We said, "Sure," and he saw me and remembered me and said, "You two stand here and give me your numbers."
I said, "31 was mine," and Jian said, "43 is mine."
Then he said, "Until we find your seat, tell me this—what the heck were you doing all this time?"
We said, "It's none of your business," and we walked to our places.
He said, "I'm gonna report this."
I said, "Feel free to do that, but I advise you not to waste your time, broo.
Go do something.
You're class charity, not class leader or whatever that is.
Just go do something, man."
The 3rd row was like a university setup in our original world.
On this side, the one who sat on the edge was Jian, next to him was me, and next to me was Mei.
I simply switched my place with him—I'm the mast one—and next to me was Sayaka, and next to her was Jian, and next to him his girlfriend Mei.
Then Rowan got angry and said, "You cannot change places."
I said, "We switched it—we actually didn't change it."
Then he said, "You two, I will report you today."
Jian looked at me and said, "Nice," with his hand.
I said, "Well, I told you to do whatever you want, so yeah, do it."
Then I just sat down, and Sayaka said, "Hey there."
I said, "Yo, what's your name?"
She said, "My name is Sayaka. Sayaka Kanzaki."
Then she said, "What is your name?" I said, "Mine is Ebisu Teta. Call me Ebisu or whatever you like."
Then she said, "Well, good to know you and your friends."
"What do you mean? What's wrong with the others?"
She said, "Nah, you two are low key and you guys don't bother people a lot.
And not to mention, you're not jerks like that kid from last night."
"Is it Theo?"
She said, "Yeah, being with someone like that disgusts me."
"Nah, it's okay. Even he might learn his lesson.
If you give him his own test of medicine, you will see.
He will get into trouble with someone."
And we heard them screaming. It was Kai and Theo.
Kai is at the corner, and next to him is Theo.
Theo is bothering him to get the corner, but Kai is just ignoring him, reading a book, listening to music on his headset, and swinging his head while enjoying it.
Then Kazuki was in front of Kai and said, "Changing seats isn't allowed."
And Theo said, "But that motherf***er changed his seat."
Then Kazuki said, "You mean Del (short for Delta)?"
Then he said, "He is an honored guest."
Then Theo said, "Honored guest my ass. Just give me my seat and I'll get lost."
Then Kazuki said, "You're not going anywhere, bro."
Then he laughed again. Others did as well.
And while that happened, the teacher got in.
Well, it's inappropriate of me to say teacher.
He is a professor.
At a young age, we learned about mana capacity and aura ability so we can understand each other better.
Then he finished 10 minutes early and said, "You guys can now ask me whatever you want while
I'm still here.
You might never get another chance."
Then Rowan raised his hand and said, "Excuse me, Professor Edward.
I'm gonna ask a very interesting question, but we will have to not only answer but debate on it."
The professor said, "That's what we call another form of learning. Please, go ahead."
He asked, "Is it better to be a hunter or a mage in a general context?"
The professor said, "You planted a bomb there."
Faysal raised his hand and said, "Huh… it's 100% clear that becoming a hunter is the right course of action.
Last year when I fought two hyena monsters, I regretted being a mage.
Not a single thing worked, not even my own realm.
That's just how it is.
And after I learned hand-to-hand combat, I felt even more confident and powerful."
He said, and they clapped.
Then Rowan stood and said, "What if that is your magic weakness or your own weakness?"
Then Faysal stood and said, "I will have you know I'm not weak.
Thanks to my incompetence, now I know how to not fully depend on magic.
The only thing sloppy is just standing as a colon and casting spells or whatever."
And then Rowan stood, "But the safest and most perfect one is standing.
It shows that the enemy is not capable of reaching you."
Faysal stood again and said, "He will! He will reach you!
And while you just stand there, he will go even far above you.
But you're just standing.
Now I know why hunters are so obsessed with leveling up."
He said, and then he sat down.
After that, Kai joined the conversation and said, while sitting like he doesn't care, "Why are you all talking nonsense?
This is just blabbering, not real proof.
How much time does it take to execute one spell, Teach?"
Then he said, "It would take you a minimum of 5 seconds to execute.
That is if you're elite or above level."
Kai said, "Knowing that the demon or the monster can dodge it, reflect it, or it might not even touch him—it might miss as well—so why bother?
I would just burst his head the moment I reached him, and it wouldn't even take me 5 seconds to do that if I reached him.
So why bother? Hunters are the best."
And everyone got silent.
Then Theo said, "Is there anyone who is stronger than the 8 magicians?"
Rajin said, "If we're talking about logic here, there are 4 strong who already beat them in their era.
They can use both mana and aura, but to be unique, they use only their aura.
