The next day, Raff was ready to leave for Elexia Academy again. The difference was that today Hayato seemed to be traveling with F-rank students, while Raff was only leaving with Nlo and Pine. All the students seemed very familiar with Hayato, who kept talking about his journey in the dungeon.

"Hey Raff. Is it true that Hayato defeated Electro Skullix alone?" asked Nlo, looking at Raff.

Raff didn't seem surprised by Nlo's question, "Ah, it's just like he said. Electro Skullix was indeed defeated in one-on-one combat," Raff replied.

"Huh? I didn't expect that, I thought he was bragging," Pine said with a shocked look on his face.

"Hehehe... things like that happen," Raff said with a smile.

For a moment, Raff raised his head to the clear sky. For some reason he had been thinking about Lyn since yesterday. "Could it be because that my body hasn't recovered from the fight with Electro Skullix? If she is here, such a battle scar would never be felt. The healing magic she has is incomparable," Raff muttered softly.

"What's wrong, Raff?" asked Nlo.

"Nothing, I was just thinking about what to eat this morning," Raff replied.

"You're right, the fish in our dormitory pond ran out a few days ago. If only there were still fish, maybe we wouldn't have trouble finding food," Pine said.

"What can I say, there are eighty F-rank first-year students. They all come from poor families, so it is no wonder that a lot of fish can be consumed in a short time. The Academy doesn't seem to want to add more fish to the pond," Nlo said with a laugh.

"What is even more surprising is that even the small fish were caught until there was nothing left, the greedy nature of humans is the same in every era," Raff said, shaking his head.

The atmosphere at Elexia Academy was already buzzing. All the students who saw Hayato and Raff's arrival looked shocked. Rumors had already spread that they had been killed by Electro Skullix, but in fact they had been able to come to the academy this morning. Mace and his friends who spread the news looked annoyed.

"Elexia Academy, please welcome this year's top students! The main character you've all been waiting for," Hayato said while posing, realizing that he was now the center of everyone's attention.

The other students seemed to be staring intently at the group of first-year Rank F students. They looked at him sarcastically when they heard Hayato's loud words. Mace and his friends even clenched their fists.

"Why is he still alive? Didn't Father send a powerful hunting party to finish them off?" Mace grumbled.

"What about this Mace?" asked Mace's friend standing next to him.

"I don't know either. I'll ask Dad later," Mace replied with an annoyed look on his face.

"You guys have no problem being around me? Maybe those noble kids will come after you, too," Raff asked.

"No problem. We just have to tell them that you threatened us to go with you," Nlo replied while patting Raff's shoulder.

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"Tch. You guys are such assholes," Raff grumbled with a smile.

"At least no more of an asshole than the guy who tried to hug Princess Mia," Pine scoffed with a laugh.

"Because of you, Raff, Princess Mia rarely roams the Academy grounds now. The second-year Rank B girls always keep her company, even though I really want to see her every day," Nlo said.

"I understand. Her beauty just makes me want to stay at the Academy," Pine chimed in.

"Hahaha..." Raff just laughed at his friends' words.

"Is there something funny?" asked Nlo with a frown.

"Hehehe... no. I'm laughing because I feel what you're feeling," Raff replied with a smile.

"Right? I knew you'd like her, too," Nlo said as he patted Raff on the shoulder.

"Yeah. At least that's how I feel when I see Lyn," Raff muttered quietly.

Raff's gaze immediately shifted to the second year classroom building. Among all the mana scattered around, Raff could easily sense Mia's mana, which was very similar to Lyn's.

Raff's gaze fell on the terrace of the second year B class. There, Mia was also looking at him from the middle of the crowd of classmates. Even Mace was there with an annoyed look on his face. Raff smiled immediately when he noticed that Mia was looking at him as well.

Mia's face looked surprised when she saw that Raff had noticed her presence. She quickly walked out of the crowd and into her classroom. Meanwhile, Raff just sighed deeply. The look on Lyn's face came back to him.

"What the hell is going on? Why does she look so much like you, Lyn?" muttered Raff.

Soon, all the first year Rank F students entered his classroom. Hayato started handing out twenty silver coins to all Rank F students except Raff. In total, he spent more than fifteen gold coins. Because in the Ruttera Kingdom, one gold coin was equal to one hundred silver coins.

All the students looked so happy because the money from Hayato was enough to eat for two days if they were frugal. Soon, Nia entered to give a lesson, today Nia explained about the basics of controlling mana in the body.

"Today's lesson is enough. You can deepen the lessons you get from the books in the library," Nia said, ending the lesson.

"Why don't we practice right away?" some students said after Nia left the class.

"Yes, although C, B and A students seem to practice in the field more often," said another F student.

"You shouldn't be surprised, this pattern is very easy to understand. The nobles must not want their descendants to compete with us, if all the students become A-rank adventurers, there will be no one left for them to insult," Hayato said while wiping his fringe.

"Mr. Hayato is really smart," some Rank F students praised.

"That makes sense, no wonder they only give us one hour of class," another Rank F student chimed in.

"So this is what it's like to be an overpowered main character who is always praised by his peers? It's really fun, no wonder so many overpower novels and manga are bestsellers, it's really fun to experience it first hand," Hayato thought.

"What kind of lessons are they talking about, don't they even understand the basics like before?" Raff muttered quietly as he looked at the blackboard. "No wonder there are so many weak adventurers in this era, even basic things like this need to be taught," Raff continued with a long sigh.

Suddenly, Raff's expression changed as he felt a strong surge of mana approaching the classroom. It seemed that most of the Rank F students had noticed it as well. The atmosphere in the Rank F class was suddenly silent, no one dared to speak, their eyes all turned to the entrance of the classroom.

"It seems that this is the only way to calm them down, chairman," a man could be heard saying outside the entrance.

A short time later, the door to the F-class opened. Three men and two women immediately entered the classroom. The man at the front was none other than Gill Ruttera Livsirg, the leader of the White Knight. The two men and two women behind him were members of the White Knight.

On the clothes of the five of them, there seemed to be a triangular emblem made of platinum, with the number four engraved on the emblem, indicating that they were fourth year students of Elexia Academy. The five of them immediately stood near the teacher's desk while looking at the F rank students.

"That guy, is he trying to show off with his mana overflow?" muttered Raff softly as he looked at Gill.

"What is Chief White Knight doing here?" whispered some of the F rank students.

"From his mana overflow alone, it's clear that he's very strong, he'll probably be my left hand one day," Hayato thought while looking at Gill.

Continued...