I pinched my nose a bit due to the itchy feeling on my nose. It"s been a while since I have done shopping on my own. And although I can make money from translating j.a.panese to English transcripts, novels, and a few kinds of stuff, it"s enough to buy cup noodles and stuff but it"s just a petty amount of money.I scan around the shelves and pick out a wasabi flavored cup noodles. I don"t understand why people don"t love this flavor, whenever I pick up one, the surrounding customers look at me with strange looks in their eyes. Are they looking at me due to my handsome face? Nope, that is impossible, I have not even taken my haircut and my beard is quite long. I look like a geezer too.
I took two wasabi flavored cup noodles before I head straight to the counter. The same girl in my cla.s.s, Erina Motoko is now working part-time here. I covered my mouth and I wear my hoodie. It would be impossible for her to know that I am her previous cla.s.smate who already drops out of cla.s.s.
She is our cla.s.s president and she is quite pretty. Many guys in my cla.s.s have a crush on her. She has short brown hair and she has a tomboyish way of moving. But heck, she looks adorable. She is slim and tall, her skin is fair and her face is quite pretty. She has a beauty mark on the side of her left eye which makes her more attractive.
I put the two cup noodles on the counter. I took out my phone and check a bit and seeing that there are no worthwhile things to check, I decided to put it back when a notification appeared on my phone.
"You are added in a group chat called Anonymous!"
Huh? A group Chat? Nah, I"ll check that later. Group chats are commonplace ever since Discord and other platforms for chatting other people are on fire today. Being added by other people is not a rare thing.
"Two cup noodles, 1000 yen is the total cost," she said and smiled at me.
I grab my wallet in my hoodie pocket and fetch the 1000 yen and paid the two cup noodles.
"Thank you very much for your purchase, please come again!"
I grab the plastic bag containing the cup of ramen before exiting.
"Kazuma!"
I froze after hearing my name. I look back and she is currently calling me. She did not forget my name.
"Kazuma, when are you going to return to school?" Erina asked. She managed to see through my concealment.
"Not a chance," I said flatly.
I turned away without looking back. I step out and left the convenience store to avoid Erina"s nagging. It is not the first time she nagged me to go back to school. Whenever she meets me, she will then keep on nagging me to go back.
It"s been 7 months since I decided to drop out of school after some sort of humiliation that I can"t forget.
I got stripped almost naked and got tied up from a tree. I am not fully naked but I only wore my boxer shorts and every student at the school laughed out loud and made fun of me. The bullies who did it even made me a human target range from their pellet guns which f*cking hurts.
The teachers did not stop them, afraid that the founder of the school, father of one of the bullies who stripped me might fire them out on the job. No other students helped me and even Reina can"t do anything. That day, I saw all of my "friends" turn away from me, and left me to experience a humiliation that I would always bring in my mind forever and besides, I am an orphan and I don"t have any relative that might help me on it. Only this house is said to be the only property left by my parents for me.
I fear going back to school. That place is not a place of learning, its a place of h.e.l.l. I prefer to stay in the old house.
After walking for quite a while, I saw the old house that looks modern in the outside but rickety in the inside. That is currently my house. In other"s perspective, the house is cla.s.sy and comfy. Yes, it"s comfy but not to the level of comfy that many people experience in their own houses.
This ancestral house has been pa.s.sed down by my ancestors to their grandchildren until it was now in my hands. I sighed deeply again. If not due to my parents dying very early, I wouldn"t be suffering much, but what can I do? I am always like that.
I put down the cups of wasabi flavored ramen into the table and I sat on the sofa and closed my eyes. They are heavy for quite a while, I have been working hard for days but what I am working hard with? I can"t help hate my life...
Ding!
Huh? What was that? A notification? My eyes opened and my eyebrows creased. I opened my chat group app and remembered that In was added accidentally on Anonymous by someone. I check their logs and found out that they have been chatting for a while now. I don"t know any of these people and their names seem English and some are ancient? I don"t know if they are cosplaying something. I decided to check this group"s introduction but found it missing. The only thing is the rules for the new people.
***
Rules and Regulations of the Anonymous
1. All of the chat"s spells and chants are all should be mentioned in the spells lobby. If you want to try and discuss it in the general lobby, please be sure to ask permission first.
2. Everyone should be respectful to each other. You can"t keep on bickering and drag others. Please resolve it without going to the extent of dueling.
3. All spells and chants available in the spells lobby are all free and being shared by everyone. If it was shared, feel free to use it on your own. Every magician has the right.
4. Posting a demonic chants or demon summoning spells are prohibited. If the spell posted is currently unknown and not fully grasped yet until researched, please refrain from posting the whole spell or chant to avoid disasters.
5. Feel free to curse and vent out your anger in general lobby but please no SPAMMING!
6. Posting unrelated posts in spells lobby are extremely prohibited. You can post it in the general lobby.
7. Don"t disturb others when they are practicing, just ping the others if they are really important matters.
8. And lastly, do not reveal to the public about the existence of magicians. We minimize our presence, not enhance and show it to the world.
