Arthur and Emily left their apartment, it was a 20-story building, then they took a bus and headed towards the city center Arthur would study at the Central Academy of Partria, it was a school with 8 floors, its area extended for almost two thousand meters, it was a school with everything students could ask for, worthy of the title of the biggest and best school in Partria, teaching in schools unlike the army was not mandatory, more in case you wanted to learn to use your skill more efficiently it was essential for you to be part of an Academy and it was not free.
"Did you know that direct Edward stepped down from office?" Emily asked
"Which? Because?" Arthur replied
'That old man always closed his eyes to what happened, no matter how many times he suffered Bullying, people always got rid of all punishment, but this time it will be different, I won't let anything happen to me or anyone in my family, I'm going to enjoy it this second chance' Arthur thought remembering his status. He was still level 3, but he could feel stronger.
"They said he was embezzling money"
"I understand"
They keep talking until they arrive at school, both of them were avoiding talking about what had happened.
They arrived at the school and Arthur soon noticed everyone's eyes towards them.
"Emy" yelled a girl who ran and immediately hugged Emily
"Hi Glace" Emily returned the hug
"Is that your brother?" Glace asked looking Arthur from head to toe.
"Yeah, he's not handsome is he? But you don't stand a chance with him," Emily replied with a smile.
Arthur continued looking at the two girls talking and gave a slight smile.
"Hello Glace, nice to meet you and please take care of my sister" he said
Glace looked at Arthur and his eyes widened.
"Oh heavens, he's cute" she said faking a swoon
Arthur said goodbye to Emily and headed to the secretary's office to update his address so the school bus could pass by his house. They arranged to meet outside the school at the end of the day.
Emily was currently 13 years old, which meant she studied on the lower floors. And Arthur with his 16 years was in the last year that is he was in the upper floors.
Arthur passed by the secretary trying not to pay too much attention to the pity looks he received, or the angry looks, even in the secretary he received these looks, even though the healing ability was very useful, he as the son of someone strong like Walter he always suffered from it, since he started studying.
He went to his room which was on the 18th floor the top two floors were for teachers, student council and principal's room among other things.
Even the 9th floor was for the younger ones who were starting, there they would learn theory, history, and other things, and after that they would have high school that would be practice, where they would delve more into skills and combat.
Arthur's room was room 3-B, when he arrived in the room he stood at the door looking, memories of when he suffered Bullying daily, after all who better someone who would heal after all, someone who couldn't review.
Class had already started so he pushed his memories away and walked into the room, the whole room immediately turned to look at him. Arthur, inside beside the door, scanned the room with his eyes looking for a few people and he didn't see any of his attackers.
"What did I expect? After all, it's been a year, they must be in the army," he said to himself.
"How long are you going to stand there? Come in and sit down somewhere, you're delaying my class," said a thick voice behind him.
"Sorry teacher" Arthur
He decided to sit in an empty chair at the back of the room.
"So as I was saying, today's class will be combat training, I believe everyone already knows me, my name is Joseph and I'm your combat and body enhancement instructor"
He stopped and looked where Arthur had sat and called out to him.
"This is Arthur, he is a little late but he will be your classmate, I believe that some already know him or have seen him somewhere, it turns out that he was already studying here but due to some problems he had to leave for a year"
"Go back to your seat" Joseph told Arthur that he had arrived at his side.
'If that's all there is to making me get up?' thought Arthur
He didn't like the school's teachers very much, as most of them always turned a blind eye to the abuse the students suffered.
Arthur passing through the room could feel the eyes on him, his room was formed by 30 students counting on him. 'This time will be different' he promised himself once more.
"Well, go to the locker room and change into your combat clothes, we'll meet in 20 minutes in the south sector, in the gym" shouted Joseph, already leaving the room.
Arthur was leaving the room when he noticed 3 people standing there, it looked like they were waiting for him.
"Oh shit, it's already started" said Arthur
"Hey you, I remember you, the trash who has a healing ability even though he's the son of a powerful lightning user" said a black haired boy he was taller than Arthur by a few inches.
"I heard his sister is stronger than he is," said the other boy.
Arthur ignored the boys and continued walking towards the end of the hall to catch the elevator.
