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

eight on the dot, as you guys can already tell by the smell, there will be a buffet where everyone can eat and drink as much as they want...so

that had started rumbling ever since I had caught a whiff of the nice fragrance, I quickly collected my room

the building were decorated with exquisite paintings and statues. Covering the floor was a nice red carpet that felt extremely soft to

a lighter pigmentation compared to the carpet, giving it a sharp and pleasing contrast. At the hem of the curtains, there were finely decorated golden patterns

garden where its splendor was further emphasized by the lanterns outside that shone down

garden, I could see a tennis court and a

but wonder how much this

this place was, I'd say it cost

-Click!

arrived at my apartment and opened

collecting my keys, I had been made aware by the receptionist that

...yeah, she said regular

still within the scope

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

-Pomf!

in my room and closed my eyes. I needed to sort my thoughts which had

'Five days...'

had before the big event was

plated chandelier brightly lit the room, I

interfere

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

'The tragedy of Hollberg'

what this event

eyes, and taking a

I knew that I shouldn't interfere, a small part

introvert...no it's because, by the middle stages of the novels, chances were that all the friends I had made would

chance you could die. No one

I got attached to this academy, the more I could firm

...but still.

could prevent the death of

lost lives are

hands becoming dyed in blood replayed in my mind as my eyes shook

and aspirations to have a

"Heroes...huh"

word in my mind, I

How laughable...

wielded power as heroes, they were nothing of

was merely a label that the government had stuck on individuals that wielded power to

was what they were

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

most heroes were a bunch

valued human life as nothing more than a fleeting thing that could be crushed by their own will

a look

who was deemed to be a 'Hero' was now planning on massacring a