Once Principal Liam left, the other professors too began leaving the infirmary one after another, as some went off to inform the dead relatives of the two students of the unfortunate incident, while some headed back to their jobs to deal with more important things.
With the other students in recovery, there was no point in them lingering inside the infirmary anymore and hence except the chief healer, everyone else left the room, giving Rocky some time to think in solace.
' I'm pathetic-' is what Rocky felt the second he was left alone, as despite his public image as a champion and a genius, Rocky understood that at his core he was a pathetic nobody.
His image as a great warrior was not backed by his own skills and no matter how calm or cool he pretended to be, when things went outside his control, he was left exposed as the fraud that he was.
'I fainted just from seeing Erin turn purple.... Let alone surviving a gore battlefield, I'm not even mentally strong enough to see a poisoned patient.
So much for being the champion of Gemini-' Rocky thought self-deprecatingly as he felt immense embarrassment for not having control over his emotions.
'I'm a fraud.... A pathetic fraud' Rocky thought as he bit his tongue hard in anger, reflecting upon how there was nothing that he had achieved by himself.
His martial arts were bestowed on him by the system alongside his sword skills, while his own accomplishments were next to nothing.
In the entire fight against the assassin's, he was able to do nothing at all but pathetically stand motionless as Sophia got stabbed in the chest.
If he did not have the bracelet at that moment, then Rocky would have most likely died right there, jeopardizing the lives of Sophia, Erin and Buhara as well.
'Once again, I did not survive on my own strength.... I only survived because Pope Cole gave me a very powerful artifact,' Rocky thought as at this moment all his arrogance that he had built over the past few days from feeling invincible within the academy went down the drain.
He was a nobody.
He was not the first choice of the Gemini gods to become a champion.
He now doubted if there was an internal conflict inside Olympus and perhaps Sophia was not an enemy but a victim.
If her innocence could be established then Sophia could potentially turn into an ally for Rocky as he could team up with her to take down the Olympian faction that was holding his sister.
'Foolish thoughts once again Rocky, you can't kill an ant with your current strength, let alone take on Olympian factions.
First fucking become capable of stepping into the tower, then think about things like saving Riva or bringing Olympian factions to justice-' Rocky thought as he slammed his own train of thought that suggested him to investigate this incident and ally with Sophia if it could be done.
[ Strongest System Notification - The strongest system has detected that the 'Host' has reached an important point in self reflection and has decided to help the host build confidence in his own skills.
It has been decided that, from this day till hosts university graduation, the strongest system will not impart any direct skills upon the host and shall allow the host to develop by himself ]
[ Strongest System Quest Notification - A new system quest has been issued.
Quest Title - Reach First Rank In The University For Nourishment Of Young Talents and become the Valedictorian.
Quest Description - Train hard and excel with your own merits within the academy for the upcoming semester to claim the top spot.
Quest Rewards - Crucial Hint about the kidnapping of your sister, +?????
Failure Penalty - ???? ]
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/// A/N - There will be a second chapter later tonight. ///