Volume 1 (2/2)

Mizerui teleported a step to his left, and his right hand formed a compressed ball of air, and threw it as a bomb towards Liola

However, to Liola, itHe simply sidestepped to his left, then back To a bystander, it would look as if he didn't h his body

Mizerui’s eyes tightened, and raised his hands and yelled: ”Let's see how you handle this; Failed Lecture — Skyfull Chaos Egg Falls”

‘daht helplessly, finding it unfortunate Mizerui, who had no creativity for skill naround

Liola didn't have Kaiser's leisure to think about how crappy the name is, because thousands of bo Liola quite a headache

For so like this, even as the best assassin, Liola wasn't sure what to do next

But, Mizerui didn't drop the bombs, but rather smiled: ”How about we both take a step back?”

”Back, back, back Liola, go back a few steps” Kaiser suddenly realized, he hie of 'Failed Lecture — Skyfull Chaos Egg Falls', so he agreed to Mizerui’s proposal, while taking several steps back

Strange as it was, Liola really took a few steps back, stopping only until he reached Kaiser, and then he put the silver stick back into his boot

‘nteresting people…’ Mizerui scratched his face, and cancelled the 'Failed Lecture — Skyfull Chaos Egg Falls' spell

He was interested in two guys, and he changed the gravity back to ten times so Kaiser could talk normally

”Tellabout you two, and perhaps if makes me happy, I'll let you two live”

”Oof, a bit better” Kaiser sighed in relief, and looked up at Mizerui with hopeful expression:

”You're really going to let us live? Then I'll tell you everything My name is Kaiser, and I'uy, Liola, who caovernment shelter”

”That's it?” Mizerui said, displeased

”And, and!” Seeing Mizerui’s discontent, Kaiser hurriedly added, but what else could he say? Kaiser couldn't think of what else to say about himself even if he split his head open, so all he could do was betray the guy from another dimension:

”Y-you shouldn't underestimate Liola You already sahat he's capable of He is the so-called best assassin So you better not cross hi to him The reason why he backed off was because he didn't want to kill anyone, but if you ht just kill you with a knife”

Mizerui and Liola both pretended as if they didn't hear anything Mizerui raised his eyebrows and asked Liola: ”From another dimension?”

Liola nodded lightly

”Okay, you estured them to leave

”What? You're really going to let us go?” Kaiser's jaw dropped: ”I thought ere dead for sure”

Mizerui blinked: ”Under one condition”

”What condition?” Kaiser was stunned, and asked: ”Letto ht as well kill me”

Mizerui showed an innocent expression: ”No no, as long as you two apply to the Aklan College and get in to study there, I will let you go”

”That's it?” Kaiser asked, could not believe it

”That's it” Mizerui put his hands on his side

”Uh, strange things sure happen a lot nowadays” Kaiser mumbled:

”I can't believe soo to school I don't know if this was so to do with et a scholarshi+p to it”

”Oh and by the way,” Mizerui blinked again, ”Today is the last day to apply to Aklan Academy, and the application office is only open until five It's already three, so you still have two hours”

”Whaaat!” Kaiser looked at his watch, and to be exactly, there is only an hour and fifty three minutes left, ”Aklan Academy is don!”

”If you don't get in,” Mizerui so kill you both And don't you dare think about escaping, I will find you wherever you are”

”Five o'clock… Ah, the bus is here Liola, let's go!” Kaiser grabbed Liola by the collar, ran with him to the bus stop hundreds of meters away, and jumped on the bus at the very last second

”That was really fast…” Mizerui almost drip in cold sweat

”Why did you let theo?” A shadow suddenly said coldly

”Because I don't want us to get hurt!” Mizerui showed an innocent smile

”What do you an to reply unsatisfactorily, and then stopped

”Did you finally notice?” Mizerui’s ser: ”That quiet assassin had already fired the warning shots”

