It’s been weeks since they marry, it was a marriage not by love, but by necessity.

Yra Draco Vanris, exiled member of the Dragon Clan, was currently living at Sakura Island, where are special tax, known as the Foreign Tax, was going to make him go to bankruptcy extremely fast.

Alyssa Phoenix, or now known as Alyssa Swan Vanris, was an exiled member of the Sakura Clan, who need money and someone to rely on.

And despite how the two met, they decided to marry each other.

“Ah.” – Yra sighs, as he sees his red eyes.

For a human, it was weird not say almost impossible to have this kind of eyes, eyes more representative for the Vampires, yet he, a descendant of a hunter family, possess such eyes.

“Something it’s not right.” – He said, as he prepares to leave to work.

For a guy like him, who didn’t have studies or experience working, it was difficult to obtain a decent job, so he must do shitty work.

In a newspaper, he found the number of Stiles Jobs, a man who help people like Yra obtained jobs, but those jobs came with a little detail:

1. Hard jobs that not one wants to do.

2. The paid is little.

3. One didn’t have any social benefits or health insurance.

4. And could be dangerous.

Although this must do for not being full-time jobs, but still, it requires Yra to have to do different jobs each day.

One of such jobs, and the best paid was at the Commando Dojo.

Own by Karl Darby, an arrogant former special forces soldier, who hired Yra to be a human punching bag for his disciples must exclusive (the rich ones).

‘Someone has to do the job, right?’ – thought Yra.

As always younger kids than him were waiting for him.

“Fatso! Your late.” – said a blonde-haired teenage kid.

“Sorry.” – Said Yra, despite knowing that he came on time, and it was only the words of a kid who knew nothing about responsibility and the difficulties of life.

Although this place was when Yra was paid more, was a little bit above the other jobs, meaning that it was still a shitty paid, for a shitty work when he must evade, block, and receives the punches and kicks of the disciples of the dojo.

Some, getting dojo clothes, the tall Yra gets to the stage where the blondie and other kids were waiting for him, and once he got there, the arrogant kid came quickly.

“Try to block this!” – a punch was getting close to Yra’s nose, and him just for a little bit was able to evade, thanks to his countless years of fighting experience from his past. As Yra start evading and blocking successfully, the blondie got angry. – “Fatty! You are supposed to receive my divine punches!”

“Ha, as always, that fatty surprise us with his skills.” – said a woman in her thirties, Tina Sullivan, martial arts master at Commando Dojo. She looks at her disciple next to her, a cute girl with long blonde hair and hazel eyes. – “Little princess, teach little bird how to punch fatty’s face.”

“Yes sensei!” – Said energetically, the 13yo girl, Megan Jones. As she came closer, she talks to the blondie. – “Move away, and watch and learn how to punch, Carmine.”

“Come on! This is not fair, Megan, this fatty is too cunning and coward.” – Said with his arrogant little voice, Carmine Hennessy, who was friend and classmate of Megan.

‘Shit here comes the fast kid.’ – thought Yra, who was already breathing hard, and feeling pain in his legs and arms for the constant blocking and evading he has done.

Megan successfully lands punches and some kicks to the face and body of Yra, but her attacks didn’t contain the same strength and power as those of Carmine.

When Megan was fast and agile, Carmine was stronger.

“Ah…” – Yra, that thanks to the fat body he has, couldn’t demonstrate good his evading skills, having to receive punches and kicks from a mere girl.

‘If I was still in my former life, I would feel angry at myself for this treatment… a mere youngster has made me feel pain, shit.’ – he thought.

“You punch like a girl!” – Said Carmine.

“If you haven’t look at me, I am a girl, you idiot.”

“Idiot!?”

The two youngsters start arguing between themselves, while two people arrive.

“Oh, it’s my time to punch the fat idiot.” – Said a young man, a college guy whose name was Gavin Powell, friend of Carmine’s older brother.

Next to him, was a blonde pretty girl, Melody Jones, older sister of Megan, and classmate of Gavin in the same university.

“Hello sensei.” – Melody greets Tina, who smiles seeing her best disciple arrive.

“My sweet Melody, welcome.”

While the two women start talking, Gavin came closer to Yra.

“Well, here I come, fatty!” – Announced Gavin, as he starts attacking Yra.

‘Shit!’ – Yra sees his right fist coming close to his face, and while he tries to evade, Gavin was not slow like Carmine, and his fist connects to his face, and he was also not like Megan, so his attack was a hard strong strike on Yra’s face, breaking his nose, but this was not the end, Gavin keeps on punching and even kicking Yra.

“Run fatty run!” – screams one of the other disciples.

“Hahaha, see the stupid face of the fatty!” – said another one.

Finally, when Yra was unable to keep standing, Tina stops the brutality, while many of the disciples laugh at Yra’s poor state.

“Hahaha, pathetic as always fatty.” – Said Gavin.

Melody looks at little bit bad for what happened, but doesn’t say anything, and takes her sister with her to do some aerobics workout.

‘Shit, this is not fucking right?!’ – thought Yra. – ‘But… I don’t want to…’

Sometimes he felt that this was a rightful punishment for the sins his body commit.

Although it was not his fault, it was not really him.

Yet, now he was exiled, and living for only two purposes:

1. A peaceful life.

2. And to help Alyssa.

But receiving a beating could be considered peaceful?

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“Don’t forget to clean.” – Said Tina as she also goes to another place of the dojo.

‘Come on Yra, this is nothing, you have received worst damage and pain in your former lives, this is just kid’s play.’ – thought the young 15-year-old man, who has other three hundred years behind his back.

“Tch.” – Standing was painful, but his willpower was great, and so, he endures the pain, and heads up to the cleaning room, to get a mop and napkins to clean his sweat and blood.

