A "Happy" Birthday

Nobody had thought that she would just surrender without hesitation, the crowd was so silent that I could hear a dead fish fall from a table onto the floor.

It was so fun seeing the shocked faces of the audience as I just walked away.

Well, I ain't attending the award ceremony because it's probably boring, so I'm just riding my car to my parents' mansion.

They called me while the Tournament was going on and asked me to come to celebrate my birthday.

Last year they gifted me access to their entire information system, excluding some confidential stuff, I wonder what it is this time.

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I reached the mansion and I saw my parents waving at me. Beside them were two familiar faces, a guy and a girl.

These two were my childhood friends, both one year younger than me.

The guy had slightly long blond hair, and was quite tall for his age. He was wearing casual clothes and was looking at me with a small smile, which felt forced for some reason.

There was a girl beside him. She had long black hair that fell to her waist.

She was wearing casual clothes, a skirt and a shirt, and was waving at me with a big smile.

To introduce these two, the blond guy was Evon Craig and the girl was Anne Acton.

Both were High Nobles, we met during early childhood and used to stick together all day.

When it was announced that I didn't have any mana, they both didn't leave my side, Anne started to support me even more, while Evon started feeling a little . . . distant, but he supported me nonetheless.

Our relationship was stable until I had to go to the Academy, and we haven't contacted each other in a while.

On second thought, it is SO OBVIOUS that Evon is in love with Anne, but she's too dense to get a hint.

While it is even MORE OBVIOUS that Anne is in love with me, but I'm too dense to get a hint. But wait . . . how do I know that she loves me then, well, I'm acting dense.

As for the reason? Having a lover is too troublesome.

How will I accomplish my goals of world domination and more importantly, dropkicking orphans if she's following me everywhere?

So I'm just acting dense until she gets tired of trying, or till she gets together with Evon, or till she dies, whichever comes first.

Anyhow, these two will be joining me in my birthday party. Well, let's have some fun I guess.

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We just finished the Tournament, rode a bus and are now back at the Academy.

A lot is going in my mind right now, I accepted a deal, making me a slave to someone.

But, he didn't use a mana contract, should he even trust me this much? Or does he know that I have no choice but to accept?

Has he planned all this from the beginning?

That boy is too much of an enigma, but as long as my goal is reached, I'll follow him everywhere he goes.

My family was being suppressed by other nobles, trying to destroy it completely, but now, with the support of a World Noble, those problems are basically dealt with.

As for the information abo–

*BOOM*

What wa–

"ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS, THERE IS AN ATTACK, THREAT LEVEL 10. EVACUATE FOLLOWING THE METHOD WE EXPLAINED TO YOU"

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The teachers were holding back the attackers, but they couldn't last long, all the students were now on their own, and they witnessed something that would be remembered by each one of them till their death.

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"WHAT ARE THOSE BIG BLACK THINGS!?"

"THEY'RE COMING CLOSER, ATTACK"

"THEY ARE RESISTANT TO FIRE, SO U–AAAH"

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Students were getting attacked left and right, we were all focused on escaping.

But, for some reason, I felt that those . . . things, had not attacked with the intention to kill.

I did not have time for such thoughts, I could not die here, without completing my revenge.

I did not care how many of my classmates died, they are nothing but tools to me to achieve my goal.

I was running as fast as I could, but right then, I bumped into something and fell on the floor.

Looking up I saw something that looked like a man, but he gave off a different, inhumane aura.

But then memories soared into my mind, and my thoughts went blank.

Looking at the man in front of me, only one thing came to mind.

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"'It's 'that man'"

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'HE PRAISED ME'

I shouted in my mind as I laid down in my bed.

My thoughts floated onto the boy who won the Tournament, Ryomen Sukuna.

Also, the first ever person to not belittle me because I was weak.

From someone like him, who was the strongest of everyone, you would expect even worse comments, but surprisingly, he was the only one who understood everything I had gone through.

I feel myself getting better, I hadn't even realized that I was depressed till now, when he praised me, I felt so much happiness that I could not control my tears.

Looking back at it, that was pretty embarrassing, now there are even memes on us!

Hah...I shou–

"ATTENTION! THERE IS AN ATTACK ON THE ACADEMY, EVACUATE AS INSTRUCTED"

I froze.

This is the worst situation, I have to run, I'm the weakest here, no one will hesitate to leave me behind.

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This is a nightmare! Everyone is being caught by those black blobs.

I used my ability to record this for future reference, if I exist in the future, that is.

I could see many black blobs ripping off body parts of the students, and some human-looking creatures that stood behind, as if ordering them around.

I could tell that they weren't human due to the malevolent aura they gave away.

Thankfully, none of them had noticed me, probably due to my lack of mana, so I could escape safely.

All the students that evacuated were taken to a hospital for checkup and treatment.

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"I knew I couldn't win this event with Sukuna participating, but I did not expect someone like Eva to come and defeat me so easily, haha" I said, whisper-laughing at the end.

"That's fine, BUT I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO THE QUARTER-FINALS!" Johan screamed, and then slumped back onto his seat.

Everyone in the bus was looking at us.

We three apologized to them and looked at Johan.

"What?" He said, as if not knowing what he had just done.

We three sighed together.

"Anyways, what did you think of Sukuna winning?" I asked, trying to understand their thoughts about the boy.

"He was cool, not even exerting himself all the Tournament!" Alexia said, practically jumping from her seat.

"And the fact that Eva just surrendered . . ." Anny trailed off at the end.

"Well he's strong I'll give ya that, BUT I'M SURPASSING HIM JUST YOU SEE!" You can guess who said this.

I looked out the window towards the Academy building that was approaching us.

I couldn't help but feel something wrong.

(A/N: He felt PLOT)

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"See you soon!" Anne was visibly saddened by the fact that she had to leave, Evon noticed this and looked away silently.

I waved to then with a smile, a genuine one, yes. And went back inside to see my father on his phone walking around as if nervous.

"What happened, dad?" I asked, I had never seen him this anxious before, my mom had, apparently, he was like this when she was giving birth to me, or so she said.

He stopped walking and cut the call he was on, then he looked at me.

"Anny Leonheart is your friend, right?"

I nodded, and seeing that, he continued

"I just got news, the Rulers of England, that is, the parents of Anny Leonheart, along with some of the members of the Royal Family . . ."

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". . . were assassinated."