"Please introduce yourself. Just a simple introduction is fine, like your name, age, tier, and aspiration." The teacher put on a gentle smile, unlike other students who were staring at them like they were prey.
Jay stepped forward and introduced himself with a nonchalant expression, as if he wasn’t affected by the atmosphere.
"Jay Havenson, 17 years old, Tier 2 swordsman. I want to cut everything."
"Tier 2?" The students widened their eyes in shock.
"He is only 17 years old, but he has reached Tier 2? Is he cheating?"
"He must be. He should be using money to artificially increase his strength!"
"Kanaria Renvolt, 17 years old, Tier 2 Sniper." Kanaria also did the same. However, her priority was different. Instead of her ambition or something, she just pointed at Clovis and said, "I’m his girlfriend. Thank you."
"…" The students widened their eyes in shock. It was true that Kanaria was beautiful. Even in the school, she could be listed among the top.
However, she was much bolder than they originally thought to actually declare such a thing. They all turned to Clovis.
His face looked a bit familiar, but they didn’t know where they had seen him. It was probably because of the top gene that he was handsome, at least based on the aura his body naturally released as well as his cold face.
The female students couldn’t help but wonder who Clovis was. That kind of atmosphere wouldn’t come from a normal countryside boy. Kanaria even declared that he was her, and no one should try to approach him. What actually made him special?
It was Clovis’ turn to introduce himself. Rather than a normal approach, Clovis changed his introduction a bit. "We’ll be here only for seven days, so I guess our aspiration is to win the annual event… not that we know what it is for the time being. I hope that everyone can play nice. I’m Clovis, just Clovis. 16 years old, Tier 2 fighter."
"!!!" They heard the warning clearly. Obviously, some of them didn’t like it because they believed Clovis, Kanaria, and Jay were the same. They managed to get that far only by relying on their parents’ money.
The teacher scratched the back of her head, wondering what she should do in this situation. "How about taking the empty seats over there?"
They all nodded, wondering what they taught in this kind of school. It was probably something related to being an explorer, so Clovis thought it would be fine to listen to them for a bit.
To his surprise, someone actually stepped on Clovis’ foot.
"…" Clovis looked down before glancing to the side, finding this muscular boy with spiky brown hair. With a cold tone, he asked, "I assume… this is intentional."
"You don’t have to assume. It is." The guy smirked.
That conversation was heard by all the students in the class, including the teacher.
"Daniel is provoking the exchange student."
"It’s Daniel, the troublemaker."
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"What is he doing? They are exchange students. No matter how they are increasing their strength, don’t provoke them so openly. It will be a bad image for this country."
"It’s over."
The teacher glared at him. "Daniel! What are you doing?"
"Oops! My apologies, Teacher." Daniel smirked. "I’m just thinking it’s better for them to understand the gap between us. I can’t simply let it slide when they are looking down on our academy.
"This is the best academy in the country. There are differences between the Tier 2 explorer, who has a lot of skills and experiences, and the Tier 2 explorer, who relies on other people.
"Showing the difference between them will give these people a lot of benefits in the long run! I’m doing this for the sake of the academy." Daniel’s smile became even bigger. "I challenge you to a duel."
"Daniel. That’s enough! If you are going to say another word, I’m going to expel you from today’s class!" The teacher stomped, glaring at him. She was on the verge of releasing her own strength to suppress him.
The students thought it was a pity that Daniel had targeted one of them. However, Jay and Kanaria could only pinch the bridge of their noses.
Out of the three, how could Daniel be so unlucky that he picked Clovis, the strongest among them?
Jay wanted to stop him from making such a big mistake, but Clovis said, "Fine by me. Let’s do it. I guess letting people like you know will stop future harassment. It’s better to be in the countryside where you can focus on getting stronger by fighting the beasts than in the city focusing on petty politics."
Veins bulged on Daniel’s forehead before he stood up, showing his two-meter-tall body. He shouted, "Did you hear that, Teacher? He has accepted my challenge!"
The teacher had to persuade Clovis because he didn’t understand the true nature of their academy. "This is a duel between two people. To establish a duel, both parties need to bet on something. They also need a teacher to supervise the match. All fatal attacks are forbidden, but the school has promised to help with the recovery."
"You are just a new student, so I don’t need you to put up something! I just want to teach you the difference between our strengths." Daniel grinned.
"No need. I know what I’m planning to bet. If I lose, I won’t participate in the annual event."
"!!!" That bet was huge because it was a very important event where the whole country watched the most prominent younger generations. It was the reason why Hana wanted to use this event as a promotion for the new beast souls.
Daniel smirked. "In that case, I bet the same. I won’t join the annual event if I lose!"
"They are really going to fight?" The students became excited. It seemed that Daniel would end up bullying the new student. They wondered what Kanaira would think when her boyfriend got humiliated in front of a lot of people.
Clovis simply glanced at the teacher.
"Are you sure you won’t regret it?"
"Yes."
The teacher let out a long sigh. "Fine. I will authorize the duel. I’ll personally oversee the duel myself. However, this fight will only happen after the class."