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Pianque, a descendant of a noble family from the Tu Kingdom.

As a third-year student at Eden Academy, he had a reputation of his own.

This is because in last year’s subjugation of demonic beasts, the Panthera crew made a remarkable contribution in subduing the largest number of demonic beasts. His character was upright and upright, so his juniors trusted him and followed him, his classmates got along well with him, and his teachers trusted him.

Pianque, who was called an exemplary student even though he was not perfect, actually had one characteristic that others did not know.

“Pianca! I’m here!”

“Hyung! It took a long time this time?”

“It’s because the performance evaluation is in the middle.”

“Ugh… Come quickly! I missed you!”

“Haha, I get it. Yonseok. From now on, don’t go faster.”

That is, he has a brother with whom he has a close friendship. Two years apart.

The relationship between the two was very close. People who don’t know don’t know, but those who do know unanimously say that they are like brothers from a fairy tale.

“Hyung! I was also accepted to Eden Academy!”

“Really? That’s amazing! Now we can live together at the academy!”

“Yes! It’s all thanks to my brother! I will work hard and not fall behind my brother’s reputation!”

“Hahaha! Proud of my little brother!”

My younger sister, Pianca, was always a bright and smiling child. In addition, he sincerely followed his older brother, Fianc, and even entered Eden Academy to follow the same path as him.

Pianque was proud of his younger brother. Eden Academy is a place where there is no discrimination, but the threshold is high. I entered Eden Academy with the sole intention of going to school with myself.

As an older brother, I couldn’t help but be proud of him. He was looking forward to his future school life with his brothers.

It was fun and comfortable, no, it had to be that way.

“… Ugh, wow!”

Obviously, it had to be that way.

“Ugh… Tongue, bro? Are you sure you’re my brother? Are you really my brother?”

“Pianca… ! Speak straight! Who dares my younger brother!”

It is always an accident that tramples dreams and hopes. My younger sister Pianca had an accident.

“ too, you have to run away… ! Hey, brother, run away quickly too! Monster, monster… !”

“Pianca! Calm down! And look straight into my eyes! It’s safe here!”

“Ugh! Run away! Everyone run away! There’s a monster at the academy! A very terrible monster that kills people… !”

“Pianca!!”

Pianca’s condition was not normal. For my older brother, Pianque, it was like a thunderbolt.

Even until the morning, I brightly said to myself, ‘I’ll get the A class!’ Wasn’t he the one who shouted, ‘Like my brother!’ Pianque couldn’t understand what had happened to such a child during the placement test to make him so broken.

“Monster! Everyone will die from that monster! You have to run away before you die! Hurry up and run away too! Before being ‘hunted’ by that evil spirit… !”

Pianca managed to calm him down by administering sedatives and sleeping pills. However, Pianque had a duty to find out why his younger brother went crazy.

Fortunately, it wasn’t difficult to find the reason. Besides his younger brother, several new students were having fits in the health room, similar to Pianque.

And, they all had something in common.

“Number of dogs?”

“Yes, yes… ! It is said that he got injured while sparring with a dog during a sparring between students during a placement test… ! Everyone brought here… !”

“Ugh… .”

Physical damage was okay. With the cutting-edge medical technology that is developing day by day and the sacred power of the priests of the religious order, it was possible to heal even if a bone was exposed, such as a broken arm.

However, the problem was the psychological damage. The wounds carved into the mind could not be healed by divine power.

From what I heard, Dalian was quite cruel. A new student with overwhelming skills overpowered all the students with a single dagger, but no one could even see the sword strike.

I understood that the accident occurred during sparring. No matter how righteous and cooperative Eden Academy is, actually cutting down people during a sparring match where people clash weapons and burn their fighting spirit could be considered a ‘mistake’.

Especially if you are a new student who is inexperienced in sparring.

‘But… ‘Isn’t this the level of discussion about immaturity?’

My anger reached its limit. There was some resentment that his younger brother had crossed the river of no return, but what made him more angry was Suin’s attitude.

