Fourth, Kyle with..."

    "Fifth, Lilia..."

    "Sixth, Leon..."

    ...

    I was second... it wasn''t surprising as I got the dwarve king''s elimination points but just how many monsters had I eliminated?

    As I thought about that, a screen appeared infront of me, and looking at everyone''s reaction, it seems like they had gotten one too:

    [Kaine]

    [63 dwarves killed, +57 points.]

    [12 magic wolves killed, +27.]

    [3 tree demons killed, +10.]

    [yer eliminated, +20.]

    [Dwarve King killed, +100.]

    "Good job everyone, you will now be free to rest for the day and have the weekend for yourselves, you better take rest, it will be needed."

    And then, we were dismissed.

    But the first thing people did after the goodbye announcement was regroup around me.

    "How did you do it?"

    "Was there a trick?"

    "Aren''t you the one who fought Daemon during the entrance exam?"

    I didn''t know how to answer these questions as I wasn''t used to the fame, but I was thankfully saved by someone else.

    "Kaine, let''s go!"

    Mina pulled me out of the group''s grasp and took me away, she seemed angry.

    "What''s wrong?" I asked.

    "We will celebrate your victory,e on!" her voice didn''t sound very cheerful though.

    Still, I didn''t protest and just followed her.

    Mina then dragged me towards the cafeteria and ordered food for the both of us, and we then ate it while chatting, I swear even the food in this school was luxurious, the cafeteria looked like the interior of a castle and had everything served for free.

    "By the way, how did you do so well?" she suddenly asked.

    "Huh? Oh, I just encountered a lot of monsters..." I lied while scratching my head.

    "Huh... well then if you say it..." she mumbled.

    "You know, I like the food here but I still think I prefer yours" I said as I swallowed some dishes.

    Mina''s face turned bright red as she heard my words and almost choked on her te.

    "S-shut up!" she shouted while hiding her face, "b-but if you really think so, then maybe I''ll cook for youter..."

    ***

    "Thank god, I survived"

    It was Sunday morning and I wasying on my bed after the eventful weekend.

    It turns out being second in the beginning means a lot of opportunities.

    During the weekend, a lot of students came to ask me to team up, but I kindly rejected them all.

    Afterall, I had no intentions of involving myself too much into the novel matters, and would never have epted their offers, especially when they were all just using me.

    The worst thing that happened after that was the fact I heard Kyle, the assassin I killed during the test, was looking for me to "talk", sorry but I don''t n to talk to you.

    And the best thing was my outing with Mina, she had noticed that I didn''t have a phone so we went outside to pick one.

    I had absolutely no money but she offered to pay one for me, I guess it helps to have a noble elf family...

    "Well... thank you" I expressed my gratitude while holding my new Ephone Z in hand, it was thetest model and the most popr one as it had a lot of functions.

    "Hehe~ no problem!" Mina scratched her cheek while blushing.

    ***

    I am in my bed and it''s sunday morning, but I can''t go back to sleep as something has been lingering on my mind for a while.

    And it''s rted to the next arc: the intruder arc, which will happen in two weeks from now.

    The reason I tried not to get too close to Mina even though she tried to approach me and cook for me was because of the events of this arc.

    In it, some viin would intrude the school as a student and take Mina hostage, then the main character Daemon would figure out the schemes of the viin and save Mina, thus making her fall in love with him and be an even bigger tsundere.

    Which means... in around two weeks, Mina will stop being so nice to me to focus on the main character, that''s why I don''t wanna get too close to her.

    Basically, I will be reced.

    But at the same time, I can''t avoid herpletely, or else she will realize and try to help, which would cause a plot hole.

    "This is gettingplicated..."

    I have to be careful.

    The problem is that the author gave the viin a fake name and he doesn''t really describe the face either, the only thing that''s mentioned is that the viin is a beastmen with brown hair.

    Which means, I have to watch out for every single male student from this race.

    I don''t wanna get involved in the novel matters but I think it''s good if the problem can get solved faster, after all the main character doesn''t unlock any kind of new abilities while fighting the viin as he was pretty damn weak.

    So the best option would be for me to find the viin and inform Daemon early so that he can save Mina fast and not let her be scared in the dark.

    "That sounds like a n" I was proud of my genius but..., "meh~ i''ll do itter, I still have two weeks after all" it''s sunday, the perfect day to procrastinate.

    I spent the remainder of the dayzing around and using my new phone to discover all it''s abilities.

    Mina cooked pizza for us and I thoroughly enjoyed it, then we went for a walk outside.

    It feels nice to have someone close to you in moments like these, but of course, I knew this was only temporary...

    We returned to our dorm after that and ate some snacks while ying a game, and then it was time to sleep.

    "Tomorrow is monday, the official start of the school year as the first week served as an introduction and to do the powerscaling test" I thought to myself.

    And as I imagined all the different ways I could discover who the secret viin was, I fell asleep.

 Chapter 13: Class and Research

    <h4>Chapter 13: ss and Research</h4>

    Today was Monday, meaning the school year was officially starting, and today was the day where the real sses would begin.

    I opened my eyes and noticed that yet again I woke up too early for anybody else to be up as Mina was still snoring in her sleep.

    But this time I refuse to make the mistake of going outside, I don''t wanna meet any other important characters from the novel.

    And so I decided to sit on my desk and open the book I previously used before to write the content of the following arcs.

    The reason? I needed a n to catch the culprit.

    It was not a manga after all, so telling me that he has brown hair and that he is from a specific race doesn''t help at all...

    "I can''t think of anything, damn it"

    30 minutes after sitting on the chair, I still had not a single idea what to do, not matter how I searched inside of my head to remember any kind of clues from the novel.

    The main character had found out about the matter after the viin made a mistake and showed himself in one of the secluded hallways of the school while talking about his n on the phone with his boss.

    Daemon heard him and followed his steps towards a secret room in the school, then he beat him up and saved Mina, essentially making her fall in love with him.

    "..."

    Wait...

    "THAT''S IT!" I shouted at the top of my lungs enthusiastically, I had finally found a possible way to catch the bastard.

    But it looks like my enthusiasm woke up Mina as she got up from her bed, looking angry.

    "WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?" she shouted back, half-asleep.

    "Huh... I was just mesmerized by your beauty and shouted when I woke up and saw it" I lied, but honestly who cares.

    "W-what are you saying? Y-you always do this! A-anyways stop screaming when other''s are asleep" it surprinsigly worked as she calmed down and went to the bathroom to wash her blushing face.

    "Being a tsundere sure is hard..." I mumbled.

    ***

    I finished eating breakfast and then headed to the first ss of the week with Mina.

    We arrived in the ssroom and took our seats while we waited for the other students to arrive.

    I could hear some whispers around me but I ignored them, their content was mostly about the powerscaling test and my ranking on it.

    The teacher, Ms.Lana, finally arrived after five minutes and greeted us.

    "Wee everybody, I will be your main teacher for the remaining of this year, I hope we can all pass it calmly."

    Each ss has two teachers, one who hosts theory sses and exams and such (the main one) and another who hosts the practical ones.

    Ms.Lana will be the host for the theory sses, and her partner will be the host for the practical ones.

    "Alright, the first period will be about the basics ofbat and how it works, please open your books on page 12 and take notes"

    """Yes."""

    And the lesson started.

    But honestly, this was so boring I don''t even know most of these people have the will power to take notes.

    It was all information I already knew too, the author of the novel REALLY took the time to exin most of the things inside his work, of course I couldn''t remember everything but the basics were extremely easy.

    "Borinnnggg~" I whispered, low enough for nobody to hear me.

    ***

    Time passed slowly during the morning and we had two more sses after the first one.

    The other two were also very boring and I just slept during the whole thing.

    "Hahhhh"

    I sighed in relief as I was now able to finally rest, the final theory ss of the day was done and lunch break was here.

    "Are you alright?" Mina approached me, looking worried.

    "Yeah, I''m just not a big fan of school" I replied, "well, wanna go eat?"

    "Sure" she gave me a deadly cute smile.

    ***

    After eating lunch, I had onest ss, a practical one.

    "Hello everyone, i''m the other teacher for your ss, you can call me Mr.Volt, please follow me, and by the way, the lesson will be outside today"

    Mr.Volt was a tall and buff man, his arms were full of muscles and he had a ck beard, overall his body was simr to a rock.

    But i''ll cut the bullshit and just inform you all that I found something worse then theory sses.

    Basically it was training to fight monsters except we were each training with the teacher, and I got absolutely wrecked as I don''t have the strenght even with the "Trial and Error" skill.

    Of course everybody else was getting destroyed too and all looked annoyed; even Daemon, the protagonist, still did not stand a chance agaisn''t Mr.Volt.

    ***

    I was nowying on my bed after taking a long bath, I had never felt so sore before.

    "My whole body hurts like hell"

    It was understandable, Mr.Volt''s training was intense and my body could not hold on for so long.

    But now was not the time as I put back my uniform and opened the front door of the dorm, ready to leave.

    "Where are you going" Mina asked.

    "Huh..." I hesitated before replying, "it''s a man''s issue so I can''t tell"

    Her face turned bright red at my words, "p-pervert!''

    Wow? I don''t understand what she thought I was doing but it was undeniably wrong... well atleast she let me go as she closed the door in her embarassment.

    "I''ll just clear the misunderstandingter..."

    The reason why I was in such a hurry was because I thought I figured out a way to find the viin.

    I said before that the protagonist discovered the scheme byplete luck as he passed a hallway.

    And that''s what I wanted to do: go to that same ce and wait to see if he didn''t appear to talk to his boss.

    It was a hallway at the far right of the academy and almost nobody passed it if there wasn''t any ss, which makes it a great location for secret meetings.

    But after arriving at the ce, I saw nobody there.

    I know I couldn''t be disappointed as there was no way I could get it on the first try but it was still annoying.

    [Anger meter: 96/100]

    I waited two hours afterward but nobody arrived, which made me abandon the n for the day.

    "Looks like it''s gonna take a while..." I told myself, "well, it''s fine, I''ll try again tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after."

    I''ll keep trying no matter how many tries and how much time it takes.

 Chapter 14: Discovery

    <h4>Chapter 14: Discovery</h4>

    During the following days, I kept going to the hallway after ss and waited for any hint of the brown haired beastmen''s appearance, and yet nothing.

    At the same time, I tried to not act weirdly infront of Mina and not let her discover my n.

    She was starting to get suspicious though as she noticed the change of behavior and that I wasn''t spending time with her anymore, but she didn''t ask questions.

    On the weekend, we went out to the city together and bought stuff, it was fun and we had a good time.

    But I couldn''t help but wonder...

    "Is this really worth it? Will I seed? Or will it all be a waste of time?"

    Those thoughts lingered on my mind even while I was in bed, the week was over and the viin hadn''t appeared.

    I had tried a total of eight times, and was losing hope.

    I had six days left before Mina''s hostage situation and the main character saving her.

    But wait... why am I even doing this in the first ce if I know Daemon will resolve the situation fully by himself?

    Isn''t it a stupid n and a huge waste of time?

    No... it''s not.

    "I am just trying to help the main character solve the situation faster so that Mina won''t be scared for too long..." I knew I was lying to myself, but I couldn''t bring myself to look at the truth, I wanted to reassure my pitiful existence and give purpose to my actions.

    "I need to find a way."

    I will find a way.

    ***

    "This is hopeless"

    "Kaine, are you alright?"

    "I''m fine, thank you"

    "A-alright"

    Mina looked at me worriedly and walked away.

    It had been four days since myst reality check.

    There were now only two days before the incident, and yet, he didn''t show.

    [Anger meter: 99/100]

    I was reaching my breaking point.

    ***

    "He''s noting."

    I was currently standing right beside the hallway.

    I had tried every day, and was now on thest one.

    If nothing happened, Mina would be in danger, and I could do nothing to stop it from happening.

    "I''m an idiot"

    But before I could continue wallowing in self-despair, I heard a voice.

    "Yeah, don''t worry, I''m gonna do it tomorrow."

    I then peeked into the hallway to make sure nothing was happening and saw...

    A BROWD HAIRED BEASTMEN!

    [Anger meter: 94/100]

    I guess my excitement dropped the meter, but it doesn''t matter, I finally got it!

    I found the viin of this arc, and I know knew his face, which means I could now just follow him around and inform the protagonist of his actions!

    I didn''t waste any time and decided to follow him, he had a small conversation with someone and then hung up the phone, I was too far away to hear him but he was obviously talking to his boss.

    The guy was pretty tall, had dark brown hair and was wearing the school''s uniform.

    He started walking and I followed him while staying out of sight, and after a while, he stopped in another hallway and pulled out a painting from it''s spot, thus revealing a secret hole inside of the wall.

    "GOTCHA!" I subconsciously screamed in my head, I now knew behind which painting the secret room was.

    The viin didn''t notice me and entered the room, closing the door behind him, and I didn''t dare approach it.

    It was 7pm, which meant the sun would set in around two hours, the incident would happen at around 2am during the night as it is the easiest time to capture Mina.

    Which meant I had no time to waste.

    "Time to get the protagonist."

    I hurriedly ran towards my dorm and opened the room to be greeted by the incredible scent, and just as I guessed it, it was Mina cooking something.

    "Where are you?" she told me as I opened the door.

    "Just somewhere..." I argued.

    "Ok" I started noticing that Mina''s attitude towards mepletely changed, she was now cold and unresponsive to my shitty excuses.

    Well, it doesn''t matter as tomorrow everything will be resolved, I sat on my desk and wrote the following text on a piece of paper:

    [Hey,e to (this) hallway tomorrow at 7pm, I wanna talk.]

    Then I removed the paper from the book and hurried back out of the dorm towards Daemon''s room.

    I wasn''t afraid of anybody noticing me as there was almost no student outside, the corridors werepletely empty.

    And so, I stood in front of his dorm, knocked on the door and slid the paper below.

    [Skill: Trial and Error, activated]

    Then I ran away as fast as I could back to my dorm without looking back.

    "I did it" I sighed in relief as I closed the door behind.

    The reason I did all of this even though the protagonist would find the viin and Mina eventually was because it would take him a whole five days from now to discover the scheme, and I have no n to let Mina suffer that long.

    Now the protagonist will have the info about the viin''s position, and he will use it tomorrow, then he will save Mina.

    "I will finally be able to sleep peacefully knowing that this will all be over"

    I smiled.

    "Thank god."

    But that smile quickly vanished as I saw the green haired elfe out of the kitchen with two bowls of soup in hand.

    "What is wrong with me..." I thought.

    ***

    (Neutral POV)

    Daemon heard a knock on his door and then saw a paper slide beneath it, he was obviously surprised but nobody was there when he opened the door.

    "Who was it?" his roommate, Leon, asked.

    "Nobody I guess, but I have this paper now" he bent down to grab him, then he read the message out loud, "Hey,e to (this) hallway tomorrow at 7pm, I wanna talk."

    Leon raised an eyebrow, "weird"

    "Yeah, maybe someone''s messing with me" Daemon replied.

    "Do you n to go anyways?"

    "Umm..." Daemon put his fingers on his chin and scratched it before giving his answer, "nah, the kid didn''t even have the nerves toe up to me himself, it''s probably a weakling, I don''t want to waste my time on such stuff."

    "Alright"

    Meanwhile, in Kaine''s room, the elf and the human were both sitting on their chairs while eating the delicious soup prepared by the girl, there was an eerie silence as none of the two had the confidence to start a conversation with the other after their weird "change of attitude."

    But unbeknownst to him, Kaine didn''t realize Daemon had actually rejected his invitation, which meant his n to save Mina quickly was utterly failing at the moment.

 Chapter 15: Intruder Arc (1)

    <h4>Chapter 15: Intruder Arc (1)</h4>

    The evening was pretty damn awkward but it doesn''t matter, tomorrow everything will be resolved.

    Mina and I both went to sleep on our respective beds, but s only one of us closed their eyes this night: me.

    It was at around 2am that it happened: the door of our dorm was quietly opened and I saw a silhouette appear at the entrance.

    "It''s him..." I said in my head.

    The viin of the intruder act didn''t use some kind of sick magic to capture Mina, he just forcefully opened her dorm room and captured her in her sleep.

    And the reason why she didn''t wake up with all that noise was because...

    "Time to use to powder" he whispered to himself before taking something from his pocket and blowing in his hand to spread it inside the room, it was high level sleeping powder.

    He obviously knew that I was in the room but he didn''t bother to even check if I was asleep or not as he thought the powder would do the job easely.

    And I thought so too, I expected to stay awake to watch him do the deed just to make sure that the events of the novel went ordingly, then I would fall asleep because of the powder.

    The thing I didn''t expect was... to still be awake.

    "What?" I couldn''t understand how that''s possible, the powder could put a middle-ss monster to sleep in an instant.

    Yet, here I was, still awake and kicking...

    And I didn''t have to wait long for the answer as the system window appeared before my eyes.

    [New skill: Status Resistance]

    [Why would you get affected by such puny tricks? Your hatred aura blocks most types of status changes and leaves you unaffected by them.]

    Such a convenient skill...

    But along with it came another problem: I had to now watch as Mina was kidnapped.

    I also wanted the sleep powder to stop me from watching it happen but now it was ruined.

    And the thing that scared me the most as I saw the man lift up Mina from her bed and start walking away.

    Was my anger meter.

    [Anger meter: 99/100]

    My rage was getting the better of me, yet I knew I needed to calm down.

    "HOLD ON, HOLD FUCKING ON" I was screaming internally.

    And right after the viin took Mina out and closed the door of the room behind quietly.

    I looked back at the anger meter.

    [Anger meter: 99,9/100]

    This was close... if it happened to reach 100, I probably wouldn''t have been able to stop myself from activating the hatred skill and trying to save her.

    But I knew I couldn''t do that, because if I acted upon my own feelings and rescued Mina right now, then she wouldn''t meet the protagonist and I don''t want to risk any loophole in the plot that could put the world at risk.

    I couldn''t sleep that night because of the anger.

    ***

    It was the next day and I was in the cafeteria, waiting for the lunch break to end, it was a tuesday morning after ss.

    I felt like shit, I hadn''t slept the whole night, and couldn''t rest.

    The students had already noticed the disappearance of the elf, and a lot were discussing the matter.

    But the teachers didn''t know what to say and pretended they hadn''t heard anything, and just kept doing their work, ignoring the rumors.

    Of course the first thing people did was gather around me to ask if I knew anything.

    "Kaine, where is Mina?"

    "Do you know something?"

    "Tell us."

    And so the questions never stopped, they wouldn''t leave me alone, and the fact that I was acting weirdly wasn''t helping.

    I had to wait a little bit more before the protagonist woulde and save her, then the students would know the truth and they would stop asking me.

    Practival ss ended after that but Mr.Volt noticed the absence of the elf too, yet nobody knew about her so he dropped the matter.

    ***

    As I walked out of the ss and arrived in the corridor, I felt a gaze on me, it was Daemon.

    "..." he didn''t say a single word, but I could feel his piercing eyes, then he suddenly stopped and went back to talking to his close friends.

    It weirded me out a bit but didn''t think for too long and assumed his look was just a coincidence, afterall, even if the protagonist thought I had information, he wouldn''t have gotten the hint of where the viin would take her, which is why I gave him the note so that he can catch him in the act.

    Now all I needed to do was wait for Daemon to go to the hallway and save Mina by discovering the scheme.

    ***

    "Where the fuck is he?" I was nervous.

    I looked at the time on my phone and saw that it was 7:03pm, well above the time I ordered him toe here.

    "Did something happen?"

    I had waited beside the hallway the entire day since the moment thest ended and didn''t even move an inch, and the protagonist still wasn''t here.

    I knew there was no way the protagonist wouldn''t understand the hint and figure out where the secret room was, it was impossible, the author didn''t even try to exin why Daemon found out the location of the room and just left the reader''s imagination to think that he did something after seeing the viin talk about his n.

    So then... what was going on?

    "No, no" I shook my head as weird thoughts starting piling up inside of it.

    "There is no way the main character isn''ting."

    I needed him toe.

    ***

    Ten more minutes had passed since myst reassuring thoughts, but he wasn''t here.

    And thest thing that brought me to the edge was the sight of the brown haired beastmen appear out of nowhere and move the painting to enter the room.

    [Anger meter: 99,99/100]

    "..."

    I stared into the air, nk.

    "What is happening...?"

    Everything was going the opposite way it was supposed to, and yet, nothing was making sense.

    "Why did Daemon not show up?"

    That''s right, the main character did nothing, and the viin did the deed sessfully.

    I... I don''t see the point in waiting anymore.

    [Anger meter 99,999<strong>/100</strong>]

    If the main character really has toe 5 days from now to save Mina, just so that she can suffer and be dependent of him...

    Then I refuse to follow the plot of this shitty story.

    Even if it destroys everythingter on, even if it creates a massive loophole...

    "I..."

    I entered the hallway and headed towards the painting where the secret room was.

    "I will do it myself."

    [Anger meter: <strong>100/100</strong>]

    [Skill: Hatred, activated]

 Chapter 16: Intruder Arc (2)

    <h4>Chapter 16: Intruder Arc (2)</h4>

    I grabbed the painting and removed it from the wall, revealing the secret hole, and without a second thought, I jumped inside.

    It was dark and there were a lot of stairs leading to the bottom.

    The hallway was long and the temperature was very cold, it was a hidden underground basement and there seemed to only be one exit: the entrance.

    But no worries, the heat of the hatred was keeping me warm and alive.

    And after a minute of descending, I could hear voices.

    "HELP, PLEASE!" It was Mina''s pleading voice.

    "Shut the fuck up bitch, nobody ising" the viin replied.

    I turned a corner and reached the source of the sound.

    I saw a half opened big metal door and an open vent on the side, probably to give air, and behind the door was a small room.

    Mina was there, tied up andying on the floor, and the brown haired beastmen was standing on top of her.

    I lost my cool at that moment, I don''t care what happens anymore.

    "DON''T YOU TOUCH HER" I yelled as I charged in.

    "Huh?" The viin turned around and was surprised, "WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?"

    "I am the one who''s gonna rip your body apart you coward."

    The guy smiled as I approached him, "HAHAHAHA, do you think a fucking child like you can eveny a scratch on me?

    "..."

    "FUCKING TRY IT."

    He tried punching me with his fist, but the speed was too slow.

    I dodged his attack easily and countered by hitting him on the chin.

    "WHAT?!"

    The viin was shocked and didn''t expect to get hit, especially by someone whose physique is smaller than his.

    Realizing that I was actually dangerous, he finally unleashed his real power.

    A greenish aura enveloped his body and sharp ws came out of his hands, in addition his speed had tripled.

    I previously said that this man was weak, but I don''t think it''s true, it was just that the main character was too strong.

    He rushed in my direction at full speed and aimed at my chest, the realization hit me way toote as I felt the ws rip my body.

    "Tsk..."

    It was painful, but the adrenaline of the moment made the pain feel numb, and I was able to continue.

    I kicked him out into one of the walls so hard he spat some blood, but he got up again and prepared to charge another attack.

    "He has weapons and I only have my bare hands to fight, plus I can''t use any tricks in here..." I clicked my tongue and thought deeply, "but I can''t die here, even if it seems unwinnable"

    I have to survive and rescue Mina.

    "Hmph"

    I stood upright and red at the man infront of me, his expression was of a mix between joy and excitement.

    "I am gonna enjoy killing you."

    The battle continued.

    I ran and avoided the viin''s attacks as much as possible, but his speed was unmatchable, and eventually I would almost always get hit.

    "Just stay still, brat."

    He was clearly frustrated and didn''t want the fight to continue.

    I was tired and exhausted, I couldn''t run anymore and had to find a way out, but no matter how many times I tried to dodge his attacks, he always predicted my movements.

    "This is not good, my injuries are getting worse"

    I''m sure I can''tst any longer, I''ll soon copse if this continues, this man really wasn''t as weak as the novel made him out to be...

    "This is thest attack, you fought well kiddo, but now it''s time to die" he had a psychotic grin on his face, he really enjoyed seeing others suffer it seems...

    I turned my head in the direction Mina was, and I could see her with tears streaming down on her.

    And that''s when it hit me.

    "If I can''t avoid his attacks... then I just have to make up for it another way!"

    The beastmen charged onest time and dashed forward, but in opposition to what he thought I would do, I also rushed in his direction, towards the sharp ws.

    "Have you finally lost your mind?" heughed while piercing my body again with his weapons.

    "No... you are the one who''s gonna lose" I gouged out blood and gave him a nasty smile.

    Then I grabbed the hand that was stuck in my flesh and smashed the ws that were on it, thus breaking them all.

    "Grah!!" he shouted in pain and backed away from me.

    If I can''t win in a contest of speed, then I can definitelypensate with my abnormal strenght.

    And just as the man was backing off and was ready to attack again, I moved faster than him and punched his guts.

    "GAH!!!" he was sent flying against the wall and coughed a lot of blood.

    "YOU LITTLE BITCH" his tone changed, it was no longer prideful.

    But no matter how fast he could get, I would always be stronger, and every punch, kick or w that came at me would be blocked, after all he only had one hand he could use now, meaning his speed was useless.

    Realizing that his situation was gettingplicated, he did the most cowardly thing I expected him to do: go to Mina and hold her up while putting the sharp ws close to her neck.

    "I knew you were a coward" I said.

    "SHUT THE FUCK UP! If you move an inch I will slice her throat and bleed her dry."

    "..."

    I can''t do anything... not while she is in danger.

    "Alright, alright, calm down" I raised both of my arms, "don''t hurt her."

    Such a coward, he has to rely on a hostage to get himself out of this situation.

    The sight before my eyes angered me so much I didn''t wish for anything other then to grab this guy and kill him with my own two hands.

    Wait... I GOT IT!

    I breath a bit to concentrate and increased the power around me.

    The hatred aura was now everywhere on my body, and it seemed immensely deadly.

    [Power surcharge, cannot use this much power at current level, deactivating skill in ten seconds.]

    But 10 seconds were more than enough for me.

