Tale Of Unknown: Hero From Zero

4. Friends in Another World

"Yahhhh!!"

The traaakk! Araakk!!

It had been almost a month since the arrival of Riyan and the others to this world and he just kept training. Although it could not affect the status, but Riyan continued to practice the sword with Faleon to increase his basic abilities.

Faleon invited him to practice so that his basic sword skills could be qualified. Not adding to his status, Riyan trained with Faleon so that he could defend himself from the dangers surrounding him. It would be fatal if he was hit by a slight attack because his life parameters were only 16 points, it was terrifying.

Araakk!!

The powerful swing from Faleon condensed the wooden sword that Riyan used. Seeing that, he was a little surprised. His wooden sword was thrown several meters back so it was not easy to pick it up quickly. He needed to distract Faleon first so as not to get an attack from behind as he attempted to take out his wooden sword.

"Huh.huh.huh, that's great, Riyan, in just 2 weeks you can compensate me up here."

"Thank you..."

Together with an irregular breath, the two looked into each other's eyes. Faleon learns that Riyan is very quick to learn something, but he does not expect that Riyan can also easily learn physical movements in just 2 weeks.

With the [Comprehension] skill, Riyan was also able to learn various things that he saw with his own eyes. The proof is that he was able to compensate for the swordplay Faleon, but only practiced for about 2 weeks.

"Exercise for today is enough to get here first..."

"Yes..."

Bruukkkc...

After Faleon declared that, the brand both collapsed sitting on the grass from being very tired. They had been training for about 1 hour since it started, it was only natural that they were exhausted like this. For Riyan who was unfamiliar with body movements, he was much more tired than Faleon who had been practicing swordsmanship for over 7 years.

"Nobody's watching, right?"

"Yes, you take it easy, they're also practicing in the front yard."

"Good..."

Sighing in relief, Riyan poured his body into the courtyard grass. They were training in the backyard of the palace because of Riyan's own wishes. He did not want this practice to be known by his friends as it would definitely worsen his situation with the disciples.

Sometimes, they also trained in the forest and hunted weak monsters to let the level of Riyan rise a little. The other disciples had been around level 16 and 20, whereas Riyan was still at level 6. That was because Riyan could not subdue a monster alone and no one would accompany him hunting, except for Faleon.

Riyan's unusually weak status made it almost impossible to defeat even the weakest of creatures. The weakest creature in this world had a life point of about 20 and a physical strength of about 4 points. If Riyan was hit by the creature as much as 4 times, then it's over.

Faleon helps him level up by reducing the monster's life and receiving all attacks while protecting it, then Riyan will complete the final attack to increase his level. There are no experience parameters in the game world, but there are only numbers that indicate the level. All of this is unpredictable.

"Riyan, are you okay with this?"

"Hm? What's?"

"You know, you've always been shunned by your friends except for the 5 people who care about you. I'm worried that your mental state will be affected."

"I've said it, I have no problem with that."

While answering in a slightly angry tone, Riyan stared intently at Faleon's eyes. Hearing Riyan's upset reply, Faleon immediately withdrew from the previous question. He was afraid that Riyan would be even more lonely when he was not with her.

He stared at the blue sky, the surging white cloud lanes sailing freely above him. It was not that Riyan felt nothing, he simply suppressed all his emotions from coming out. Actually, Riyan was angry and hated the misunderstanding that made a big distance between himself and his friends.

'Huh.if not me who was told to collect student questionnaire at that time, I certainly would not get treated like this.'

Indeed, Riyan was used to this treatment from his friends, but he could still feel his own emotions that he always hid deep in his heart. Riyan is an ordinary man who can feel anger and other negative feelings, there is no way he does not feel such things.

After which, Faleon got up and walked towards the front yard.

"I'll check out their training ahead. Rest well, Riyan."

"Yes, thank you for your guidance today."

Stepping away from Riyan, he waved his right hand at her without looking back.

A while later, Riyan also got up from his break.

"In that case, I'll rest in the room."

He walked into the building for the summoned disciples to become heroes separated from the palace and was about to head for his room. In his room he can rest more freely than this page because it is likely that there are other students who saw him and gave more insults that cut his heart.

***

At dinner, Riyan deliberately brought her food and sat in the courtyard of the side palace with a green grass pedestal. The reason why he ate outside, it was because he wanted to see the night sky that he used to look at. The black sky with a sparkle of starlight here and there filled the scene of Riyan.

He put his empty dinner plate next to his head. While lying down leisurely, he looked up at the night sky. To him, seeing a star-filled sky like this was very soul-soothing. His entire burden seemed to have disappeared without a trace, including all the emotions he felt today.

The light breeze of the night hit his body slowly, but it did not make him cold. He enjoyed the wind of the night and his current state. This quiet time he did not get every time, so he wanted to enjoy this atmosphere for as long as possible.

Byarrr!

And at that very moment, water with a volume of about a bucket full flushed his body that was lying relaxed. As that much water suddenly came upon his body, Riyan immediately got up and found out what was really going on.

"Haha! Look at that face!"

"Effervesce, it is rare to see such an expression, hahaha!"

"Bwahaha! It turned out that he was also a human, I thought he was the incarnation of a demon because of that flat expression and his eyes, hahaha!"

""Haha!!""

When he looked back, a group of male disciples numbering around 8 people laughed at him blatantly. They were a few of the disciples who bullied and mocked Riyan long ago. One of them exerted the water magic that had been learned to flirt with that Riyan.

Riyan could only look at them with a sharp gaze as well as the anger he was enduring. Upon noticing Riyan's gaze, they immediately looked back at him, this time with a thug look.

"What do you see, loser!?"

"You're fighting, huh!?"