The more I listened to the testimonies of the terrified students, the more I realized that the level of the new prisoners was completely different. He could hardly be considered a first-year student, and could possibly belong to the elite among third-year students like himself.

At that point, subduing the students without even getting hurt is a piece of cake. Unless there is malicious intent, it is right to do so.

However, the rumored new student crossed the line. By cutting tendons, cutting skin, and splitting bones, each student was overpowered without putting their lives at risk.

Pianque was able to guess the reason. Overpowering the baseline. When new students first enter the academy, some who do not want to be looked down on show off their strength and roughness by overpowering their opponents.

‘A guy with this kind of power… ! How can you cause such excessive wounds just by suppressing the initiative! I may not know his skills, but he is a guy whose character has been restored!’

He was truly a devil. What’s scary is that this bright yellow guy has incredible talent and power.

Pianque decided that he couldn’t just leave it like this. As a senior, I had to correct him before it was too late, before his distorted personality became established over time.

So, making a decision based on half emotion and half reason, Pianque searched for the dog owner. Holding an iron bar full of speculation in his hand.

It wasn’t difficult to find the dog owner. Because she was the center of attention, the students’ eyes were always following Suin the dog.

Pianque ran to the cafeteria after a month. Usually, it was a cafeteria where he went to fill his hungry stomach with peace of mind, but today he was in a sad mood.

The opponent is an expert who quickly defeated most of the first-year students. Of course, he was capable of that level of performance, but he was not an opponent to be taken lightly.

Moreover, all the students who dealt with Suyin suffered irreparable trauma and fell into panic, so it is probably not an ordinary malicious thing.

Pianque opened the door to the cafeteria with half courage and half fear. And then he shouted loudly.

“Suin!! Come out!!”

The students who were eating happily in the cafeteria were shocked. Some students even drop their utensils, causing soup to splatter on their clothes.

Anyway, Pianque turned his gaze and looked for the rumored dog beast. There were only a few people in the academy who had the ears of an animal standing on top of their heads. Pianque was able to quickly find the dog.

Thump thump thump!

Pianque approaches with steps full of intimidation. The space between the dog beast’s eyes narrowed.

“Um, that person… Fianc of the living peak! You’re in third grade!”

“It’s not lunch time for third graders, so why did you come?”

“You are indeed as big as the rumors say. But why did a third-year senior come during lunch time for freshmen?”

“Just now, prisoner, come out! Didn’t you say that? That person is a prisoner worth calling… Is there anything else besides ‘that dog beast’?”

“… ! That’s right, now that I think about it, senior Piank’s younger brother was included in the list of new students… What was your name? Was it Pianca?”

Students who are able to infer situations on their own. Fianc took a long stride, pushing forward his forehead with red blood vessels sticking out. Then, he stood in front of a girl who was a prisoner.

The beast girl, Aru, twitched her eyebrows. Having lived in the wild, she immediately recognized the obvious fighting spirit directed at her.

“Woof? Did you find me?”

“Are you the dog owner? Yesterday, during the placement test, Soo-in excessively suppressed the freshmen and came in second place.”

“2nd place? maybe? If you go to the finals, you’ll be in second place, right?”

Aru looked at the boy sitting next to him, Evans, with a questioning look on his face. Evans responded with a happy smile as if it was a fun situation.

“That’s right. It seems like our 3rd year senior has some business for you? Should I treat you with courtesy?”

“Mud… bothered. I want to eat.”

“Is that so? Senior.”

And so, Evans passes the topic to Pianque. Pianque let out a suppressed voice as if gritting his teeth.

“… Freshmen, let me ask you just one question.”

“Woof?”

The anger seemed to explode at any moment, boiling over like something under a dormant volcano.

But Pianque endured. As a senior, even if I was ‘educating’ a straying junior, there were certain things I had to point out.

“Why did you have to inflict more damage than necessary?”

“Meow?”