    And as the viin thought he had me in the palm of his hand, I dashed with immense speed towards him, of course he realized it instantly and tried to kill Mina by shing her throat, but I was so fast that I reached him before he could do anything.

    Then I pushed him into the wall and started punching him over and over.

    "FUCK YOU!"

    Over and over and over, the speed of my punches increasing each time.

    Daemon when fighting this guy didn''t kill him as he didn''t think of him as a threat, instead he knocked him out and handed him to the teachers.

    But in my case...

    If i don''t kill him, it''s over.

    I would pass out in less than five seconds because of the power surcharge so I had no other option.

    "GRAAAAAHHH!!!!" I screamed as loud as possible before giving the finishing blow.

    And as I stood up to look at the scene before my eyes, I realized just how far I had gone: the man''s bones were probably all broken, his face was a mess and he was bathing in his own blood.

    I killed him, with my own hands.

    [Power surcharge, skill deactivated, system user will pass out from exhaustion.]

 Chapter 17: Selfish

    <h4>Chapter 17: Selfish</h4>

    "Ughhh"

    I woke up and found myselfying on a soft bed, and the first thing I saw was the white ceiling above me.

    "What is this ce?"

    I looked around and saw a big window beside the bed, it was letting the sunshine pass through and illuminate the room.

    I sat up and realized the bandages that were wrapped around my body.

    "Oh right" I touched my wounds and remembered what happened, the battle.

    "Wait, does that mean Mina is okay!?"

    "Yes, she is."

    A voice interrupted me and made me turn my head to the opposite direction, and then I saw a beautiful woman appear.

    "Miss Sylvia, how long have I been sleeping?"

    She chuckled at my question and walked towards me, "you slept for two whole days."

    "Really?"st time was three days, does it mean my body is getting used to the exhaustion of the hatred skill...?

    "Yeah, the healers and I did our best to heal your injuries and prevent them from leaving any scars" she exined.

    Miss Sylvia was a genius healer that was described in the novel to be able to heal almost all injuries, she helped the main character many times after his deadly battles using her powers.

    She had long silver hair and looked extremely young even though she was in her mid 40s, I remember the author writing that nobody should joke about her age if they wanna stay alive.

    "Are you fine, kid?" Miss Sylvia asked, interrupting my thoughts.

    "Huh? Umm, yeah"

    "Don''t worry, i''ll leave the room for a few minutes so you can rx" and with those words, she left the room, closing the door behind her.

    Iid back on the bed and stared at the ceiling, thinking deeply.

    "Did I really do the right thing?"

    Of course I did.

    "Why did Daemon note?"

    Maybe he just didn''t trust the message.

    "I should have been patient."

    And waited till the main character did his job? Quit making meugh.

    "It''s my fault."

    I know it''s not.

    "My n was wed and the viin could have killed her"

    He wouldn''t have, the plot would have saved her.

    "..."

    I punched myself to let go of these intoxicating thoughts, after all what needed to happen happened.

    "Kaine, are you ok?" Miss Sylvia opened the door and came in.

    "Ah, yes, thank you."

    After the healing and bandaging, I decided to go back to the dorm and sleep, I needed rest, and I was happy knowing Mina was safe.

    Mina on the other hand was still in critical condition and apparently was transported to the "Freesia Hospital" to heal her scars, it''s the biggest one in the country so I believe she will be fine.

    ***

    One week had passed since the moment I woke up and Mina still wasn''t back.

    Apparently the green haired elf got out of her ties after a bit of struggle and picked up my injured body to bring it to the infirmary.

    She copsed right after and was transferred to the biggest hospital in the country so that they can treat her.

    I had also asked the teachers to not inform anybody of what I did as to not give the scandal more recognition.

    Honestly I really wanted to take credit, after all I almost died for the sake of this n, but the main character in the novel had asked the teachers to keep it a secret aswell, so I just followed in his footsteps to reduce the possible damages.

    Yet the teachers were looking at me in a weird manner since the past week, and I could definitely understand why they were cautious.

    Mr.Volt took me aside during one of the practical sses and exined the discovery of the viin''s corpse to me.

    Apparently, as soon as they entered the secret room, the first thing that was uttered was:

    "This smells like death."

    Then they saw the destroyed corpse of the beast men and were all shocked of the brutality in which he was beaten, he also added that around the corpse was a deadly aura that was overwhelming.

    "It felt like the entire hatred of the world was in this aura..." were his words as he exined the situation to me.

    ***

    Today was Friday, which meant the long-awaited week-end was tomorrow.

    I finished both my theory and practical sses and then headed back to my dorm, I had almost no friends because I kept rejecting people from teaming, so I didn''t have anybody to talk to.

    I sighed as I arrived infront of my dorm room and opened it without giving it much thought.

    But to my greatest surprise, I suddenly heard footsteps approaching me and then two soft mountains press agaisn''t my face.

    "KAINE!" I heard an extremely familiar voice, "I missed you so much!!!"

    It was Mina, she was finally back.

    "W-what the hell are you doing?!" I struggled to free myself.

    "Oh" she backed off a little, "I am just very happy you''re okay."

    "Well, thank you, but I don''t appreciate being suffocated"

    "I''m sorry."

    The elf was smiling, her smile was warm and her eyes were glistening with tears.

    "I really missed you" she hugged me again, "when I woke up and learned what happened, I was terrified, then I was told that you were the one who rescued me, and the fact that you fought such a dangerous man to save me is... well..."

    Damm, I wonder where her tsundere attitude went all of a sudden.

    "There is no need to exin, we''re friends" I smiled back at her.

    "Huh? Y-yeah we are I guess..." she was looking down for some reason, but I didn''t bother looking much into it.

    As she stopped hugging me and seperated her body from mine, she held both my hands in hers and gave me a beaming smile, "I prepared a feast for today, just for you~"

    But the sight before me didn''t make my heart flutter in the slightest, the only feeling I had at this moment was... realization.

    It wasn''t because the main character didn''t show up or because I thought you were gonna suffer for five days that I intervened to save you.

    After all, as shown in the novel, you get away scot-free then follow the protagonist around.

    It was because I didn''t want to be alone again.

    If you fell in love with Daemon and left me to rot in here alone, then I don''t know what I would have done.

    Which means... it wasn''t for you that I did all of this, but for my own selfish needs.

    And as Mina guided me to the table, revealing many delicious looking dishes on it, I looked into her eyes and saw sparkling joy in them.

    This was the moment I vowed to myself that I would take this selfishness to my grave.

    [Anger meter: 39/100]

 Chapter 18: Studying

    <h4>Chapter 18: Studying</h4>

    "Exactly one week from now, on monday, the theory tests will begin and willst three days, please make sure to review all the subjects as they count for half your grade this quarter" Ms.Lana announced as soon as the final theory ss was over, thus causing a huge wave of sighs and groans.

    "Theory exams, huh..."

    I wasn''t a fan of them either, and the fact that theysted three days and counted for 50% of the grade was terrifying.

    "I wonder if the questions will be easy for me..."

    "No, they''ll be difficult" the elf interupted my thoughts, "after all, the academy''s theory subjects are always harder than the national ones."

    Thanks for the info, but I already knew.

    After all, even Daemon, the protagonist who is a genius atbat, almost failed the theory tests many time because of their difficulty.

    But the fact that I already read the novel gives me an immense advantage about all the info I need, the only problem is that I can''t remember everything from the book...

    "We''ll study togetherter don''t worry" Mina gave me a gentle smile and took my hand while heading to the cafeteria.

    I don''t know if it''s my imagination, but after the scandal Mina''s attitude had changed, she was still a tsundere but she now showed her true feelings way more then before.

    It feels... refreshing.

    "Let''s eat a lot so that we can concentrateter"

    "Alright, let''s."

    I didn''t have anything nned this week except studying, and it was good, I had no intention of going out.

    After eating the lunch, I went back to the dorm with Mina and reviewed the theory subjects we would have in the test.

    And for those who wanna know, of course there is a practical exam, and it''s supposed to be the next arc of the novel, but it''s only happening two weeks from now so it''s okay.

    "Let''s rest for today" Mina suddenly said while bringing juice to me.

    "Tsk... maybe you''re right..." studying is so boring, I feel like I could definitely ck off if the elf wasn''t here to motivate me...

    But then the atmosphere around us changed as she spoke again, "I-I know that we have exams and stuff, b-but do you want to hang out s-somewhere this week-end?" she was blushing and trying to hide her face, but I could see her expressionpletely.

    "Huh..." I really didn''t know, I guess it could be fun, but I also needed to atleast get an average score to be safe, also Mina always had excellent grades in the novel, so such stuff probably wouldn''t affect her much...

    "It''s okay if you don''t wanna haha... I mean..." she looked disappointed and sad.

    "Sure" I responded to her request after thinking deeply, I don''t really care about studying anyways.

    ***

    This was how the remaining of the week passed, we would go to ss and thene back to study a bit, yet I would always find myself confused by the end of the session, the entity sent me into a world where I know nothing and was expecting me to know everything, quit making meugh.

    And before I knew it, it was already saturday, the day of our date, and yes, I consider it a date even though the tsundere might refute it.

    "Where are we going?" I asked her as we walked out of the school campus and into the city.

    "You''ll see" she winked at me and kept walking.

    We reached the train station and bought a ticket, then hopped on the vehicle, and when it stopped, we were in a busy area filled with buildings.

    "What''s this ce called?"

    "Grimdol town, I found out about it after asking the staff in the hospital."

    We continued walking and enjoying the view, until we suddenly stopped in front of a luxurious looking restaurant.

    "Let''s have lunch here."

    "Are you sure? Isn''t it expensive?"

    "Don''t worry about it"

    "Alright, if you say so."

    I followed her and we entered the establishment.

    "Wow, this is nice" the inside was fancy, but not too much.

    "Come sit" Mina invited me and we took our seat, then a waitress came and asked us what we wanted.

    "Hmm... the chicken pasta please"

    "The same for me, thanks."

    "Thank you" the waitress bowed and left.

    "Do you have enough money?"

    "Yeah, my dad sends me a lot every month, so don''t worry"

    "Okay."

    I looked outside the window and admired the beautiful cityscape, this is the first time I go somewhere else with someone and enjoy myself.

    "This might not be so bad..." I thought while smiling.

    The remainder of the date went just as smoothly, we went to many ces and ate different types of food, and the best part of it was that it was free as Mina was paying for it all!

    It wasn''t much, but I felt like I and Mina got closer during that time, however short the distance had decreased.

    We went back to the academy together when the sun was setting and got back to our dorms, we were both pretty tired so we scrapped the idea of studying that day.

    ***

    And as I blinked, Sunday was already over and Monday was there.

    Which meant...

    "Wakey wakey~ it''s theory test days!" Mina cheerfully spoke while waking me up.

    "Fucking hell" I groaned while scratching my eyes and getting up.

    I then ate breakfast and headed to ss with Mina next to me.

    As we walked in the hallways, I could see a ton of different students talk anxiously to each other, while some would have their books still in hand to study.

    As for me, I can proudly say that i''m going at it byplete talent, I didn''t study much so I don''t really have any other option anyways.

    We entered our ssroom and it looked like some people were already set in their "exam" mode, me and Mina as usual sat beside each other though.

    And as soon as all the students were on their seats, both Ms.Lana and Mr.Volt came inside the room.

    "Everyone, quiet down" Mr.Volt, the teacher, said and the entire ss turned silent, "today, the theory tests will start, and will continue tomorrow and the next day."

    Mr.Lana then snapped her fingers and 4 pages of papers appeared infront of each of us, "you are not allowed to talk to each other or you will get a deduction of points, you have five hours for this test, I wish you good luck."

    ""Begin, now" the two teachers spoke at the same time, announcing the start of the exam.

    And as I turned the papers to check the questions, fully expecting the worse, I found myself pleasantly surprised.

    "Why is this so easy?" I checked every question and yet... it felt like I knew the answer of every single one of them, "what the fuck is happening?"

    But I didn''t have to think much for the answer to appear infront of me.

    [New skill: Extra''s Knowledge.]

 Chapter 19: Theory Exams

    <h4>Chapter 19: Theory Exams</h4>

    [New skill: Extra''s Knowledge.]

    [You are an extra from another world, plus you already read about all the information you need inside the novel, so why even bother to study?

    This skill allows the system user to ess information not known to normal people.

    It doesn''t includebat and fighting abilities, but the system user will have a 100% sess rate for every test he takes, unless otherwise stated.]

    I was shocked.

    "This is the most convenient skill ever" I mumbled before putting my eyes back on the paper and grabbing the pen next to me.

    "Ohh..."

    A small smile crept onto my face as I started answering the questions.

    ***

    "Time is up, pass your papers" Mr.Volt shouted, announcing the end of the exam time

    "Good job, everyone, tomorrow we will have the second part" Ms.Lana said and snapped her fingers again, thus teleporting the test papers infront of us to her desk.

    "So how did you do?" Mina talked to me as soon as it was over.

    And I couldn''t help but smile.

    "I did alright I guess."

    ***

    The following two days, I didn''t even touch a book other then the one where I wrote the following arcs of the novel.

    Of course Mina talked to me about my recklessness but I promptly ignored her.

    "Kaine, you need to study or you might have to take supplementary ssses, and if this happens we won''t be able to see each other as much..." she was pleading to me to just read some of important lines in the lessons, but I refused.

    "You really don''t want to be seperated from me don''t ya" I teased her again, this actually became one of my favorite hobbies as her reactions were priceless.

    And just as expected, her face turned bright red and she shouted while walking to the kitchen, "I DON''T CARE ABOUT YOU ANYMORE THEN, YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT"

    But seeing this angered sight of hers reminded me of something extremely important for the next arc.

    "Wait" I grabbed her hand, "let''s make a bet."

    "A b-bet? About what?"

    "Whoever has the highest grades during the test has to listen to one request of the other"

    Mina didn''t respond for atleast ten seconds as she tried to process the information.

    "BAHAHAHAHA" then she suddenlyughed, "deal Kaine, you better not back down when I ask you to be my ve for the remainder of the year."

    Of course, I knew that she couldn''t win agaisn''t the Extra''s Knowledge skill, but I asked for this for a specific reason and not for any sort of perverted stuff.

    It was because during the practical exam, also called "Ind Arc", Mina will do something extremely reckless that will put the group at immense risk.

    I needed it for that.

    ***

    It was now tuesday, and just like yesterday, there was another theory exam waiting for us when we arrived to ss.

    When the papers appeared infront of me, I almostughed out loud because of the sheer simplicity of the questions, I could see everybody else in the ssroom struggle yet here I was almost seeing the answers infront of me because of the skill.

    We had four hours for this test, but I had finiahed in less then one.

    Yesterday I just kept waiting for the teachers to announce the end of the time, but today I was bored so I decided to hand over my paper early.

    "Umm, excuse me" I stood up and approached the two teachers, "I finished the test, is it okay if I leave early?"

    "Really? It hasn''t been two hours yet."

    "Yeah, I am done."

    They both looked at each other in awe and nodded.

    "Fine, go ahead, but once you give us this paper you can''t go back on your words.

    "Thank you."

    "Well then you can leave I guess...?"

    I bowed and exited the ssroom, leaving the noisy ce behind as I could hear some whispers of the students struggling.

    "Did he really finish the test?"

    "Nah no way."

    "This guy probably thought it was so difficult that he just abandonned"

    I couldn''t help but smirk at their ignorance, I guess this is what you call "suffering from sess."

    ***

    It was now the third and final day of the exams.

    I entered the ssroom and was greeted with the usual sights, students trying to cram the information they were given.

    "Today''s thest day huh..." Mina was beside me as she spoke those words, "this is gonna be tough, but i''m still gonna win haha, try not to abandon early like yesterday."

    "No worries" I answered.

    I was curious as to what the result was, but I had faith that my Extra''s Knowledge was more than enough.

    "Good morning, and wee to thest day of the theory exams."

    Ms.Lana''s voice interrupted the ss''s chatter and everyone turned their attention towards her.

    "Mr.Volt and I will exin the practical exam tomorrow and give the results of the tests at the same time, but for now, start thest theory exam."

    As soon as she finished talking, the papers were teleported to us, and we started.

    And the same scene as the past three days unfolded, everybody was struggling except for me.

    "This is so boring."

    And so I decided to do a little experience: try to purposely write the wrong answer.

    But to my greatest surprise, it wouldn''t let me, when I thought about writing a different answer on the paper, my hand would automatically write the right one without me asking for it to.

    "I guess I am doomed to have 100% at every test..." I sighed.

    In opposition to yesterday though, I actually waited around for the other students to finish, after all some guy like me finishing two tests early and getting the max score would be unbelievable.

    "Time is up, hand your papers"

    Just as the teachers told us, the papers disapeared from our desks, and we were all dismissed for the rest of the day.

    "Hey" the elf was holding a big grin, "you ready for the results?"

    "Yep, we''ll know tomorrow who''s gonna have to listen to the other"

    "Hmph, don''t be surprised when Ie asking for the biggest favor."

    "Oh, we''ll see"

    The two of us went back to the dorm and while Mina was preparing something to celebrate the end of the exams, I spent my time reviewing the events of the next arc.

    We spent the rest of this afternoon ying games and talking to each other, which almost made me forget about the following events of the novel.

    Yet I knew that the deeper I went into the novel arcs, the more dangerous and harder it would be to stay alive.

 Chapter 20: Invitation

    <h4>Chapter 20: Invitation</h4>

    We were all called to the auditorium the next day for the announcement of the results.

    But in contrary to the powerscaling test, now the entire first years were called as we had all passed the same tests.

    Meaning that the room had 1001 people in it, this was to show just how big it was.

    When I entered the auditorium, I noticed that the ceiling was extremely high, and the walls were decorated with luxurious furniture and art pieces.

    But the most surprising thing was the giant rows of students with their hands behind their back waiting for the teachers to talk.

    At the front of the room was a huge stage where all the first year teachers stood.

    "Silence" Mr.Volt said and everyone quieted down.

    "Now then, let''s not waste more time and just reveal the results." another long haired teacher spoke.

    "We have prepared a holographic disy" Ms.Lana said, and as soon as she finished, a white light shot from the ground and created a floating square infront of each person.

    Then the names and the scores showed up on the screen for each individual, and as I looked at the screen infront of my face, I couldn''t help but chuckle.

    [Kaine Brande]

    [Theory Test #1: 100/100]

    [Theory Test #2: 100/100]

    [Theory Test #3: 100/100]

    [Total score: 300/300]

    [Did you fucking cheat?]

    Thement at the end was unnecessary but I guess it''s normal to think like that.

    "Sooo... how much did you get?" Mina asked me while holding my shoulder, "just for your information I got 279 hehe"

    She looked extremely happy with her results, they were also more than those she got in the novel, maybe the bet actually motivated her to study more...

    "You''ll see" I told her while grinning.

    "Haha! Trying to escape already, I''m not letting you!"

    "We were frankly surprised by the results of some of you" a teacher named Killian spoke, it felt like he was directly looking at me though, "here is the leaderboard."

    He pped both of his hands and now a giant screen appeared above the stage, it was visible from all corners so there was no way anybody could miss it.

    From the top 1000 to 900, the screen scrolled extremely fast, but once it reached the top 100, it slowed down, we were now able to see the names and scores of the people.

    And when it got to the top 10, itpletely stopped to let the names of the students be read.

    Mina was ranked in sixth ce, not surprising.

    But at the top of the list, when everyone looked up to see who the highest scoring person was.

    They saw the name: [Kaine nde, 300/300].

    "What?!"

    "This is not possible."

    "That guy cheated."

    "Are you an idiot, you can''t cheat."

    I could hear the whispers from all around, and just as expected, Mina''s mouth was agape, her eyes were wide and her ears were drooping.

    "You didn''t tell me you were gonna get perfect marks"

    "I thought I''d surprise you."

    "..."

    "Now you have to listen to one of my request!" I giggled.

    "S-sure but don''t be too extreme please, it''s my first time..."

    I couldn''t understand what she meant by that, but I continued, "I''m gonna keep that bet for now and use itter, you''re obligated to listen when I ask you to"

    "Tsk... sure" she looked disappointed, yet I thought she would be happy she didn''t have anything to do... weird.

    "The practical exam will be four days from now, on Monday" Ms.Lana started speaking again, "you will have the following days to train or make strategies so use them all, the subject of the practical exam will be revealed on the day at the ARR."

    And thus we were all dismissed.

    Nobody even bothered to talk to me about my test scores as they didn''t want me to approach me, sucks to be a loner I guess.

    "No worries, you still were ranked sixth and scored really well" I reassured Mina who was sulking.

    "I know, but I wanted to be the best" she pouted.

    "Don''t worry, you''ll get better"

    "Okay, let''s just drop this topic and eat lunch, I''m starving."

    "Sure."

    We ate together and then headed back to the dorms, I had nothing nned for today so I just wanted to rest.

    But of course, the world wouldn''t let me, infront of our dorm room were two people standing as if they were looking for someone.

    And when they saw us approach, they hurried towards us and one of them spoke.

    "The council wants to have a meeting with you, Kaine."

    What?

    This isn''t normal.

    Of course I knew who the council and it''s members were, but they would normally only try to recruit the main character because of his formidable feats, he would always refuse though so it led to some other arcs, but why would they want to meet with me?

    Don''t tell me...

    Is it because I scored second in the powerscaling test? After all my score was pretty close to Daemon''s... did they move on from him to me after all the rejected offers?

    "Why do they want to meet with me?" I asked.

    "I am not allowed to say, please follow us."

    "Can Ie?" Mina suddenly said, interrupting the conversation.

    "No, only Kaine is invited."

    "B-but-"

    "Don''t worry" I held her hand beforw walking away, "I''ll be back soon."

    "Please don''t take too long."

    "I won''t."

    And so I followed the two men to the council room.

    This is bad, I can''t let myself be controlled by anyone else, especially the council, they are the most powerful organization inside the academy and have control over almost everything, if I mess up here I might die.

    "Let''s hope it''s nothing important."

    ***

    "Here we are" one of the men spoke, "please wait for a few minutes, we will inform the council that you arrived."

    "Alright."

    I waited for a bit until they came back and told me to enter.

    "Kaine, wee" a man with grey hair and sses greeted me as soon as I stepped inside, "we''ve been expecting you."

    There were three people in the room, all sitting on chairs around a rectangle table facing me, the atmosphere was extremely tense and it felt like I was walking into a lion''s den, this was weird as the council was formed of seven people, meaning four of them were out.

    The protagonist had the choice of epting or refusing because of his strenght, but could it be the same for me?

    "Thank you for inviting me, what is it you wanted to talk about?" I tried to sound as polite as possible.

    "We heard that you scored second in the powerscaling test and first in the theory tests among the first years" another person spoke, he had short green hair and was undeniably handsome, "that is quite impressive."

    "Ok...?"

    "We called you here for only one reason" the third person, a girl with long purple hair and a scar in the right eye exined and asked me the ultimate question, "will you join us?"

    I knew I couldn''t fight them if it came to it, and that their authority was overwhelming, yet...

    "I refuse."

    I couldn''t bring myself to ept.

 Chapter 21: The Council

    <h4>Chapter 21: The Council</h4>

    "I refuse" I answered with a neutral expression.

    After all, the council is a group of people who care about power and strength, they want to dominate everything and control the academy, the only reason they recruited the protagonist was because of his potential.

    But me? I don''t have any special abilities other then my anger meter nor am I talented in anything, so why would they want me? It looks more like a death wish when I look at it from my end.

    "I see..." the grey haired man sighed while adjusting his sses, "it seems like we need to persuade you."

    "Huh?"

    "As you may know, the council has absolute authority over the school, and it''s members are chosen based on their strength and talent, you have proven yourself worthy of being a part of us, so please reconsider your answer."

    "I''m sorry, but I must decline."

    "Well then, we have no choice" the green haired man spoke, "we will give you one month to reconsider your decision, or else we will be obligated to use force."

    "What?"

    "We will not tolerate any refusal from you, and since you have declined our offer, you are now consideed an enemy of the council, you have one month to reconsider your decision."

    Oh hell fucking no, please don''t try to do that bullshit on me.

    The main character had to fight some of council members because of his constant refusals, but me?

    Even when I read those fights, they were described as extremely deadly, also they only started taking actions on Daemon during the 5th month of the first year and this kept going until the end of the second, only stopping because most of them graduated so new members took their ces and abandonned the idea of getting the protagonist, yet here they are trying to fuck me over on the second month?

    "I''ll be leaving then" I turned around and headed to the door.

    "Remember, you have one month."

    "Yeah yeah, I got it."

    And as soon as I left the room, I couldn''t help but sigh.

    "This is bad, this is really bad."

    I wasn''t ready for this, I mean... who would be? The council was supposed to be a big deal and a major plot point in the novel, and now I was in the middle of it.

    I needed to find a way to escape from their grasp before it was toote.

    "Hey, are you okay?" Mina was waiting for me outside the council room, "you look pale."

    "I''m fine, let''s go back to the dorms" the fact that she was here didn''t even surprise me after the events I had just lived.

    "Sure."

    The walk back was silent, I didn''t want to tell her about what happened as it would probably cause more problems, and when we arrived, I went straight to bed.

    "I need to think of something... even if it means beating every single one of them."

    ***

    Three days passed since that incident and surprinsigly nothing had changed in my school life, looks like they really didn''t lie about waiting a month.

    The students these past days had been taking up every single space in the campus and ARR to train.

    Yet here I was, inside of my dorm room eating snacks while ying on my phone.

    I mean seriously, my only powers are based on my anger meter, so what can I even do to train?

    [Anger meter: 63/100]

    Mina also went outside to train her bow magic and didn''t even try to argue with me about myck of effort for the practical exam.

    I think saving her from that viin gave her enough confidence in my skills to trust me.

    ***

    It was finally Monday, and the knot in my stomach was growing bigger by the second, I know what the test is but I can''t predict everything after all...

    Mr.Volt had asked us to go directly to the ssroom instead of the advanced reality room, leaving the others confused, but I knew why.

    "Good morning everyone" Mr.Volt started talking as soon as he made sure everyone was present, "today we will be having the practical exam."

