Traved In The Void

Deer and herd of lions

I hastily arrived at the school, it looks like the other students are also in a hurry because they definitely don't want to get wet in the rain. By the way, even though the sky was cloudy earlier, but somehow it still hasn't rained. I parked my motorbike in the usual place, which is at the corner of the school.

The homework that must be done is Mrs. Rika's lesson, then now I realize, because Mrs. Rika was busy and will not come to class, won't if I do homework it will be useless?

'Shit, I want to smoke!'

Mrs. Rika's lesson today starts at 10, because she is not in class, we will definitely do independent tasks such as taking notes. Well this is not surprising, in fact I'm happy because I have a lot of free time.

When I finished parking my motorbike while daydreaming, I immediately rushed to class, then two people suddenly blocked the road in front of me.

"Oi ... follow us, someone wants to meet you!" said one of the people in front of me.

"Huh? Who are you? And what's the problem?"

"Don't talk too much if you still love your life! Follow us!"

One of the students then went behind me, he probably wanted to make sure I didn't run away.

'Damn, what now?', I thought and immediately followed the person in front of me.

I can only obey because I want to quickly solve this problem and then go to class.

'This is really troublesome.'

They seem to be heading to the back of the gym next to the parking lot, here the place is really quiet because this place is only used for storing sports equipment.

We walked beside the gym to the field behind the building. When we arrived, I looked to the side, and there were a lot of students standing there looking me in the eye. There were about 10 of them and I could say they were very good at fighting because of their very bulky build. When I saw one in the midst of the group of disciples, I immediately remembered the past.

Ah, dammit why is he again!'

Instantly my body trembled slightly because of the trauma in the past.

"Yo Rey! Looks like last year wasn't enough huh? Even though in the past few months I've been a bit forgetting about you!"

"What more could you want, Leon?"

"You're a little polite, kid! Don't call him that!", said someone behind me while kicking my leg.

I fell and crouched to the ground. In this situation, when I looked back and forth, I felt like a deer surrounded by a pack of lions, no way out, no way to run.

In the past, Leon beat me alone in class after school, he was the one who battered me and received a serious internal wound in the stomach, I will never forget what he did to me in the past. Before he left, leaving me battered and lying in pain, he uttered a warning message "if you touch Marie again, I'll do something even more painful to you!" like that, then since then I've always kept my distance from Marie and treated her like a stranger.

'I hate it!'

Leon, this school, the students, and everything about this school except Ms. Rika, I hate all. If it wasn't for Mrs. Rika, I might have quit school and killed myself. Mrs. Rika is my savior, she is a bright light in my life and I want her to stay in this school to be the reason I go to school.

If I'm not mistaken Leon is Marie's stepsister and the one who is called the 'leader' of this school. The reason he beat me up in the past was of course because he heard rumors about me raping his sister.

I'm speculating that he likes Marie, his half sister. I don't know why he thinks of Marie like that, but he really makes me sick because he's never heard from me until now. I think maybe because he used to be jealous of me.

"Hahaha relax Rey, you know? I heard you made my subordinates battered, and obviously I won't be silent when I hear it!" he said.

"Subordinate? You mean Rein?"

"Yes, and do you know the rules? 'If the people rebel', then the people must be taught a lesson!"

What do you mean by "people" here could be ordinary students in this school? So he considered himself like a king.

"But yesterday... Rein started it first!"

"Ahh I don't care, I heard from Rein that you have a different aura and now you can fight ... I want to see it, five people 'get ready to go' to beat him!" said Leon.

Instantly the five people beside Leon 'coming forward and getting ready' to approach me. They warm up or stretch first to beat me up, what the hell is this, isn't this too much.

"H-hey, you must be kidding! Aren't they third graders?"

Leon's face instantly turned into a ghastly evil smile, his eyes and face were filled with a feeling of thirst for satisfaction, then that satisfaction would surely be fulfilled if he saw me going through bad and suffering. It's really bad luck for me, to have enemies with a crazy person like him.

