Darn, when I thought I was free and could finally relax, the final boss showed up in the middle of nowhere.
" Huh? I'm dying here, ma'am. I need to lie down on my bed or I might faint here. You might need to give my family my last words if this continues. " As much as I want to say this was all an act, I really felt like I would faint any second if this continues.
" Oh, I might have to send them your regards if this continues. " Jean looks at me scarily. She seem serious yet she was talking how I normally would.
" Stop joking ma'am. Besides could you please help sell this for me? I'm way too tired to do it " I pull out the Goblin corpse from the space pouch. Thankfully, I was prepared this time. Hopefully, this would be enough as my alibi for the two days I was not present.
" You can do that yourself, Mr. Mon. Besides, you spent two days hunting a single goblin? " Jean looks at me in suspicions more than pity. She was sure I could kill a goblin easily, as I did manage to kill a Shrieker by myself.
" Yeah, I'm pretty frail and the bullied type. Do you think I could kill a goblin by myself that easily? " I continue my act still trying to lift my body from exhaustion.
" You killed a Shrieker student. You're not fooling anyone. " Jean raised her voice and removed the casual smile she has on her face.
" Yeah by making it slip. Wet rocks are pretty slippery ma'am and since I was just a frail young boy, I had to at least push myself you know. " I smiled as I retorted back.
" Well, you're gonna have to work harder, as the semester will start in a week. I wouldn't want to see you getting bullied again. " Jean smiles widely, which scared me a lot. Why does it look like she was scheming something?
" I'll go work hard now, " I say as I walk past Jean straight to the Dorms. She still seemed suspicious but my alibi lines up with my ability so I was free to go.
I reached my small dorm and I immediately lie down on my tiny yet comfortable bed. I was too tired it seems, as I immediately fell asleep the moment I lay down. It was only until the next day that I woke up from my slumber.
Thankfully I could finally rest easy for the rest of the week. I got a full night's rest, but my body was still dying. It was hella painful like I just did heavy lifting for an entire hour. But as Jean says, the semester starts next week so I have to at least prepare for that. You could already hear the noise outside starting to get louder and louder by the day. Anyways, I need to strengthen my body as stamina and the physical body were incredibly important not only to Ki users but even to mages. So even if my body was painful, I'm gonna have to hit the gym for a bit.
I'm sure I won't be part of the main character class. I don't even want to anyways. That class has got to be the most dangerous place that existed in the entirety of Tree. I'd like to be in a different class where I could relax and fight the main characters here and there, and lead that class to the top. I'd have to have a quick yet quiet start if I want to catch up to the others.
But if I want to do that I'm gonna have to be stronger...
...
With that, the days continue to flow. I regularly visit the gym, building up my body and strength. A week might be short, but you could already see some changes already. I had to make sure to wear a mask though as I regularly get asked out. It gets annoying sometimes when I want to move quickly and when I want to relax.
The long week passed and it was finally time for the semester to start. I could finally meet the characters I admired and followed throughout their whole journey.
I woke up early and wore the school uniform. White suit and pants with some gold linings on the edge and a black sleeve to wear under the suit, It looked incredibly fresh. The uniforms aren't normally this extravagant in the real world.
I made sure to wear the normal mask, to remove some attention from me. This was necessary for quick and safe growth. It was already quite loud just from the dorms, but the noise just fully covers my ears the moment I stepped out of the building. The place was bustling full of young people casually chatting. It was an incredibly unique experience as the abilities of the others were evident. You can see someone with water flowing in their arms. Some had wings as they glided through the skies.
" Please go to the stadium for the start of the ceremony. I repeat, please head to the stadium so we could start our ceremony. Thank you " The loudspeakers across the campus started blaring. It seems like I was perfectly In time for the ceremony to start.
With that, I decided to start walking to the stadium.
...
I entered the stadium where a young man was standing in the middle of the stadium. It seems like the president was absent, just like in the original story.
I found myself a seat and the speaker started speaking immediately. " Hello everyone, Welcome new students and returning seniors to Tree... " It was the usual ceremony you would hear from this type of speech, except the abilities, hunters, and something about saving the world blah blah blah. It had fantasy features added to it, but it didn't stop me from nearly falling back to sleep.
" Anyways before we start this semester., I would like to commend these few individuals who had reached a level of honor deserving of their hard work and talents. "
Finally... This also happened in the original story, where Tree commended Sol and the other main characters of the story. It was mainly because they wanted to raise the hopes of humanity, but also to fire up the competitiveness of everyone so that they could prosper and strengthen themselves even further.
" For the most outstanding and promising student of this generation..." The young man pulled up a list and he reads it carefully.
If I remember it should be Sol, who managed to claim the no.1 title for himself. He was already a 4* Hunter at the young age of 17. Who would've even thought that was possible for a young man who was orphaned with no resources in hand.
" Sol! a 17-year-old who managed to reach the 4* mark fully breaking the record of the youngest ever to reach this rank. "