“Don’t act like a fool! All the students who were harmed by you yesterday! I’m so scared right now that I can’t even lift a spoon!”

“Why is that?”

“If it’s you! It could have been suppressed much more safely! Am I wrong? It means that there was no need to inflict such severe wounds on children who do not yet know anything about the world!”

Pianque stood up to his feet and shouted with sincerity at Aru, who was half as tall as him. Some of the students who formed a circle around the two nodded.

“Okay, I know it’s definitely strong… I was too lazy.”

“If I had the skills to defeat all of the students as one, I would have been able to subdue them much more safely.”

“My friend is still lying in a hospital bed. They say the child is completely crazy and can’t even eat on his own. Ugh, what on earth did you do… .”

The students were taken aback by the sudden appearance of Pianque, but they generally agreed with his opinion.

In fact, they also had similar thoughts to Pianque. It’s just that I was so afraid of Aru that I couldn’t say anything.

Meanwhile, spokesman Piankran appeared. Crowd mentality arose among the students.

“Mud?”

However, Aru, who was born and raised in the forest, had different thoughts.

“What kind of idiot are you talking about?”

Aru could not sympathize with their arguments. It was a difference in ideology and environment.

Aru grew up in the forest, that is, in the wild. The concept of sparring was rare in her life, and life-and-death battles took its place.

Fighting and sparring. Although they may seem similar at first glance, they are completely different.

The purpose of fighting is life. Suppressing the burdensome death, moving forward with life, and passing it on to others.

On the other hand, the goal of sparring is winning. To drive the opponent into the abyss of defeat for the sweet fruit of victory. No one risks their life while sparring.

“If you hit it with your claws, you die! How difficult was it to win while keeping alive!”

Whether noble or commoner, the students had never experienced fighting. These are people who have been to the sparring arena, where victory and defeat are determined, instead of the battlefield where life and death go back and forth.

On the other hand, Aru went to a real wild battlefield instead of a sparring hall. From the beginning, even the concept of ‘saving the opponent’ was slim to Aru. No, why are you sparing the life of an opponent who has won everything?

Aru showed mercy. The precious mercy of saving the other person’s life. In her values that defeat means death and victory means growth and survival, it was a great act of mercy to save the lives of the students she was dealing with a few days ago.

“This bastard… ! Is that what you want to do now?”

“Woof! Why me!”

“What? Do you know how difficult it is to save someone? How arrogant! Do you think that you are an absolute powerhouse that can make people’s heads explode when they hit you with some kind of hit?”

“Takbam? I can explode my head, show me?”

“Shut up! And just follow me to the gym! Yes, I will definitely correct your bad habits!”

After leaving those words, Pianque turned around and walked stomping away. He imagined Aru, who was probably following behind him.

But no one followed. Pyank glared at Aru, who was still sitting motionless in his seat.

“… What are you doing? Don’t follow me right away.”

“Do you have to go? hungry! I’m going to eat!”

“Why does this bitch make other students disabled? ! Don’t talk nonsense, just follow me!”

“I hate it! bruise! There’s no food at the gym!”

Aru shouted angrily and got into a confrontation with Pyank. It was a time when anger was encroaching on Pianque’s head.

“Please fix it.”

A girl’s low voice joined the conversation. The white-haired saint shakes her head.

“Aru is a first-year student. Why is a third-year senior so angry that he can’t control his emotions? Even if an accident occurred during sparring… I don’t think it’s right for a third year student to step in and punish a freshman.”

“Seo, Saint… !”

No matter how angry Pianque was, the saint was a being outside the standard. Pianque quickly knelt down and tried to bow his head. One boy blocked it, so it didn’t happen.

“Whoa, wait a minute. Maria, please stay out of it.”

“Uh, Mr. Evans?”

“It seems like the two of you are having a bit of a conversation right now… Can I say a few words?”

Once again, the boy sitting next to Aru intervened. A boy named Evans.

“What are you?”

“That’s not important. What you want now is sparring. With that prisoner friend.”

