Chapter 64: Bullying
For me, even if I don’t eat lunch I won’t feel hungry or die or anything. It should be the same for the other three too, are they just enjoying being students? Well, they should be happy.
“Huh? Are you messing with me?”
I was walking around trying to kill time when I heard yelling from around the corner. Using what I’d just learned in class I saw that it was four people. I hid watching.
“Patrick, you know that we need money right? Why don’t you get some from your dad, as a prince you should be able to do that right?”
“I cant.”
Patrick had a terrible cut, probably after having been beaten several times. But that wasn’t the worst of it. His eye was swollen up and blood was trickling out from his mouth.
“What do you want.”
When I noticed this I’d stopped hiding and appeared in front of them.
“……..Nito.”
“Patrick, what’s going on? You’re a prince, why did this happen?”
Patrick looked away.
“Oh, you know Patrick? Good, how about you lend us some money?”
Halekuwait was a four year school, what year you were in was represented by a badge worn on the chest. These three were third years, why did they do this to Patrick?
“Are you listening? I said lend us some money.”
One of them grabbed my arm.
“…..let go.”
“Who are you talking to?”
“You.”
Reflexively I….
“Huh…… Uwaaaaah!”
Broke his arm….
“Charles!”
Oh, seems like his name is Charles. One of them grabs Patrick by the hair and pulls his head back shouting.
“Do you want to end up like him?”
“…..you.”
“Did you do that? You see Patrick is my classmate and as you can see his face is bleeding. In other words I’m asking if you did that to him.”
“Shut up!”
It looks like the two that had captured Patrick were about to come.
“You guys get mad if the same thing is done to you? Thats nonsense. 《Binding》”
Countless white arms emerged grabbing the three upperclassmen and holding them suspended in the air as if crucified.
“This..”
Although his face was injured and bloody Patrick looked surprised.
“Patrick I’ll show you the magic of a healer, it’s better to kill those that would bully you. 《Erosion wave》”
The red-black wave slowly approaches the three of them.
“Stop!”
“Whats the matter?”
“Stop Nito.”
“Why?”
“If you do that, you won’t be able to go to school. And they are aristocrats, their families will chase after you for the rest of your life.”
“All I have to do is kill their families.”
“Nito!”
Patrick’s expression was tense.
“Thats enough, I’m fine.”
“Lair.”
“I’m not lying. Even if it is a lie this happened because I was weak.”
“Patrick.”
“Its my problem.”
I released the three of them and then healed Patrick’s face.
“The probably went to tell a teacher.”
“You said stop right?”
“What?”
“You didn’t did you.”
“I’m a prince. If I did that it would effect the name of Razhousen.”
“So why didn’t you retaliate.”
“I can’t win.”
“Were you scared?”
“Yeah, no matter what I did I would lose.”
“….I see.”
I think I understood why Patrick was alone in the classroom, after talking to him for a while I knew. We’re the same kind of person.
“Second years Nito and Patrick, please come to the principles office.”
An announcement, although different from the normal one.
“Told you. ”
“That was too fast.”
“Lets go, I want to avoid being kicked out. I also want to contact home.”
For some reason Patrick was smiling like I did.
“Can’t be helped, no it can be, if you’d retaliated.”
Saeki never hit me in the face but when I saw the bruises on Patrick’s it reminded me of him.
“Can’t be helped. I’ll do what I’m told this time.”
“Right.”
Patrick smiled calmly.