The Survival of the Third-rate Villain

"You don’t have to provoke us, you know?"

"We’ll defeat you guys either way."

Raye said nonchalantly. He wasn’t bragging or being arrogant, it was just like he was stating a fact!

And because of this brazen attitude of his...

"..."

The students from the other academies frowned. They were pissed!

’Woah, this guy is really a nutjob.’

Raye’s classmates thought, looking at him.

"Haha, is he an idiot?"

Lycus muttered with a small laugh.

"Pfft..."

Even Lena found the situation funny. The two of them were pretty far away from the group.

"I see."

Ignis, holding back his anger, muttered that with a fake smile again.

"Guess we did something unnecessary, then."

He added.

"Yeah, you did."

And Raye immediately followed that!

’Gosh, he just won’t shut up, huh.’

His classmates thought, slightly nervous.

’Can’t he see that guy is barely suppressing his anger?’

They were scared that a fight might suddenly break out.

Anyway, after a pause...

"Well, that’s all we really want. We’ll take our leave now."

Ignis said that.

"Well, hurry up. We were training. You could’ve just waited until our classes were done, in the first place."

And Raye responded!

"..."

The room went silent again, and heavy tension filled the air.

’Is this idiot really trying to start a fight?!’

Leon thought with a frown on his face.

Raye’s classmates started thinking that Raye’s past personality was starting to resurface!

Anyway, with veins bulging out of his head and as he tightly clenched his hands into fists...

"You know we’re currently staying in the same dorms as you top scorers."

Ignis stated that.

"So?"

Raye casually replied.

And looking at him straight in the eye...

"I’ll be waiting for you there."

Ignis declared with a threatening voice!

"...?"

Raye was confused.

But before he could even start speaking again...

Tap- tap- tap—

Ignis walked toward the door...

Creak—

Thud-

And then he left the room!

"..."

The other students remained and stared at Raye and his classmates.

"..."

Raye and the others just stared back at them.

A strange tension was building up.

And soon...

Tap- tap- tap—

Tap- tap- tap—

Tap- tap- tap—

They all just started leaving too without saying a word!

’Weirdos.’

Raye thought to himself.

But then...

"Hm?"

Someone caught his attention.

It was a young man, and he was looking at him too.

He was wearing a black fancy suit—a uniform of the [Night Academy].

And seeing the young man’s long white hair...

’That’s Raye’s big brother, huh.’

Raye immediately recognized who it was!

The young man was mouthing something to him...

Raye concentrated and tried to understand what he was saying.

And upon doing so...

’I’ll be waiting for you as well.’

Raye understood what he wanted to say.

"Huh?"

He was confused by this again.

’Whatever.’

So he just decided to not mind their words.

And soon...

Thud-

The students from the other academies were gone!

"..."

And peace returned to the room!

"Man, are you crazy?"

Joshua Bassett, another classmate of Raye and a main character in the game, approached Raye and said that.

And it wasn’t just him...

"What you did was kinda satisfying to watch, haha."

"Yeah, that red-haired bastard was totally silenced!"

Raye’s other classmates did the same!

They were surprised by Raye’s actions because he was normally quiet, but they liked what he did just now.

"..."

Even Leon and Allen thought so, they were just remaining quiet.

"Haha, what were you thinking, picking a fight with the guest?"

Lycus asked, approaching Raye.

And looking at him...

"They were going to pick a fight with us anyway. So I just did it first."

Raye casually answered.

"You’ve really gone crazy."

Lena said, walking over to him.

"Meh."

Raye just shrugged at her words.

Anyway, after that...

They all returned to their respective training.

And not long after...

Creak—

Ramiel returned with a small frown on his face.

"Ugh, I hate those guys from the other academies."

He said.

Then, looking at his students...

"Beat their students all up!"

He instructed that!

And while smiling...

""YEAH!!!""

The students replied in unison.

*****

Except for that encounter with the students from the other academies...

Raye’s day proceeded as usual.

He fought Ramiel for the rest of the class when he returned.

And he attended his other classes exhausted.

Then, after that...

He went to the library with Lena and studied there for a couple of hours.

Following that, he visited Devin and Kyle in the shop to eat with them.

...

...

Meanwhile, around 6 PM...

"I want to kill that fucker."

Ignis was waiting outside the [Ascendant Hall].

It’s the dormitory where the students from [S Class] stay, any grade level.

Anyway, who was Ignis waiting for?

Raye!

He was waiting for Raye!

And it wasn’t just Ignis, there were three more people with him waiting for the same person!

They just assumed Raye stayed in this dorm because he was from the [S Class]...

"Still, he’s a bold guy, huh."

Christian Hartford said to Ignis.

He’s a blue-haired young man wearing a blue fancy uniform.

Christian was from the [Special Group] of the [Zephyros Institute]!

"I just hope he can back his words with his skills."

Ace Silvercrest then muttered.

He was a handsome black-haired young man wearing a clean black uniform. He was from the [Special Order] of the [Night Academy]!

Ignis, Christian, and Ace—the three of them were the representatives of their academies!

They were strong individuals who could rival the main characters!

Anyway...

"He’s nothing but all talk."

Someone suddenly intervened and said that.

He was also wearing a black uniform.

But his hair was bright white and long!

He had blue eyes and was handsome, and his body was well-built!

It was Elias Alvah—Raye’s older brother!

"What do you mean by that?"

Ace asked, hearing him.

Christian and Ignis looked at Elias too, curious about his words.

And then, with an emotionless expression on his face...

"Raye, my brother... He got disowned for being trash, both in talent and personality."

Elias declared that!

"Huh... Guess beating him up wouldn’t be so hard."

Ignis mumbled, hearing Elias’ words.

"Ehhh, he’s boring then."

Christian followed.

And then, while frowning a little...

"That’s disappointing."

Ace muttered.

"Anyway, let’s wait for him and give him a proper lesson!"

Ignis exclaimed.

And with his words...

"Okay."

He and the others waited for Raye.

They waited and waited...

For hours...

One hour... Two hours... Three hours...

Until it was 10 PM!

"..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

But Raye didn’t appear!

"I’m really going to kill that fucker."

Ignis whispered to himself.

His eyes were blood-red in anger, and he’s clenching his hands into fists tightly.

Today...

Raye successfully pissed off the student representatives of the other academies and his older brother!