“Both of you have to kill as many as you can.”
The voice of the Sword Saint resounded in their ears. .
‘Huh?’
‘So he changed it up.’
Thought Alex and Alan respectively.
“As you should have noticed, I’m changing the assignment that I’ve given you. Your goal is now to kill as many monsters, Regardless of their rank.”
Arken explained, that He had decided that because they had no experience fighting monsters at all, He would let them take small steps first.
If he could, He wanted to go with them to advise them on how to kill efficiently in real-time, However, he could not reveal himself yet.
He would first teach them how to kill monsters efficiently.
And then…he would teach them how to kill the greatest monster there is.
Humans.
However, that would come far later in the future, When they would need his guidance.
When they would truly be exposed to the horror of the World. 𝑖𝘳𝑎.𝒸ℴ𝘮
“Umm, Master…I…I ”
Disrupting the Swords saint’s thoughts was Alex’s Shaky voice.
It seemed he wanted to say something, but was hesitating.
“It’s okay, You can tell me.”
The sword saint replied in a soft tone to encourage him to continue.
“I…cacan’t go to the dungeon.”
“Hmm?Why so?”
“It’s….complicated.”
They exchanged words with one another while Alan watched silently.
He knew what was going on, but didn’t speak because he wanted Alex to do it himself.
Alex, because of his affinity, was a victim of bullying.
And pretty severe bullying at that.
“Well…I don’t think I’ll be able to perform that well.”
Alex said, however, that he did not say the truth.
Someone would of course naturally want to complain about their bullying.
However, If it wasn’t stopped and they were bullied even more after they told another figure.
The bullying would get even worse.
Alex had told his family and teachers, however, his bully’s family would always deter them from doing anything.
“You can tell me the truth, Alex.”
The sword saint spoke, He knew his student was lying.
However, the problem was, How to convince his student to tell the truth.
He was a fighter, A warrior, Not a therapist.
This silence continued between the three until the sword saint stood up and said.
“You two should go back and get some rest, I have something important to do.”
And before they could even ask something else, He disappeared like a flash of lightning.
…
They both just looked at the original place the sword saint was with utter silence.
The one to break this silence was Alan, who eventually asked.
“Want help?”
“Huh?” Alex replied, Confused as to what Alan meant.
” You know what I’m talking about.”
“…”
Alex did not say anything, he just looked down towards the floor for a while, before walking towards the exit.
*Tok*Tok*
The sound of his footsteps was depressing.
Like someone who wanted to just run away but was holding himself back.
*Tok*Tok*.
However, just as he was about to reach the exit, he stopped and muttered in a low voice before leaving.
“…thanks for trying to help.”
A human, even awakened should not be able to hear this unless they had enhanced their ears with mana. Alan, who was a draconian had all of his senses at a level far above that of a normal human. He heard those words clearly. And Alex was unaware that Alan had heard him.
***
I looked at his departing back.
I knew what he was going through, yet I still didn’t do anything.
The level of bullying he was experiencing was severe to the point it was not unusual for him to have suicidal thoughts.
The reason I was going nothing was that I knew he wasn’t going to die anytime soon.
He still became the next sword saint in the future.
But…should I really try to do something?
I was the rank first and also had the third biggest guild backing me.
But…will he improve if someone else helps him?
‘I’ was also a victim of bullying in my previous life.
And I knew telling about your problems to someone who didn’t give a fuck or was afraid of the consequences of taking action against the bullying.
My only problem was.
This was fucking Shield. The greatest institute for training Awakened in the world. And even still they couldn’t act that much because of the possibility of losing their ‘Investors.’
‘Fucking hell.’
I cursed in my mind.
‘…should I beat his bully up?to show him that he isn’t invincible?’
No that won’t work at all.
He and I are in different classes, I couldn’t just go up to his class and ask for a duel.
I probably could if I was of lower Ranking than him or had a good reason to convince one of the teachers but…
Should I do it?
If he wanted to truly escape he should do it himself, and not receive any help.
That was how I did it in my world.
Unfortunately, this world and my previous world were different.
If in my world, Financial strength was everything.
In this one, It was Individual strength.
If you didn’t have the strength to back yourself up, you were as good as dead.
Whether it be connections, Talent level, Affinity grade, or family connections backing.
Alex lost in all of them except Talent ranking and affinity.
And the things he won at a needed time to cultivate.
Ahh, fuck it, ill just think about this later.
Right now, I needed to get some good sleep.
Tomorrow will be really important after all.
***
In the office of the Headmaster, Oliver was typing away at a Holographic Screen.
It was very late at night and he was still working.
*Knock*Knock*
He heard knocks on his door.
Without even looking toward he said.
“Come in.”
“Thank you.”
Oliver stopped typing and disabled the holographic screen disrupting his view.
“Your back?”
He asked the person who had just entered his room.
It was none other than Arken.
“Yes, and I have a favor to ask you of.”
Arken spoke as he sat down on the Sofa.
“Ho? You? Asking me for a favor, Am I in a dream?”
Oliver replied back in a sarcastic tone.
“Yes, Yes very funny.”
Arken andwered, and then continued
“Now, Show me all the files you have on the student Alexander Wright.”
𝑖.𝘤ℴ𝘮