The shadow quietly looked at the ground in front of his feet, and saw there were two shuriken there He didn't realize them until now

”He threhen I was activating 'Failed Lecture', if I were to drop the 'Skyfull Chaos Egg Falls', then perhaps somebody's heart would've been stabbed by shurikens by now” Mizerui said, with an expression on his face as if he's saying ‘you should thank me’

The shadow touched his own nose helplessly He didn't think he had been turn into a liability

Mizerui acted as if he reo tell Barbalis I found hi students”

”I hope you didn't find the that you…” The shadow said, his face beco speechless[T/N: The shadow person's face was filled with black lines, kind of like how anirief stricken]

”How's that possible? I only did it because I think they were talented, and I remember Barbalis was short on people, so I would introduce them to him!” Mizerui said, full of seriousness

”Is that so?” The shadow seeuard

”That's right!” Mizerui answered seriously, then turned around with a so and discuss this game with Barbalis… No, I mean the plan to train these talented people!”

The former was the truth, wasn't it? The shadoas speechless

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Chapter 2 : Purity

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After a long silence, Liola asked: “If you knew Mizerui was strong, why did you try to attempt the impossible?”

Kaiser’s expression turned serious: “It’s because of my dreams”

“Dreaain

“That’s right!” Kaiser suddenly stood up and shouted firmly: “My dream is to lie on a bed co to worry about food or clothing! And forto risk my life to do it”

Was this being lazy or being diligent… Thought everyone inside the bus while facepal

“Ah! We’ve arrived at Aklan Acadeet off” Kaiser looked down at the time and said with frustration: “45to in the gates of hell in 45 minutes”

After the two juate appeared in front of theht, you've read it correctly

The so-called Acadeate was just a spherical head, with a half-bald, with tonsured hairstyle Its facial features were clearly visible, along with a Salvador Dali mustache

Theand wide-open, and where its opened mouth lead to, was entrance to the academy

Kaiser stared at it blankly before he said: “It really is a ‘laughing’ door!”

Liola could not arbitrate the architectural design of the building

Because this world has a strange architectural style Kaiser wasn’t surprised for long He grabbed Liola’s wrist and dragged hiate

He felt like a laer’s mouth…

Liola suddenly wanted to sigh Why did his life, within a span of only half a day, change so drae world, and now he even had to do soo to school

“If Anise knew I’ve becohed bitterly

“What kind of trash…?” Kaiser turned around and curiously asked; but before he got an answer, he had already forgotten the question, and he started to say, “Hurry, let’s go apply now Otherwise, in half an hour, we’re both doomed”

“If it’s just me, even if I couldn’t beat Mizerui, I could escape” Liola assessed the situation, and concluded

“Da… Dage…” Kaiser said, tre to school is fun You’re a world-class assassin, so you definitely haven’t experienced the joy of going to school, and now’s your chance So you should fill your head with knowledge while attending school, because in this world, diploet you a good job, and having a good job will let you survive easily… Plus, you going to school will also savemultiple birds with the sa that has more pros than cons”

Kaiser was literally crying while holding onto Liola’s leg

Going to school? Liola thought about it, and then nodded slightly He had nowhere else to go, so perhaps the quiet cah the ca but quiet, but this was so Liola couldn’t anticipate

Kaiser, who had been crying, saw Liola’s nod, and suddenly all his tears seemed to have retreated back into his eyes He stood up as if nothing had happened, and yelled excitedly: “Good, let’s go apply then”

Liola pointed with his finger, gesturing in front of theo to?”

“Whichever line is fine…” Kaiser turned around and i in two snake-shaped lines, extending from where they stood to somewhere they couldn’t see

Kaiser blurted: “da food, getting on a bus; I wonder… does dying require lining up too?”

Of course it does! He used to have a list of his prey lined up, waiting for hiht

“Look, look, there're less people over there!” Kaiser said excitedly, as if he had discovered a neorld He dragged Liola again and started running To so less was for the best

Kaiser forcefully slammed on the table, and yelled: “We’re here to apply!”

