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Chapter 3 Part 2
Translator : PolterGlast
Proofreader : John4891
The
events of the lunch break spread throughout the school like a wildfire. A male
student invited to a meal by a beautiful girl who everyone in the school knows.
Moreover, the male student was a student who couldn’t keep up since school
started.
After
the lunch break, Nozomu returned to the classroom and was greeted by the
countless gazes of his classmates.
"I
think we’ve already learned that in addition to the abilities that are
manifested in individuals, there are abilities that are manifested in races,
but depending on the race, it is also known that the effects of these abilities
can be beneficial or unfavourable in the acquisition of skills such as magic.
"
Jirojiro……………….(TL
: sfx for Stare)
The
eyes of the students were full of jealousy and hostility, and they were not
favorable at all.
"Because
the elf country "Nebra", which stood out from other races in terms of
protection, was destroyed before the invasion of the demon beasts 10 years ago,
it became clear that a single race could not counter this invasion. That was
why this school was founded, and the familiarity and cooperation of various
races...... "
By
the way, the contents of the lesson was also history-based. It was a class
about the history of the continent before and after the great invasion.
As
expected, no student was involved with Nozomu during the lesson, but that was just
the story during the class. When it was time for a break ...
"Damn,
what is that..."
"Why
is he........."
"…………kill"
He
could hear voices of resentment.
"...If
you have something to say, come from the front."
Mars
complained, but Nozomu had no choice but to laugh bitterly.
"Mars,
the teacher is calling."
"What's
with that?"
One
male student told him that the teacher who was teaching earlier was calling
him.
"Isn't
it better to hurry, Mars? That teacher will make a fuss if you’re late."
"I
know. I'll go for a bit."
When
Mars left his seat and disappeared from Nozomu's side, the originally malicious
gossip became blatantly louder.
(Well...this...it
can't be helped)
Nozomu
knew enough about what the students at this school thought of him. He’d been
cursed and despised for nearly two years. It was particularly terrible during
the first year, and before the rumors with Lisa went down, he was assaulted.
He
was summoned to the back of the school building and beaten, kicked, and
sometimes attacked with magic by multiple students.
His
belongings were thrown away and shattered, and he was verbally abused too.
Because
of that type of treatment along with the pain that ran through his mind and
body, he emptied his heart of all emotion and became doll-like.
"Hey,
Dropout"
When
Nozomu was reminiscing about the past, Nozomu noticed a voice calling him.
Male
classmates were gathering around Nozomu's desk. There were about 10 of them.
The one who talked to him was a student who used to hang out with Mars.
"Follow
us!"
"Hey,
what are you doing!"
Male
students grabbed Nozomu's chest and took Nozomu out of the classroom by force.
Mars
was called by the teacher and he wasn’t in the classroom. Perhaps the
schoolboys were aiming for a time when Mars would leave Nozomu.
The
other students didn't seem to help. Nozomu resisted but couldn't compete with
their strength, and he was taken out of the classroom while being dragged away.
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Mars
was in the instructor's office when Nozomu was taken out of the classroom.
"What
is it? Errand?"
Mars
asked the teacher in charge of the lesson about the matter, but his attitude
wasn’t very nice towards the teacher.
"?...do
you need something?"
"Haa?
Didn’t you tell a student to call me to come here for something?”
"?I
don't remember doing that."
"…………what!"
(What
does this mean? Surely, I heard that I had something to do and that Nozomu
heard that too. However, he says he has no business.)
"I've
been thinking about it for a long time, but what's with your attitude? You show
no respect toward the elders. In the first place..."
(…………Wait.
Why was it a message in the first place? At that time, it was just after class
ended. He doesn't have to ask for a message, he can say it himself.…………Maybe
the purpose isn’t me………….)
"Are
you listening! Why are you so"
"It’s
bad! I should do something !!
"Oi,
come back here! "
Mars
ran out the room.
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Nozomu
was taken to the back of the school building. The students blocked the path
back, so that Nozomu couldn’t escape.
The
students who surrounded the area uniformly glared at Nozomu and struck him with
hostile gazes.
"Hey,
spill it out already! What on earth did you do!"
"Why
are you with Irisdina-san!"
And
the one-sided questioning began. They only thought that Nozomu had deceived or
threatened Irisdina.
