The Story of Demon Hunter

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Geck! Geck! Geck!

The sound of knocking on the door sounded. Manabu stared at Takeo who was sitting on a chair then at Satoru who was lying on the top bed while daydreaming. Seeing them not responding, he let out a long sigh.

“Log in.”

After Manabu's words, the door of the room opened. The figure of the young man with brown hair and glasses walked into the room with a nervous expression on his face. He looked at the three people in the room then bowed while introducing himself.

“My name is Ono, please help from now.”

Manabu looked at Ono who was so polite and then looked at Takeo with a suspicious expression. Just like her, it seems that her friend is also suspicious. Although not as conspicuous as Satoru, it seems that Ono is also not from the countryside as they are.

“Yo! Hello, my friend! Call me Takeo.” Takeo raised his hand while greeting.

“My name is Manabu. I hope we can be familiar in the future,” said Manabu kindly.

Satoru himself woke up. He sat on the bed and looked at Ono. Raising his hand, the young man greeted back.

“My name is Satoru. Nice to meet you.”

Looking towards Satoru, Ono looked surprised. With an expression full of astonishment, the young man overreacted.

“You're kan-“

Not yet able to say his name, Ono instantly kept silent as Satoru squinted his eyes. He immediately took a deep breath, staring at the young man with an understanding expression. Just like her, there seems to be a reason why Satoru went to such a remote school.

“Do you know each other?” ask Manabu.

“No.” Satoru shook his head. “Maybe he was wrong view.”

“Un!” Ono nodded with a nervous expression. “Sorry, it looks like I saw it wrong. After all, Satoru-san's appearance is a bit like a star on tv.”

“Yes! Even you think like that!” Takeo seems to agree.

“I think you're from Tokyo like Satoru-kun.” Manabu smiled kindly.

“I'm from Sapporo.”

Ono sighed after saying his residence. Seeing the young man's appearance, Satoru, Manabu, and Takeo glanced at each other.

Unlike Satoru who covered up his problem well, it seems Ono had a hard time and ended up in this place. Of course, having not gotten to know him too well, the three of them did not try to wonder as it could make Ono uncomfortable.

“You came last, so you can't choose a bed. That's yours.” Takeo pointed to the empty bed under Satoru's.

“It's almost dinner time. After Ono-kun keeps his things, how about we have dinner together?” ask Manabu.

The other three people did not mind at all. After Ono moved his luggage, they went to the cafeteria for dinner.

Having dinner together while chatting, the relationship of the four of them became more familiar than before.

Unlike Satoru and Ono who went to the department of livestock engineering, Manabu is in the department of agricultural engineering, and Takeo is in the department of agricultural mechanization.

Despite being the most extensive school, Greenfield Academy has only three majors namely livestock engineering, agricultural engineering, and agricultural mechanization.

Just like the names, farming techniques teach students things related to farming whether it is how to care for, raise, breed, and the like.

Agricultural techniques teach students things related to agriculture such as planting vegetables, fruits, rice, and also taking care of it.

While the mechanization of agriculture itself teaches students to learn the machinery related to agriculture. Make them into special mechanical vehicles or agricultural tools.

After dinner together, the four of them returned to the dormitory. Although sleep hours are not yet valid because school has not yet begun, they try to get used to it first.

Seeing such a scene, a rarely seen gentle smile appeared on Satoru's face.

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The next morning.

Since it was still four in the morning, Satoru's roommates had not yet woken up from their sleep.

Without waking them, the young man went to drink mineral water and then to the bathroom to wash his face and brush his teeth. Feeling the cold sensation of water hitting his skin, he shivered slightly.

Satoru looked at the mirror with a serious expression, looking quite cold and uncharacteristic.

‘I will prove to the Old Man that I can survive even without him.’

Returning to his room, Satoru who had changed into sports clothes took the shoes. He intends to do a morning run. Because the school was too wide, the young man left early so as not to miss breakfast.

It was just that the young man seemed to change after fifteen minutes of running from the dorm building. He retreated when he saw the scenery around. Feeling the uncomfortable sensation of almost tripping a few times, Satoru could not help but complain.

“What kind of ghost place is this! Forget dirt roads, no need to paved, but at least provide roadside lighting!”

Satoru was really feeling depressed. He felt a miscalculation. The young man thought he could walk around school comfortably, exercising while getting used to it. But everything was different from his plan.

Light poles were found only around buildings and main roads. Outside the place was completely without lights. Even with the stars hanging in the sky, without the moonlight Satoru still had trouble running in this kind of place.

“Other times I'll leave a bit slow. At least let the sun appear before leaving.”

Of course, it was just Satoru's thought as not knowing his schedule was different from ordinary school.

At Greenfield Academy, there are morning tasks that students have to do. So they had to wake up early.

After jogging for quite a while, Satoru saw the morning sun finally rising. Right then, he immediately went through another route to return.

At about half-six, the young man passed by near the dairy stable. There, it seems that there are some people on duty. Not only in that place, at this hour people also start doing their work, whether it is in the cage or the rice field.

Satoru who passed through the place where the feed was stored suddenly stopped. He looked at the familiar looking figure.

That person was the girl who helped Satoru before.

The young man rubbed his eyes, making sure that this time he was not hallucinating. Looking at the girl with such an extraordinary appearance in her memories, she felt both strange and astonished.

As if sensing the gaze directed at her, the brown-haired girl turned her head while carrying a bucket filled with feed. Seeing Satoru who was wearing sports clothes staring at her, the girl was clearly shocked.

Although feeling somewhat embarrassed, Satoru decided to approach. He wanted to greet the girl and thank her.

Approaching the girl, Satoru bowed while greeting.

“Include me, my name is Satoru, Class 1 in livestock engineering. Thanks for the help earlier.”

Hearing Satoru's words, the girl immediately put down the bucket with a somewhat panicked expression on her face.

“No, that's not a problem at all. Glad to see you're okay.”

Looking towards the handsome face of Satoru and his clothes that were soaked in sweat, his cheeks were slightly red. Bowing in embarrassment, the girl said in an almost inaudible voice.

“My name is Yui, Class 2 engineering department farm.”

Hearing the girl's introduction, Satoru was stunned in place.

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