    And just as I expected, I noticed that the doors of the ss suddenly locked themselves, making it impossible to leave without bursting them open.

    "I know every single one of you must be wondering what the test will be about, after all you must have trained really hard to be here today..." he continued, "but you need to realize that this academy is different from the others."

    I could hear people whisper in all directions about what he was talking about.

    "You also needed to consider something important: the element of surprise."

    As soon as he said that, high-grade sleeping powder started pouring inside the room from the all the vents.

    "Wha-"

    People immediately tried to exit the ssroom, but miserably failed.

    The anxious atmosphere from before was now reced with full on panick because of the sudden attack.

    "This is the practical exam" he shouted, "good luck!"

    Then the entire ssroom was covered in smoke, and everybody lost consciousness.

    Except for me that is.

    [Skill: Status Resistance, activated]

    Mr.Volt obviously stayed counscious too, after all he was at such a high level he could tank that sleeping powder.

    I then heard the door of the ssroom open and footsteps approach the unconscious bodies of students, it was probably teachers taking them to the ARR.

    But as the smoke started disappearing and it became easier to look around.

    "Hey, Lana?" I heard a teacher talk.

    "Yeah?" she replied while pulling a student.

    "Huh... look..." she pointed in my direction.

    At this point the ssroom waspletely visible, and there were five teachers holding students using either their powers or big carts.

    But they suddenly stopped when noticing I was still up.

    "Sorry, I am immune to that" I told them before they could ask.

    "Couldn''t you have talked before? Also how the heck are you immune to high grade sleeping powder" she said while approaching me.

    "I didn''t want to ruin your moment sorry, if you want I can just fall asleep and act like I was never awake in the first ce" after finishing saying that, Iyed down on the ground and closed my eyes.

    ""Pfft~~"'' I could hear some teachers try to stop themselves fromughing at my actions.

    But Ms.Lana wasn''t the type to joke around with stuff like that.

    "Get up" she ordered me, and I followed through, "if you can''t fall asleep from the powder, then I''ll have to put you to sleep myself if you don''t mind"

    "Sure, I don''t really mind, waiting for you guys to put me into the advanced reality room would of been both boring and annoy-"

    I didn''t have time to finish my phrase that Ms.Lana put her right hand infront of my face.

    "Sleep" she said while snapping her fingers.

    And just like that, I was knocked out cold.

    But before falling into the realm of unconsciousness, I could swear I heard her say something else.

    "You''re very interesting, Kaine Brande, I''ll be watching your practical test with great interest."

 Chapter 22: Island Arc (1)

    <h4>Chapter 22: Ind Arc (1)</h4>

    Ughh..." I groaned as I woke up.

    I slowly opened my eyes and saw that I wasying on a beach, surrounded by palm trees and sand.

    "Looks like I arrived..." I told myself as I stood up.

    "Ah..."

    I turned around when hearing the noise, and found five people behind me.

    One of them was a green haired elf wearing a red shirt and ck pants, while the other was a tall guy with blonde hair.

    It was obviously Daemon and Mina, and the others were respectively:

    -Leon: some brown haired guy who''s only purpose during the arc was to die at the beggining to show that it was dangerous, he ranked 6th at the powerscaling test for some reason.

    -Kyle: the supporting character I killed during the powerscaling test, I hope the grudge doesn''t cause problems.

    -Sarah: blue haired beauty who is unexpectedly smart, she bes a heroer on but also gets forgotten by the author as the main character didn''t interact with her anymore.

    The arc was normally supposed to beposed of five people per ind, but the fact that I am here meant I was an anomaly as there were only one hundred people in the ss originally.

    After finishing making my analysis, I heard the others twitch a bit and all get up at the same time.

    "So this is the practical exam huh..." the others looked around and said.

    There were palm trees everywhere, and the ocean was calm, it was an idyllic ce, next to the beach was a giant forest taking up the center of the ind.

    But I knew better than anyone that this was no paradise, this was a battlefield where you could lose your life at any moment.

    "Where am I?"

    "Why are we here?"

    Looks like they were realizing that they weren''t the only ones in here.

    They didn''t have the time for realization that a robotic voice and a holographic screen appeared before our eyes.

    [Practical Test - Ind Escape]

    [The six of you will have five days to escape this ind, any means can be used to do so, you have to cooperate with each other to achieve that goal.]

    [The ind itself is filled with low/middle level monsters so watch out.]

    [Good luck, it will be needed.]

    And then it disappeared, leaving us in an atmosphere dominated by the sounds of nature.

    "Looks like we are stuck together for the next few days" I spoke up, breaking the silence.

    "Ohe on, it would of been better if I was alone" Daemon replied in an annoyed tone.

    "This is a teamwork exam, so deal with it blondie" Mina defended me, which seemed kinda weird, at this point of the novel she would follow Daemon anywhere and stick up to him at any asion, yet her she was shouting at him.

    "Hehe~ it doesn''t matter, let''s introduce ourselves and then we can figure it out" Sarah spoke, breaking the tension.

    "Fine" the protagonist sighed, "my name is Daemon, I use a magic sword"

    "My name is Leon, I''m a sword user too" the brown haired guy said.

    "I am Kyle, I am an assassin so I use daggers" the tall guy added.

    "I am Mina, I use bow magic" the elf girl smiled.

    "I am Kaine, I use anger magic" I told them.

    "Anger magic?" Daemon asked.

    "Yep, anger magic" I answered, "toozy to exin."

    "Sarah, as for me I can use water to create all sorts of attacks" the blue haired beauty finished.

    After getting a good grasp of each others abilities (except mine cause I lied), we all got up and looked at the ocean.

    "Can''t we just traverse it?" Leon pointed, "doesn''t look that dangerous"

    That''s a fatale mistake Leon, honestly even though I have the ability to save you by stopping your idiotic attempt, I didn''t want to, because this was needed to make the others realize it was dangerous.

    Also the six of us share the same amount of points as it''s a team based exam, so it doesn''t really matter if you die, you''ll still get a good grade because we''ll figure out a way to get out.

    But...

    "Stop" I held his shoulder as he was about to jump in the water, "we don''t know what''s in there it could be dangerous, plus the teachers wouldn''t make it that easy."

    He shook me off though, "you''re not the leader are you? I''ll just go a bit thene back."

    You can''t say I didn''t try I guess.

    And as soon as Leon took the first step into the vaste ocean, I turned around.

    "Let''s go" I told the others while gesturing them to follow me.

    "Huh? Aren''t we waiting for him?" Mina asked me.

    "No, he''s noting back, it''s a waste of time."

    The four other participants looked at each other then at me as if I was speaking some unknownnguage and decided to stay back to look at Leon''s excursion.

    He was pretty far away from the shore now but he was still going.

    "See, nothing is happening" Daemon said while staring.

    There were two ways to escape this ind.

    The first was to find the ruins door and grab the three keys scattered around the ind to open it, and after passing the challenges you''ll reach a teleporter who will help you escape.

    And the second one was to do the exact same thing, except you need to find a secret entrance in the ruins before the challenges, and inside of that secret room was a high-ss weapon.

    You needed to use that weapon to kill <strong>it</strong>.

    As soon as I finished reminiscing about the novel''s events, the five of us could see Leon suddenly struggle to move.

    Here it was.

    The monster blocking the escape from the ind...

    Something huge came out of the water, it was a a giant octopus with spikes on its head and dozens of tentacles all around it''s orange body.

    It grabbed Leon''s legs with one of it''s giant tentacles and tried to sink him under the water, and no matter how much he struggled to get out of the monster''s grasp, it was a high-ranked one, so he had no chance.

    And then before our eyes, the octopus grabbed Leon''s unconscious body and ate him like he was a bug.

    [Leon Ford, Eliminated]

    "What the fuck?!" Kyle shouted.

    "We should get away from here" I said.

    "But Leon-" Mina tried to speak but I interrupted her.

    "Is dead, let''s go."

    And so we ran towards the forest, leaving the beach behind.

    I knew everything about this arc to seed but it doesn''t mean I can be reckless about it.

    We just need to escape this ind to get a good score and it will all be good in the end.

    And so it began, the ind arc, the most dangerous one yet, I just hope my current skills will be enough.

    [Anger meter: 64/100]

 Chapter 23: Island Arc (2)

    <h4>Chapter 23: Ind Arc (2)</h4>

    The five of us were currently walking through the forest, trying to find any kind of clue on how to escape.

    "Hey, Kaine" Mina called me, "how did you know that the ocean was dangerous?"

    "I just guessed, I mean why would the teachers make it so easy?" I answered.

    "Yeah, I guess you''re right" she sighed.

    "Don''t worry, we''ll be fine" I reassured her.

    "Thanks" she smiled.

    We have been exploring the forest for about five hours and on the way fought a huge amount of monsters, they were all extremely weak so it almost always ended in less then a second though.

    "This is boring" Daemonined, "we haven''t encountered anything worth fighting yet."

    "Well, I think it''s better this way" Sarah said, "we don''t need to waste energy on those things"

    "Hmph"

    We continued moving forward, and I was looking for any sign of the ruins door or one of the "keys" to open it.

    I knew the way to escape, but it doesn''t mean I know where they are located.

    "Do you guys see that?" Kyle suddenly spoke up, thus interrupting my thoughts.

    "What?" Daemon asked.

    "Look over there" he pointed at a spot between the trees.

    And indeed, there was something shining in the distance, it was hard to notice but it was definitely there, as expected from an assassin.

    "Let''s check it out" I said and started heading towards it, this was definitely one of the monuments to get a key.

    When we arrived, there weren''t any trees around us anymore, the only thing we saw were two status of 15 meters tall atleast look down on us, they were a perfect replica of giant wolfs, it was majestic.

    At the center between the two wolf status was a pedestal, and on top of it was a stone circle with gibrish text written around it and a hole in the middle.

    "Woah" Sarah said, "this is amazing."

    "So what do we do with it?" Mina asked.

    "Take the rock I guess, but watch out" I replied, as I perfectly knew what would happen once you took it.

    "Okay then."

    Kyle approached the monument and took the key in his hand, but as soon as he did that, the statues'' eyes lit up with a blueish color.

    The statue''s eyes shone brighter and brighter until they couldn''t anymore, and the next thing we knew, they jumped from their positions andnded on the ground infront of us, they weren''t status anymore but actually alive as the rock surrounding them magically broke down.

    "Wha-"

    "Get ready!" I shouted, and everybody took a battle stance.

    The two wolves growled and started approaching us, the closer they got, the more intimidating they became.

    "Let''s go!" Daemon shouted and rushed towards one of the monsters while materializing his magic sword in his hand.

    And with a single swing, he cut down one of the wolves head beforending andughing.

    On the otherhand, Mina summoned her bow and started firing magic arrows at the second beast, thus heavily weakening it, and Kyle pulled out his two daggers and dashed forward to cut it''s throat with two precise shes.

    The second monster fell to the ground and instantly we could hear a robotic voice along with a screen appear.

    [Congrattion, you got the first key, two more to go.]

    "Yes!" Mina eximed, "that was easy."

    "Indeed, these monsters are weaker than I thought" Daemon added.

    "We should continue" I said, "we still need two more keys."

    "Right" Kyle nodded.

    And so we went back to the forest and continued our search as the other four finally realized the usage of the rock circle.

    The only thing they didn''t know now was where to use them, but i''m sure we would eventually find the ruins'' door.

    We spent the rest of the day searching for the second key, but it was all in vain as we couldn''t find anything.

    "Let''s stop here" I suggested, "it''s getting dark and we don''t know what mighte out."

    "Sure."

    Daemon made a campfire using his fire magic and we sat around it to eat the food Mina cooked for us from monster flesh.

    "Is all monster flesh this delicious or is it because Mina cooked it?" I asked after taking a bite.

    She blushed but didn''t want the others to see so she replied quickly, "it''s just that I learned what kind of monsters are edible."

    Afterward we decided that each of us would take two hours guarding the rest while the others slept.

    I stressed a bit when Mina woke me up to inform me it was my turn, but I easely wiped off the monsters using "Trial and Error"

    And thus the first day of the ind arc ended.

    ***

    It was the morning of the second day of the exam and we were currently eating breakfast around the campfire, it was just the meat we ate yesterday but it was still delicious.

    "What should we do today?" Mina asked.

    "I think we should keep looking for the other two keys" Kyle answered.

    "Yeah, we can''t waste time" Sarah agreed.

    "Then let''s go" I said, and we headed out.

    And after three hours of struggle to go through the forest, we finally found another one of those monuments.

    "Oh, looks like we''re lucky" Sarah pointed at the two statues standing in front of us.

    This time it was the status of two orcs, the thing that was surprising though was that orcs are known to be extremely weak.

    "Pfft~ is this test is a joke or something" Kyleughed as he approached the pedestal and took the key.

    But this time, the statues reacted instantly and swung their giant fists towards him, he didn''t have the time to react so he was sent flying to the nearby tree, dropping the key in the process.

    Yep, the thing with these "orcs" is that they were still enveloped in the stone armor in opposition to the wolves who becamepletely alive.

    And so the four remaining people prepared themselves forbat.

    "You''ll pay for that" Daemon charged forward and tried to cut one of the monster''s arms.

    "Die!" Mina shot multiple arrows at the other one.

    Sarah used her water magic to try and freeze one of the monster''s legs and immobilize it.

    Yet they all failed miserably.

    Daemon couldn''t cut off it''s arm, the arrows bounced on their stone bodies and a single step made the ice break.

    But they continued, they kept going and going to try to kill them, but nothing was working, it always ended in them getting sent flying or kicked by the giants.

    "GRAAAHHHH!!!"

    Until eventually, the protagonist had enough andbined his sword not with fire magic, but earth magic, this was one of his supposed cool moments.

    And this time when he swung his sword at one of the orc''s arms, it finally broke.

    But this also meant this was the time for me to enter the battle.

    "I can''t be cking off while everybody is fighting after all."

 Chapter 24: Island Arc (3)

    <h4>Chapter 24: Ind Arc (3)</h4>

    [Skill: Trial and Error, activated]

    I got ready to dive into battle by activating the only useful skill I had in this situation.

    I don''t know if it will be enough as I think hitting rocks with your fists is gonna hurt, but I have to atleast try.

    And so I jumped into the action and started punching one of the statues.

    "Hey! What are you doing?!" Daemon shouted at me as he was busy blocking one of the statues'' attack.

    "Helping you, duh."

    "Tsk, I didn''t ask for your help."

    "Too bad, I''m helping anyway."

    And so I continued attacking the statue, but strangely I couldn''t feel anything break in my hand.

    It''s actually quite the opposite: as I kept smashing the stone orc''s leg, cracks started appearing on the surface of his body.

    At first it was small, but then it grew bigger and bigger until the entire leg broke and fell to the ground.

    But this was all I needed to kill it, after all, having only one leg meant you couldn''t keep your bnce, and adding the fact that it was made entirely from stone...

    The statue fell backward and broke in a thousand pieces upon it''s contact with the ground.

    "It was strong, but it also had this fatale w" I looked at the others and said.

    Upon realizing that, they all started aiming at one of the legs and quickly killed it in the same manner as the first.

    [Congrattion, you got the second key, one more to go.]

    "Let''s go!" Mina celebrated while jumping up and down, also making her massive assets bounce in the process.

    Then Kyle finally came up to us aftering back to his senses, he had the second key in hand and was bleeding a bit from his head.

    "One more to go..." I whispered, but high enough for the others to hear.

    "Do we even know where we need to use these keys?" Sarah asked, "what if we never find the ce?"

    Pretty good reflections, but don''t worry, you have both me AND the main protagonist in the same group, so you''ll be fine.

    "Don''t worry, we will find it" I reassured her.

    "Are you sure?"

    "Yep."

    And thus we headed deeper into the forest, leaving the corpses of the statues behind.

    "How are you so confident?" Daemon suddenly asked me.

    "Huh?"

    "I mean, you seem to know everything about this ind, and you''ve been leading us since the beginning, how do you know so much?"

    I never expected the main character to actually his brain, but I already had something agaisn''t this.

    "I just act confident as to not make the group afraid, I have absolutely no idea what i''m doing" I shrugged while lying, but it was enough for them to believe me.

    "I see..."

    And so we continued walking, searching for thest key, but also watching out for any monsters that might appear.

    After a few hours of traveling, we arrived at a clearing in the middle of the forest, and right in the center of it was a bigke.

    "HERE IT IS" I shouted inside of my head, I had finally found it after all.

    Thiske before us was the ruins'' door, i''m not joking.

    "Huh? What''s this infront of theke?" Sarah suddenly observed while squinting her eyes.

    And there it was: a vertical stone te was positioned exactly infront of the bigke, and just as you guessed it, it had three holes the same size and shape of the "keys" we had around it, which meant...

    "Give me one of the keys" I asked Kyle, who was holding them.

    He did as I said and gave me one of the stone circles with gibrish on them, I then approach the te and put it into one of the holes.

    And the moment the key was fully inside of the hole, the weird text written on it lightened up with a blue color and the circle started rotating.

    "This is where we are supposed to use the keys I think" I told the others, but they had probably figured it out.

    Kyle then took the second one and repeated what I did, now two holes were filled and it looked like the te was glowing.

    "We need thest one though... what do we do?" Mina asked while standing next to me, the fact that she was the same height as me bothered me but what I can say, i''m average.

    "Let''s rest for today, tomorrow we''ll look for the third key ande back here so that we can finish this shitty test!"

    It was already almost night-time and I was frankly tired, I am not like these machines who are never exhausted, I actually need to rest.

    We all sat around the fire and talked about random stuff, but I wasn''t really paying attention, I was too busy thinking about what was happening and what would happen.

    The characters in the original novel only found the first and second key on their third day, and the ruins door was discovered on the fourth while the final day was used for the third key and escaping.

    Which means we now had a massive advantage and could probably finish tomorrow or in two days.

    Was it because I was here to guide them?

    I guess I''ll find out soon enough.

    And so the night went on, and eventually they all fell asleep, except for me, I stayed awake because it was my turn to be on guard for the next two hours.

    Once my time was over, I needed to wake up the next person in line: Kyle.

    Nothing had happened between us since the moment I killed him during the powerscaling test and now, it''s almost like he forgot.

    "Oh, thanks for waking me up" he scratched his eyes and got up to take guard duty.

    But before going back to sleep, I felt the urge to ask him.

    "Hey Kyle, are you not angry?"

    "About what?" he replied.

    "Y''know... the powerscaling test" I confessed.

    "Hmm~" he gestured as if he was thinking deeply, "it was the rules to steal others'' points, also I was the one who attacked you first, so there is no need to be angry."

    A very mature response, I should of expected this from him after all.

    Knowing that everything was ok, Iyed back down on the ground and closed my eyes while smiling, waiting for the time to pass so that we can continue our expedition the next day.

    But I hadn''t realized yet...

    That tomorrow would be thest day we spent on that ind, but also the most disastrous one.

 Chapter 25: Island Arc (4)

    <h4>Chapter 25: Ind Arc (4)</h4>

    It was the morning of the third day of the practical exam and we were currently eating breakfast around the campfire.

    "Have you guys seen the huge mountain at the far right on the ind?" I asked the others, knowing perfectly what I was doing.

    "Yeah, should we climb it?" Mina looked at me and said.

    The third and final key is on top of this mountain, I knew it, but I kept it for the end as it was the hardest one to get.

    "Someone should stay here though as we don''t wanna lose this thing" Kyle gave his opinion and pointed at the te on which we had inserted the keys.

    "I''ll do it" Sarah raised her hand, "I can use my water magic to give signals so that you know you''re close"

    Perfect, this is exactly how it went in the novel, which means we''re on the right path.

    "Okay then, let''s go" I stood up and said.

    And so we headed towards the mountain, it was pretty far away from the ruins'' door so it took us a lot of time to arrive.

    But once we did, we noticed that there was a flight of stairs leading to the top, how convenient.

    "Let''s go" Daemon rushed forward and started climbing the stairs.

    "Wait!" I stopped him, "we don''t know what''s at the top, we should be careful."

    "What are you talking about? We''ve been fighting monsters non-stop for the past two days, I think we can handle whatever is up there."

    "You never know, it could be dangerous" I tried to convince him.

    "I agree with Kaine" Mina added, "we shouldn''t rush into things."

    "Shut the fuck up you''re not the boss" he insulted us but still waited for the rest of us to catch up, which surprised me, normally the protagonist would just recklessly rush and cause chaos, yet he was listening...

    And so we climbed the stairs, it was a long way up and it was getting harder and harder to breathe, but eventually we reached the top.

    The view was amazing, you could see the entire ind from here, and the ocean surrounding it, it was a majestic sight.

    "Look!" Kyle pointed at something in the distance.

    There was a small pedestal with a stone circle on it, it was thest one.

    And behind it... were not two statues, but only one.

    It was giant boar with horns on it''s forehead and the second strongest monster in the ind.

    "This is gonna be fun" Daemonughed as he approached the pedestal and took the key.

    But as soon as he did that, the boar woke up, revealing it''s redish color as if it was enraged and charged towards us, it was fast, but we were faster.

    "Die!" Mina shot an arrow at it''s eye, but it bounced off, "tsk, it''s hard" she clicked her tongue.

    "Watch out!" Kyle shouted while rushing towards the beast, and shing her using his two daggers.

    "I''ll take care of it" Daemon said and jumped in front of the boar.

    The protagonist swung his sword and cut the beast in two.

    "Hahaha, this was easy" heughed before putting away his weapon.

    But this wasn''t the second strongest for no reason...

    Suddenly, the two parts of the monster''s body that were separated attracted each other like mas and the monster started regenerating itself, and within seconds it was back to normal.

    The boar charged again, and this time, Kyle who was close but hadn''t noticed that the monster was alive wasn''t fast enough to dodge, and then...

    One of the horns pierced his body.

    "Gahh..." he groaned in pain as blood started flowing out of his mouth, before eventually dying.

    [Kyle Samun, Eliminated.]

    "Kyle!" Mina shouted.

    "Shit! It''s not dead?!" Daemon eximed.

    I was in legitimate panick at this point, Kyle wasn''t supposed to die, this isn''t normal.

    And nothing we did could cause the monster any harm, he would always regenerate, which meant I needed to...

    "I SAW SOMETHING INSIDE OF THE MONSTER, CUT IT AGAIN!" I shouted at Daemon, who was also exhausted.

    In the original novel, Daemon and Kyle teamed up to kill the monster from the inside as you needed to cut it''s heart to kill it.

    But now that Kyle was dead, I needed to take on this mission.

    "Fine!" he replied and charged forward.

    "GRAAAHHH!!!"

    The boar roared and tried to attack the protagonist, but he dodged it and cut it in half again.

    "NOW!"

    And so I jumped infront of the monster''s body and started looking for the heart, I didn''t have much time left as the boar was already regenerating.

    And it was then that I saw the bulgating red spot inside of the monster''s body, and so using my "Trial and Error" skill, I smashed the heart and exploded it with a single hit.

    Suddenly, the red boar stopped regenerating and dropped to the ground, dead.

    [Congrattion, you got the third key, you can now open the ruins'' door]

    "Hah... hah..." the three of us couldn''tprehend what had just happened, but atleast we got the final key, this was the most important thing.

    "Let''s go back" I told the others, and we headed down the mountain.

    On the way back, we encountered multiple monsters, but they were all weak so we easily killed them.

    And when we arrived at the ruins'' door, Sarah was still there, waiting for us, she was doing huge pirs of water using theke''s water which is how we found her without much difficulty.

    "You''re back!" she smiled, "how did it go?"

    "We got thest key" Mina answered.

    "Great, let''s open the door then" but the blue hair suddenly looked at us with a confused expression, "where''s Kyle?"

    "Dead, the monster killed him" I replied emotionless before taking out the final key and inserting it inside of thest empty hole, thus lighting up the gibrish text on it, and making the te now fully glowing.

    Then, theke started shaking and the water parted, revealing a staircase leading underground.

    "Let''s go" I said, and we descended into the ruins.

    This was it, the final part of the exam.

    I just hope I won''t screw up and that nothing unexpected happens again.

    [Anger meter: 87/100]

 Chapter 26: Island Arc (5)

    <h4>Chapter 26: Ind Arc (5)</h4>

    We were currently walking through the ruins, it was dark and humid, but the torches on the walls helped us see.

    And after what felt an eternity, we arrived infront of a giant door at the end of the hallway.

    [Challenges'' Door - Complete it to Escape]

    These words appeared infront of us as soon as we were close enough to fully see it.

    "FINALLY HAHAHA" Daemon boasted proudly.

    "Looks like we did it" the girls sighed in relief.

    But... this wasn''t where I wanted to go...

    Since I started reading the novel in my past life, I always felt like the author ruined this arc by making them find the secret room but not kill the monster because of Mina''s recklessness.

    Which is why I really wanted to go do it myself.

    And so before everybody''s eyes in this tight hallway, I saw the button that opened the secret room and acted like I fell down.

    "Watch out!" Mina said when she saw me fall.

    But at the same time came out another sound.

    <strong><i>RRRRRRRR</i></strong>

    I had pressed the button and opened the secret door, thus revealing the room.

    The others stopped when they realized what I had done and peeked inside to see what the content of it was.

    The room was pretty small, and inside of it was a single pedestal on which was a gun-looking weapon: it was a high-gradeser gun.

    One bullet of this would be enough to kill the octopus monster, and that''s the twist: there is only one bullet.

    So that''s why when Mina rushed inside to grab the gun, I grabbed her arm and squeezed it.

    "Don''t touch that" I spoke coldly.

    [Anger meter: 97/100]

    "Huh... okay Kaine, you''re hurting me..." she said in a puppy-like voice.

    I then approached the pedestal and took the gun, it was now in my possession, I could finally kill the monster...

    "Hehehehe..." I couldn''t stop myself fromughing.

    [Anger meter: 99/100]

    As soon I took theser gun, another row of text appeared infront of us.

    [Second way to escape: kill the octopus monster.]

    "Well... you can keep ying with that gun, but i''ll be going" Daemon said and headed towards the challenges'' door.

