The Author's POV

The sun had already started to set, leaving behind an orange veil of light that enveloped the sky.

Hollberg's city lights brightly lit the surroundings, and despite it being a relatively large city, skyscrapers appeared to be scarce.

Most houses consisted of five stories apartments or villas, and only occasionally would there be a skyscraper in the distance.

Stopping in front of a large mansion that looked to be the size of a football stadium, we quickly left the bus and headed toward the place.

As I left the bus, the first thing I did was stretch my back and legs.

I was honestly exhausted. Despite the fact that I hadn't trained at all today, my mind could barely function properly as everything around me became sort of hazy.

I guess using my brain was just as tiring as using my body.

...well that wasn't the only reason I was tired.

Recently I had only been getting on average 6 hours of sleep a day, which wasn't too bad if it was for a couple of days...but this had been a recurring thing for the past week or so.

Seeing how sleepy I was getting, I knew that the accumulated fatigue I had built up this past week had started crashing on me.

Shaking my head quickly, I looked around to find ways to take my mind off of sleeping.

...I only needed to wait for a further 5 to 10 minutes before being able to get some good shut eye.

As I was trying to keep myself awake, my eyes landed on the other side of the parking area where our bus parked.

Not so far from us, there were already five similar-looking buses parked near the mansion indicating that some of the other classes had already arrived.

Seeing that we weren't the last ones here, I felt my mind clear a bit.

'...it seems like we finished at just the right time.'

Since there were more groups coming, it meant that I had more time to rest.

This was good as I really needed to take a power nap.

"Alright, let's get going"

After talking to the driver of the bus for a bit, Donna waved goodbye to him and led us to the mansion.

Entering the mansion, a nice fragrance invaded my nostrils causing me to uncontrollably salivate.

Looking around, it seemed like I was not the only one who felt that way as most people were staring in the direction of where the nice aroma was coming from.

Turning around, Donna who seemed to have read what was on the mind of most people started speaking

"Alright everyone, I know you guys are hungry, but things need to be done in order."

Taking out a card from her pocket, she pointed towards the reception and said

"First things first, I will call you each by your name and you will then proceed to go to reception and collect your card. After that, you will come back here and wait for the others to finish before heading to your own designated room"

Seeing everyone's deflated looks, Donna lightly smiled and raised her brow

"Don't be so down, don't tell me you guys are planning on eating when you had just sweated for a whole day?"

watch quickly, she

the dot, as you guys can already tell by the smell, there will be a buffet where everyone can eat and

started rumbling ever since I had caught a whiff of the nice fragrance, I quickly collected my room key and made my way

the luxurious place. The insides of the building were decorated with exquisite paintings and

red curtains that had a lighter pigmentation compared to the carpet, giving it a sharp and pleasing contrast. At the

part of the mansion was the outside, as I could see a massive garden where

see a tennis court and a football field that were both

but wonder how much this place had

was decorated and how big this place was, I'd

-Click!

long corridors, I arrived at

the room, when I was collecting my keys, I had been made aware by the receptionist that I would be given a regular

...yeah, she said regular

ones outside, it was still within the scope of 'luxurious', as paintings and other expensive decorations were placed

placed most of my stuff inside of my bracelet, I didn't need to drop off anything. Therefore, I decided to take a quick shower to remove all of the sweat that had accumulated

-Pomf!

a quick shower, I slumped on the large bed in my room and closed my eyes. I needed to sort my

'Five days...'

I had before the big event was going

white ceiling where a gold plated chandelier brightly lit the room, I covered my eyes with my arm and

interfere or

going to happen in five days' time, as about 1/4 of all first-years would

'The tragedy of Hollberg'

this event

my eyes, and taking a deep breath

knew that I shouldn't interfere, a small part of me wanted to change

to interact with people wasn't just because I was an introvert...no it's because, by the middle stages of the novels, chances were that all the friends

fickle. Every second, there was a chance you could die. No one

to this academy, the more I could firm my will and stop myself from doing anything

...but still.

death of a lot of students weighed heavily on

lives

of my hands

and aspirations to have

"Heroes...huh"

in my mind, I

How laughable...

fact that society labeled individuals that wielded power as heroes, they were nothing of the

government had stuck on individuals that wielded power to give

what they were

to be idolized and worshiped, as they were responsible for protecting

world most heroes

than a fleeting thing that

look at

deemed to be a 'Hero' was now planning on massacring a bunch of