Swordmaster: The Origin

Destruction of Reputation

The 10 nobles ran towards Petra and attacked her simultaneously.

Petra leaped into the sky to dodge the attack.

Then he slammed his sword into the ground and made them bounce around.

After which, he ran to one of the sprawled nobles and knocked him unconscious by hitting the nape of his back using the sword hilt.

Then he did the same to some other nobles who were sprawled.

But there were also some nobles who managed to rise up and attack Petra from several directions.

Petra then twisted his body while attacking the surroundings using his sword.

The nobles who gathered around him were hit by Petra's attack and sprawled on the ground due to the painful impact of Petra's attack.

Petra continued by running towards William who was the only noble still standing.

William, who saw Petra running towards him, was panicked and his body was trembling.

Then he ran away feeling that he would not be able to defeat Petra.

But Petra ran faster than William until he caught up with her and slashed William's back.

*Slash

"Ohahhhhh!!! my back!!!!!"

Blood flowed out from William's back

William rolled on the ground and moaned in pain from the slash that hit his back.

"DOL!!! IT CAN'T BE LIKE THIS!! THERE IS NO WAY SOMEONE LIKE ME WOULD LOSE TO AN ORDINARY COMMONER SHIT LIKE THIS!!!

William issued various insults and insults to Petra who stood before him.

But Petra was not at all affected by the insults thrown at her.

With his smiling face, he saw William writhing in pain on the ground.

"Heh, even though you've been hard-earned to bring 10 of your friends to surround me, but what is this? are nobles really just a bunch of barbarians with broken brains? it's so sad."

William's face reddened to hear Petra's words that denigrated his status as a noble.

"SHUT YOU!! A COMMONER LIKE YOU DOESN'T DESERVE TO SAY THAT TO ME!!" William shouted at Petra

"really? yet a noble like you broke the rules of the duel and brought your friend to frame me, doesn't that not reflect a noble at all?"

"I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT!! IF I CAN BEAT YOU!! THEN THE REPUTATION OF THE NOBLES IN THE ACADEMY WILL RISE!!! THIS IS ALL BECAUSE OF YOU YOU SHIT!!"

The Academy students who were around looked at William who was on the ground with a look of pity.

William, who was growing more and more crazed on the ground because he felt that his noble status was getting denigrated, began to berate the students around him.

"OI!! YOU ALL!! HURRY HELP ME!! I AM A NOBLE!! YOU GUYS WHO ARE JUST COMMONERS SHOULD SERVE ME!!!"

The disciples who heard William's screams only took their eyes off him.

"OI!! DID YOU HEAR ME?!!"

Petra, who saw William getting out of control, decided to make him faint by hitting the nape of his back.

*duk!

"UGH!" William was unconscious.

After making her faint, Petra lifted her body and placed it on her shoulder.

Petra then dispersed the crowd of students and walked towards the academy hospital which was not located far away from him.

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The next day, news of William's defeat and cheating in the duel against Petra spread to all the students even the teacher.

William, who was a nobleman, came under heavy criticism from the academy and some students who saw him scheming in a duel.

As a result, the reputation of the nobles in the Academy decreased, resulting in the trust of teachers and students being reduced.

In the Academy class where Nix was, he was now looking towards the table with various graffiti and trash on it.

It was a table belonging to a noble named William.

"Nasi has become a porridge." Nix muttered softly.

William, who aims to restore the reputation of the nobility, actually makes the reputation of the nobility decrease.

Many nobles who were not involved in the matter became involved and got ostracized from various students in the Academy.

The reputation of the nobility that was once held in high esteem by the students, had now been the opposite of before.

But that was only true in the Academy, as the status of nobles was still just as great when it was outside.

Right now, in the class Nix was in, a noble was defending himself before the students of the Academy who excommunicated him.

"I-I'm not involved in that duel at all!! why are you even excommunicating me? isn't that just William's?" Shouted a female noble student.

The students who heard that stared in disdain at him.

"Shut up!! a dirty noble who likes to ostracize someone like you is indeed worthy of being rewarded like this!!" One of the students pushed the noble student.

"Yes!!

The noble student fell down from being pushed.

"Hahaha, look at him, Just cleared up is crying, you weak noble." Saying to one of the students.

The noble students who had fallen on the floor only fell silent while crying.

"Here we go, there's no point if we do this much longer, we become like them."

"Yes, you're right. The important thing is that he already understands that he is one of the dirty nobles who likes to bully people under them, hopefully he is aware and changed.

"You're right, even though I think it's impossible."

"Aahaha."

After laughing at the noble student, the entourage of Academy students surrounding him immediately walked out of the classroom.

The fallen noble student did not move and was still crying.

Nix who saw the incident from the start, immediately stood up from his seat and walked towards the noble student.

"Hey, are you okay?" Nix extended his hand.

"?!"

The noblewoman was surprised to see Nix offer her hand to help her.

"W-will you excommunicate me too?" Ask the noblewoman in fear.

Nix shook his head in response.

"No, although I may hate nobles a little, but that doesn't mean I'll be satisfied with excommunicating them."

"...."

The noblewoman fell silent at Nix's reply.

As the atmosphere became awkward, Nix decided to ask the name of the noble student.

"May I know what your name is?" Ask Nix.

After a moment of silence, the woman answered Nix's question

"E... Elvia Lochefort." Answer the woman slowly.

After knowing his name, Nix immediately introduced himself as well

"Elvia huh? my name is Nixerick Xiphos, a commoner from a remote town on the outskirts of the country.

Elvia raised her head to look at Nix's face.

"That's it..." Elvia looked at Nix's face.

Nix also looked at Elvia's face.

Elvia was a noble girl with long blonde hair, and a slim body like a woman in general. He also wore gold earrings and a blue bracelet on his arm.

"First of all, let's stand up first." Nix extended his hand.

Elvia who saw Nix's hand hesitated to accept it, but she finally accepted his hand and Nix helped her to stand up.

"Thank you..." Elvia.

"That's okay, maybe the noble situation is a bit difficult for now, but try to stay upbeat." Nix cheers on Elvia.

"Ah, i-iya, I'll try." Reply Elvia.

Nix smiled at the answer

"In that case, since I have some business, I'll leave now." Nix said as he walked towards the classroom door.

"Yes, be careful on the road." Reply Elvia.

After hearing Elvia say that, Nix left the classroom, and Elvia fell silent in the classroom while looking towards the door of her class.