|Weak Hero| Change the Fate's Design

Chapter 18

Teddy Jin was conflicted. Like everyone else, he had also been having strange visions. After reading the post on the Shuttle Patch and overhearing everyone else's conversations, he realized that the visions were of another world.

He thought the version of himself in the other world was strange. The Other Teddy had befriended the Eungang, despite having bullied Gray. After having witnessed a lot of happy moments of the Other Teddy with the Eungang, Teddy began to feel envious.

Right now, Teddy was still all alone. Chad had abandoned him after he had been beaten by Gray. Teddy acted like he wasn't bothered at all and buried himself in cat magazines, but he still felt lonely. He envied the people who had friends to chat with and hang out with.

At the start of class, the teacher announced that there was a new student. Teddy recognized Rowan from the visions. The two made eye contact and Rowan smiled at him. Teddy was confused by the warm greeting.

When breaktime came, Rowan approached Teddy. "I'm gonna go and meet up with the others,"

"Why are you telling me this?" Teddy asked.

"Aren't you going to meet with the others too?" Rowan inquired.

"I'm not friends with them," Teddy told him flatly. "Didn't they tell you? I actually bullied Gray a couple weeks ago until he beat me in a fight,"

"But in the end, you still helped them fight against Hyeongshin and became their friend," Rowan reminded.

"That happened in the other world," Teddy pointed out. "In this world, Hyeongshin attacked Yoosun so I never helped them,"

"Oh, right," Rowan awkwardly stood there for a few seconds. "Wait, then you didn't adopt Co?"

Teddy was silent and stared back at Rowan before suddenly jumping up from his seat and bolting out the door. He slammed the door to Class Five open. "Eugene, where's Co!?"

"Didn't you adopt him?" Eugene questioned.

"No! I didn't see him in any of the alleys I passed by!" Teddy denied. "I thought you must've taken him in!"

"I didn't see him either!" Eugene also began to worry about the poor kitten.

"If you're talking about a kitten with grey fur and blue eyes that was in an alley, Silver adopted him," Gray revealed. "If you're referring to the stray kitten that roams around Eunjang, he's working on trying to gain his trust more before adopting him,"

"Oh, that's a relief," Teddy exhaled and slumped a bit. He was saddened that he wouldn't have his own pet cat.

There were a couple seconds of awkward silence. Teddy realized that he should probably leave and quickly turned around to escape the awkwardness.

"Should we have tried befriending him?" Eugene asked Gray.

"We don't have to follow the lives of ourselves in another world," Gray told him. "The events are not the same. We have different experiences. He has done nothing to redeem himself. He hasn't even apologized,"

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Silver had decided to go on a night run. He needed to increase his exercises to get as strong as possible when the time to fight Donald came. He knew that when it came to raw strength, he'd definitely lose. However, he would use weapons just like his brother.

Kyrie had tagged along, although it was obvious that he couldn't keep up with Silver. In the end, Kyrie just ended up buying some snacks and drinks to help restore Silver's energy. Silver finished up his exercises and they sat down on a bench at Yeongdeungpo Park.

"I still wonder about Ethan Evans, that wildcard," Silver said as he drank some sports drink.

"In our world, Yeongdeungpo High fought amongst themselves but didn't have any notable fighters. They didn't even really fight other schools much so there was no reason to recruit them," Kyrie recalled. "In this world, Yeongdeungpo High seems to be a bit more violent,"

"I wonder how strong he is," Silver said.

"Why don't you fight me and find out?"

Silver and Kyrie both jumped off the bench and whirled around to face a teenage boy who wore the Yeongdeungpo High School uniform. He was tall and lean with dark blue hair in a high ponytail and sharp grey eyes.

"Did Donald send you?" Silver asked.

"Nope," Ethan denied. "I will say that I'm a bit jealous that everyone else is experiencing visions of your guys' world but I'm not,"

"Maybe that means you didn't exist in our world," Silver said, not taking his eyes off of his enemy. 'Or it could be that he wasn't directly involved so he didn't experience the visions. No one outside of the Union and Eunjang experienced those visions, not even the teachers, or else it would've made the news. I'm not sure if Cheongang has visions of my world though,'

Without warning, Ethan lunged at Silver. The latter barely managed to dodge to the side in time. Ethan didn't stop there and pivoted, swinging his leg at Silver. Silver wasn't fast enough this time and was sent flying a few feet. Silver quickly got back up.

Ethan was relentless and punched Silver in the guts and then the face. "Seriously? Is this all you got? I'm quite disappointed,"

Silver had fallen to the ground. As he got up, he grabbed a handful of dirt and threw it at Ethan's eyes, temporarily blinding him. Silver used the opportunity to jump and headbutt Ethan in the jaw. He followed with a punch to the throat.

Ethan grabbed Silver and threw him to the ground. He began to ruthlessly stomp on him. Silver blocked with his arms but still suffered damage. He managed to eventually find the opportunity to roll out of the way. He had enough time to take out his brass knuckles and got into a fighting stance.

"Finally using tools, eh?" Ethan chuckled.

'I'm glad that I brought these brass knuckles with me,' Silver dodged Ethan's kick. 'My main problem with fighting is that not only my strength is not as strong as when I was Donald, but my reach has greatly been decreased due to my shorter stature,'

Ethan lunged at Silver once more and grabbed the front of his shirt. Silver punched Ethan's wrist to force Ethan to release his hold, but Silver grabbed onto Ethan's arm to swing himself n kick Ethan in the jaw. Silver decided that he'd definitely invest in some industrial steel-toed boots like Gray in his original world had done.

Kyrie anxiously watched from the sidelines. He forced himself to resist the urge to assist Silver, knowing that the latter wouldn't want him to interfere with the fight. He hated being weak. Even in their original world, back when he was Kingsley Kwan, he was not a fighter. He should've spent his years in this new world getting stronger instead of just going through the daily motions of life.

The fight lasted for minutes but to the three kids, it felt like hours. In the end, Silver was victorious, although he had suffered more injuries than Kyrie had seen him suffer from in their original world.

"DONALD!" Kyrie rushed over to him and allowed Silver to lean on him for support as they began to head home.

Silver refused to let himself rest. He remained on high alert as he clutched the brass knuckles tightly. They didn't know what kind of person Ethan was. For all they knew, they could be like Myles and have people ready to jump him during his exhausted state. If that were the case, Silver would still refuse to go down without continuing to fight.

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