As I wake up, I feel bile rising into the back of my throat.

Finding myself on my back, I turn to the side and vomit out blood.

Dorian:"Shit that hurt. Note to self, do not piss off slime people, melting and suffocating is the worst. Wait.... if I was in my mind, why would I need air? For that instance why would I gain the hold breath skill when my body was incorporeal?"

Renagoth:"Its because your body and subconscious mind told you that you need air in your mindscape."

Hearing the teachers voice, behind me I  turn and see him and Lilith standing there looking at me.

Dorian:"You son of a cockmonkey, that was the worst thing ive ever experienced."

Renagoth:"I told you you'd get mindfucked." He says as Lilith comes up to me.

Dorian:"Babe thank g-*slap*"

Lilith:"You killed me!"

Dorian:"Okay I deserved that. However there is the fact that you are alive and I made it painless. You think I didn't hesitate? Look up."

I say as I point at a giant screen showing highlights from the mindscape battle royale. Currently showing me dying by getting my head melted.

Fucking visceral.

Dorian:"Hey teach, can you rewind to where I took aim at Lilith and the others."

Renagoth:"Sure, let me go to the projection booth and I'll rewind."

As he walks away I turn to Lilith and kiss her with all my shame and regret projecting towards her.

We stand there making out until Thia, Dag, and Julian walk up to us while Antonio and Beatrice wait behind them.

We break the kiss and catch our breath till eventually Lilith says,

Lilith:"Did you just kiss me with a bloody vomit mouth?"

Dorian:"I could care less babe, I didn't actually kill you... I was so worried."

Dag:"Hey you two, the screen is coming up on to where we died."

With that we look up at the giant screen at the front of the colosseum to see a third reason view of my scoping in and looking towards the group.

The screen splits and we see both my first person and third person as we see me grimace, and look away from the scope, I see my eyes turn bloodshot, almost as if holding back tears, as I look back into the scope and proceed to kill my friends.

Dorian:"I told you, pulling that trigger was one of the hardest things I've ever done." I say and squeeze Lilith's hand.

Looking back towards the group, I see Dag and Julian both have sheepish looks on their faces, almost like they thought I was that coldhearted. Thia has an understanding look and nods towards me.

Looking past them I see Antonio and Beatrice.

Dorian:"Hey dude why weren't you here?"

Antonio:"I was getting a tutor for learning first year magic, you had a good point, how can I be a good tank against magic if I don't understand the spells being sent at me."

Dorian:"Glad to see you understand the importance of knowing what youre up against."i turn towards Beatrice."Nice fight Beatrice, if not very anticlimactic. Also, please never dissolve my head again, just suffocate."

Beatrice:"S- sorry Dorian, that lighting spear s- sorta brought out my feral side."

Dorian:"Well ya killed me, so you got my respect. Also why did you kiss me to suffocate me?"

With that Beatrice, slightly reforms and hides behind Antonio.

Dorian:"Okaaaayyy~" ignoring the large elephant in the colosseum.

Julian:"Dorian what was with your mindscape, it looked like a ruined civilization surrounded by a sea of blood, with a blood Sun?"

Dorian:"How the hell should I know, its not like ive ever consciously experienced it before. Maybe it's a sign of my mind having been broken and having an urge to spill a sea of blood. Maybe it's my worries of how my old world turned out due to my interdimensional transfer. Or maybe it's just a culmination of all my worries. Or it could just be because my mind thought it'd be cool and intimidating. Who the fuck knows."

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With that Julian stays silent and backs away as I feel my hand be squeezed by Lilith.

Thia:"Stop trying to give Dorian shit Julian, your just angry he killed you without a fight."

Julian:"You saw the replay, he deliberately shot me twice and chose to kill you faster than me. I felt the pain and vomited blood just like he did."

With him saying that, I look around and see pools of blood and bile all over the colosseum, even spotting a few people with stains on their clothes.

Dorian: "I didn't know where your head was dude, I needed someway to find out how to kill you In as fast a way as possible."

Dag:"Speaking of that, what were those weapons? Were they a type of magic?"

Dorian:"Hehe, no. Those were guns, in my world, we don't have magic, we have science. Because humanity needed better ways to kill each other, scientists found out how to make weapons what would take away the need of fully training an army, allowing even a child to be able to use a weapon should the need arise. Believe it or not, those guns would've been considered obsolete compared to present weapons. Think of them as magitech weapons that don't require mana to use, only knowing in how to conserve ammo. Though in the mindscape, the guns ammunition was made of mana."

Antonio:"Why does your home sound so much scarier than ours?"

