The Author's POV

I kind of expected this but...

I'm currently being ridiculed by half of the class.

As I was practicing the first movement of the [Keiki style], I couldn't help but notice that some of my classmates were openly pointing their fingers in my direction as they ridiculed me.

Hello? I'm fine with you talking smack about me, but at least do it behind my back where I can't hear nor see you.

As I tried my best to concentrate, ignoring the ridiculing looks, I couldn't help but notice a tall man with dirt blond hair standing beside Donna.

Instantly cold sweat appeared on my back.

'Gilbert von Dexteroi'

One of the first antagonists that the protagonist encounters.

His father, 'Thundergod, Maximus von Dexteroi, was one of the only SS rank warriors in the human domain and was currently ranked third in the Hero ranking', moreover he was also one of the seven heads of the union!

With such a background, Gilbert could basically do whatever he wanted.

This was already shown by how he managed to become an assistant tutor in the academy at the tender age of 22.

What especially stood out about Gilbert, was not his father's background. No, although his background was indeed terrifying, it wasn't what people paid attention to when interacting with him. What stood out about him was the fact that he was a bloodline supremacist.

He believed that only those who had special bloodlines were allowed to stand at the peak.

To him, Kevin was an eyesore.

Kevin's parents were just regular people with at most a D rank talent.

Once they were killed by a demon, he was sent to an orphanage from which he lived there for 5 years.

He then later disappeared and reappeared as a prodigy that would make any guild drool at his talent.

How could he let Kevin who had a dirty bloodline take the spotlight?

He was a firm believer that only those who inherited a strong bloodline were destined to reach the peak.

He viewed the world like an aristocrat.

He firmly believed that commoners had no place in this world, and only nobles could rule the world.

So as soon as he heard about Kevin, his first reaction was to remove such cancer that was hiding within the academy.

Actually, Gilbert wasn't like this in the past.

But whenever Gilbert looked at Kevin, deeply hidden feelings that he tried to forget resurfaced in his mind, making him despise Kevin with all his might.

In actuality, his hatred stemmed from a trauma that occurred to him in the past.

Back when he first arrived in the lock, he was confident, kind, and well-mannered.

However one day a transfer student came into class.

Unlike Gilbert who was the son of the Thundergod Maximus, he was just a regular student with no notable background.

At first, Gilbert didn't think too much about him, but slowly the transfer student climbed up the ranks.

Startled Gilbert started to pay more and more attention to the transfer student.

Seeing his stunning growth he was extremely excited.

'Finally, someone who is worthy to compete with me'

He thought, as he trained and studied more than before.

Slowly the two started competing in almost every subject, and a friendship slowly blossomed between them.

At first, Gilbert always came out on top, but as time passed the gap gradually became smaller and smaller, until the transfer student started winning all their competitions.

Shocked by his progress, Gilbert studied and trained even harder.

But...

The results were the same.

The gap kept growing bigger and bigger, and a seed of inferiority started to plant inside of his heart.

'How can I the son of the thunder god lose to him who had nothing since birth?'

Every day he would ask himself the same thing, as he tried his best to bridge the gap between them.

At first, it went from wanting to get higher scores than him, to later wanting to be not too far from his score.

Gilbert's expectation of himself slowly started becoming lower and lower.

All along he kept his feelings hidden inside of him as he continued being friends with the transfer student.

during an excursion a high-ranked demon

for their lives,

one noticed one person staying

The transfer student.

a second thought, he chose to fight the demon and buy as much time

he quickly noticed his

around all he saw was his friend desperately fending off the

held back by a teacher and forced to abandon his

reinforcements arrived it was

rival

the first thing he felt

he realized how he felt at his friend's death, deep regret and anguish

could he feel relief when his best friend died while saving

a brother to him. He looked up to him. He cherished

locked himself inside of his room for a

eating less and less, and would always refuse to come

bad that his father was

is up to fate, no matter how talented one is, only the chosen ones get to

coldly told

his ears, Gilbert slowly looked back at

friend was way more talented than

in the end, the one

was the one who

sprouting inside of his mind,

they are not destined for greatness,

if he was talented. I am the one

cannot help but blame your poor birth for your death. You who was not born by a chosen one cannot hope to strive to reach

more until he

was trying to delude himself and find a way to escape reality, in actuality this

so-called 'best friend' was actually a mole planted by the

careful scheme done by the demons who were trying

infiltrated his emotions through the use of

accident, and Gilbert's emotions were unstable, the demons planned to make him

their plan, but unfortunately for them, their scheme ended up

was already done as since then Gilbert became a bloodline

the distance I couldn't help

I want to

Hell no!

I fear

why I fear him is not because he's some secret boss that is

No.

medium-level boss, as he is not

about him is the fact that he is a chain

is a chain

are probably the scariest villains you could possibly

are those villains that only bring more trouble as you

make

take a Chinese

guy tries to rob you,

That's it, right?

No!

he is a low-level disciple from a prestigious

brother enraged by his death hunts

What do you do?

You defeat him.

What's next?

brother's senior brother will

so bad that

against the elder and left with no other option, you defeat

in the end, you kill the sect leader

killed some random person who tried to harm

what a

fearsome of all villains in

that's exactly

especially fearsome about him, is that the prestigious sect we are talking about

The goddam union!

want to fight against them? The strongest

guest, but I'm

I'm not suicidal.

to torment the MC. When things don't

Kevin finds himself fighting against Gilbert, and as soon as he defeats him, he finds himself in a whole world of trouble as Gilbert's relatives

more executive members in the union until he has to go

bad that he had to leave the human

head, I slowly walk

spent 2 hours practicing

have observed each and every one of you today. I am pleased by most of you, of course, not everyone pleased me, as some of you wasted your precious time playing around or were just randomly swinging

she

thus, the first

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