Then Sayaka came.
We told her about Taeyang.
Said the name started with T.
She instantly knew it was him.
---
The girls we scammed started to approach the boys.
What surprised me most?
Rajin blushing
when Roxy approached him to talk.
She was gradually realizing
what kind of person he was.
Eventually, she said:
> "Maybe I'll check him out."
---
We returned from the trip.
There was a one-week vacation.
Me and the boys decided to stay in Nyumbani Kingdom with David.
But Kazuki and Nao went to Sakura Kingdom.
They went to their old house.
Knocked on the door.
Their mother opened it.
They hugged her.
She doesn't remember much about the past,
So yeah—
She's innocent now.
Their father cried when he saw them.
But they introduced themselves
as adopted kids—
since the parents now had their own child.
They faked it to avoid tension and stay together.
---
They enjoyed their week.
---
Meanwhile, we went to visit the Elfen Land,
which connects to both Nyumbani and Verdantia Kingdoms.
And there...
We all enjoyed the food.
Me, Kai, and Zephyr—thanks to David giving us a place in the Nyumbani Kingdom—were just chilling.
Then, suddenly, a dragon came.
They alerted the defense, and the soldiers began to defend the kingdom.
But shockingly, Kai had already shot the dragon.
In this kingdom, hitting a dragon is forbidden.
Then—a light descended from the sky and took us—
Me, Kai, and Zephyr—into the clouds.
A door stood in the middle of the sky.
We walked toward it.
The moment we stepped in, the door opened.
And after that—
For the first time, I saw a being strong enough to feel like a god.
He looked at us and said:
> "Why did you hit it?"
Out of honesty, we replied:
> "We were just trying to protect the village."
Then he looked at us again and said:
> "My little dragon lost its child.
Help me get it back.
The people who took it—
They're here for a reason…
And it's going to lead to a massacre.
I can already see it."
We answered:
> "Sure, why not.
It would be fun."
Then the dragon said:
> "I will give you my power.
A temporary one."
He looked at Kai and said:
> "You there."
Kai stood up and replied:
> "Yes."
The dragon said:
> "I will give you my natural attack."
Then he looked at Zephyr and said:
> "I will give you protection."
Finally, he turned to me.
I said:
> "Yes."
He said:
> "I will give you my strength."
And just like that—
He sent us down.
---
While falling, we suddenly received our gifts.
First was Kai.
He didn't fall.
Instead, he screamed.
His eyes and ears finally got controlled.
Then Zephyr—
As he fell, he used his Second Eternal Art called
> "The Dragon's Legacy."
As for me, I received the dragon's strength.
When I hit the ground, it cracked open.
A hole was created beneath me.
I ran fast—
Toward a guy holding a baby dragon.
I punched him—
But the moment I turned,
He caught my face,
Slammed me into the ground,
and kicked me.
I rolled down.
Then he said:
> "How dare a kid like you try to land a hit on me?"
When I looked at him—
I was completely paralyzed.
He was the worldwide serial killer known as the
> "Ultimate Villain."
They call themselves the Liberals.
They wear cloaks with a balance sign—
But the balance is black,
And blood flows equally from both sides.
---
Then I knew.
We were going to die.
---
Kai and Zephyr rushed in,
Used max speed to attack—
But suddenly—
They got slammed into the ground.
Why?
Because of another one of the Liberals.
He used gravity magic.
He pulled them down and said:
> "What are they doing?
Don't they know who we are?"
They both began to shiver.
These guys—
They're the most feared villains in history.
The dragon?
It used us to measure their strength.
And since we weren't from this kingdom—
That dragon had no care for our lives.
---
The gravity guy asked:
> "What do you want?
You're just kids."
We said:
> "The little dragon."
He replied:
> "Oh, this?
But why?"
We answered:
> "Because we need it to save the kingdom."
He smirked.
> "But we want to destroy it."
Then the guy who caught me said:
> "Heyyyy bro… is this Alpha?"
The gravity user rolled his eyes,
Trying to get a better look.
But the other guy meant me.
I remembered—
When they asked Alpha to join them and he declined,
They tried to kill him.
And the guy holding me—
He was the one who slashed Alpha's face.
He said:
> "You're Alpha."
I shouted:
> "Who the heck is Alpha?!"
The gravity one said:
> "Let them go… for now.
Give them that little dragon as well."
> "We got nothing with kids."
And just like that—
They disappeared.
---
We all felt it.
We were weak as hell.
Then—
The dragon's voice echoed in our heads.
> "So you lame people survived, huh?
Use my powers if you want.
Next time, I'll make sure you die."
---
Then we left too.
We spent our week-long vacation in peace.
But it was still...
Too risky.
---
After that,
We got back to the academy.
Life continued—
Boring.
We took written tests,
And after about a month,
We began to hear rumors.
A new event:
> The Freewill Tournament.
This year, a new guild wanted to invest money in the school.
They created the tournament.
The rules were simple:
A group of 5 would fight.
The winners?
The last 5 teams standing.
Surprisingly,
Everyone in our class was forced to join with our kingdom.
And they took the friendly match to another level, and I'm currently getting ready for it. What matters is not about the tournament—it's about why.
When I heard from Minha, she said the meeting was faked by the guild. Named for a reason I don't seem to know about it sounded fishy. The principal is hiding it.
Then I said, "Well, it's okay. From what I know, Alpha saw that Alistair is trying to use everyone in the academy as a mana drainer—but this time, it's sucking mana out of them in one go."
The thing is that in this tournament, every king of the 7 kingdoms will come with their next successor or the next king.
But why?
Then why would he do that?
Plus, it doesn't make sense that he gets to be live-streamed in the news—so why would he do it?
Is the only thing stuck in
my head.
Days later, Alpha said he has a traitor and already knows about me.
And the traitor isn't Theo.
Well, I already knew who he or she is.
Then I walked out of the class and went to grab something to eat.
Then I got some sandwich and sat in the grass around the park in school.
There is only one reason for all this.