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.

day during an excursion

for their

one

The transfer student.

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

he quickly noticed his

he saw was his friend desperately fending

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

reinforcements arrived it was

best friend and rival had died protecting

soon as he heard the news the first thing he felt

after, as soon as he realized how he felt at his friend's death, deep

relief when his best friend died while saving

him, he was like a brother to him. He looked up to him. He cherished him deeply. He was the first true

of

started eating less and less, and

his father was forced to rush

one is, only the chosen ones

coldly told to him as he lectured his

echoed in his ears, Gilbert

way more

the end, the one that survived was

the end, the winner was the one

and twisted ideas started sprouting inside of his mind, almost like a

how talented one is, if they are not destined for

what if he was talented. I am the one who

cannot help but blame your poor birth for your death. You who was not

his thoughts twisted more and more

to delude himself and find a way to escape reality, in

actually a mole

scheme done by the demons who were trying to turn

infiltrated his emotions through

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

was their plan, but unfortunately for them, their scheme ended up being exposed by Gilbert's father who

as since then

at him from the distance I couldn't

doesn't mean I want

Hell no!

the person I fear the most

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

No.

boss, as he

about him is the fact that

is a

probably the scariest villains you could possibly

those villains that only bring

me make an

take a Chinese cultivation

guy tries to rob

That's it, right?

No!

is a low-level disciple from a prestigious

senior brother enraged by his death

What do you do?

You defeat him.

What's next?

brother's senior brother

gets so bad that

have a fight against the elder and left with no other option, you

end, you kill the sect leader and remove

tried to harm you, you ended up

what a

fearsome of all villains

that's exactly

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

The goddam union!

want to fight against them? The strongest organization in

my guest, but

I'm not suicidal.

don't work out, he tries different methods. Such as employing assassins,

defeats him, he finds himself in a

in the union until he has to go toe to toe against Thunder god

that he had to leave the human domain so that he could

my head, I slowly walk

practicing the

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 without aim. I

she briefly glanced at

thus, the first training session

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