"You see this wall? Hit it, With 30% of your strength ecery day. Atleast 200 times."
"Huh?"
"That's your task for the next month. I want to see your complete progress by the start of the summer End festival."
Summer end festival...
"Yes Ma'am."
It's a festival cum tournament that starts on the first of the month of Lion (July).
When summer ends and Rainy season starts.
There is a tournament and a festival held in the academy on that day.
It's a grand festival that is Performed by the entire 3 years.
And, she wants me to do what now?
"Your job... is to be in the top 100 in that tournament."
10th spot? Are you kidding me? there are more than 40000 students in the academy...
Getting top 100 is just...
"In first years."
Aah, that... should be fine.
There are about 12300 students in the first year.
Waut... that's a lit of people.
"That's a bit... That too in a month..."
"Well, if you come in the top 100 I'll let you exchange your artifact for a better one and if you come in the top 500... well, I'll let it slide. I won't take your classes seriously anymore."
"Well... can you atleast pardom me and let me take the top 300? So, you Don't ignore me completely."
"... I'll see based on how serious you are about your training. 200 Punches and 200 kicks every day... On that hard wall. If it starts to break than make sure to use enough power so it doesn't break."
"... Yes Ma'am... I'll do my best."
"Good, now begin."
...
That... was something.
Precisely because i was only using 30% of my power my body is bruised all over and on top of that my brain is fatigued.
*Bump*
"Aah I'm sorry-"
I apologised without looking at who they were and started walking.
But, than they pulled me back.
"You... apologising? Really? Are... you possessed?"
"... Clare"
"Hello, brother. If i may be so kind as to ask... Heat are you plotting?"
The first sentence was normal...but the 2nd sentence was... Scary?
"What do you mean?"
"Don't act dumb... You really think, this shit act of yours will get you back into the family?"
She... used to be so cute based on his memories of her.
What made her make a face like that? What did you do you bastard?
"I... already have a new family, I never considered anyone of you Family anyway. What is father finally asking me to come back after he saw my powers? Ooh wait, that bastard is so keep and obsessed with swordsmanship that he'd probably consider this 'Barbarism.' "
"... You... do you hate father?"
He's always hated him... not just him but his mother aswell for discarding him so she could cling to her husband.
All he ever had was... You and yet you too abandoned him.
Making him turn into the piece of trash he is today.
I'm in no way justifying his actions... but, the more i think about him from his prospective the more i realise...
That guy, only wanted to be loved and never understood how he could express it.
Everybody kept leaving him, in the end instead of closing himslef off... he just started expressing himself more and more.
"I... I've never liked any of you. Neither the dad that abandoned me because i was shit at swordsmanship, Nor thr mother who left her son just because she wanted to cling to her husband, Nor do i like you who left me when i most needed you."
I feel like... these were probably his words than mine.
I felt like i had to say it.
I left because i knew... neither me nor he'd wanna see her dosgustful gaze at me after acting like the victim when i wasn't one.
I'm sure he'd hoped she'd call him back and resolve things but i knew since I'm a 3rd person that... there was nothing to resolve.
She's never really thought of you as a brother. Neither now... nor ever.
I Don't know about the memories you both had together as children and everything... but, she didn't really care much about you after your death...
Nor did she ever talk nicely about you. Not once has she not badmouthed her brother.
She even said in a conversation with the mc that 'I Don't actually think of him as a brother. I never have... I never will.'
Those were her words.
I Don't know if you can hear me or not... but, forget about her.
You are just like me... None of my parents favoured me very much, nor was my brother very great.
It was just that he was a very popular guy in the school we studied in that was why i didn't get bullied.
Even the guys back home... I don't trust them to stay with me after they realise just how much their potential is in the real world.
The difference between you and me was that you tried to be more open about your feelings not realising it would be creepy and i closed myself off because i was getting smacked around left and right.
Maybe, it would have been better if you'd taken the route i did.
The heroines would definately not have cared about you like at all but atleast you wouldn't be getting such disgustful glares from your own sister.
...
What is with that guy? After all this time... he finally talks to me and that is how he treats me?
And what does he mean by I abandoned him? He wouldn't even semd any mails back...
I sent him so many Letters after we had to drift apart.
He sent nothing my way. Than, i get to hear about the attrocities he commits.
While i never believed them myself... I someday started actually believing them because... I was angry.
You... you wouldn't even let me talk back and just rush ahead.
Even now... All i can think about is those good old memories with you as a child.
If anything... those were my happiest moments of my life.
Him suddenly vecating the castle, The letters which... he doesn't seem to have received.
All of this... has 1 connection... DAD.
Father, He did something didn't he? After i get back from the academy I'll have to get to the bottom of this.
And before that... I need to have a better relationship with my brother.
Maybe it's time... we have a chat.
I'd also like to know what the hell he's been up to... That appearence, It was no doubt the Lio-
"Hey what's going on with you? Ypu sure are in deep thought."
"Aah... Alecia... It's nothing. Let's go."
"Yes."