Before long, I was the best both in academics and sports.
Before long, I was surrounded by people trying to take advantage of me.
It's not like I worked that hard.
Even though we learned the same things at the same time, I had the ability to learn much better than the others.
Surprisingly, that's almost a necessary condition to becoming popular here.
Popularity is a talent.
Ever since I was a child, I had the talent to become popular.
Of course, I do know that not everyone likes me.
I'm sure the guys who consider me their rival especially hate me.
I don't care, though.
Leaving good and evil aside, I was happy as long as people saw me as a popular person.
Such is my life as a popular person, unchanged all through primary and middle school, a dazzling road.
Still, I have been unable to shake off the strange sense of discomfort I feel from time to time.
A sense of discomfort with no answer.
In a life without even the slightest discomfort, that feeling alone always remained in my head.
A sense of discomfort that remains even after being accepted by and controlling everyone.
I decided not to care about it, though.
As long as I can continue being popular, this feeling of discomfort or whatever it is doesn't matter.
That's what I thought.
However, things completely changed when I enrolled in high school.
I could no longer ignore this feeling of discomfort swelling up in me.
Horikita Manabu.
That man a year above me had the respect of all those around him.
He was much more dazzling and intelligent than me, and had a certain conviction on top of that.
Then, another man who had a different type of talent than Horikita Manabu showed up under me.
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka.
He is very different and has a cocky attitude, but his ability is undeniable.
My accomplishments aren't inferior to theirs.
Along with the feeling of discomfort, sometimes, I think about it.
Is my ability truly the real thing?
Or, am I a naked emperor who was simply not ever blessed with a good opponent?
I can't stop thinking about that.
That is the true form of my feeling of discomfort.
So, I have to bring things to a conclusion and get rid of this feeling.
I have to defeat Ayanokoji, and prove that I am the most talented.
If I don't———
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Translated by Anime Anyway
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