The oldbubbles from his mouth suddenly woke up and stared at Kaiser, clueless to as going on

“Oldleft to live?” Kaiser looked at his watch, there was less than 15 minutes left, and said with frustration

“Lad, relax, you will definitely live longer than me” The old man said slowly but surely, and murmured: “What’s the hurry? I’ve already lived hundreds of years and I’m not in much of a hurry”

“You are right, I will live longer than you, because if were die I arily

“Fine, I’ll let you apply Don’t kill me” After Kaiser screamed, the old man seemed a bit scared He hurriedly prepared various files and placed then these and you will be admitted”

“It’s that simple?” Kaiser skeptically stared at the old man

“It is that siulped and answered

“What the hell, I thought ere going to be faced with a super difficult test before ould be ad” Kaiser complained as he took the files, and handed a copy to Liola

Liola quietly received the files, but his eyes lightly scanned the timid old man

“Let’s see e have to fill” Kaiser took the pen froender… That’s it?”

Yes, the 30 cm by 30 cender… And the handwriting was very ugly!

Kaiser was not the only one who dumbfounded, even Liola skeptically knitted his eyebrows The file was a little bit too convenient for hiive was his naender

Kaiser waved, and declared he was done The old , and handed Kaiser some necessities: a washbasin, a set of toiletries, a set of sheets, a steel knife, a set of uniform, and lastly, a black card

“That black card is your student ID, so you should take care of it Entering and exiting the Academy depend on it, as well as your room” The old man explained

Liola received the sae silver pattern on it It looked like a pass with jewelry on it

“Let’s go, Liola”

He only looked at it for a short while, because Kaiser was already beckoning Liola from far away

Liola thought, despite Kaiser calling himself lazy, he was actually quite quick to take action So where was this supposed laziness be? As he was conte towards Kaiser

When Kaiser and Liola were far away, the tihtened his back, and briskly laughed viciously:

“Ah, finally I’ve tricked… Another two students As the principal of the School of Sorcery, it would be shaet thirty students”

“I forgot to tell those two, the School of Sorcery’s graduation rate is less than ten percent” The oldenrolled with just a naender

“Graduation rate weren't important What’s most important was the survival rate was less than thirty percent Wasn’t this the real reason why the School of Sorcery doesn’t have many people, isn’t it?”

The oldface appeared before him,

“Mizerui?”

“Long tireeted him as if they were old friends

“What do youa favor, but ould Mizerui ask hi people… at least he hadn’t seen it before

“I helped you trick those two interesting students here” Mizerui smiled

“Oh?” Barbalis was interested, and curiously looked at Mizerui Mizerui explained everything in full detail to Barbalis

“It’s quite interesting One is a th, and the other seeic fluctuation I withdrew all of h uise They’re definitely not ordinary ”

Barbalisand hitting Mizerui’s shoulder: “Mizerui,people I really owe you a big one”

Mizerui blinked: “Not at all, just reress with me”

“Of course, of course It would definitely be interesting Hahaha” Barbalis started laughing loudly, and his laughter could be heard all around the campus

All the teachers and students who knew of the principal’s personalities shi+vered, hoping to God the principal will never find the’

“This is really not fair” Kaiser said, for the 34th tihts and the School of Mecha Fighters have dorms that looked like five star hotels But the where School of Sorcery lived, it looked like we should apply to the government to be a historic site”

“There is no free lunch” Liola said it as ain this school was too simple If the only difference with other schools were the dor Still, he didn’t think it was simple, especially the old man

“No wonder there were two long lines, and there was no one in front of the School of Sorcery, not even a mouse” Kaiser circled the crude room Other than two beds, two desks, and a bathroo but the four walls

