I Reject Quests

Sakura Garden Academy.

Arai Atsushi's room.

"Err… my room isn't big. Hope you don't mind much…."

"There is nothing to mind. Ah, can I lie on the bed? I'm kinda tired." The good-looking tall man directly leaped on the bed without any reservations.

"Please don't- never mind. Luna, what are you doing?"

"Wow, you don't even have drinks in your refrigerator. Even commoners have that much provision. To think that you are the son of an aristocrat. Tsk. Tsk. Tsk."

"Well, sorry for being broke."

"Mm… aha! Elise-chan! Look what I just found!" From who-knows-where, Luna pulled out a bunch of ero magazines.

"Eh? Eh!! That's immodest!" Elise hurriedly covered her red face.

Looking at the scene, Rewen frowned. If possible, he wanted to drive these people away. If possible, that is. He knew that these three people were definitely big deals.

"Can we start?" He asked, sitting cross-legged.

"Mou, what's the hurry?" Luna pouted playfully but eventually, sat beside him followed by Elise.

"Umm… from where should we start?" 

"Just saying the actual relevant point will do. I'll ask the backstory if I get curious." Rewen answered.

"I see! Then… umm… we want your help to receive our Master's inheritance." Elise said thoughtfully.

"Oh? And how can I help?"

"Only you can receive the inheritance."

"And I would then give it to the three of you?"

"Correct!"

"And why is that only I can receive the inheritance?"

"We cannot answer that," Luna answered before Elise could open her mouth. "Out of topic, but aren't you acting a bit of character for a few minutes?" She had never seen or heard anyone change their attitudes this quick. At first, she thought that the reason his way of talking changed is because of his newfound confidence but gradually, she found it quite weird. It's natural for a person to change but the general style and manner cannot change in a few minutes.

"That's quite weird. I was always out of character." Rewen lightly laughed. 

Luna squinted her eyes. "So your frail and weak attitude was always a disguise. Congrats, you have even managed to fool me. However…" She paused, then brought her face closer to Rewen smiling. "I don't like smart boys."

Rewen shrugged. "You can do what you want. I'll die in a few months so it doesn't really make a difference to me." 

"My, quite stoic. Aren't we?"

"Um, c-can we continue?"

"You can continue, Elise. I was just teasing him." Luna grinned.

"So my next question, how and where do I receive the inheritance?" 

"This… we don't know."

"Huh?"

"Let me explain. The inheritance was originally supposed to be in the cave but for some reason, it wasn't there. Currently, we don't know where it is but starting from tomorrow, we'll start the investigation." Luna explained.

"Hmm… so is there anything I could do for now?"

"Not at the moment. We'll call you when we are ready."

***

'So it's morning so soon'

'Yesterday, ah no today, I slept late. No wonder my eyes hurt.'

'Thankfully, the three of them didn't stay long. It's not like I have a schedule for sleeping or anything. I just don't like waking up with my eyes half-closed for the next few minutes.'

'Enough bullsh*t. Let's get up.'

1. 2. 3.

Failure. Again.

1. 2. 3. 

Success.

"Another day. I hope it will go well." Not that I'm really expecting a normal day. As the main character, if I don't get involved in trouble, who will?

Got up. Brushed his teeth. Looked at the mirror.

"..."

"Hahah!" Rewen laughed seeing my own reflection. 'Maybe not my own but still. I wonder if I would have an inferiority complex had I been born with this face. If I was born on Earth originally, maybe. I don't know.'

Rewen locked the room, then looked around to see if anyone's there.

'Nope, none.'

"Excuse me, do you know this address?" 

A tall good-looking man appeared in front of him showing him a piece of paper. He had long white hair with a black robe on his back wearing the Academy's uniform. He had a gentle smile on his face. Compared with his good looks, the sight looked extremely dazzling.

"Hm? Second floor, opposite to room 47." Rewen pointed towards the second floor stairs. 'Is he a transfer student? Why, at this time of the year?'

At the same time, the white-haired man stretched his right arm around Rewen's back which immediately alerted him.

*Screech*

"Huh? What are you doi-"

A gush of blood spurted from Rewen's neck as his entire body fell. 

