Purity Online - The World For The Fallens
Day 45: Recognition (Final Part of Day 45)
The dawn has just come. The reddish light still dyed the sky. The clock still shows at 05:45. However, the children of the Hunting and Fighting Magic Engineering class had come to school. It's only natural, because their class starts at six. One of the students who arrived was Genbu Mikazaki. It comes with a feeling of fear mixed with satisfaction. Satisfied that he finally managed to get his revenge on Ryugai, but afraid of being caught by the police and then imprisoned. His smile was unbearable again. A victorious laugh began to pour from his mouth. However, the laughter soon came to a halt once a man in police uniform stopped him.
"sorry. Can you come with me for a minute?"
Genbu was panicking. Without thinking, he threw his bag to hit the police in the face and blocked the police view. Quickly the young man ran in the opposite direction. One policeman confronted him and he managed to get rid of it using the fist of a dark dragon. However, the other policemen had already surrounded from all directions with magic pistols clasped in hand.
"Relax. You won't be able to run. You can't do explosive magic without your wand, can you? Now that magic wand is in your locker which is being guarded by our members. Better not fight back and follow us to the SSL operating room. Maybe your sentence could be lighter" the inspector said.
Genbu. With a feeling of fear mixed with shame, he stepped with escorted by a herd of police earlier towards the SSL room. Arriving there, Ryugai was sitting on a chair waiting for his arrival. Bandages bandaged the wounds on his body.
"Ryu ..., Ryugai ...."
Ryugai shows black paper with a trace of Genbu's sole. "Hows it? You wanna confess? Or need to do matching shape shoe sole?"
Genbu back down sluggish. "No .... No need."
"So, did you do this?"
"Yes ...."
"But why, Genbu? I know you hate me, but I didn't know you'd make it this far."
"Because .. I don't want to drown in the shadows ...."
"Hm?" Ryugai's eyebrows shot up.
"Actually, just entering this Magic Academy, I was constantly the victim of bullying. I've reported to the teachers, but it seems that their popularity and achievements make the teachers unwilling to act. My days are filled with suffering. Then, I realized that in order to achieve lasting happiness and satisfaction, I had to be at the top of this school ecosystem. I trained very hard. I even won the Maximus Potentia Tournament last year. I spread my influence and power by doing the same with the bullies. Cruel? I don't give a shit. In the end, justice is rubbish. There is only eternal satisfaction for the criminals and eternal suffering for the righteous. To be able to achieve lasting happiness and become strong, I need to be at the top. The world is hard. You can't survive if you don't stain yourself."
"Then you came. You took everything from me. Popularity, leading position, and all. And now even you want to take my first championship position in the tournament. I can't just shut up. If left unchecked, I will surely vanish being swallowed up by your shadow ..., therefore .., I ...."
"I. .. don't want you to take away my power .... I don't want to go back ... to those days ...."
Ryugai smiled pityingly. The story of this young man is almost the same as his. Seeing teenagers who are the same fate as him crying sobbing is quite heartbreaking. He approached, then placed his hand on Genbu's shoulder.
"So ... all this time ...."
"This is what you're hiding behind your rogue look?"
"You don't need to be in the top position to be strong" Ryugai said. "You were strong from the beginning. If an ordinary person lived the same life as you, he might have killed himself by now. However, you managed to go through it all with a strong heart and hide your sadness behind the face of the sangar perfectly. To me it's amazing."
"Stupid. Don't cheer me up." Genbu smiled miris. "I'm just a mean delinquent."
"There is no good or evil in this world. There is no white or black. Everything's grey. There is nothing right or wrong. All are victims of the injustice of fate." Ryugai extended his hand which was still wrapped in bandages. "But, competing underhanded like that is not our style. So compete honestly. I forgave you. We will solve this problem in a family manner. You're my friend too, aren't you?"
"Now, you don't have to hide everything behind that rogue look. Take them out before they rot inside you. Yes, crying is not a man's style ...."
"But it is appropriate for all human beings. That's a human thing. So just let go of everything. Don't wear the mask again."
"I don't deserve to be trusted .., but .. I can guarantee that this won't leak to our friends. I'm not gonna say it, I'm."
"Yahoooooooooo!!!" Genbu immediately cried like a baby while gripping Ryugai's shoulder. Genbu's first cry. For the first time, he showed his true personality. Ryugai was the first to see the real face of Genbu. Yes, this is his real face. Without mask. His true nature.
"So this ...."
"The real face of Genbu?"
To be continued