Kaiser covered the bed with sheets, clihed comfortably

“Kaiser, what exactly do people learn in the School of Knights, Mecha Fighters, and Sorcery?” Liola received a headache trying to figure out the three things he had never heard before To him, this neorld was full of mystery

“Knights?” Kaiser laid on his bed with hands behind his head: “They are the profession with a great-sword or pike, equip thes to travel around”

A bit hard to understand… Liola wondered if he couldn’t understand because he didn’t know much of this world, or was it because Kaiser’s ability to explain was lacking

“Mecha Fighters is even crazier It’s the calledprofession Even if their machine looked like junk, it’s still expensive as hell” Kaiser shook his head, and sighed thinking the rich people were quite wasteful

“I… don’t understand” Liola frowned

“Well” Kaiser puffed his pillow: “Liola, just remember: if you see people with arhts, don’t mess with them If you see thehters, don’t mess with them And as for the School of Sorcery… Don’t h so with Mizerui’s son?”

To sum it up, don’t mess with anybody… Looks like Liola can’t rely on Kaiser to try and understand this world Liola sighed deeply

“Oh right Liola; tell me, why aren’t you a normal assassin, but an assassin who doesn’t kill?” Kaiser murmured An assassin who doesn’t kill? It’s a profession that pays worse than a Sorcerer

Hearing this, Liola’s drifted back into hishe re around in the wind

“Liola, have you ever been unable to sleep soundly because you took a life?” A pair of sad, lake green eyes stared at him, not with blame, but with sympathy

“I’ve never slept soundly” Liola replied truthfully: “assassin’s Rule 10, staying alert even when sleeping”

The girl laughed bitterly: “If one day you couldn’t sleep soundly because you killed someone, then perhaps you aren’t a real assassin anymore”

“Anise… In the past, I couldn’t sleep soundly because I killed soone” Liola’s face showed a rare expression of sadness and worry

“Who is Anise? Does she have so?” Kaiser asked curiously

“I proain” Liola stated the only promise he had ever made in his life

Hearing this, Kaiser becaain, laid comfortably, and asked Liola: “Tell me the story between you and Annie”

Liola hesitated for a while, and finally started telling the story of what happened in the past year

“Anise was a Master Doctor; at least that’s what everyone says It seemed like no one she cured had ever died That year, because the organization accepted a commission, we kidnapped Anise Who knew Anise’sher, as stated in the original contract, the organization illing to pay the penalty for breaching the contract Anise was placed under house arrest, and she stayed within the organization to treat assassins ere injured on the job…”

One year ago…

Liola stood quietly in the center of the hall But although he stood in the center, his existence was frail enough for others not consider hi person

His black hair, black clothes, and even darker eyes Had it not been for the bright red blood dripping froht arm, people would have mistaken him for an obsidian statute

“Li, you shouldn’t be hurt” The leader’s eyes were very cold, and one could tell he was extremely dissatisfied

Liola didn’t answer, because an assassin didn’t need to answer Liola’s silence didn’t cause any more dissatisfaction, for his behavior was, after all, trained by the leader himself

“Go find Anise and get yourself patched up” The leader grunted, and commanded Liola

To follow the leader’s orders, Liola turned and walked away, exiting the hall silently to find Anise

“Master, I heard you were hurt?”

As soon as Liola left the hall, Yasha, who had been waiting outside for a long time, immediately called him

She looked at Liola’s bleeding ar quite perplexed She had always been jealous of Liola’s abilities as the best assassin

Upon hearing the news the best assassin was injured, she should have been happy about his failure… But, when she saw Liola’s wound, her heart sank a bit

Liola stopped, turned and asked his apprentice: “Where is Anise?”

