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(1st Person POV)

It has been a month since I have transmigrated to this world and.....

I am bored.

Like literally...

I don't have anything to do except follow the usual routine of going to school, studying, practising my gifts and then sleeping.

Just rinse and repeat.

My first ability has improved a lot. Now, I need less time to activate it and it can remain activated for a longer time.

I have also analyzed my second ability after watching professional fights and realised that the weakness is that if I am cornered in a tight position, then I will just have to do a straightforward fight which will be currently disadvantageous, considering my physique which is not very strong.

My consumption of stamina has not decreased but I feel less and less fatigued when I use my ability, indicating my overall stamina increase.

I have also been doing exercises to upgrade my stamina and saw some combat tips on the internet.

About my situation in the school, I have been having a very uninteresting time.

When I entered here, I thought that particular being would send me where an event worth meddling in would happen but it has been a very humdrum of a moment.

Currently, in school, my reputation ( can it be considered reputation?) has been somewhat of a person who only interacts with two people. I do most of the things in the school with them.

The students in my class are at the stage where they study for their entrance exams to enter top science high schools.

Respectfully, I have been a very average student in my academics in my previous life so it was expected I wouldn't do good in one of the premier institutions in the hyper-competitive country of Korea.

But people here are insane, they study for nearly the whole day. The normal high school life is pretty much absent here.

I also took some minor tests and owing to my mediocre mind as well as my lack of basics, I barely scraped a C+ grade. This set up some rumours in the school as well stating that I entered this school based on some connections but I couldn't give a shit less about them.

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After the first day, except for Stephen, no one even bothered to converse with me much.

I also realised that the reputation of Stephen Ahn was really good. People see him as a good person. He also wins many competitions and donates the money to help the students of his class eat in the cafeteria. We also get several pieces of equipment which can assist in the gym and sports. Overall, he is a very good bloke who is a class philanthropist.

Along with Stephen, another student hangs around with him. Surprisingly, it was the student whose stare was boring a hole in the book on my first day of school. His name is Gray Yeon. He is a very intelligent student and has also been first in the school for many semesters except for a couple of times when Stephen came first. They talk quite a bit with another student whose name is Bryce Oh.

From the few meetings I have had with Bryce, I don't like him very much. He has that classy sleazebag look who would betray his friend at the first sign of trouble.

He is also bossing around other students like Donny. Why are Stephen and Gray hanging out with him?

I don't know. They both seem like nice guys.

Recently, he is also been hanging around with Oswald Yang, a recognised bully.

Stephen and Gray were the only two people who had interacted with me. However, it was more like Stephen dragged Gray to talk with me. The usual case was me and Stephen chatting around while Gray listened and spoke a few words at our behest. I feel like we were kind of good friends.

One thing that I have realised is that bullying is a major problem in this school. Many students are just hitting other students in their faces and then passing it off as a joke between friends.

I tried to report it to my homeroom teacher and the coordinator however, all I got was fake reassurances that they would deal with the.

There is a group of bullies in our class too - the Gang of Oswald Yang and his cronies. They go for the weak-looking kids and bully them just right enough to not be reported by the other students.

Even I have been ignoring them since they didn't involve me and cautiousness in untreaded areas has always been fruitful.

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Today is such a good morning.

A bright day towards a bright future.

'Ugh, why is this quote written on the roof?? Huh? What were they thinking while making this house?'

I washed myself and got ready for school.

While moving towards the gateway, I spotted Stephen's back and decided to say good morning to him.

I called out to him and said in a bright tone," Hey Stephen! Good Morning!"

Stephen turned around and the first thing I noticed were the bruises on his face and a swelling near his left eye.

He replied in a fake tone as if pretending to be cheerful, " Oh, hey Felix! How are you doing today? Don't you reach school a bit later?".

I rushed towards him and asked hurriedly," Yeah, but how did you get so many bruises on your face? What happened to you? You were all fine just yesterday evening."

Stephen with a fearful look on his face said in an off-handed tone," Oh... Nothing. I just slipped on the stairs of my house."

"That's total bullshit. You can't fool me with your white lie. A stair does not hit you on your face in different positions. Do you have some kind of exotic stairs?? At least think something reasonable when you are lying."

Before I could get the reason behind his bruises out of him, Gray also appeared near us and asked Stephen with a worried look, "Stephen! What is this? Did someone hit you?"

Stephen had a helpless smile on his face and said, "Gray and Felix if anything happens. Then, just stay settled in your seat. I don't want you to get involved in this."

His obscure advice felt very confusing to me.

I could only infer that something was troubling Stephen.

Maybe it is related to his friend Bryce who I saw smoking with Oswald Yang yesterday.

I looked at Stephen's face and could see that he was trying to hide his painful expression with a smile. After a whole month of interacting with him, I could read his expressions easily.

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In the second period of our day,

I saw Stephen laying his head down on his desk. When I asked him, he said he had a headache due to not sleeping properly at night.

I left him in his own space and concentrated on my book.

Gray had to leave the class due to the homeroom teacher calling him for a chore.

Suddenly, Oswald Yang and his little group of cronies entered the class while laughing...

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(End of the Chapter)