Daniel's life was a life full of lack and misfortunes if compared to how normal people had their lives.
He didn't know what is school when he was at his learning age as his peers did.
He doesn't have any friends or allies. His step-father sees him as merely useless trash incapable of producing money but decreases his money by only existing and eating his food. His mother ignored him as if he wasn't even there in her life.
But what made his previous life very harsh and painful was not because he didn't have what the normal children had, but because he hadn't seen and received any sincere love since the very first time he was born.
Love.
—Come here, my little Loryarc~...
A warm and safe feeling thing.
Something he couldn't have in his previous life.
—What's wrong? Hm, you wet yourself... Fufu, it's okay. Marie would wash the bed later. Let's sleep with Mom instead tonight.
But now.
He... Have it.
The love.
Inside his head.
Something he borrowed from his predecessor. Maybe these memories were not about him, and he was just merely a third-party spectator there.
But.
That's enough.
It's enough. For him, that's enough, even almost too much.
He has it. So, that's good.
Tomorrow was the start.
He would go to the Academy, become stronger, and win first place at the Graduation Exhibition Festival that would take place in the last days of the next year's summer.
Loryarc was a third-grade student.
He would graduate after this teaching year ended
Only 7 months left before the Graduation Exhibition Festival, where the Third-grade students of the Academy would show their skills in magic and martial arts under tournament-like rules and fight their peers to win a higher place.
Loryarc mainly was a student of the close-combat class since first grade, so if he wants to get permission to return to his hometown from Glamoria, he should win first place in the close-combat group at the Graduation Exhibition Festival. Because that's what Glamoria wants him to do as the requirement.
He gets some skills from completing the Kiss Missions, yes.
But his status is trash, at least for now.
Could he win first place at the Graduation Exhibition Festival in such a short time?
He doesn't know, but he should give it a try.
Because... He had good memories of that place.
"Let's see if there are some useful items here in the Kiss Shop..."
———
[Kiss Shop.]
[You can spend your Kiss Point here to buy some useful items!]
[Kiss Point: 345.]
->[Consumables.]
->[Artifacts.]
->[Divine Items.]
->[Purchaseable Features.]
———
And so, his long, long night has begun.
***
—Two days later.
Recently at the Royal Academy of Lizarck Kingdom, there was a very interesting rumor about a certain young man.
"Hey, have you heard it?"
"... Again? Just let me eat my meal in peace, man."
"It is said that that 'guy' is cured!"
"Who's cured?"
"That 'guy'! The one that betrothed with Lady Glamoria!"
"Heee... W-what did you just say!? He cured!?"
It is said that that 'guy' was cured.
Everyone is talking about the same topic.
Loryarc Lapizburn, the Good-for-nothing Bastard, has recovered from his illness.
The news stirred a storm among the Third-grade and Second-grade students. They never expected that he would be recovered from his disabled state one day.
Some are happy for him, while others don't care about his well-being. There are even some who are displeased by the news.
After all, good or bad, he was a very popular man.
"The girls said that he was often swinging a sword at the Training ground behind the old Library... Why don't we see him?"
"... Well, after I finish my meal, yes."
Right after the two finished their lunch and headed toward the Training ground near the old Library of the Royal Academy, they could hear the shouts and cries of the excited girls.
Good-looking is a cheat!
They silently cursed that man for having such a beautiful face while they pierced the crowded girls.
Then, they see his figure.
Slightly long-haired, looking very neat and noble in the Academy student's uniform, was a man with black hair.
His figure was quite tall, approximately 185 cm.
His bluish, sharp eyes were like a gem attached to a divine ring, combined with his white, smooth skin.
He was Loryarc Lapizburn.
They were stunned and stopped moving after they spotted his figure. That 'guy' truly has recovered from his disabled state. Miraculously, ridiculously, unrealistically.
How can he recover from that state!?
They looked at each other with dumbfounded expressions.
The girls took that chance and kicked the two to the ground since they blocked their vision from looking at their 'prince,' who finally returned.
If you are confused as to why these girls loved him so much, Loryarc used to be very kind and gentle with girls, even commoner girls, so he has gained some popularity among girls.
His fans decreased after he betrothed Glamoria since Glamoria suppressed most of them with her domineering presence, but he still had more than 50 fan members.
"W-we should report it to Lord Galird!"
"M-MY BURGER! Y-you chicks, h-how could you be so mean to the innocent one...!"
Fangirls were so overpowered.
They could easily expel these 'bugs' with their sole enthusiasm.
Marie, who stood at the side of the Training Ground beneath the shadow of a tree, glanced at the crowd of girls with a perplexed face.
"They're so obsessed with Master after he returned in only 2 days..."
Loryarc stopped his swing, wiped his sweat with the towel Marie gave him, and grinned.
"Should I give these ladies a kiss?" He joked with a wink.
"You would be killed by Lady Glamoria." Marie flatly dejected his joke.
"Y-You're right..."
When Glamoria is mentioned, Loryarc can only shrink his neck and stop. You shouldn't wake a Dragon from its slumber.
Loryarc smiles and waves his hands towards the girls, receiving their excited cries while thinking about how he did the classes until today.
He was not a very educated person in his previous life. Or rather, he's not even ever gone to school.
But with the memories of his predecessor, he could somehow follow the courses.
He still had a hard time, however. His predecessor was not a very smart guy, after all.
But strangely enough, he could ingest the contents quite at ease for someone who shouldn't have been a smart person and someone who had never been educated in any way.
Maybe because of these skills?
Loryarc looked at the two skills that might be unexpectedly very helpful when he listened to the professor's explanation.
[Intensified Focus.]
[Grade: E.]
[Description: When stimulated strongly, your focus would be multiplied. You could feel your partner's and yours most feeling good body parts and points.]
[Pleasure behind Hardships.]
[Grade: D.]
[Description: Pain and stress were just daily stuff for you, so why not enjoy them instead? Multiply your productivity and contentment while under pressure.]
The description was very sus, but the effect was so good that Loryarc didn't mind visiting the Marble Rose House again next week.
He could also feel his movement while swinging his sword flowing slightly more smoothly than how his predecessor used to do all thanks to other skills.
Thank you, System!
Loryarc is very satisfied with the skills he has and the system's ability.
The process was slow, but he began to become stronger and stronger.
What remained was to continue to train and kiss.
While Loryarc was admiring his own skill collection, which he got from the ladies of the Marble Rose House, there was a commotion within the crowd of girls watching him.
"Move out of my way!"
"Kya!"
The ones pushing the girls aside to stand and confronting Loryarc at the Training Ground were three young men.
The man who seemingly was their leader is grinning after seeing Loryarc.
"Oh indeed, the rumor was true! So you've cured, Loryarc!"
Marie's face turned dark after seeing the man.
"Mister Gonhavton..."
Gonhavton. Galird Gonhavton.
He was the son of the current Duke Gonhavton, the uncle of the King of Lizarck Kingdom.
And Galird was.
The one who often beats Loryarc.
The bully, yes.