Dream 5

The boy on the Island of mana

A boy with dark hair and a pale complexion lived on an island where Heroes are born the most out of the entire archipelago. He was average and lanky compared to the other kids around him but he does his best to do his part. The boy one day came to the conclusion that he was a villain born on the island of heroes, recalling that not just heroes are born on the island, but also villains and the boy believed that he was one of the said villains, he knows he has a short fuse, an unnatural appearance compared to the others, and more importantly to him, dark mana.

The boy is taking a rest in his hut after his parents; the generation of heroes before him; had gone off on their adventures around the world. Leaving him to undergo the trials for his generation. But the boy has no intention of joining the trails and decides to live a quiet easy going life, leaving the world in the dark of his power. His peaceful life consists of purposefully failing all or barely passing some of the tests that lead to the trials so that he at least goes as a pack mule for the other hero candidates. The boy however, ends up making friends out of all of the hero candidates on his Island. All of which were girls that at first found him to be a weak link to the island and lazy until he helped them with their own self-deprecating mindsets simply by talking them into doing something they never thought to try to see where their talents lie, their parents being grateful that their children are finally filled with true confidence instead of feeling obligated.

On the week of their trial, the boy is made to go with the hero candidates of their island as their moral support and booster couch, with the adults reason being 'every hero needs a support at their side', not realizing that the parents of every hero wanted him to be their son-in-law down the line after, with only one of the heroes actually liking him. On the island of trials, there is a trial for both prospective candidates that he didn't know about. One for heroes and for villains, who the people call 'the rising lords'. Had he known of this he still would not want to participate as any candidate and continue to live his normal everyday life. One of the hero girls with him, who does treat him like he's useless, decides to send him on an errand and away from them so that he doesn't damage their image as heroes, while the others are unaware as they go to their rooms. The girl is suddenly stopped by a passing hero candidate from a different island and tries to talk to her, belittling her for being a small girl with clearly no support as she was by herself after sending the boy away. When the boy returns he finds the girl struggling to oppose the person with her as candidates are not allowed to fight outside of the area or they risk automatic dismissal.

The boy decides to call the assailant to him and belittles the girl as payback for sending him on a wild goose chase, in turn saving her from the assault and forcing her to walk away, although in tears. He makes sure to guide the stranger somewhere private in his most villainous act he could muster and for the first time, uses his power to encase the assailant in ice, as he goes on a true villainous monologue that catches the hero candidate off guard as he panics. The boy's words were the most memorable moment.

"... alright so this is going to be the only time I do this, so please listen carefully. I don't like it when someone messes with the people of my island, even if that person gets on my damn nerves. So this is your only warning. Touch someone from my island again, and you won't have any need for your fingers anymore. You won't be able to walk around like you own this place, you won't need to talk shit anymore, and you won't need to see anyone ever again in all of your lame existence, because you would be dead, starting from your toes as my spell creeps through your veins and shuts down all of you functioning cells into eternal hibernation. But don't worry, I'm only going to do this once if you behave. You won't die from this today. You'll just be still as a statue for the next twenty four hours or so. Maybe less if the sun is nice to you in this dark and damp place."

"Y-you won't be able to participate once the court of the island finds out about this!"

"Oh, I don't need to worry about that. I'm not even participating. I'm just the support. Have a good night in the ice, friend."

And with this the assailant becomes frozen solid in his own body, unable to move even a strand of hair in the wind, and the boy smirks as he leaves to take his wares that he bought back to the place he and the other heroes were staying. Not a single hint of remorse crossed his mind as he smiled at the relief of letting loose on a hero. Simply because he could.