The Author's POV

"Is that him?"

"Did he really get injured over such a simple mission?"

"He really does look weak"

Aimlessly walking around the mansion, I ignored the whispers and stares coming from some of the students that I passed along the way.

Yesterday night, after completing the mission, I returned to the mansion all battered up. My whole arm was bleeding profusely and my clothes were all torn.

Though I didn't pass out, to the people who saw me return, it looked as if I had been through hell.

Because I had some notoriety, news of my battered state spread across all of the students...and soon I became the hot topic of the first years.

Because the missions that we got were not a secret from the other students, after a bit of digging, people immediately found out who my target was and news of me getting beat up by a ranked individual spread across the academy.

...in the end, this resulted in me becoming the butt of the jokes of the first years.

'Weakling'

'Loser'

'Trash'

Walking along the corridor, I was called all sorts of defamatory names by everyone that saw me.

On a normal day, I would've grumbled and cursed at the people talking crap about me, but today...

Staring at my hands, I recalled the moment when my sword reaped through the lives of multiple people at once.

'...I killed'

I didn't sleep throughout the whole night.

Right now to the people around me I probably looked like a lifeless corpse that was aimlessly wandering around the mansion.

My mind kept replaying the moments where I reaped through the lives of the four bodyguards.

...I could vividly recall Karl's pleading face as he begged for me to spare him.

"Fuuuuu..."

Letting out a long breath and staring at the ceiling of the corridor, I tried to calm my mind.

What had happened already happened.

...There was no going back.

I had killed and I needed to move on...

This wasn't going to be the only time, and it sure as heck wasn't going to be the last time.

This was the path that I had chosen for myself and thus had to take responsibility for my decisions.

Moreover, there was something more important I needed to worry about.

'The massacre of Hollberg'

The second big event in the first arc of the novel.

Tomorrow at 9:45 P.M, the last day of the trip, when everyone was sleeping, an organized attack will happen.

Though their primary targets were Kevin and the others, the other weaker students weren't spared from their pursuit.

...Meaning that I was also not safe.

Though I decided not to interfere, I needed to prepare myself for what was to come.

Placing my hand on my chin, I fell into deep thought.

First things first...I needed to memorize the whole building blueprint.

good view of what was happening as well as attract the least amount of attention. The reason why I needed a good view of what was happening was so that I

another incident like the one with Amanda

mysterious book with me. With it, I could more

from the plotline happened, it was

recover from the wounds that I had sustained

they couldn't heal all my injuries that quickly. Especially since my whole shoulder had been pierced and my shoulder muscles

full day to

electrifying pain coursing through my body.

to

of mind to be put

...I just couldn't.

killing again was causing my hands to tremble uncontrollably. I was not

end, I had already decided that for tomorrow I would use [Monarch's indifference] throughout the

yesterday did I realize how many flaws I had, both

I was too emotional.

get over the fact that I had killed someone, the thought of what future lay

right? Was everything that I was doing really okay? Was killing

brewed inside of my mind as I tried to find the correct

go before being able to

and ridding of all my distracting thoughts, I quickly headed to my room and started preparing for

the

...

-Bang! -Bang! -Bang!

"Huff...huff..huff"

empty room filled with training dummies, an extremely handsome individual stood in the middle of the room heavily panting

perfectly honed body was drenched in

-Gulp!

and recovering some of his stamina, the young individual quickly dashed before one of the training dummies and punched

"Die! Die! Die!"

-Bang! -Bang! -Bang!

of air, small shockwaves spread throughout the room as the

minutes after continuously hitting the dummies, the young individual laid on the floor heavily

he clenched his jaw hard

what am I

assigned, Jin couldn't help but feel a massive wall standing before

a wall that he couldn't climb was standing before

how much work he put in, he couldn't find any way to bridge

Kevin that much more talented

the fact that Kevin was better than

"Damm it..."

-Bang!

Jin punched

talent is not as good as his, I have access to the best resources and facilities! This should be enough for me to

orphan and had nothing managed to surpass him who was born with a golden

He couldn't accept it.

no way

-Gulp!

immediately downed

you no

-Bang!

towards one of the training dummies he once

his fists were both bloodied and

passing out from overworking

...

decorated with beautiful plants and old wooden

that had short creamy brown hair looked at the

did you notice something

frowned for a second

"No"

"Really?"

bit, Emma's brow

"Maybe it's just me..."

She constantly felt as if someone was

end, she could only think