***
I scratch my head. Is this a magician chat group or something? From its chat group name, I thought it was a chat group consisting of hackers, but after reading the rules, I have my doubts.
I checked the lobby and the people there are currently posting nonsensical things.
***
Volta:Last night, a lesser demon appeared in Tsutenkaku tower and almost wreck havoc. We managed to stop it wrecking and resealed it.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
Tsugimoto: Wow, Voltsenpai was getting serious again!
Quisar: Agreed^^
Tsukoyomi: VoltSan, how strong is the lesser demon?
Volta: Tsukoyomi-dono, it"s not that strong but it"s quite strong enough to cause disturbances. I managed to deal it with me after I summoned lightning to stun him down.
Raigaki: Heh, Volta, you might be having trouble with a small fry. You should stop watching that stupid anime so that your Magical Essence won"t regress and go stagnant!
Yaya: Yay! A conflict is brewing!
Tsukoyomi: Hush, Yaya, don"t keep making the conflict bigger!
Rena: Woot! Go Voltsenpai! Throw your strongest spell to Stupid Raigaki!
Raigaki: Who are you calling stupid!?
Volta: You don"t dare call my Ruminchan a stupid! She is my idol and you can"t just say stupid things ton her like that! I will summon lightning to burn you down once we meet later!
Catmod: Oh, a challenge! It"s been a while since someone made a challenge to spell battle! :smirk:
Yaya: Woot!^_^
Rena: Fight fight fight!
Money lover: Okay! Just sent me the money later if you want to bet on Volta or Raigaki. Be sure to witness their battle! Its 5 on 3 payout so don"t hesitate!
t.i.tan: Dang, as long as a battle appears, Money lover will propose a bet!
Yaya: Volta! I will bet on Volta! I will send you the 10,000 yen later!
Rena: Woah! Don"t hastily spend the money!
Yaya: Who cares? It"s my money anyway!^^
Jezra:...Fireball.
Moonlight: Stop bickering, I found something interesting on Rena"s posted magic circle. It seem like it was lacking power or something. I felt like the structure is incomplete. I tried using it last time but it seemed to backfire.
Zacharias: Moonlight, have you given out a catalyst? It might have something to do with the catalyst.
Moonlight: Of course! But it still backfired me. I wasted a hundred-year-old Oak Bark just for that.
Rena: I will try rechecking it then.
Zacharias: There are some sloppy lines and a few missing runes on the magic circles, might be the cause of backfire. I never had the chance to try it out at home. I am busy perfecting my spell that can be cast instantly.
***
I was a bit confused about their conversation. Are these people chuunibyous? From their tone, they seemed to be adults and some are teenagers based on their tones in the chat.
I was curious so I decided to check the Spells Lobby that is currently on the topic. What made me surprised is due to the amount of "Spells and chants" being posted here.
"Alright, these people are practically chuunibyous. But heck, who invited me here?" I mumbled ad checked the backlogs during the time I was invited but for some reason, there are no backlogs that indicate I joined the group.
"Is this group legit? I don"t think they are lying," I mumbled once more and decided to look again on the Spells lobby, I was curious so why not try it? But before I can switch channels, someone from the lobby appeared.
Rewardsbot: Kazuma got the Flamethrower Gloves! Congratulations! Please check your inventory to retrieve it!
Kazuma? Isn"t that me? Did I just won something?I know that there are some chat groups with giveaways but they also have them too? Before I can check it, many people riled up on the notification.
Rena: Grats^^
Volta: Congratulations Kazuma!
Yaya: Yay! Congrats!^^
Moonlight: Congratulations to you. Kazuma. Use it wisely.
Raigaki: Woot! Someone won! But f*ck! Why not me?! I have joined this group for quite a while but I have not won a single sh*t!
Volta: Because your luck is rotten as sh*t.
Raigaki: What? You think you are a lucky b.a.s.t.a.r.d?!
Yaya: They are fighting again -3-
Money lover: The bet is still on, just DM me.
Rena: You money lover, just quit it!
Moonlight: Anyways, use that flamethrower gloves to good use, Kazuma.
***
I am getting curious so I decided to open my inventory where the app personally generated.
(Flamethrower Gloves)
Description: Hot! Got! Hot! These gloves can burn anything once it spat out flames! Don"t just stand on the way! Move away from it!
Do you want to withdraw the item? You cannot store it back inside the inventory.
Yes/No
Huh? I thought it was just some sort of virtual item? I click yes and my phone suddenly produces blinding light and all of a sudden, my hands hold a peculiar looking gloves.
"F*ck! Am I dreaming?" I tried pinching my cheeks if I am dreaming.
Pinch!
"Ouch! This is not a dream!" I shouted again. I stare at the gloves. How did these gloves appear out on my phone?!