Seeing the expressionless face on Liola, Yasha felt angry She was his apprentice, but he was always greeting her with indifference

Yasha pouted, but she had to answer the Master’s question: “In the Bamboo Forest of the Sky, 1st sector”

1st sector of Bamboo Forest of the Sky was coincidentally where Liola lived He turned around and left without hesitation, always leaving the angry Yasha behind She ran directly into the hall, to complain to her dad about her Master’s heartlessness

The leader’s expression changed far from hohen he was spoke with Liola With a shter’s complaint, and answered helplessly:

“You are the one who forced n Liola as your master, and I’ve already told you: Liola is definitely the best assassin in the world, but at the same time, also the worst Master in the world”

Although he was heard Yasha co of it Instead, he walked towards the 1st sector of Bamboo Forest of the Sky to comply with the leader’s order to find Anise

Before long, the melancholic Bah the forest, he activated ‘Heart of Consciousness’ — a move that increased his perception to the ht Liola himself

In an instant, ‘Heart of Consciousness’ sent Liola’s et within the dense forest

Liola knew every living being’s size, repository rate, and even body temperature He found a person inside the forest, and concluded it to be Anise, the person he was looking for

Liola walked towards his target without hesitation

After brushi+ng aside the final baant silhouette appeared before hi the tea in her cup

“Anise?” Liola asked

Anise raised her head, and her clear green eyes held their gaze looking at Liola

She spoke softly: “I am Anise You… Are hurt” Anise quickly noticed the person in front of her was bleeding

Anise immediately opened the es as well as several bottles

With a hurried voice, she said to Liola: “You, over there, come here I’ll help you patch up this wound I can’t let you keep bleeding”

Liola walked beside Anise, and after being pulled by Anise He sat on the grass, letting the girl next to hiht arm

Liola let Anise do as she pleases for two reasons

First, it was because it was ordered by the leader And secondly, Liola had already used ‘Heart of Consciousness’ to deter Fu at all

“Okay Hreat” Anise wiped the sweat froan to appreciate her work She then asked sly at this unknown patient of hers: “What’s your name?”

“Li”

“Li what?” Anise curiously asked, “Your name can’t be just Li?”

“Li… Liola” Liola hesitated Finally he revealed the full naotten

“Liola!” Anise’s green eyes brightened: “Aren’t you the legendary and best assassin in the world? Wow, I didn’t think I would ever meet you But you don’t look as vicious as they say”

With a quiet and elegant exterior, Anise was surprisingly talkative She held onto Liola and talked for hours

She even used the excuse that talking was a part of the treato on and on about who is the most famous, who is the most handsome, and how she had once treated the Hero Swordsman Bell’s menstruation pains

For the first time in his life, Liola had an opinion, and it was… The woman talked far too much

The sun had set and the sky had been filled with stars Anise had been talking to the point where she was so thirsty; she drank a bucketful of water

Her sto It wasn’t until then, when she had finally decided to let Liola leave

“Remember to come back to me for another ‘treatment’” With an innocent smile, Anise lied

In fact, Liola’s injury wasn’t severe With the help of Liola’s own Ki, the wound would probably heal within a couple of days, without the need of re-applying the bandaging

Hearing Anise’s words, Liola’s face, which was originally expressionless, twitched twice This was also the first ti of helplessness

And starting fro many ‘first’s’

A satisfied snore suddenly dragged Liola out of his me so deeply, his saliva had been dripping from the corner of his mouth

This sight clearly indicated to Liola, the guy who asked the question was obviously looking for a bedti to it

Liola sighed again Strange, ever since he had ood or bad thing? Liola thought while lying on the other bed in the room, and that was how he spent the rest of the first day in an alien world

“Kaiser, Kaiser”

Kaiser frowned, and buried his head further into his pillow His hands also waved around, trying to hit the snooze button on the ‘alarm’, and at the same time, he murmured:

“Stop bothering me, I want to sleep”

Seeing a boy who buried his head under the pillow, and who didn’t get up after Liola tried to wake him up for a span of half an hour Liola felt it was easier to kill a gosu rather than waking up Kaiser

After a short silence, Liola heard Kaiser’s even breath again Helpless, he said: “I’ to school”

As soon as he stepped out of the roo hiirl with blue hair and blue eyes stared at him with both fear and anticipation What now?

