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Chapter 43: Conflicts within the academy [1]

-Pak! -Pak! -Pak!

Inside of a large spacious room, a lone figure bounced around a punching bag. His figure seemed to melt with the shadows around the room, appearing and disappearing constantly.

Each time his figure emerged from the shadows his fist would instantly connect with the punching bag resulting in a small indentation appearing on the bag.

The force of each punch was so strong that small shockwaves were released every time he hit the punching bag.

If not for the fact that the material used for making the punching bag was unique, it would've already been broken a dozen times over.

"Huff, huff, huff"

Stopping, the figure's body which seemed to be sculpted to perfection, heavily gulped for air.

Droplets of sweat dripped all over his shirtless figure, giving him a wild and manly aura.

Taking a water bottle from the ground, the handsome figure took big gulps of water. Soon he exhaled in satisfaction. After drinking his fill, the figure dropped to the ground exhausted and leaned on the wall.

-Knock! -Knock!

Hearing the sound of someone knocking, the figure indifferently spoke

"...Come in"

Soon the door opened, revealing the features of a burly individual whose hair was cut in a buzzcut. His towering figure that looked to be nearing 2 meters made him look intimidating.

"Young master Jin, I heard you called me"

Apatethically nodding his head, Jin slowly stood up and grabbed a towel from a nearby table.

Drying his wet hair, he slowly approached Arnold who stood with his back straight and breathing lightly, not daring to even make a sound.

-Bam!

Arriving beside Arnold, Jin punched his stomach with all his might, causing Arnold's body to bend over as his eyes shot wide open.

"Guuuaah...ghhh..khhh"

"To actually be unable to deal with a mere bug"

Disdainfully looking at Arnold, Jin threw the towel that was drenched in his sweat at his face.

"Stand up"

"khh"

Holding his stomach, Arnold slowly stood up as Jin ordered.

"...To think you would resort to such stupid tricks to harass someone that isn't even worth my notice"

"B-but!"

"Shut up"

Jin's mood was terrible.

Recalling the lone figure sitting on the right side of the classroom, Jin's teeth clenched.

Ren. Ren Dover.

That was the name of the student that fouled his mood.

Previously, he didn't really put Ren in his sight. He only knew that Arnold had a slight grudge against him...But just recently he received a certain piece of news that irked him.

It told him that Melissa had granted Ren a meeting with her, and moreover, it seemed that they talked for over ten minutes.

Not even he could talk to Melissa for that long despite the fact that they were living in the same dorm.

With a dark face, Jin said

"I'll ask Troy to deal with him...at least he can finish the job"

Hearing Troy's name being mention, Arnold immediately protested

"Please let me!"

"...oh?"

Seeing Arnold's determination, Jin couldn't help but glance at him.

"What makes you think you can do it after failing already?"

"Because Kevin was the one that prevented me from finishing the mission"

"...hm I guess you're right"

Patting Arnold in the shoulder, Jin gloomily said

"Make sure you make his life is miserable..."

"Yes"

Nodding solemnly, Arnold left the training room.

-Baaam!

-Tsshhhhh

Soon after Arnold left the room, Jin walked back to the punching machine and punched it with all his might. A large shockwave swept the room and fine granules of sand started falling from the sack as a tear appeared on it.

"...How dare you approach Melissa!"

...

"Whew, I thought I was lost."

After switching buses four times, I finally arrived at the appointed location. A large fancy board with the words <<Epsilon cafe>> imprinted on it immediately caught my attention.

Entering the cafe, instantly the heavy scent of coffee hit my nostrils. Wooden chairs and tables spread all over the cafe. A relaxed and tranquil atmosphere enveloped the place promoting me to relax along with the atmosphere.

Looking around I soon found smallsnake

Wearing a black baseball cap and a mask, smallsnake sat in the corner of the café. I was easily able to find him because he was wearing exactly what he used to wear whenever he would meet Kevin.

Taking note of that, I went and ordered an iced latté

After paying and receiving my latté I headed to where smallsnake was.

We had agreed beforehand that we both must order a latté beforehand in order to make sure we got the right person. Since our faces were covered, we had no idea how we looked like so this was the easiest method.

"Yooo"

Comfortably sitting on the green sofa in front of smallsnake I placed my latté down and hung my arm on the side of the sofa.

Seeing me sit down, smallsnake placed his drink down and looked at me strangely

"...are you wearing a face mask?"

