"You are a disgrace. What makes you think you are worthy of joining this academy? It is just because of your father."
"You are trash, you know? How come you disgraced your father like that."
A kid with short brown hair. He looks messy on his first day at school.
It was the day of the Souldia Academy entrance ceremony.
The brown-haired kid sat hopelessly in the bush, his face full of bruises
He tries his hardest to get up. He did not want to miss the first-day activity.
Right after the Entrance Ceremony, Souldia Academy, like the other Adventurer Academy, will held a senior demonstration.
It was the most awaited event for the juniors where the top senior students will be showing off their ability to the juniors.
The brown-haired kid was walking through the schoolyard while enduring the pain he got on his body.
A big statue was in the center of the schoolyard. It was a glorious statue of someone famous.
Two daggers on its hand, serious expression with a cool and elegant pose.
This was the hero of the Souldia Academy.
"Father.. I am sorry."
The kid was halted in front of the statue and starts sobbing.
He had tried his best to pass the academy exam but was only accepted with the lowest rank.
He was originally on a waiting list but successfully admitted after a student decided to join another academy.
It was a normal thing for prospective students to applied in a more than one entrance test.
But, this fact was enough for some students to bully the brown-haired kid.
"Hey, Rayn."
"Oh! Siron big-bro."
He wiped his tears. He didn't want to showed his tears to the man who greeted him. He talked while turning his back to him. Still facing his father's statue.
"Are you crying?"
"No.. I.. I am sorry Siron big-bro."
"Hey. Didn't you say that you would actually call me without 'big-bro' once you were accepted here?"
"Sorry.. Siron.."
"Hey.. You are apologizing too much."
"I.. I.."
"You really look like Yera now."
"I am sorry.."
"Geez, you did it again. Cheer up! I can't accompany you to the event, but make sure to cheer up, hehe."
His big brother was saying it with a grin.
But, he knew the fact behind it. He had been with him for a long time to know the fake smile.
His big brother was not as bright as before and he knew the reason.
"Thank you, Siron."
He was grateful to him nonetheless.
With the conversation ended with him in a slightly better condition, he took a sad look to his big brother's back who walked away while waving his right hand. The only hand he has now.
'Brother..'
It was not his wrongdoing, but he felt guilty nonetheless.
He was left alone once more in the schoolyard. The schoolyard was obviously empty now.
The senior demonstration was currently ongoing and almost everyone was right there now.
He had to go there and somehow made a connection.
He didn't want to set his hope that high like other students. Making a friend was the best he wanted to do.
He reached the front door and entered the Main Hall.
Whoa!!
There were cheers and applaused everywhere.
Someone was in the center demonstrating his skills.
It was a demonstration of a Spellcaster. A famous Fire Mage in a Souldia Academy.
'He is Kilian, the 4th rank in the leaderboard.'
Rayn talked in his mind.
He had a lot of knowledge regarding the Student National Leaderboard. And someone in the center, right now, was one of a top student in the entire nation.
A promising student of the Nation.
Kilian the Fire Mage has finished the demonstration gracefully.
Whoa!
With a bow, he left the center area.
"Now, all the demonstration has already over. We will begin the match among juniors. You can raise your hand and choose your opponent."
'Ah.. Is it over already?'
This was a competition made for any junior who wants to show off and attract the attention of seniors and teachers.
"Me me!" Someone was shouting while raising his hand.
The one mentioned was a blonde guy familiar to Rayn.
"Okay! You can choose your opponent!"
With an ominous feeling, he saw that the mentioned guy was looking at him with a grin.
"I choose him! Rayn Arcvicc!"
Murmur. Murmur.
All people in the Main Hall were talking among themselves while looking at the direction the guy pointing to.
"Okay, Rayn Arcvicc. You've been chosen by a student for a match. Please come to the center."
Rayn could not move that easily. All the attention had given to him. The only boy with a messy appearance on his first day at school.
"Please step up."
He could only lower his head while walking to the center.
Both of them were weaponless and so, he couldn't confirm the opponent's class.
A referee came between them and confirmed their name.
He told them if this was only a friendly match and so, told not to overdo things.
"A Friendly Match between Gigra Gerian and Rayn Arcvicc."
The situation was still mixed up. Audiences were busy talking or cheering up the blond guy.
Somehow, it looked like the blonde guy already had some followers.
Rayn has readied his stance. He was still lowering his head while did it.
"Match begin!"
"Hear my order! Summon! Golden Mane Phantom Lion!"
A golden-colored spirit appeared through a portal created on the thin air.
It was a Lion with a transparent golden color. It stand on its four limbs as high as the summoner beside him.
Whoa!
'A Spirit Contractcaster..'
Exactly as he had in mind, the one in front of him was a Mage type-3, A Contractcaster.
"Charge!"
The blonde guy ordered his spirit summon to attack Rayn.
Roar!
The spirit beast appeared quickly in front of him and hit him hard with its head.
Rayn flew several meters and spat out blood.
'Ugh..'
He could't do anything. Since in the entire Souldia Academy, he was probably the only one without a class.