A blond-haired boy was having an discussion with another brown-haired boy.
"You're bothering my friend, of course it's my business."
Behind the brown-haired boy was a brown-haired, honey-eyed girl.
"Don't you dare talk back to Mr. William!"
Shouted one of the boys behind the blond. you know typical companion of the rich young master.
"Haha, it's like a drama."
When I read it I just thought of this as the first event for the main character to get noticed, but now that I'm seeing it in person it's kind of funny.
"You're just a townie in class D, Mr. William is ranked third in class C and is the son of a rich merchant family! You can't compare yourself to him!"
"That doesn't matter to me! You suddenly came and started picking on us, and this is Norva academy, those things like status or family don't mean anything here!"
" You little, how dare you!"
Before he could continue speaking the blonde haired boy gave him a sign to shut up.
"True, in Norva academy status means nothing, but from what I can see, you two are nothing but D-class trash yet you still want to argue with me? You're just someone pathetic who could barely get into the academy!"
The blonde haired boy said all this with a look of contempt towards the protagonist, then he flashed a smile and said.
"But since I'm someone nice, I'll let this matter go, but only if you have a duel with me."
"A duel?"
"Yes, if I win you will have to leave the academy."
"Okay."
"Lucas no!"
I shouted the girl behind him.
"But if I win, you'll have to apologize to her in front of the whole school."
"Pfff hahahahahaha, do you really think you can beat me, keep dreaming, the duel will be in 2 weeks time!"
After saying that, the blond boy left the dining room accompanied by his followers.
"Lucas! Are you crazy?!? he's in third place in class C!"
"What did you want me to do Leila, if I didn't accept they would keep harassing you, I had no choice!"
"But if you lose you'll have to leave the academy!"
In the Norva academy that followed the rule of the strongest, if 2 students had a problem and couldn't solve it by good they could ask for a duel to fix the problem, the loser had to comply with whatever the winner dictated or if the terms were already set the loser had to follow them compulsorily, if the loser refused to accept he would be expelled from the academy.
A bit extreme if you ask me, but that's how the academy was run and no one could do anything about it.
Lucas put his palm on Leila's head who looked like she was about to cry and with a smile said.
"Don't worry I will make sure to win this duel."
Seeing Lucas' attitude, Leila calmed down a bit but she was still worried, if Lucas lost he would have to leave the academy, and even if by some miracle he managed to win he would surely get hurt badly.
"How ridiculous"
Ria who was eating commented.
"Well for me it was pretty funny"
"What's so funny about watching 2 idiots fight over such an insignificant matter?"
"For that boy it's not insignificant, it looks like they were bothering his friend"
Silfy said while looking at the two people from afar.
"That's why having something as friends is useless, they only get you into trouble."
"But you and I are friends aren't we?"
When I said that Ria's face turned a little red and she started yelling.
"You and I are not friends!"
"Really? But we go to class together, eat together and train together, in my eyes we're already very close"
"I only do these things because of the bet and that deal we made! Don't get confused you fucking hermaphrodite!"
"See?, we already even nicknames each other, we're friends Riri"
"If you call me that again I'm going to kill you!"
"Hehehehe"
Silfy, who was next to us, laughed lightly.
"And what are you laughing at!"
"They really get along well"
Hearing his words Ria's face turned redder than before.
"It's not like that!"
*
My name is Lucas a student of class D of Norva academy, to everyone I might look like just an ordinary student but the truth is that I have a secret, I possess an ability that allows me to understand things faster than others.
I discovered this ability after the entrance exam, when I was in a difficult situation fighting against a pack of wolves, some of my blood fell on a necklace that I have always carried with me since I found it in the orphanage as a child, it was in the warehouse along with a lot of old things, I asked the owner of the orphanage if I could keep it because I liked it a lot and when I saw it I felt a feeling that I could not explain, as if that necklace and I were destined to meet.
The owner of the orphanage agreed without much difficulty, it was just an old necklace anyway, since then I have always carried it with me.
When my blood fell on the necklace it transformed into a blue energy that entered my head, after that, I was able to predict the movements of the wolves after seeing them a few times and I also improved my way of attacking as if I knew what was wrong by repeating it a few times.
I don't know what happened, but I was sure of one thing, with this ability I could become very strong and become the hero I always wanted to be, one that could protect people from threats and give them security just with his presence, just like that day.
The orphanage where I lived was attacked by demons destroying it almost completely, I tried to protect the children younger than me but I was too scared to move, when the demons were about to kill the children he appeared.
He had silver hair and blue eyes, with a single swing of his sword he managed to exterminate all the demons, when I saw him, all the fear I felt disappeared, it was as if I knew that everything would be fine as long as that man was present.
The image of the ideal hero that I had only read about in stories was in front of me right now, from that day on a flame awoke inside me
"I want to be like him."
With that motivation I trained every day without rest my handling with the sword, I was determined to enter the Norva academy known for being the best academy in the world, when the measurement test was conducted I barely got the minimum requirements to try the test but that did not discourage me, I knew that if I managed to enter the academy I could become stronger.
In the end if I managed to enter but it was in the worst class, but with the help of my new skill I trained my sword handling every day constantly improving by correcting posture mistakes, I read several books on sword handling and mana circulation, which allowed me to improve by leaps and bounds by understanding them and applying them to my fighting style.
I also met a very nice girl named Leila who was also in class D, she was very insecure and didn't think she was worthy of being in the academy due to her poor sword skills but after doing some research and asking her to try different weapons besides the sword, we discovered that she had a great talent for archery, this lifted her spirits a lot and we became fast friends.
But one day while we were eating a boy named William approached us and demanded that we give him our table even though there were many empty ones around, I would have accepted it without problems, after all I did not want to get in trouble the first week of school, but then he began to insult Leila's family calling them trash, it seems that Leila's family had a small merchandise business that was a rival of the blond boy's family business, however in recent years they have been doing badly and they are not even the shadow of what they were before.
Seeing that the blond boy didn't plan to stop I intervened to defend my friend, and in the end I ended up in a duel with him, if he won I would have to leave the academy but if I won he would have to apologize to Leila in front of the whole school.
After that Leila scolded me all day long for my reckless action but the truth is that I don't regret it, I couldn't let them insult my first friend in front of me without doing anything.
That boy named William is a strong guy, but I still have 2 weeks before the duel, with the help of my ability I will be strong enough to beat him.
I will definitely do it.