'How is this, what should I do?'

"Do you know Rey? There's nothing more fun than watching a beast torment a small and weak animal!"

"You ... you are not like a king anymore, but you are a madman," I said in a loud voice.

Hearing that, the people beside Leon instantly widened their eyes and their faces became angry.

"Watch your words brat! Boss... just let me finish off that brat!"

"Calm down everyone! These five people are enough!"

They seem to be very loyal to Leon and will do whatever he orders, he really can be called a dictator.

"Then Rey, I'll say one thing before these guys beat you up...."

" .... "

Leon then smiled with a sly and hideous face again, he seemed like he was about to reveal something serious.

"I was the one who used to incite the students in this school to bully you and I was the one who spread the rumors!"

"H-huh?"

"Hahahaha ... hahahaha ... hahahaha! It was a beautiful sight when I saw students throwing paper at you and making fun of you!" said Leon while laughing heartily.

"Huh what?"

When his laughter stopped, Leon continued his words, "Anie is indeed reliable, she is always well informed, I have nothing to lose in paying her for all this."

Eh ... wait a minute, he said he was the mastermind behind me who was bullied by all the students in this school? I was silent and my mind was completely blank. I lost consciousness due to shock hearing his words. A feeling of tightness and pain immediately filled my chest. Then suddenly the wind blew into my body and brought me back to my senses. Now I realize it, so... all the suffering I've been through is because of this dictator? All the things that ruined me in this school was because of Leon? He was clearly more rotten than Rein, Marie and the people in this school.

Then Anie, what is she doing with this bastard? Does he cooperate? Ah damn I don't know anything about her, all I hear is she's always spreading gossip.

'Ah what is this feeling?'

My heart beats rapidly, my body heats up, darkness and emotion fills my head and body. "Betrayed and slandered", those two things do sound like trivial matters, but not in my case, in the past ... these two things actually made me break down and lose my emotions.

If I was given one wish in this world, then that wish would definitely make Leon suffer and understand what 'pain' is. He's the worst person I've ever met.

Now, with the emotions running high and the vengeance exploding, I have only one goal. That is to land one punch in the face of this hated dictator.

I have traumatized him. When I see his face, my body always trembles with fear.

But now that I know the truth... all those things are gone and don't matter anymore. The five people who are now in front of me, now I want to use as stepping stones for my goal of beating that bastard.

"I... want to confirm one thing!"

"What is it?" he said.

"What... are you also the one inciting people to distrust Marie's words?" I said while lowering my head.

"Wow! Bingo, you're right! In order to keep you away from Marie, these rumors are needed and must exist. I ordered all my subordinates in every class to tell all the students in her class, that no one should believe what Marie said! And for your class, It was said by Rein when Marie wasn't in class, how about that? Isn't that cool? Hahahahahahah!"

"Ah I see, so now everything is answered!"

Now I understand, Marie's pitiful face yesterday was drawn on her face, I thought it was just an act, but it turned out that she was really trying to tell everyone that the rumors were lies. He tried and tried to tell the truth, but no matter how hard he tried, as long as his brother instigated and became the mastermind, it was all in vain.

Even though I have acknowledged Marie's efforts, but somehow I feel nothing, I feel neither pity nor empathy. Maybe it's because there are still things that are stuck and hurt in my heart, which are caused by my choice to accept his confession at that time.

But, forget it. Now focus on the situation in front of you. I was in a state of anger and resentment towards Leon, and subconsciously my hands clenched into fists from this anger.

"What's with that face, let's beat him up!" Leon said.

"Okay, Sis!" answered Leon's five subordinates.

They then walked towards me, I was fully prepared for all the fate and possibilities that would befall me later. As they slowly walked away, I ran towards the five with my fists clenched, hoping to bring down the ferocious lions.

< to be continued >