Again (This is an au of a manhua)

Chapter 38: Curses

 "BENNA!" One student shouted.

"DON'T RESIST!!" Another shouted.

"COME HERE RIGHT NOW!!" A student shouted.

"BE-!!" A boy fell over.

Jasmine sighed, all of these students were brainwashed. After applying a weak spell, the boy fell over with ease. They were all so weak.

"He's been brainwashed." Jasmine told Benna.

"Brainwashed?"

More of Benna's classmates fell over, "They currently have no freewill." Jasmine explained, "Perhaps he's been Garb's slave for a long time now..."

"Th-then..."

"That's right." Jasmine nodded, "Everything these guys did to you, was all according to the school director's will."

"Curse of Stiffness!" A boy shouted.

"Curse of Migraines!"

"Curse of Retching!"

"Curse of Sneezing!"

Jasmine sighed, "Return Curse."

The students that had tried to curse Jasmine and Benna suffered the curse that they had cast upon them due to the spell Jasmine had cast.

"Get it together!" Jasmine told Benna who was on the floor.

"B-But... I-I'm just so ANGRY!! I endured all of this without knowing a thing!"

Jasmine smiled at Benna's spirit, she was finally breaking out of the curse that the school director had cast upon her.

"Is that so~?" Jasmine smiled, "Then... Go and fight!" Jasmine kicked Benna in front of her, "I can't be the only one fighting!"

"WAIT A SECOND!!" Benna was close to tears, "I don't know how to fight...!"

Someone was above Benna, readying a curse.

"Curse of itchiness!" The boy shouted, blasting the curse at Benna.

Benna swiftly ducked her head, avoiding the attempted curse. Benna was surprised that she was able to dodge the attack.

"Curse of Odontalgia!" Someone shouted behind her. (Odontalgia is a toothache)

"N-NO!!" Benna screamed.

She grabbed the arm of the person and flung him away, hitting many other people, killing many of the people.

"Huh...?" Benna was confused how she did something.

"Yes, Benna!" Jasmine shouted from somewhere across the dark room, "That's your true strength! Just believe in yourself and fight!" Jasmine told her while she blasted someone with black magic.

"You think that being a powerful brute is everything?!" A student shouted, "In the end, you're still Benna! Curse of blindness!"

Benna leapt into the air, jumping and dodging the curse that was targeted towards her. She didn't know how, but her body was moving skillfully on its own.

"W-What?! Block her!"

"When did she-?!"

Benna stomped onto the heads of the students. Knocking them out. Benna felt as if her body had become lighter, it felt so skillful that it felt like it wasn't hers.

"Well, Benna's doing well." Jasmine smiled, but it quickly disappeared, "Anyhow, what do you guys want to do? It seems as though you've finally realized the difference in skill~!"

Jasmine wondered if there were only rookies like this here. They only knew how to cast low level curses, these were easily deflected. Jasmine sighed, she knew what she had to do though.

"Whatever," Jasmine shrugged, "I already promised to harvest everything myself. Blair! Did you finish marking all these rookies?"

"Bi! Bi!" Blair appeared, a light purple mark glowing above her head. The same mark was shown on all of the students, the same light purple mark.

"Blair! Thank you my darling! Then, let's begin the harvest, shall we~?!" Jasmine gave an insane smile, revealing her sharp teeth, "Violet Violence!" Jasmine chanted.

Violet spears pierced every person in the room except for Jasmine and Benna. Blood littered the floor, pooling together.

"Umm..." Benna ran over Jasmine who still had blood on her face.

"Oh, what is this?" Someone appeared from the shadows, it was Garb, "All of my children are dead." He tapped his staff on the ground, "Pleased to meet you, I am this place's owner, Garb." He introduced himself, "Seeing your skill, is that appearance a facade? Or do you just have some kind of chronic illness?" Garb observed while looking at Jasmine's small size.

"Ha... How rude." Jasmine mumbled to herself, "Well, what if my appearance is real?"

"Hm... So it's that kind of setting."

Jasmine wondered what "Setting" this man was yapping about.

"In that case, you seem very skilled. So how about you work with me?"

"What can you do for me?" Jasmine smiled.

"So you have a plan... Well, if you succeed... then swallowing a nation won't be a problem." The man glanced back at Benna.

"Is that so?" Jasmine asked, "What kind of plan do you have in mind?"

"Ha ha! You sure are greedy! We haven't even shaken on it yet!"

Jasmine didn't buy a word he was saying. All of this nonsense over a measly nation. Jasmine wasn't about to accept his offer any time soon.

"Well, then I'll pass." Jasmine nodded.

"Ah, what a shame."

"Principle! Why did you order them to bring me to you?!" Benna cried from behind Jasmine.

"Amazing! Truly incredible! You have such an unbelievable amount of vitality!"

"P-principle...?"

"Well, you asked why, right? Well Benna, I was going to harvest you after you awakened!" Benna was shocked, "Do you know how much trouble I faced after I received you? I had to consider how to erase your true personality, and how I would cause you to awaken in the form I desired. So, I made this school just for you!!"

Benna paused, "Every time they bullied me... You were always there to comfort me... But now that I think about it, you never stopped them..." Benna was shaking.

"After you lost your personality from trembling in fear here, I was overjoyed!"

"Ah..." Benna fell to her knees, "What..."

"Now, if you would simply awaken to the malice that I've injected into you for the past decade-!"

Suddenly, a bolt of violet thunder hit Benna, knocking her out. Jasmine glared at Garb, realizing the truth.

"So that's what happened..." Jasmine clenched her fist, "But oopsie daisie! I just erased her malice towards you!!" Jasmine smiled.

"Nonsense, malice can't be erased this-"

"No, It's incredibly easy. Truly simple." Jasmine chuckled, "Well, I suppose it'd be impossible for someone like you. Since no matter what you do, you're still trash that can't reach class 7, right~?"

End of chapter 38

Bonus:

Jasmine snickered, "Your setting is a tryhard piece of garbage~ My setting is a child~"