Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Bullies
"Welcome to Atlas Academy. Here, you will be trained well so that you can contribute to society in the future. Students can choose the subjects they want to study as well."
"Next, in this school, there is a system called Credit. Students will receive Credit from achieving good results in subjects or winning any competitions."
"Here, Credit can be used to buy food and entertainment, it is similar to money. Furthermore, if students have money, they can exchange it for Credit now because they will not be able to receive money from the outside anymore."
"And if there is anyone who does not have good results in their studies, the school will also give them enough Credit to live on."
The man suddenly finished his speech and walked down the podium. Then, a series of tables filled with beautiful-looking food appeared out of nowhere. It seemed like it was time for the students to recharge.
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Lucifer finished his potion quite quickly because he wasn't very hungry. He then went to the teachers' office to register for his classes. Lucifer also took the opportunity to tour the school grounds.
Other than Lucifer, a few other students were also walking around like him. Among the students, Lucifer could clearly see Adam because he was surrounded by girls because of his beauty.
Seeing Lucifer passing by, Adam looked at him with pleading eyes.
If Lucifer didn't agree to help Adam now, he wouldn't be in Adam's good graces. Although Lucifer didn't intend to become his teammate, he didn't want Adam to look at him negatively either.
With no other choice, Lucifer had to squeeze between the girls and lead Adam to another place.
"Thank you!"
After making sure that no one was following him, Adam began to thank Lucifer sincerely. As expected of someone born to be a hero.
"You're welcome."
"What's your name? I'm Adam!"
"Lucifer."
"Nice to meet you, Lucifer."
Adam extended his hand. Understanding his intentions, Lucifer shook Adam's hand. After that, Lucifer parted ways with Adam, saying that he needed to go to the bathroom, which Lucifer did need to go to the bathroom.
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"You useless bastard!"
"I told you to buy me coke, and you bought me Pepsi?"
"You're just a useless idiot, Hikaru!"
Lucifer could clearly hear the sound of curses coming from outside the bathroom. There must be a group of people outside bullying someone.
Lucifer wouldn't have cared much about it, but when he heard the name of the person being bullied was Hikaru, he couldn't stand still.
In the novel, Hikaru Yamazaki was described as the son of a poor family with no parents. Furthermore, Hikaru could only level up his Destiny Rank to Awakened.
It might sound like Hikaru was useless, but in fact, he was not useless at all. Although he could only have 2 Abilities, Hikaru's 2nd Ability allowed him to see other people's system panels.
In addition, Hikaru's Destiny was Tycoon, thanks to which Hikaru had a genius business mind. In the future, he would be the CEO of a multinational corporation and sometimes Hikaru even provided financial support to Adam's group.
The reason why Adam was helped by Hikaru was because he once helped Hikaru when he was bullied. So if Lucifer helped Hikaru now, he might be able to gain favor in Hikaru's eyes.
Furthermore, since Hikaru wasn't a main character and didn't appear much in the novel, Lucifer didn't care about the future being changed or him being involved in a dangerous situation.
"Hey you guys, stop it!"
Lucifer rushed out of the bathroom instantly and shouted at the group of 4 bullies.
The 4 bullies glared at Lucifer. Then they burst out laughing mockingly. Lucifer frowned and immediately rushed towards the bullies.
Lucifer thought that with the experience he had gained before, he would easily defeat the bullies, but no.
Just as Lucifer was only 2 meters away from the leader of the bullies, he suddenly disappeared and appeared behind Lucifer. Because he was attacked from behind, Lucifer eventually lost his balance and fell down.
After that, the group gathered around Lucifer and kicked him mercilessly. The leader's kick somehow hurt Lucifer much more than the others.
After they got bored, they decided to leave, leaving Lucifer lying there with a body full of bruises.
"Are you okay?" The white-haired boy Hikaru reached out his hand to Lucifer.
Lucifer immediately grabbed his hand and stood up. This was the first time Lucifer felt so inferior in his life.
"What about you?" Lucifer asked back.
"I'm fine, thank you for saving me, even though you ended up being the one who got hurt."
"It's fine, but what was that guy just now? Why was he so strong?"
"That guy just now is named Clide, I was bullied by him at my old school."
'Clide?'
Lucifer now fully understood what had just happened. In the novel, Adam had saved Hikaru from the bullies led by Clide, but in return, Adam would become the one being bullied instead of Hikaru.
Although he had the Holy Sword Ability, because Adam lacked actual combat experience, he couldn't defeat Clide. In addition, Clide had been trained since he was a child and had even reached the Awakened level, obtaining 2 Abilities for himself.
Perhaps that was also the reason why he could teleport behind Lucifer and his kicks were so powerful.
However, Lucifer could still defeat Clide if he was allowed to use a weapon and kill him. But in a hand-to-hand fight with someone as trained as Clide, Lucifer's chances of winning were extremely low.
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"I'm sorry, if I was just a little stronger, I wouldn't have been beaten by Clide like this." Hikaru looked down apologetically.
"What do you mean?" Lucifer understood Hikaru's intention but still tried to play dumb.
"Actually, I can only level up my Destiny to Awakened Rank. That's why I'm often bullied by Clide and his friends."
"So what? You should have some hope for yourself. You're not useless, no one is useless. If you try, you might be better than that Clide guy just now."
"Aren't you laughing at me? No one has ever said such things to me except my grandparents."
"Of course, you should at least feel lucky. You have a Destiny while there are many people out there who don't have anything. That means you're better than a lot of people!"
Of course, this was just hypocrisy. The words that Lucifer had said were just to draw Hikaru to his side. But not all of Lucifer's words were lies. There were also some parts that were true.