"Fine…" She muttered before locking herself in the bathroom to calm down with a soothing bath.
…
As my siblings almost immediately fell asleep from exhaustion, I decided to leave them alone as I went to explore the place by myself.
We were going to acquire our uniforms in a few days, which meant I stood out pretty severely as not only were my clothes kind of dirty, but they were slightly torn up.
"*sigh*... Just fight me instead of giving me those eyes," I muttered before taking a sharp turn into the small garden, which had a singular tree in the middle.
Tons of people were sitting around it, bathing in the slight sun that peaked through the slowly forming clouds.
This place was beautiful, and I could barely believe my eyes when I saw kids sparring with each other.
Each student had so much skill that they would be considered top-tier geniuses in my past life… but it would also mean they would be more prominent targets for them.
I mean, I was a genius, of course, but I regretted being a genius instantly once I was targeted by them… I hope those bastards got wiped away by that large fucking wave.
"Hey, what's a kid like you doing here?"
Just as I had anticipated, I was greeted by a few idiots who looked like the cliche bullies that would pick on the poorer kids as they thought they were superior due to their immense wealth.
"Reply to him! Who do you think you are?!" One of his lackeys said as he pushed me, immediately drawing the attention of everybody in this little garden or patio.
"My bad… What do you want?" I asked, and the main boy who looked to be a freshman in high school was so ugly you'd think he was actually just a goblin.
"I asked you a fucking question. Reply to it," He said before stupidly sizing me up, pressing his surprisingly well-built body against my face.
"I'm here as a student… why else?"
As soon as I muttered those words, a few gasps and breathy mutters could be heard spreading throughout the room.
"Are you here as part of a scholarship program?"
"Indeed… may I ask why?" I replied though I already knew why he asked.
"Kekekeke…"
All of them just laughed before surrounding me while everybody else slowly cleared the area, but that also attracted the attention of some others who took a peek into the open garden.
BAM
A fist immediately connected with my face, and it was as strong or maybe stronger than I thought.
My consciousness almost slipped through my grasp, and in my blurry vision, as I fell onto my butt, I saw a group of five people part the large crowd of kids like the red sea.
They were in white uniforms with a single black stripe going down their right sleeve.
BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM…
The beating soon stopped, and as I slowly opened my eyes, I was met by a girl about the same age as my sister, wiping the blood off my face.
She had long white hair and sparkling yellow eyes that calmed me down as I stared into them.
I quickly spit out some blood that had gathered in my mouth and looked at the group of bullies getting scolded by a single girl.
"So that's why the uniform looked so familiar,"
She was in a slightly different uniform now, but my sister still looked the same, and her angry expression was a bit easing.
"Hmmm… Hmmm… Falling down… falling down… hmmm… hmm… my fair… lady,"
"You good? Are you seeing stars?" The girl asked me as she helped me up and brought me over to the others.
There were three boys and two girls.
Two of the boys had wavy pitch-black hair with nonchalant purple eyes, while the other one had flat reddish-brown hair that matched perfectly with his fiery red eyes that were set ablaze with anger.
Of course, there was then my sister and the girl I had met before, and it seems all of them were later high schoolers as all of them had matured.
"Tch… If I ever see you doing this again, I swear on my god that I'll make sure you can never move again,"
"H-How dare you!"
SHING
A blade of water slipped through the air and cut the goblin's cheek before him, and his lackeys all ran away.
I followed the five who had saved me, and everybody gave way for them to take their exit before we made our way to a large office.
As soon as the door was locked behind us, my sister turned towards me and gave me a hug, inspecting all the bruises I had received.
"Why didn't you do anything about them?" She asked.
"I don't want to draw any attention yet, but it seems you've ruined that. Well, I'll be off now. It's nice seeing that you're at my school,"
"W-Wait, stay here and let Amy treat you. She has amazing healing magic that I'm sure you'll be impressed by," My sister suggested, and as I had nowhere else to go, for now, I gave in and let out a long sigh.
"*sigh*... Whatever," I muttered before sitting down on the couch and then staring up at the large sparkling sign hanging above the doorframe.
Student council… So that was a thing here.
"Who's the president?" I asked Amy, the girl with long white hair.
"Obviously, your sister. Do you know how strong she is?" She replied as a warm glow slowly emitted from her hands that pressed against my back.
The bruises littering my body were immediately sucked back in, so of course, I couldn't help but be impressed.
"I know she's strong, but she is way too soft,"
"Heh… Really now? Did you not see her going off against those kids that bullied you? She even threatened to kill them when they were from a large family. It takes serious balls to do that,"
"That's not possi-"
"It was a figure of speech… Anyway, you're pretty tough, aren't you?"