-Let go of my hand.

He could hear a girl's voice sounding familiar.

-What, you're not enjoying our company?

But she was surrounded by someone of an unsavory nature, so he approached.

-You don't seem to have understood very well!

It was indeed one of his classmates, Zi Yun Esiah, and she was being harassed, so why was she here in the first place? He remembered that she often came by car and even if she felt like walking, she wouldn't pass by here.

-Leave her alone and go away, Theos was as calm as if he were used to this kind of situation.

-Yo, beat it, man. You looking for trouble?

Theos found it unpleasant to have five people on top of a girl with such disjointed language, not to mention the person who was just watching.

It's not like we're going to settle this with words; Theos thought, if we were he'd be happy.

This kind of phenomenon always ignores what they're told, after all, aggression has become a habit for them, and since they're in a group their arrogance and audacity is multiplied tenfold, they can't listen to reason at this rate.

The most muscular guy in the group was a little overconfident, but Theos remained calm.

He'd determined that the strongest of the bunch was elsewhere, that boy sitting on the air-conditioning watching them without uttering a word, his build probably having practiced a few combat sports besides, he was cautious while the others got excited.

Theos stared straight at him.

He reacted, not sure if he was really watching Theos because of the hair obstructing his vision, but Theos knew their eyes had met.

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-I won't say it again, let her go;

They began to circle Theos.

-Or else what?

This guy...he thinks muscle rhymes with strength.

I'm going to hit him.

But in this kind of case, it's better to crush the strongest one and the others will naturally disperse, if I had to go after the most muscular one I'd certainly be in a bad way because of his stamina so the best choice is to jump violently on the strongest one thus surprising them. ¨

But that was just a rough estimate; he was sure he could take them all at once.

Finally, the one he'd determined to be the leader of the gang ordered them to stop, either he had instinct or he had better things to do after what these guys were doing didn't interest him from a certain point of view.

-Stop, we're leaving.

-You're chickening out, seriously!

One thing's for sure, he's stronger than you, Theos thought.

Will he ever shut up? I'm beginning to lose patience, but I'd better calm down too, after all, they're about to leave.

-Are you deaf? I said we're going home.

They withdrew as the muscular guy gave one of those looks.

Who does he think he is? And we were still so late, Theos knew he had nothing to gain by starting a fight.

-Are you coming?

She nodded and with a good stride they set off again.

This kind of situation happens a lot, which is why the world exasperates me. I often envy the heroes of isekai, their arrival always brings about a great change in people's mentality and they are free to use their inordinate abilities.

They can break the rules to achieve their goals.

This world is so beautiful, but it needs correction.

Whether in a fantasy world or in our own, humans will never be in perfect agreement. Why can't we? Because we evolve our choices, our preferences, our bodies; it's human nature. But it's not just any high-school student or man who could lead this kind of reform.

The world can't be saved, or rather, people can't be totally saved.

It's as simple as that.

A bit like the theory of the rotten tomato in a can of healthy tomatoes.

Except that in this case, there are several of them and you can't identify them all or even remove them, so it tends to maintain a kind of balance.

The problem is that the can containing them can't hold them indefinitely.

-Are you all right?

It was Esiah's turn to ask Theos what was wrong.

The latter was a little too lost in my thoughts. But that doesn't mean everyone's evil, he knew, it's just that people are purely contradictory.

But for Theos, good and evil are an integral part of human nature, or rather the very nature of existence.

It's incomplete.

Esiah is rather observant, Theos thought, smiling at the girl.

She had noticed that the expression on his face had changed, it rarely happened that someone could read my expression so easily or maybe she just asked for form's sake.

-Don't worry, everything's fine. Let's hurry, we're late!

He reassured her and they set off again.

She smiled a little, which made Theos think that Zi Yun Esiah was beautiful.

Her long, sleek black hair, her little jet-black eyes and her height.

She had it all!!!

No wonder she'd get into trouble passing through this kind of milieu, from what I can see I think she likes me.

I'm not going to put this off for convenience, today I'm going to tell her.