After arriving at his classroom,
Lin En finally managed to get a rough idea of the situation here through some roundabout questions.
The place he was in was called the [Arcane Academy], the most prestigious institution of higher learning in the city. However, it did not train ordinary students, but [Origin Substance] users like the Exorcists he had seen yesterday.
And the class he belonged to
was one of the top Origin Substance classes in the entire Commoner District. Anyone in this class had to possess at least two Sequences.
In that case, this body's original owner should have had Origin Substance too.
Lin En rubbed his chin.
Was it really extracted by someone?
He had not discovered whether the original owner had any enemies. But if the Sequences he had awakened were exceptionally outstanding and attracted someone with ill intentions, that possibility could not be ruled out.
Still, the most important thing right now was not that, but...
Lin En glanced at his lovely, charming desk, brimming with school-day atmosphere.
He walked over solemnly.
He spent ten minutes getting himself in the mood.
Then he sat down with a serious expression.
Instantly,
"Aaah~~"
Lin En nearly rolled his eyes back in sheer bliss.
[Ding! Your happiness +10]
Yes! This was the feeling!
This long-lost feeling of youth that I had already forgotten!
Granted, this was not a proper modern classroom. Everything looked straight out of a Western fantasy, and the students coming and going wore strange outfits rather than uniforms.
But...
It felt so damn good!
(ಥ﹏ಥ)
He clutched his desk, making the entire thing rattle.
After all, for a tadpole spirit like him who had wandered the Warp for ten years, returning to the youthful days of the distant past, sitting on such an adorable chair, and having a desk he loved to death was something he never could have imagined in his life.
Ten years! That bitch had hacked me up for ten whole years!
Rattle, rattle, rattle-
Rattle, rattle, rattle-
This old tadpole could finally be human again!!
(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)
"L-Lin Ke! Eek-eek-you can't just shake your desk like that!"
The girl sitting in front of him was already trembling helplessly. She barely glanced back before immediately hugging her desk with a (;≧д≦) expression, bracing herself against the shaking coming from behind.
She could tell something was clearly wrong with Lin Ke. He looked as if he had just taken half a pound of meth, and the way he acted seemed like he was molesting the desk-and dragging her into it too.
"Stop rattling it! You're disturbing other people!"
"(ಥ﹏ಥ) Sorry. I got emotional and couldn't help myself."
"It's weird! It's really weird!"
Lin En failed to notice that, the moment someone entered through the classroom door, a faintly mechanical gaze had settled on him, red light flickering within those eyes.
The boy stepped into the classroom.
"Morning, Loren!"
Several students greeted him out of habit, but received no response.
They all froze. They felt there was something a little different about Loren today, but could not quite put their finger on it.
He said nothing. His purpose was clear.
He walked straight toward Lin En.
And just as Lin En was reminiscing about his youth with a (ಥ﹏ಥ) expression,
Crash-
A foot came flying over in a kick.
Every gaze in the classroom was instantly drawn over in astonishment.
The boy named Loren stood there with an indifferent expression and his hands in his pockets, looking down at Lin En. Faint traces of red light flickered in his eyes as he said,
"Lin Ke, long time no see. I heard you lost your memory?"
At that moment, it was as though his youth had shattered. Before his eyes, the desk went flying and broke apart with a clatter, scattering its books across the floor.
His youth...
Loren clenched his fist. Red light stirred in his eyes, and a sneer appeared on his face as he said,
"You sure enjoyed that kiss outside just now..."
Boom-
Before he could finish, a fist the size of a sandbag sank into his face. He did not even have time to react. Wind howled as his entire body flew backward like an omelet-wrapped mound of rice, nosebleed and front teeth scattering everywhere.
Thud-thud-
His body knocked over several desks in succession.
Everyone: "Waaah (ΩДΩ)?!!!"
Loren clearly had not expected him to attack before he could finish even one sentence. His expression instantly trembled, and the red light in his eyes fluctuated violently.
Lin En stood up, his face dark as iron, cracking his knuckles.
"Couldn't you see I was reminiscing about my youth here-you came right up and kicked it-do you know how many years I've dreamed of having this desk-"
Those ten lost years were his vanished youth!
Loren clutched his face, blood pouring from his nose, and angrily pointed at him.
"You..."
Smack-
Lin En grabbed a folding stool and delivered an uppercut.
Before Loren could get another word out, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
"You what?! Don't you know how to show an old man some consideration?!"
Then, under everyone's shocked gazes, Lin En grew angrier the more he thought about it. Wearing a (▼皿▼#) expression, he charged straight over and stomped wildly on the boy named Loren, repeatedly smashing the folding stool onto his head and pinning him down so thoroughly that he could not get up.
"This is so damn infuriating! If you wanted trouble, couldn't you just kick me?! Why kick the fucking desk?!!"
That was his youth!
Loren could do almost nothing but cover his face tightly. Several times, he tried to speak, only to have the stool slam his words back down.
"Whatever your reason today, if I don't beat you until your own mother can't recognize you, I'll take your surname!"
Smack, smack, smack-
"Lin Ke! Fuck you..."
He let out an angry shout and tried to spring to his feet.
Smack-
Another blow from the folding stool knocked him straight back down.
"You bastard!"
Lin En jumped up with a (▼皿▼#) expression and slammed the stool down!
"I finally managed to recapture a little of the past, and you had the nerve to pick a fight with me! Didn't your mother ever tell you not to ruin the mood when someone's reminiscing?!"
Lin En charged over, jumped, and slammed it down again!
Smack-
"My youth!"
Slam!
"My adorable desk!"
Slam!
"It's all gone!"
He jumped up and delivered one slam after another!
Smack, smack, smack, smack-
The sight left everyone in the classroom frozen in shock for several minutes.
What was going on?!
What the hell was going on?!
Why had Lin Ke started beating Loren the moment he came in?!
(Shocked)
Finally,
the people around them came to their senses. Screaming in horror, they rushed over.
"Wait!! Stop hitting him (ΩДΩ)!! Lin Ke! Stop! You'll kill him if you keep going!!"
But it had no effect whatsoever.
Lin En was still swinging the folding stool with a (艹皿艹) expression, slamming it down!
He jumped up and slammed it down!
"Quick! Somebody help!! Get over here and pull him away!! (〃＞皿＜) We can't let him keep smashing him!! Someone's really going to die!!"
Slam!
miss
He jumped up and slammed it down!
For a moment, everyone in the classroom scrambled in panic. More than a dozen boys rushed over.
But even then, they could not stop Lin En's (▼皿▼#) stool slams. With (〃＞皿＜) expressions, some clung to his waist while others grappled with his arms. The entire classroom descended into utter chaos.
And none of it did a damn thing.
Lin En lunged over and delivered another slam!
Even after a whole crowd had grabbed his torso and all four limbs, a third hand that had appeared from who knew where was still smashing the stool onto Loren on the floor.
"Whose hand is that?! Who's still smashing him?!"
"Have we actually got hold of him or not?! Where are all these hands coming from?!!"
"Fuck!"
Finally, it took the entire classroom to barely restrain Lin En. They confiscated his little stool before pulling Loren out from underneath him.
By then, Loren's face was swollen and bruised, and white foam bubbled from his mouth.
His whole body trembled.
He had not even had time to finish a single sentence before this guy punched it straight back down his throat!
Then came ten whole minutes of stool slams!
If you're going to hit me, at least hear why I came looking for trouble first!
"Lin Ke, I'm fucking going to kill..."
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