A Destained Young Master Villain

All of the youths who had formed their own group gathered on the sidelines, waiting their turn for their mock battle with the professors while they watched those that were currently battling with the professors.

Some were also planning strategies or how they would proceed with their battle once it was their turn.

The ones who had taken this physical test, like the twins from the Elven family, Fiona, Daphne, Celestia, and the others, were not present as they were still current in the Assembly Hall getting their academy points calculated.

Among the people who were on the sidelines were Zen and his group. Zen was not interested in watching a bunch of amateurs fight and simply chatted with Xue regarding any incidents that transpired in the academy while he was gone.

"Xue, anything that happened while I was away?" Zen, who had his back leaned against a wall, inquired.

"Yes, young master, the dean of the academy called me to ask me your motives and such."

"The dean? Hmm..." Zen contemplated and remembered something from the novel.

Hermione Belles is one of the big backers that Edward got in the novel. She was also the one who helped Edward throughout his time at the academy.

Edward was first able to get her attention due to the talents he showed and his overly selfless and righteous personality, which always put others before himself. This made him quite different from the other students in the eyes of Hermione, and because of that, she wanted to take Edward as her personal student.

As years and years went by, the student and the teacher developed feelings for each other. By the time Edward became a Heavenly Swordsman, as he was about to confess his feelings to Hermione, who was called Trent back then closed the book.

The reason for that? He could not stand such a scene, and he found it cringeworthy. That was also the time he had transmigrated to this world.

"F*ck!" Zen muttered as he remembered the last scenes he had read before closing the book he had read back then. 

He looked back at Xue, who was staring at him because of his silence.

"Ah... young master, I did not say anything about you." Xue hurriedly said this because she thought that Zen might have misunderstood that she had revealed information about him.

"I know." Zen stated with a smile as he patted her head, and Xue could not help but blush a little. 

"I\'ll work harder for the young master in the future to repay you!" Xue exclaimed.

On the other hand, Zen said in his mind, \'Of course, I know you\'re quite loyal and useful; otherwise, why would I take you away from the Outlander continent? If you were not useful to me, then I would have just left you to rot there.\'

"All right, all right." Zen responded, taking his hand back that was placed on top of Xue\'s head.

While Zen and Xue were conversing, the other members of the group watched the mock battle and discussed with each other how they would proceed with their attack on the professor they would be facing.

Soon their discussion stopped when one of them said, "Won\'t all our planning be useless? We don\'t even know which one of them we will be fighting."

Elkelm agreed with his words. "Yes, each of the professors fights differently. It would have been great if they told us which of them we\'d be going against."

"Mhm, if they had told us, it would have been much more convenient." Noeme stated.

They then all looked in Zen\'s direction at the same time, as they all had a tacit understanding that he was the strongest person in their group. Zen was already an Advanced Swordsman while they were all stuck in the Intermidiate rank.

Sensing that they were looking at him, Zen realized that they might want to know what he thought about what they should do.

"Just fight. Strategy is useless against absolute power. Do you all really think that just because you have a good strategy, you will be able to defeat someone in a Magister rank with all your flimsy little tactics?

"And your hoping to beat a professor with all your little Intermidiate rank prowess? That\'s nothing, and your current rank is not even worth mentioning. Even I, who\'s in Advanced rank am nothing. Delusional if you all think so." Zen mocked.

"So just focus on your own sh*t since the most important part of this mock battle is an individual skill evaluation anyway."

Hearing his words, they all revealed a gloomy expression, and Mathias, who was part of the group, had his head down because he had recently just advanced from Elementary level to Intermidiate level. He felt incompetent after what Zen said; if an Advanced rank was nothing, what would that make him? Trash?

Xue, on the other hand, who had just started, did not feel anything about what Zen said, as she had just recently started training. Even though she just started, she was able to reach the Elementary level, which is quite remarkable.

While she and Zen were traveling, she trained relentlessly and nonstop since the requirements to attend the academy were to be an Elementary rank. 

With all the resources and teaching Zen gave her, it would have been embarrassing if she had been unable to reach Elementary rank.

She was already a Novice rank mage, as she was taught basic magic back when she was at the orphanage. In fact, most people in this world at least knew the basics of magic and swordsmanship, as it is essential to be able to live in this world.

Although his words were quite harsh, they could not find any words to refute them, as everything he said was true.

Suddenly Anastasia, who stayed silent during the whole thing, spoke, "Well... you are right, but the professors have suppressed their rank to Great rank. With you here, don\'t you think it\'s possible?"

"Although I\'ve never seen you fight before, with all the rumors going around about how powerful you are, we might be able to beat one of the professors, right?"

In fact, Anastasia had another intention other than beating the professor; she wanted to see the extent of Zen\'s power. She wanted to fully grasp what he was truly capable of.

Just as they were all talking, Hawkin, who had finished his battle with another group, called out to them.

It seemed like it was finally their turn!