My body refused to move. She is right in front of me.

"Arstria?"

I don't even think about acting anymore. The words come out, my mind couldn't accept it.

After so long, she should be gone. But here she is, breathing right in front of me.

They say that it is highly probable that someone else from the world looks exactly like you.

A doppelganger... That must be it, she must be just someone who resembles her.

"Hm?" - Her head turns to me - "Oh, you must be a fan, nice to meet you!"

She offers a handshake, as if she never knew me in the first place.

I grab her arm, as desperation filled me.

"I'm not a fan! You don't remember me?""

"Stop! You're hurting me..."

Before I knew it, I was pressing her hand.

She slapped my hand away.

I could see the red mark my hand made in her arm.

I hurt her again.

"If you're not a fan... Then this must be a announcement of war.

I will remember this."

If by a miracle she came back to life and lost her memories.

Her first impression of me couldn't be worse.

"Classes are nearly over, as Elewp couldn't be later.

I ask someone from the class to go over the already studied subjects this past month.

Any candidate?" - Said the teacher

As I look around the class, everyone looks away.

I can easily understand why.

Arstria is the most popular from this class.

Hurting her means that everyone already dislikes me.

There goes my plan for a good student life.

It will be costly to regain even a neutral position.

If only there was someone who opposed Arstria already.

I see a few girls looking at a black-haired boy.

But he seems so focused on his studies that I wouldn't be surprised he doesn't even know what is happening.

"No one? Then I will take the liberty to chosing.

Arstria, you tutor her."

Wh-What? What is the teacher thinking?

I don't want to get on her bad side even more.

"Teacher, I ask you to choose someone else.

The exams are next week, I can't lose that much time on someone this-"

"You're already the best student from the class.

Take this as an personal challenge. If you don't challenge yourself, there wouldn't be any evolution.

Don't you think so?"

Arstria clearly don't want anything to do with me...

She looks around, taking everyone's faces as logically as possible.

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This school really is something else.

If anyone offered to tutor me, they would be going against Arstria, and no one wants that.

But now everything is different. Even if I'm seen as a bother, the conflict is between Arstria and the teacher.

They want to decrease Arstria's grades as much as possible, and this is a sure way of doing so.

This is not a classroom of children, only the ones more socially able can thrive here.

Then her answer is obvious.

"Fine. I might as well teach her some manners."

But there is one thing that her competition is unaware of.

I won't bring her down. I will help her reign.

"Then, classes are over."

The teacher silently leaves the classroom.

As quietness fills it.

The first to get up is the boy with black hair, and the rest of the class follow his lead.

Leaving in the classroom only me and her.

"You!"

"Hi!"

"There is something that must be made clear.

Who sent you? You're not from a known family.

That must mean you serve one of my family's rivals.

Teacher Vian must only view this tutoring thing if you get above the minimum grade in the upcoming exams...

And that is impossible if you actually want to bring me down."

"I don't want that! I just... There was someone who looked a lot like you with the same name that I was close friends with..."

"I am unique in this world. That don't make any sense whatsoever.

You don't seem to be lying, but I'm not good at detecting lies either.

There is no neutrality in politics. You're either a supporter or a enemy.

Which one is you?"

"A supporter!"

"Then. Let's make this clear.

I will tutor you and everything.

If you don't get good enough grades-

That is the end of you."

"Take that as you will."

She gets up and prepares to leave.

"Can we start today?"

"Hm... I actually have something to do right now.

But I guess I can teach you a little bit of revenge.

Come with me then."

I follow her to outside the classroom.

Another girl was awaiting there, this one had her hair wrapped in a bun.

A blonde with glasses. Wait, I knew her.

Saphria?

I almost said it outloud, but I don't want to repeat the same mistake as earlier.

"Were you able to follow him this time?"

"He didn't disappear in the library today.

Rather, he is idle in the forest."

"Hm. Brief the savage on what happened."

Arstria leans against the wall with her arms crossed as she waits her servant to explain to me.

Considering that she is likely the same Arstria that I knew, then I know quite a lot of her story.

The only-born of the Groe Family, the same family who owns this city.

From their many supporting famiilies, one is special. They always send their children to become servants of the Groe.

Saphria has the same age as her, a servant that was assigned to her at birth, she always follows Arstria around.

And different from Arstria, who actually liked me. Saphria, well...

"You."

She surely remembers me, or maybe she already hates me this much from hurting Arstria?

"Arstria went personally to forge an alliance with a boy from class.

He didn't want to blessed by her presence, and rejected her.

As that wasn't enough, he uttered vile words that made her form tears.

Arstria plans on getting revenge on him."

"He has the habit of vanishing, first in the library, then on the outside.

This means that the only time that we can actually find him is when he is walking around the school.

But due to the myriad of cameras, we can't do anything to him during this time.

I tried to lure him to a place outside, but he didn't come."

"And this is where you enter. You're going to get his trust, and bring him to a deserted place.

Are you able to do it?"

"Yes."