Dorian:"Because in my world, our society is built upon the blood of the innocent and ruled by those looking to further their own agendas. Because in my world chivalry died and war was reduced to who has the bigger dick and what your willing to do with said dick. Why worry about seeing a man die and the light leave his eyes by blade, when you can watch it afar from a scope. When just for shoes or the twenty bucks in someones wallet, someone will be stabbed, beaten, or shot to death. Hell you could look at a guy in the hallway and he'd jump you just cause he thought you looked at him wrong. It was a world where justice was broken down to bureaucracy and who has the money to bail out those responsible. Where a murderer could blame the family of the victim for his actions. That was the world I lived in. While I may want to see my family again, I don't really want to live on that planet anymore. I just want to make sure my family is healthy and safe."

With that everyone goes silent and the bell rings.

Antonio:"Hey Dorian, I'm sure your family is alright, if they're anything like you, they'd be kicking the ass of any who try to hurt them."

Beatrice:"Yeah...."

Lilith:"Dorian, I'll always be here for you. If anything happens I always will.*chuckles* Thia will as well."

With that me and Lilith hug and we all part ways to head towards the next class.

As I walk towards the inside of the mountain towards the smithing halls, I take my mind off of the previous conversation by going through what I did wrong in the final fight with Beatrice.

First off I didn't confirm the kill, second I knew that I should have done a sustained attack, and finally I should have never let my guard down.

With that I finally arrive at the main forge hall and see other students gathering for Hephaestus's first year class.

Hephaestus:"Alright students, today we won't be smithing, I already told you that only those able to get at least three quarters of the way to my forge will be allowed to even touch a Smith's Hammer and tongs. Now get to working on your fire resistance." 

With that uplifting pep talk we all start trying to move towards the lava surrounded forge, which was a good 100 meters away from the main door to the room.

I start walking towards the forge for the 2nd time in two days andget back to my previous position of fifteen meters from the door and start feeling a suffocating pressure from the heat.

I sit down and start to meditate. During my meditation, I start absorbing the ambient fire ki and mana and infusing it into my blood stream. Eventually receiving a few notifications.

Your fire resistance and affinity have both gone up by 2 percent.

Due to infusing more mana and ki into your blood stream, your dexterity has increased by 8.

By infusing flame essence into your bloodstream, you have temporarily gained the Hot Blooded status. This will cause you to feel your emotions more strongly.

 Meditate has leveled up.

With that the bell rings and I get up, seeing myself to still be the only one this far while a few others have passed out from heat stroke and are being carried away.

They shouldn't push themselves so far before they grow used to their maximum.

With that I head towards the mess hall for the end of the day lunch.

As I hear towards the lunch line, I see Hanz waving at me in front of a door leading to the kitchen.

Hanz:"Hey Dorian. I heard about the battle royale, sucks ya got 2nd place but well done nonetheless." He says as he goes to give me a high five.

Dorian:"Thanks dude. So what's up?"

Hanz:"Lilith and Greta told me how you like seafood so I saved some of the muscles for you, I also got some limes for you to get fresh juice."

Dorian:"Dude you're fucking awesome. Thanks man."

Hanz:"Its nothing, anyway I'll be right back with your plate, do you want anything with the muscles?"

Dorian:"If there is any white rice and tilapia that'd be cool."

Hanz:"Sure coming right up." He says as he leaves back I to the kitchen and I wait there.

As I'm waiting there, I see Beatrice come up to me.

Beatrice:"H- hey Dorian."

Dorian:"Sup B. What's going on?"

Beatrice:"I j- j- just wanted to say I'm sorry about killing you how I didnevereamt to make you feel so much pain."

Dorian:"Hey it's alright. I admit, the melting was unnecessary, and very, very painful. It was the heat of the moment. What I'm wondering is, why did you even bother to reform your head, speak to me, and then kiss me. Why?"

Beatrice:"I- I - don't k- know.... heat of the moment?"

Dorian:"Hey did Lilith and Thia put you up to this, cuz I already said no when it came to this."

Beatrice:"OH BY THE GODS N- NO! I just wanted to apologize." She says as her face starts to deform.

Dorian:"OH shit sorry, I'm just paranoid. I didn't mean to imply that -"

I'm interrupted as Hanz comes back out with a plate for me and a second which I'm guessing is his.

As I look back towards Beatrice, I see her face is solid once more and see her nose eyes are almond shaped like Lilith's and her nose is button shaped while her lips are luscious.

Dafuq Dorian? No.

Dorian:"Thanks Hanz."

Hanz:"No problem Dorian." With that we head towards the table to eat as school ends and students start to leave and head out.

Food first, worry later.