So, any skill listed on the aura system and all unlocked and rewarded level-up skills are made throughout them by using the merge skill and creating various skills just from combining everything.
But we didn't hear about them—only read about them."
At the end of the day, that's... politics
Politics.
And then he said,
"If there are 4, why was an aura user there? Where are they from, their children?"
Then Rajin said,
"Unlike mana, aura isn't determined by blood—except maybe a skill.
But aura is pure hard work."
Then he said,
"So what?"
Then Rajin said to him,
"So yeah, the thing is that they were exceptions.
And just because your family is aura farmers,
you may not be.
Both aura and mana are in a person.
If your system chooses mana, you're gonna be a mage.
Otherwise, a battle mage—known as a combat-type mage."
"What about if your system chooses aura?"
"Then it's gonna be the opposite."
Then Theo said,
"I get it, I get it—chill out."
Then the professor said,
"There are times where aura users use mana—
but not intentionally…
but naturally."
Then everyone was shocked.
And he said,
"Can you guess when?"
Then they were like,
"Let me guess... huh... I don't know stuff.
But I know the answer… it's…"
The professor said,
"Necromance ability."
"That ability is so unique for aura users.
Human mana is natural mana that is indicated by positivity.
So we cannot resurrect—
but we can summon spirits and only living creatures
from parallel worlds."
"And demons—whose mana implies negativity—
they can only summon dead creatures.
And aura users can't do both,
but they can create their own undead by resurrecting them.
That's when their mana will be drained,
and they'll need to replenish it by potions."
"And in the end—both are good.
And we should respect both."
"And just because you're a mage or aura user
doesn't mean you're strong.
It only means it's your weapon to becoming strong."
"Today's class ends like this.
Thank you, everyone.
I will get going."
Then we all kinda felt good.
But I'm worried a little
because by my right side is the stair to go up—
because I'm on the edge.
And then the next edge,
in the same row as me,
is Lyra…
And Sayaka bugs me to go with her to the cafeteria.
She was slowly making contact, then she started to get flustered and shy.
She approached me, her chest slowly leaning toward my hands, and she fell on me.
"Sorry..." she said softly, her chest pressing against me.
It wasn't my first time.
Thanks to Beta, I now knew what to do—all I had to do was enjoy your time while still acting like someone who can't take a hint.
Then she said,
"Let's sit there."
I replied,
"What about a table?"
She said,
"Nah, a lot of people are here. Since it's my favor, just come along."
We both got a couple's seat.
It's a bench connected to a tree, and the tree itself covers the bench and creates a small room for couples—perfectly made for a kiss.
Then she said,
"It's been a while, Kurai Adegaki—my childhood friend. I missed you so much, my neighbor."
I said,
"Ku... what now? What the hell are you talking about?"
She said,
"I know everything. Everything. Not only me—even Lyra, your new girlfriend, knows."
I said,
"Excuse me, you got the wrong bud here."
She said,
"Do whatever you want, but I'm still going to expose you if you want that."
I said,
"Hey, are you okay or something? Look, you're my neighbor—in class.
So I don't wanna end up on your bad side.
What about you?
If you wanna end up on my bad side, you can continue.
If not—explain yourself."
Then she said,
"Let me ask you one question. Are you Kurai Adegaki or not?"
I said,
"I'm not. I may look like that guy, but I'm not, okay?"
She hugged me from behind, crying.
"He's someone I care about.
Someone who really grew up with me as my only friend.
I played with him... That's why I want to know.
They say he's dead, but you look exactly like him. Everything about you."
I said,
"I'm really sorry to disappoint. But yeah, I'm not.
It's okay, we can continue like nothing happened.
Afternoon in class—for now, rest here."
And I left her and walked out.
Then I knew what she was going to do.
She snapped out of her fake cry and began putting on makeup.
After a while, she called someone and said,
"It's really so similar, but the lie detector didn't respond. It only says 25%."
Then they said,
"Maybe it's just their looks, and all."
She grabbed her things and left.
I already knew.
Then I walked to the library and grabbed a book to read.
I'm actually against reading,
but I love it when it's something new and something that blows my mind.
The librarian girl came walking straight to me—like she owned the place.
Can't lie though, people can't really focus when she's walking like that.
And not to mention the fat on her back...
She said,
"Please, will you change your place?"
I said,
"Why though?"
She said,
"You're a fresher here."
I said,
"Of course."
She said,
"I feel like I know you from somewhere—that's all."
Then I stood and sat in the next chair.
"Am I okay here?"
She said,
"The thing is, there's a girl who's kinda cursed.
Not badly or anything, but she needs to read to cool her head off.
And that's why she sits here—the sun hits this spot."