    "Same, I don''t wanna fight that thing" Sarah nodded and followed him.

    Which left me and an anxious looking Mina inside of the room.

    "I''ll use my winning bet order to ask you to leave with the other two" I asked her gently while smiling.

    "I d-don''t want to leave you alone, i''lle!" she stood her ground.

    [Anger meter: <strong>100/100</strong>]

    I don''t know why the meter reached 100% so easely even though it took me a while before, and more than anything, I don''t know why the only thing I thought of Mina at that moment was that she was annoying.

    "I''ll ask again, leave" I didn''t try to talk gently anymore.

    "No! What if something happens to you?"

    "Hahahahaha" Iughed, knowing perfectly that what I was gonna do was terrible, yet I felt joyful at the thought of doing so, maybe that hatred system was actually corrupting me...

    "I TOLD YOU TO GET THE FUCK OUT YOU BITCH!" I shouted at the top of my lungs.

    And when I looked back up to see Mina''s face, I saw that it was drowned in tears.

    "Hic... sob... fine..." and then she ran away while I could still hear her crying.

    Mina in the original novel had pressed the trigger of theser gun by ident and put everybody at risk, this was the best decision I thought of to both have my shot at killing the octopus and to make sure nothing could disturb me.

    And so without even checking behind me to see if the other three left, I took the opposite direction of the hallway, meaning I was heading back to the entrance.

    My goal: going back to the beach from the beggining and fight the octopus using that new weapon.

    ***

    I reached the beach as the sun was starting to set and finally got ready to go all out.

    If I failed the others would of probably already finished the challenges'' room by now so it''s okay.

    [Skill: <strong>Hatred</strong>, activated]

    The aura around me darkened and became overwhelming, then I grabbed theser gun in my right hand and looked at the water.

    "C''mon Kaine, it''s now or never!"

    I concentrated all the power I had in my legs and...

    Ran towards the water at full speed, anybody would expect me to just sink but surprinsigly not, I was litterally running on it as if it was in ground.

    Once I reached an approriate distance from thend, a tentacle came out of the water and tried to grab me, but me being able to stand on the ocean helped a lot as I avoided it with ease.

    "GRAAAAHHHH!!!"

    The monster roared and revealed it''s head, it was gigantic and it''s eyes were red, it was terrifying.

    Then after the head appeared, dozens of tentacles started surrounding me, and I knew there was no way I could avoid them all.

    I then looked back at the beach and surprinsigly saw... MINA?

    She was still crying and I could see her try to tell something to me.

    This isn''t good, I wanted to take some time to make sure to aim at the head and kill the monster, but now that she was here...

    A tentacle appeared infront of Mina and she fell to the ground, paralyzed from the fear.

    I was so angry both at her and at the monster at this moment that I just pointed my gun at the octopus head without caring and pulled the trigger.

    Energy started umting at the end of the barrel and after three second, a giantser beam was fired and hit the octopus monsters'' head, creating a massive hole in the middle of it.

    But this wasn''t over.

    Even though the tentacle who was threatening Mina fell down, I didn''t want to risk anything.

    And so I ran back to the shore towards Mina and picked her up after reaching the beach.

    <strong>BOOM</strong>

    An explosion was heard but I didn''t turn back to see, apparently even after you fire with theser gun, once it hits an enemy, the energy starts dpressing until eventually creating a huge explosion.

    When I was deep enough inside of the forest to make sure we were safe, I put Mina down and looked back at her.

    "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?" I shouted.

    "<i>Hic</i>... i''m sorry I didn''t listen, I was just so worried..." her tears made me calm down a bit.

    [High-grade Monster: Octopus King, eliminated]

    [All students currently on the stage havepleted the Ind Escape practical exam, congrattion.]

    [Imminent Teleportation.]

    And thest thing I did as I saw my body sh continuously after the message, was hug Mina.

    "It''s okay" I said while patting her head, which did increase the volume of her cries.

    But in all honesty, the only thing I could focus on was how to control my current anger, because i''m sure I would snap at her if I didn''t try.

    We were teleported back to reality in this position.

 Chapter 27: Perfect Score

    <h4>Chapter 27: Perfect Score</h4>

    I woke up in a big square room and along with me were the five other members of my group already awake, looks like they had been waiting for me to wake up.

    And at the end of the room infront of a screen were our two teachers, Mr.Volt and Ms.Lana, discussing with each other.

    "I guess this is where they will announce the results" I thought as I remembered how it happened in the novel.

    I got up from the hard ground and stood up just like the others who were looking at me.

    "Where is this?" I asked subconsciously.

    "Shhh~" Sarah gestured for me to quiet down, then she pointed the teachers.

    Thanks, but I already noticed them idiot.

    "Looks like all of you are up" Ms.Lana shouted with her usual authoritative voice, "out of twenty teams, you guys are the seventh one to finish, which is pretty good."

    "Now, let''s start the announcement of the results for the six of you" Mr.Volt added.

    And so the screen behind them lit up as they exined how our test went.

    "Leon died from the Octopus King and Kyle from a piercing in the body by the red boar." Ms.Lana started, "in total four of you escaped sessfully out of six."

    "Two of you used the normal method, which was the challenges'' door" Mr.Volt showed the screen, and on it we could see Daemon and Sarah traverse a row of traps to get out of the ce they were trapped in.

    "But the other two... and especially one of you..." Ms.Lana nced at me, "used the secret method, and are the first ones to seed at doing so..."

    The others were confused as they didn''t know what I had done, but the screen infront of us changed and disyed my battle agaisn''t the Octopus King.

    "YOU FOUGHT THAT THING?" Sarah eximed while looking at me.

    I just shrugged at her words and continued watching the footage, it disyed the moment I fired at the creature, thus killing it, and when I went back to the beach rushing to take Mina with me away from the explosion.

    "You''re crazy..." Leon whispered.

    "I know this is a team based match, but the difference is so tant we cannot allow to give you all the same score, which was what we were discussion about" the male teacher said as he scratched his beard.

    "And so at the end, this is the conclusion we agreed on" Ms.Lana snapped her finger and the screen changed, now disying each of our names but with a ??? next to the score, the limit was 300, just like the theory exam.

    "First off, the first to die even though his teammates asked him to be cautious, Leon" the elf sighed, "178/300, and you can thank your teammates for carrying you because I would have given you less."

    "T-thank you very much" the brown hair said out of gratefulness.

    "Kyle died but only out of bad luck andck of attention, he also took part in most of the fights, so we decided to give him 245/300" they continued.

    "Shit, I could have had more..."

    "Sarah and Daemon took the normal escape route and perfectly survived, thus rewarding the two with 278/300"

    "YAY" Sarah jumped in joy, but Daemon had his usual grim expression.

    "And finally, Mina and Kaine, and even though Kaine was the one who did all the work and was the one who saved the girl, it is still considered for Mina to have escaped the secret way, which is why we will give the two of you..." the teacher put a silence between her words and the revtion as to let the pressure increase, "300/300."

    "WHAT? THE MAX?" Mina shouted out of surprise.

    "Figuring out what you needed to do with theser gun and actually having the courage to do it is something every person should have, this is what we were looking for in this test" Ms.Lana smiled while looking at me.

    "Thanks you Kaine" Mina jumped in my arms while pressing her head agaisn''t my chest and rubbing it, looks like she had forgotten about the harsh words I said.

    "Well, that''s it, you can go back to the dorms now" Mr.Volt pped his hands and dismissed us.

    And so we headed back to the academy, but I couldn''t help but think about what had happened during the exam.

    Why did Kyle die?

    Was it because I was here?

    Or was it because of something else?

    I don''t know, but I need to find out, if shit like this happens again in theter arcs where we can actually die, then it''s gonna be a problem...

    ***

    Two days had passed since them which meant we were at the final day of the practical exam and I was currently eating breakfast specially prepared by Mina in our dorm.

    "So, how are you feeling?" I asked Mina.

    "I''m fine, thanks for asking" she replied with a smile.

    After the events on the ind, I felt like I needed to apologize to her, but I didn''t know how to do it, maybe having the hatred system stops me from saying anything rtively nice.

    The rest of the day passed smoothly between us until eventually, the practical exam was officially finished and everybody had returned to the academy.

    "Let''s go check our scores in the auditorium hehe" Mina told me after we finished eating.

    And so we were now in the auditorium with the others student trying to look how they did.

    Basically, the 300 points from the theory exams and the 300 from the practical one will be regrouped and this will be your final grade for the quarter.

    Of course almost everybody knew how they did, but they also wanted to see the ranks of their friends and others in general.

    And when Mina and I scrolled to the top of the list, there we were.

    [1. Kaine Brande, 600/600]

    [2. Mina Silvermoon, 579/600]

    "We''re at the top! My family will be so happy to hear that hehe, it''s all thanks to you!" she shook me like crazy and seemed very happy, Mina''s family is from the noble side of town and wanted her to be perfect even in the original novel, so I guess it was normal.

    We celebrated for a bit and headed back to our dorm.

    But before entering, as Mina stood infront of the door to open it, I held her arm gently.

    "Hey Mina, I wanted to talk" she looked back at me, "i''m sorry about what I said during the test, I was just... angry" it was litterally true.

    She looked at me five seconds before approaching my face and giving me a kiss on the cheek.

    "You saved me twice, so I can''t be mad at you for that..." she took a cute pose and said that while blushing.

    Damn, that was a direct hit in my heart.

    [Anger meter: 0/100]

 Chapter 28: Deserved Break

    <h4>Chapter 28: Deserved Break</h4>

    It was now Saturday, the exams were over and we would back to ss on Monday, yet here I was on a weekend at 7am infront of a notebook.

    Of course it wasn''t to study, after all I didn''t need to, but because I needed to review about many things that had been bugging me

    But here is some good news once a while: there are no arcs for the following three weeks, YAHOO!

    I was now free and could take a deserved break.

    But three weeks also meant the time I would need to give my response to the council, if I refused they would probably hunt me down...

    Other than that, I think i''m doing pretty fine, I mean it''s only the first arcs and the real stuff only happenster on, yet it was still so exhausting.

    "Hatred system..." I mumbled the name of the thing that had been helping me.

    As soon as I said those words, a window interface appeared before my eyes.

    [Kaine Brande]

    [Status: reviewing the future novel arcs]

    [Skills: Hatred; Trial and Error; Extra''s Knowledge; Status Resistance]

    [Anger meter: 0/100]

    This surprised me but I guess I had never tried to begin with...

    "Yawn..." I guess i''m still pretty tired, i''ll just go back to sleep for now and figure out a solution for all of thister on...

    And so without paying much attention to my surroundings, I climbed onto my bed and slept almost instantly.

    ***

    "KYAAAA~"

    I heard a scream in the distance, then I was pushed out of my bed.

    "Ouch" this woke me up and I found myself on the ground, "what happened?" I said while scratching my head and getting up.

    "Y-you pervert! W-why are you in my bed?" Mina replied while blushing.

    "Huh? Your bed...?" I looked in the other direction and there it was, my bed was infront of my eyes, which meant I had actually gotten onto Mina''s bed by ident...

    "D-did you perhaps try to do s-something to me b-because you like me?" she was stuttering, probably from anger.

    "Not at all! It was an ident because I was tired, sorry" I bowed to show my sincerity.

    "O-oh..." I lifted my head and saw that the elf had a disappointed look on her face, I really can''t understand her...

    ***

    But of course, getting a perfect score meant more people approached me to discuss me joining their teams or helping them.

    Again I refused and they looked angry,e on people, we are all background characters, we should just focus on surviving!

    As the weeks passed, the council became more and more agressive though.

    At first they weren''t interacting with me at all, but once the news spread that someone got 600/600, they started appearing close to me out of nowhere.

    It was always Zack, the strategist of the council, who tried to close the distance between us.

    During the second week, he actively tried to hold conversations with me but I ignored him or just told him that I was thinking about it.

    Frankly, I don''t really care for now, I would only need to make a decision after the "excursion arc", and if it really came to it, then I would have to hold my ground and fight.

    I know I probably have no chance of winning even with an anger meter of 100/100, but if I went as far as to fight them, they would realize that I really don''t wanna be associated with them right?

    And so the third week arrived, and it was thest one before the excursion arc.

    I was currently walking through the hallway towards the cafeteria to eat lunch with Mina.

    "Hey Kaine!" I heard a voice call out to me, it was Zack.

    "What do you want?" I replied coldly.

    "You know, the council is still waiting for your answer, we can''t wait forever" he said while smiling, but not in a friendly way.

    "I already told you, I''ll think about it" I turned around and walked away, "plus I still have a week before giving my response."

    "Yeah, but we can''t wait that long, we need to know now" he insisted, but this time in a harsh tone while looking down on me.

    "I don''t care, leave me alone" I replied and left him behind.

    I wonder what will happen next...

    ***

    Friday, In ss, 13:38PM

    Ms.Lana after finishing ss held us off for a moment because she had an "important announcement" to make.

    "As you all know, the practical and theory exams were three weeks ago, and as a prestigious school, we felt like we needed to reward our students for their hardwork" the elf started speaking, "and so with the agreement of the chairman, we have decided to hold an excursion to..."

    Some boring ce created just for the sake of having the main character kill some strong monster and save a heroine while unlocking a new power.

    "The Freesia Museum!" she shouted excitedly.

    The ssroom exploded at these words, honestly people in my past life found museums quite boring yet these people were so excited at the idea of seing objects that it was depressing.

    "SERIOUSLY?

    "Are we gonna be able to some magic relics?"

    "Oh! And the legendary sword Excadia?"

    Ms.Lanaughed a bit before answering, "yes, you will be able to freely visit the museum for the entire day, it was reserved specially for us."

    "When is it?" Mina shouted, she looked extremely joyful too.

    "In four days, basically Tuesday of this uing week" the teacher smiled.

    ***

    After ss, I was heading back to the dorm with Mina when suddenly, a hand grabbed my shoulder.

    "Hey Kaine, can we talk?" it was Zack.

    "Ohe, what now?" I replied.

    "I''ll be straight forward, we need your answer" he said with a serious expression.

    "I told you, I''ll think about it" I shrugged.

    "No, you will tell me now, or else..." he put his hand on my shoulder and squeezed it.

    I shook it off, "i''ll give my answer after the excursion."

    "Excursion?"

    "Yep, we''re going to some museum and everyone is excited and h h" I exined while rolling my eyes.

    "Museum huh..." he mumbled something to himself, "fine, I''ll let you go for now, but remember, this is thest warning we''ll give you, on wednesday you have to give us an answer."

    "Yeah yeah" I waved my hand and walked away.

    "That guy is annoying" I thought.

    But I was wrong, he was more than just annoying, he was dangerous.

    If I was the main character, I would of already sent him flying using my plot armor.

 Chapter 29: Excursion

    <h4>Chapter 29: Excursion</h4>

    Tuesday, 7:15am

    I was woken up by Mina''s rattling sounds.

    "Wake up Kaine! We''re gonna bete!" she said while shaking me.

    "Fine fine, I''m awake" I replied and got out of bed, I really wish I could do anything other then go to that museum.

    Today was the day of the excursion, and we were supposed to meet in the courtyard at 8am.

    I quickly changed clothes and ate breakfast, then we headed to the meeting point.

    Once we arrived, we saw that most of the students were already there.

    I could see some familiar faces already, but honestly it doesn''t matter, I actually don''t need to intervene in this arc, I just have to let the main character do his work this time.

    "Good morning everybody!" Ms.Lana shouted, "we will be departing shortly, there are four busses and 25 people are allowed per vehicule"

    "Let''s go Kaine!" Mina pulled my arm and dragged me to a random one without even checking who was inside.

    There weren''t many people we knew, except for...

    "Sarah" I sighed after seeing her blue hair.

    "Oh hey guys!" she greeted us, "it''s been a while since we talked, you guys can sit next to me if you want."

    "Thanks!" Mina replied happily before taking a ce, then I followed.

    After ten minutes, the bus started moving and everybody Oooooh''d in unison.

    As for me I just stared at the scenery of the city through the window, I had nothing better to do as Sarah and Mina were busy talking about girly stuff.

    ***

    We arrived at the museum two hourster, and it was huge.

    The building was made of white marble and had multiple floors, it was truly impressive.

    "Alright, once you guys enter the museum, you can roam freely and enjoy all of it without anybody disturbing any of you" Ms.Lana exined, "I and Mr.Volt wille back at 6pm to go back to school so be sure to be present."

    How convenient, the teachers are not inside of a ce where a lot of students are, I wonder what is gonna happen.

    No but seriously, this is bullshit.

    [Anger meter: 73/100]

    The interactions with other students and essentially Jack''s constant approachs have put me on the edge, which is why it''s high.

    ***

    I was currently walking through the museum with Mina and Sarah, we had been here for an hour and I was already starting to get bored.

    "Hey Kaine, look at this!" Mina pointed at a giant statue of a man holding a sword, "it''s Abraham, he is a legendary hero who fought many high-ranked monsters to save the world!"

    "Wow, that''s amazing" I replied sarcastically.

    "Don''t be like that, you should appreciate history more" she pouted.

    "Yeah yeah, whatever" I shrugged.

    "Hey guys, i''m gonna go to the bathroom real quick, i''ll be back soon" Sarah said before leaving.

    And so it was just me and Mina, great...

    "So, what do you wanna see next?" I asked her.

    "Hmmm..." she looked around and spotted something, "let''s go there!"

    She took my hand and led me to a room with a sign saying "magic relics".

    "This is the best part of the museum!"

    "Okay then, lead the way" I gestured for her to go ahead.

    And so we started walking through the room, it was pretty big and had a lot of things on disy.

    "Look at this Kaine! It''s the wand used by the thunder mage!" she pointed at a small stick, it looked old.

    "..."

    "And this is the shield used by Nics, oh my god!"

    "..."

    "And this is..." she approached the relic at the far end of the room, it was the one with the most students around, "it''s the legendary sword Excadia..." she was mesmerized by the object and stopped talking to appreciate the sight.

    To me, this seemed futile, the reason why?

    Because the viins who would enter the museum soon will eventually steal the sword as having only students inside is the most convenient timing to take it.

    Sarah joined us back and just like Mina had sparkles in her eyes when she saw all these objects.

    ***

    After two or so hours, I was getting tired and wanted to go back to the dorm, but I couldn''t leave Mina and Sarah alone.

    "Hey Kaine, can you go buy me a drink?" the elf asked me.

    "No" I replied, not because I didn''t want to but because when I looked at my phone, the time was "13:58pm"

    Two minutes left.

    And when I looked up, I could see not only Mina''s pouting face, but also...

    The protagonist, Daemon, he was here.

    The excursion is a pretty simple arc, the ss goes to the "Freesia Museum" as a school trip and the teachers leave for plot reasons.

    But this was the viins n as they had expected this day tounch their attack.

    Their goal: kill a maximum amount of students and steal some magic relics.

    They <strong>unfortunately</strong> do not kill anybody because of Daemon''s presence but do end up stealing the legendary sword Excadia, which will appear again in ater arc.

    This arc was used not only to strengthen Daemon''s determination and giving him a new power, but also to make him save Sarah so that she can join the "harem".

    I think this author''s idea of a harem is twisted though, as most of the times he just makes the protagonist save the girls, then they fall in love with him and eventually he doesn''t interact with them anymore.

    I don''t think Daemon would be the type of guy to ept a harem anyways, looking at his attitude...

    After finishing my sudden synopsis of today''s uing event, I heard a huge <strong>BOOM</strong> and then the screams of some peopleing from another hallway.

    "Here it is..." I mumbled.

    And just like in the original novel, Daemon rushed in the direction which everybody was running from.

    Then me and the girls followed his steps.

    I needed Sarah to be in a bad position so that the main character could save her, but also wanted Mina to stay away from the ce as it was dangerous.

    And as we finally reached the corridor where the loud sounds wereing from, we stood infront of <strong>it</strong>.

    The viins in this arc obviously didn''t fight themselves, this would be too risky, but in return they used something else to do the job...

    A monster, and an extremely strong one at that.

    Before my eyes now stood the beast that was causing all this chaos:

    A giant minotaur at least 10 meters tall, it was wearing heavy armor to protect it''s brown furr and wielded a gigantic axe made of steel.

    "RAAAAARRRRHH" the monster was roaring while swinging his weapon left to right, trying to destroy everything in it''s way.

    This was the main enemy of this arc.

    I gulped at the sight, "phew... this is gonna beplicated."

    [Anger meter: 82/100]

 Chapter 30: Minotaur (1)

    <h4>Chapter 30: Minotaur (1)</h4>

    "What is that thing?" Sarah eximed in awe, I could see that her legs were trembling.

    "I don''t know, but it looks d-dangerous" Mina replied.

    "You two, stay here" I told them, "i''ll hold off that thing."

    "Are you crazy? You''re gonna die!" Sarah shouted.

    "Don''t worry, i''ll be fine" I smiled at her and then ran towards the minotaur.

    I had to make sure to keep the girls safe, and I also needed to make sure that the main character would save Sarah.

    Daemon was already swinging his sword at the beast but was doing little to no damage to it as it didn''t budge.

    I concentrated all my power in my legs and jumped over the monster, thennded behind it.

    "Hey ugly, over here!" I shouted.

    The minotaur turned around and looked down on me, it was terrifying.

    "RAAAAAAAHHHH" it roared and swung his axe at me.

    I avoided it by jumping to the side, but the shockwave created by the impact of the weapon on the ground was enough to send me flying.

    "Ugh..." I groaned while getting up, "this is gonna be harder than I thought."

    I looked back at the girls and saw that they were still standing there, I guess they were too scared to move.

    "Kaine!" Mina shouted, "be careful!"

    "Yeah yeah" I waved my hand at her.

    "RAAAAAHHH" the minotaur roared again and charged at me.

    [Anger meter: 94/100]

    I dodged the attack and tried to hit it''s leg, but my fist did nothing to it''s thick skin.

    "Shit..." I cursed under my breath, I was lucky the aura around my hand blocked any kind of injury when I was hitting as my fingers would of probably broke normally.

    "RAAAAAHHH" the monster swung his axe at me again, but this time I wasn''t fast enough to dodge it.

    I raised my arms like a shield to block the attack, but it was useless as I was sent flying into a wall.

    "Gah..." I coughed out blood.

    "Kaine!" Mina screamed.

    "Damn it, I can''t even hurt it..." I thought while getting up.

    [Anger meter: 97/100]

    Daemon also started using his sword elements to sh the monster, it seemed like he was actually seeding too as the beast was bleeding.

    But one swing of it''s heavy axe sent Daemon flying to the other side of the hallway.

    The other students had already evacuated which means only me, the protagonist, Mina and Sarah were inside of the destroyed museum.

    "RAAAAAHHH" the minotaur roared and charged at me again.

    I was still dizzy from the previous attack, so I couldn''t avoid it.

    "Kaine!" Mina shouted.

    "Huh?" I looked up and saw that the monster was about to crush me with it''s axe.

    "Fuck..." I closed my eyes and waited for the impact, i''m sorry Mina...

    But it never came.

    Instead, I heard a loud sound of metal shing against each other.

    I opened my eyes and saw that the minotaur''s axe was being held back by a sword.

    "GET THE FUCK UP YOU LITTLE SHIT" Daemon shouted.

    [Anger meter: 98/100]

    I... I am still so weak.

    Why am I even trying to act like a hero, I could just get out of here and let the main character do his job, he''ll probably unlock that power of his any second now.

    I''m holding him off...

    [Anger meter: 99/100]

    But before my eyes I saw the beast take the advantage over the protagonist and send him off again.

    And then arrows started bouncing on the monster''s back, it was Mina trying to hold it off by any means she had.

    "LEAVE KAINE ALONE YOU-... LITTLE-... SHIT!" she shouted while firing her magic arrows.

    The minotaur then turned it''s back to me, thus purposely ignoring me.

    "Even it think i''m not a threat..." I sulked.

    "GRAAAAAAAWWWRRR" the monster roared and charged towards the girls.

    "Here it is... the moment the main character saved the girls and got rid of that thing" I looked at Daemon, relieved that it would soon be over.

    He had his eyes closed and was holding his sword with both arms, this is the pose he took when he unlocked that power.

    But... NOW IS NOT THE TIME YOU IDIOT!

    I looked back at Mina and Sarah who were defenseless agaisn''t the giant and it was like the world around me slowed down all of a sudden.

    "The main character wouldn''t reach them fast enough" this was the conclusion I reached, it would still take him atleast five seconds before finishing to power-up, this was enough time for their bodies to be crushed under the giant''s weapon.

    Which means that now, the elf and the blue hair were both at death''s door, with nobody to save them from their fate.

    Nobody except... me?

    [Anger meter: <strong>100/100</strong>]

    [Skill: Hatred, activated.]

    The world around me turned red and I felt the hatred aura crawl on my back.

    I was so angry now that I felt like I could jump infront of a train, but no, I can''t just go infront of that monster, it would be suicide.

    I needed something...

    And before even realizing what I was doing, I was already running at top speed towards the girls as I saw the thing swing it''s axe, ready to kill them both.

    "SHITTY ENTITY, IF YOU''RE HERE, GIVE ME SOMETHING" I shouted inside of my head, "PLEASE, ANYTHING!!!"

    I was so fast that I was already infront of the monster, the sight of it swinging it''s weapon at you was horrifying, but I needed to keep going.

    But it was hopeless, even with the hatred skill, I knew I wasn''t strong enough to block this attack.

    The best thing I can do is take the hit and die, hoping that they would run away after or that the main character would finish getting his new power.

    But then all of a sudden, something started forming inside of my hand, it was like the aura particles were slowly regrouping each other to create something.

    It was... an axe.

    Apletely red double axe actually, it''s texture was solid yet it felt like it was entirely made from that hatred aura around me as it''s sharp borders were shaking like waves.

    <strong>Ding</strong>

    I heard a notification.

    [New Skill: Axe of Hatred]

    [You want a weapon to fight your enemies? What, you don''t like using your fists? Well then use that axe and sh anything in your way, hatred is it''s core strenght after all, and you are hatred.

