No Cheers For Him

"Why did my mother have to die because of you?"

A girl who had a hair that shine finely like silk looked at the boy before her with an enraged expression. Her eyes were sharp, that if gazes could kill, she would have killed the boy in front of her.

"Why did she even tried to save you? It's because of you, she was left there to die... If only you didn't exist!"

The boy remained silent as he let her throw every words with hate. He couldn't afford to tell her that what happened to her mother and him was actually the opposite.

However...

He knew that if he told her that, it might cause her to have a mental breakdown... Adding the fact that she was trying to kill him almost every day, she would be consumed by guilt if that ever happens.

"If only you weren't there, she could have lived enough to see the day tomorrow... Why do you have to become a burden to this family!"

Biting her lower lips, the girl stopped after tasting a metallic taste in her mouth.

"This is all your fault...!"

She grabbed the pendant she was wearing and threw it toward the boy.

"Take your stupid gift! I don't want anything that belongs to a monster like you."

Gripping onto her sword with both hands, black fog began manifesting around it as it began to change form.

[Devourer • Cold Swift]

At the same time, she called out his name.

"Deus!"

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Flick-!

Deus finally snapped back to reality after hearing Olivia flick her fingers right in front of him. "You okay there? You've been silent for about a minute." She asked, slightly worried about the expression he was making.

"..." He was silent for a moment.

Sighing, his lips began to curl upward into a small smile.

"I'm fine... I'm just tired repeating all over again."

After he gave Olivia a reply, he left the two of them alone.

While his back began to blend through the crowds, Olivia stood up and turned her head toward Jack with a complex expression.

"...."

Jack became confused because this was the first time she saw her like this, so he asked, "You okay... Olivia?"

For the first time, he finally called out her name, but she didn't noticed this as she remained silent.

With the same expression plastered in her face, her body began to blend in the darkness.

"I just hope that I'm being worried about nothing..."

She mumbles to herself, leaving Jack confused behind.

At the same time...

After Deus was done talking with the two, he left and went back to the academy.

"Whistle~"

As he was walking through the city, he stumbled across the same unusual shop he and William entered earlier. He walked inside and began looking around, his eyes wandering around the whole shelf full of artifacts.

By the time he finally found what he was looking for, Deus smiled.

"It's still here..."

Taking a ruby pendant from the shelf, he went to the counter to buy it.

Walking out of the shop, he stopped at the entrance and stared at the pendant for a few seconds. While doing so, he suddenly had a flashback about what the girl said to him.

"You're right. It would have been better for me if I died that day, but it's not like I didn't try in the first place."

To Deus, he couldn't understand the concept of death, nor would bother on finding out. It's all meaningless, for he cannot die... No, 'die' shouldn't be the right word.

Cease.

He cannot cease to exist.

"It's just impossible..."

A little curse is a small change for saving someone else's life.

Being kind doesn't mean remaining innocent, right?

A curse of immortality.

A curse of being reborn.

Reborn in a body he cannot control.

Reborn in a body that'll make him feel helpless.

A good give-and-take exchange, am I right?

***

A little while later.

Deus finally reached the academy and went to Alicia's room to find his (Athan's) sister.

"Chlo-!?"

"Brother!"

Thud-!

Wearing an elegant, cute cyan dress that matches the color of her hairpin, Chloe pounced at his arm and wrapped her arms to hug him tightly.

They both fell on the floor. While being caught on surprise, Deus still managed to catch her on time before falling down and getting hurt.

"How have you been?" Deus sighed and gently patted Chloe on the head, letting out a tired smile.

"I'm fine! More like, it's the best! Big sister and I had just went out earlier to the city to buy some clothes for her date tomorrow. Can you believe it? Big sister Alicia finally found someone she li-hmph!?"

Before she could even continue, Alicia cut her off by covering Chloe's mouth gently with her hands. She heaved out a sigh and spoke up, "What are you doing here? Leigh's match is about to start. Aren't you suppose to be getting ready since you'll be next after him?"

"Nah, I can easily finish my match off easily."

"Hoh? Are you that confident in your ability?"

𝘋𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯-𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳? 𝘐𝘧 𝘴𝘰, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯?Although he wanted to say this out loud, Deus refrained himself from doing so.

"Of course. There's no way I'll lose to some children, that'll be too humiliating."

"Is that so? ...So, Are you going to hold back fighting me?"

"Uh... I don't know."

𝘐𝘧 𝘈𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, "𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺. 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵!" 𝘖𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵... 𝘉𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘈𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯. With this thoughts in mind, Deus added a smile as a reply.

When Chloe hear this half-hearted reply, she pouted her lips and made a cute gesture with her hand.

"Big brother shouldn't hurt big sister. That's bad, humph!"

"Eh...? What if she hurt me? Can I hit back? Even if it was gentle?"

"If you do that, Chloe will hate you!"