After cleaning, he gets out, going to his next work.

Day after day, he has different jobs to do.

A punching bag at commando dojo, cleaner in the drainages system of the city, a graveyard nocturne guard, garbage collector and many more.

He didn’t have even a day of rest.

‘Working today, to rest later.’ – He thought.

Finally, he arrives a day later home, 07:05 of the morning.

He arrives at his apartment, apartment 3-C of the Paradise building, owned by the landlady Hana Otsuki.

Before going to his bedroom, he stood next up to his wife bedroom.

Clearly as their marriage was not one of love, they sleep in different rooms.

Still, he wants to at least say goodbye, after all she was here, in was vacation time for students, and still at least a month until the first day of class arrives.

But before knocking, he stops.

[Coward.] – He hears a voice said to him.

Since he was back in control of his body in that faithful day his life joins Alyssa’s, he has been hearing voices, unknown to him, but somehow, remarkably familiar.

Yra’s cleans himself, and in the bathroom, sees his reflection on the marry.

His bright red eyes, his battered, bruised fat face, his now more vibrant of life pale light skin, his mid-long white hair, his seven faces, after seven lives.

‘This is my last life, and I want it to be a peaceful one, but something isn’t right.’

[Coward.]

“Fuck.”

Then he goes to his bedroom, sleeping until 11:00 of the morning.

Goes then to the kitchen to prepare food for him and Alyssa, then by midday, he goes out, going to his next job.

Running from job to job, trying his best, working hard for little paid.

Somedays not even sleeping.

This job was close to the building where he lives, so he goes by walking, and while walking next t an alley, his better-than-normal hearing could hear a person being beaten by a group of people.

He stops and starts getting nervous and angry.

As a former hero, royal court mage, and a fierce general, he would go to see what the hell was happening, to meddle in the situation, and help the ones in need, specially in his former life, when he was a General, feared and respected, a military man who always meddles in situations of injustice.

But right now, he was living his seventh and last life, as a normal person, a fat, tall guy that although possess the experiences and skills he learnt from his former lives, his current body couldn’t function as he wants it.

‘I am not a hero.’ – he thought.

[But we were.]

[We killed the bullies.]

[We protect mankind.]

[We destroy the corrupt.]

[Don’t walk away.]

[Someone need to be saved.]

[Kick some ass.]

[Injustice cannot be tolerated, never!]

Different voices he starts hearing in his head, familiar voices, which cause him to remember his past, and what he was once.

[We not longer that weak inexperienced adult boy.]

“Shit…”

He was still debating whether if he goes to help, or keep walking away, but then, he hears him.

“Help…” – As soon as he heard that pleading and weak voice, Yra’s look at the dark alley.

And almost automatically he starts walking deep into the alley, when he starts hearing better and clearly how a person was being insulted, attacked, and hurt.

Then, he sees three guys around his age, attacking a skinny guy wearing glasses on the ground.

“Fucking idiot! This happen to a nobody who doesn’t pay the monthly protection fee, do you understand? Fucking maggot!” – the bigger guy of the three said as he punches the poor kid on his face, breaking his glasses, and making him bleed.

“Craig, we should mess up with him more.” – said one of the other guys, meanwhile the other was recording the beating with his Identification Bracelet.

“Hey!” – Finally, Yra’s yells at them with anger in his voice, and his face showing a furious look.

“Ha, who is this stupid fatty?” – said the one recording. – “Ha, look, his bruised face, does he want newer bruises?”

“Leave him alone.” – Yra said.

“Ha, hey Craig, this fatty is trying to be a damn hero.”

The tall and muscle Craig sees Yra, someone of around the same height, but with fat instead of muscles.

“Fucking fatty, get the hell out of here if you don’t want to fucking die.”

“Hahaha, escape big boy, cause Craig will crush you.” – said the guy who was still filming.

“Leave him alone.” – said again Yra, with a cold stare, and with his fist ready.

“You fucking pig!” – Craig gets closer and tries to punch Yra on his face.

But Yra evades, and then punches Craig’s body, hitting where his liver area is.

Craig groans in pain, while Yra takes the chance and does an uppercut, making the bully fall into the ground, almost completely knock out.

“What?!” – the two dye-haired idiots who were with Craig were in shock, after all, Craig was one of the best fighters they have seen in school.

Yra comes closer to the one filming, and takes his wrist where the Identification Bracelet is, and crushes it.

“AH!” – hurting the guy.

Then he sees the other guy, who starts running away.

“Are you fine?” – finally, he gets to the boy on the ground, helping him get up.

He helps him get out of the alley, while starting to feel the pain in his hands.

“You…” – the boy finally starts talking. – “You defeat Craig, I can’t believe it.”

Then he looks at Yra.

“You don’t look like…”

“Someone capable of fighting?”

He nods.

“Well, I got a lot of experience.” – Said Yra, as he looks at the sky.

“Whoa, but… shit, you are in grave danger.” – said the boy.

‘Danger?’ – thought Yra. – ‘That guy was weak, how can I be in danger?’

“Don’t worry, he is not my rival, and never will.”

“You don’t get it, mate, he is part of a gang, a dangerous group of people who control the student body at my school.”

“Gang? Come on, how can possible be gangs in this era.” – Said Yra.

“Is true, he is from…”

But before he could keep on talking, Yra’s Identification Bracelet (IB), starts ringing, telling him that he is going late to his next work.

“Shit!”

He starts moving away faster, running as hard as he can.

Meanwhile the skinny guy sees the fatty move away.

“Ah… I haven’t said thank you to him…” – and start to feel a little bad.

Meanwhile, Yra was starting to lose breath, but he keeps on running, now wanting to get late and don’t receive his payment.