A Lifes Journey

Luckily for me, my blue-haired teacher - who appeared uncharacteristically surprised at first - stood her ground as I relaxed the strength of my pull and didn't fall over me.

"How unsettling, such murderous instincts… Get yourself back onto the stage, we're assigning ranks to everyone." She commanded.

My body felt somewhat shaky and cold sweat rolled down my forehead as I got up from my seat, why? I'm not one to lose his cool so easily, what did I even dream of? I can't remember at all.

All the students were already lined up waiting just for me, as they should.

The stench of sweat welcomed me onto the arena's platform, taking my spot near the blonde, friendly looking girl that was just about my height, I sighed at my misfortune.

"About time." Mister stern-face didn't make an effort to conceal his dissatisfaction before moving on to speak to no-one in particular.

"We will now give all the students here their evaluations and assign them ranks."

"Hohoho, you have all done wondirfully dear children." Browny clapped while smirking, leaving me and probably everyone else confused, he does realize we're all 20 years old, right?

Ice-Queen was the next to open her mouth, did they rehearse that?

"When you hear your name, please step to the assigned area on the floor." She pointed at the paintings on the floor that I somehow missed before.

The knight spoke next in a very formal tone.

"We will now begin:

Sigmer – D.

Likiya – D.

Erald – B.

Lifes – C." Huh? HUH?! C?! not A? not even B? wasn't I the best here? This has to be some sorta mistake… But it does work out for me as I don't need any un-necessary attention, so I won't complain.

But it has to be a mistake though… not that I'm complaining of course.

It's probably a mistake.

"…Riley – C.

That is all, in total, we have 5 B rank students, 12 C rank students and 2 D rank students, 0 E rank students and finally at the highest rank…" is this supposed to be some unsuccessful dramatic drumroll hold? How anti-climactic for him.

Pointing at the girl standing next to me, Groin announced "1 A rank student – Chloe." Ehhh, so blondie here is an A rank, probably just a fluke, she doesn't look like much.

While examining blondie, our eyes met and she sent me a wink and a faint smile. Is she trying to tease me or something? What's that supposed to mean? Ahhh I hate people…

"Well then, now that we're done assigning your ranks, I will also give a brief explanation as to how your classes are going to work."

As he explained everything I constantly fought the urge to fall asleep standing, the gist was pretty simple though.

First of all, each rank has its own classes in it, so getting a class and a teacher at first was basically pointless, how stupidly inefficient…

Next, A ranks are team leaders and will create their teams with members they choose from different ranks.

They are also the strongest students with the best overall combat-score, I also learned that A ranks could choose to not take a leading position as blondie decided that she's not gonna be a leader but a simple team member like the rest of the ranks.

Thirdly, the school has a lot of students so there are a few different divisions. We're in division 4, ironic to say the least considering the slayer name Kiyoko gave me.

And lastly, the ranks aren't really an accurate representation of the student's ability as it does not include Seals. Again, stupidly inefficient… And this is supposed to be the most prestigious school on the continent, ridiculous.

Although he did say there's a special rank - Z, saved specifically for certain 'unique' Seals, whatever that means.

After arriving at my new classroom for the year, I was greeted by an unpleasant amount of friendliness from my fellow losers.

"Please almighty 'Firsts' give me the strength to endure this yea-" My quiet prayer was cut short by someone tapping my shoulder asking if my name is Lifes.

hoping it ends there, I nodded.

The brown-haired walking tower handed me a letter that someone asked him to give me.

Please don't be a love letter, I don't have the energy for that…

"Dearest of the dear, oh how I see you so clear, make not a noise to steer and the contents of the desk bring here *small painting*" A riddle?A poem? I like puzzles but this is just weird…

"Sneaky as you are, my scope reaches far, you will obey what is said or people will end up… dead."

With a lump in my throat, I flipped the paper to finish reading wondering if this is all just some twisted joke.

"Hopefully this little poem isn't too… Distasteful, I presume you get the gist but I will clarify so that there aren't any misunderstandings." My heart was beating faster.

"I know who you are, Inoshi, the faceless assassin, the master thief that was never seen, not once." Yep, just like I thought.

"You will now be my little minion, as you might have already guessed, I'm in need of a person to do my dirty work and you fit the bill perfectly." I'm screwed… But this is exciting!

"You're probably wondering how I got this information, or what's the purpose for this mission." Couldn't care less, though It is kinda obvious "however, this is a s-e-c-r-e-t. :P" Does she really not understand how obvious this is? I'll take it of course, some excitement is always good.

The last part of the letter is just the conclusion of my supposedly anonymous savior's literal blessings in disguise.

I got back home right after school-day was over and started preparing for my first mission. I wonder what they even talked about in school, I was completely out of it.

As I heard someone get into the house, I tried my hand at my newfound religious hobby, please don't be Baldy…

Surprising though it may be, I was happy to find out it was Charisma. For someone so rich, he looks pretty spent, ironic.

"H-hey Lifes, how was the first day?" he asked.

All this small talk for such a tall guy, this guy is just a walking cane of lame irony… Why even bother asking if you don't care about the answer.

"Dunno." Let's not hide the fact that I wasn't even paying attention to anything after 'Simon The First' spoke to me through a small piece of paper.

"Dunno? You mean you don't know?" Are you for real? His highness needs to lower himself to meet his people from time to time.

"Mhmm." He's really gonna go broke if he keeps talking to me, I'll make sure of it.

*Tch*.

Wait, did he just click his tongue at me? Is he gonna snap? Hilarious, I don't have time for it though, gotta go get ready for tonight, I'll just go to my room before he s-.

"Sorry, I just had a rough day, I'll go up first, talk to you later." Don't care… also, don't force yourself.

Whatever, lets prepare a plan.