    This skill allows you to summon the axe of hatred, a strong weapon that utilizes your anger meter and hatred to maximize it''s power.]

 Chapter 31: Minotaur (2)

    <h4>Chapter 31: Minotaur (2)</h4>

    [New Skill: Axe of Hatred]

    "An axe huh..." I smiled, "perfect."

    And so I grabbed the handle of the axe and swung it at the minotaur''s axe, I was still moving at full speed so the impact was pretty powerful.

    "RAAAAAHHH" the monster roared in anger as it''s weapon was cut in half.

    "What the?" I thought, I really didn''t expect this to happen, but I guess it''s a good thing.

    I then jumped andnded behind it, but I was still running at full speed so I ended up crashing into a wall.

    "Gah..." I coughed out blood, I can''t control my speed yet it seems.

    "K-Kaine...?" Mina said while looking at me.

    "Kaine, y-you saved us!" Sarah eximed, tears willing up her ocean eyes.

    "Of course I did" I replied while getting up, "now run away, i''ll hold it off."

    "B-but..." the elf tried to say something but I interrupted her.

    "GO!" I shouted

    "O-okay..." she nodded and ran away with Sarah.

    There was now no way for the protagonist to save the blue haired girl, but I guess it''s fine, it''s better than to see her dead.

    The minotaur now having lost his weapon was using his giant fists to punch everything in it''s way.

    "RAAAAAHHH" it charged at me.

    "Come on you ugly shit" I taunted it.

    It swung it''s fist at me but I dodged it by jumping to the side, then I used my momentum to swing my axe at it''s arm.

    "RAAAAAHHH" the beast roared in pain as it''s left arm fell on the ground.

    "Now we''re talking" I smiled.

    But then it used it''s legs to kick me in the stomach and send me back by dozens of meters, crashing into yet another wall.

    "Shit, I can''t move" this realization dawned upon me the moment I tried to get up again.

    I hadpletely forgot that I wasn''t invincible.

    The sight of the thing now missing it''s left arm was terrifying, and it was slowly but surely getting closer to me.

    "GET UP!" I screamed to my exhausted body, "GET THE FUCK UP!"

    But it was useless, I couldn''t move anymore.

    "RAAAAAHHH" the minotaur roared and jumped in the air, ready to crush me with it''s gigantic body.

    In addition to my current distress, the red axe in my hand was slowly starting to dpose and going back into my body, meaning I was defenseless.

    I also peeked at Daemon and I could see that he was still in his power-up animation, what the hell?

    Guess I have no choice...

    [Power surcharge, cannot use this much power at current level, deactivating skill in ten seconds.]

    I felt a huge amount of energy flowing through my veins, and the aura around my body increased.

    I jumped to the side now that I could move my body and avoided the minotaur''s figure who crashed into the wall andpletely destroyed it.

    [8 seconds.]

    I didn''t lose any precious time and immediately started running towards Daemon, the aura around his sword was growing, meaning he was gonna finish soon.

    But the beast didn''t want to let me go either as it closely followed me.

    [6 seconds.]

    I could hear the loud footsteps behind me but I didn''t have the courage to look back.

    [5 seconds.]

    I reached Daemon safe and sound but the monster was now infront of the protagonist, ready to swing it''s fist at him.

    [4 seconds.]

    But when it''s arm was right infront of the blonde''s face, a shing sound was heard and almost instantly the monster lost it''s right arm.

    It was now armless and could only fight using it''s body or legs.

    [3 seconds.]

    I looked at Daemon and saw that he was finally done powering up.

    His sword was now glowing with a bright yellow light and his eyes were shining too.

    [2 seconds.]

    "Let''s end this" he said.

    Then he swung his weapon at the minotaur and shed it''s chest, the impact was so powerful that it sent the beast flying into a wall, destroying it.

    [One second.]

    "Phew..." I sighed in relief, it was over.

    And just like that I copsed.

    [Power surcharge, skill deactivated, system user will pass out from exhaustion.]

    The familiar message appeared, but along with it came something else.

    [You did well.]

    ***

    I opened my eyes and found myself in a ck room, it was empty and extremely similiar to the one where I talked to that entity except for the fact there was a door.

    "Where am I?" I asked myself.

    I got up and walked towards the exit, then opened it.

    "Huh?" I was surprised by the scenery infront of me.

    It was... my room from my other world...

    I entered it and looked around, it was exactly like how I remembered it.

    "What is this ce?" I mumbled.

    "This is your mind" a voice answered, one extremely simr to mine.

    I turned around to see who was talking to me, and there I saw it.

    It was me, well actually, it was a version of me that waspletely red, and just like the axe it was like it''s body waspletelyposed of that hatred aura as it wasing out of it like waves.

    The only thing distinguishable was it''s hair, it''s eyes and it''s mouth as they werepletely white.

    "What are you?" I asked.

    "I am you" it answered.

    "Wha-"

    "I am your hatred, I am a part of you" It interrupted me, "you are me, and I am you" it repeated.

    "Why do you look like that?" I pointed at it''s body.

    "Because I am your hatred, I am the embodiment of your anger and rage" it exined, "and I am the thing that gives you power."

    "I see..." I looked down.

    But we didn''t have the time to continue the conversation as the room suddenly started to shake.

    "It seems like our time together is over, but do not worry, me, we are always together, whether awake or asleep" it smiled, and I could see it''s white mouth curl up.

    [Anger meter: 37/100]

    What the, isn''t it supposed to go to zero once I use the hatred skill?

    "My sole presence increases the meter" it was like it heard my thoughts.

    "Oh, okay then" I shrugged.

    "Now wake up, we have a lot to do" it said.

    The ground beneath the two of us suddenly started evaporating, and once it waspletely gone, the two of us fell into the endless void under us.

    But I noticed something else: our bodies were getting closer to one another, and when we touched each other, the other version of mepletely disappeared by going inside of my chest.

    It was like we merged with each other to be one.

    And with these thoughts in mind, I woke up.

 Chapter 32: Bonding *R18

    <h4>Chapter 32: Bonding *R18</h4>

    I opened my eyes and saw that I was in a very familiar bed, was I in my dorm?

    "Ugh..." I groaned, yet strangely I couldn''t feel any sort of pain.

    "Kaine!" I heard a voice call out to me.

    I turned my head to the side and saw Mina sitting next to my bed, she looked worried.

    "Hey..." I waved at her.

    "Are you okay?" she asked.

    "Yeah, I''m fine" I replied, "what happened?"

    "You passed out after the fight, then the teachers came after the alert and saw that you and Daemon had fought that thing" she exined, "apparently it was an attack, and the responsibles stole the legendary sword Excadia..."

    "I see..." I sighed, "and what about Sarah?"

    "She was extremely thankful for what you did" she smiled, "she wanted to tell that to yiu herseld but you''ve been sleeping for five days so she didn''t know when you would wake up..."

    I almost choked, FIVE DAYS? I thought that the days were decreasing as I got used to the exhaustion, but it looks like I waspletely wrong...

    "Oh, and don''t worry, Ms.Silviapletely healed you, she said that your body was extremely durable in the first ce, you should be able to move right away" the elf continued.

    And just as she said, I got up and could freely move my body as if nothing had happened, didn''t expect less from such a prestigious healer!

    But as I turned my head back to Mina who now got up from the bed, I could that she was unbuttoning her uniform.

    "Mina, what are you doing?" I asked, confused.

    She was looking down and had a severe blush on her face, "y-you always save me and I wanted to repay you the favor..."

    Then she took off her bra and revealed her massive breasts, they were already almost spilling out from her uniform but seeing the real thing waa something else, I couldn''t stop myself from getting an erection.

    "You don''t need to repay me y''know, I do this out of my own free will" I told her with a straight face.

    "NO!" she shouted, surprising me, "I-I also want to do it with you!" she approached me and started pulling down my pants.

    I let her do as she pleased, but inside of my head was pure chaos, I had never done it before in my past life, so the only thing that could guide me were those books I read before.

    "I-it''s my first time so sorry if I''m not that good..." she whispered while blushing.

    "It''s okay, i''ll guide you" I replied, perfectly knowing that I am a liar who has no experience.

    She nodded and took my penis in her hands, it was already hard and throbbing.

    "It''s so big..." she said while stroking it.

    The sensation took me by surprise, it was my first time feeling something like this.

    "Does it feel good?" she asked.

    "Yeah..." I replied.

    She smiled and started moving her hand faster, making me moan even more.

    "Mina..." I groaned.

    "Yes?" she looked up at me with her emerald eyes.

    "Can you put it in your mouth?" I asked.

    She blushed at the request butplied nheless, she leaned forward and wrapped her lips around the tip of my cock.

    Her tongue was swirling around the head of my dick, sending shivers down my spine.

    "Mmm~..." she hummed while bobbing her head up and down.

    I grabbed her hair and pushed her deeper onto my shaft, causing her to gag slightly.

    "Sorry" I apologized.

    "It''s okay" she replied with a slutty smile.

    I continued to push her head down until she was deepthroating me, her throat muscles contracting around my member.

    "I''m gonna cum~" I said after a while.

    She pulled out and stroked my cock furiously, "cum for me Kaine!"

    I groaned loudly as I shot ropes of hot sticky cum all over her face and tits, covering them with my seed, but then she grabbed what she could and put it in her mouth to swallow it.

    "Hmmm~ delishious" she said happily.

    But along with this sight came something else.

    [Orgasm, -5 anger meter]

    Huh?

    [New Skill: Sex God]

    [Aren''t sex and pleasure theplete opposite of hatred? But doesn''t it feel so good you wanna keep doing it?

    This skill allows you to have sex endlessely, thus making you able to satisfy and dominate any woman, but in return, at every orgasm you have the anger meter will drop by 5.

    Note that the skill still works even if you reach 0.]

    I had 37 on my meter before cumming, and now it was...

    [Anger meter: 32/100]

    Looks like it was real...

    "Oh well, who cares" I said as I grabbed Mina from the hips and pulled her to the bed.

    "Kya?!" she gasped, surprised by my actions.

    I don''t care if it drops to zero, all I wanna do is indulge in this elf infront of me.

    I removed her panties and readied my dick to prate her virgin vagina...

    I slowly inserted my cock into her pussy, stretching her walls apart.

    "Ahhh~" she moaned as I prated her.

    I kept pushing until I reached her hymen, then I broke it and made her scream in pain.

    "Gah..." she groaned, tears forming in her eyes.

    "Shh, it''s okay" Iforted her, "the pain will go away soon, do you want me to stop?"

    "K-keep going, please..."

    I nodded and started thrusting in and out of her tight hole, her walls clenching around my shaft.

    "Ahhh~" she moaned as I fucked her harder and faster.

    Slowly her pained moans became increasingly filled with pleasure.

    And as I saw her face, I noticed she had her eyes rolled up and her tongue sticking out of her mouth, making her drool.

    "P-pwease kish me Kaine" she said, I swear I could of seen hearts in her eyes for a second.

    I leaned forward and kissed her passionately, our tongues dancing together.

    "Mmm~" she hummed as I continued to pound her pussy.

    I felt my climax approaching and decided to speed up my pace, making her moan louder.

    "K-Kaine, i''m c-close~" she said.

    "Me too" I replied.

    "Cum inside me!" she begged.

    "As you wish" I shrugged, I didn''t feel the urge to be a father yet but she probably knew what she was doing.

    I thrusted into her onest time before releasing my load inside of her womb, filling her up with my seed.

    [Orgasm, -5 anger meter]

    "I''ve never felt thish gwood" she told me while her body was convulsing, "please do it more..." she had puppy like eyes and I couldn''t refuse.

    I changed our position and we both went into a mating press.

    "I''m gonna fuck you until you can''t walk anymore" I told her before giving her a sloppy kiss, it''s my first time having sex yet my words were already this twisted, probably because of that shitty skill.

    "Y-yes please~" she replied, "chu~ I wuv you~" I couldn''t hear thatst sentence because our tongues were entertwined.

    I started pounding her pussy again, making her moan loudly.

    "Ahhh~" she screamed as I fucked her hard and fast.

    I grabbed her legs and spread them apart, giving me a better angle to prate her.

    "I''m cumming~~~, pleash I can''t shtop cumming" she had a depraved look on her face and looked like she was feeling incredibly good.

    "I''m cumming too" this was the only warning I gave her before releasing every ounce of jeez I had inside of her womb.

    "AHHHH~" she screamed as she received it all.

    This is how the whole afternoon went, and we even kept going until morning because of my endless stamina.

    [Orgasm, -5 anger meter]

    [Orgasm, -5...]

    [Orgasm...]

    Eventually the meter reached 0 but I didn''t stop destroying her pussy until it took the shape of my dick, and I also realized during our sex that Mina was surprisingly submissive, she wanted me to take the lead and seeked the pleasure I gave her relentlessly.

    By the time the sun was up and we had finally finished our intense activity, Mina wasying on the bed with cum everywhere on her body, she came so much that she had gone stupid as I could hear her mutter some uprehensible things.

    "Wuv, wuv you, love, Kaine."

 Chapter 33: Rejection

    <h4>Chapter 33: Rejection</h4>

    I was so into the moment yesterday that I hadpletely forgot today was Monday, which means I needed to go back to ss...

    But when looked at the clock, it was already 7am, meaning the sses were gonna start in an hour.

    "Shit..." I cursed under my breath, I really wanted to sleep more but I guess I can''t.

    I got up and walked towards the bathroom, I needed to shower after all of... that.

    After finishing to bath, I walked back into the room with a towel around my waist and saw that Mina was awake too.

    "Hello" I smiled at her.

    "K-Kaine..." she blushed, "i''m sorry for yesterday, I don''t know what came over me..."

    "It''s okay, I enjoyed it" I replied.

    "R-really?" she asked.

    "Yeah, you''re pretty good" I lied, I had no idea if she was good or not.

    ***

    We both got ready to go to ss and when we walked into the hallway, I noticed that Mina was humming happily, she looked more joyful then usual.

    When we arrived to ss and opened the door, Ms.Lana had already briefly started the lesson, and she looked extremely surprised to see me.

    "Sorry for theteness teacher, I was... huh..." I tried to find my words as I couldn''t possibly exin what me and Mina didst night, "knocked out?"

    "It''s okay, just sit down" she replied with a worried expression on her face, looks like Ms.Lana knew about what happened in the museum.

    Daemon was also staring at me from his corner, but his face showed indifference.

    I mean I fucking envy him! Atleast he doesn''t have to be knocked out every fight.

    ***

    ss was over, and the first thing that happened as soon as the bell rang was the sight of a blue haired girl rush in my direction at full speed.

    She stopped right before the impact with me, and took my hands in hers.

    "Thank you so much Kaine" she said while blushing, I don''t know why girls in this world are as tall as guys in my previous one but this makes the moments ten times less emotional, "you really saved my life and I owe you big"

    Then she hugged me infront of everyone, thus pressing her already giant cleavage into my chest.

    "H-hey leave him alone!" Mina intervened almost immediately to seperate us, "w-what kind of i-immoral stuff are you two doing?"

    But I think she also remembered what we had done yesterday as her face becamepletely red.

    ***

    The rest of the day went by normally, but when I returned to my dorm with Mina and opened the door, we saw two people already inside.

    It was... Branon and Zack.

    Branon is the vice president of the council and he has grey hair with sses, he was part of the demon race as there were hornsing out of his head.

    And Zack was... well you know, the annoying guy who has been bugging me for the past three weeks, he has green hair and was also from the demon race.

    "What are you guys doing here?" I asked as I closed the door behind me after Mina entered.

    "We are here to talk" Branon replied.

    "About what?"

    "You were supposed to give your decision Wednesday ofst week, but we gave you a bit of leeway because you were apparently unconscious, now''s the time to answer though" Zack continued, not friendly in the slightest.

    "Fuck you" I answered them.

    "Is this your answer?" the vice-president asked me while raising his eyebrows.

    "What if it is?" I prepared myself.

    "Well then..." Zack got up and grabbed his neck to crack it, "no more games I guess"

    A green aura appeared around his body and he immediately rushed in my direction, I couldn''t dodge so he grabbed me by the stomach and took me along with him in his run, destroying the dorm door in the process.

    "W-WHAT?" I could hear Mina''s distance scream.

    [Anger meter: 13/100]

    It was low, after having sex so much, my skill would obviously be back down at zero...

    But even if my anger meter and I was getting pushed at full speed into the different school hallways, I was still fairly calm.

    "For how long are you gonna do that?" I asked.

    "Until you''re infront of <strong>her</strong>" he answered.

    But of course, this guy couldn''t possibly expect me to just ept my fate and do nothing right?

    And so I punched him in the face with my fist enveloped in my aura, thus stopping him and leading him to drop me.

    I stepped back afterward.

    "You just just hit a member of the council, thus making you an official enemy" he took a straight pose and announced that.

    "I litterally don''t care" I shrugged.

    "Well it doesn''t matter, you''reing with me, we''re going to see the president" Zack revealed his intentions, but I already knew them.

    Our little brawl had already caused quite amotion as I noticed a number of students looking at us to see what was happening, you don''t see a member of the council drag someone like that everyday after all...

    "Fine, let''s go" I agreed.

    "Good, follow me" he nodded and started walking.

    I followed him and we eventually ended up infront of the council''s office, the same ce where I was dragged a month ago and whrre they invitated me to join them.

    "Let''s go" he opened the door and we both entered.

    The council room was surprisingly empty, and the only upied chair was the middle one.

    Of course, as a reader of the novel, I perfectly who it was.

    "You can go now Zack" a feminine voice spoke, and almost immediately the green hair disappeared while closing the door behind him.

    "Hello Kaine" the woman greeted me.

    "Hi Edna" I waved at her.

    Edna is the student council president, she has red hair and eyes and is extremely strong even though she is only in her second year, her parents are both extremely powerful and h h, basically she is a viin, but surprisingly she doesn''t join the main character''s harem and instead just bes an ally, I guess she is too prideful to fall in love...

    "So, are you ready to join the council?"

    "No" I gave her my honest answer.

    "Why?

    "Because I don''t want to"

    "That''s not a reason"

    "I don''t need a reason"

    "Yes, you do"

    "No, I don''t"

    "Yes, you do" she repeated herself

    "No, I don''t" but me too

    Edna was extremely stubborn in her beliefs and would do anything to achieve what she wants, which is why she bes so influentialter on in the story.

    She wanted the main character in the original novel because of his strenght, but unfortunately she didn''t get him to join, which was her first defeat.

    I think I could definitely describe her as a monster.

 Chapter 34: The President

    <h4>Chapter 34: The President</h4>

    Our little argument kept going for a while but she probably noticed my stubbornness as she suddenly sighed and sat back on her chair.

    "Can I go now?" I asked, not caring a single bit about her.

    "You will regret this choice" the aura around her suddenly changed and became aggressive, "as an enemy of the council, you will be hunted by every single one of us."

    I knew that it wasing for me soon enough, but honestly I don''t have a single second to scratch my head at this point, the following arcs areing and I need to prepare myself for any unexpected things to happen.

    "Well then, you can leave" she gestured with her hand, fucking finally, I was thankful that she wasn''t as barbaric as the others, "but before that..."

    "This is it" I thought, she is doing the thing.

    The aura around her multiplied until itpletely filled the room and became overwhelming.

    This was one of her skills: [Dominatrix], it uses her aura to scare the opponent, thus making him more susceptible to agree to unreasonable offers, she wasn''t called the "Market Genius" for no reason...

    It even almost worked on the main character but he broke out of it at thest second to stand his ground.

    But it doesn''t matter, it wouldn''t have a single chance to seed on me.

    Why?

    Well because fear is considered to be a status.

    Which means...

    [Skill: Status Resistance, activated.]

    "Are you sure you don''t want to change your mind?" she asked again while getting up and mming her hands on the table, trying her hardest to be convincing.

    "Nope" I shrugged.

    "I see..." she looked confused but didn''t say anything as she didn''t want me to know she used a skill.

    Her aura disappeared and she sat back on her chair.

    "You can go now"

    "Thanks Edna"

    I turned around and exited the room while fully knowing that what had just happened woulde to bite me in the future.

    [Anger meter: 28/100]

    ***

    "Kaine!"

    As soon as I left the council''s office, I was greeted by a familiar elf and a human girl.

    "Mina, Sarah, what are you doing here?" I asked them.

    "We were worried about you, so we came here" Mina exined, "Sarah was passing by and saw what happened to you so she followed me"

    "Yeah, I''m fine" I reassured her, "let''s go back to the dorm."

    But Ipletely forgot that Zack''s attack had destroyed the door, which meant anybody could see the inside of the room from the outside.

    Some people actually already gathered around the dorm to see what happened.

    "Do we have to switch dorms now?" I asked Mina.

    "We can''t, we have to take care of our dorm as if it was our own house, the teacher at the beggining of the year said no switch even if it getspletely destroyed" she answered.

    "Oh great, now we need to go buy another door don''t we?"

    "You two can sleep in my dorm if you want in the meantime, I wasn''t paired with anybody" Sarah suggested while smiling.

    "I''ll take you up on that offer then" I agreed

    We followed her and she guided us to her dorm, when we went inside we noticed that it was very neatly organized and had enough space for the three of us to sleepfortably.

    I guess this is better then having everybody look at our sleeping bodies from the hallway...

    "the vacation is at the end of the week, we''re gonna be able to do whatever we want" Mina sat on the bed and stretched as she said those words, but I couldn''t understand.

    "Vacation?"

    "Yeah! We have two weeks of vacation during which we are free from ss and can go anywhere and do anything" Sarah exined happily.

    I remember something like that happening in the novel, but I believe the authorpletely skipped it as it was useless stuff just meant to start the next arc with the main character having a new power as he trained during these two weeks...

    And it also aligns with the fact the next important arc is in a month, which means... YESSS! I HAVE NOTHING TO DO!

    I almost danced out of joy the moment I realized that, but I kept myselfposed infront of the girls.

    [Anger meter: 23/100]

    The meter decreased but it doesn''t matter, I now have an entire month to myself with nothing to do!

    ***

    (Neutral POV)

    But unbeknownst to him, Kaine hadn''t realized what was happening in the shadows.

    Edna was currently looking at the exit door of the council room right after Kaine left.

    She was surprised by his stubbornness as it matched hers and also by the fact her [Dominatrix] skill didn''t work on him, he didn''t even budge...

    "This guy..." she mumbled under her breath.

    She got up from her chair and walked towards the window to look at the city, she had a magnificent view of everything from here, a ce worthy of the president.

    "He is interesting, I like it" she thought while smiling.

    "Branon" she spoke suddenly after a while.

    "Yes ma''am?" the vice-president had been in the room the entire time, but using one of his stealth skills to hide his presence.

    "Did you get what I asked for?" she looked at him while raising her eyebrows.

    "Of course ma''am" he adjusted his sses and ced a file infront of the red hair, "information about Kaine and the pictures you asked for."

    "Good job" she smiled and opened the folder.

    Inside were a bunch of papers containing information about the ck haired boy, such as his name, age, race, family, etc.

    But the most important thing was the pictures herckey took of Mina and Kaine in their mundane life, such as holding hands, hugging, or just walking together.

    She knew that Kaine was too stubborn to ept her offer even if they were to beat him up, so she wanted to affect the people close to him to make him despair.

    "Hehe..." she giggled while looking at the photos, "you''re gonna regret not joining the council"

    And with these words, she closed the folder and gave it back to the silver-hair.

    "What should we do now ma''am?" Branon asked while taking the file in hand.

    "Contact the Silvermoon household and show them these pictures of their daughter hanging out with a human" she smiled mischeviously, " I heard from a connection that they want to keep their bloodline pure, so if they see her around a dull human like him, they are bound to take actions."

    "Understood" he nodded and left the room instantly.

    "Now let''s wait for the results" she said while sitting on her chair and crossing her legs.

    She was still thinking about how Kaine resisted her skill, and was curious about his strenght, but she knew that none of it mattered as she was in total control.

    "I wonder what kind of face he will make when he sees his precious friend being taken away from him..."

    It seems like in opposition to what Kaine expected, his two weeks vacation wouldn''t be as calm as he thought it would be.

 Chapter 35: Missing

    <h4>Chapter 35: Missing</h4>

    "This is amazing!" Sarah eximed after a single bite of Mina''s cooking.

    "Hehe~" the elf scratched her cheek in embarassment, "it''s not that good y''know..."

    "Are you kidding me? This is the best food I''ve ever eaten!" the blue haired girl continued.

    "Thank you..."

    "I''m jealous, I wish I could cook like that"

    "You can always ask me to teach you"

    "Really?!"

    "Of course"

    I was watching the two girls talk to each other from the side while eating my own te, I had to admit that Mina was indeed a good cook.

    Four days left before the vacation, and I was more excited then ever before, I mean I could go discover all the different ces and cool stuff I read about inside of the novel and experience them myself, this is great, no fighting, no death, no anger meter!

    Oh boy, was I wrong.

    ***

    The first three days went normally as you would expect them to.

    We had ordered a new door for our dorm and it came by surprinsigly quickly so we had already set it up by Tuesday, leaving the poor Sarah alone again, we promised her that we woulde visit often.

    But on Wednesday, Mina received an anonymous call she told me she needed to take, and I just shrugged it off as it wasn''t rted to the novel events.

    But when she came back, she looked extremely sad.

    "What''s wrong?" I asked her.

    "N-nothing..." she answered suspiciously, but didn''t want to tell me anything no matter how many times I bugged her to.

    "Maybe something happened to her family?" I reassured myself with such thoughts to justify her change of behavior.

    During the enterity of Thursday she spoke less and her eyes looked soulless, but I ignored it.

    During the night, I could hear her sob when she thought I was asleep, but I ignored it.

    When it was Friday and her attitude didn''t change, I ignored it.

    I noticed that she was looking at me more and more and that her lips were trembling as if she wanted to tell me something important, but I still ignored it.

    "What should we do tomorrow?" I asked after the day passed and we were about to go to sleep, "I mean we can do what we want for two weeks so let''s have fun!"

    "I''m sorry..." she mumbled.

    "What?" but it wasn''t loud enough for me to hear.

