At School

"My name is Archemidas Evernoir, I was born on the 9th of August in the year 4077, my house is not far from this school, maybe a 15-minute car ride away, and my hobby is studying!"

Self-introduction on the first day of school!

I don't know the date of my birth, but it's certain that on the 9th of August I was picked up by my mother and father, well maybe on the same day I was born and thrown away immediately.

"Alright, next."

Then the children in my class began to introduce themselves one by one in turn until everyone had finished introducing themselves, the teacher immediately started the lesson.

"Today we're not going to start the actual lesson, so get to know each other, don't hesitate to make friends!"

There were replies of "Yes ma'am!" or " Yes" from the students as the teacher told us all to make friends with each other.

"Hello Arche, my name is Celia Eneth, just call me Celia, I'm sitting behind you, greetings."

W-w-whaaatt... did she just said my name? Did a girl just speak to me? I have to answer her immediately!

"Uh.. ah uhh. g-greetings, my name is Archemidas Everoir, nice to meet you... C-Celia...."

Daaammn, I'm so nervous talking to girls, I didn't expect a girl to talk to me besides Sis El, does she like me? Is she in love with me? Well, I think my face isn't too bad either.

At least, it's different from that pitiful NEET face back then.

But I really talked to a girl in this class, I won't waste this golden opportunity!

"Uhhh, Ce-celia...."

"What's wrong Archemidas? Hmmm, your name is very difficult to spell, how about I just call you Arche?"

"O-okay... Celia," I replied still nervous.

"Arche, you said you like studying-"

"Celia."

From a distance, there was a group of girls calling Celia, it seemed like they wanted to talk to her, well that's okay, I'll find someone else for me to talk with.

"Sorry Arche, I'll talk to you later."

"It's okay really."

Huuff, I had started to get nervous like a dumbass for a while but now I'm going to calm myself down, talking to girls of the same age drains a lot of my energy.

Her face is quite cute, her hair is shoulder length and has a black color, she is the same height as me.

Unlike Echo, she is more mature and is like a sister to me so I can talk to her like talking to Ellora, oh yeah by the way where is her class anyway? I just remembered that my lunch seems to have been brought by my sister, well maybe she will come here herself.

Then my gaze was fixated on a boy, the boy seemed to be alone and no one invited him to have a chat, what a pity.

But I used to have the same fate as him, well for now I'll just invite him to chat, seeing him like that kind of makes my head hurt too.

I walked over to the boy who seemed to be exiled then sat in front of him that happened to be empty.

"Hey, my name is Archemidas Evernoir, nice to meet you, what's your name?"

"...."

What the heck, did he just ignored me? Is my voice not clear enough? It's a bit noisy around here anyway.

"Helloooo, my name is Archemidas Evernoir! What's your name?"

"...."

"Yahaalooo, my name is Arc-"

"Enough! I've heard it, it's so noisy!" he snapped.

What? Did you just yell at me brat? I've been kind enough to talk to you so that you don't look miserable alone here, and this is your response?

"I don't have any business with you, go away," he retorted as he looked away.

This Brat! I'll make you talk you arrogant brat! His looks were decent but the look in his eyes really showed his anger, this kid is really antisocial!

But his name was clearly written beside the bag he placed on the table, well everyone could see that clearly anyway.

"Hohoo, your name is Enigma Van Helden huh, quite a unique name, looks like you're not from here huh?"

"DON'T SAY THAT NAME!" he snapped with a loud voice.

Suddenly I was shocked by the snapping and stepped back a bit.

"Huh?

Hell, we became the center of attention of the class, as I looked around everyone was staring at the two of us, what the hell is this antisocial! I even heard them whispering things like " what's wrong with them?", "a fight?" or "this is bad."

That is, until the teacher came here.

"What's wrong, Archemidas and Enigma?"

"N-nothing ma'am, hehehe."

"...."

This antisocial bastard was really troublesome, since he just kept quiet like this wasn't his problem.

"Alright, you guys don't make any noise."

This kid is really... gosh I'd better leave him now, rather than adding new problems.

As I walked towards my seat, Celia was already waiting there with her worried face still looking cute.

Fortunately, I have a calming mood here.

"W-what happened earlier Arche?"

"It's nothing, just calm down Celia."

"'That was Enigma wasn't it? I invited him to talk earlier too but he ignored me."

The one who said that was Celia's friend who had called her earlier, since she had just been standing behind Celia.

"Oh, you're Archemidas huh? I'm Filda! Filda Arnvelt, greetings."

"Eh... yes, hello Filda, just call me Arche."

"By the way what did you say earlier with Enigma? Why did he get so angry?"

"Ah that's right, I just called his name but he immediately yelled at me, I don't understand," I replied unconcernedly.

"I see... so he doesn't like it when his name is called...," Filda replied.

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It was already lunchtime, well actually it was still 11 o'clock, but the school schedule was until 2 o'clock, so now it was break time.

"Archeee!"

Someone called me from another school building, it seemed to be the place of my seniors, I saw a girl with a sleepy face who looked like a lazy person carrying a lunch box.

It's Ellora, she must have accidentally brought my lunch box earlier, seriously.

"I'll be there sis!" I replied.

I saw her nodding still with her flat face.

