1 The New Starts

Life became dull since the Demon Lord dispersed in this world. A protagonist without a necessary enemy is quite boring. I mean, deadly boring.

But what could I do? The Demon Lord was too tyrannical in his kingship to the world and domination. That one deserved what happened to him.

However, remembering that I walked in the path of power for me to live smoothly. Now that the Demon Lord got conquered by me, didn't it also meant that I could then live like what I want to?

Haha!

Yeah! I guess.

Sometimes I just need to look at different sides to see the good of bad things.

Clap...

I clasped my palm and formed a fist then punched the air.

The other students right beside me looked at me like looking at an idiot. Well, I can't blame them. Why should someone without any reason -other than being mad- would punch the air in the middle of the campus without any reason.

By the way, did I say campus? Ahem. Now that I already "accidentally" spilled the beans, I'll explain things half-heartedly.

I have a friend named John who also came here to the academy to learns magic. So, as I am a supporting friend, I also enlisted myself here to study. Yes! Although I don't need to learn anything, and impossible for me to learn anything new, I still enrolled nonetheless.

I have the power of devouring and that was what I used to overpowered the Demon Lord and gained the power that could defy the world.

Haha!

I feel ashamed talking about these things for some reason!

Forget it, the one who saved the world is named Shadow Arc, and I'm just a normal student here in the Voidstar academy. A normal student.

After walking for a while, I spotted a chair in the corner near the fountain that could be found in the middle of the campus. I sat in the chair, De Quatro, and waited for the idiot to come.

The breeze with the touch of the sunlight and the coldness of the fountain making me feel the warmth of being alive and the peacefulness that I had created by killing the world plague.

Ho Ho! I expect no more than this easy life here inside the campus.

I closed my eyes while sensing everything around me.

"Ashford! You really love acting as old as your name! Haha! "

Amidst my calmness, I heard a sarcastic shouter not far from me.

We aren't the only person presents and the shout with sarcasm piqued the attention of some of the bystanders. But after looking at us for a few seconds, they once again turned their attention back to their own business.

This idiot John really likes acting like this.

Acting silly and bullshiting me.

What the dang with that sarcastic claim?

I think he's too happy that he claimed such bulgar words in broad daylight without care.

As I opened my eyes, I saw him smiling from ear to ear. I can see his eyes shining like stars and his smile like evil. I guess I was right, he got some good news.

I didn't stand up to welcome him, I merely looked at him for a few seconds and without saying anything, I closed my eyes again and acted asleep.

Boom*

But then, water splashed in my head.

Did he just fired a water ball in my head?!

Water Ball is the weakest water element skill that a caster could cast. It's only for training and not for fighting, so it's understanding that it only makes me drench in water but not her hurt.

And also, even if he wanted to teach me a lesson, he doesn't own the power and ability to hurt me. Not even a hair of mine could be touch if I wish.

"Playing like that! What are you, 12? " I said as I opened my eyes and looked at him with my fierce eyes.

I manipulated my fire element -Fire, my weakest element, and solely element I'm showing to them- and dried my body and clothes.

The water in my body turned into the steam of smoke and evaporated into thin air.

After that, I once again closed my eyes as if nothing has happened.

"Your element is quite as interesting as always! Other than that, your grasp of manipulation is also your good! "

John said as he sat beside me.

"Hey! Do you really love acting like that? I'm talking to you yet you aren't even interested? ~Hays~ Speaking of which, you really don't want to become part of the committee? With that ability of yours, I can say you really are more suitable in the slot than me! "

What's the use of turning your month into a machine gun? You really know what fart is.

Is it weird for me to think of his mouth exploding like a bomb?

He's acting as if he's my mother...

"Do you know that you could gain power and earn reputation by fulfilling the remaining slot offering by the committee? That's easier than staying like a normal first-grade student? I think you should~ "

He's about to ask the question I already heard from him for about hundreds or even thousands of times since a week ago when I took down an offer from the higher-ups.

I think he's feeling miserable inside or even guilty, maybe he's thinking that I didn't accept the offer for him to get the slot. He's too persistent.

A year ago -a week before the entrance exam- John says he wants to become one of the committees.

Well, he really is one of the reasons but just a little. If place into a pie, he's just a .02% of the pie.

The real reason is, I don't like power or authority. If I wish to have my own domain, I could even create my own, which is the mere committee in front of me.

Haha! What am I? A joke? I'll rather play candy crush than play this joke of a school.

I raised my palm and stopped him from talking, "I know that you like to see your idol earning authority and reputation, then helps you earn too. But, don't you think it's too much? "

"I gue~ " He's about to agree but then he sees my evil smile, I think, and think through my words, he stopped midway and said angrily, "Whom idolizing whom? Who needs help from whom to earn a reputation? Huh?! "

So he gave me a middle finger and hopped down from the seat.

He pointed his finger at me and invited, "If you really are great, why not fight me inside the arena?! "

I angered him this time. Haha! If I remembered it correctly, he also challenged me the first time met and I angered him. That's also when I beat him into a pulp and when our bonds starter to deepen.

Thinking that day, It really is part of good days.

With my ability, how could someone ask me a challenge? That was what I am thinking at that time when I beat him.

Having immersed in that memory-the first time we fought- I stretched my hand and said, "Deal! "

He also didn't snap my hand back but took a shake hand as he smiled.

"Deal! "

Haha! I laughed

"Just don't cry if you lose! "

Exclaimed, I didn't wait for him to respond as I walked out towards the hall where the arena is.

As I thought, not long after, I could hear him shouting in frustration after digesting what I just say to him.

This is how boys having a bond or getting the bond deepens, into a fight.