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Making my clothes all dirty. How am I supposed to explain if someone spotted me?" The white-haired man licked his fingers covered in blood. While shaking his head, he walked unhurriedly towards the second floor.

Rewen laid there still, his vision blurred. 'What a shitty way to start the day. Dammit, it hurts. Ah! Ou! Ou! Ouuu! Don't move. Stay still. System! Start self-recovery!'

[Denied!]

'Figures… my consciousness is slowly floating away… I wonder if I would really die if I close my eyes. Not possible, right? Maybe my consciousness will no longer be present but I would at least be alive for a while. Let's see how much my will can carry.'

'Ah-hh, I'm hopeless. I'll die. I'll fucking die. System, save me. Where's my dues ex machina?'

[Where's the 'I'm not the only thing you have' now?]

'Don't mind small matters. I was just, you know, in my phase. Now, hurry up and save me!'

[Sigh, I just can't understand you. You are too weird and hard to comprehend. Do you have a mental disorder or anything?]

'Shut up! I'm perfectly normal. You can't understand a normal person like me, there must be something wrong with YOU. Not me.'

"Well, well. Who do we have here?" A deep voice entered his ears.

"T-Tanizaki… as you can see, I'm… in quite a predicament. Would… you be so kind as to-"

Tanizaki patted his back as the latter's consciousness faded. "Trouble arrives." Carrying the pig on his shoulder, he disappeared. 

Bright Island's Main Port.

A boy and a middle-aged man were walking towards a ship.

"Papa, why do we need to leave? I was just about to play with friends." The little boy pouted.

"You wouldn't understand even if I told you." The middle-aged man wiped off the sweat from his face and tightly held the boy's hand.

"How am I supposed to understand if you don't tell me?" The little boy was dissatisfied with his father. He had so much fun with his friends for the past month that he wouldn't want to leave for his hometown even if the academy gave a vacation.

The middle-aged man got impatient but couldn't bear to be angry at the current time and place. "If we don't go back to our hometown, the whole island will sink into the water."

"The entire Bright Island along with our academy will sink?" The boy became terrified and hurried his pace. "Hurry up, Papa or else we will drown."

The middle-aged man smiled and heaved a sigh of relief. He didn't like to lie but was forced to do so. "What about your friends?" He asked to see his son's reaction.

The boy was stumped as if he had thought about this before. "I… eh…"

The man laughed and patted his head. "Don't worry, their parents will come to pick them up."

The boy nodded with an uneasy expression. He was only a eight-year-old. He couldn't think too deeply. 

The man, at this moment, spotted two people. A man and a woman. Both incredibly good-looking people.The port was relatively scarce. But what really attracted him was the person in the man's shoulder. 'The boy looks injured. Was it them?' Out of interest, he decided to check it out.

"Are you sure you want him to leave him on his own?" The woman asked. She looked to be in a bad mood.

"The injury would heal very soon. My work stops here. If you are interested in him, you can babysit him all day." 

"Nothing ever good comes out of your mouth. Did that one victory that year really made you so confident?"

"You can say so. If you have nothing else important to say, I'm leaving. I'll quibble some time later." The man turned around.

"Wait." 

"What is it?"

"Do we really have to kill him?"

"Hoho, have you grown fond of this boy?"

"Just answer my question."

"We have to. There's no other way around. Even Master-"

"Don't talk about him." The woman's voice went deep. She was about to continue when she saw a person approaching them. 

"Is something the matter?" The middle-aged man asked looking at the young man who was carrying an overweight boy covered with his head in blood in his shoulder.

"What does it look like?" The young man chuckled.contemporary romance

The middle-aged man frowned. He approached them bearing kind intentions. What's with young people these days? Are all of them like these?

"Uncle, could you take care of him?" The young woman suddenly found the solution to her worries and smiled.

The middle-aged man didn't answer immediately. "He had received quite a severe wound. I could guess where this came from." Pausing, he dryly laughed. "I'm afraid unless we have a Certified Healer, this would be difficult."

The woman became a bit embarrassed. Sensing the atmosphere, the young man sighed. "Don't worry about his injury. What she wants you to do is give him shelter and food."

"Wha…"

done.co