Bully
Here, there’s a single young boy who resents Asch＝Dahl more than he ever can, who hates every single inch of him.
Krest＝Richard.
The guy who’s the boss that reigns this class, the very person who leads the bullying in the shadows, and is, in any case, smitten with Liana, he is.
Krest is, a genius and a well-known prodigy even in the prestigious Lessenar Magic Academy, and even in this special class, he was selected with the best grades. Furthermore, he’s a nice-guy youngster who hides his prideful attitude towards such capability of his. However, that’s a temporary demeanour. The self-esteem in his heart is quite something, and he’s constantly on the summit, looking down on the other students……or so he should.
“Well then……I’ll be announcing the end-of-term test’s result. 1st place……Asch＝Dahl, 496 points. 2nd place……Liana＝Heim and Krest＝Richard with the same points, 476 points. 3rd place……Jill＝Selgar, 456 points. 4th placeーー”
Crackk……Crack Crack Crack Crackkk……
Krest expressed his emotions, by snapping the pen hidden within the table.
This makes the third consecutive time, he ate the behated Asch’s dust. The self-esteem of the vain and super hard worker who faces his table with undivided attention after getting home, stabs his bare hand with a pen to suppress his drowsiness, and has never missed out on his prayers for God Aristo every day either, is in pieces.
In pieces, it is.
However, his usual gentle expression doesn’t crumble. Being influenced and having mood swings by something like academics is a fool’s conduct. Krest doesn’t remove his smiling mask that’s in contrast to his emotions that boil like magma.
“Then, come and take your test paper……Asch”
When he’s called by the teacher, Jasper, the top student Magician stands up dissatisfiedly, casually passes by Krest, and collects his test paper. And then, when he returned,
“As expected of you, Asch. I’m jealous that you can get so engrossed with the lecture”
Krest speaks to him just like a friend would, all while implying, ‘I totally didn’t go all out, so I’m not totally frustrated’.
“……that’s strange. Even though for this magic, the Seal that I drew is more beautiful. To think that my answer is wrong, the standards for the prestigious Lessenar Magic Academy sure have dropped as well huh”
Ignoring those words of his completely, Asch briskly passes by while muttering. He was utterly and thoroughly disregarded. He’s literally out of his sight; his existence isn’t even in his subconscious.
“……”
Crackk……Crack Crack Crack Crackkk……Dripp……Dripp……
Frustrated. In overwhelming frustration, he crushes a second pen in his hand, and blood drips within the table. However, he doesn’t say it out loud. He has no intention of removing his smiling mask either.
At that moment,
“Heyy, Asch. You can’t be ignoring Krest when he’s going out of the way to speak to you, right!”
Liana intervenes. A beautiful elder-sister young girl who, in any case, wants to cherish those who speak to Asch with all her might, she is.
“A……aah. My bad, your existence didn’t enter my eyes”
“……no, I’m not bothered by it at all”
A lie, it is.
While desperately suppressing the urge to mount and beat him to a pulp right away, he wears his smiling mask even at this very moment.
“Next……Liana and Krest”
Called by the teacher, the two of them stand up and go to take their test paper.
“Ehehe……we got the same huh”
“……aah”
By such a warm back and forth, Krest’s heart was somewhat healed. If you exclude that Asch(trash), these two are constantly vying for the top. It’s strangely not frustrating to lose to her. Rather, he even feels a refreshing pleasantness from having a close battle.
When the both of them returned to their seats,
“……what, Liana. You made a mistake on question 34 huh”
, the voice of Asch, who’s sitting in the adjacent seat, was audible. And then, he simultaneously finds out that Liana made a mistake on the same question as himself.
‘It has already, got to be destiny’, Krest firmly believed.
“Yeah, I’ve been busy recently and didn’t manage to revise this area to my satisfaction”
“This here was a freebie question, you know. It’s a question where if you studied, you’d have to be really rubbish, or you’d definitely be able to solve it. It’s to the extent that if you can’t solve this, your disposition as a Magician will undoubtedly be brought into question. It sure is unexpected that you made a mistake on such a question. Hmmー”
Crackk……Crack Crack Crack Crackkk……
“……as always, you sure are mean huh. E・ven・tho・ugh it was because I spent time cleaning up after somebody’s prank”
She says and pokes Asch’s forehead with her finger.
Crackk……Crack Crack Crack Crackkk……
“Uu……honestly, this question is super easy, but, well, I guess it’s inevitable if you didn’t have the time. Still, on the other hand, I’m relieved that you’re not an idiot with no potential as a Magician who makes a mistake on this question despite having studied. I’d feel ashamed if that was how you, who’s more or less my fellow disciple, were”
Crackk……Crack Crack Crack Crackk……
On this very day, Krest, cracked 10 pens.