"Nope"

Hearing my straightforward response, smallsnake sighed and shook his head.

"Aren't you afraid I will rat you out and keep all the money you made?"

"Nope, I have a good eye for people and my instincts are telling me that you're not a person that would rat me out for small gains"

Well, I wasn't lying when I said I had a good eye for people. Knowing my novel very well I knew exactly what kind of person he was...it's just that he didn't need to know this part.

"I wouldn't really call those small gains though...you're weird"

Laughing lightly, smallsnake shook his head and slowly took off his hat and mask.

"If you're willing to trust me that much, I might as well reciprocate"

Soon his face was revealed. He had short black hair, deep green eyes, and a childish-looking face. However, despite his childish features, his demeanor was nothing but childish. He felt like someone who had gone through many ups and downs in his life. Someone that had survived many years in the most unimaginable places on earth...

"I'm glad I've gained your trust...so what did you call me here for?"

Taking a sip of my latté I went straight to the point.

Looking around, smallsnake leaned forward and whispered

"...A third party is looking for my traces"

"The authorities?"

"No, I've been very careful and though the authorities are indeed trying to trace me they are not doing it as aggressively as the other party"

"hmmm"

Leaning back on my sofa, I contemplated for a bit before saying

"It should be W.V. Pharmaceuticals"

"I also thought the same but I don't have concrete proof"

"No, it's them"

"...what makes you so sure about that?"

"Well, it's because they were the ones that ordered for Thobias Church's death"

"What!?"

Abruptly standing up, smallsnake raised his voice and looked at me in disbelief

"oy, calm down"

Seeing everyone staring in our direction, I lightly sighed and urged him to sit down.

"...you, how do you know?"

"Relax, I am not part of them if that's what your thinking"

Taking a sip of my latté I stared at smallsnake who was sitting up straight and eagerly waiting for me to continue speaking.

"If you wanna know how I got the information I'm sorry but that's confidential"

Even if I wanted to tell him who told me, I couldn't. It's not like I could explain to him that he was merely a side character of a world that I had created.

Lightly disappointed, smallsnake said

"No I get it, but is what you said real?"

"100%"

Since I was the one who wrote about the event I obviously knew who did it. W.V the second largest company hired silent creeper to kill Thobias Church. The reason why he was able to kill him without any trace was because they had planted a mole inside of C.B and made use of the mole to help silent creeper kill Thobias church.

The reason why they got rid of him was obvious...they wanted to be the number one. Having been overshadowed ever since opening, the higherups had decided they had enough. Since they couldn't defeat them legally, they resorted to killing their best researcher.

"...what are you planning on doing with this information?"

"Nothing"

"eh?"

Raising his voice, smallsnake looked at me as if he was looking at an idiot.

I mean who wouldn't want to capitalize on this piece of news to make even more money? If I could prove that W.V was behind Thobias Church's death then the stock of W.V would plummet. Moreover, with my newly acquired funds, the amount of money I would make would be frightening.

"...first off and more importantly, I don't have any proof. Even if I know that W.V is behind it, I can't do anything about it since I can't prove my claim"

"That's true"

"Secondly, if we do release the news about what had happened then the pharmaceutical market will completely crash resulting in prices for potions to increase drastically"

Nodding, smallsnake thought for a bit and agreed with what I had said.

Even if we did manage to release the news and prove that W.V pharmaceuticals were guilty it would cause total chaos in the industry resulting in prices for potions inflating drastically. Simply put, no one wanted that. I would gain nothing from it, and quite possibly, the thought of interacting with Melissa once again to renegotiate the prices of potions sent shivers down my spine.

"...okay, then I better leave now. Since I know who the party is I no longer need to worry about being discovered"

"Alright"

Standing up, I took my half-empty latté and left the café with smallsnake. Soon we split up.

Checking my watch and seeing that I still had quite a bit of free time I decided to roam around and see if there was anything that could catch my interest.

Though the streets weren't busy, I could see people going in and out of shops everywhere. There was a single road where cars passed and on the right and left side of the road shops filled the streets.

Large billboards with beautiful ladies and handsome men could be seen everywhere as they each advertised different products. Perfume, toys, clothing, you name it, they had it all.

"...hm?"

Stopping, I looked at a large fluorescent sign.

<<Antique shop>>

"Antique shop? I wonder if they have anything interesting here."

-Dling! -Dling!