    "Oh... nothing... well, goodnight Kaine."

    "Goodnight."

    ***

    I woke up early in the morning and got ready to go somewhere exciting for the first time since I was transported to this world, but when I turned around to wake Mina up, I noticed that she was gone.

    "Huh?" I was confused, where did she go?

    I got up and walked towards the bathroom to see if she was there, but it was empty.

    "Where is she?" I wondered.

    I walked back into the room and looked around, yet I couldn''t find any trace of her.

    But it was then that I saw it: there was a note on her bed with a weird symbol at the bottom.

    [Anger meter: 26/100]

    I grabbed the note with a nk expression on my face and read it.

    [Hello, Kaine

    I am Julius Silvermoon, the head of the Silvermoon Household, and I have been notified that my daughter has been hanging out with a... human like you.

    Upon further inspection we decided to take her away in order to keep our pure bloodline going.

    I hope you do not mind our family quarrels.

    Signed - Julius]

    When I finished reading the paper, I couldn''t help but just stare at it nkly with absolutely no reaction.

    "Hahahaaha..." Iughed, "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

    [Anger meter: 86/100]

    I didn''t feel angry in the slightest, these people weren''t even worth me showing them my anger, all I could do was smile.

    "Hahahaha, don''t worry Julius, I''ll be there to make you regret that decision"

    In the original novel, such an event never urred as Daemon not only was from the demon race, which they also considered pure for some reason, but he was also immensely strong, strong enough for them to ept him even though he was known as a human.

    But me...? They probably didn''t consider me as worthy I guess.

    The first thing I did after reading that letter was rush to my notebook to write any bit of information I needed.

    [Skill: Extra''s Knowledge, activated]

    The author had already described the location of the Silvermoon household once in his novel to show who they were, but I never expected I would need to go there myself to beat their ass...

    It was supposed to be my vacation yet here I was going on another mission, and a one way more deadly then the minotaur.

    "Okay, this should be it" I mumbled after a while, I know I should be fast in such situations, but honestly, an hour or two won''t make too much of a difference.

    The fact she wasn''t here in the morning meant she went with them in the middle of the night.

    The Silvermoon family was filthy rich and had in their possession jets powered by magic.

    If I wanted to go to their household it would probably take me more than four days in a car or a train because of how big the continent was, while it would take them around five hours.

    Plus I had no money, I would need to find a way to earn some with no outside help, and quick.

    And of course, what better method is there to earn money than the ck market and scamming.

    Of course, it''s immoral, but does it really matter in such a situation?

    I grabbed my backpack and put everything in it that I needed: my phone, some snacks and around 300$.

    Was this all I needed to reach the Silvermoon household in two weeks? Probably not, but it doesn''t mean I shouldn''t try.

    "Well then, let''s go" I said as I exited the dorm.

    "Wait, where are you going?"

    I turned around to see Sarah standing behind me, she must have seen me leave.

    "To save Mina" I answered frankly, there was no need to hide the truth as it woulde out eventually.

    "W-what? What do you mean?" she asked, confused.

    "She was kidnapped by her family" I exined, "and I''m going to get her back."

    "Kidnapped?! How?!"

    "They left me a letter to exin the situation on her bed, you can go read it" I waved my hand, "but for now, I need to go."

    "Wait!" she stopped me, "let mee with you, I want to help."

    "No, it''s too dangerous" I refused.

    "Please-"

    "You''re too precious to me for you to risk it, please stay here" I said while patting her head.

    "..." she was severely blushing, "f-fine, but you bettere back with her or i''m gonna kill you!"

    "I didn''t n it any other away" I smirked and walked away.

    "Good luck!" she shouted as I disappeared from her sight.

    "Thanks!"

    And thus, I started my journey to rescue Mina.

    I hadn''t expected it to be so difficult though.

 Chapter 36: Black Market

    <h4>Chapter 36: ck Market</h4>

    The country of Freesia was divided into five cities:

    -Velcros (the capital and where I currently am)

    -Lacroix

    -Alden

    -Ebony

    -Crimson

    Each of these cities had their own specialties and characteristics, but I didn''t care about them right now.

    I needed to travel from Velcros to Alden, which was located in the north of the country, because this is where the ck market is currently located.

    Oh and for your info, the Silvermoon household is located at the center of Ebony, which is basically the city of the riches and powerful, as much as "The Core" at the capital.

    I walked towards the train station and bought a ticket for the next train to Alden, it was expensive but I had enough money to pay for it.

    "Ouch... this is putting a hole in my wallet..."

    Eventually the train arrived and I entered it, I found a seat and sat down while waiting for the departure.

    I looked through the window and saw thendscape pass by, it was beautiful, but I couldn''t enjoy it as I was too focused on my goal.

    After a few minutes, the train finally departed and I was on my way to the northern city.

    I spent the ride resting as I would greatly need it forter, I can''t afford to be tired when i''m in an unknown and dangerous territory after all.

    When I arrived at the destination, I immediately got off the train and looked around.

    The city of Alden waspletely different from Velcros, it was smaller and less popted, but it had its own charm.

    "Let''s go" I walked forward and started heading towards the ce I needed to go, I can''t waste time.

    The outskirts of Alden are known to be miserable so nobody approachs them, but that''s also the reason why it''s one of the biggest meeting ce for the ck market.

    I walked for a while until I reached the outskirts, and I could see a lot of shady looking people walking around.

    "This is it" I thought, "time to start."

    I navigated through the streets and didn''t care about any looks I got or any bad mouthing directed towards me, it was all a bunch of losers who achieved nothing in life after all.

    But suddenly, I felt someone grab my shoulder from behind.

    "Hey kid, what are you doing here?"

    I looked back and saw a tall man with a scar on his face, he was wearing a leather jacket and had a cigarette in his mouth.

    "I''m just passing by" I answered.

    "Trying to make fun of us by showing off aren''t you?" he suddenly got angry.

    But oh boy he didn''t know what true anger was it seems, I immediately turned in his direction and punched his face with the "Trial and Error" skill activated, this sent him crashing into a wall, effectively rendering him unconscious.

    The eyes of the other poor citizens immediately turned away from mine as I looked at them, they were broke but had enough brain capacity it to understand they shouldn''t fuck with me I guess.

    The remainder of the walk became surprinsigly calm afterward, fear is an excellent factor to get peace it seems.

    I eventually arrived at the ce, it was a normal looking house, but everybody who was here long enough knew what this was.

    I knocked at the door three times just as instructed.

    "Who is it?" a voice came out of the other side.

    I hadpletely forgotten what the password was, but thankfully something helped me.

    [Skill: Extra''s Knowledge, activated]

    [The password is: Fire emblem]

    "Fire emblem" I repeated, and suddenly the door opened to reveal a staircase, there was nobody behind it though, which means the voice thing was automatic.

    I entered the building and closed the door behind me, I walked down the stairs and arrived at the basement, it was dark but I could see some lighting from the end of the hallway.

    I followed the source and eventually ended up in a giant hallway-like room that went on for kilometers, it was the ck market.

    "Wee!" a voice greeted me, "what are you looking for today?"

    "I''m here to sell" I answered.

    Of course I''m not dumb, every person in this shady ce is here to scam or steal from others to get money, so if they see a newbie enter it, they''ll jump on the asion to make some cash.

    "Oh, well then follow me"

    The person guided me to a table far from the entrance, on the way I saw a huge amount of people from all races exchange items or discuss with one another, this would seem fairly normal if I didn''t know where I was.

    We arrived at the table where we both sat and the man looked at me, he had a gold monocle, a long ck hat and grey short hair.

    "so, what do you have to sell?"

    Hehehe, but if everybody in here is a scammer, then I am one too.

    [Skill: Axe of Hatred, activated.]

    I made the axe appear out of nowhere, thus surprising him both by it''s sudden appearance but also by it''s form, it waspletely red and it''s sides were moving like waves, of course it looks cool.

    "What is that?" he asked, curious, I also noticed that many eyes turned to the bright axe.

    "I call it the "Aura Axe", it''s extremely powerful and can be called by it''s owner whenever they are in danger, look" I demonstrated by making it appear and disappear at will, of course I was just deactivating the skill but they didn''t know that.

    "Interesting, but how do you know it''s so powerful?"

    "Well..." I got up from my seat and held the axe in both of my hands, then I concentrated, suddenly the aura around became overwhelming and everybody around was surprised by it, "is this enough?"

    "How much do you want for it?" he adjusted his monocle and suddenly became serious.

    "Hmm~ around 5000$ would be good" I said.

    But the man lifted his eyebrows, "an axe like that can be sold for only 3000$, that''s the max I''m willing to give ya kid" of course it was false.

    "3500$" I added a bit, honestly I was fine with his first offer but I couldn''t show that I epted too quickly.

    "Deal" he got up from his chair and pulled a bag of money from under the table, then he started counting, "... and finally, 3500$, here ya go"

    I took the cash and after making sure that it was real ced the axe on the table.

    "Pleasure doing business with ya kid" he smiled.

    And then I walked away, but of course I could hear the other people''s whispers.

    "He got scammed"

    "This shit can be sold for 20k$"

    "I wish I could get such an easy prey..."

    Keepughing and mocking me, let''s see who''s gonna have thest word fools.

    I climbed up the stairs which I came from and officially left the ck market after I opened the door of the house from the inside and closed it behind me.

    And then...

    "HAHAHAHAHAHA! I couldn''t stop myself fromughing loudly.

    I snapped my fingers and all of a sudden the axe was back in my hand, meaning that he effectively got nothing for his transaction.

    "Who''s the idiot now?" I thought as I grabbed the money that was in my pocket.

 Chapter 37: Surprise Visit

    <h4>Chapter 37: Surprise Visit</h4>

    I began to run away from the outskirts at full speed, I mean this guy would probably try to catch me with everything he has if I stood still, pride is a big thing for a criminal after all.

    Plus I would probably get cklisted from this specific ck market but honestly I don''t care, the Alden ck market may be a big and prominent one, but it''s not the biggest, far from that actually.

    There is the "Toxic Flower" market which is the biggest one on the inte and only epts people they trust, but also the one of another country where it is way better to buy/sell as scamming there is almost like asking for death.

    I ran for a while and even though I heard a suddenmotion behind me, indicating that they figured out that I tricked them, I eventually lost them after leaving to the center of the city.

    "Hahahaha, this was great!" I eximed while looking at the sky.

    I had earned 3500$, and I could earn even more if I wanted to, but I decided to stop here.

    "Now, where should I go next?" I sat on the bench of a park, exhausted from all that running.

    I looked at my phone and checked the time, it was already noon, which meant I had been here for hours already, I should probably book a hotel, I could start traveling to Ebony tomorrow, which is where the Silvermoon household is.

    ***

    I walked around the city for a while before finding a hotel, I booked a room and got ready to sleep early as tomorrow would be a big day.

    But beforehand I ced my backpack on a chair and organized all the items I currently had to make sure I would be ready if anything happened.

    And then I went to sleep.

    ***

    I slept soundly for the first half of the night, that is until I saw something appear inside of my dreams though.

    <strong>[WAKE UP, NOW!]</strong>

    This red text along with an ear-shattering sound suddenly appeared in my dream.

    Thus waking me up.

    But as I opened my eyes, annoyed and trying to understand what had just happened, I heard something else...

    <i>Rustle</i>... <i>Rustle</i>...

    I looked at the door of my room, and saw that something or someone was trying to open it to break in.

    I instantly understood what was happening and rushed towards a blind spot I had found behind the curtains to hide.

    Less then a second after I hid, the door was smashed open and I could see three silhouettes in the hallway:

    -Two of these people were tall men with an imposing physique and looked like gangsters.

    And the other was...

    The guy I scammed at the ck market, I recognised him by his shining gold monocle.

    "Where is he?" the man asked while looking around the room.

    "I don''t know sir, maybe he isn''t here?" one of the twockeys answered.

    "No, he must be here, search everywhere!" he ordered.

    The three of them started searching the entire room, and I was waiting for the right moment to strike, I was lucky this was the middle of the night which means I could see them but they couldn''t

    After a few minutes, they finished their search and the leader looked disappointed.

    "Damn it, where did he go?" the scammed man said angrily.

    "Maybe he escaped through the window sir?" one of the buff men answered

    "Of course he didn''t you shithead, look!" he pointed at the backpack on the chair, "I checked and there is the money inside, he obviously wouldn''t leave it"

    "Then why don''t you just take it?" the other guy proposed.

    "You fucking idiot, I don''t care about the money, I want this fucker dead and I wanna be the one to end him"

    They weren''t paying attention to me anymore as they were arguing, which means it''s the perfect time...

    [Skill: Trial and Error, activated]

    My fists enveloped in the hatred aura, but...

    "SIR, BEHIND THE CURTAIN, THERE IS SOMETHING!" the red aura was visible, which means my surprise attack n had failed, but honestly it doesn''t matter.

    "YOU FUCKER!" the man shouted and charged at me after I pulled out the curtains and appeared infront of them, but I dodged his punch and kicked him in the stomach, sending him flying into the wall.

    "Sir!" the two buff men tried to help him but I was faster.

    I jumped on one of them and punched him in the face, then I used him as a springboard to jump on the other one and kick him in the head, knocking him out.

    "You little shit..." the man got up and red at me, "you''re gonna regret this."

    He pulled something purple from his pocket, it seemed like it was unstable as it kept... glitching?

    It looked like a gun and he was holding it towards me, ready to pull the trigger.

    I instinctively knew that thing was dangerous, if I get hit i''m probably dead.

    "Goodbye" he pressed the trigger, and instantly a giant violet beam came out at the end.

    But I was fast enough to dodge it, and it ended up hitting the wall behind me, destroying it.

    "What the fuck?" I thought, but I should of expected this from someone who hangs in the ck markets.

    "Shit, I missed" he cursed.

    "You missed your chance" I said and charged at him, he tried to shoot again but I was too close to him, I grabbed his arm and twisted it, making him drop the weapon.

    "ARGHHH!" he screamed in pain.

    I then proceeded to kick him in the stomach, and when he bent over from the impact, I punched him in the face, rendering him unconscious.

    "Phew..." I sighed, "that was close."

    I looked at the three bodies on the ground and wondered what to do with them, I could call the police but I didn''t want to deal with them, plus I would need to exin how I managed to beat three grown men without any weapons and why they wanted to take revenge on me.

    So I decided to kill them.

    And yes, i''m not joking.

    I picked up the gun and aimed it at the leader''s head, I pulled the trigger and the same purple beam came out, killing him instantly.

    "Wow... this is strong..." I mumbled.

    I then proceeded to do the same to the other two, and the room was filled with silence once again.

    "Well, that was fun" I said while stretching, "but I should probably go now, I don''t want to stay here any longer."

    I grabbed my backpack and exited the room after putting the unstable gun inside of it.

    I saw that there was a huge hole in the wall from the impact of the beam, so I decided to use it to leave the hotel by jumping from the top to the bottom.

    Fortunately I wasn''t injured after reaching the ground.

    "No sleep for me I guess..." I sighed as I walked to the nearest train station.

 Chapter 38: Train Travel

    <h4>Chapter 38: Train Travel</h4>

    I arrived at the train station and bought a ticket to Ebony, it would be a four days ride so I took a VIP room incase the normal ones weren''tfortable, I was tired but I couldn''t afford to rest as I needed to save Mina as soon as possible, plus if I stayed in this city after killing such an important person, some other people would probablye to find me.

    When the train arrived, I entered it and got the keys to my small chamber, it only had a desk and a bed but I guess this is enough for a train ride...

    I looked outside the window and saw thendscape pass by, it was extremely dark as we were in the middle of the night, but I appreciated what I could see.

    I was thinking about what had happened earlier, I killed three people, and I didn''t feel bad about it, I felt... normal.

    I mean, I have the hatred system, so I shouldn''t be surprised, but I still wonder if I will ever feel remorse for my actions, well I guess they were the ones who came to me so probably not.

    "Oh well, it doesn''t matter" I shrugged andid down on the bed, I was exhausted and needed to rest.

    I closed my eyes and fell asleep.

    ***

    I woke up the next morning and stretched, I felt refreshed and ready to continue my journey.

    I left the room and went to the dining car to eat breakfast, I ordered a simple sandwich and ate it while looking at the scenery.

    "This is nice..." I thought, "I wish I could travel like this with Mina and Sarah."

    I was thinking about the future, I wanted to live a peaceful life with the girls, but I knew that it would be difficult, especially since I am inside a novel where each arc that passed would put the world at greater risk.

    "I''ll make it happen" I reassured myself, "no matter what happens."

    I finished eating and went back to my room then I proceeded to spent the rest of the day reviewing the n and ying games on my phone.

    And this is how the first three days of the train ride went, there were a lot of passengers aboard but I didn''t talk to anybody, I just focused on my own stuff.

    But on the fourth day and final day, something unexpected happened.

    "Attention all passengers, we are currently experiencing some technical difficulties, please remain calm and wait for further instructions."

    I heard the announcement and looked outside, I could see that the train was slowing down.

    "What''s going on?" I wondered.

    I got up from my seat and exited the room, I walked towards the front of the train and saw that there were a lot of people gathered there, they were all talking to each other and wondering what was happening.

    And all of a sudden, we heard sirens.

    <strong>Weee wooooo...</strong>

    Then magic powered vehicules started surrounding the train, each of them had the "SMPF" anagram on the side of their cars.

    I instantly knew who and what they were.

    The Special Magic Police Force, or SMPF for short, is a special unit created by the government to deal with magical threats, they are extremely powerful and have ess to many different types of weapons and spells, they mainly intervene in case of big threats such a high-ss monsters and dangerous magic items/relics.

    "What''s going on?" I asked a random person.

    "I don''t know, but it seems like they are trying to stop the train" he answered.

    "Why?"

    "I think it has something to do with the technical difficulties we experienced earlier"

    "I see..."

    I had no idea what was happening but it doesn''t matter if it has nothing to do with me.

    But that''s when I heard an announcemente from the outside.

    "Our detector has found traces of an illegal middle-ranked relic inside of this train, we are here to take it in case anything bad happens"

    "A relic?!" I eximed, "oh shit..."

    I remembered the violet beam gun I stole from the ck market guy I scammed, this must definitely be it...

    I looked around and saw that everybody was confused, nobody knew what was happening.

    "We will now begin our search, please cooperate with us and everything will be fine"

    Suddenly, the doors of the train opened and the SMPF agents started entering it, they were all wearing ck armor and had magic infused guns in their hands.

    "Please remain calm and let us do our job" one of them said.

    They began searching the train and checking every passenger, I was standing in the crowd and watching them work, I didn''t want to get involved as I knew that I would probably be arrested if they found the gun.

    After a bit of reflection I decided to walk away from them and go back to my room to grab the relic and my student ID from my backpack, then I put it inside of my pocket and came back to the wagon where everybody was.

    The train had security cameras as well, so they would know I went back to hide it if I tried anything.

    Which means my best bet was to just show it to them, of course I don''t n to give it but I can earn their trust.

    "Hey, police force" I spoke while lifting my arm up, thus attracting the attention of the entire SMPF and the passengers, "is this perhaps what you''re looking for?"

    I took the relic from my pocket inside of my hand and showed it off.

    Instantly people started screaming.

    "OH MY GOD HE HAS IT!"

    "HE''S GONNA KILL US!!"

    A futile reaction, if I wanted to end it all I would of already done it.

    "Let me pass" I suddenly heard a feminine voice from behind the officers as they immediately cleared the way upon her order, "show it to me kid"

    I instantly recognized who she was: Lilith, the captain of the SMPF and an extremely smart and powerful woman, she had short blonde hair that reached her shoulders and an extremely generous body that her uniform didn''t hide in the slightest.

    She took the relic in her hands and examined it, "yep, this is definitely it, who are you?" she didn''t have that much of a reaction.

    "I''m a student of the Freesia academy and this isn''t an illegal relic but a gift I bought for my friend!" I showed my ID and gave her a lie that could be believable.

    "Hmmm..." she looked at me suspiciously, as if she was testing me, "and why did you try to hide it from us?"

    "Because I knew that you would take it away from me, and I don''t want to lose it"

    "I see..." she nodded, "well then, I guess we can let you go, and you can also keep the relic, but be careful" she looked at me with a nk expression.

    "Thank you" I smiled.

    "Now then, everybody, please resume your activities" she ordered and the SMPF agents left the train.

    Oh, I forgot to say, Lilith is a big troublemaker that loves to create issues, I said beforehand that she was smart, so I could already see in her expression that she didn''t believe a single word I said.

    But I think she believes I won''t be too reckless as I am a Freesia Academy student.

    I guess it''s a win as I keep a relic that would be helpful in the future, plus I don''t get to be a criminal yet.

    Lilith would be an important character in the future arcs, so I don''t wanna be on her bad side either.

    And with this final unexpected event, I finally reached Ebony, meaning I was closer than ever to get Mina back, all I needed to do was go to the center of the city now.

 Chapter 39: The Silvermoon Household

    <h4>Chapter 39: The Silvermoon Household</h4>

    I got off the train and looked around, the city of Ebony waspletely different from Alden, it was bigger and more popted, but it was also richer and more powerful.

    I walked through the streets and admired the view, I was heading towards the Silvermoon household which was located at the center of the city, but I didn''t want to rush things as I didn''t know what to expect.

    I eventually arrived at the center after a few hours of walking and saw a giant mansion, it was surrounded by a tall wall and had a huge garden, it was obviously the Silvermoon household.

    But I didn''t enter it directly, instead I sat on a bench nearby and observed the ce.

    I looked around and saw that there were guards patrolling the area, they were all wearing silver armor and had a sword or a gun attached to their waist.

    "Well, there is no point in going inside in broad daylight, might aswell wait for a good time" I mumbled, thus deciding to book a hotel close to the mansion to see if anything happens.

    I went to the closest hotel and booked a room, it was expensive but I didn''t care, I had enough money to pay for it, well only for two nights that is, after that I''d have nothing.

    I entered the room and threw my backpack on the bed, then I sat down and looked out of the window, I could see the mansion from here.

    "I wonder how Mina is doing..." I thought, "I hope she''s okay."

    I decided to spend the rest of the day resting and preparing, I didn''t know what would happen but I needed to be ready.

    ***

    (At the same time, inside of the Silvermoon household)

    Mina was sitting around a giant table in the dining room, there were dozens of people sitting around it, but she wasn''t paying attention to them, she was more preupied by the different dishes infront of her.

    "So what are you gonna do about Mina?" an acquaintance of Julius, her dad, asked.

    "I frankly don''t know, we''ve sent her to the best school in the world and we get info that she hangs out with a weak human, I was quite shocked" he sipped a bit of tea before answering, "me and my wife are discussing about the matter, but the most probable oue would be to get her out of this filthy ce and marry her to a pure and reliable elf noble"

    Heating these words, the elf couldn''t stand it anymore.

    "I DON''T WANNA GET MARRIED TO SOMEONE I DON''T KNOW!" she pped her fist agaisn''t the table and shouted with tears in her eyes, "AND HE IS NOT FILTHY OR WEAK!"

    "Mina, you should learn to respect your elders" her mother, Tina, scolded her calmly.

    "I don''t care! I want to stay with Kaine."

    "You''re not allowed to see him again" Julius said coldly.

    "No!"

    "Enough!" he raised his voice, "you will listen to us and obey, or else I''ll have to use force, you''re already embarassing us infront of our guests."

    "..." she stayed silent.

    "Good, now eat your food and go to sleep"

    "Yes father..."

    She grabbed her fork and started eating, but she was crying while doing so.

    "Poor girl, she''s still young and naive" one of the guestsmented.

    "Indeed, but she needs to understand that she can''t always have what she wants"

    "I agree, I wish my daughter was like her though, she''s aplete brat"

    "Hahaha, I feel you, this Kaine guy already corrupted her enough to say stuff like this..."

    They continued to talk about random stuff while Mina finished her meal, then she excused herself and left the room.

    Mina obviously thought about escaping, but how, and where? Her father would find her in less then an hour if she tried anything.

    The only thing she could do is wait for her parents to decide what to do with her life, and nothing could stop them from doing that.

    She was chained.

    ***

    I spent the next two days creating my n, I couldn''t do it on a single night as it would be too difficult to assess everything even with the [Extra''s Knowledge] skill.

    But now I was ready, I had a clear idea of what to do and how to do it, all I needed to do was execute it.

    I had mapped out the environment around the mansion, plus the schedule of the guards and the different ways to enter.

    Of course I would use both the relic and my axe to dispose of any... um... annoying people.

    Sigh... so much happenedtely, just for this moment, I needed to focus.

    It has been seven days since I left the academy to retrieve Mina, and now I was the closest I could ever be to her.

    [Anger meter: 97/100]

    One final push and the [Hatred] skill would activate aswell.

    I waited until it was dark outside, then I exited the hotel and headed towards the Silvermoon household.

    I left the backpack inside of the hotel room, the only thing I took was the gun relic.

    I arrived at the entrance of the mansion and looked around, there were no guards in sight, which meant that they were probably inside of the garden.

    I jumped over the wall andnded in the garden and just as I thought, there were three guards ced in positions where they could watch everything.

    Honestly, the first thing I thought when I imagined a rescue mission was to infiltrate the household to get her back without anybody noticing me.

    But unfortunately this is not a viable option, this isn''t a movie after all.

    And so the next best thing to do is...

    [Skill: Trial and Error, activated]

    Smash through them in the fastest amount of time possible.

    I charged at the nearest guard and punched him in the face, knocking him out instantly.

    "What the-" the other two eximed.

    "Who are you?!" one of them pulled out his gun and aimed it at me.

    "Nobody important" I answered and ran towards him, I dodged the bullet and kicked him in the stomach, making him sleep as the impact was too powerful even with their silver armor equipped.

    "ARGHHH!" thest guard screamed and tried to attack me, but I grabbed his arm and twisted it, making him drop his weapon.

    I then proceeded to punch him in the face, rendering him unconscious.

    "Welp, no going back now I guess" I advanced towards the mansion and noticed that one of the giant decorative windows, specifically the one leading to the dining room, had it''s lights on.

