Chapter 202
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A cold silence filled the classroom.
The students, who had been watching the situation, were all shocked.
They never expected Kaine to throw the first punch.
“You coward, hitting me with your face!”
At that moment, Kaine blamed Sien for hitting him with his face.
The students, who had been watching, were both shocked and had the same thought.
‘This guy is crazy.’
The students stared at Kaine with crazy eyes, while Sien,
“Hmm!”
Sien clutched his face and frowned.
Then, he glared at Kaine with narrowed eyes.
‘I didn’t expect him to ambush me like that…’
Until last year, Kaine had been brutally beaten by Sien in a fight.
After that defeat, Kaine had stopped trying and started drinking instead.
‘He couldn’t even look me in the eye.’
But now, after a year of not seeing each other, Kaine had hit Sien in the face.
Sien, who had once been the top student in his class, felt his pride hurt.
At that moment,
-Drip!
Blood flowed from Sien’s nose, and Kaine could taste the bitter taste of blood in his mouth.
Sien was shocked that he was bleeding from his nose after being hit by Kaine.
Sien wiped the blood from his nose with one hand and slowly stood up.
Then, he glared at Kaine with cold eyes.
“It seems like you didn’t get beaten up enough last year, David von Kaine.”
“Isn’t that you? The senior who’s bleeding from the nose after a year of absence?”
“Don’t act so high and mighty just because you succeeded in an ambush once.”
Sien said this with a fierce aura.
Last year, Kaine would have lowered his eyes immediately.
But now,
“You. Are. So. Annoying.”
Contrary to expectations, Kaine taunted Sien with a relaxed expression.
At that moment,
-Thud!
Sien’s forehead veins bulged.
Then, he tried to attack Kaine, but,
“That’s enough.”
“Don’t go too far.”
Eileen’s sword was pointed at Sien’s neck, and Skaya’s complex magic formula was engraved on the floor beneath him.
Sien’s face stiffened at the sight.
‘When did they get so strong…?’
Sien wondered how they had become so powerful.
It was common knowledge that the two of them were geniuses, but until the beginning of last year, their skills weren’t that much different from his.
‘In fact, I was stronger than them at the time.’
Sien decided to back down, as he didn’t want to make things worse.
The two of them also stopped their attacks.
‘…I don’t like being pushed around like this.’
Until last year, Sien had been like a king at the Royal Academy.
After all, strength was the law here.
Of course, there were those who wanted to take revenge outside of school.
‘But I crushed them all with my strength.’
Sien thought to himself, using a metaphor that he was the shit, and the others were the flies.
However, most of the students at the Royal Academy didn’t dare to mess with him because of his crazy personality.
But now,
‘Am I being played by Kaine, who I trampled on last year?’
And not just trampled on, but by Kaine, who had been crushed by him?
‘…I guess I need to trample on him again to make him come to his senses.’
Sien took out a white glove from his Space ring.
At that moment,
-Thud!
Kaine sensed Sien’s intentions and threw the glove first, hitting Sien right in the face.
Sien tried to control his rising blood pressure and asked,
“When should we set the date?”
“How about three days from now? I’d like to do it today, but if I win, you’ll whine about the nosebleed you got from my ambush.”
“Hmm… Every word you say makes me want to kill you. Anyway, prepare to get beaten up by me again, just like last year. Let’s decide on the date and place.”
Sien wiped the blood from his nose and left the classroom, acting as if he was someone important.
It seemed like he was planning to skip school from the first day.
Kaine raised his middle finger at Sien as he left, and the students started whispering among themselves.
Kaine ignored them, as he knew what they were saying without needing to adjust the volume.
At that moment,
-Creak!
The classroom door opened, and Professor William entered, yawning as usual.
Then, he quickly took attendance.
“Hmm… Sien.”
“…”
William called out the name of the student who had just left the classroom.
At that moment, Kaine raised his hand and said,
“He’s skipping class on the first day, so he’s not here.”
“Hmm… I understand. I’ll give him a demerit.”
William nodded and continued taking attendance.
At the same time, the three people sitting next to Kaine looked at him with disgusted expressions.
‘Yes, you’re right. He’s skipping class.’
[The Goddess of fate says that she was worried about you for no reason.]
Since it was the first day, the class ended quickly after attendance and course registration.
Of course, Sien, who had just come back from cleaning up his nosebleed, complained to William, but that wasn’t Kaine’s problem.
“Hey, are you okay?”
At that moment, Skaya asked with a worried tone.
Kaine tilted his head in confusion.
“What?”
“Well, can you really handle that guy?”
“Yes, Kaine. Even if you’ve gotten stronger, your trauma might prevent you from performing at your full potential.”