At the same time, Arthur entered the room and saw Deus trying his best to calm Chloe down, and make her forget about mentioning something about hating him.

He knew that Athan will never forgive him if this happen.

Although he was not afraid of death, there's no doubt that he's afraid of him.

One time, Deus asked him a question about the best way to deal with an immortal, Athan calmly replied with a smile.

'By breaking him mentally.'

He shivered up after remembering this before heaving out a sigh.

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦... 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘩𝘭𝘰𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥.

"Humph! Don't ignore me, brother! I'll really hate you!"

"...!? Wait, I'm not ignoring you! I'm just... Lost in thoughts."

For a second, he felt that Athan had stabbed him in the chest with bare hands and took his heart out like the game he used to play back in his previous life.

FATALITY

When Arthur saw this, he let out a long sigh while proceeding to place his hands to my back as if wanting to console him.

"You can cry at the corner, if you want to."

Feeling annoyed by what he said, he smacked Arthur's hand off his shoulder.

"Shut it!" He grumbles, still acting as if he was upset from what happened earlier.

After leaving in the room, Deus didn't noticed that Arthur had placed a paper that had something drawn and written on his back.

'I'm a sis-con. Get away from me, you whore!'

Later when he found this out, he crumbles the paper and stumped his feet like a child in fury.

***

Everyone was gathered.

"Fuuuu…" The weapon in his hand was not a practice sword but a real one. He wasn't sure about why, though. Unlike in William's match, just like his, his opponent was also armed with real weapon.

However, the sword he's using wasn't one of the two katanas he mainly use.

𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘦... 𝘕𝘰, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯. 𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯, 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮.

His opponent was armed with a longsword. Just like the student who fought William, Deus' opponent was 3 years older than him.

-"Now, the highly anticipated match is about to begin. The same rules either make your opponent surrender, make him fall unconscious, or strike his weak spots. Are both participants ready?"

"Yes."

"Yes."

Chopping his arm down in the air, the referee spoke, "You may now begin!"

-Wow!

As the announcer shouted, amidst the thunderous cheers...

"Fuhahaha... It's the first match, so I have to show something interesting to shut some of them up."

𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳. He looked at his opponent with sympathy, he didn't mean to be arrogant, but it was already clear like glass from the people around them that the match was already over before they started.

I have to show my friends, who came all the way here despite being busy with their own matters, what I've been doing for the past year, right?

I believe.

[A/N : I got bored writing enhancing my body with mana, so I decided to call it Mana Enhancing... It's the same thing.]

Deus casted, Mana Enhancement.

-Krrrr!

An explosive force surged throughout his body, and black fog erupted from his body. His eyes became dark, as the sound of the cheers grew louder.

Seeing this, he noticed his opponent faltering.

From his eyes, Deus looked like a devil that was about to take his soul.

"Adding swiftness, strike, and hardening of my enhancement, this fight would probably last 3 second."

With all of these combined...

"This fight is finished."

Adding his enhancement to the tip of his katana, he took one step forward.

With just a single step,

-Kwoooong!

"!!!" In the next moment, Deus had reached right in front of his opponent, with his sword aimed towards the boy's throat.

"It's my win."

It was something he desire nothing more.

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"…Was it really necessary to come and watch this?" Amidst the cheers, Lumine grumbled discontentedly.

The third match of the first-year Group D had just ended. The match featuring Deus, which they had come to watch, had ended in less than five seconds...

He used the same move he did in the first round, which was something the other participants had not expected. And with his continuous same attack like that, the people who always came watching his fight couldn't help but accuse him of cheating.

"When's my match gonna start again? I've been sitting here for an hour since after I finished my match. Can't they all just hurry up?" She asked Leigh who was beside her. He frowned, however, but still answered her first question earlier as he looked at his watch.

"Your match would probably start after Arthur's match..."

"...And when will his match be starting?"

"It should be starting right now..."

"...Oh."

A few minutes later...

"His match ended quite fast..."

"Aren't you supposed to be happy?"

"No-I mean, yes! It's just I wanted to watch a little bit of his sword art..."

The moment Arthur's match started, just like Deus, his match didn't lasted 5 second.

He merely raised his hand and aimed it toward his opponent, then used his gravity magic to throw him hard on the wall, and... That's it.

That's how his fight ended.

And soon, Lumine's fight was about to begin.

"Oh, before you go, try and find Athena first." Leigh grabbed her shoulder to stop her from standing up.

"Why's that?" Annoyed, Lumine frowned and turned her head slightly to look at him.

"You don't know? You'll be fighting someone she knew...."

"So what if I'm fighting someone she knew? I'm still not planning on holding back just because I'm fighting her friend."

"Fighting her friend...? Yup, you really don't know what was happening to her. I feel bad for Athena because you didn't even try finding out what's her problem."

