chapter 1
0th Episode, 10 Days Before School Starts
0th Episode, 10 Days Before School Starts
Olympia Academy.
The premier educational institution where top talents from all over the world flock.
Divided into the Knight Department and the Magic Department, Olympia is known for its intense competitive spirit.
As such, both departments cultivate friendships and bonds within their own ranks.
At the same time, it’s only natural to exploit any weaknesses found in the opposing department.
Therefore.
“Hey. Substitute. What’re you doing?”
It was common for the troublemakers of the Knight Department to bully the powerless students of the Magic Department.
“…….”
Golden hair and blue eyes.
However, they were dull and dry, as if uncared for.
The Magic Department’s outsider, Herak.
Seeing him unresponsive, his mind seemingly elsewhere, the Knight Department’s thug, Jackson, cracked a wide smile.
“This b*stard… not gonna get his head screwed on right?”
But for some reason, he didn’t answer this time either.
Normally, at this point, you’d see Herak’s crushed pride.
‘Did he actually lose his mind or something?’
He completely ignored them.
Wondering what the hell he was doing, Jackson led his gang closer to Herak.
Close enough to hear a faint voice.
“…Vajra Body… Makes the body tough as steel, they say.”
“What’s he saying?”
An incomprehensible mutter.
Jackson immediately slapped him for the random nonsense.
*Whack!*
A clean strike to the back of Herak’s head.
Now, the scene where this punk clutches the back of his head and tears up should follow—
“…What the fuck.”
It hurts.
My hand hurt. Like I’d hit a rock, no, more like iron, it was throbbing something awful.
I clutch my hand as it flares crimson. That moment, Jackson’s head was swirling with confusion.
“……?”
Herak glances this way.
The guy who hadn’t even paid attention to Jackson’s crew until now.
He noticed Jackson, who’d smacked him upside the head.
“Ah-ha.”
He grins, a bright smile like he’s just figured something out.
“……Guess you could think of it as like a tutorial? And wouldn’t you know it, some trash mobs have shown up.”
“Is this b*stard insane?”
He’s out of his mind, no doubt about it.
Jackson’s eyes narrow right away. No idea what’s going on, maybe he grew a steel plate on the back of his head, but.
He can’t forgive Herak, who was just Jackson’s crew’s plaything, for daring to act like *this*.
Jackson’s hand clenches into a fist.
He might be in the knight’s department but he didn’t bring a sword, and using a real sword here would bring consequences he can’t deal with.
“You’re fucking dead today─”
He throws a punch, planning to beat the living shit out of him without getting caught.
“Pwheh-luh!”
*Crack!*
A lightning-fast counter punch, shot out from Herak’s chest, slams into my jaw and I go flying magnificently through the air.