Deranged Writer's Afterword

It would be a lie if I said that I wasn't disappointed.

But I'm not a killer.

Even if Jeremy was a fucking dick [ pun intended] there's a line that I won't cross.

Plus, killing Jeremy isn't all that possible, he's way stronger than me....

I mean we're the same rank now... so it wasn't entirely impossible, but still...

No. Stop it.

I haven't been going to classes for more than week now....

It's so weird, I know that the rank of the skill is the highest there is.... but isn't this a little too effective and moreover it seems to be passive skill. So I can't turn it off.

I was scared that Jeremy would come looking for me but he did no such thing.

I'm glad that I have [Total Concealment]...

I could just stay here forever, hidden from the outside world... away from all the pain.

I'm lying on the bed, with my blanket over my face.

I seem to be lying down a lot now, I knew I was being lazy... but I felt comfortable and safe.

I haven't felt like that in a while.

Just as I was falling asleep, a knock resounds throughout my room, surprising me.

Who is it ?

Another knock is heard as I'm thinking if I should answer the door or not.

I get up from my bed and open the door slightly.

'' Joe Hopkins ?''

I'm more than surprised to see Leslie on the other side.

'' M-miss ?'', my voice sounds pathetic even to me..

She pushes the door open and takes a look around my room.

She has a slight frown on her face as she sees the mess in my room.

Letting out a sigh, she asks me,

'' Why haven't you been attending your classes ?''

...

'' Y-you can see me ?''

I'm shocked.

During the past week, I had learned many things about my skills.

A particular fact that I had learned was that I was invisible to most people, people wouldn't notice me untill I call out to them. But Leslie remembers me...

'' Why wouldn't I be able to see you ?'', she asks confused.

She puts her hand on my shoulder and asks in a worried manner,

'' You don't look well... are you doing ok ?''

....

She's worried about me ?

Her touch makes me feel excited.

I tell her that I was sick and she asks me some other stuff before leaving.

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I'm back in class today.

I have to face my fears not run away from them..

I enter the classroom nervously and find a seat for myself.

Let's hope that nobody notices me...

After about ten minutes or so, Leslie enters the class.

'' Good morning all, as you all might have heard... there's a new student transferring to our class. Now, I know that this is unusual but please treat him well.''

After saying this, Leslie turns her head towards the door and says in a slightly raised voice,

'' Come in.''

What's happening ?

A new student... this late ?

Other than me, none of the other students looked surprised.

Of course, they were obviously excited. But it seems like they already knew about the new student. They must have been told earlier, since I wasn't in the class for a week. It wasn't really surprising that I didn't know.

A boy enters the classroom at Leslie's call.

His hair was black in color and he quietly observed us with his eyes that were ruby-like, he looked... powerful.

I wonder what his rank is?

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The new kid, Adam Creed is ranked 500.

He must have connections to enroll in Unity with such trash potential.

I felt a strange sense of camaraderie with him, we're both extremely weak yet here we are... trying to do our best.

I'm in the changing room.

I remove my clothes to put on my training gear, but Stephan comes in and grabs my training gear.

I try to take it back but he keeps moving.

'' Pleas-'', I try to plead with him but I feel movement behind me.

I turn back to find that my uniform, which I had just taken off had also been taken by Jeremy.

'' Where did you disappear off to ?'', he asks with a smirk on his face.

I try to take my uniform back, but that just results in even more chaos.

Jeremy takes off the towel that I was wearing and pushes me down, as I was trying to cover myself I fall down on the ground.

Everyone is laughing at me...

Humiliating me is fun for them?

My eyes don't leave Jeremy, he has a smile on his face.

Let's see how long you can keep that smile...

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After that day, Jeremy doesn't stop bullying me.

He continues to torment me with that stupid smirk still plastered all over his face.

I'm going to kill him.

Why shouldn't I ?

Why does trash like him get to be better than people like me who deserve better ?

He can't be considered human, so this doesn't go against my values...

'' Hello ?''

Jeremy's voice reverberates throughout the classroom.

I had left a note under his door, pretending to be a girl. He was probably expecting some sort of confession..

Does this bastard really think that anyone can ever truly like trash like him ?

I walk up towards him, he doesn't notice me, even though I'm right in front of him.

I make a knife, through duplication and imbue mana into the knife.

The mana has a unique golden hue.

Jeremy finally notices me.

'' Jo-'', but before he can say anything more, I run towards him..

Jeremy doesn't get any time to react.

Under usual circumstances, there was no way I would be able to overpower him but during the past few days.. I've learned that even though I was F rank.... I had the strength of an E rank.

Must be because of that blessing.

I push him down with force, just like he pushed me down countless times.

I get on top of him.

He's shouting something... but I can't hear him.

I choose not to.

I raise the knife high in the air and stab him in his shoulder.

The feeling of cutting through his flesh.... surprisingly felt good.

I continue to stab him....again and again and again.

Seeing the light dim from his eyes gave me a different type of pleasure that I had never experienced before.

This feeling....

I want more of it.

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