Kaine was confused by their concern.
Based on their conversation, it seemed that Kaine had fought Sien last year and gotten beaten up.
That’s why they were worried.
But Kaine said,
“Don’t worry. My trauma won’t affect my performance.”
Kaine had experienced various ways of dying, and the beating he received from Sien wasn’t even his own.
So, he didn’t need to worry too much.
When Kaine said this, Eileen looked at him with concern.
“Are you sure you’re okay?”
“Why are you so worried?”
“I’m worried that you might change like before.”
Eileen bowed her head and spoke in a timid voice.
Kaine narrowed his eyes at her words.
‘…You changed after that.’
After coming to this world, Kaine had also investigated himself.
One thing he found out was that Kaine wasn’t always a maniac.
‘It was probably in the first half of last year.’
Before becoming a maniac, Kaine had a diligent image.
But in just half a year, Kaine’s image had changed to that of a maniac.
It was no wonder that Eileen wanted to break up with him during the summer vacation last year.
‘Anyway.’
That guy had changed last year.
Based on Sien’s words and Eileen’s conversation, it seemed that the fight with Sien was the reason for his change.
‘But it’s a bit strange to change so much because of a fight.’
After all, Kaine was surrounded by geniuses like Skaya, Eileen, and Willy.
It was a bit funny that he would be so affected by losing a fight.
‘Well, it’s not my problem anyway.’
Kaine was Kaine, and he was himself.
Kaine patted Eileen’s head, who was looking gloomy, and said,
“Don’t worry. That won’t happen again.”
“…”
“Hey, do it for me too.”
At that moment, Skaya pouted and asked in a timid voice.
Kaine sighed and nodded.
“Okay, I’ll do it. So, stop making that face.”
“Hehehehe.”
Kaine patted Skaya’s head with his other hand, and she laughed happily.
Jenny, who had been watching from behind, said,
“I think it’s a miracle if they don’t kill each other.”
“…”
Kaine sighed deeply.
He couldn’t deny Jenny’s words, so he ignored them.
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Three days later, the day of Kaine’s fight with Sien arrived.
Sien remembered the humiliating things Kaine had done to him.
“How dare you skip class on the first day and report it?”
After fighting Kaine, Sien had left the classroom because his nosebleed wouldn’t stop.
He had to clean up the blood in the bathroom until it stopped.
But that damn Kaine had lied to William, and Sien had received a demerit on the first day of school.
Thinking about it made Sien angry.
“Hmm… Calm down.”
Usually, getting excited before a fight was a sign of a novice.
Last year, Kaine didn’t need to be so calm when fighting Sien.
‘It seems like the rumors about him getting stronger are true.’
Kaine remembered Sien’s punch on the first day and thought that he shouldn’t be careless.
After all, he had managed to land a hit on Kaine.
‘I don’t know how much stronger he’s gotten, but…’
There was no reason to be careless.
Of course, Sien was still a bottom-feeder, so he probably hadn’t grown much.
‘I’ll have to beat him up again today.’
Sien thought to himself and walked with a dignified expression.
He was unaware of what was about to happen.
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At that moment,
Kaine woke up as usual and got ready for school.
After leaving the mansion, Lise greeted him with a worried expression.
“Young Master, how are you feeling?”
“I’m fine, as usual.”
Kaine shrugged at Lise’s question.
Then, Lise spoke up,
“Your expression seems fine, so I guess I don’t need to worry. You didn’t look like this last year.”
“Hmm… What was my expression like last year?”
Kaine was curious and asked.
“You looked like you had lost your country.”
“Hmm…”
Kaine’s expression before the fight was that of someone who had lost everything.
It seemed that Kaine’s change wasn’t just because of the fight with Sien.
However, Kaine needed to focus on the fight now.
Although he had succeeded in the ambush, Sien was still a formidable opponent.
‘But I’m confident I’ll win.’
As Kaine thought this, Kage, who had come to greet him, asked,
“Master, can I watch the fight?”
“You’ll watch it anyway, won’t you?”
“Hehehe, yes.”
Kage nodded with a bright smile.
Then, she said,
“So, we’ll all watch together. Keep that in mind, Master!”
“Yes, by the way, if you want to sit down and watch, I recommend coming early. The news has already spread.”
Kaine and Sien’s fight had spread throughout the school in just one day.
Rumors usually spread quickly, but Kaine hadn’t expected it to spread so fast.
He wondered who was spreading the news so quickly.
“Then I’ll see you later.”
“Yes, Young Master. Don’t get nervous before the fight.”
“See you later, Master!”
Kaine smiled to himself, as if he was taking an exam, and headed towards the Royal Academy.