It was morning and the sun was shining brightly through the window and hit my face, even so it was so cold here, waking me up from my deep slumber.

“I forget to close the curtain last night.” I said covering my eyes with my hand from the sunlight. I open the window, with a deep breath I stretch my body. After patting down my robe and put on my cloak, I left my room.

“Lowly commoner, you finally made up your mind to come out.” My mood was ruined by the voice I heard.

In this school there are two kind of people. The first one is noble, the majority of the students in this Academy for there are no commoner who can afford to enroll in Magic Academy due to it’s expensive cost, even if they sold their house, daughter and fall into debt. With the exception of commoner with exceptional talent that get recommendation from the Academy.

“What do you want?.” I said while looking at my surrounding. I saw three youth with theirs arms folded, all of them wearing blue robe under their cloak.

“I heard you get recommended by headmaster, you must be quite remarkable genius, but it’s a pity that you offend someone you should not.” The youth in the middle said arrogantly.

“Hm? What are you talking about? I don’t even know you, maybe you get the wrong person.”

“Eh, did we really get the wrong person?” ask Kunz, a boy in the middle to his companion.

“I think not, he said it’s the room number 134.”

“Yeah don’t let him trick us.”

As a rule, the students of Arachnid Academy were not allowed to fight outside the dueling area or using offensive magic outside the training room. Many students preferred to stay in their room or library, studying magic theory to enrich their knowledge and understanding of magic, or practicing magic in the training area, some even prefer to practice in the dueling area exchanging pointer with fellow mage to increase their battle experience and finding better application of their magic.

Therefore they didn’t dare to break the Academy rules to attack me outside dueling area.

“Lestat, I challenge you to duel tommorow, do you dare or not?!” Bellow a youth in the middle, he wear blue robe under his black cloak.

“Kunz, I don’t think he would dare to accept it, just look at his body, he’s so delicate just like a girl, it would break if you touch him.” A boy in Kunz right side sneered while looking at me.

“That’s right, and he even have a girly face heh.” Said the most good looking boy in the entire second-year student with ridicule that show a hint of irritated expression on his face seeing that I looked more handsome than him.

“Did you had been waiting outside this early in the morning just for this? You guys sure are very motivated.” I said while rubbing my sleepy face.

My face was calm but inside I was little excited. It’s my first time experincing magic duel afterall. “I’ll be sure to come tommorow.” I said waving my hand at them, showing my back, leaving them behind.

“Did that stalker sent them? Ah Whatever.”

“I guess I will skip today classes. I have many things I need to buy, time to visit the city.”

According to Eva there is a City 200 km away from Arachnid Academy, maybe I should go there today.

With a wave of my wand I dissapear from the place where I stood and appeared at the top of the Academy west wing tower like building, it’s walls made of silver stone. Windows can be seen here and there across the walls in a elegant pattern.

The wind blowing against my face, flutter my black hair in the air revealing my cold expression. Below a fields of grass is covered by snow in most of the fields outside of the Academy. This Academy still stands despite the passage of time and it looks like it will do so for many years to come.

I open my [Inventory] and take out two apples and eat them at the same time.

“Not bad, the Inventory keep them fresh.” I said with my mouth full. I looked at the direction of Kinghill City, and take out my wand from my cloak after throwing the half eaten apples to the ground, unbeknownst to me, there’s a headmaster below speaking with important guest from the the envoy of royal family.

I wave my wand teleport myself into the distance countless time, if someone were to see this, they would only saw a blur before it’s dissapearing due to my quick casting. I stop to rest after my 20th teleport because my mana nearly depleted. Everytime I use magic it feels like my stamina is being drained, and my fatigue increased the more I use it. After one hour of resting I regain 5% of my mana.

“Hah, what a troublesome, it would have been simple if I already visited Kingshill City, I can teleport there instantly from the Academy.” I sigh.

I open the map to check my location with my right hand while I use my left hand to eat more apple, some of the juices dripping from my mouth accompanied by crunching sound. It’s the most edible thing I have right now considering I never make it to the breakfast and dinner. I wonder who create such devilish rule. More importantly, there’s no lunch! Did people here only eat twice?!

‘As I thought, I can’t get used to this world, better pack many foods later in the City’

“Hm, so Kingshill City is 22 km from here.. eh..”

“About 4 km from here there’s a merchant attacked by ... Norman The Brute...”

“...”