They walked slowly closer to Riyan who had stood ready to accept what he sowed. It was not his fault, but his fault lay in the sharp gaze he subconsciously directed at them.

"Stop!"

As they were already about 3 meters away from Riyan, a familiar voice stopped their steps in an instant. They turned to the source of the voice and were surprised to see who it was. What stopped them was Tifania, the girl of worship of almost all male disciples.

After the situation was safe, Tifania walked over to Riyan.

"Riyan, are you okay? Is anyone hurt?"

"No, I'm fine. You don't have to worry about me, Tifania."

Hearing that Riyan was unharmed, Tifania heaved a heavy sigh of relief. Only the clothes and pants worn by Riyan were wet, other than that there was no sign that he had been beaten or anything like that.

"Let's go in, Riyan, it's cold in here. I'm fine, if you get a fever because of your wet clothes."

As Tifania finished her sentence, Riyan looked towards her body. For some reason, he himself did not realize that his own clothes were wet. He just put on a wry smile because of that. He picked up his plate and walked together into the building.

The hallway and dining room had been deserted as almost all the disciples were in their respective rooms, and there were some who were still wandering outside, no matter what. Tifania walked straight to her room, while Riyan stepped into the kitchen to put the plate down.

In the kitchen, he saw a black-haired girl around the age of 18 with a white apron washing a few dishes by herself. The girl looked tired, but she still did her job properly.

"Excuse me, I've come to clean my cutlery."

"Yeah!!"

Hearing Riyan's voice suddenly appear from behind unnoticed, he suddenly shouted in surprise. Due to Riyan's weak existence, he becomes difficult for others to realize.

"Ah, you. make people hang anyway."

"Sorry."

Riyan lowered his head a little for a while. The girl resumed her work which had stopped because it surprised Riyan from behind with no signs at all.

"Just put it there, you can rest."

Hearing that, Riyan instead of obeying the girl's words, he approached the girl, then picked up some dirty dishes that were piled up and stood right next to the girl. He put the pile of dirty dishes in the laundry and started washing.

Seeing what Riyan was doing, the girl was startled and started to wonder.

"E-uh? What are you doing?"

"Hm? I helped you wash the dishes."

Hearing the reply from Riyan, the girl was even more shocked. A summoned hero from another world helps the work of a servant? That's very unlikely.

As quickly as possible, the girl pushed Riyan a little with the intention of having Riyan leave this kitchen, but he did not move. Riyan kept doing what he was doing and ignored the girl.

Despite being pushed many times, Riyan did not budge. Eventually the girl relented and let Riyan help her work. After about 20 minutes, the dirty dishes were washed. With the help of Riyan, the girl's job was 2 times faster than usual.

When all the dirty dishes finished washing, Riyan immediately walked out to his room, but his steps immediately stopped as soon as the girl called from behind.

"L-anu..."

Riyan looked back and looked at him with his usual sharp gaze. The girl was a little scared by the look in Riyan's eyes, but she did not show what she was feeling right now directly. A little timidly, he raised his voice slowly.

"Thank you..."

Hearing someone's 'thank you', Riyan was quite happy. Rarely does he get the sentence, maybe even only about 5 times a year in his previous life. But he still showed his flat expression as usual. Riyan is not good at expressing things because of the void that has been holding his heart for years.

Riyan continued his steps that had stopped earlier like ignoring the girl. But his legs came back to a standstill because of the girl again.

"Anu... If you may know, what is your name?"

Riyan was silent, but he immediately answered her with an insinuating question, not an expected answer.

"Isn't it better to introduce yourself first before asking someone else's name?"

Hearing the sentence coming out of her lips, the girl stuttered slightly. He completely forgot the manners because he was so curious. Of course, there was no hero who intended to help a servant, it was very curious.

The girl immediately lowered her head and body to 90 degrees while apologizing many times.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

Seeing this, Riyan was puzzled. Why would you have to bend over like that and apologize that much? Well, this is something he doesn't really understand. Basically, the disciples who were summoned from another world to this world had the power as nobles, Alestein who directly authorized them from day one.

"You don't have to apologize until it's like that. Stand up as usual and introduce yourself well, that's all."

"Ba-good!"

Hearing Riyan's voice asking her to stand up as usual, the girl straightened her body back up as before. He didn't know why Riyan had told him so, but he was relieved that he wasn't punished. Normally a brazen servant to a noble would be punished, because that was the same as humiliation.

"My name is Remia Selvyan..."

With a hint of fear floating around him, he introduced himself to Riyan. Naturally, it was because very rarely had a noble ever asked the name of a servant, unless the noble wanted to take the servant as his 'toy.

"I'm Riyan Klaint."

"Riyans... Saint..."

Looking at that smiling Riyan, Remia's face flushed slightly. He had never seen, heard, or seen a noble like Riyan. Indeed Riyan was not a noble, but he and the other disciples were considered nobles by the Alivonian kingdom.

"You don't have to be disinclined like that to me, I'm not like my other friends, I'm just a regular resident."

Hearing the words that came from Riyan, Remia was very surprised. Well, that's for sure. Since it was a request from a noble, he wanted to obey it, but it was also one of disrespectful actions.

"Well, Mr. Riyan."

"No need to wear 'mister'."

"Ba-good!"

As Riyan slightly suppressed her voice, Remia looked scared and answered him with reflex.

After that, Riyan walked out of the kitchen to his room that had stopped earlier. Remia who saw the sharp-eyed man's back could only admire him. He had never met a noble like Riyan, perhaps admiration alone was not enough to describe what he felt.

"Riyan Klaint, he's a good man."

While laying his body on the chair that was there, he muttered that. Although Riyan has sharp eyes and seems not to care about his surroundings, he is a good person, according to Remia, because basically Riyan is a good person.