112 years later... [March 17th, 2024]

Han: How do you think the event that happened 112 years ago came about?

Ryu: I don't know,  but I'm  sure it's something very complex.

Han: Whenever  the topic of the event from 112 years ago comes up, you always seem excited, Ryu.

Ryu: Yes! I'm really fascinated by how people gained power and  fought against monsters in that event... One day, I want to fight too, Han!

Han:  Fight? But Ryu, you're 17 years old and you still don't have a mana hearth...?! I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean it that way! 

Ryu: It's fine, Han...

"The Awekened"

That's what people who gained various powers after obtainng a mana heart durring the event 112 years ago were called. But even thought I'm 17 years old, I don't have a mana hearth. I didn't obtain it at the age of 10 or 11...If you don't gain it at that age, you can never have a mana heart. Of course, there are exceptions, but that's less than a %1 chance

Han: I'm sorry...

Ryu: I said  forget about it.

Han: I'm sorry...

Ryu: (angrily) STOP APOLOGIZING ALREADY!!!

Han and Ryu continue walking for a bit until they reach their school

Han: We finnaly made it to school. I  wish it was vacation already, right, Ryu?

Ryu: ...

Han: Ryu?

Ryu: Oh! Sorry, I was lost in thought.

Han: Are you okey?

Ryu: Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry. 

Han: Alright then.

Han and Ryu part ways to go to their classes. Ryu enters the classroom slowly, with trembling steps, and the moment he steps inside, he realizes he's been punched in the face

Ryu: Gah!!!

???: Where have you been, Ryu~? I was getting really bored since my favorite punching bag slowed up late. 

Ryu: (Coughing) Yang Jiho...

That bastard Yang Jiho, who has bullied me since childhood... Even though he's a piece of trash, he's already reached D-level with his mana hearth at this age.

Yang Jiho: Hmm?

Seeing Ryu writhing on the ground, Yang Jiho can't hide his devillish grin and starts kicking Ryu repeatedly.

Yang Jiho: Hey, if you're late again, I won't leave a single bone unbroken! Hahaha

As Ryu writhes on the ground, crying, one of the teachers suddenly enters the classroom and sees him lying there. Looking around, the teachers calls Ryu to his office.

Teacher: Enought, Ryu! You're constantly getting info fights. I'm sick of your misbehavior. Get your act together!

Ryu: I'm sorry... (Why am ı the one apologizing? I'm the one getting beaten, I'm the one being bullied every day... But why, why am I the one being judged all the time? Yang Jiho, you always  get away with it because you have money, you bastard)

Teachers: Oh, right, you don,t have a father, do you? That's why you're such a problematic student. Tch tch, undisciplined brat!

Ryu clenches his fists and grits his teeth, trying not to say anything...

Ryu: I'm sorry, sir...

After leaving the teacher's office, he begins cursing all the people who have harmed him up until now

(Damn bastards...)

I endured Jiho's bullying all day long. In the classroom... I had gotten so used to it that it became part of my daily routin. Finally, the last class came. Today's torment would end at last 

Student 1: Hey, what's the last class?

Student 2: I think it's history 

Student 1: History? You mean we're going to have that crazy teacher again...

The teacher enters the classroom, and the noise in the room suddenly stops.

Teacher: Hey, brats! Shut up!

The history teacher is very strich but also a good person. He has always been extra helpful to me and is the only one I can confide in about my troubles.

Teacher: Alright, look at the board.  Today's lessons is "The Awakend"

Lokking around, I saw that everyone was listenning to the topic with the same excitement as I was.