Is it wrong to become a scumbag? Chapter 18

After 20 kiloters of running, Tsukasa and Ikki stopped their morning workout.

Ikki looked at Tsukasa curiously since it was rare to see soone who did a morning workout like jogging in this academy. After all, most Blazers could strengthen themselves several tis with just their magic, so no one would think to improve their physical ability by workout, and it was his first ti to see soone running other than him in this school.

However, Ikki also could tell that Tsukasa might be a freshman, considering he hadn’t seen him last year. After all, even though Tsukasa might wear a breathing mask, it might be his first ti seeing soone as beautiful as him. Even if Tsukasa was a male, it made him blush sohow.

Tsukasa wasn’t sure what Ikki was thinking, and he took off his breathing mask that emitted steam because of the hot temperature and the moisture that ca out from his breathing that stuck into the mask throughout the workout session.

Tsukasa didn’t talk with Ikki first and took a deep breath, trying to catch his breath. While his regenerative healing factor was nice and all, he could still die if he drowned.

His workout was tough, especially when he wore a breathing mask.

Ikki’s physical ability wasn’t worse than him, and Tsukasa didn’t want to lose, so he forced himself slightly.

“Are you alright?” Ikki asked in concern.

“Yeah, I’m alright. I just need a rest for a mont.” Tsukasa sat on the bench, resting his body before drinking the special sports drink he had prepared. He was refreshed, and his dizziness also disappeared. He then looked up and observed Ikki for a mont before he said, “My na is Kugayama Tsukasa. I’m a freshman. Are you also a freshman?”

Hearing Tsukasa’s introduction, Ikki smiled kindly and said, “Nice to et you, Kugayama-kun. My na is Kurogane Ikki. While I might not be a freshman, I’m also in my first year.”

“You’re not a freshman, but you’re a first-year?” Tsukasa asked with a confused expression. While he might know the cause, he still showed a confused expression.

“I should be in 2nd grade, but I have repeated my grade since I flunked,” Ikki said with a kind smile.

“…”

Tsukasa looked at Ikki, and it beca weird since there was no fluctuation on Ikki’s face when Ikki told him that Ikki had flunked.

The way Ikki told him that he had flunked was as if he had just told him that he had gone to the convenience store. He said as if it was, was sothing normal, as if it was sothing that you would et in everyday occurrence, but how could one not react awkwardly when soone told them that he had flunked?

Tsukasa observed Ikki’s expression and thought that this young man must have gotten used to the pain so that everything beca numb.

However, it had nothing to do with him since Tsukasa also had his own problem, and he wasn’t a hero who would help everyone in need.

While Tsukasa might be a doctor, Ikki was healthy, and there was no need for him to treat him.

If Ikki could give up his path as a Blazer, Tsukasa was sure that Ikki wouldn’t have trouble with his life and beco a rich second generation, living a carefree life, but Ikki chose a thorny path where he was ridiculed every ti because it was his dream.

Everyone was free to dream, but unlike dreaming while sleeping, when one had a dream, in reality, they needed to pay the price.

Tsukasa also had a dream, and he also knew that he needed to pay that price.

“…I’m not sure what to say.” Tsukasa’s expression was awkward, and he apologized. “Sorry.”

“No, no, you don’t need to. You don’t need to think too much about it, Kugayama-kun,” Ikki still said kindly with a gentle smile on his face. When he saw Tsukasa’s awkward expression, he just couldn’t handle it and quickly said those words.

While Tsukasa was, without a doubt, a man and a handso one at that, his beauty was sothing that even a woman couldn’t match. While he might be muscular, his muscles were slender, unlike those bodybuilders.

If Tsukasa were a woman’s clothes, he might beco the most beautiful woman on earth, and just his glance could make everybody that saw him fall in love.

Tsukasa wasn’t sure whether his charm was part of his talent too, but since it had caused him many troubles, he hadn’t included it in the previous chapter before.

“…..”

Tsukasa was speechless by Ikki’s good boy personality, but he ignored it and asked, “So what should I call you? Should I add “-senpai”?”

“No, it’ll be awkward if you call “-senpai” since we’re in the sa grade,” Ikki said awkwardly.

“I’ll call you Kurogane then. Is that alright?” Tsukasa asked. He knew how

“Okay.” Ikki nodded with a smile

Frankly, Ikki didn’t care whether Tsukasa added a suffix or not to him. Instead, it was better for Tsukasa not to add suffix since it felt closer that way, and he was happy when Tsukasa did so.

While Ikki might not realize it, he was lonely since almost all the students in this academy had avoided him after the incident last year. Even his friend from the sa dorm last year also avoided him because this friend couldn’t handle the pressure from the people who wanted him to stop becoming a mage-knight.

While Blazer is the na of one born with the ability to wield magic, a Mage-knight is a profession after a Blazer graduated from the Mage-Knight Academy and received a license from the League of Mage-Knights.

It might be hard to understand what kind of profession the mage-knight was.

However, if Tsukasa had to explain, then it was similar to a civil servant, but with higher inco since the mage-knight used their lives to protect the life of everyone.

It was also the reason why many Blazers wanted to beco the mage-knight since they could get a high-inco profession as long as they graduated from the Mage-Knight Academy.

It might seem vulgar, but who could live without money?

“But Kurogane? It is quite a rare surna,” Tsukasa asked curiously.

There were many surnas in this country, but Kurogane was quite a rare surna.

‘Kugayama isn’t much better, though.’ Ikki thought inwardly, but his expression beca awkward after Tsukasa ntioned his surna, but his personality had always been honest, so he nodded. “Yes, even though that family might not acknowledge , I’m the descendant of the Great Hero, Kurogane Ryouma.”

“….”

Tsukasa looked at Ikki speechless and thought that this guy was really awful at conversation.