Then we sat together in her class, there weren't many people here during break time, maybe everyone was out with their friends, but why is my sister still in this class? Does she have no friends or is she deliberately waiting for me?

"I'm sorry Arche, I accidentally brought your lunch box too, because mom miexed them into one place so I thought it was just one box," she said, of course still with her flat, sleepy face.

I wonder if she really feels guilty or not, but this is how my sister Ellora Evernoir is, even though she looks like a lazy person she is a genius, even I am nothing compared to this flat face.

But, she still has a flaw, which is that she is a clumsy person...

"It's okay sis, I'll tell mom later to always separate our lunch boxes."

"Have you gotten used to this school, Arche? Did you make any friends?"

"Mmm, I'm not used to it yet but I already have a few, I think... maybe...."

"Maybe?" she replied in surprise.

"By the way sis, why is your class so empty during break time? Where are the others?"

"Ah, they usually have their meals outside, I'm the only one in this class, but my friends will be here soon too, I'll introduce them to you later."

Then not long after that, it was indeed true, her friends immediately came and approached her, there were 3 girls whose bodies were quite large, when compared to Sis El's they looked more mature.

"El, who is this kid? He's a first year, right? Why is he in our class?"

"That's right, who is he?"

"Oi kid, who are you?"

Gosh they just came straight out like thugs who wanted to extort children, are they really the same age as my sister? Seriously I was being extorted in front of my own sister by her friends, sis El don't keep quiet!

"Uhh.. I'm Archemidas Evernoir, first year student, pleased to meet you all."

I unconsciously stood up and bowed to these people, but I saw behind me big sis El was smiling with her half opened eyes, was she planning something? I sense danger! This is bad!

"Evernoir?"

"Aren't you El's little brother?"

"El, is he your little brother?"

I'm still bowing but this is really serious, why do I feel like I'm being bullied, I'd better get out now.

"Sorry everyone, I have to go back to my class now, so..."

"HAAAH?" replied one of them with a fierce face.

"Hiiiiiikk."

I unconsciously made that very embarrassing sound, did I just get scared? I got scared by a girl? Seriously! But still, my legs couldn't stop shaking.

"Arche... where are you going?" said my sister.

Sister, please save me from these thugs, I want to go home, I want to leave from here right now.

Maybe there's no other choice, I'll run away! I saw a gap beside my sister who was standing behind the thugs who yelled at me earlier, it seemed like she didn't really care, so I could definitely run away!

I'm sorry sis El, I'll apologize properly at home later, please let me run away now.

With all the careful calculations, I immediately prepared my stance to glide and cast air magic on my feet so that I could immediately dash quickly among these thugs.

"Wind Blast!"

I cast a wind magic-type spell with a very small vibration frequency.

So the magic just exploded on the soles of my feet, and of course I instantly dashed between these thugs, they were just looking at me in shock, take that!

But there was a very calm-looking person there, and that made me very anxious!

"Freeze..."

Damn it, my feet instantly stopped in place and the thrust to dash off by utilizing the friction in my shoes was stopped right then and there.

"Arche, it would be rude of you to run away now..."

That was my sister, it's indeed amazing! She could respond to my magic quickly and then cast another magic to restrain my feet that were dashing across the floor, indeed I underestimated this flat-faced genius too much...

My feet were instantly frozen, no, more precisely only my shoes were frozen! She was still kind enough not to freeze my whole feet and only my shoes, terrifying accuracy and very precise magic control, just a few atoms of magic that she aimed at my shoes then froze them.

She's scary when she gets angry just like mom, but there's no way she can get angry in this school, after all she has to maintain her image in front of her friends right...

"M-forgive me sis El..."

I knew apologizing wouldn't be enough.

She stood up and walked towards me, getting closer and closer.

"Forgive me sis El!"

I unconsciously said that while closing my eyes and raising my hands up to protect my face.

"I'm not angry Arche... they are my friends, you can't just run away," he said flatly.

I couldn't see anything but I felt my sister seemed to be rubbing her hand on my head, I knew this hand very well, maybe not as big as mom's hand but full of love and care for her little brother.

"So, is she really your brother, El?"

"Did he just use magic?"

"Unbelievable!"

"Yes, he's my little brother," Sis El replied in a flat voice.

"Uh, I didn't get scolded?"

"Why should I scold you? I'm a little upset that you ran away like that."

"F-forgive me sis El, forgive me seniors, I'm really sorry!"

Once again I bowed to them with a sense of regret for making Sis El feel a bit irritated, I'm very sorry Sister!

"Well it's fine if you understand, Arche."

Huft I almost made a horrible woman like mom angry! But luckily it's at school now, who knows what would have happened if I had confronted her at home.

"But it's worthy that you're El's little brother, this is the first time I've seen a first year student use magic."

"That's right!"

"Although your face doesn't look much like El's."

"Really? Hehehe, but Sis El is much smarter than me when it comes to controlling magic atoms."

"Don't say that, I've seen you practicing magic in your spare time Arche."

So you've been watching me all this time? Seriously, El? I didn't expect it, I thought she didn't care and always ignored me with her flat face that looked like she was sleepy.

Then after that the five of us chatted until the lunch break ended, after which I went straight to my class again.

I made a lot of friends, from El's friends, to the friends in my own class.

So far, everything is still going smoothly, I'm not bullied, not excluded and not alone! Well, at least for now...

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