The Start of Everything

'Why? Why are you doing this to me? Why did it happen to me? I-I didn't do anything.'

'What mistake did I do, to happen and experience all of this?'

'I-I just want to live and study in normal and peaceful life.'

'Am I worthless?'

'I-I just want to make my mother proud.'

'I just... I just..., I just..., want to see her face one last time.'

'Why do you cast me aside?'

'Just because I have a what you called a slave Class? A Commoner Class? A lowest among the lowest of Class?'

'Is it true that before you were born, your fate is set in stone?'

'That world... This world... is unfair...'

'Why are they always favoring the strong.'

'Why?'

'Why?'

'Why...'

'WHY?!'

'WHY DID YOU BETRAY ME?!'

'I TRUSTED YOU!'

'WHY?!'

'I don't want to die!'

'I don't...'

'I...'

'I...'

'I SWEAR IN ALL GODS AND SAINTS THAT EVEN IF I DIED HERE, I WOULD SURELY FUCKING KILL ANYONE WHO DID THIS TO ME!'

'I WILL KILL THEM!'

'I WILL KILL THAT FUCKING BITCH!'

'I WILL KILL THAT FUCKING BASTARD!'

'I WILL FUCKING KILL THAT EMPEROR!'

'I WILL FUCKING KILL THEM!'

'ALSO, THIS GODDAMN SKELETON!'

'JUST LIKE THE OTHERS!'

'I WILL START WITH THIS FUCKING SKELETON!"

'I will...'

'I will...'

'I'm sorry, mother.'

[Conditions met...

[Skill opened!]

[Please choose a target]

'What...'

'Target... That fucking skeleton!'

[Target selected!]

[Skill... Absorption activated!

[Absorption completed!]

[You have leveled up!]

[You have leveled up!]

[You have leveled up!]

[You have level...]

[You have level...]

[You...]

[You have learned a new skill!]

[You have learned a new skill!]

[You have learned a new skill!]

[You have learned...]

[You have learned...]

[You...]

[Passive Skill cooldown time: 6 days 23 hours 58 minutes]

***

Earlier.

"Oi bastard, where's the food, huh?!"

"Kekeke, are you disobeying us now? Huh?!"

"This fucking bastard!"

"HAHAHAHA~ Hit him! Hit him!"

*Bogsh Thud*

"Arrgh."

*Cough Cough*

"Please s-stop. Please. I-I..."

"Stop you say? Then why didn't you bring any food huh?! This fucker!"

*Bogsh Bogsh*

*Cough Cough*

"P-please no more. I-I don't have e-enough money."

"Beg more you pig! HAHAHAHA~"

"Kekeke, it's not our problem anymore. Before the break time ends, you must have brought food here with us. If not... You know it will happen to you! Go!"

"Kuhahahaha."

Reh Levi, eighteen years old, is a high school student, in his entire high school life, Reh was subjected to and experienced all kinds of bullying.

"Dimwit."

"Dog."

"Runner."

"Poor and stinking asshole."

"Bastard."

These are the insults Reh always hears and receive every time he goes into the Institute. Did he complain and tell his teachers about the bullying he experiencing? Yes. He tells them ever since the bullying started.

What did the teachers do? Nothing. They do nothing. Every time Reh talks about the bullying he is experiencing, it is as if what he is saying to the teacher goes in and out of the other ear.

Well, except for one teacher but she was immediately retreated and fall back when she saw that the higher-ups are turning blind to the case of Reh.

Why did the bullying start?

It all started when Reh applied for a scholarship to the most prestigious school in the entire world, the Ravenwood Institute. And due to his hard work and his mother's support, Reh was admitted with a full scholarship in the whole high school and college as well.

And being the most prestigious Institute, it is also where the children of the wealthy, powerful, and influential people of each country study.

Reh, an ordinary citizen with no background--common of birth, got admitted without any help of pulling the strings behind the scene and got the attention of some students who believe that there should be no ordinary citizen with no background studying in Ravenwood.

That's when the bullying all started. At first, it was bearable, but every day, the bullying escalated even more, which in one case, resulted in Reh's hospitalization.

That's one of the reasons why the teachers and higher-ups in Ravenwood turned a blind eye to Reh's case. The bullies are from powerful and influential families. They don't want to involve in Reh's case.

But...

Not everyone treated Reh in the same way.

At the moment, Reh was standing in front of the vending machine, looking at the snacks in there. Does he have money to get one? None. Those snacks are very costly for Reh, who is just an ordinary citizen, and if Reh were to buy them, it would cost him his allowance for the entire two or three weeks.

So, all he could do was stand and stare at the vending machine.

"Excuse me, are you going to use it?" The voice of the young man was heard. Reh looked at the young man only to see a handsome blonde man.

"Huh? Reh? What are you doing--wait, did Alex and his group bully you once again?!" The blonde man shouted in shock, looking at the bruise on his lips.

"Ah... No. I-I fall on the stairs. E-earlier..." Reh stuttered.

"Che. Don't you dare to lie again! Those stupid idiots!" The young blonde clenched his fist.

This blonde man is the president of the student council in Ravenwood. He's--.

"Dion!."

"Ah! Plume! You are here already? Did the meeting of each club representative goes well?"

"Yeah, who are you talking to?"

"Ah, I'm talking to Reh! Alex and his group bullied him again!"

Reh only dropped his head when the woman named Plume looked at him. Plume is a beautiful brown-haired young woman, one of the top beauties within Ravenwood.

