Since they were deliberately violating the Taboo Index anyway, they might as well vent their anger while they were at it.
Previously, when Kirito and Eugeo, both commoners, had been chosen as Attendant Swordsmen by upperclassmen who were Senior Swordsmen, two nobles at the Imperial Sword Academy had always treated them with open hostility.
Before, Kirito had put up with them so that he could go to the Axiom Church and rescue Alice.
But now that they were already planning to take a desperate risk down another path, who the hell cared whether those people were nobles or not!
Eugeo's side had been relatively fine. Although he had built up quite a bit of resentment, his kind nature meant that he ultimately had not struck too heavily.
Moreover, after violating the Taboo Index, the searing pain brought by the Right Eye Seal had severely affected Eugeo's performance.
Kirito, on the other hand, was different. As a player, he had never had the Right Eye Seal programmed into him in the first place.
With his memories of reality restored, the thought that he had actually let an NPC in a game walk all over him made Kirito even less able to endure it.
As for the blond young noble getting beaten up, he had originally been straddling a girl who was also a new student.
When he saw Kirito kick the door open and barge in, he had just opened his mouth to curse when Kirito's Friendship Face-Shattering Fist smashed into his handsome face!
"Have you lost your mind, you filthy commoner?! You dared to barge into my room and even lay hands on me!
I am a third-rank noble! The woman on this bed is a fifth-rank lower noble, and even she dares not defy my orders, yet a commoner