    I climbed a bit and peeked inside, just to see a giant table with around thirty people around, and along them was...

    "MINA!" I shouted inside of my head.

    Everybody but her seemed extremely happy and festive though, I guess they''re celebrating something that she doesn''t like...

    "Huff... puff" I breathed a bit before getting ready for the next step.

    And after I finished to calm down, I stepped back by a few meters from the window then sprinted towards it.

    [Anger meter: 99/100]

    At the final moment before impact I jumped and dropkicked the ss, thus shattering it and finally entering the house in the coolest way I could think of, infront of everybody''s surprised eyes.

    [Anger meter: <strong>100/100</strong>]

 Chapter 40: Intervention

    <h4>Chapter 40: Intervention</h4>

    (Neutral POV)

    Before Kaine''s arrival, the Silvermoon family had hosted a banquet to celebrate their daughter''s engagement to a noble from an acquaintance''s family.

    They had invited the most important people around them to this event, with Mina being the main attraction as she was the one getting engaged.

    Beside her sat her new fiance, his name was Cedric and he looked ecstatic at the idea of marrying such a beauty.

    "I''m so lucky to have met you" he whispered to her.

    "..." she didn''t answer, she was looking down and didn''t seem to be listening, but he didn''t care, after all she would be his soon enough, even if these weren''t her real feelings.

    In opposition, Julius, the head of the family, was enthusiastically speaking to the others guests, he seemed extremely satisfied by the sudden turn of events.

    "I''m d that you epted toe here today" he said to a man who was sitting beside him.

    "Of course, I wouldn''t miss this opportunity for anything" the man smiled.

    "I''m sure that our children will be happy together" the man he spoke to was Cedric''s father.

    "Indeed, I heard that she is a very talented mage, I can''t wait to see her in action"

    "Hahaha, she is indeed, she is the pride of our family, the only mistake she made was to hangout with that human..."

    "Oh? You keep talking about him, but can you show us a picture?" the guests seemed intrigued by the man who apparently swayed Mina.

    "Of course" Julius smiled and pulled out a picture of the ck haired boy.

    "Ouch... he isn''t even that handsome, I feel like Cedric is a better fit for her" the guestplimented Julius for his choice.

    "Thank you, but I don''t want to talk about this filth anymore, let''s enjoy the party"

    "Agreed"

    While they were chatting, Mina was sitting silently, she didn''t want to be here, she wanted to be with Kaine, but she knew that she couldn''t do anything.

    "Hey, Mina" Cedric called her, "what are you thinking about?"

    "Nothing" she answered coldly.

    "Come on, you can tell me, we''re gonna be married soon"

    "..."

    This is how the first hour of the night went, everybody but the green-haired elf was cheering for the engagement.

    "Cedric, my man, give us a toast to celebrate" Julius tapped his back and smiled.

    "Of course mister."

    He got up from his seat and went to the top of the table, in a way everybody could see him.

    "My dear friends, I am honored to announce that I will be marrying the beautiful Mina Silvermoon, I hope that you will support us in the future, I will try my hardest to protect her too!" he lifted his ss and drank from it.

    "Cheers!" everybody shouted.

    "..." Mina didn''t react.

    "Now then, let''s continue the festivities"

    And just as they were about to resume their activities, they heard a loud noiseing from the outside, and then the window that was ced on the wall slightly above their heads shattered.

    "WHAT THE HELL?!"

    "WHO DID THIS?!"

    "EVERYBODY GET BACK!"

    The guests started panicking and moving away from the broken window as they all noticed a figurend on the ground.

    ***

    Inded on the ground and looked around, I saw dozens of people staring at me with surprise and shock in their eyes, but I wasn''t paying attention to them, I was looking at the person I came for.

    And as the smoke started dissipating to reveal my face...

    "It''s you..." Julius advanced with an angered look on his face, "what do you think you''re doing you shitty kid?"

    "I don''t know, you tell me what I should do" I shrugged and pulled the relic from my pocket, pointing it at him.

    The other guests backed away while Cedric him advanced next to Julius.

    "Isn''t that the guy that was hanging out with Mina?" he asked.

    "It is, but don''t worry, we''ll get him" Julius reassured him, "GUARDS!"

    But nobody came.

    "I already took care of them" I informed him.

    [Skill: Hatred, activated]

    Instantly, the hatred aura enveloped my body and became overwhelming, Julius and Celdric could definitely sense it as their expressions suddenly became intrigued by the change of atmosphere.

    "What do you want? Mina''s father asked.

    "You perfectly know what I want you shitty dad" I replied coldly.

    "And you think your little toy is gonna scare us?" Cedric spoke this time, in a mocking tone.

    I pulled the trigger on the gun, thus shooting a violet beam and aimed it at the wall where nobody was located,pletely destroying it upon impact.

    Then I looked back at Julius and Cedric who were surprised by this with a neutral expression.

    "It''s a medium-ss relic, not a toy" I said after the demonstration.

    "How did you get that?" Julius asked.

    "I stole it from a ck market dealer" I gave him theplete truth.

    "I see... wait what?"

    "Anyways, what do I need to do to be proven worthy?" worth is a great deal for the Silvermoon family, if they know their daughter is with someone that is strong, they will allow her to stay in school, that''s why they didn''t bat an eye for Daemon after all.

    "You think you''re worthy of Mina?" Cedricughed, "you''re just a weak human, you can''t even beat me in a fight."

    "Is that so?" I smirked, "thene at me, I''ll prove you wrong."

    "Great idea, I consider Cedric to be worthy, which means whoever wins that fight will decide of Mina''s future" Julius smirked, he was amused and all of this waspletely beneficial for him.

    "Mina is not a fucking toy you shitty father" I roared and looked at him as if he was trash, making the aura around me increase.

    "Hahahaha, we''ll see" Julius was undeniably stronger than me, so I was lucky he wasn''t getting involved this time, but this doesn''t mean Cedric was weak, I think he is on equal footing with me currently.

    "Position yourselves in one corner of the room and wait for the countdown" Julius announced as if this was a boxing match, "you are allowed to use all your skills, and I''ll make sure all the guests are protected by setting up a barrier"

    He snapped his fingers and a blue shield appeared around every guest, thus protecting them from all attacks.

    "Oh and... you''re not allowed to use that thing" he pointed at the relic and without a single moment of hesitation rushed towards me and took it from my hands, well it doesn''t matter.

    "Let''s begin" he said and walked away.

    I looked at Cedric and he was ring at me, he was obviously pissed off by my sudden appearance, I was currently ruining his n to marry Mina after all.

    "You''re gonna regret this" he growled.

    "We''ll see" I replied calmly, but was hiding an immense rage aswell.

    "3..." Julius began counting.

    "2..."

    "1..."

    "FIGHT!"

 Chapter 41: Worthy

    <h4>Chapter 41: Worthy</h4>

    As soon as the countdown ended, Cedric charged at me and threw a punch, I dodged it and countered with a kick to his stomach, but he blocked it with his arm.

    "Not bad" hemented and tried to hit me again, but this time he seeded as he was grabbing my free arm, thus sending my flying into the wall.

    "Ugh..." I groaned in pain, but I quickly recovered and got up, I ran towards him and punched him in the face, making him stagger backwards.

    But he got his bnce back almost instantly and summoned a giant tree from the ground, it grew rapidly and tried to crush me, but I jumped out of the way andnded behind him, I then proceeded to kick him in the back, making him fall forward.

    "You bastard!" he shouted and turned around, he was now holding a spear in his hand, "I''m gonna kill you!"

    Cedric''s ability was his nature magic along with his infused nature spear, making him able to control nts and such, if this kept going there was no way I would win as I would be overwhelmed soon.

    Another branch then grabbed my leg as I was too focused protecting myself from his punches and I was mmed several times on the ground.

    "Arghhhh..." I screamed in pain each time.

    "Hahahaha, you''re done for" heughed and raised his spear, ready to impale me with a giant branch he summoned.

    But before he could do anything, I used my axe to cut the branch and freed myself, then I rolled over and got up, I was covered in blood and bruises, but I didn''t care, I had to save Mina.

    "You''re still standing?" he was surprised.

    "Of course I am" I replied and pulled out my axe of hatred, "your trick won''t work twice!"

    "Tsk..." he clicked his tongue and charged at me, he was holding his spear tightly and aiming it at my heart.

    I dodged the attack and swung my axe at him, but another branch came in the way and blocked it.

    What followed was a sparkly fight as our two weapons kept shing with each other.

    Cedric would summons his magic trees while I would raise my hatred aura to cut them.

    After a few minutes of fighting, we were both exhausted and injured, but I was clearly worse than him.

    "Give up yet?" he asked.

    "Never" I replied and charged at him, I was swinging my axe wildly and trying to hit him, but he was blocking my attacks with his spear.

    "You''re pathetic" he insulted me and kicked me in the stomach, making me fall on the ground.

    "Urghhh..." I groaned in pain.

    "I guess it''s over now" he raised his spear and aimed it at my head, "i''ll use my final attack."

    At the very end of his spear started forming a ball of energy, and once it was finished, it started dividing and scattering in all directions around me,ing closer to my weakened body as I could do nothing but watch.

    There was no escape from it as the energy balls were surrounding me.

    "Goodbye" he smirked andunched the attack at me, thus increasing the balls speed.

    No... I can''t lose like this, not after everything I did toe here, not to some random side character who''s name was only mentioned once.

    And as I looked at Mina, who was crying and being held by the other guests as to not approach me, I knew that I couldn''t give up.

    "Fuck you..." I mumbled before the impact.

    But that''s during this moment of extreme rage that I saw it.

    [New skill: Aura Body]

    [Ohe on, you''re in a situation where it''s impossible to avoid an iing attack? Well let me tell you that there isn''t a single attack that is unavoidable!

    This skill allows the user topletely turn his body into aura for a short period of time, thus letting him escape from tight ces.]

    As soon as I saw that, I knew I had to use it.

    [Skill: Aura Body, activated]

    My body started dposing and merging with the aura behind me, and realizing that, I passed through a small gap between the energy balls and reappeared behind Celdric who looked confused at what I had done.

    "What the-" he eximed.

    "You''re dead" I interrupted him and swung my axe at him, cutting his arm off.

    "AAAAAHHHH!" he screamed in pain and fell on the ground, clutching his bleeding shoulder.

    "I WIN!" I shouted and lifted my axe, ready to finish him off with absolutely no remorse.

    But before I could do anything, someone held my hand with surprising ease.

    "Let''s stop for now, you won" Julius was holding me and I couldn''t move a single muscle in my body, it was as if he was trying to show me he could kill me at any moment.

    "Why?" I asked.

    "Because I don''t want to see my daughter sad, she obviously cares about you" he answered, "and I respect that, plus I think you''re strong enough to protect her."

    "Really?" I was surprised.

    "Yes... I think you are worthy" he said the words I wanted to hear, this was basically confirmation for him, "but I have one condition" he looked at me seriously with overwhelming aura around his body, "if anything happens to her, i''ll be sure to hunt you down and execute you on the spot"

    "I promise" I nodded while hoping nothing happens in the future.

    "Good" he smiled and released me, "now go to her, I''m sure she wants to see you."

    I looked at Mina who was crying and running towards me, I opened my arms and hugged her.

    "I missed you" she spoke in a teary voice and wouldn''t let go of me.

    "WHAT?!" Cedric shouted, "YOU CAN''T DO THIS!"

    "Shut up" Julius kicked him in the face, knocking him back on the ground, "you lost, now ept it, those who lose are not worthy."

    "..." he stayed silent, going agaisn''t Julius was never a good idea.

    "They grow so fast" Tina, Mina''s mother, sighed, "soon enough she''ll lose her virginity and be an adult."

    Hearing that, Mina stopped hugging me and turned to her mother with an embarrassed expression on her face.

    "M-mom, I already lost it..." she was trying to hide her blushing face.

    "WHAT!" even Julius, who had been calm since the beggining started freaking out, "WITH WHO? WHO DARED?"

    In response to his question, she raised one of her fingers in my direction.

    "YOU LITTLE BASTARD!" Julius shouted at me as he noticed her gesture.

    Damn, couldn''t have kept that to yourself could you...

 Chapter 42: Threesome *R18

    <h4>Chapter 42: Threesome *R18</h4>

    I had sessfully saved Mina from her... um... family? Well I mean they allowed her to go back to school as soon as beat up that Cedric guy, so were they really kidnapping her...?

    Oh well it doesn''t matter, I had done in seven days, which means we still had just a bit more then a week before returning to ss.

    "We''re here now, what should we do? Wanna visit?" I asked her while in the hotel chamber I booked thanks to the money Julius gave us both.

    "Noooo! I wanna go back to the academy!" she rejected my offer.

    "Huh? Why?"

    "Because we need to be with Sarah silly!" she giggled.

    And of course, she was right, I had promised the blue hair toe back with Mina as soon I got her back.

    "You''re right, let''s use thisst week to hangout around the capital."

    Mina asked her father for one of their drivers to bring us back to the capital and sure enough, in less than five hours using one of their magic infused jets, we were already back at the main city.

    This is pale inparison to the five days it took me to reach Ebony by train... but oh well...

    ***

    "KAINE, MINA!" as soon as she saw us, the blue haired girl jumped in our arms, "you did it Kaine, I don''t know how but you fucking did it!!!"

    I exined to the two of them everything I did since the moment I received the letter to the part where I fought Cedric, and they were mesmerized by my story.

    "You did all of this for her?" Sarah was pouting while Mina was hiding her blushing face, "would you do this for me too?"

    "Of course" I replied, thus making her happy again.

    The following or so week went pretty well, the three of us would go out to eat in popr restaurants and visit incredible ces I would have never ever imagined to see in my past life.

    But of course, I wasn''t the only one having fun, Mina was enjoying herself aswell, she was finally free from her parents and could do whatever she wanted, and it was all thanks to me.

    Sarah was also extremely happy, she was always smiling andughing, and I could tell that she was genuinely d to spend time with us.

    But unfortunately, all good things muste to an end, and so the day of our return to the academy soon arrived.

    It was currently Sunday night and the three of us were sitting on my bed inside of our dorm.

    "Oh well..." Mina sighed after our conversation ended and...

    STARTED STRIPPING?

    Both me and Sarah looked at her in awe but she didn''t stop.

    "Drop your pants Kaine" she ordered me while unbuttoning her bra and removing her panties.

    "Wha-"

    "It''s been more then two weeks since we did it, and I want more, c''mon, and faster than that" she interrupted me.

    "Ok..." Iplied with her request and started untightening my belt.

    Sarah who was now a spectator to that strange scene infront of her eyes snapped back to reality and...

    STARTED REMOVING HER CLOTHES TOO?

    "What the fuck?" I looked at her as she was removing her skirt, I mean I expected her to either walk away or scream for us to stop.

    "Huh? I''m just following you guys, aren''t we having sex?"

    "Yes we are, and you can join us Sarah" Mina smiled and told Sarah it was okay to continue, an attitude not worthy of a tsundere if you ask me, did her personally change during the time inside of her house?

    "Yay!" the blue haired girl cheered and removed her shirt, revealing her naked body.

    "Wow..." I was amazed by her body, just how voluptuous can a girl get?

    "Don''t stare at me like that you pervert!" she blushed and covered her chest with her hands.

    "Sorry..." I apologized and finished undressing myself.

    "Now then, let''s begin" Mina pushed me on the side of the bed and got on her knees infront of my dick.

    Sarah followed through by doing the same movement, meaning there were now two girls breathing on each side of my dick and staring at it.

    "A-are you experienced with this Mina?" Sarah asked after seeing the fully erect thing, which I am quite proud of not gonna lie.

    "Huh... not really, it''s my second time doing it with Kaine and he took my virginity hehe" she blushed and scratched her cheek, "what about you?"

    "Oh well, huhh... it''s also my first time and I would love if you can teach me so that it can feel good..." her face was redder than a tomato.

    "Of course I will, just follow what I do!"

    "Okay!"

    And so, Mina grabbed my dick and started stroking it, she was looking at me with a lustful gaze and licking her lips.

    "I missed this" she said and licked the tip of my penis, making me moan.

    "Wow... you''re amazing Mina" Iplimented her.

    "Hehe, thank you" she smiled and continued to lick my dick, Sarah was watching her every move and learning from it.

    After a few minutes of teasing, Mina finally put my dick in her mouth and started sucking it, she was moving her head up and down and twirling her tongue around my shaft.

    "Mmmhhh..." she moaned and closed her eyes, she was clearly enjoying this.

    "Can I try?" Sarah asked.

    "Sure" Mina pulled my dick out of her mouth and handed it to Sarah, "just be careful not to hurt him."

    "I will" she nodded and took it in her hand, she was hesitant at first but eventually decided to suck it.

    "Ahhh..." I moaned as she started licking the tip of my dick, she was slowly getting used to it and was now taking it deeper in her mouth.

    "You''re doing great Sarah" Mina praised her.

    "Thank you" she replied and continued to suck me off.

    "Hey, why don''t we take turns?" Mina suggested.

    "That''s a good idea" Sarah agreed and pulled my dick out of her mouth, "who goes first?"

    "Me!" Mina eximed and grabbed my dick, she put it back in her mouth and started sucking it again.

    This kept going until the eventual moment I climaxed, thus smearing their two faces in jizz, it was a very hot sight...

    "Well, time for the main and best attraction now" Mina had a lustful expression on her face and pushed my back onto the bed, then climbed on top of me, pressing her soaked pussy agaisn''t my still erected dick.

    [Skill: Sex God, activated]

    There was no way I could get tired out with this.

    "I''m gonna ride you now" she said and lowered her hips, inserting my dick inside of her.

    "Ahhhh..." she moaned and started moving up and down, "it feels so good!"

    "Mina..." I groaned as she was riding me, I could feel her tight walls squeezing my dick.

    "I''m cumming!" she screamed and came on my dick, her juices were flowing out of her pussy and covering my crotch.

    "My turn!" Sarah eximed and climbed on top of me as Mina let her take ce.

    "Go slowly as it''s your first time, then when you get used to it you can be way rougher, and I promise you Kaine is the best at that hehe" Mina advised her.

    "Okay" Sarah nodded and inserted my dick inside of her, she was moaning loudly and her face was red.

    "Ahhhh... it''s so big!" shemented and started moving her hips, she was trying to find the right rhythm and was doing a decent job at it.

    "You''re doing great Sarah" Mina patted her back and encouraged her.

    "Thank you" she replied and kept going, she was now bouncing up and down and her massive boobs were shaking along with her.

    "Does it hurt?" I asked as I noticed a bit of blooding out from her genital and some tears forming in her eyes.

    "No, it''s fine, I''m just a bit overwhelmed by the pleasure" she answered and wiped her tears.

    "If you say so" I shrugged and let her keep going.

    "I''m cumming!" she shouted and came on my dick, she was panting and sweating, but she didn''t seem to be done yet.

    Eventually Sarah gotpletely used to the pleasure and started bouncing frically on my cock with a depraved expression on her face.

    "Cumming~ I''m gonna die from cumminng~" she uttered such words shamelessly.

    "I''ming too, take it all Sarah"

    "Yeshhhh~ ???"

    And so, the two of us came at the same time, I filled her womb with my semen while she squirted on my dick.

    "Ahhhh... that was amazing" she said and fell on the bed beside me.

    "Indeed it was" I agreed and turned to Mina who was waiting patiently for her turn.

    "It''s my turn now" she smiled and climbed on top of me, she inserted my dick inside of her and started riding me.

    This is how the entirety of the night went, I didn''t sleep at all as they kept taking turns and seemingly never got tired out, but oh well, it felt good, so who cares.

    The only thing I was worried about is that we have sses tomorrow and that if Ms.Lana sees me sleeping in her sses, she''s gonna scold me to death.

    Maybe i''ll get a free pass if I answer all her questions right...?

 Chapter 43: Transfer Student

    <h4>Chapter 43: Transfer Student</h4>

    The three of us didn''t have much sleepst night as we kept having sex, yet when we got up, the two girls seemed more lively than ever before while I was out there questioning if I should skip ss to rest...

    "No... I can''t... she ising today" I was mumbling about the next arcs content.

    "I''ll make breakfast but you can rx for now Kaine~" Mina cheerfully said before heading to the kitchen.

    "I-I''ll help too, I wanna make something!" Sarah followed the elf to help her out, leaving me alone with my thoughts.

    [Anger meter: 0/100]

    Of course it was back at zero after everything that happened... I shouldn''t be surprised.

    Eventually the two girls came back with toast and watched me as I ate.

    Then it was time to go back to ss.

    ***

    "Good morning ss" Ms.Lana entered the ssroom and greeted us, "I hope you all had a good break."

    "We did" the ss replied.

    "Great, now then, I would like to introduce you to a new student" she said and gestured to someone behind the door, "pleasee in."

    And so, a girl with short ck hair and sses walked in, she was wearing the academy''s uniform and seemed to be shy.

    "Hello everyone, my name is Alicia, nice to meet you" she introduced herself and bowed.

    "She will be joining our ss from today onwards, please treat her well" Ms.Lana announced.

    "Yes ma''am" we replied.

    "Now then, take a seat next to Daemon" she pointed at the empty chair beside him.

    "Yes ma''am" she nodded and sat down next to the blonde hair while waving at him, but he ignored her.

    Here she is... the main key to the next arc...

    But also one of the first characters in the novel that would die infront of the protagonist to fuel his motivation and anger.

    And it would happen only two weeks from now on.

    ***

    I was sitting beside Mina and Sarah, and my eyes were so tired from all the activity fromst night that I couldn''t stop myself from closing them.

    "Psst~ wake up Kaine, Ms.Lana is getting beat you up if she sees you" Mina whispered in my ears, thus sending shivers down my spine.

    "Mhh~ and who''s fault is it that I didn''t sleep huh?" I answered annoyingly, "how do you two look so energetic even though we kept going at it for so long?"

    Sarah who was beside us blushed at my question, probably because she remembered everything we did, "I don''t know, maybe it''s because we''re girls that we don''t get as tired, and it felt so good too~~"

    I rolled my eyes at her uselessments, "that''s not how it works but sure."

    And thus I closed my eyes again, this time actually wanting to rest.

    But of course, in less then five minutes, I heard a shout, which startled me.

    "Kaine Brande, you dare sleep in my ss? Is it that boring to you?"

    I opened my eyes and saw a huge pair of breasts infront of me, but the person attached to them was... "Ms.Lana?"

    "It''s not because you have the best scores that you are allowed to sleep in my ss young man, actually get up, you''re gonna answer the questions your ssmates were stuck on" he gestured for me to get up and guided me to the screen.

    The question disyed infront was...

    [What is the weak point of a medium-ss mandragor?]

    Below it was the picture of the creature, it was a giant nt with a mouth on its stomach and a lot of teeth, it''s skin was made of wood.

    "Can''t know everything now can you?" Ms.Lana grinned proudly.

    But...

    [Skill: Extra''s Knowledge, activated]

    "It''s the mouth on its stomach, if you hit the inside of it, it will die instantly" I answered without hesitation thanks to the skill.

    "Huh...?" she was surprised by my answer, "how did you know that?"

    "I read it in a book once" I lied.

    "I see... well then, you may sit down" she said and I returned to my seat, "but don''t you dare sleep again because you knew the answer"

    "Yeah, yeah..." I sighed.

    ***

    ss had ended without any issues afterward and I was now sitting on my desk inside of my dorm remembering everything that happened during the following arc.

    But that''s when it hit me.

    "Wait... I don''t actually need to get involved do I?"

    I mean, sure, Alicia will die, but honestly she is just a character that appears for two weeks and then the authorpletely forgets about her.

    Even her death wasn''t that impactful for anybody but the main character, and he didn''t even cry, he just became angry, destroyed the man who killed her, then went back to his usual self again.

    So yeah, I don''t really need to get involved in this, I can just stay here and wait for the next arc to start.

    "Kaine, are you okay?" Mina asked me.

    "Yeah, I''m fine" I replied.

    "Are you sure? You look troubled" she insisted.

    "I am, but it''s nothing serious" I reassured her.

    "Okay then" she nodded and left the room, I think she was going to hangout with Sarah.

    I sighed and got up from my chair, I needed to clear my mind, and I knew exactly where to go.

    I walked out of the dorm and headed towards the garden of the campus.

    But that''s when I saw it...

    Alicia was being bullied by a group of students, they were pushing her and insulting her.

    "Hahahaha, look at her, she is crying!"

    "Poor girl, she doesn''t know how to defend herself."

    "Hey, let''s throw her in the fountain!"

    "Great idea!"

    They grabbed her and threw her in the water, she was struggling to get out but couldn''t.

    "HEY!"

    Daemon suddenly appeared out of nowhere and proceeded to beat the shit out of the people who mocked the transfer student.

    To be honest I couldn''t stop myself from cringing at the scene, this was the most random event to bring two characters closer ever and I just realized that after watching it.

    I guess the author needed something for the two of them to start hanging out with each other...

    "These dipshits" Daemon roared, thus scaring the crowd away, "are you okay?"

    "T-thank you..." Alicia was wet from head to toe but I could still see her visibly blushing.

    But anyways, that''s not what I was here for, I walked away from the scene and headed towards a bench, I sat down on the edge of it and started thinking.

    "What should I do...?"

    I mean, I could save her, but then I would have to deal with the consequences of that, which means I would have to fight the guy who kills her, plus Daemon wouldn''t get the motivation to look for the organization responsible for her death, which would be catastrophic.

    "Yeah..." I reached my final conclusion, "Alicia needs to die, and if by some miracle she doesn''t during the fight, then I''ll be the one to end her."

 Chapter 44: Upcoming Disaster

    <h4>Chapter 44: Uing Disaster</h4>

    A week had passed since Daemon saved her from those bullies and I could notice that the blonde was hanging out more and more with the transfer student, at first it was only during ss but now we could see them hangout together in the hallways.

    I was currently sitting in the cafeteria eating lunch with Mina and Sarah, the two of them were talking about their day while I was listening to them.

    "Oh and then, Kaine did-"

    "Wow, really?"

