"Sir, is it true? Is this potion the real deal?"
"Yes, this is the real deal."
"Yes! yes! Thank god."
The girl named Alissa was hopping with joy upon hearing the results.
"My lady, that's inappropriate."
"But, but, it's real. She can come with me and we can be together again."
"Yes, I am glad of this, so please calm down; the letter should arrive to the master shortly."
"Yes, I would really like to share the news with him. We finally had our hands on the "Saint's blood.""
Right after receiving the gift from Dustin, she acted fast, resulting in the event now.
All things are needed for the results to take effect, making everything fall into place.
But will this really allow Dustin to have the life that he wants or a life that he needs?
~~~~~~~~~
"Hey, did you know that last night, Lady Alissa left the campus and has not returned even now?"
"So it was true. I thought my sister was joking when he told me that."
"Yeah, and my fiance told me the reason she left was because of a person's certain gift."
"Really?"
"Yeah, she was fuming and told me this morning that Lady Alissa might not ever return."
"Who is that bastard? My family wants to offer a good business opportunity to the merchant king."
"Heh, Good business opportunity; it sounds more like your family is in desperate need of money."
"What did you say? Take that back."
"Stop fighting; the person we should be blaming right now is the person who made her leave this place without warning."
"You're right."
"So who is it?"
"Who else is it other than that pervert over there?"
As a certain group was discussing it, I was having a good time. Not knowing that they were discussing me since I was wearing my headphones.
And I was in a good mood after I had given Lady Alissa the Saint's blood and two of it as well.
Though the name was just mad since i haven't made one that can help me so the name being Saint's Blood.
With this, I will finally have a good life here on campus. Since the information said that she needed it to heal her sister, who was actually the Saint, Ironically.
And without notice, a group gathered around. And here I thought the clouds got inside the classroom.
Maybe they're here to apologize. Thinking so, I smiled and greeted them.
"Hello, how can I help you people?"
"This piece of prick is smiling."
"What a nerve!"
Suddenly, the atmosphere turned sour.
'What? What's happening ,is something wrong? Those portions were authentic. I am the one who made them after. There might be some misunderstanding, let's clear it up.'
"Is something the matter?"
"Heh "Is something the matter?" he said."
The person in front of me then sarcastically parroted my words.
"""Pfft."""
"""Ahahaha"""
They then laughed along with the stupid way he spoke. Then they stopped and gave me a glare.
"We know what you did. If you really think something as simple as hurting her can prove your superiority, then you're wrong."
"You made Lady Alissa so sad that she left the academy."
"That's right, you made her life he*l. So expect us to make your life even worse."
"They said those words as they left my table, with a lot of trash loitering around me, without notice."
Bam. They also kicked my table. 'What the heck?'
'What's happening? And what do they mean when they say she left?'
What's going on? What's going to happen to me?
This sucks. I can't gather any information since none are close to me. Not to mention the seniors gave me the stink eye as I entered the dorm.
And the teachers kept giving me sympathetic looks without giving me a hand in this life.
'What should I do?'
I kept spiraling down, thinking of a way to solve another problem.
That was not something I would have expected to happen.
~~~~~~~~~
It has been a whole month since my enrollment and the first quarter exam came to be.
There is only one thing I could say about my life to this day.
And that I was thankful for having money, the skills for tailoring, the lessons I learned from Prof. Philip, and the headphones.
I really can't imagine this would happen this month after Lady Alissa left.
Why can't she just first explain before leaving?
"Beat him up!"
"Down with the pervert!"
"Kill him!"
"""..."""
"…. I mean, make him suffer till he wishes he was dead."
"""Yeah!"""
'What the heck, didn't he just yell to kill me? And why did you just accept his change of words? He is clearly trying to get me killed.'
Right now I am at the Colosseum taking the exam for combat class.
Since I made a promise to Ms. Ria to win one battle, I need to win this fight. But seriously, how can I see myself winning from this?
In front of me is Sir BK, my roommate named Richard.
"I really didn't realize that it was you with whom I would fight. I guess you really are full of yourself, huh?"
'No, I didn't mean to stand here; I was forced to.'
I screamed so hard in my mind.
As I was contemplating how this happened.
~~~~~~~
It happened the following day after Lady Alissa left.
Every day, harassment increases by many folds.
My clothes get ripped from intentional accidents. So I just fixed it.
And when I go to the library, I get blamed for damaged books. So I paid for it.
Another time, when I was eating, I would get food thrown to me without notice.
When I was in the dorm, I would get my stuff damaged and have to pay for it. It's a good thing my storage items can't get damaged since they have protective measures.
The solace that I have is when it's class, they disturb me less than they would on a regular basis. And on the weekends to the store
'But still, when will they stop with this harassment? And wasn't my gift really something that would drive her to despair?'
Now that I think about it, maybe they already had that potion and it didn't have the effects they wanted.
'Why didn't I think of that? Maybe she is fuming right now and is going to tell her parents.'
And I might also go out of business.
This is the worst; why am I facing so many problems all at once?
And that didn't end there. During the exams for this month, I was doing quite well.
From the looks of it, others were also focused on their own things.
So they don't have the time to mess with me.
Until the final exam that I should take that day, the combat class.
"The heck it seems that Richard is going to fight first for their class."
"You're right."
"Oh, look, he's already on stage."
"Talk about confidence. Who is going to fight him?"
"Bad luck, our class has to pit ourselves against them."
"Yeah, you're right. I wonder why the teachers made a bet in this examination."
"Your right isn't it illegal."
"No, as long as there is no solid proof, they can probably do whatever they want."
"You're probably right."
My classmates were torn on what to do since our class had to fight against BK's class.
I mean, he is one of the chosen people. Anyone will have a bad feeling when faced with a disadvantageous situation.
"Hey, why not him?"
"Hmm, who?"
"That guy over there."
"Oh yeah, I forgot since it was the exams. Why not force him to fight Sir Richard?"
"Yeah, that way we can avoid a battle with him and we can avenge Lady Alissa."
"You're right; let's do that."
Ever since they were focused on the exam, I minimized the use of my headphones.
"So I heard their every discussion. So upon hearing their little agreement, I was forced to face the greatest battle of my life.
Whether I drop the fight and take the punishment or fight with my real strength and get targeted by my relatives.
So with no other choice, here I am, standing face-to-face with a choice that I need to make before my doom.
In which I would have to face either way. Since it is already being shoved down to me.
~~~~~~
"Oraah!"
An attack came, and I dodged it in a way that was an accident.
"Heh, you dodged that, huh. Still, that's normal. Since I wasn't using my full strength."
He said that with a smug look as he talked to me.
"Well, then, let's increase my strength a little bit. And just beat you half to death like they want."
'Damn it to whoever ever yelled that I would get my chance someday and make you regret it.'
"Let's see if you can continue dodging after this."
Richard then charged out to me with great gusto and strength.
As for me I kept on dodging in a wacky way to avoid suspicion.
And in my mind I was thinking of a way to end this on a good note for myself.