Ranking System

[Charles' POV]

The seven-day school exam was only an event to help me pass the time. I didn't care about the results, as I had nothing to prove. Reina was the only one here to attend, as Courtney had already decided to drop out of school.

Once I arrived at this forest, this unsettling yet annoying aura floated around. Finding the cause of it, I followed the twins that had radiated it. At first glance, when I spied on the two twins, I found them pretty interesting.

This was the first time I had wanted to get rid of someone without a prior reason. So I decided to see why I wanted to do so. My meeting with the person called Clyde was interesting. Due to his desire to protect his friend, his power grew like a monster's, just like mine would. His sister didn't have the same motivation, so I discounted her. With this much talent, I wonder how much he could interest me. Getting back to Reina, I snuck up behind her.

"Reina, how are you doing?"

Reina didn't look amused once I appeared right before her. Before I met with the twins, I had disappeared during our conversation.

"Sorry, I found something interesting and couldn't help but look into it. Look, we can spend our remaining time together. I got enough for us to take first place."

I haven't spent all my time being useless. Now that I have done what we need, we can spend our days here doing what we want. I had caught at least ten thousand monsters from this space.

"Don't be mad. We have seven days here together."

Reina looked at me, sighed, and forgave me for leaving her alone.

"Fine, fine. I forgive you. What did you find interesting?"

I could tell a little anger was still within her from how she sounded. We sat down on a blanket that I had set up and talked.

"I know this is the best place to find talent, but I didn't think I would find a talent somewhat below mine."

"Are you serious?"

Reina's eyes widened, shocked by such a revelation. It was hard to believe that there was someone almost as monstrous as me in terms of talent, but that made it more exciting.

"Yeah, I am. I don't know if it was a coincidence or was it meant to be."

"I didn't take you as someone who believed in fate."

"I didn't. What can I say? That someone who can possibly match me in this world in the near future was born in the same years as me? Was it just some dumb coincidence?"

Reina had no words and just thought about what I had said. She must be thinking about the future if that were to happen.

"Could you tell me who?"

"Someone by the name of Clyde."

Her eyes widened, surprised by my answer. Did she know Clyde? I wonder if Clyde was famous in this academy.

"Does his name sound familiar?"

"A month ago, there was a transfer student named Clyde who has a sister named Mira. The reason why I dislike attending class is the energy they give off."

So these were the people that Reina wanted to stay away from. To think they would be my classmate, I hadn't entered class since the examination for the previous event.

"Before we do anything else, let me call the teacher."

I had the corpses in a separate location, and going there, I used my phone to call Mr. Trek. There was no way any of us were going to chant those words.

"Hello? Charles? Is there anything I could do to help?"

"I want you to call everyone to take care of the corpses I caught. There should be at least ten thousand."

"..."

Mr. Trek went silent as he heard what I said. I had put a load of work on him with my unreasonable request.

"I will be there in a bit..."

Having no other words, we ended our call. Eventually, a couple of teachers appeared and saw our big pile.

"Mr. Trek, I will split those points in half with Reina."

"Ok..."

"I will also be taking a leave. There's no point in me being here anymore."

Saying my goodbyes, I took Reina to a different place. It was still the same forest, but I wanted to talk to her alone.

"Do you want to leave this dimension? We have done what we needed."

"Charles, we have seven days here, right?"

"Yeah."

"Can you enclose our location? We can do it here..."

Bold. That was the first word that came to mind. I didn't take Reina for someone who wanted to do it in a forest. I had never done it, but I had an interest.

Looking at her, I gave her a smirk and stripped off our clothes. For the next seven days, we did the thing.

[Mira's POV]

"Ugh..."

Waking from my slumber, I could feel my body sore. I remembered what had happened and was embarrassed to think about the situation. One question came to mind, who was the person that appeared in front of us?

"Mira!"

Alya cried in happiness, seeing that I was awake. Looking around, I found Clyde and Beatrice still asleep. It must be hard for Alya to carry us back to the cave.

"How's everyone's condition?"

Alya didn't reply and stared at me with disappointment in her eyes. I could tell that our condition was critical.

"Sorry... I can only do so much with my healing."

"Don't worry about it. Helping us relieve this pain is enough."

Even though Alya has been a hindrance most of the time, she has been the most helpful in such situations.

"Did you know that person who attacked?"

I can't help but be curious about that man's identity. Remembering such power, we were all overwhelmed and unable to do anything. What was his goal? Why was he so interested in us? So many questions popped into my head.

"You don't know??? That was Charles!!! The number one in the world!!!"

When Alya announced what she said, I was shocked by the revelation. I had considered attacking him but thought better of it. It was foolish on my end to try.

"I was so scared! I thought Clyde and Beatrice were going to die!!!"

Tears started flowing from Alya's eyes. Dying was an overstatement. I didn't sense Charles's intention to kill. Alya hugged me, using me as her comfort.

"Please don't blow your nose on me. I have a tissue if you need it."

After dealing with Alya, I looked at Clyde. Looking at him, I couldn't help but have mixed feelings about him.

While we never had a serious match, I could tell I was stronger than him. For him to ultimately surpass me in a matter of seconds was a blow to my pride.

As siblings, we can't help but be competitive. I was jealous that Clyde could gain so much power when I couldn't. Why? What was I missing?

"Beatrice!"

Alya yelled out when Beatrice was awake. I wanted to come closer to her, but my body wouldn't allow me to move. Charles has done too much damage to my body.

"Alya? Shit... My body hurts... The next time I see that guy, I will beat him to a pulp."

Overhearing Beatrice talk, I couldn't help but chuckle. Even if Beatrice does, it would be a long time before she could.

"You shouldn't! It's too dangerous!"

Alya tried to dissuade Beatrice from her objective. I can't help but be amused by her reaction.

"Huh??? Why not?"

Unable to control her anger, she shouted at Alya. Alya didn't seem to care, as she was too concerned about Beatrice.

"He's too dangerous. He's Charles--number one of the world."

Beatrice stayed quiet, hearing Alya's explanation. Being number one was a big deal. Even a confident person, Beatrice had shut up hearing Alya's words.

"Alya! Could you bring me closer?"

Listening to them talk was fine, but their voice was too quiet sometimes. I would be bored to death if I only talked to myself.

"Coming!"

"Mira? You're awake?"

Beatrice had only realized that I was there. Alya dragged me closer to Beatrice, but the pain of being dragged by her was too much.

"Sorry!"

Realizing how rough she was being, she apologized. The pain was something I needed to deal with, but how long would we be in this state?

I had already given up on doing great in this exam, but I hope we can get a result that won't be disappointing.

The only good thing about this exam was Clyde's explosive growth. I hope he can carry us to victory when he wakes up.

"Clyde!"

It didn't take long before Clyde woke up. Alya had been staring at my brother, worried about his condition.

"..."

"Everyone."

Clyde smiled, seeing everyone safe. I was surprised that Clyde wasn't hurt. He seems like he made a full recovery. I was envious of his condition.