“Y-You are in the School of Sorcery too?” The girl asked timidly, but she clearly already knew the answer, for Liola is wearing a dark gray robe, instead of the uniform of the other schools

“What’s the matter?” Liola responded concisely

“Uh, well… Today’s your first day, right? I’m sure you’re not familiar with the school Would you like for irl asked with a shaky voice Her shoulders were tre to a monster ould eat her at any moment

Liola suddenly felt like he was being taken advantage of However, he does need someone to show him around He decided to wait and see He nodded, and followed the treirl to the first lesson of his school life

“My name is Purity What’s your name?” She asked after they walked for a while She continued to look to her left then her right, and she seemed extremely nervous as if an assassin would jump out to kill her at any moment

“Liola”

“Oh, what a strange name” Purity came to the same conclusion as Kaiser

Though, as soon as she said it, she anxiously said: “Uh, I don’t mean to criticize you What I e, b-but it’s not necessarily a bad name… Just a bit weird”

Liola wasn’t interested in what others thought of his name Instead, he was interested in the people around the the Purity scared to death, those people were probably after her

”D-Do you kno to beat people up?” Purity suddenly asked

”No” Liola answered directly He doesn't just beats people up He kills them

Purity heard this, and her shoulders collapsed, and replied sadly: ”Oh, then you should walk to class yourself; just walk straight down this road and you'll be there”

After she said this, Purity walked ahead of his couldn't stop quivering, as if she was going to fall at any moment

Purity took no ht jumped out

There were five of the should be si, a school unifor on the five people was adorned with s It looked like some kind of weapons, and somewhat looked like armor

”School of Mecha Fighters?” Judging from thehe wanted to understand this world, this would be a good tihters really were

Purity anxiously took out an old rey robe The staff was adorned with a thumb-sized jeith a crack in it It was obviously a low quality staff

”Purity, school starts again We haven't seen you in a whole month, and you knoe missed you very much”

The leader, Jetter, showed the s he inflicted fear in Purity, his srew broader

”Jetter…” Purity was so scared, she al any sort of spell

She started begging: ”Jetter, please let o I-I've never done any har me like this?”

Jetter didn't reply, but instead smiled and raised his hands, to aim the barrels on the side of his arms toward Purity

Liola, atching the scenario, was… Curiously looking at Jetter's are pieces of metals lined up on his shoulders and arms

The e shoulder pads, while the metal on his arm had claws on the end It extended from his shoulders all the way down to his arms They ider than his arms

Purity, who the situation would end with no more than a few days in the hospital Other than this, she had no other wishes

As she waited, nothing happened, which was unusual for Jetter Instead, Jetter turned towards Liola, as standing noon saving this damsel in distress?”

”No” Liola plainly answered Why would he fight strangers he hadn't met for ten minutes?

Although he wanted to see the Mecha Fighters' weapons, he was not planning on testing them himself

Jetter was stunned at his reply and started laughing: ”What a cold-blooded guy! Purity, looks like you found the wrong guy to help you”

Cold-blooded Liola felt so of a young girl

”You e, are you worth my sister's sacrifice?”

Si face appeared in front of his eyes again Liola's eyes suddenly becaet mad

”H tiet hier

His unwilling head rubbed against the pillo ti up He rubbed his eyes, and suddenly found a person in his room:

”Hey! Liola? Didn't you go to class?”

Kaiser scratched his head, trying to recall When he was sleeping, he see to class

”Mhtly, while slowly eating his breakfast

”What kind of trouble?” Kaiser's skin began to itch He's not afraid of anything, except trouble

”Liola-dage!”

Liola hadn't said anything, and the old door to their rooirl with blue hair and blue eyes — Purity She was carrying a few plates full of breakfast: sandwiches, desserts, coffee, and bacon

”Wow, bre