"Well, well, if it isn’t ’The Fallen Genius,’ quite the reflex you got there."
A smirking figure looked at with a deanor that exuded both arrogance and a desire for attention.
He wore the academic uniform of a third-year student.
His voice resonated throughout the auditorium, making the cheering of the students co to a halt.
"Let’s go." Spinning the volleyball on my index finger, I said to Berg, ignoring the guy.
"Who is he?" Berg asked as we both moved towards the crowded registration booth.
"Just a random dog," I replied, shrugging my shoulders.
But as the whole auditorium was silent, my voice echoed throughout the area.
"But he looks just like a human," Berg replied, adding salt to the insult.
Good job, boy.
"Eden! Co down here right now!" The guy on the court roared in anger.
"Ignore him," I said to Berg as he tried to reply to him.
"We would like to join the club," I said to the person present inside the booth as the crowd made way for .
"Y-yes, sir, I w-will register you for the next selection ga," he replied, trying to keep himself composed.
"P-please go on towards the main court," he continued, handing us two forms.
I turned back as I moved towards the main volleyball court in the middle of the auditorium, with Berg following just behind .
As we moved towards the court from the back of the auditorium, Grace also arrived, talking with soone.
Another woman with long, dark caral-colored hair caught my attention.
Her sharp, dark black eyes turned towards us, and as she looked at , a conflicted smile appeared on her face.
"We are having more students than we anticipated," she said as she looked around the crowd. "Well, I am the teacher responsible for this activity club."
"The class teacher of the first-year Cerium class, my na is Geilna Strom," she introduced herself as the students who wanted to participate ford a circle around her.
She is also the class teacher where Grace and my siblings are studying.
"Raoul, your joiners need your help." She called out for soone, and a third-year man started to move towards us. It didn’t take long for him to arrive in front of us—the sa one who tried to attack .
"Yes, professor?" he asked as he looked towards Geilna.
"Help these students wear the safety equipnt and make soone from the third year be the referee," she replied.
"Yes," he replied, turning towards us, his eyes eting mine.
"Hello, motherfucker," I said with a smile, waving my hand.
His face imdiately flushed with anger that he desperately tried to control.
Raoul Nightshade was the heir of the Nightshade dukedom and one of the few people I knew from my childhood—soone with whom I always had a beef.
Well, I have beef with every Duke heir, so that’s nothing new.
Moreover, I was pretty close with his sister, so I always saw him in my childhood.
He brought us to the side of the court, where quite a few pieces of safety equipnt were present, which he helped the students wear.
"I can do it myself," I said to him as he brought the equipnt toward .
"Let do it." But before he could reply, another voice resonated from behind.
I looked back and found Professor Geilna coming towards .
She brought away from the crowd towards the other corner.
She also took the equipnt from Raoul as she brought the guard towards my elbow and started to tie it. "How long has it been since I saw you, Eden?"
"Five years, give or take," I replied, extending my hand for her to have an easy ti tying the guard.
Geilna and Sophia were in the sa class in their academic year, and they were both as close as sisters because of that.
I knew her from the ti I knew Grace and Sophia.
The last ti I talked to her was when I broke Grace’s heart by rejecting her.
"You have grown a lot," she said, looking up at my face as she extended her hand, touching my face. "You didn’t co to my shoulder when I last t you."
"People grow," I replied, lowering my head a little so she could place the helt on my head. "People change."
"Grace told about you joining the managent committee and being her partner."
"Evelyn did that," I rebuked before she could say anything.
"Are you going to try to win her again?" she asked.
"All I am asking is that she forgives for what I did."
"Ha, like that is going to be easy for her," she replied, letting out a dry chuckle.
She moved back as she looked at .
"Tch, when did you beco so handso?" she said, clicking her tongue as she observed from top to bottom.
"I always was," I replied.
"You beca narcissistic as well."
"I did not." I replied with a smile, as I knew I had beco one.
"Do not do anything that will break her again, Eden," she whispered as she moved close to . "You don’t know how painful it was for her to overco that."
"Are you going to stop ?" I asked, narrowing my eyes slightly.
"No, why would I? Like Sophia, I also want her happiness," she replied, shaking her head. "But that doesn’t an I will make it easy for you."
Saying so, she moved in front of everyone and clapped her hands.
"Okay, everyone, I have sothing to say," she said, bringing everyone’s attention towards her.
"Eden here is saying that he alone is enough to win against the best of the third year in the ga, which ans he is saying he can beat Raoul’s team alone."
As she spoke, almost imdiately, I felt quite a few glares directed towards , and not a single one of them seed happy about what she said.
I stood there, smiling, as I knew where she was going with this.
"And it saddens to hear how a newbie is saying he is better than those who have played the ga for three years straight."
"So I would like to propose a ga against them; should we do it?"
""YES!""
"Should we?"
""YES!""
As the shouting of these idiots ended, she turned back towards and smiled.
"Should we, Eden?"
’ohh..boy you are going to make everyone go against , huh?.’
I thought, looking at her mischievous smile.
If I say no, right now I will be embracing myself in front of the whole audience.
And if I say yes, I will embrace myself after miserably losing after boasting that I could defeat them easily.
No one’s even gonna doubt that I said those words, as she is known throughout the academy for being an upright and just person.
She seriously wants to embrace in front of the whole academy.
No, she wants to make a joke of myself in front of Grace.
The more I think about it, the more my smile turns into a grin.
She has a good plan, and I have to give it to her.
"Sure, let’s do it," I replied with a smirk, playing along with her plan.
"Great!" she exclaid, clapping her hands again. "We will have an exhibition match between Eden and Raoul’s team.
"This will be an interesting showdown, everyone! Get ready for so exciting action!"
The crowd erupted in cheers, completely unaware that I had just been set up for a potential embarrassnt.
"Hey, bro, what’s up with the sudden challenge?" Breg asked as soon as Geilna moved away.
"Don’t mind that; focus on your match later," I replied, tapping his shoulder. "Because this one is going to be a short one."
I moved towards the other side of the net, waiting for them to get ready.
"Are you sure you want to do it?" Grace asked as she arrived beside .
"Have a little faith in , will ya?" I replied, smiling.
"Don’t lose," she said before turning back, leaving alone again.
A referee arrived at the side of the net, and Raoul’s team also gathered on the other side of the court.
"You’ve grown too cocky, haven’t you?" Raoul barked, glaring at .
"You know, Raoul, I t Evelyn just a few hours ago," I said, and with the re ntion of his sister, his face twisted with an uncomfortable expression.
"She is as beautiful and sweet as you are an arrogant prick."
"You! Bastra—"
"The match will begin now. All move to your positions," the referee interrupted.
"The rules are simple:
Physical contact with the ball is not allowed.
The use of mana to attack the opposite party and the ball is allowed, but do not seriously injure the opposite team mber.
When the runes start to glow, the gravity within the court will beco zero; beware of that.
The ga ends when one team has 21 or 25 points, with one match consisting of three sets, and the winning team takes two out of three."
"NOW!"
"THE LUNAR VOLLEYBALL GA BEGINS!"
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