False Hero

The first starting minute of the match resulted in Grey throwing his sword at Flock's face while he was talking and Walk driving his sword inside Dean's face. The match was over as Flock was knocked out and Dean's neck had Grey's and Walk's sword pointed towards it.

It took a minute for everyone to process the decision and even Professor Meier didn't announce the decision since he was confused too. 

Grey turned to look at Professor as his sword was still near Dean's neck. "Aren't you going to announce the winner?"

The Professor spoke, "But---- the match is still not over." 

Professor was referring to Flock who was getting conscious again. The winner was clearly decided but yet professor still didn't announce the winner since he believed that the result might change at the last minute.

A student from the audience stood up as he yelled "You are a cheater!!!"

Joining him many students spoke, "You used cheap tactics!!! this is not a winner is decided, there is no honor in this!!!"

"Winning like this is a shame to warrior class!!! Grey Hoffmann, you cheating scum!!!"

Grey looked towards the audience who shouting these things. During this distraction, Dean tried to grab hold of Grey's wooden sword. 

As he was going to get hold of the sword, Grey kicked him in the ass, tripping him off. Being pushed to the ground, Dean tried to quickly get up. He wanted to get some distance between him and Grey. 

But even before he could do that, Grey had already closed the distance between them. grabbing Dean's hair, Grey drove his knee on his face.

The hit didn't knock Dean off, but it was enough to send all his senses on haywire. 

Walk swung his foot on Flock's face, as Flock was trying to get back on his feet. The sudden impact sent him in a state of shock, where all of his senses were messed up. 

Without continuing the assault, Walk looked at the professor as he spoke "Professor, the winner is already been decided, please don't make it obvious that you don't want us to win."

After a second of silence, the Professor sighed before opening his mouth. "The winner is decided and -----" He pointed towards Grey and Walk as he said "Both of them have won this match fair and square. I wasn't fair in this match and I apologize for that."

The announcement of the result caused uproar in the audience. The jealousy clouded over many students as they couldn't accept the fact that someone younger or someone weaker than them had gotten a place in the inter-house competition. At least the students seated in the arena think that they are stronger than Grey and Walk.

"There is no way sir!!! they both are cheaters!!"

"There is no way that these both are capable to compete, There is no honor!!!"

"These honourless guys are not suitable!!!"

"Yes!!!"

"Cheaters!!!"

"We warriors are built with honor and respect, we can let these two represent us!!!"

All the students seated in the arena had a lot to say and all of them voiced their dissatisfaction in various ways. Anger among the students caused an uproar among the students.

Grey didn't have any particular expression on his face. The uproar became louder and louder until the professor raised his hand to silence all the kids in the arena.

The students in the arena waited for the professor to say something in their favor, at least that was their expectation. 

"Perhaps you kid have the wrong idea of what honor really means." 

This was the word that came out of the professor and the following sentence quickly caught Grey's and Walk's attention.

"Have any of you been to a real battle? a battle where your life is on the line and one little mistake would be the last one? have any of you been to war? a war where hundreds and thousands of men are killing each other. Have any of you have seen a dying man?"

There was no response from the crowd. All of the students remained silent as Professor stood in the middle of the arena. 

Professor looked around towards each and every one of the students, but none had an answer which was even close to yes. 

"You see students, in a real battle each and every man fight for their cause or their survival. But in both battle and war, the person requires to win. Winning usually requires us to kill the other man, that's how it is.

In a real battle, the other person won't care about fighting fair. There is only one thing they need to do, they need to win. For that, they will do anything and that's fair in a real battle. Even in this era of peace, there is always silent war that is kept hidden from the masses. It is not kept hidden, no one just talks about it. "

Professor looked at his student as he said "I will be straight to you, we warrior class are born weakest of all the classes. We don't have much mana and forever, we are considered the weakest class. 

Classing us as the weakest class is fair since we actually are weak. But that's what makes us different, we train day and night, we use everything at our disposal just to win. That's who we are, that's what warrior class is, we use everything and anything at our disposal to win."

Letting out a soft chuckle the professor continued "Hearing you guys speak, I feel like that you students expect the fight between two warriors as a fight between two swords. A warrior fights another warrior and once he loses his sword the warrior accepts his defeat since that's what honor is. Then both of the warriors smiled at each other before shaking hands with each other and then they promise each other that they would fight each other in the future when they are stronger."

Professor looked around as he asked, "This is what you expect a real battle to be like?" 

There was silence in the crowd. The students has nothing to say since professor Meier was right on the mark. "Students, life is not like a fantasy novel. In a real battle or war, two guys fight each and they give their all and once you lose it's over, there is no second chance. 

One of the strongest warrior class I know is an animal. His name is Ranulf Hoffmann, the older brother of the current king. When we were in the academy together, everyone viewed him as the weakest since he was a prince, and yet he was a warrior class. 

He and I were assigned to the same hero team. That time, I and my fellow team members realized one thing------------ The guy was stronger than we believed him to be. He was very much strong, he ------ he was an animal, a beast that was ready to use anything and everything against his enemy to carry out his mission. He was the prime example of the warrior class and I didn't want to accept that when I was young."

He took a good look at his student before saying "I want all of you to become like him. Honour made me lose everything but I don't want the same to happen to you. Use everything in a fight since we are warrior class and that's what we do. I don't want to see any of you dead, so please fight everything you have in a battle and survive."

Grey looked at the professor, the original that Grey had of him changed in an instant. But there was something that Grey noticed in Professor Meier's eyes.

It had the same look as his dad and Professor Blake. Grey couldn't unsee it and it made him wonder 'What do my eyes look like to others.'

"Then I will take my leave, I will let everyone know about the updated members of warrior house later. For now, Grey, Eira, and Walk are guaranteed members. "

saying this, Professor Meier walked towards the exit of the sparring building. As he was walking towards the exit there was one thing that was going through his mind. 'There was a news that he was dead, that's was Eira's whole motivation that drove her. I still remember the look in her eyes, she was broken by his death. I saw someone who could relate to me, that's why I trained her like my own daughter. But eventually, I got unworthy to train her since she had reached a whole another level.

She went to train with my dad for a year and next week she will come back. I don't know how strong she is now. But I don't how she will take the news that Grey is still alive. It was her whole motivation, that's why she had that look in her eyes.

Speaking of looks-----' 

The professor clicked his tongue 'He was dead and now he is back. I don't about his strength but he is the son of Alice and Ranulf, both of them had a level of their own. Their only kid, Grey----- for some reason I always feel like he is capable of more than he shows to others.. I cannot read this kid's face, it makes him truly terrifying.'