Chapter 2

This day has been strange since morning. To be precise, it has been that way since I finished getting ready to go out.

As usual, I washed my face and got dressed. And lastly, as I was about to grab the belt, there was a weapon I’d never seen before hanging there.

It was a small hatchet. Up until now, the only weapon I’ve ever used was a sword, but out of nowhere, I came to possess another weapon.

It felt strange, but I put on the belt while feeling perplexed. Someone must have given it to me when I was drunk, so I simply decided to return it later.

Wearing the red cloak that symbolizes the third-year students of the academy, when I went outside, there were already a lot of people walking around the campus.

From this point on, I started to have a serious feeling of astonishment. Of course, it wasn’t caused by the presence of so many people loitering around.

The Academy houses tens of thousands of people, including students, faculty, and other residents who manage the academic facilities. Even though it was crowded with people in the morning, it was not unusual.

What I found bizarre was not the size of the crowd, but the degree of interest they showed in me.

As soon as I walked down the street, countless gazes followed me. And soon a whisper began to tickle my ears.

“That person, isn’t it him?”

“I heard that Yurdina’s bastard was beaten to the point of being half-dead…… .”

At that word, my eyes flickered, and I turned to the source of the whisper. But as soon as my gaze turned to them, they just coughed and scampered away.

Could it be that they are talking about me?

Puzzled, I tilted my head once more. No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t understand.