    Boring stuff basically, I was more concentrated on another scene infront of my eyes: Daemon and Alicia were sitting beside each other in the cafeteria.

    This sight surprised more than one as everybody knows Daemon doesn''t like to hangout with others, yet this new transfer student pierced his shield?

    "That''s the power of plot armor and scripting for ya" I mumbled.

    The author took a whopping eight chapters of his novel to show the rtionship between Alicia and Daemon improving as we slowly saw the protagonist spend more time with her and actually enjoy it.

    But of course, us readers thought this was the beggining of a change of personality for the main character, but she was only there to die and fuel his anger, thus leading him to the next arcs.

    "Kaine, are you okay?" Mina asked me.

    "Yeah, why?" I replied.

    "You''ve been staring at those two for a while now" she pointed at Daemon and Alicia.

    "Oh, I was just wondering how they got so close in such a short amount of time" I lied.

    "Well, I heard that she was being bullied and he saved her, then they started hanging out together" Sarah exined.

    Yeah, basically people think he stays around her to protect her from anyoneing close, but I believe a single warning from Daemon would of made anyone stop.

    [Anger meter: 46/100]

    ***

    [7 days left]

    Through the days, as I counted them, I kept observing Alicia and Daemon as they spent their time together, I could already sense that a feeling other than friendship was slowly appearing.

    I guess the author did a good job in that part.

    [6 days left]

    Sudden dreams started appearing in my sleep, some where I would interfere with the uing arc, thus saving Alicia, because I definitely could if i''m being honest.

    But the other majority were... Alicia dying, but not because of the viin, but by my own hands.

    I usually woke up at that moment and felt shivers running down my spine, of course I would never do that, if Daemon found out he would kill me.

    [5 days left]

    I was walking in the hallway when I saw them kissing, it was a quick peck on the lips but it was enough to make me realize that the author was right, the two of them were in love, but in the original novel they didn''t go as far because of Mina''s and Sarah''s constant appearances.

    "Damn, I didn''t expect that" Imented and continued walking.

    But of course, I was still counting the days until her death, and I was getting closer and closer to the inevitable.

    "I wonder how he will react..." a maniacal smile curled up on my face.

    [4 days left]

    I was sitting in ss when I noticed something strange, Daemon was missing, and so was Alicia.

    "Where are they?" I wondered.

    "Ms.Lana, where are Daemon and Alicia?" I asked the teacher.

    "They are both absent today, I don''t know why though" she answered.

    "I see..." I nodded and looked at the empty seats, "they must be having fun somewhere."

    Without the two first heroines blocking their romance, I guess they could go as far as they wanted.

    [3 days left]

    I was in my dorm when I received a message from Mina, she was asking me toe to the garden.

    "Why?" I texted her back.

    "Juste" she replied.

    "Okay..." I sighed and got up, I walked out of my dorm and headed towards the garden.

    When I arrived, I saw Mina and Sarah sitting on a bench, they were looking at me with worried expressions on their faces.

    "What''s wrong?" I asked.

    "We need to talk" Mina said.

    "About what?"

    "About you" she replied.

    "Me?" I was confused.

    "Yes, we''ve been noticing that you''ve been acting weirdtely, especially when ites to Alicia" she exined.

    "What do you mean?"

    "You keep staring at her, and whenever she is mentioned, you seem to get annoyed" she added.

    "I don''t know what you''re talking about" I denied, "it''s all in your head, let''s go back to the dorm" I looked at them with a nk expression.

    The two girls looked at each before sighing, "fine, but if there is anything, tell us and we''ll be here for you"

    I feel weird, I don''t why, I have this strange feeling inside of me I can''t exin when I try to think about the uing event.

    [2 days left]

    ...

    I have nothing to say, I don''t wanna think.

    [One day left]

    Tomorrow is the day it happens, the day Alicia dies and Daemon drowns in darkness.

    I wonder just how badly it will be this time as they actually got closer than I expected them to, I wonder what will he do at this very moment...

    And why do I feel so happy at the thought of that?

    [Disaster Day]

    As much as I hate to say it, I didn''t feel guilty towards Alicia or Daemon, actually I didn''t feel anything at all towards their uing situation, it''s not any of my problems.

    "This is needed for the future of the world, no matter what, it has to happen"

    ***

    "I''m gonna go outside for awhile" I told Mina after ss ended and arriving at our dorm.

    The reason? I needed to assist and make sure that everything goes well.

    "Huh? Oh okay but be sure toeback" she agreed and went back to what she was doing.

    I walked out of the dorm and headed towards the ce where it would happen, the basement of the academy.

    I entered the building and walked down the stairs, and I could already hear voicesing from the end of the corridor.

    The reason why they attracted Daemon to this ce is to kill him after the minotaur arc as they noticed that he damaged their ns, I should have obviously been part of the equation too but I guess an extra can''t interfere with the plot.

    The viin of this arc basically just grabbed Alicia in the hallway while Daemon was next to her and he led the two of them down there, where nobody could hear them.

    I walked down the corridor and stopped infront of the door, I could hear the conversation going on inside.

    "You''re gonna regret even trying that you little shit" Daemon''s voice was harsh.

    Then I peeked inside of the room as the door was open and saw the viin in one corner, while Daemon and Alicia were in the other, thetter on her knees as she was visibly injured.

    "It''s time" I mumbled as I saw the two men pull out their weapons.

 Chapter 45: Alicia’s Death

    <h4>Chapter 45: Alicia''s Death</h4>

    It was a one on one battle to the death, Daemon the protagonist of the novel, agaisn''t the viin of this arc, he had beige hair and an above average face, but I guess it doesn''t matter to describe him further.

    Daemon unsheathed his sword and charged at the viin, he swung his de at him but he dodged it and countered with a punch to the face.

    "Ahhh!" Daemon groaned and fell on the ground, he was bleeding from his mouth.

    "Hahahaha, you''re weak, you can''t even defeat me" the viinughed and kicked him in the stomach, "you''re just a kid who thinks he is strong."

    "Shut up..." Daemon tried to get up but couldn''t.

    "No, I won''t shut up, you''re pathetic, you think you can save her? You can''t even save yourself" the viin mocked him.

    "I SAID SHUT UP!" Daemon shouted and got up, he punched the viin in the face and sent him flying backwards.

    "You bastard" the viin growled and pulled out a knife, he threw it at Daemon but he dodged it.

    "I''m gonna kill you" Daemon roared and charged at the viin again, he swung his sword at him but he blocked it with his bare hands.

    "You''re not gonna kill me" the viin grinned and pushed Daemon away, "because I''m gonna kill you first."

    This was... boring.

    I mean the fight happening before my eyes was impressive, but I was honestly only waiting for the moment the viin pulls his secret move and kills Alicia, I just needed that confirmation before going back to my dorm.

    And as the two men kept exchanging blows, I kept wondering when it would happen.

    But after Daemon swung his de at the viin''s chest and actually hit him, I knew that something was wrong.

    "Daemon isn''t supposed to be stronger than him right now, what the...?" I wondered, but I guess it''s fine as long as everything goes ording to the script.

    The viin stepped back and touched his bleeding chest with an annoyed expression on his face.

    "You little shit..." he groaned, then put his hand forward.

    "This is it" I mumbled.

    Suddenly a red magic circle appeared in the viin''s hand and above Alicia''s head.

    His special ability and n in the novel was to summon a magical beast above Alicia''s head, which ended up killing her as she didn''t expect it and because the main character was overwhelmed by the beige haired man.

    But in this situation where the main character was winning... what I feared most happened.

    And as the magic beast''s head started appearing from the circle, Daemon turned his head and noticed it, thus leading him to rush in Alicia''s direction and jump to save her at thest moment before the creature dropped to the floor.

    And instantly, the exact moment I saw that shitty sight before my eyes... I snapped.

    [Anger meter: 100/100]

    [Skill: Hatred, activated]

    Daemon had now already cut the beast''s head and was yet again overwhelming the viin, meaning Alicia would undeniably live if this continued.

    But no, I can''t allow that.

    "Alicia has to die..." I kept repeating these words as the hatred aura around me increased little by little.

    And that''s when I remembered the words I said the day she first appeared, "Alicia needs to die, and if by some miracle she doesn''t during the fight, then I''ll be the one to end her."

    "I''ll be the one to end her..." I mumbled thatst part and put my hand inside of my pocket, pulling out the relic I acquired before.

    Then... I aimed it at the girl as she kept watching Daemon fight the viin.

    "Goodbye Alicia, but you need to die for the sake of the world" I smiled as I thought this, "you will not be missed."

    I felt absolutely no remorse towards her, it''s the opposite actually... I felt happy I was the one who was gonna do it.

    Maybe I''m getting affected by that [Hatred] skill, but maybe not... I don''t wanna know.

    I nced at her onest time and could see she had tears streaming down her face behind her sses.

    And without hesitation, I pulled the trigger out of the room and instantly, a violet beam came out of the end of the gun and flew towards Alicia who was clueless about everything.

    It hit her directly in the head, leading it to immediately explode.

    "Gotcha" I was happy I got it on the first shot as I truly couldn''t afford to be found out if I wanted to stay alive.

    ""WHAT THE FUCK?" both Daemon and the viin shouted in unison after Alicia''s headless body fell to the ground.

    I don''t know why I felt happy I hit my shot instead of being worried I killed an innocent person, but what can I say other than it''s for the greater good?

    Instantly, Daemon dropped the viin and ran at full speed towards the hallway, which was from where the beam came from, of course, in any normal situation I would be trapped.

    But...

    [Skill: Aura Body, activated]

    My body merged with the aura on my back and I directly went into the upper corner of the hallway to hide.

    I saw Daemone out of the room and check the hallway for a bit, but he realized nobody was there so he went back inside.

    "Phew" I deactivated the skill after making sure he was gone, ''I almost got caught"

    [You are only allowed to use the skill 30 seconds at a time]

    Which means I had basically been five seconds away from dying by his hands...

    "Well, it''s fine, as long as the job is done" I shrugged and walked out of the basement.

    Now all I had to do was wait for the next arc to start.

    "Hahahaha" I couldn''t stop myself fromughing on the way out though.

    ***

    (Inside of the room)

    Daemon was currently beating up the viin who he thinks killed his friend.

    "TELL ME WHO YOUR BOSS IS OR I''LL DESTROY YOU!" he was out of his mind and only thought about vengeance.

    "H-here..." the viin after so much torture finally gave in and handed a card to the blonde man, "all the info is there..."

    Daemon grabbed the card and read the name of the organization: "Lotus High".

    Below it was the name of the man who he thought was the murderer of his loved one: "Dariel".

    And below that was the adress.

    "Thank you for the info asshole" Daemon who still held his sword in his right hand shed the man''s throat and killed him on the spot.

    He looked back towards where Alicia''s body was, and without even checking on her or dropping a single tear, he went out of the room to go upstairs, back to his dorm.

    "Farewell, Alicia" were hisst words before walking out, thus leaving the two corpses behind, the souls of their owners already gone.

 Chapter 46: Corpse

    <h4>Chapter 46: Corpse</h4>

    I rushed back to my dorm after making sure the events of the arc went ordingly.

    I was now back sitting on my bed in my dorm, thinking about what I did.

    I killed someone, and I didn''t feel bad about it, I actually felt happy I did it.

    I mean, I''m not a psychopath, I have emotions, but I don''t feel anything towards Alicia''s death, I just think it''s necessary for the future of the world, it happened once, why not twice?

    "Kaine, are you okay?" Mina asked me as she noticed my nk expression.

    "Yeah, I''m fine" I replied.

    "Are you sure? You''ve been smiling for no reason while staring at the ceiling."

    Oh... really? I guess I didn''t notice that.

    "It''s nothing" I gave her a big smile.

    But I had another problem in hand currently.

    [Anger meter: 100/100]

    [Skill: Hatred, currently active.]

    If I went outside with that thing activated, people would sense that something was wrong, plus Daemon would question me about my aura as he must have felt it in the hallway.

    I needed something... and quick.

    But that''s when I heard a knock on the door.

    "Who is it?" Mina asked.

    "It''s Sarah, can Ie in?"

    "Sure" she answered.

    And so, the blue haired girl entered the room and sat beside us.

    "What''s up?" I asked her.

    "Huh... well..." her eyes were fidgeting and she had a hard time looking me in the eyes, "c-can we do it again, I mean... huh... sex?"

    Hearing her words, something clicked inside of my head.

    "AMAZING FUCKING IDEA" I jumped out of the bed and held her shoulders with both hands.

    The [Sex God] skill made it so each time I orgasmed, the anger meter would decrease by 5, meaning I only needed to cum 20 times to go back to normal!

    "Then i''ll join too!" Mina started stripping.

    "I didn''t expect you to be so excited but if it trantes to you being as rough as before then I don''t mind ?" Sarah continued while also removing her clothes.

    ***

    After a long night of fucking, I finally managed to get the anger meter back to zero.

    "Ahhhh~ that was amazing" I sighed in relief as Iid on the bed when the sun wasing out.

    The two girls fainted from the pleasure already but my mind wouldn''t allow me to drift into the dream realm after what happened yesterday.

    ***

    As me and the girls ate breakfast and left our fuck-nest to go to ss, we noticed that there was a hugemotion in the hallways.

    I obviously knew what it was all about but Mina and Sarah were confused.

    People were panicking and running everywhere like crazy, I caught a glimpse of the conversations though.

    "In the basement, there is..."

    "SERIOUSLY? You mean the new transfer student?"

    "Yep and also..."

    Rumors already spread and they had discovered the two corpses down there.

    "This is bad..." I mumbled, "now I need to be extra careful."

    "What''s bad?" Mina asked me.

    "Nothing, let''s go to ss" I told her and we headed towards Ms.Lana''s ssroom.

    When we arrived, I saw Daemon sitting in his seat, he had a nk expression on his face and was staring at the empty chair beside him.

    "He looks sad" Minamented.

    "Of course he does, it''s a sad moment for everyone" I said lightly.

    "Huh...? But then why are you smiling?" she raised her eyebrows and looked at me worriedly.

    "Huh? Oh I just remembered something funny, don''t mind it"

    I seriously need to watch my expressions from now on, if people see someone smile after such news, they will obviously question me.

    "Okay then..." she nodded and sat down in her seat.

    I followed her and sat down on mine while Sarah followed us closely, I looked at Daemon and saw that he was still staring at the empty chair.

    "I wonder how he feels right now..." I mumbled while internally smiling, e on blondie, you''re the main character, you''ll get over a random girl dying."

    "What did you say Kaine?" Mina asked me.

    "Nothing" I shook my head.

    "Okay then..." she nodded and turned back to look at the front.

    Ms.Lana came inside of the ssroom in a rush at that moment and spoke as she reached the desk.

    "As you all know, we have found two corpses in the basement today, and we need to investigate, so no ss today" she announced and instantly went out of the ssroom.

    But then she peeked her head from the door again, "Daemon,e with me, we need to talk", she gestured for him toe and he listened.

    I mean he was the closest person to her in the school so he should obviously be the one who knows of her whereabouts right?

    In the original novel he exined everything to the teachers, which led them to hide the truth from the students and ultimately decided to improve the security of the school ground.

    He was questionned by his ssmates about everything but he ignored them and didn''t even look at them in the face.

    After around two weeks he finally calmed down and was back to his original self along with his two harem members who he also distanced himself from.

    What an incredibly convenient way to move on from an arc to another without having to dive in too much on the consequences of the previous one isn''t it author?

    Anyways, now Daemon only had a single thing on his mind, and it was to avenge his friend, which led him to enter one of the biggest arcs of the first school year.

    "Lotus High"

    He hated this name with a passion since he read it on the viin''s card, now all he wanted to do was to crush them.

    Oh man, I don''t know what he would do if he realized it''s not the organization that did all of this, but me, one of his ssmates...

    I chuckled at the thought of that.

    Now everyone in ss was starting to leave either alone or with their friends, a day without ss was always a good one.

    Me, Mina and Sarah also packed our things and headed towards the exit door.

    But before leaving, I looked at the empty chair beside Daemon again and smiled.

    "Goodbye Alicia, nobody will ever know the truth of your death."

 Chapter 47: Expression

    <h4>Chapter 47: Expression</h4>

    It has been three weeks since I killed Alicia, and obviously nobody found out that it was me.

    Which means that this arc finally came to an end, it was a pretty short one but the most impactful yet for Daemon as even though he had mostly recovered from her death, he still sometimes looked at the seat beside him, who was now empty or had another person seating on it.

    "So, what do we do now?" I asked Mina and Sarah who were sitting on the bed.

    "We could go to the garden and hangout there" Mina suggested.

    "Or we could stay here and fuck" Sarah added while blushing, I think the [Sex God] skill made them too dependant on that.

    "No, we already did that enough, let''s go outside" I rejected her idea, giving them what they wanted would only result in them asking me for it over and over.

    "Aww, but I want more" she pouted.

    "You can have moreter" I reassured her.

    "Okay then" she nodded.

    And so, we got up and left the dorm, we walked through the hallways and headed towards the garden.

    But it was then that I realized I should have justplied with their first request, because infront of us,ing from the opposite side, was Sera.

    I hadn''t interacted with her at all and frankly I had forgotten about her existence, she was a second year and I was a first, meaning our first encounter, even though it left her with a pretty bad impression of me, was just luck.

    I believe she hadn''t interacted with the protagonist yet as I never saw them argue with each other, something weird as she should have started getting involved the moment the minotaur arc ended.

    "Oh shit..." I mumbled.

    "What''s wrong?" Mina asked me.

    "Nothing" I shook my head.

    But then I noticed that Sera was staring at me, I looked at her and we made eye contact for a few seconds before I averted my gaze.

    "She is acting strange" Imented.

    "Who?" Sarah asked.

    "That girl over there" I pointed at the pink haired viiness.

    She seemed weird, more than usual that is, her eyes were downcast and she didn''t try to strike a conversation with me even though she must of perfectly remembered what happened the first time we met.

    "What is happening...?" I wondered, of course she is a viiness, someone only there to annoy the protagonist, but her acting strange wasn''t normal, and since I came inside of this world, most abnormal things meant bad stuff would happen.

    "Let''s go" I told the girls and we walked past Sera without saying anything to her.

    Her sad expression bothered me though...

    ***

    After that interaction with Sera, I immediately decided to go back to my dorm when I had free time and sat at my desk while pulling out the book where I had written every piece of information about the first year and second year of the novel.

    I flipped the dozens of pages I had written about each arc thanks to the [Extra''s Knowledge] skill looking for something specific rted to Sera that would cause her to be in such a bad mood.

    The reason why I was searching for this was because I needed to know if there was any event that would lead to Sera being in such a depressed state that I didn''t know off.

    I mean i''m not even sure the knowledge skill could miss anything but I still relentlessly tried.

    But nothing.

    After looking at the [first year] section of the book for a while and several times at that, I found nothing rted to Sera other than the arcs where she would be annoying and get in Daemon''s way.

    "I guess it''s just a temporary bad mood" I shrugged before closing the book, after all we didn''t know of the character''s lives other than when the author wrote about them, so who am I to judge?

    I needed to think about the next arc though now that I was at it.

    It was a pretty small one, the author probably just created it to make the readers excited for the next big arc, which is the second practical test.

    The next practical test would happen only a month from now on, so I guess he needed something as to not make the readers bored to death by the time it happened.

    Basically, in a fit of rage because of Alicia''s death, Daemon skipped school to go look for the organization and gather any information he needed.

    Obviously he had the adress, but he didn''t know how to enter, and after a fight with one of the higher rankedckeys that found him roaming around their base, which he didn''t win as he ran away by the way, he vowed to destroy them by any means necessary and returned to the academy, acting as if nothing happened.

    The fact that he got so close to Alicia that he kissed and possibly had sex with her bothered me though as he could definitely try harder even if he was closer to death, his determination was immense when it came to these type of things after all.

    But I guess the author wanted to show that even the main character can''t save everyone.

    "I wonder what he will do this time..." I mumbled, "maybe he will actually seed in infiltrating their base?"

    I shook my head, "no, that''s impossible, he doesn''t have the power to do so."

    My only goal during this arc is to follow him and make sure everything goes well now.

    "But I need to be careful, I almost got caughtst time" I sighed.

    I was gonna have to use the aura body skill to hide myself again, but I couldn''t use it for too long as 30 seconds was the max each time I activated it, and if I used it for longer than that, I would faint from exhaustion.

    "I guess I''ll just have to be extra careful" I concluded, "also I need to be careful about my use of the relic"

    This little gun that fired deadly purple beams was the thing that killed Alicia, and i''m sure Daemon had the time to see how it looked like and where it came from as he immediately went to the hallway to see who did it.

    If he ever saw me use it, I would be royally fucked, even I don''t think I could beat the main character.

    And even if I could, killing him would be an even bigger disaster.

 Chapter 48: Following

    <h4>Chapter 48: Following</h4>

    It has been two week since I started observing Daemon, and I noticed that he was indeed nning on going to Lotus High to get revenge on those who killed his... huh... friend, or girlfriend, I don''t know.

    He was currently in his dorm, packing some stuff in a bag, it was mostly food but honestly it was pretty useless, he would be back here in less than three days.

    "I wonder what he is doing..." I mumbled as I watched him turn in circles inside of the room, almost as if was thinking about what else he needed.

    I was currently using the aura body skill to hide myself in the corner of the room, I had been doing this for the past seven days and I was starting to get tired, I had realized in the process that [Aura Body] is an incredible skill for stealth, it''s a shame it can only be used 30 seconds each time though as I have to watch out for the time I deactivate it.

    I basically have to choose the perfect moment Daemon looks away or is out of the room to retrieve my body, and then using a good timing to catch my breath, merge my body with the aura again when he looks back.

    It was a very tiring experience, but I guess it can be served as some kind of lessons for if anything happens where I need to hide in the future.

    "I hope he leaves soon, I don''t know how much longer I can keep this up" I sighed as I saw the alert.

    [10 seconds left]

    But then, Daemon finished packing and stood up, he grabbed the bag and walked out of the room.

    "Finally!" I deactivated the skill and jumped down from the ceiling, "phew, that was tiring."

    I looked at the clock and saw that it was 12:00 AM, meaning that he would effectively need to avoid the night patrol, which is the additionalyer of security the academy added after the incident, to leave without issues.

    "Hmm~~" I heard Kyle move in his sleep, he was Daemon''s roommate but he was the kind to never wake up even if his rm rang next to his ears for ten minutes straight.

    I learned that he was a pretty heavy sleeper, so I could easily kill him while he slept if it came to it, but I obviously didn''t need to do that as I needed him alive for the future, even if he is a supporting character, he is an important one.

    I walked out of the room and closed the door behind me, then I activated the aura body skill again and followed Daemon who was walking through the hallways.

    He was wearing a ck hoodie and pants, and he was holding the bag in his right hand.

    "This is it..." I mumbled as I saw him reach the exit of the building.

    Then he climbed the gate to leave and stepped outside while carefully avoiding the guards that were walking both in the hallways and at the entrance of the school.

    "Perfect" I grinned and followed him, then I deactivated the skill once the time limit was up and hid behind a tree.

    Daemon was already far away from the school grounds and was heading towards the city.

    "HEY, YOU, WHO ARE YOU?" I heard a voice behind me then the light of a shlight reflect on my back.

    "Shit..." I cursed.

    "Show me your face you little shit, getting out of the school grounds at this time isn''t allowed" the man was slowly approaching me and I was trying to my hardest not to show my face.

    "C''mon... calm down me" I pleaded for my body to retrieve it''s energy.

    The reason I didn''t instantly use the [Aura Body] skill again is because I do have to take a bit of a break between each use if I don''t want to be exhausted instantly.

    "I said show me your face!" the guard shouted and grabbed my shoulder.

    "Fuck it" I gave up and activated the skill, my body merged with the aura and I flew upwards, thus escaping the man''s grasp.

    "WHAT THE FUCK?" he was shocked, "WHERE DID HE GO?"

    I flew between the bars of the gate and effectively left the school ground without anybody seeing my face.

    "Phew, that was close" I sighed in relief, "I thought I was done for."

    I looked at Daemon who was still walking in the distance, he hadn''t noticed anything yet, which was good.

    "Now let''s follow him" I smiled and did just that.

    It would take us a good amount of time to reach the ce, luckily for not only him but also for me, the "Lotus High" base of operation was located in Freesia.

    Lotus High isn''t the biggest evil organization of the novel, far from that actually, they don''t evenpare to theter arcs.

    But they were still a big challenge for the protagonist when he killed their boss during the second year, which effectively disbanded them and they were never heard from again.

    I believe the author just needed a first main viin of the novel other than Sera, who was just a single girl who thought too highly of herself and suffered the consequences of it.

    "Lotus High" is just one single part of the biggest evil organization of the novel, they are just a small part of it that us readers believed was the real deal.

    And the main organization of the novel, the one that controls everything and that would both annoy the protagonist and help him was...

    "Well I''m getting off track, let''s just follow Daemon" I shook my head as remembering this information currently was useless.

    ***

    (Daemon''s POV)

    I was currently walking through the streets of the city, it was dark and I was alone, but I didn''t mind it.

    I had a single goal in mind, and it was to find the people responsible for Alicia''s death.

    I knew that they were part of an organization called Lotus High, but that was all I had.

    I didn''t know their exact location, nor how many members they had, but I didn''t care about that, I just wanted to kill them all.

    I had escaped the school to go to the adress located on the card of the man I killed.

    Yet even though I had traveled for a good distance, since the beggining of my journey, I felt like something or someone was watching me.

    I turned around and checked the area, but I didn''t see anyone, so I continued walking.

    But then I stopped again, I felt it again, I was being watched.

    "Who is it?" I asked loudly, "show yourself!"

    I waited for a few seconds but nobody answered, I was starting to get annoyed.

    And the thing that angered me the most was the fact that I recognized that aura.

    It feels so familiar yet I can''t remember who was actively using it even though I fought them before...

    "Ahhh~ screw it" I shook my head, I must be paranoid, who would follow me at this hour anyways.

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