After the lunch, Neo trained until dinner and started training again after it.
He could not help but look at Obitus.
The sword couldn’t be pulled out of the scabbard.
For now, it’s only noteworthy quality was its off-charts durability.
“How am I supposed to get its acknowledgement?”
He needed the sword’s permission to be able to pull it out.
Unfortunately, he had no idea of how to achieve that.
There were several weapons placed inside the private gym.
Neo stood before a sword.
“I need a weapon for the competition. I guess I’ll take one of these.”
He grabbed the sword.
Suddenly, Obitus let out a jolt of electricity and tazed him.
The sword from the private gym fell out of his hands.
He could hear a small voice in his head.
Don’t…
Neo looked at Obitus helplessly.
“Are you saying I shouldn’t use any weapon other than you?”
A wave of emotions appeared in Neo’s head.
Excitement, happiness, trust, and jealousy.
The sword was throwing a tantrum..?
Neo was exasperated.
“Can you let me use you then?”
Cant…
I’m… weak…
Need… to feed on you… more…
The train of thoughts appearing inside his head was unsteady.
Talking seemed to take a lot out of Obitus.
It returned to sleep after answering Neo’s questions.
“You are quite demanding, aren’t you?” Neo chuckled.
The sword ate the Divine Energy leaking from his body.
He had to keep it close at all times.
“Well, it’s durable. I can use it as a club if nothing else.”
He left the gym late into the night.
After he took a shower, the other two dorm members entered.
One was a young male with golden locks and the other had lavender hair.
Both of them were extremely handsome.
Their sour expression, soiled clothes and bruises said quite a tale.
‘Did these two go to the cafeteria together? Thank god, I ate in my room,’ Neo thought.
‘Still, it’s a welcome surprise to see them together. I thought the plot would’ve changed after I chose to be rank 1.’
Neo approached them with another set of towels.
“…Thank you,” said Arthur, the protagonist, tensely.
He helped Felix walk and crashed on the couch with him.
“You two look terrible,” Neo said while he ordered food.
“We had a fight in the cafeteria,” Felix said. “The delivery. Is it…”
“Yeah, it’s for you two. It’s clear you used food to paint your clothes instead of eating it.”
“Hahaha, the beating made me forget I hadn’t eaten anything for a week,” Arthur chuckled with a bitter sigh.
Felix snapped his head towards Arthur.
“We didn’t take a beating. We fought them.”
“R-right…” Arthur let out a troubled smile.
Before the delivery arrived, Neo used the kitchen and prepared coffee for them.
“I appreciate the coffee, but…” Felix frowned. “I need to sleep to be in my best form for tomorrow’s battle royale.”
“What about you?” Neo turned to Arthur.
“I’ll take it. Again, thank you.”
While they chatted casually, Neo could tell they were nervous around him.
“Did you two take a beating because you chose top 10 rank tokens?” Neo asked.
“We weren’t beaten. We just didn’t fight back because the rules forbid battles before the competition,” Felix retorted.
“And, you don’t need to be sorry. While we had to choose the top 10 tokens because of your incident, we would’ve still been harassed if it didn’t happen,” Felix said awkwardly but bluntly.
“Yeah, it’s my fault,” Arthur sighed. “Felix was involved because he was with me.”
“Huh? No. It was because of me. Those guys were there to harass me. You got involved in my mess,” Felix retorted.
The three looked at each other awkwardly.
All of them had reasons to be targeted by the students.
Their expressions were saying ‘You too?’.
Turns out, they were all loners.
“I guess we don’t need to know why the students are after you,” Felix said to Neo.
He turned to Arthur.
“But why would they target you? You are a new face.”
“It’s because of my name, I think. Everyone was shocked when I told them my full name.” Arthur scratched his cheek.
“What is your name?” Felix asked.
While they spoke, the delivery arrived.
Neo stood up and took the order from the door.
The other two waited for him to return before they continued talking.
Neo unpacked the food while Arthur opened his mouth.
“Arthur Kingsley.”
“What!?” Felix jumped to his feet.
His eyes and hands quivered as he pointed at Arthur.
“Y-your family name is Kingsley…?”
“Yeah. Is it a weird name? I don’t know why everyone was reacting so strongly.”
“You don’t know?! Neo, tell him—”
Felix stopped speaking when he noticed Neo unpacking the delivery calmly.
“Hey, he just said his name is Kingsley! The Kingsley! Why are you so composed!?”
“I’m shocked. See?”
Neo tried to fake a surprised expression which earned a chuckle from Arthur.
Felix held his head, wondering what rotten luck he had to meet these lunatics.
He took a deep breath.
“Sigh, do you really don’t know what’s special about Kingsley surname?”
“No.”
“…Were you living under a rock?”
“Not a rock, but, yes, I was somewhere similar.”
Talking to Arthur made Felix’s blood pressure high.
He took repeated breaths to calm himself and spoke,
“Kingsley is the family name only the direct children of Great Sky God, Zeus, can use.”
“…?”
Arthur tilted his head.
“And? It’s not like anyone else can’t use the family name.”
“It is like that! There is no rule against it but it is common sense to not use Kingsley as your family name! You aren’t the son of Great Sky God, Zeus! You aren’t even from the Zeus Clan!”
Felix plopped to the sofa.
He was tired.
Why did he have to meet an idiot like Arthur?
Felix’s cause of getting harassed was nothing in front of Arthur’s cause.
He turned to Neo with an exhausted expression.
“Please don’t tell me you chose rank 1 because of a stupid reason too?”