CHAPTER IV:HOW I BECAME AN OTAKU

Eury's POV,

I remember I was in middle school when I started to become an anime fan. There's a huge argument that happened that day between our girls in our class because of Claude and Elias from Demon lord anime.

I was just doing my math homework so that I can play more games at home without worrying about any homework. Besides, it's our free time.

"Claude is an attractive demon lord!!I fell in love with him at first sight!!"A squeaking voice from my girl classmate talking near beside me.

"Yes I know right, but I think Elias is better than Claude!!"Says the other one. Tss it's only the same drawing idiots so what's the point in comparing them to each other.

"No!! Claude is better than Elias and you can't change my mind! Claude is the protagonist in here!!"She argues as if it's a serious matter.

"Yes he may be the star of the show, but he is not the hottest among everyone in the show! Just take a look at Elias!" the other one still insists.

"Well, how about let's ask Eury who she thinks better between the two?!"The other one suggests. Then they all both look at me with their intense eyes.

Why do they have to include me in their stupid debate? I am just minding my own business in here peacefully.

"Yeah right.Eury who do you think looks better?" the one who said Claude is better asks me first.

"First Elias. Look at him!! He is the most perfect guy that you will ever see in your whole life!!" The other one shows me an image of a white-haired guy with ocean blue eyes on her phone. He looks like an angel to me. For a drawing, he looks more handsome than the rest of the real-life boys that I have seen so far.

"Okay now, here take a look at Claude. He is better than Elias, right?! Just take a little more closer to him. He is the definition of perfection!"The other girl shows me an image of a guy with dark hair. Eyes that are red as blood. Is he a vampire, demon lord, or just high in drugs? I admit he looks handsome but I can't tell the difference between the two aside from the difference in their hair color and eye color.

This is stupid they are both drawings.

I just shrug and resume doing my homework.

"Geeze. I thought we can make Eury choose. It seems like even the most handsome guy in the world can't make Eury fall in love."Said the other girl, dishearten.

What do you anticipate from me?

-

I am currently researching online about how I can market my twin brother and how much money I can get?

Kidding. I am researching for our science homework.

While browsing the internet I found the image of the anime that my classmates showed me earlier.

A Demon Lord that became a High school student huh...

Who the hell even thought about a story like that?

Though a part of me is curious about why are they so obsessed with this anime despite its lame plot.

I searched it on mytube and watched some videos about the said anime. I watched the first episode and it's already been 10 mins but still, I am not impressed by the show.

This anime is so boring so why the hell is this even popular? What a flock of stupid people.

"DON'T EVEN DISREGARD THE IMPORTANCE OF CLEANING!!" the guy from the screen angrily told the white-haired guy.

Who is this guy again? Claude?

"CLEANING IS IMPORTANT!! NOT EVERYONE CAN DO IT!! DON'T JUST BRUSH IT THAT WAY. DO IT THIS WAY!!"He said firmly to the white-haired guy while demonstrating to him the right way of cleaning the toilet bowl.

"IF YOU ARE NOT CAPABLE OF CLEANING PROPERLY THEN YOU ARE NOT CAPABLE OF BECOMING THE NEXT DEMON LORD!!" he said in a very serious expression.

This demon lord guy is not bad...what his name again?Claude?I must marry this guy.

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I am practicing my serves right now. I want to break my five-service ace in a row record. Serve is a powerful weapon in volleyball. If the opposing team can't receive or make the ball go up in the air. No matter how good their offense it will still be useless for them. That's why refining my serves are much more crucial than anything else.

Although I am not constantly going to serve.

How about I learn about another serve technique?

The hardest serve that we have faced so far is ceiling serve...

It's not that strong but it's quite rough to receive.

It looks simple to do but it's really difficult to do.

Tho nothing is going to happen if I won't try it.

"Are you practicing serving alone?" a familiar voice suddenly pop up in the gym.

"Yeah..."I answer back without looking at him and start committing to do a ceiling serve.

Tho my first try sucks.

"Wow...You are trying to do another serve technique?!"He inquires and I just nod.

"Cool!! Can I practice with you?! I'll try to receive your serve!!"He cheerily asks me.

"But I am only practicing it. I still suck on it..."I only say to him but he shakes his head differing with me.

"I don't mind at all!! That's even better because you have an actual practice with a receiver. You will be able to know if your serves are improving."He says trying to persuade me."Plus, I want to improve my receiving skill before the upcoming match. You are the strongest player with the strongest serve that I know!!"