“… Yes, I will definitely change my habits.”

“Aru, do you want to eat? Quickly.”

“Woof! I’m hungry!”

“Because the two people have conflicting goals, the conversation goes awry. Then, you can choose a compromise that will satisfy both of you. How about sparring here? It’s good for Aru because you can finish it quickly and eat, and it’s a benefit for you because you can spar if you want!”

Saying that cheerfully, Evans clapped his hands! I hit it. But Fianc shook his head.

“That’s not possible. This is a place where other students eat, and you can’t cause any harm to others… .”

“Woof! good! I want to finish it all in one go and eat!”

“… ! You don’t know the extent! Arrogance soared to the sky!”

However, at Aru’s next words, Pyank could no longer hold back his anger. I was already boiling inside because my beloved younger brother was sick, but when I heard a provocation from my junior two years ago, I lost all sense of reason.

“Hold your weapons! I’ll give up the first move to you, so you’d better attack with all your might from the beginning!”

“Can I really do it with all my might?”

“Just shut up and come in! You idiot, don’t say anything later like you weren’t able to show off your best or your body wasn’t working out!”

Whoa!

Pianque threatens to lift the pole and turn it around. The fierce gusts of wind blowing in all directions gave an idea of the power of the baton technique.

“Aaaah! Avoid, avoid!”

“Gyeongwi and Pyank are sparring! Everyone, get out of your way!”

Even though the students were embarrassed, they pushed the table and made a board. There was a strange sense of anticipation in their eyes.

It wasn’t obvious, but everyone was curious. Aru’s true power.

None of the first-year freshmen were able to withstand even a single attack from Aru. When she faced the hero in the finals, some people looked forward to finally seeing her full strength, but Aru withdrew before she even fought, and her strength fell into the labyrinth.

But just now, a third-year student named Piank appeared. The difference between 1st and 3rd grade is world wide. The students had a strange sense of anticipation.

Wouldn’t that senior, who is considered to be among the top 3rd graders, bring out Gyeongwi’s true abilities? doing.

However, the students’ expectations were shattered sooner than expected.

“Really? Really? Can I really do my best?”

“Hmph! Don’t say anything else later!”

“Woof! okay! It’s been a while since I turned off the power! Yay!”

As if he was truly happy to show off his full power, Aru jumped up and got off the chair. And then he stood in front of the indignant Pianque at a fast pace.

It seemed as if someone had revealed the situation to the teacher, and from afar, students could be heard shouting for them to stop. However, it did not reach the angry Pianque’s ears.

“Come in!!”

Pianque raised the pole horizontally, took a nose-to-tail stance, and shouted.

In response, Aru opened his body’s killing power.

Quaaaa-!

An ominous and fierce black flag, visible only to Pianque, soared up to the ceiling of the cafeteria.

Without a single error, it hit Pianque directly. As if a lightning strike had fallen like a waterfall and hit him squarely, Pianque lost all sense of his body in an instant due to the pressure surrounding his entire body.

My thoughts went blank, as if an evil spirit was right in front of me. The thinking circuit stops, and only sensuous judgment dominates the mind. An alarm warning, “It’s dangerous,” rings loudly inside Pianque.

My whole body was soaked with sweat. The push and pull force that connects muscles, bones, and joints was released for a moment. Like a day-old puppy encountering a tiger with glowing blue eyes while on a night trip, Pianque’s crotch area became moist with liquid, not sweat.

Sweat and other liquids flowing like rain, eyes filled with deep fear as if facing an abyss.

And, crucially, the huge knee joint folds helplessly as if to put an end to the game.

“Woof?”

Aru tilts his head. Silence echoes through the shocked cafeteria. The teachers who came running late saw Pianque collapsed with foam at the mouth and covered their mouths.

Aru looked back and said as if he didn’t understand what was happening.

“Evans… This guy is weird. I haven’t attacked yet, but I fell alone. I guess it’s bird breasts.”