The incident in the academy

Afterward, the young man embraced his new life as Klein Dorolt. There wasn't anything he could do about it. As if he would get sent back to his original body if he whined about it all day long. 

He even took a nap in the hope that it was all just a dream. But as expected, when he woke up, he found himself in the same bed, in the same room, and in the body of Klein Dorolt.

Moreover, the fact that he was reincarnated into another person's body means he had no body to return to. That means it was his new reality now. 

He was indeed in the body of a different person and inherited all his memories.

Now, putting in order his current situation, looking at it and using Klein's memories as the reference, he could say that this world might be a different world as well because no matter how he searched in his new memories, there's no clue connecting to his original place and this place.

According to his new other memories, they lived in the Land of Mabel. One of the largest continents in this world.

«Land of Mabel»

As Kyle, he didn't recognize it. It wasn't in his previous world. So it is safe to assume that he wasn't only reincarnated in a different body but also a different world.

In his original world, only a few fragments of land were habitable because that world was infested with Void Lairs. And from that Void Lairs, came out hideous hostile creatures that would not think twice to attack humans.

"Let's see what this world is like."

The young man Kyle who is now Klein mumbled calmly after assessing his situation. He was now using previous Klein's memories as source material for his search for knowledge of this world and about everything.

The next morning,

Klein looked slightly surprised as the middle-aged man in a white robe used a magic spell to heal all the wounds in his body. He was enveloped in a glowing yellow light while the Doctor's stave was directed at him. Klein could feel warm from there and spread into his whole body.

After a couple of minutes of showering him with those brilliant yellow lights, the doctor opened his mouth. 

"I-It's done, Your Grace."

Klein heard the doctor say in relief but sounded exhausted.

The glowing yellow light disappeared after he stopped casting the spell. When he checked his body, the gashes disappeared completely. Not even a small cut mark remains.

In his original world, they could also use some skills. To think that this world also has anything to do with magic, was kind of relieving.

Klarret didn't say anything and directly directed her gaze to her son.

"Klein, how do you feel?" She asked earnestly.

Klein checked his body condition for a brief moment and nodded with satisfaction afterward.

"Yes, I feel a lot better now."

All the pain he felt since waking up in this body had completely gone.

"Really? That's good. Well, it's the third session now so I expected today all the injuries to heal completely."

"Third session?" Klein repeated in surprise.

"Yes, uh right. You didn't notice it because you're in a coma for a few days."

But that wasn't what he was concerned about. He was wondering why it took that long to heal an injured person. In his previous world, they could use healing skills to directly heal an injured person in an instant. However, if the injury was heavier than the level of their skill, then the healing skill wouldn't take effect. You need to find someone with high-level healing skills to heal such an injury.

Klein thought, this could be one of the differences between the magic of his previous world and this world.

He couldn't tell them about it, no? So, he just said, "Is that so?" He saw Klarret nodding her head.

Klein directed his gaze to the doctor and said, "Thank you very much, Doctor."

Eh?

For some reason, the moment he said that the three looked surprised once again.

'What's with them?'

Klein frowned. Then he remembered something all of a sudden. According to the original Klein's memories, the previous Klein was a hot-headed ill-mannered young man who didn't spare saying thanks towards other people.

'So that's why they are reacting like that, huh?'

He noticed Klarret stared dangerously at the doctor. That gaze might be asking the doctor if he did something in his brain for his son to say something out of his character. 

"Uhm, mother, I have decided to slowly improve myself from now on," Klein said, slightly embarrassed.

It's so embarrassing to call someone mother when in fact they weren't related. But since he was in the body of this woman's son, he needed to abide by it and play his role. However, he couldn't continue acting the same way as the original Klein. Their personalities are way different. So, to avoid any suspicion from arousing in the future, it was better to tell them beforehand that he wanted to slowly change from now on, no?

To his surprise, Klarret looked shocked and teary-eyed while mumbling.

"My son called me mother… My son called me mother for the first time…"

'Eh?' Klein was dumbfounded and immediately browse into his memories.

According to Klein's memory, he used to call him b*tch all the time. 'What the hell with that son of hers?!' He couldn't help but asked.

Even though Klarret was a doting mother to her son, Klein was a bastard son. As the only son of Duke Van Dorolt and Klarret, he grew up with a golden spoon. Thus, his spoiled personality.

'What a pitiful mother Klarret was,' Klein thought.

She suddenly grabbed his hands. "Don't worry my son! Just tell me all you want! I promised to give everything to you! However, can you please call me mother once more!" She asked with sparkling eyes.

"Y-Yes, m-mother—"

"If this is just a dream I hope I won't wake up anymore!" She suddenly interrupted him.

"Eh? Isn't that bad? Uhm, don't worry. From now on, I will call you mother as many times as you want."

As Kyle, he always longed to have someone he could call a mother. But the previous world didn't give him what he wanted. Maybe reincarnating in this body wasn't a bad thing, he thought.

