Campus Story?

Although that was what she said, to be honest... Duanmu Ai had no desire to go to school at all.

"Why do I have to go to school? Can't you go instead, Rumiere?"

"If I went, people would only take me for an elementary school student."

"Plenty of high school students in anime look about the same as elementary school students, don't they?"

"Inquisitor Lord, do you really hate school that much?"

"Heh. At the very least, I don't have any good impressions of school."

Hearing Rumiere's question, Duanmu Ai snorted coldly. Ever since Duanmu Huai was little, he had disliked school—kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, high school, and college alike. Of course, it wasn't because he had been bullied. In fact, because he looked so fierce, other people had been afraid of him since he was a child. Even the teachers were no exception.

Duanmu Huai had certainly tried hard. His grades had always ranked near the top, and he was good at sports too. But ultimately, humans were visual creatures. Simply put, Duanmu Huai gave people the impression of a tiger. No matter how intelligent or docile that tiger was, ordinary people still wouldn't dare walk up and pet it, for fear of being bitten to death.

Of course, there had been some children who had gotten along well with Duanmu Huai. But their parents were afraid he would lead their children astray, so they strictly forbade them from playing with him. As a result, those people who had once counted as friends gradually disappeared from his life.

Some people had tried to build a good relationship with Duanmu Huai because they wanted to bask in his reflected glory. But Duanmu Huai wasn't stupid. Naturally, he dealt with every idiot who tried to make him take the blame.