In The Academy As Sukuna

Ch 24 - Calculated Carnage

"The past has a way of catching up to you, especially when you least expect it"

(POV: Ryomen Sukuna)

That was quite fun, Eva immediately forfeiting wasn't expected by anyone.

Well, I ain't attending the award ceremony because it's probably boring, so currently, 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.

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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 too, 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, well, I'm acting the part.

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

She had nothing special to her name, no exceptional strength, neither is she intelligent, nor does she have any feats.

How will I accomplish my goals of chaos 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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(POV: Johan Wolff)

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

His humbleness pisses me off, he made Eva go all out in the fight.

"That's fine, BUT I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO THE SEMI-FINALS!" I screamed, slumping back into my seat.

We had just finished the Tournament.

It's fine that I didn't win, I expected that as Sukuna was participating, but I didn't expect to get eliminated in the quarter-finals.

I wanted to pay back for that punch he hit me with during sparring.

Fine. I couldn't fight him, I was alright with that, at least I can see him fight and learn from it.