“Is this some kind of title? Judging from the red color and name, he must be a bandit, there are 6 of them, but only this Norman who has ‘The Brute’ title in it.” I muttered to myself before dissapeared from my resting place.

Black particle appear followed by the space distortion, revealed a youth in black cloak standing beneath the White Oak like tree that is 40 m tall. The battle is nearing it’s end. 3 people in light armor who looked like the merchant guards is already dead lying on the ground while all of the bandit still alive, meaning they are veteran bandits.

Only the merchant and 2 guards are left. They looked terriefied while the merchant face ashen. As the bandits launch their weapon to kill the remaining guards, 2 meters wall made of ice appeared out of nowhere and keep them at bays, with a ‘ding’ sound their weapons hit the ice only leaving a little dent on it.

After I use ‘Ice Wall’ preventing them from attacking the merchant and his guards, I cast ‘Blizzard’ on them, a storm of ice invade their bodies, they were completely stabbed with shattered ice spike that sometimes appear amids the storm of ice that caused many piercing wounds on their bodies.

Their bodies were sealed in ice up to theirs neck, and unable to move lying on the ground, their expressions were completely confused and afraid, some of them even peed their pants, especially a bandit named Norman The Brute, he was the first one to do so.

I stop the ‘Blizzard‘ and then walk in relaxed manner towards the merchant and his guards. The merchant face become more ashen as I get closer to him, but immeadiately calm himself and put his business face.

“Thank you lad for saving me, if it’s not for you, who knows what will happen to us, they are infamous bandit here, killing many peoples who unlucky enough to cross their path. There is even a bounty posted in Kingshill City for their heads.”

“Who is saving you? Gimme your money” I said with my poker face, while the merhant ashen face come back to him.

“W-what do you mean by that? Are you also-“ the merchant looked terrified as he heard my words, thinking that I’m also a bandit, more terrifying one at that.

“Hmm, let’s just say I did save you, now isn’t it more appropriate if you give me a compensation for saving you from those crazy bandits?”

‘You are the crazy bandit here!’ the merchant want to tell the youth that but swallowed his words, afraid that he might share the unfortunate bandit fate sealed in a block of ice.

“O-of course I will, but isn’t it to much for compensation? How about half of my money?” the merchant replied trying to bargain with the youth, afterall it’s his 2 month saving worth of money in his carriage.

“I see, then I will free the bandits and heal their wounds.” I said while making my way to the frozen bandit.

“Ehh Why?!”

I stop and turn my head to face him “Well, I’m not usually like this. I was a noble mage from Arachnid Academy, look at this Insignia carved on my cloak. I was a good boy, never broke the rule, never before in my life I create a trouble for other people. Everything begin from yesterday, I was bullied by my senior to go on an errand to Kingshill City and buy a wand for him with only one cooper coin he gave me. Can you imagine, what can you do with one cooper coin? It can’t even buy a spoiled apple. I can’t go back before finish my errand, that’s why I need money. On my way to Kingshill City I saw a merchant get attacked by bandits. I was very tired and exhausted, how could I not? I walk from the Academy! my senior didn’t even give me horse to ride!. So I spent my exhausted energy, mana, time, everything I have left to help the merchant, alas he didn’t even thanks me for my efforts, he even-”

“Alright that’s enough, I understand your pain and suffering, you can have my money” the merchant said with exhausted expression on his face and hand me a bag full of gold coin, thinking that it’s better now before the youth make another impossible demand.

I grab the bag and put it in my Inventory which seems to surprise the merchant and his guards to see the bag full of money to vanish into a thin air, but calm themself thinking that probably it’s normal for someone from Magic Academy to do that.

“What should we do with the bandits?” I ask the merchant.

“We cut their heads and deliver them to the adventure guild in Kingshill City.”

“I see, well then I leave that to you and your guards. It would be bad if the blood stuck on my cloak. After you finish turning their head to the so called adventure guild, you can deliver the bounty rewards later to me.”

“...”

“...”

“...”

The merchant and his guards face become white pale, it’s the first time they meet with such shameless boy in their entire life.

“Ah! .. I nearly forget about it.”

“W-What ?”

“Loot their bodies, they must have many valuable in their pocket. Give it to me after you done with it.”

“...”

“Don’t take it for yourself, It’s basically my spoil of war. I have my eyes on you.” I say while trying to take a nap inside the carriage. “And.. I’ll have to trouble you to take me to Kingshill City.”

“...”