"If I can receive your serve then I can receive any serves in any match we will play!!"He confidently claims.

"Well...is that so? okay..." I surrender to him because he's too persistent. He looks at me satisfied and his eyes started to gleams so gaily again.

I can see his gleaming aura right now.

"If you want...I can do jump float serve and spike serve first?" I suggest.

He nods quickly." Yes that would be better!!" grinning so widely after saying that.

"Well okay...let's start by jump float."He went rush to the other side of the net and position to receive.

"Okay...Here I go!"I give him a signal then starts serving.

Tsk. I put a lot on that serve but it doesn't seem right for me.

He tried to receive it but he fails.

"Uhmm...Shiloh."I call him from the other side of the net.

"Yes?" He reacts instantly.

"When it comes to jumping float... I think you should receive it overhand. Jump float serve is one of the hardest and trickiest serves.

It's risky that it can land anywhere you least expect."I explain."Plus the trajectory

of the ball can also shift which makes it even harder to receive." Then I added.

"That way if you will going to receive just by using your two arms it will be too hard for you to keep it up in the air or if you will be

lucky enough to receive it and keep it up in the air. There's a possibility that it will only break your formations and will be hard for your setter to set."I finished illustrating to him.

"If that's the case, then I'll just receive it using overhand!!"He response actively.

"Yes overhand is the most effective counter for jump float serves."

"Okay let's do it again!!!" I announce and preparing to serve another jump float again.

Well, this is only a practice maybe I can just go easy with him.

"Here I go again!"And starts serving jump float again.

The ball went in the direction where I am exactly aiming it to land.

Shiloh rushes over in the direction of the ball and tries to receive it using overhand in the first attempt.

Did he receive it?

He almost got it but unexpectedly the ball slips between his fingers.

Tho he almost got it. Not bad. My serves are difficult to receive but he's getting on it for only two attempts.

"Let's do it again one more time!!"He says energetically.

I don't like athletic people because they are draining my energy.

but him?

Well, it's fun to see Claude acting completely different though...

It's quite fascinating to watch.

And I start serving again.

-

"You practiced volleyball with Shiloh?!" my idiot brother came out of nowhere again.

"How many times do I have to tell you? That you are not welcome in my room..." I say in an irritated tone."Don't you know how to read? There's an "If your name is Hiro then you are not welcome signs posted on my front door?" I pointed him to the sign.

"Oh, that sign?"He asks. A stupid person can't understand."By the way, can I borrow you-"

"No."I rejected him before he even says anything.

"Can you please let me finish what I am trying to say first?"He says in frustration.

"I already know what you are going to say so what's the point of letting you release more germs out from your mouth inside my room."I sarcastically say.

"Can't you be nice to me sis?? Please just this one. I need to read it. Please." begging me but it's meaningless.

"No, because you don't know how to bring back the things you borrowed from me."I clearly say.

"Please!!! I promise to bring it back to you after I finished reading it!!" trying to persuade me again but it's foolish. I just shake my head and pointed him the way out of my room.

"Hmph! It's so unfair!! Why can't you let your twin brother borrows your manga but can let Shiloh borrows a full set of your manga?!!"He mumbled trying to make me feel bad.

"Because compare to you he knows how to bring things back to the owner, "I simply tell him my reason.

His eyes suddenly suspiciously looking at me"Hmph!! I am getting jealous right now! Tell me, sis!! Do you like Shiloh..?" He starts to interrogate me.

"No," I say in a beat.

"Then why are you even blushing right now?!!"He says. This idiot accusing me...

"No...It's just you asked a stupid question."I say while trying to sound calm.

"Then why are you stuttering?!! You even don't stutter before. Why are you stuttering right now?!"He is even trying harder to make me say yes.

"Hiro there's a limitation of how much you can only piss me off, so if you still value your own life...Go and leave my room!RIGHT!NOW!"I say in an intense tone.

He freaks out after hearing that and sprints out of my room.

-

I arrived at our classroom early and no one is still in here except me. We don't have morning practice either right now. Well, that's perfect for me at least I have a few more minutes of a quiet morning while reading my favorite manga.

Peace is a very rare thing to have in this world so once I have it I make sure not to waste it. It's hard for me to have peace even at home because of Hiro.

I started reading my favorite manga while waiting for my other classmates to arrive.

"You still reading that nerd?" a familiar voice appeared out of nowhere.

"Yes. Too bad a delinquent like you can't read." I utter sarcastically back at him and glanced at him.

Kairos.