For
students, Irisdina was an existence they could only long for. She was a girl of
the same age as them and had reached the rank of A, which was of first-class
standing.
Moreover,
her appearance was so beautiful that she seemed to be a goddess. They may have
had different feelings toward her, but no one would think that a man like
Nozomu, who was said to be a dropout, would be chosen out by her.
"This
bastard… He’s probably going to turn the black-haired princess into another one
of his victims, like when he was with the red-haired princess. It's necessary
to re-educate him before the same situation that happened a year ago occurs…”
The
classmates, who brought up the rumors with Lisa, grinned and approached Nozomu.
Recalling
Lisa, Nozomu's chest squeaked and his face was slightly distorted.
"Keep
quiet. We're not demons, and we'll finish it right away."
"Ku!"
When
the student who was around Mars said so, Nozomu was suddenly hit. Nozomu
squeezed the fist approaching his face with one hand.
Perhaps
he was frustrated from being caught by Nozomu, the male student hit him
continuously but since the previous movement was completely comprehended,
Nozomu continued to avoid him unharmed. Now Nozomu could exchange punches with
Mars if he concentrated. It was unlikely that he would be hit by the fist of a
10th class student in a one-on-one fight.
"Chi,
Wait, don't move!!"
Maybe
due to the frustration of having all his punches avoided, the movement of the
other party became even more sloppy. Nozomu moved forward and aimed for his
face at the same time. He forced the center of gravity of the opponent to the
waist and pulled the opponent's outstretched arm at once.
He
turned toward another male student with the same momentum. The male student's
back slammed against the ground and moaned like a crushed frog,
"Gue!".
"This
guy!"
"I'll
torture you till death"
Nozomu's
unexpected resistance wasn’t just reserved for that one person though. Nozomu
moved around in the same way he did in the group battles so far and handled
them all while on the move so as not to deal with multiple people at once.
Surrounded from the beginning, the back of the school building was not very
large, and it wasn’t possible to maintain one-on-one at all times, so it was a
fairly close battle.
The
situation made the boys even more frustrated. For them, Nozomu was nothing more
than a scarecrow to relieve their irritation.
They
were also always looked down upon by other classes as the lower class humans of
the 10th class. So far, they had vented their anger out on Nozomu, who was the
lowest in their bottom class.
Nozomu’s
resistance was unexpected for them. When they used to bully Nozomu, he barely
put up a fight; however, now Nozomu was directly resisting the boys who were
attacking him. Moreover……
"Fu~!"
In
the gap where he evaded a big hook, he strengthened his fist with Qi and struck
the opponent's solar plexus, and the male student who was struck at the vital
point fainted in agony and collapsed.
Until
now, Nozomu wasn’t very aggressive with his attacks, but he gradually became
more aggressive.
Nozomu
was frustrated when he remembered the mock battle with Mars at the beginning of
the third year; however, he had now come to use his own skills to the extent of
being able to deal with small fry; however, his techniques were meant to kill,
so it was still difficult to use without injuring.......
That
was the growth of Nozomu.
He
had been running away, using his unattainable dreams as an excuse, and looking
away from his surroundings.
He
realized that he was still running away, and he couldn't move forward, but when
he got a friend and used his power in public, it was proof that he started to
move, albeit a little.
(Ku!
As I thought, there are too many!)
However,
no matter how good Nozomu's skills were, there were just too many people to
deal with. Moreover, his katana was left in the classroom. The terrain also
wasn’t favourable. The back of the school building was small and difficult to
move around. Although he managed to handle it, Nozomu, who had a handicap in
physical ability and didn’t have any advantage, had no way to overcome it.
(Anyway,
I should get out of this place one way or another)
"Goun!"
(Wh-What
!?)
He
was wondering how to get through the blockade, but he suddenly felt a vibration
of magical power. When he looked in that direction, one male student was trying
to activate his magic.
"This
damn guy! I'll kill you !!"
The
boy, who was trying to use magic, was the student who had been beaten by Nozomu
and was in agony. His eyes were bleeding, and he apparently lost his composure.
"What!"
"Damn!
Do you want to kill us too!!"
The
magic was activated at the same time the students surrounding Nozomu left his
side all at once.
The
magic directed at Nozomu was the *Earth-Snake Whip*.
The
earth’s soil rolled up, and multiple whips were constructed from the soil, and
those whips attacked all at once.
