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Chapter 10: That's right, it's not normal.

"I'm sorry, Ishud."

"What's going on all of a sudden, Alex?"

At the moment he was about to head to the academy, Alex, the next head of the Regula family, approached with an unusually solemn expression.

"Well, you know. Normally, this kind of thing is supposed to be the responsibility of the next head, which is me. It seems I ended up pushing it onto you."

"Alex... It's not like we're a normal family, so it's okay if things are a bit different."

"Hahaha! Right... I might have overthought it a bit."

We're not normal.

After receiving those obvious words, Alex finally returned to his usual slightly insane smile.

"Probably. I'm just going to enjoy a vacation in life."

"Got it. Enjoy yourself!! Just don't bully the weaker ones too much."

"That depends on the guys who pick a fight with me."

With a cynical smile, he boarded the carriage and set off for Flaveld Academy.

"Hehehe, with that attitude, you might break the spirits of at least dozens of promising young people!!"

Ishud, a reincarnated individual and former Japanese, was the type to question common sense that dictates not to retaliate even when unjustly attacked.

If someone like Ishud, who questions societal norms, were to get involved with Onijima Jin and become entangled with the Regula family in another world, even if it leads to bullying the weak in the end, he would mercilessly confront anyone who dares to pick a fight with him.

He has no trace of the mindset of nobles like Noblesse Oblige.

As a dangerously grinning monster approaches the capital, closing the distance with a smirk, Ishud prepares to take action.

In less than ten days, they arrive at the capital, and the next day marks the beginning of the entrance ceremony.

(Still, being entrusted with the newcomer representative's speech is quite unexpected... Thinking about it, being in the second or third position might have been fine.)

Deliberately making mistakes in the tests was a feasible manipulation tactic.

However, in Ishud's case, his scores in the combat exams were excessively outstanding.

Tests typically have a set minimum and maximum score.

However, in the case of combat exams, there is room for exceeding the limits to fairly evaluate the performance.

Naturally, even though Ishud wasn't giving his full effort, he engaged in a fierce battle with the exam supervisor during the combat test.

The middle-aged teacher who actually faced Ishud in the combat test praised his combat abilities.

If Ishud had only performed averagely in the written exams, he wouldn't have been chosen as the newcomer representative. However, Ishud also achieved exceptionally high results in the written exams.

(If it were the school principal, they could probably handle it easily... Why bother coming to my home and asking what I’m planning to say?... Must be really bored.)

As Ishud grumbles silently in the carriage, they arrive at the front gate of Flaveld Academy.

"Take care, Ishud-sama."

"What, do you think I'll crumble or something?"

"If it's a student, it's highly unlikely, but if it's a shady adult, that's a different story."

"Haha! That might be true. Well then, I'll be careful around there."

With a high spirit, Ishud bid farewell to the knights and proceeded alone through the main gate, heading in the direction guided by the enrolled students and teachers.

"Hmm? What's going on over there?"

Along the way, Ishud's gaze fell upon a scene where a newcomer was being punched and kicked by another newcomer.

(Perfect timing, no teachers around...)

For some reason, Ishud approached the scene with leisurely steps.

"Why can a commoner like you get enrolled while that guy failed!?!? It's ridiculous, right? You must find it ridiculous too!!!"

"Ugh! Even if you say that!?!? I don't understand..."

"Shut up!!! I don't care about your opinion!!! Just go drop out already!!!"

"Hey, cut it out, classmate."

"Ugh! Who the hell are you..."

The moment a somewhat decent-looking individual turned towards the voice, there stood a newcomer who unconsciously took a step back, exuding an overwhelming aura.

"Me? I'm also a newcomer like you and this guy. We're going to be classmates from now on."

"Are you a noble too?"

"Yeah, that's right. I'm also a noble's son, just like you."

"Then you understand!!! It's absolutely impossible for this commoner to enroll while my best friend failed the exam!!!"

"I see. So you lost your cool because of that."

He roughly grasped the situation.

(Ugh... Nobles really do have a lot of tacky people among them.)

The surrounding newcomers either avoided the situation with fearful expressions or laughed as the commoner was unilaterally attacked.

No one attempted to help the commoner.

(Well, I guess it's understandable for those who are scared.)

Ishud didn't fall into either of those categories.

"This is boring. If you have a problem with the exam results, you should directly address the academy."

"W-What are you talking about!?"

"I simply stated the obvious. This guy is a commoner, right? Commoners can't bribe the academy. If they try to cheat, the exam supervisors will stop them immediately. Making a fuss is entirely your own business... Your complaints imply doubting the abilities of the teachers who served as exam supervisors, you know?"

"Grrr!!!"

Because I am a noble, I am forgiven for anything I say.

With such a thought in mind, the man who had freely punched and kicked commoner students until a moment ago... was confronted with the truth from a different perspective, and his words got stuck in his throat.

"Wha... What the hell are you!!! Stop babbling nonsense and get out of my way!!!!"

"Let go, I told you I don't want that."

"Ugh, damn it all!!!!"

Ignoring his own words once again, he expressed an opposing opinion.

To the man, it felt the same as if he had opposed himself.

"What!?"

He threw a powerful right straight to the left cheek... or so he thought.

However, there was no sensation of bones breaking. Instead, a dull pain reverberated back through his fist."

"Hahaha! You're quick to start a fight. Personally, I don't like settling things with fists, but I'm not big enough to just take a beating and end it."

"Huh!!!"

By the time he realized it, he had unconsciously stepped back.

It was a move that could be considered a nice instinctive judgment, but it was too slow against Ishud.

"One hit is enough."

"Ogoa!??"

Instead of a fist, a kick struck his stomach, and the man who took a Yakuza kick passed through the midst of other new students, crashing into a pillar illuminated by magical items in the night.

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