Opening the door, the bells on the door lightly tolled. Instantly a heavy scent of wood hit my nostrils reminding me of my grandparent's house back in my previous world. It smelled funky.

"Welcome"

Greeting me was an old man with a large grey beard and a set of white hair. Nodding in his direction I looked around.

Instantly my interest was piqued. Everything in here were things that I used to use back on earth.

Since this was the year 2055, everything was far more advanced to the things I was used to back on earth, meaning that what I used to use was considered ancient in this day and age. In the corner of the room, I could see magazines and newspapers, consoles, and other things that I used to use.

Seeing all of these things around the room caused me to feel a bit of nostalgia.

"Oh!"

As I was looking around a certain item instantly caught my attention. Picking it up a wide smile appeared on my face

"Great choice! one of my personal favorites"

Appearing behind me the shopowner stroked his beard a couple of times as he looked at the item in my hand.

"How much is this?"

"Mhh...considering that the company that makes that device is no longer around I would say 500U"

"500U?"

Looking at the Mp3 in my hand, a conflicted look appeared on my face. I mean paying 500U for an Mp3 in this day and age wasn't something that any sane person would do...but I couldn't help but be tempted.

This was especially so when I noticed that it came with its own wired earphones.

You heard me right. wired earphones.

Before I reincarnated, my world was already starting to transition from wired earphones to wireless earbuds. To be honest I tried wireless earbuds before but they weren't my thing.

As I loved listening to music to pass time, I bought myself some wireless earbuds in this world but it just wasn't the same...

"Alright, I'll buy it"

"Great choice"

Smiling from ear to ear, the shopkeeper immediately went to the register and swiped my card.

Soon after the transaction ended, I left the shop. Opening my new mp3, I was surprised with the fact that it already had its own playlist on it.

Scrolling through the numerous songs, I stopped on one and put on my earbuds.

=====================

Seven nation army

The white stripes

0:00 ▶----------------------- 3:52

+ Volume -

=====================

Ignoring the weird stares coming in my direction, I happily went back to the academy listening to my new mp3.


Chapter 44: Conflicts within the academy [2]

Inside a dark and damp room, a young individual kneeled on one leg on the floor.

"Matriarch the preparations are complete, the bait has been thrown"

Lifting his head up, a red throne met his sight. Besides the red throne, two large ferocious dog-like creatures sat on the ground. Their eyes were of a deep shade of red, and their teeth were extremely sharp causing his blood to freeze.

Sitting neatly on the red thorny throne, was a gorgeous woman. She was wearing a gorgeous long red dress, whose hem was beautified with marvelous drawings and patterns. Her dress was a deep shade of red and showed off her exquisite body. Her black hair gently fell all the way from her shoulders to her waist. Her red, succulent lips had a cold smile as she tapped the armchair of her throne.

"...good"

Her enchanting voice that sounded crisp and pleasant traveled to the young individuals ears causing him to fall into a slight daze.

Looking at her, the young individual couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva as he tried his best to calm his raging heart.

His eyesight slightly lingered on her gorgeous gown that emphasized her perfect figure. Her sexy figure was extremely charming that it could make any men's heart pound harder. her bare feet seemingly made of porcelain and flawless further increased her sexiness. However if not for the two black horns on her head he would've mistaken her for a human.

Realizing that he had been staring for too long, the young individual forcefully looked down on the ground as cold sweat dripped from his back. Though he couldn't deny that the figure before him was extremely enchanting, if by chance he got on the wrong side of her...death would be the best outcome.

"If it weren't for that idiot Everblood we wouldn't have needed to push our plans this far ahead"

Pouting slightly, the demoness calmly petted the two dogs before her. Soon silence enveloped the surroundings.

"Matriarch when should we initiate the plan?"

Breaking the silence the young youth spoke.

Thinking for a bit, the 'Matriarch' looked at the boy before her before saying

"...mhhh, let's take it slowly. Though Everblood failed we still have some time. You should first try to capture our target"

"As you wish Matriarch"

Nodding his head, the young boy placed his left hand on his right peck and bowed.

"Good boy"

Smiling slightly, the Matriarch looked at the young handsome boy before her.

'Elijah Turner'

That was the name of the young boy before her.

Though she was forced to make a pact with him due to certain circumstances, after having contracted with him for over a year she had taken a liking to him. Though he was not very talented, he was very obedient...and she liked that a lot

Pausing slightly, the Matriarch looked at the young boy as an overbearing pressure bore down on him causing his legs to slightly falter.

