4 4. First Friend

"Hyaaah!!"

Traaakk! Traaakk!!

It's been almost a month since Riyan and the others arrived in this other world and he continued to practice. Although it can't affect the status, Riyan continues to practice swords with Faleon to increase his basic abilities.

Faleon invited him to practice so that his basic abilities in his sword could be fulfilling. Indeed, not adding to his status, Riyan practiced swords with Faleon so that he could defend himself from the dangers around him. It would be fatal if he was hit by just a little attack because the parameters of his life were only 16 points, it's horrible.

Traaakk!!

The powerful swing from Faleon struck the wooden sword that Riyan used. Seeing that, he was a little surprised. The wooden sword was thrown a few meters back so it wasn't easy to pick it up quickly. He needed to distract Faleon first so he would not get an attack from behind as he tried to take his wooden sword.

"Hah ... hah ... it's unbelievable, Riyan. In just two weeks you can keep me up till this point."

"Th-thank you ...."

With their irregular breaths, the two look at each other's eyes. Faleon knows that Riyan was very quick to learn something, but he did not expect Riyan to easily learn his physical movements in just two weeks.

With the [Comprehension] skill, Riyan can also learn various things that he sees with his own eyes. The proof is that he is able to keep up with Faleon's swordplay, even though he only trained for around two weeks.

"I think today's training is enough ...."

"Yeah, I also think of that ...."

Sraak ...

After Faleon stated that, the both of them collapsed sitting on the grass cause they were very tired. They have been practicing for about 1 hour since it started, it's natural for them to be exhausted like this. For Riyan who is not used to body movements, he is far more tired than Faleon who has practiced swords for more than 7 years.

"There's no one saw us, right?"

"Calm down, they're also practicing on the front yard."

"Great ...."

While sighing in relief, Riyan lay down on the lawn. They practiced in the palace backyard because of Riyan's own wishes. He did not want his practice to be known by his friends because it would certainly make things worse with the students.

Sometimes, they also practice in the forest and hunt for weak monsters so that Riyan's level rises slightly. The other students have been around level 16 and 20, while Riyan is still at level 6. That's because Riyan can't defeated a monster alone and no one wants to accompany him hunting, except Faleon.

Riyan's unusually weak status makes him almost impossible to defeat even the weakest creatures in the world. The weakest creature in the world has around 20 life points and around 4 points of physical strength. If Riyan gets hit by the creature four times, then he'll finished.

Faleon helped him level up by reducing the lives of the monsters and accepting all attacks while protecting him, then Riyan will go with the final attack so that his level increases. There are no experience parameters like a game world, but there are only numbers that indicate levels. All that can't be predicted.

"Riyan, are you okay with this?"

"Hmm? What one?"

"You know, you are always shunned by your friends except 5 people who do care about you. I'm worried if your mentality will be affected."

"I said it before, I didn't have any problem with that."

While answering in a slightly angry tone, Riyan glared at Faleon's eyes. Because hearing Riyan's annoyed answer, Faleon immediately resigned from the previous question. He is afraid that Riyan will be more lonely when he was not by Riyan's side.

Riyan looked at the blue sky, a wavy white cloud lane free above him. Not that Riyan doesn't feel anything, he only presses all of his emotions so it didn't come out. Actually, Riyan was quiet angry and resentful of the misunderstanding that made a big distance between him and his friends.

'Hah ... if I wasn't told to collect student questionnaires at that time, I definitely wouldn't get treated this worst.'

Indeed, Riyan was used to this kind of treatment from his friends, but he could still feel his own emotions which he always hid deep in his heart. Riyan is an ordinary human who can feel anger and other negative feelings, there's no way he can't feel like that.

After that, Faleon got up and walked towards the front yard.

"I will check their practice in front. Rest well, Riyan."

"Thank you for your guidance today."

While stepping away from Riyan, Faleon waved his right hand at him without looking back.

Moments later, Riyan also rose from his break.