Reh couldn't look Plume in her eyes ever since Reh started his schooling on Ravenwood. She was kind, caring, sociable, helpful, and most importantly, she was the first woman who genuinely smiled at Reh.

Yes, Reh has had feelings for Plume ever since Plume smiled at him but he keeps and hide those feelings deep in his heart because he knows that the two of them are like the earth and the sky.

Reh was the earth and no matter what he do, he would never reach Plume which is the sky.

Not only that, Plume was the youngest daughter of one of the wealthiest businessmen on Earth.

The man who Reh thinks was the most suitable for Plume is...

"Ow shoot! I forgot that I had some papers to pass on to the Director!" Dion exclaimed while looking at his brand new Rolex wristwatch.

It's Dion.

Dion was an eldest son of the most influential political man not only in US but also all over the world, and Dion's father was currently running for Presidency in US.

Dion was kind, smart, athletic, handsome, and he was from the well-known family. If Reh would describe it, Dion was the personification of the Hero MCs he always read in manga and novels.

Not only that, Dion and Plume were both from the Student Council.

Dion is the president while Plume was the vice president.

So, if there was a man who was the most suitable for the goddess Plume, Dion was the number one candidate.

"Is that so? Let's go and do it, it's only twenty minutes left before the break ends."

Plume said and she was about to walk away but she stopped and looked back at Reh. Then she pulled her wallet out and took a bill out of it and give it to Reh.

"Here... Take it. I know that bastard Alex messes with your lunch, use this to buy something to eat."

Reh becomes shocked at what transpired. His goddess, whom he admired the most give him something from her possession. Reh doesn't care if it is money, it is still from Plume!

Reh looked at Dion, to see if there was a negative reaction but Dion only smiled and nodding his head.

With trembling hands, Reh took the money from Plume's hands and he immediately started to bow his head and repeatedly says "thank you."

"Nah, don't mind it, Reh! Plume is very kind! And I promise you, I will deal with Alex and his lackeys, okay?" Dion said while tapping Reh's shoulder. "Then, we go first, okay?"

Dion started to walk away. He was followed by Plume but Plume stopped, and she looked back at Reh and wave her hands.

After that, she started to walk again. Leaving Reh behind, still staring at the path the two took.

Reh looked at the money he got from Plume, this was the first time a girl, aside from his mother, gave him something, and while looking at it, he still remembers the warm smile Plume showed.

Reh then smiled happily and decided to keep the money. He doesn't care what Alex and his group do to him as he doesn't want to spend the money which his goddess gave to him. His goddess. Or he thought...

The entire afternoon passed by but it was like hell for Reh as he had to endure the bullying and the "punishment" Alex and his group give to him because he brought no food to them.

Reh only got an escape from the bully when the bell rang, signaling the end of the day's class sessions.

***

"You're a bit different today. Did something good happen in your school?" Rinna, Reh's mother, asked him.

"Yes, mother! Hahahaha." Reh answered while stuffing the food his mother made in his mouth.

"Is that so? That's good to hear." Rinna warmly smiled when she heard what Reh said and saw the happy face of her son displaying.

"Mother, the food you make is the best in the world! When I graduated and found a good and high-paying job, I would buy a huge house with a beautiful kitchen and purchase a lot of utensils so that you can cook a lot of delicious foods!" Reh said with a determined face.

Did Rinna know the bullying that Reh's experiencing? She knows something is wrong cause Reh is always going home with a bruise and dirtied tattered clothes and hospitalized once, but every time she talks about it and insists on changing the schools, Reh always doesn't want to talk about it.

Rinna was worried about Reh, but her son always reassured her that everything was alright and he was happy schooling in Ravenwood.

"Is that so? Mother would wait for that to happen. I don't care how many years it takes, but I will wait, my son." Rinna said and smiled warmly.

"Yes, mother!"

***

It is 8:00 AM, and the class where Reh was in was interrupted by the student council members who would make an announcement. All the eight members were completed.

Reh immediately looked at Plume, who had a beautiful smile on her face.

"Class, be quiet and listen to our student council, okay?" Their homeroom teacher Luna said.

"Were here today to announce to you all the upcoming activities in our Institute. Firstly, the yearly intramurals we..."

Reh shifted his attention from the front where the student council members were to the floor in the center of their classroom. Reh was sitting in the far back, so he saw the small light that emerged on the floor.

Then suddenly, that small light becomes bigger and larger enough to cover the entire classroom.

"Kyaaaaahhh!"

"W-what is this?!"

"What the heck?!"

"Class! Stay calm, and don't panic! Immediately--."

"Waaaaahhh!"

"Ahhh, teacher!"

"Nooooo!"

"President!!"

After the small light became larger, a star symbol appeared on the floor in the color of golden yellow, and soon it released a blinding white light enough to blind everyone.

And as sitting in the back, Reh clearly saw everything, and he was sure that the star symbol that emerged was like in anime, novels, and manga he read and watched.

Soon, everyone was swallowed by the white light...

***

A few minutes had gone past and when everyone felt that nothing was happened or changed, one by one, they opened their eyes and were stunned at the sight they saw!

They were in a long and huge hall, and there were a lot of soldiers dressed in silver armor and equipped with swords surrounding them.

Soon, they heard and saw an old man wearing a white cassock kneeling on the ground, facing them, and having teary eyes.

"O' heroes from another world! Please help and save our world!"

***