"Dangerous!!"
Nozomu
jumped out of the spot. Immediately afterward, the earth-whips passed by
Nozomu, literally rampaging like snakes.
"Crush
him! Garbage waste bastard!!"
However,
it wasn’t over yet. The snakes that passed by Nozomu shook themselves and
attacked Nozomu again.
However,
due to the instability of the caster's mind, the movement of the earth snake
was indiscriminate. There was no mercy in each blow, and every time the whip
hit the ground, the soil rolled up and pebbles popped around. Nevertheless, it
wasn’t justifiable to strike Nozomu, whose Qi technique was weak.
"Kuh,
this, uwa!"
Nozomu
dodged a group of unorthodox whips with his strength, but the earth snake's
movement was faster, and finally, he was surrounded.
"It's
the end!!"
Along
with that voice, the earth snakes came at Nozomu from all sides. The orbit of
the whip would sweep Nozomu away from four directions: front, top, left, and
right. There were no gaps to dodge, and there was no advantage, so he couldn't
overcome them.
"Still
not enough!"
Nozomu
still resisted. If there was no gap to dodge, then he would make one!
Nozomu
rushed towards the front whip. He eccelerate at a stretch with the Qi technique
"Instant Move", sent Qi to his left arm with full power, and extremely
compressed it.
He
held his right hand with his left arm and stuck it forward, slicing the earth
whip that attacked from the front.
"Guu~u~u~u~u!"
An
earth weapon that could easily beat a person, scraped off the skin of his left
arm, but the whip slid over his extremely compressed left arm, diverting its
trajectory and passing over Nozomu's head. Nozomu rushed towards the student
who was using the magic.
"What!
no way!!"
"Uoooooooo!"
The
opponent didn’t think that Nozomu would avoid his magic and was completely
defenseless. Moreover, the magic of this kind of system rendered the caster
immovable while still using the magic.
Nozomu
tried to hit him with his right hand while keeping the momentum of the rush,
but......
"Don't
become conceited! Dropout !!"
Suddenly,
magic bullets attacked from the side. Nozomu turned around and dodged, but more
magic attacks came at him.
He
couldn't dodge and was blown away and slammed against the wall of the school
building.
"Gua!"
It
was the other students who used the magic. The same students that
evacuated just as they were about to get caught up in the "Earth-Snake
Whip".
"What
are you going to do, dropout ..."
"This
is bad..."
When
the boys who brought Nozomu here confirmed each other’s safety, they saw Nozomu
blown away. Nozomu managed to get up, but he was obviously injured and it could
be seen as he got up.
"I'm
having a hard time."
When
the male student who was about to be defeated by Nozomu complained, he shot a
magic bullet. Nozomu avoided it by rolling on the ground, but the classmates
who saw it fired magic bullets at Nozomu one after another.
"Look.
That awkward appearance!"
"It's
dirty, can you avoid it a little more decently?"
"Hahahaha!
How long can you avoid it?"
As
if the appearance of Nozomu desperately avoiding was very interesting, the
students fired magic while sneering.
Although
it wasn’t a beautiful way to avoid it, Nozomu kept avoiding and resisting.
(Not
yet, I can't just give up because of something like this!)
What
drove the current Nozomu was the intention to "resist". It was pure
anger at such unreasonable treatment.
However,
he was reaching his limits. Being hit by an inevitable magic bullet caused his
posture to collapse, and a swarm of magic bullets approached. The power of each
one was low, but there were many, and if any of them connected properly, he
would be seriously injured.
Still,
Nozomu didn't give up. He had seen feats many times more incredible than
something like this.
Tiamat's
giant flames. Shino's skills. Rugato's multiple magics.
Knowing
that the magic bullets approaching him were a threat didn’t make him look away.
The
moment the magic bullet approaching Nozomu seemed to hit him, an arrow ran
through Nozomu's eyes and swept away the swarm of magic bullets.
"What!"
"Who!
Who disturbed us!!"
When
the classmates shouted and looked in the direction of the arrow flying, a
maiden was holding a bow.
"What
did you do? What are you doing in such a place?"
A
bell-like voice echoed around.
The
maiden had long, bluish straight hair fluttering, and her bangs were fastened
with a black cloth headband...
"I'll
ask you again. What were you doing here?"
Above
all, her long ears were visible through her hair.