"Then, I will rest in my room."

He walked into the building for the students who were called to be heroes who were separated from the palace and were about to go to his room. In his room he could rest freely compared to this yard because there might be other students who accidentally saw him then gave insults that cut his heart even more.

***

At dinner, Riyan intentionally brought his food and sat on the side of the palace courtyard with green grass as beds. The reason why he ate outside was because he wanted to see the usual night sky. The black sky sparkled with the glint of stars here and there fulfilling Riyan's scenery.

He put his empty plate beside his head. While lying relaxed, he stared at the night sky. For him, seeing a star-filled sky like this soothes the soul. The whole load seems to be lost without a trace, including all the emotions that he felt today.

The night breeze blow his body slowly, but it didn't make him cold. He enjoyed the night's wind and the current situation. He didn't get this quiet time all the time, so he wanted to enjoy this atmosphere as long as possible.

Splaasshh!

And at that very moment, water with a volume of about a full bucket flushed over Riyan's body which was lying relaxed. Because that much water suddenly came on his body, Riyan immediately got up and found out what really happened.

"Ha ha ha ha! Look at that face!"

"Wow, it's a rare that you can see that expression, ha ha ha!"

"Ha ha ha! It turns out he is also a human, I think he is the incarnation of a demon because of his flat expression and eyes, ha ha ha!"

""Ha ha ha!!""

When he looked back, a group of about eight male students laughed openly at him. They are a few of the oppressive students and ridiculed Riyan a long time ago. One of them mobilized water magic that had been learned to flush Riyan.

Riyan can only see them with the sharp gazes and anger that he endures. When realized Riyan's gaze, they immediately stare at him again, this time with a look of thugs.

"What are you looking at, loser!?"

"Wanna fight, huh!?"

They walked slowly toward Riyan who was standing ready to accept what he sowed. It was not he who was wrong, but his mistake is lay in the sharp gaze he unconsciously pointed at them.

"Stop!"

When they were around three meters away from Riyan, a familiar voice stopped their steps in an instant. They turned to the source of the voice and were surprised to see who it was. The one who stopped them was Tifania, a girl who worshiped almost all male students in their class.

She stood behind them with an annoyed expression and the two hands placed on her waist. She stared intently at the eight people who wanted to beat Riyan. Because of Tifania's appearance, they decided to leave Riyan.

After the situation was secure, Tifania walked over to Riyan.

"Riyan, are you okay? There are any injured?"

"No, I'm fine. You don't need to worry about me, Tifania."

Hearing Riyan not get hurt, Tifania let out a heavy sigh of relief. Only the clothes and pants worn by Riyan were wet, besides there were no signs that he had been beaten or something.

"Come on in Riyan, it's cold out here. I'm fine, but you can got a fever because of your wet clothes."

When Tifania finishes her sentence, Riyan looks at his own body. For some reason, he himself did not realize that his own clothes were wet. He just put on a wry smile because of that. He took his used food plate and walked together towards the building.

The hallway and dining room were quiet because almost all the students were in their respective rooms and there were some who were still hanging around outside, whatever it was. Tifania walked straight to her room, while Riyan stepped into the kitchen to put down the plate.

In the kitchen, he saw a dark brown-haired girl in the middle of the age of 18 with a white apron washing several piles of dishes alone. The girl looks tired, but she still does her job properly.

"Excuse me, I have come to clear my dinnerware."

"Kyaa!!"

Hearing Riyan's voice suddenly appear from behind without being noticed, she suddenly shouted in surprise. Because of the weak existence of Riyan, he becomes difficult for others to realize.

"Ah, you ... i could had any heart attack, you know?"

"Sorry."

Riyan lowered her head a little for a while. The girl resumed her work which had stopped because of being surprised by Riyan from behind without any signs at all.

"Just put it there. You can rest."

Hearing that instead of obeying the girl's words, Riyan instead approached the girl, then took a few dirty dishes piled up and stood right next to the girl. He put the stack of dirty dishes in the laundry and started washing.

