Kaizen was already praying to whatever gods existed in this universe to just end the ceremony and be done with it. It had been over fifteen minutes since he had rushed out of the bathroom and sprinted to the ceremony grounds just in ti as the faculty mbers were literally about to close the massive gates.
Did he poop? Yes. Did he bathe? Yes. Did he brush his teeth? Yes.
How did he manage to do all three of those things and still have ti to rush to the ceremony on ti? Very simple and very economic. He had even undoubtedly helped in saving the academy’s water supply through his innovative multitasking.
’Man, I’m so itchy for so reason.’
Obviously the itchiness covering his entire body had nothing to do with the fact that he bathed, brushed, and pooped at the exact sa ti, right? Surely that couldn’t be the cause at all.
How could that possibly be the problem? He had simply angled the shower head at a strategic position first, then grabbed the toothbrush and paste with one hand, then sat on the toilet for doing his business while the water cascaded down and the toothbrush worked its magic.
A violent shiver ran through Kaizen’s entire body just from rembering those desperate monts. Never. He was absolutely never going to do that anymore under any circumstances.
But was the trauma from his bathroom speedrun the reason he desperately wanted this ceremony to be over with?
Obviously not, but one of the major reasons was definitely due to a certain soone who was literally about to explode with barely contained excitent. The guy was jittery and muttering to himself nonstop, then he turned to Kaizen for what felt like the hundredth ti and once again asked the sa question.
"Co on, best friendo, what path are you going to choose? Let’s take it together and grow strong together like our purest friendship demands!"
Obviously, this stupid loud obnoxious person bouncing around was none other than Leo Crimson, who was circling around Kaizen like a hyperactive headless chicken that had consud twelve energy drinks.
"..."
Kaizen just simply ignored the boy completely, knowing very well from experience that this ADHD child would forget this question and move on to sothing shiny in about thirty seconds.
"Err, can ye shuddup? ears ain’t forged for listenin’ to this racket. A dwarf can’t see nothin’ at all with these tall bastards blockin’ the view! What stupid academy is this! Racism! will say it again, racism!"
Leo was just one of the reasons Kaizen wanted to escape this situation, right?
One other major reason was the short stubby guy with an impressively thick mustache and beard despite only being fifteen years old. Gad Buster. He was trying his absolute best to avoid looking directly at the backsides of the students towering in front of him, who was equally fed up with Leo’s constant antics and the academy’s complete inability to sort short people separately from these towering giants.
’How the hell did I just wind up sandwiched between these people?’
’For the love of this cursed ga, why is this happening to so frequently?’
Kaizen was internally lanting about his terrible luck that was sohow getting him constantly thrown together with mbers of the main character group.
He did not really understand how it was even statistically possible for him to end up standing next to two main characters, when there were over two thousand first year students spread across this massive courtyard!
What kind of probability-defying luck was this?
Suddenly, while watching Gad Buster trying his absolute best to see what was happening at the raised platform where the professors stood, Kaizen had what he thought was a brilliant idea.
He looked at Gad Buster struggling on his tiptoes, then at Leo Crimson who was still peacocking around like he owned the place.
Since he had this golden opportunity right in front of him, shouldn’t he make these two main characters beco friends? Obviously it would speed up so plot events and change the tiline slightly, but who honestly cared at this point?
It wasn’t like he actually knew what the true ending of this ga was supposed to be, right? So it was perfectly okay to ss with things a little.
’Yes, I will introduce you two, then you two will beco best friends and leave alone.’
Leo genuinely liked to help people in need, and Gad was soone who deeply appreciated honesty and compassion from others.
"Hey, hey, best friendo."
Kaizen physically cringed at the words his own mouth was producing, but he held on and powered through the embarrassnt. Leo was imdiately elevated to maximum excitent levels. He ran close to Kaizen and asked with sparkling eyes.
"What’s up, best friendo? Do you need any help with sothing?"
Kaizen put on his most vulnerable face and shook his head slowly.
"Not , but there’s a lost lamb who desperately needs your heroic guidance."
Leo’s face perked up imdiately upon hearing the word help, because after all, he genuinely couldn’t leave sobody who needed assistance, right? That was what everybody should strive to be in life.
"Who, best friendo? Point to them!"
Kaizen sighed dramatically and shook his head once again for effect. Then he pointed at Gad Buster with a gentle, compassionate hand. Leo followed the pointing finger and saw the complaining dwarf shaking his head and cursing in so unknown dwarven language, arms crossed tightly and heels tapping on the ground with increasing frustration.
He couldn’t see anything happening on the platform! The ceremony was just supposed to be ten minutes long, which was why the students were simply standing in formation so they could imdiately run towards whichever professor’s hall they were signing up for.
But it had already been fifteen minutes and the ceremony wasn’t anywhere close to ending and he still couldn’t see anything!
’Errr!! Stupid academy and their stupid height discrimination!’
"What about him, best friendo?"
"A diligent student like him who’s genuinely eager to learn magic is completely unable to see the professors and what they are saying up there," Kaizen explained with a sad expression. "Wouldn’t a hero like you help him see better? That’s what a real hero is supposed to do, right?"
Kaizen knew that whatever he said and however he phrased it didn’t actually matter in the end. All that truly mattered to Leo was hearing the key word "help" and he had just laid that out perfectly like bait on a hook.
A rare mont of silence fell over Leo as he looked at the visibly annoyed dwarf struggling to see. And his best friendo was absolutely right about this situation. That dwarf genuinely needed his help!
"You are so right, best friendo! I am so glad you are my dearest friend! I definitely chose the correct guy to befriend! I will be right back!"
Kaizen snickered quietly to himself as he watched Leo confidently stepping towards the dwarf. It was about to happen. Two main characters were about to et for the very first ti. They were about to beco best friends and forge their own best friend group.
Kaizen desperately hoped this would create a beautiful butterfly effect that would make the other main characters quickly get acquainted with each other and start actually playing their roles as real heroes!
’Yep, a beautiful butterfly effect that will fix everything.’
’My ti here interfering with the plot is complete.’
’After all, I have successfully completed my duty as a background character pushing the story forward.’
Kaizen shed a single tear of happiness and fulfilnt. He felt this rare, genuinely fulfilling feeling blooming inside his chest.
He watched with pride as Leo walked up to Gad and they spoke briefly. Then Leo simply lifted Gad up even though the dwarf was loudly protesting the manhandling. Leo then casually put him over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes, and imdiately the protests from the dwarf stopped completely after finally saw what the hell was happening at the platform.
Seeing this heartwarming scene unfold, Kaizen truly felt happy, like a proud mother watching her son help a lost cat stuck in a tree. It was such a beautiful mont.
But then sothing happened that shattered his peaceful mood.
As Gad thanked Leo for the assistance, Leo suddenly turned his entire body towards Kaizen and pointed directly at him while saying sothing to the dwarf. Kaizen’s mood instantly worsened and he was absolutely sure he read the words "best friendo" forming on Leo’s lips.
The dwarf looked directly at Kaizen with an evaluating expression and said sothing to Leo in response, and now Leo was walking straight towards him with that handso, kindest, and stupidest smile plastered across his face with Gad still perched on his shoulder like a parrot.
’Ah, hell nah! Nah! Nah! Nah! What the hell, man!’
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