As Fejiro walked the clear path to the city center, his mind wondered over the ways that the realms had taken to ensure stability.
After the war, the system of energy levels was introduced and this just split the realms into two; the strong and the weak.
Here the strong quickly rose to power while the weak fell down the ladder and became servant of those high up. Also, there were five major realms; Realms of Power, Celestials, Devils, Scientia and Shattered Realms, each with their own different realms under their command.
As he made his way, he came across the large gates of the academy. He walked through and was greeted by an open field which was used for training exercises. Further down, he could see the main academy building where lessons were taught.
Fejiro could hear whispers from students gathered to his left.
"So, it has already began huh." Fejiro said with a sigh.
During the first year, he had been constantly gossiped and ignored by others. He could not just blame them, not only was his power level low but it was so low that it could be compared to that of new born babies. In the past there was a hope that he could just take the harder path to increase his energy and when the time came, he would switch to the energy stones but who would have thought that not only was his energy low, his physique was shitty as well since he would immediately get exhausted to the point of fainting after just a few minutes of training.
Even the teachers had a hard time figuring out how someone like him even existed. He was weaker than weak.
As he moved forward he could hear students whispering but he could tell they were talking about him.
"Hey look isn't that the kid." one said.
"Yeah, the one with the extremely low energy level." another said.
"Why did he bother coming back this year." another boy said.
"It doesn't matter as long as I get my revenge." a girl said with a faint sense of rage in her voice.
This girl is revealed to be none other than Sprite.
She is one of the top female warriors in the academy. She acts like a hotshot believing no one is worthy of her. She was also very beautiful.
Last year Fejiro "challenged" her to a duel and in the process humiliated her. Thinking back to that day made her fill up with anger.
One Year Ago **********
The day was partly cloudy and everyone had just finished their classes.
"Let that teach you." Sprite said.
She had just finished sticking a boy to a wall with a set of daggers. She's been doing this to a lot of boys recently. The boys did nothing wrong, just that they had all confessed their love for her which was a big mistake.
Sprite said she would only accept if he beat her in a duel, of course the boy lost.
Then as she turned to leave she heard some sounds from behind and turned around to see Fejiro removing the daggers.
"What do you think you are doing?" Sprite yelled.
"Helping." Fejiro replied.
"Who asked you to help? You better not interfere with my business."
"You know, you should stop this soon if not no boy would want you." He responded.
"What did you say? Who asked you for advice? You better shut up before you receive a similar fate."
Fejiro looked at her completely. He too had a crush on her but from what he saw, he wasn't going to tell her anytime soon.
"Ok fine, then how about this? We duel right here and now and if I win, you promised to stop doing this to the boys, but if you win you can do whatever you want to me." Fejiro proposed.
Sprite thought long and hard and then said;
"Alright, but when I win you are going to regret it." She sounded convincingly.
As they prepared, a crowd of students began to gather mostly to watch Akpe beat another one. Even some teachers were spectating for outside the classes.
"So how do you think it will go." a teacher, Mr. Raphael said.
"Sprite will win, there is no way a low level student could possibly best her." another teacher, Mrs. Ani said.
"Well that's left to be seen." Mr. Ogude concluded.
After a while both sides were now ready.
"Ok, this is your last chance to give up." Sprite said.
"That's weird I was about to ask you the same thing." Fejiro said taunting her.
Sprite stabbed her sword into the ground.
"I won't be needing it" she said boasting.
"You sure?"
This statement angered Sprite who then jumps in throwing punches and kicks.
"Right, left, right, up, down left, ....."
As Fejiro said this he began moving his body to avoid Sprite's attacks.
The students nearby were shocked and couldn't believe their eyes.
"What's happening."
"Yeah, Sprite can't lay a finger on him."
Even the teachers were impressed.
"It seems Fejiro is more powerful than we thought."
But this wasn't the truth.
"Why can't I hit you?" Sprite said very frustrated.
"Isn't it obvious?, Fejiro replied. "Your fighting style is not special. From the moment I met you I studied your moves. I know every move you are going to make before you do it."
"This is not possible, you're a low level trash."
"Power levels don't matter if your opponent understands your technique."
This blew a fuse in Sprite head causing her to quickly rush back and picked up her sword which she stuck into the ground earlier but on turning to face Fejiro she stumbled.
Taking the opportunity, Fejiro extended his leg and tripped her.
This caused her to fall over and as she wore a rather short skirt, it exposed her purple underwear.
Seeing this, it caused the boys this laugh and smile weirdly.
Realising her exposure, she immediately covered herself.
"You pervert, I will get you for that." Sprite yelled while blushing a little.
Fejiro smiled a bit but then forced it back in.
"You let your guard down and I seized the opportunity. But still a win is a win, that means you will not bully the boys anymore."
"I swear I will get stronger and get you back I swear."
"OK"
Sprite then stood up and left followed by her friends.
It was the last day of school so Sprite wasn't able to find Fejiro. This new year gives her another chance.
Present Day **********
All that happened a year ago but still remained clear in her mind. It's probably the reason why she wears a longer skirt.
"I swear I will have my revenge you pervert."
Fejiro then felt an intense gaze on his back and an ominous foreboding. This caused his hair to stand on end and a chill to go down his spine but he brushed it off walked past the training field, he could see the administrative building which housed the offices of the principal and those below like the teachers. Then he walked forward to the main classes.