Seeing what Riyan did, the girl was shocked and began to wonder.

"E-eh? What are you doing?"

"I help you do the dishes."

Hearing Riyan's answer, the girl was even more surprised. A hero called from another world to help the work of a waiter? That is very unlikely.

As soon as possible, the girl pushed Riyan slightly with the intention of telling Riyan to leave the kitchen, but he didn't move at all. Riyan still does what he does and ignores the girl.

Although repeatedly pushed, Riyan did not budge. Finally the girl relented and let Riyan help her work. After about 20 minutes the dirty dishes have been washed clean. With Riyan's help, the girl's job is two times faster than usual.

When all the dirty dishes were washed, Riyan immediately walked out to go to his room, but his steps stopped immediately as the girl called from behind.

"U-uhmm ...."

Riyan looks back and looks at her with a sharp gaze as usual. The girl was a little scared by Riyan's eyes, but she didn't show what she felt right now. With a little shyness, she raised her voice softly.

"Th-thank you ...."

Hearing someone's 'thank you' saying, Riyan is quite happy. It's very rare for him to get that sentence, maybe even just about five times a year in his origonal world. But he still showed his flat expression as usual. Riyan is not good at expressing because of the emptiness that has held his heart for years.

Riyan continued his steps which had stopped before, like ignoring the girl. But his legs stopped again because of the girl.

"Uhm ... if you may know, what's your name?"

Riyan was silent, but he immediately answered with quip questions, not the expected answer.

"Isn't it better to introduce yourself first before asking someone else's name?"

Hearing the sentence come out of his lips, the girl stuttered a little. She completely forgot about the manners because she's to curious. Of course, there is no hero who intends to help a waiter, it's very interesting curiosity.

The girl immediately lowered her head and body to 90 degrees while apologizing many times.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

Seeing this, Riyan was little confused. Why should you bend down like that and apologize that much? Well, this is something that he doesn't really understand. Basically, students who are called from other worlds to this world have the power of nobility, Alestein who directly authorized them from the first day they summoned to this world.

"You don't need to apologize like that. Stand up as usual and introduce yourself well, that's all. "

"Ye-yes sir!"

Hearing Riyan's voice asking her to stand up as usual, the girl straightened her body back to normal. She did not know why Riyan told him so, but she was relieved that she was not punished. Usually servants who are insolent to nobles will be punished because that's the same as humiliation.

"My name is Remia Selvyan ...."

With a little fear floating around her body, she introduced herself to Riyan. Naturally, it was because there were very few nobles who had ever asked the name of a servant, unless the nobleman wanted to take the servant as their 'toy'.

"I'm Riyan Klaint."

"Riyan ... Klaint ...."

Seeing Riyan smiling at her, Remia's face turned slightly red. She had never seen, heard, or seen nobles like Riyan. Indeed Riyan is not a true nobleman, but he and the other heroes are considered as nobles by the kingdom of Alivonia.

"You don't need to be reluctant like that to me. I'm not like my other friends, I'm just an ordinary citizen."

Hearing the sentence that came out from Riyan, Remia was very surprised. Well, that's for sure. Because it was a request from a nobleman she wanted to obey it, but it was also an act of disrespect.

"A-alright, Sir Riyan."

"There is no need to use 'sir'."

"U-understood!"

Because Riyan slightly pressed his voice, Remia looked scared and answered it reflexively.

After that, Riyan walked out of the kitchen to his room which had stopped earlier. Remia who saw the back of the sharp-eyed man that could only admire him from a far distance. She never met a noble like Riyan, maybe just with her admirations to Riyan was not enough to describe what she felt.

"Riyan Klaint, he's a good person."

While laying down on the chair there, she murmured it. Although Riyan has sharp eyes and seems not to care about his environment, he is a good person, according to Remia. Well, because basically Riyan is indeed a good person inside.