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

ran for their lives,

one noticed

The transfer student.

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

quickly noticed his

all he saw was

held back by a teacher and forced to abandon his best friend

reinforcements arrived it was already too

rival

news the first thing he felt was a sense

realized how he felt at

relief when his best friend died while

He looked up to him. He cherished him deeply. He was the first true friend he

of

eating less and less, and would always

that his father was forced to rush back

one is, only the chosen

told to him as

in his ears, Gilbert slowly looked back

was way more talented than

in the end, the one that survived

winner was the one who lived in the

ideas started sprouting inside of his mind, almost like a germinating

not destined for

right. So what if he was talented. I am the one who lived in

your death. You who was not born by a chosen one cannot hope to

his thoughts twisted more and more until he

it may have seemed like he was trying to delude himself and find a way to escape

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

a careful scheme done by the

through the

died in a tragic accident, and Gilbert's emotions were unstable, the demons planned to make him digest a demon seed which essentially corroded a person's mind and turned them

up being exposed by Gilbert's father who

damage was already done as since then Gilbert became

the distance

doesn't mean I want to talk to

Hell no!

the person I fear the most in the

him is not because he's some secret

No.

as he

is the

is a chain

probably the scariest villains you

only bring more trouble as you defeat

make

take a Chinese cultivation

tries to rob you, and you kill

That's it, right?

No!

he is a low-level

enraged by his death hunts

What do you do?

You defeat him.

What's next?

brother will hunt you

will go on until the situation gets so bad that an

the elder and left

will go on until, in the end, you kill the sect leader and remove the

because you killed some random person who tried to harm you, you

a

of all

that's exactly

especially fearsome about him, is that the

The goddam union!

to fight against them? The strongest organization

guest, but

I'm not suicidal.

When things don't work

him, he finds himself in a whole

more executive members in the union until he has to go toe

bad that he had to leave the human domain so that he could build up strength and

slowly

2 hours practicing the

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

spoke as she

thus, the first

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