Oliviera: “Wait, Wait, Wait… WHAT?! Some of the kings tried to-- they tried to… what?! Details Li Shun. Spill. Them. NOW!”

Li Shun: “Aah, okay, okay! Don’t look so fierce…! Apparently, it was Harvey that tried to punch him- and almost wound up killing him in the process. Luxor Al Amin happened to be visiting at the time with some chick named Wea, and according to Noel and Rise, they saved him from Harvey and drove the guy away! There were also some confrontations with Savannah and Nilia- but I don’t know anything about their details, I swear!”

Brennan: “So vicious…”

Li Shun: “I know, right?? She nearly killed me just now. All over the insider’s intel I got my hands on… She could have simply asked nicely, too…”

Brennan: “…I meant Harvey.”

Li Shun: “...H-He too, acted too ferociously. *Ahem* *Blushes*”

Oliviera: “Ah~ Oh, Harvey~ my sweet – faced Harvey… I always envisioned that our meeting would be magical~ *Lost in thought* You’d see me in trouble, punch aall of the bad guys away and then sweep me off my feet~ You’d share with me that extremely rare innocent, soft and gentle smile of yours, and we’d proceed from there to have 57 babies!

But as it turns out, you’re just horrible trash that feels pleasure bullying the weak. Haah…

One KING that shattered my imaginations… I’m not interested in boorish men that only know to humiliate and hurt others.

Now. How to turn this into an amazing surprise update…

Hehe~”

Brennan: “Harvey… he’s always been unrestrained whn others are around. I still remember when we were younger, he was trying very hard to kill a mother bird that was dive bombing him in order to protect its young. I tried to get help, but he saw me, grabbed me and… *Shutter* changed targets. I still remember that sadistic smile so filled with satisfaction back then. He fully fell in line with the whole ‘Realist Faction’ regime and ideals… but I sometimes feel like… it’s all a cover up. It’s as if… he truly has a sadistic pleasure when it comes to hurting others – but doesn’t show it to the public. for them, he puts on an ‘act’ instead. And tries to-- oh, I don’t know… but, maybe he acts like he’s doing it for their own good and ‘driving them away’ out of concern for their safety and well - being. It’s like ...kinda like what Elijah said. Remember?”

Wayne: “I dunno. Are you sure you have your facts straight, Brennan? Back then, yeah he might’ve done horrible things to you, but…

Like… wouldn’t Hero Society have performed a background and psychological check on him before nominating Harvey as a KING and Generational Leader? Why don’t I feel like they would have overlooked this detail for a kid like him? I can’t see anything wrong with Hero Society nominating him. Therefore Harvey probably just has… anger issues. That and maybe he was spoiled by everyone that surrounded him. After all, having a B grade super Strength as a kid probably filled his parents with pride. He just probably needs a counselor or something that can help him with his anger issues and mood swing tendencies.”

Brennan: “You… You don’t know him. He’s… I dunno about Hero Society investigating him, or what – but you don’t know him like I do. Wearing that… sadistic and happy smile on his face like he wasn’t staring at a human but instead, some sort of… interesting, and brand new punching bag which he hasn’t yet tried out before… I don’t think he’s a safe person to be around, and him targeting Noel in a frickin’ patient’s bed proves that. This guy is…”

Wayne: “...A victim of your wanton judging without evidence. Listen up Brennan, he MAY BE everything that you’re thinking. We don’t know him very well – if at all. However, you seriously lack evidence. Before you can make such judgmental claims, please hold off on doing so until there’s evidence supporting so! And I’m not – don’t give me that look, I’m not taking his side, I’m only trying to point out how we have many enemies already. You know? And if anybody out there hears you saying these bad things about Harvey, their muscle KING, Generational Leader and local popular student with tons of fans still, no doubt – ESPECIALLY after that gauntlet against Momo, the Sonic-Speed KING, thinking up to here, things would be a lot harder on us all this semester.

Sorry if that came out a bit douche-y.”