Klarret for some reason looked like she was about to ascend to the highest heaven because of overjoyed that her son finally called her a mother.

"Uh, by the way, mother, you should also say thanks to the Doctor."

"Right. Yes yes, as you wish my son," Klarret looked at the doctor. "Please accept my deepest gratitude, Doc Miguel."

The doctor looked flustered in front of such a high-status nobility showing her gratitude.

The doctor stammered. "No no, i-i-it's nothing. I-I'm just doing my job."

The next morning, a messenger from the house of Marquess arrived in the private dormitory.

"What? The house of the marquess wants to withdraw the engagement of my son and their daughter?!"

Klein, who happened to pass by a private room, heard a shout that he believed was from Klarret.

"I'm sorry, Your Grace, but it's a direct message from My Lord. It seemed it reached My Lord what Youngmaster Klein did a couple of days ago. We also got testimony from the person who shot the stray fire attack. He said the young master threatened him. So he did what he did," the messenger, the butler of the house of the marquess, said in reply. "Young master Klein's action proved that he can potentially put our young lady in danger."

"..."

Klarret fell silent.

Klein stopped for a moment and listened. Searching in his memories, he learned that Klein was engaged with the second daughter of Marquess Grand.

As he looked deeper into his memories, he learned that the young lady didn't have a good impression of him. There was even a time in their first meeting when she looked at him with a clear disgust on her face. And she even mumbled the word "pig" while looking straight at Klein.

On the contrary, Klein fell in love head over heels for that young lady.

It was also his strong feelings towards her that sparked the incident a few days ago. It seemed they were in the arena at that time watching a duel of two senior students when suddenly a splinter of power unintentionally went towards the second daughter of Marquess Grand's way.

Although Klein tried his best to act in time to shield her using his round body which was fortified by magic, someone acted much faster than him. Someone took his role as the knight and shining armor to his beloved.

A black haired young man protected the second daughter of Marquess Grand. The mysterious young man easily deflected the stray splinter fire-type magic attack using his unsheathed sword.

Everyone who saw it looked in awe at that young man's quick reaction and the fact that he deflected the stray fire attack easily. It was an attack from a senior student, so even if it was only a splinter, a freshman couldn't deflect it at ease, supposedly.

Klein was dumbfounded when he learned in the memories that the incident wasn't just an accident. It was all fabricated by the previous Klein himself.

Before the duel, he secretly paid that one person in the duel to intentionally shoot a stray attack in that young lady's direction. Of course, it wasn't his intention to hurt her. He planned to shield her before the splinter hit her. With that gallant action, he believed she would fall head over heels at him.

Unfortunately, his plan didn't succeed.

Klein looked so broken-hearted when he noticed his beloved staring with heart-shaped eyes at another man.

He learned afterward the mysterious young man's name was Ray Silver, a freshman student like him. He also learned that he was a commoner. That alone surprised him. A commoner in the prestigious academy?! This is unbelievable! First time in history it happened.

While reading deeper into the memories, he couldn't help but think Ray Silver is like the protagonist of this world.

Following the first incident, a few days after their first encounter, Klein paid ten thugs to ambush the commoner, Ray Silver, in one of the alleys inside the academy. However, all of them were instead beaten into a pulp by Ray.

Threatening one of the thugs, Ray asked who was the mastermind behind the ambush. The thug spilled Klein's name.

Since it was dangerous to beat a person of such a background as Klein, Ray requested in the academy an official duel between him and Klein. Ray provoked him by saying a duke's son couldn't be a coward.

Klein trembled in anger at the audacity of this commoner. Did he think a commoner had a chance to beat him? A high noble? Nobles were gifted with higher magic powers compared to ordinary people. And also, he was a Duke's son!

In front of the Kingdom's princess and other elites in the academy, their duel was held. Klein was very happy when he saw his fiancee, the second daughter of Marquess Grand, also come to watch the duel.

Klein thought it was a good chance to show off. He would show them the power of the Duke's son. He would beat the commoner in front of such a crowd.

There were many people in the academy who weren't happy with having a commoner in this prestigious academy along with them.

Klein couldn't contain his excitement as he looked forward after he beat the commoner. He was sure that everyone would look at him like a hero afterward. 

Unexpectedly, Klein was the one who was beaten harshly. The commoner was unbelievably strong. His defensive magic is no match for Ray's brutal attack.

Although he had plenty of magical energy, it seemed Klein only knew how to use defensive spells. His movements are also very slow compared to Ray's. The whole academy learned that Klein was very weak in combat.

After the duel, the princess even came forward, inviting the commoner to join her league. Her invitation shocked all the people around. Klein's fiancee also came forward, expressing her intention the same as the princess.

While Ray was surrounded by such beauties, no one came to support Klein who was all bloody on the ground with some broken bones and swelling face.

"So that was what happened in that incident. No wonder I felt so painful when I woke up in this body," Klein mumbled as he touched his chubby chin.