Adrian was above Walter, his fist in a crater he created by punching the ground next to Walter. Dora's aura dissipated and little by little, he recovered his calm.
"I see, you are wiser than I thought, since you punished him for me, you are all forgiven."
He turned his back and walked away, Adrian got up after a while and called him one last time.
"It's true that the strong rule here, but if you end up killing someone, you'll be really screwed."
Dora looked at him, intrigued by this statement.
"Kill? What are you talking about, I don't need to go that far to crush these brats."
He left the scene, behind him, Adrian continued to look at him and then spat on the ground. Walter stood up, angry tears in his eyes.
"What's wrong with you? You were supposed to beat him, why didn't you fight back? Why did you let us be humiliated?! How dare you attack me?!"
"If I hadn't attacked you, you would have already died. You are so stupid that you fought with this monster, you don't understand when to stop."
They shuddered, incomprehensible murmurs arose and one of them stepped forward.
"It's only because he's an Avatar, but other than that, he's worthless! You could have beaten him! What's about Tristan?"
Adrian laughed lightly and walked away.
"You can't defend yourself and yet you send others to their deaths, too bad for Tristan but if this guy is his target then he better write his will."
In the meeting room, Hope had knocked over his chair as he stood up, the council members looked at each other, most of them intrigued by a name that was foreign to them.
"Anesidora?"
"It looks familiar... But I can't put my hands on it."
Thomas adjusted his glasses and looked at his young disciple.
"That must be Hope's friend, some of you may have heard about the worst entrance exam, it was him."
The sullen faces gradually gave way to expressions of surprise and that's where the laughter came into play.
"The guy who got hammered by a goblin golem?"
"Is this the guy who sucked Hope to get enlisted?"
"Really? Now that that's clear, your class is just hyping themselves, Sunnah."
The girl looked away, if she could she would probably shrink and disappear. Hope slammed his fist on the table to silence.
" Turn it down! You don't know anything about him, so shut up!"
All eyes turned towards him, Thomas hit his head quickly, the young boy had just crossed his limit.
"Don't disrespect your elders, idiot!"
"OUCH!!!... Aren't you supposed to be physically weak?..."
"And you're not supposed to be mad at him? Why are you defending him now?"
Hope reluctantly sat down, embarrassed.
"Listen, everyone, I'm not anyone's judge, but I am surely neither a liar nor a weakling. Dora and I have been rivals for a long time, he may be a shadow of his former self today, but there was a time when he was one of the best fighters, someone who had once been in rifts. He would never lose to such a weak golem."
They looked at each other, Hope's opinion and what they all knew were completely opposite, how could they believe that? From their perspective, it looked more like a boy covering for his friend, and Barron wasn't about to let that happen.
"Those country folk patting themselves on the back… You know they used a magic meter to check his energy, right? That means what we saw was its full potential, hit it somewhere in your head.
"You have a short memory... His full potential almost defeated you!"
"What?"
Barron stood up and the two faced each other, feeling the situation dangerously getting worse, Iris intervened.
"Alright, I won't allow any more conflicts in this meeting. Hope, Cid, considering your quarrel, if you really want to settle this problem, the academy allows mock battle, so feel free to use that to your heart's content."
The two concerned grumbled and sat down, Iris got up and headed towards Sunnah.
"We, as a student council, have the responsibility to maintain the image of our academy and maintain order and discipline. We are chosen from the strongest in each division to better understand them. I was also curious to know Anesidora's situation, I doubt Lady Elizabeth would really recommend anyone because of her brother's relationship, but we can't explain what we saw. Sunnah, you've been in his class for weeks, what do you think of him?"
The pink-haired girl rearranged her hair and tried to answer in the loudest voice possible.
"Well... We don't really interact, he usually comes early and doesn't really participate in class, but every time the teacher asks a question he has the answer. At first, people would try to fight, but after the beatings and healing, they all stopped, so he was almost alone. I don't really know what he does outside of class." She whispered.
"Hm... So all we have are accusations... We can't prove anything based on that, it could just be students jealous of seeing a new student take the 1st seat... But why didn't you recommend him? His he a troublemaker?"
"Well... No... Hum... Not when he isn't provoked... But... Huh... maybe... maybe someone-else-should-do-it." She whispered the last part so quickly that only her friend could understand her words.
Another girl with long black hair and glasses, sitting next to Thomas raised her hand.
"Since he's E-rank anyway, does it really matter? We select people based on their achievement in relation to their level, right? So why don't we just add him to the list?"
Iris looked at the ceiling for a moment and closed her eyes, Thomas shivered and looked at her with wide eyes, a reaction that did not go unnoticed by the other members of the council.
Hope looked left and right, intrigued, and leaned towards Thomas.
"Hey, Mister Thom, what's going on? Why is every-"
"Keep it down, she's talking to the Dean."
Hope shuddered and took a serious stance, the student council President was definitely full of surprises. Iris whispered eyes closed for a moment before lowering her head in a final whisper.
"Thank you."
She opened her eyes, an impassive look on her face.
"The Dean has made her decision, the student Anesidora will be selected for the school exchange, now Sunnah, I would like to entrust you with a mission."
Later that night, in the dorm, Dora entered his room with a huge smile and found Midgard sitting on the bed, the system screens open in front of her. He proudly walked towards her before crossing his arms.
"Humph, I wanted to look everywhere to find you, but I remembered you were renting for free on my back, so here it is, a little gift."
He snapped his fingers and several bank bills fell on the grunting young woman.
"Take this and buy a living, and don't worry, there's more where that came from~"
He snapped his finger again and the bills fell all over the room, Midgard removed a stack from her tiara and threw it away.
"Looks like you're back to your default settings."
"My default settings? Please this is like a quarter of my true self, let's not anger my personas. Look at all this money I got for my monthly allowance, this is enough to buy my house 14 times at least."
He lay down on the bed and began to float. Midgard observed him for a moment before closing the screens.
"Your main concern was money, right? You must be happy."
"Who wouldn't? This is the first time that I have felt this kind of power, with this, I don't even have to work in the future, I could just save money, fail exams, retake classes, and gather more money, haha, god bless you, Ely... Hm, I'll need an excuse for Mom... Oh, I'll just buy her a house, any mom would think her child is fine if he can buy a house."
"Are you allowed to do that?"
He looked beneath him and found a Midgard with a more serious expression than she had ever shown before.
"... What? Do you want a bribe? Ah! I knew you were evil... How much?"
"Dora, I would like to have a word with you... Well, more like the other you, could you summon Gamma?"