Brennan: “...It’s ...fine. He’s not something we should put our focus on anyways, regardless of his personality and flaws. We’re only a class full of measly… non – combatants…”

Wayne: “…As for YOU guys- *Points to Oliviera* perhaps Harvey was having a bad day…? I mean, he was made a fool out of, TWICE! No- actually counting Noel’s back-talk… it should actually be three times…? Anyways, I agree he should never have punched Noel. He should get some help.”

Rise: “For a second there I thought you were his personal advocate or something. Hmph, going on so long about a lack of evidence… Who cares about that, when it’s just us?”

Wayne: “… I just don’t want any more trouble. Without evidence to back us up, saying those kinds of things so loudly will only bring us more reasons garner the hatred of both the public and the freshman student body. In oder to avoid this, we need to mind our words.”

Rise: “Bah. Words of the weak.”

Brennan: “I’ve gotta say, though… That Savannah girl really seems a bit unhinged. Directly suppressing one of our own class members just because he lost his superpowers and she might replace him as a member of KING… She’s actually a wacko.”

Wayne: “Again, you shouldn’t-”

Brennan: “There’s evidence! She can’t pretend she did nothing when Oliviera smartly shot a live stream video of her and Nilia’s actions! They’re naturally bullies and the world already knows about it!”

Oliviera: “Hmhm~ *Smug look*

Wayne: “...It seems you might be right this time.”

The students watched as their class time whittled away in an extremely slow manner. They wrote their essay, they thought about various topics to include in their works, they got distracted and chatted about various topics they found interesting.

Noel, in the meantime, had long since slipped away after feeling the rest of his class’s attention move away from him for longer than 10 minutes, and his other teacher, Mr. Reeds, leave for an unavoidable bathroom break.

After all. He already finished his homework and felt that there was absolutely zero reason for him to stay in there. He doesn’t NEED to study anymore. Everything inside of these textbooks they were given had already been taken into his brain by the self-study he had to do at home. So why still bother to stick around, when he could get some exploring done during this time? Naturally, he needed to first find his missing homeroom teacher, Mr. Abrams, and discuss this important matter with the guy. If he’s caught leaving, then he will end up most likely losing a lot more of Mr. Abrams’s trust – and his own personal freedom, as a consequence. For this reason alone, to wander at his own pace and explore the entire school campus, he had to act civil and behave himself.

Noel: “Hmm, if I was a lazy homeroom teacher, then where would I… maybe on the roof? If I’m sleeping with the breeze, and the height indicates nobody should disturb me up there...hm, no. That also wouldn’t make sense. The breeze is way to strong in September. Maybe if I was lazier I’d have a better understanding of this man’s personalit-”

*Vwoosh*

Mr. Abrams: “Is that how you view me? I’m saddened to know one of my precious pupils has so little confidence in my abilities as a teacher.”

Noel: “-y…!! Haah, Haah. Mr. Abrams, you can’t just ...do that! Sneaking around people and surprising them… that’s liable to give somebody a heart attack one of these days! How will you feel then, knowing that such crude actions by you, a teacher, were extremely uncontrolled and reckless to the point where a life was unfortunately taken?”

Mr. Abrams: “Such a think would never happen. Trust me, I’ve been doing this for decades. Now speak! What did you come searching me out for? Is your injury acting up again or something? Or did you have a questionabout your first day in high school?”

Noel: “I’m bored. Let me walk around since I have nothing to do during free period! I’m already done with my homework and class study sessions don’t DO anything useful for me. My family already… *Ahem* …already made sure of that.”

Mr. Abrams: “…”

He wanted to retort. This kid is asking for special treatment! On the first day he attends class! Why should this pint – sized Malierano be given such a privilege, is this Aeron’s doing?! Did he deliberately fill the brat’s head with spoiled crap about school life being ‘fun’?

Because if he did… then he deliberately lied to screw around!

…But no. He remained silent and properly eased his thoughts in order to think a little more clearly on the matter. For this kid, the class indeed was too easy. Finishing so quickly wasn’t unsurprising. But jumping any more grades than this would arouse suspicions of super-intelligence…

Which he probably did have. He’s a Malierano after all. When it comes to strength, they were well known for ‘hoarding’ superpowers and sharing it among their Elite.

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