"...ah, but I do hope you won't fail me. We can't have another setback interfering with our big plan"

"U-nderstood"

Struggling to move or speak, it took the boy all his willpower to agree with the Matriarch

"ku ku ku, what a cute little boy"

Laughing lightly, the pressure soon disappeared and the young boy was finally able to move freely.

"Here"

Throwing a purple fruit at the boy who was panting heavily, the Matriarch amusingly looked at him who was desperately reaching for the fruit.

"T-thank you!"

Excitedly grabbing the fruit, the boy instantly devoured it.

"Ahhhhhhh!"

Soon black veins emerged all over his body, as he squirmed on the ground. His muscles spasmed intensely and his nails grew longer and then returned to normal.

Demon fruit

That was the name of the fruit that Elijah had just consumed.

Because he was not very talented. In order for him to not expose his identity, he had to consume the demon fruit.

The demon fruit, previously known as the world fruit, was a fruit harvested from the world tree which used to belong to the elves. After having conquered the elves' home planet, the demons successfully managed to corrupt the world tree turning it into the demon tree which bore fruit to the demon fruits.

Upon consumption, the demon fruit allowed lower-ranked demons' bloodlines to become purer. That alone went to show how important the fruit was for the demons.

With it, the demon clans managed to drastically increase their strength.

Another function that the demon fruit had was that it allowed contracted humans, villains, to have a boost in talent. Moreover, it also strengthened the bond between the parties. If someone like Elijah whose talent was on the lower end of the spectrum consumed the fruit, then his appearance not only improved but also didn't change like it was supposed to after having made the contract.

Because of the high demand and limited supply, the demon fruit was extremely sought after by the demons. The fact that they were giving it to Elijah went to show how important his mission was.

"Alright you may go"

"Thank you"

Bowing once again, the young boy left the room. Soon after he left, a shadow materialized beside the Matriarch. Because it was dark, its features were hidden preventing anyone but the Matriarch from seeing how it looked like.

"Are you sure it's okay to let him do the mission alone?"

Smiling lightly, the Matriarch looked at where the young boy was and said

"Well if he isn't capable of this much...He's better off dead, though it would be a problem if he died after having invested so much in him"

...

-Riiiiip

Opening the large box that had arrived early in the morning, I excitedly looked through the contents.

"As expected of Melissa"

The box was filled with potions.

Only three days had passed since I requested Melissa to make me the potions, and yet in that short amount of time, she managed to fulfill my request and sent me all of the potions I commissioned her to make for me.

...honestly, I was impressed.

Though what was less impressive was the fact that I had to fork out a total of 6 million U just for the raw materials alone.

But looking at the high-quality potions in the box, the pain I felt from spending so much money instantly disappeared. Soon, I started taking out all of the potions from the box.

"sixteen [Mana recovery potions], eight [Strenght enhancement potions], eight [stamina recovery potions], nine...."

Counting all the potions to make sure nothing was missing, I organized the potions in different batches, each on the type of potions they were.

Because they were all transparent and only had labels with Melissa's writing if I didn't sort them out I could potentially consume the wrong one.

...well, yes I did in fact expect potions to have all different types of colors, but I was wrong. Reality was harsh and all potions looked like water, moreover, they came inside of test tubes and not some fancy flask like in games.

...scam I say!

After sorting out the potions and making sure nothing was missing, I stood up and prepared to attend classes.

Though I couldn't wait to try a potion right now, I could only hold my impulse back and go to class. When taking a potion, if one wasn't focusing enough, then they might hurt themselves. That's why it was better for me to consume them once I had time to spare.

"hm...what am I missing?"

Looking around the room, I noticed my mp3 on my desk and immediately took it with me.

These past few days I had cemented my position as the weirdo in the class.

Not only did the way I trained looked ridiculous to everyone in the class, including teachers, but I also had no friends. A month in, and everyone in the class had pretty much formed their own clique or had at least one friend, yet I didn't even have a person to talk to let alone call an acquaintance. I was a total anti-social loner in the eyes of everyone in my class.

To make matters worse, now that I was using an ancient-looking device accompanied by wired earphones, which had gone extinct since three decades ago, my position as the class weirdo became as stable as Mount Tai.