"I bet that's why his father died even though he was so strong, having a son who didn't inherit his ability, was he really his father?" shouted the last boy.
Arthur was walking further by the time he heard this his body stopped, he turned to look into the eyes of the boy who had said that. The boy looked shorter than he was, his hair was curly green and his clothes were neatly arranged making it clear that he was from some wealthy family.
Then Arthur turned and continued on his way to the elevator with clenched fists.
"See you at training" said the black haired boy.
***
After arriving at the gym that was in the south sector Arthur was wearing an all blue outfit with green details, this was the school's combat outfit, it was made of a resistant material that absorbed the impact and reduced the damage to the user. Seeing that everyone was already arriving and standing in a line Arthur decided to go to one end and stood next to a girl with black hair. He didn't bother talking to her, he wasn't here looking to make friends, and the last "friends" he's had haven't been her best life experience.
"Hello, my name is Kiara, nice to meet you Arthur" she said extending her hand to him.
Looking at the girl Arthur noticed that she was very pretty, her black hair was long and went halfway down her back, her face had delicate features, she was still smiling when he took her hand
"Pleasure Kiara"
"What are you thinking of school?" She asked
"Normal"
Arthur didn't want to talk so he was thinking about the system, the last few days his stats are growing and you could say he was already almost at the level of a normal person, compared to the day he came back when he was weak and thin.
Seeing Arthur wasn't paying attention to her Kiara decided to stop insisting, she didn't know what had happened, but she didn't miss the pitying looks that some people threw at Arthur. Her thoughts didn't last long as Professor Joseph arrived he observed the students who were arranged in lines, he noticed that they were all there. Students learned from an early age about the rule and discipline and indirectly about the hierarchy, which they would use in the army, no matter the gender, all people when they turned 16 were required to spend 2 years in the army.
"Today's class will be a duel, the person on the right will duel with the person on their left, the only form of magic allowed is for body reinforcement, any ranged attack is prohibited, the fight ends when not one of you surrender or become unconscious" said the professor.
"Gilla you are going to duel with Kant, walk to the arena and we will begin"
"Which? Already?" asked Gilla indignantly, she was the girl at the far right of the line and beside her was Kant one of her friends.
"I don't care if you're friends, just don't take it easy or I'll take points" said the teacher
'So it wasn't just me' on the other side of the line Arthur was thinking he got the wrong impression of the professor.
"The rest can go to the stands, the duos who will duel sit together, I already recorded your faces so I recommend not trying any cuteness" "And the two lovebirds can start" Joseph said as he turned to the arena where Gilla and Kant were they faced.
***
From the top of the stands Arthur was looking curiously at the duel that was taking place, his energy manipulation was good, the so-called mana as humans called it was the basis of all abilities, it was his energy, his axis. This energy could be used in many ways, such as using your skills, casting spells and using it for body enhancement, of course it had a limit, but it was still quite useful, even more so for people who didn't have attack skills like Arthur.
"Who do you think will win?" Kiara said beside her without looking away.
"I don't know, I don't know any of them or their skills, not like it matters, since what counts here is physical skill and hand-to-hand combat techniques," he replied. Even though Arthur had studied before and was technically only a year older, he couldn't remember seeing them at school, there were few people he bothered to talk to at the time. He was always alone.
"Hmm, from what I remember Gilla has a fire ability and Kant has an ability that involves earth manipulation, so if he knows how to use that to his advantage he can win" Kiara said.
So they were silent, only Kiara made some remarks and Arthur simply replied.
After that the duel came to an end with Kant winning, it became clear that his fighting skill was superior, sometimes he stopped his attack which in the end made the teacher take 3 points from him.
"Now that they've fought, come the two of the last end Arthur and Kiara, report to the arena and start the duel" Joseph said
"Well do your best and don't take it after all we don't want to lose points" Kiara said with a smile
Arthur simply gave a slight smile and headed towards the arena, he was curious about how much strength he had increased.
When they arrived at the arena he was surprised by a sound that had been very frequent in the last few days.
Ding!
[New mission]
{Win the Duel}
{Reward: 2 free stat points}
{Fail: None}
Seeing the blue screen Arthur gave a long smile, he wanted to get stronger, and this mission was only providing him with that.
"Begin!" shouted Joseph