"Are you mocking me?" Lumine furrowed her eyebrows as she looked at him.

"... Anyway, just talk to her. You'll find out more about your opponent if you do." Leigh said, helplessly shaking his head weakly.

"Fine..."

As soon as they were done conversing to each other, Lumine left to find Athena around the arena.

After a few minutes later.

Back to Deus.

Oh, right!" A sudden thought came over his mind. "I almost forgot about this part. Her fight is about to begin." Picking up his phone inside his pocket, Deus began sending messages and pictures to Lumine.

[Sending...]

[The message has been send!]

Seeing the notification popped up, he heaved out a long deep sigh in contempt.

"I hope she don't kill me after this..."

***

Somewhere within the Academy's area...

"I'll make sure that guy suffer! I'll ask His Highness about it." Lumine announced, her voice was full of anger and intent as she spoke.

A little while earlier, after she found Athena, they had a small talk about Lumine's next opponent will be. There, Athens explained everything about

"Th-thanks... No! I think that's a bit too much!" Athena said worriedly. Gesturing her hands cutely, she tried her best to remove the dangerous thoughts from Lumine.

Lumine was about to continue when suddenly, a notification popped up from her phone. Taking the phone from her pockets, what she saw made her froze in spot.

"That motherfucker!!" Saying that, the screen suddenly cracked after she clenched it hard enough. Seeing this, Athena backed away from her in fear.

𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦...?

***

[🤬😡🤬]

"Oops, she's angry."

Seeing the emojis Lumine had sent to him, Deus stuck out his tongue as he texted back.

"[👍👌🖕]"

[You fucker!! I'll kill you later!]

[••••]

He didn't bother reading through her upcoming messages. He ignored the continuous notification from his phone before turning it off.

"I'll let him apologize for me tomorrow..."

The video he sent her was also the same video he got that was used by Roche to blackmail Aries.

In the video where Aries was caught kissing her brother... It's not incest since they're not actually blood related, he found out about this information because after talking to the two, Leo mentioned that they were lying saying they're twins even though they're not. Nonetheless, continuing, from the side of the video, Lumine was caught entering someone else's room.

It wasn't Arthur actually, it was a room of another guy.

He wasn't sure why Lumine entered the room, however, one thing he's sure about is that Lumine will grow up to be a yandere, so there's literally no way she'll NTR Arthur.

"Oh, she's about to start..."

Lumine entered the arena and began looking around to find someone. She then walked toward the center and stopped after her gaze landed at Deus.

Her expression suddenly turned ugly as she grinded her teeth, glaring at him like dagger. However, he didn't mind this and merely responded to her look with a weak wave of his hand.

"Humph!" She snorted.

Soon after this, her opponent finally entered the arena.

The two competitors stared at each other in silent as they waited for the referee to start their match.

"Same rules. Are both competitors ready?" The referee raised his right hand.

"Yes."

"..."

Lumine remained silent.

The referee merely took this a sign of her wanting him to hurry up and start the match, so he did.

Chopping his arm down in the air,

"You may begin!"

The match started.

However...

"I give up this match!"

It seems like the match took an unexpected turn.

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Later...

With a flustered expression, the referee clicked something on his iPad as a blue panel appeared right in front of him.

"Uh... Because of the unexpected turn out event earlier, the principal decided to use the remaining time to start a new match."

Letting out a dry cough to clear up his throat, the referee continued, "The student that will be fighting the match that will be happening right now is number 26 from class C3, and for his opponent will be number 303 from class B1."

Announcing this, he turned his head to look around.

"For the students who had the number I called out, go to the arena, for we'll be starting right away!"

Leigh who was standing at the entrance heard this and sighed. "It seems like he's about to make his move."

While walking, he came across Lumine in the corridor.

Seeing her upset face, he couldn't help but tease her a little. "What was that? Did you perhaps got scared from the student that your about to fight?"

Grinding her teeth, she walked pass him without giving a reply with an annoyed face.

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.....

"Are both competitors ready?" The referee asked, which Leigh and his opponent nodded in agreement.

"All right, you may begin."

And so, the fight begun.

With a flick of his finger, a visible barrier appeared on the ground.

"Urk-!?"

The barrier hit the student's stomach, sending him flying up in the air.

Without wasting any second, Leigh once created a barrier next the student and hit him on the face.

"I'll make this quick."

Mumbling this, he crossed his arms to his chest and looked at the boy silently.

After being hit in the face by Leigh's barrier, it didn't end there. Instead, more and more barrier began to appear beside where his body gonna fall off, hitting him and sending him flying in the air once again.

It was like a continuous combo.

After about a few seconds, he beating finally stopped after his opponent fell unconscious.

-Silence...

The whole arena was silent from his victory.

"Not even a single cheer..."

He sighed deeply before turning his attention toward Arthur and the others.

"Not that it matters anyway."