...Honestly, I wasn't too sure how to feel about this. To me, I looked absolutely normal, but well...I couldn't just go to them and tell them I reincarnated into a novel and back in my previous world this was normal, could I?

Sighing at my miserable life, I took the keys and made my way to the door.

-Click!

Closing the door to my room, I put my earphones on and hurried my steps.

...couldn't afford to be late, else I could kiss graduating goodbye.

...

Today's class lecture had ended later than usual, and after being subjected to Donna's cold treatment I was finally able to free myself from class.

Though I could barely feel my legs, I still had to drag my body to my elective class. After the elective was over, I had to do my daily workout. Just thinking about that made me depressed. If I knew this would happen, I would've asked Melissa to make more [Stamina enhancement] potions. My shoes had already started wearing out from how much I was overworking myself

…In any case, I was currently heading to the elective clubroom. Perhaps because I tended to have bad luck when meeting the main characters, but...Amanda was walking a few meters ahead of me.

Being behind her I could instantly catch a whiff of her rose-like scent. It was a bit of an awkward walk as we were heading in the same direction without speaking to each other. From another person's point of view, it would've looked like I was stalking her. I mean she was stunning.

Fortunately, we soon arrived inside the classroom and sat in the same seats as we did in the previous class.

By the time we arrived, Elijah Turner, the club president, was already standing on the podium going through some papers. Carefully flipping the pages, he seemed to be organizing today's lecture notes.

Not long after, the room was filled to the brim as the rest of the students entered the class. However contrary to the previous class where everyone sat wherever they wanted, today's class was separated into three different groups, first, second and third years.

'...It seems like the relationship between juniors and seniors was starting to get progressively sour with each passing day.'

I thought as I looked at how the first years were being avoided by the senior years.

At eight on the dot, Elijah began his lecture.

"Good afternoon, everyone. It seems like a lot of you ha…"

As he talked, most of the stuff coming from his mouth went into one ear and left from the other. I couldn't be bothered to pay attention to his idle chatter.

Fortunately, I had learned my lesson and held my yawn back. Though the fact that tears started streaming from my cheeks after ten minutes didn't help me hide the fact that I wanted to yawn.

"Today we will talk about the plant kingdom. As most of you know, once mana entered our planet not only did we and beasts evolved but plants did too. Essentially all living beings on this planet started to evolve...Though most plants have no sentience don't look down on plants as some of them evolved into terrifying things that even SS ranked heroes would want to avoid at all costs. For example, if we look at some of the most powerful plants out there, the tree ents, they had evolved from regular trees to A rank monsters that when in groups could cause trouble to some of the most experienced heroes out there. This goes to..."

Though I knew most of the stuff I still paid attention to it as it wasn't as detailed as the information that Elijah was teaching.

"...have you guys understood?"

Looking around the class, Elijah repeatedly asked questions to every student to make sure they were paying attention. Looking around and seeing that everyone nodded, Elijah smiled in satisfaction and said

"Alright then, I guess it's time we call it quits for today"

The lecture had lasted a total of one hour. Unexpectedly, there was a lot to learn like the weakness of some plants, which areas to avoid, and the difference between physical plants and nonphysical plants, e.g. ones that attacked directly and the ones that used poison. I learned in detail about things I had neglected to explain in my novel, all the while I watched cute female students throwing flirtatious glances at Elijah.

Rejoicing at the fact that I no longer had to listen to him, I prepared to leave the class but before I could leave I heard his voice addressing the whole class.

"If anyone is interested since today is our first lecture I will be hosting an after-party. It'll be great if you can come!"

"...eh?"

This wasn't in the novel

There was no such thing as an afterparty in the novel at this point in time.

"....hm? Amanda is not rejecting it?"

Amanda who was usually indifferent to everything nodded at Elijah and verbally confirmed her participation.

What's going on?

Wasn't she supposed to be indifferent to everything? What happened?

As I was looking at Amanda with a stupefied look, I didn't notice that two eyes were sharply looking in my direction. By the time I noticed I found Elijah standing two meters away from me smiling.

"Student are you interested in joining us?"

"...err, sure?"

"Great, we will be leaving in an hour so make sure you go back to your dorm and get ready"

Smiling, Elijah turned around and talked to the other students.

To be honest I agreed to join them on an impulse as I was starting to get worried for Amanda. A scenario that had never happened in the novel was starting right now.

I have a feeling that as of today my peaceful low-key life was going to take a turn for the worst...


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