My Summons Are Mythical Beasts

Walking home has always been peaceful and his rare chance to contemplate life.

At least, that was how it was supposed to be.

A frown appeared on his face as he kept the tonfa inside his backpack; though, the tonfa\'s head protruded out of the bag as it was not tall enough for it.

Ahead of him was a group of students gathered together.

Lucas was extremely familiar to all of them, as they were his classmates.

And just when he thought life was peaceful and was going smoothly for him these past few days. Hector, his cohort, and a couple of others were now standing on the road that he used to take.

Seeing how they were looking around, Lucas would jump off a building if they were not waiting for him specifically.

As for their reason, Lucas did not want to find out at all.

Just as he began to walk back and just take another route to avoid trouble, one of them actually noticed and pointed at him.

"He\'s there!"

Knowing that he has been spotted, Lucas could only stop in his tracks to avoid complicating the situation even more.

Hector smirked, and along with Anjie and the others, began walking toward him.

"What do you want?" Lucas asked with a roll of his eyes.

Hector strode up to Lucas, his smirk widening with each step. "What do we want? Isn\'t it obvious?" he scoffed. Anjie stood next to him, arms crossed, her eyes filled with disdain. The others followed suit, forming a semicircle around Lucas, cutting off any chance of retreat.

"We were sent by Teacher Julian to check on everyone\'s progress," Hector continued.

\'Sent? The privilege of a genius, huh.\' Lucas thought, recalling that Teacher Julian often sent him to do such chores before.

From the looks of it, Teacher Julian also wanted the other students to think that Hector was their leader and that they should follow his words as it was the same as his—just like how it was used to be for Lucas.

The only difference was that Lucas did not abuse such \'privilege\'.

"Class tournament is next week, after all," Hectare continued, his voice dripping with condescension, as if the mere mention of the tournament was a joke at Lucas\' expense.

Lucas smirked inwardly. He knew where this was heading.

"Of course, checking on you is pointless," Anjie chimed in, her tone equally mocking.

"I mean, what\'s there to check on? You\'ve got an Unranked Grimoire. We already know your \'progress.\'" She punctuated her words with air quotes, earning snickers from the others.

\'Wow, what a change!\' Lucas ridiculed inside him.

He never knew Anjie was this talkative before. It seems that birds of the same feather flock together, indeed.

Hector pretended to think for a moment, then laughed. "Yeah, right. What could someone with an Unranked Grimoire possibly contribute? What beasts do you even have? One little dog, maybe?"

\'Bingo! It\'s not your normal little dog, though!\'

Lucas snickered inwardly, but he kept his expression neutral. He had dealt with their mockery ever since they had all awakened their grimoires. They all wielded Iron to Gold Grimoires, flaunting their summons in the class chat.

Lucas, however, had remained unnoticed, unheard, and, as they said, untalented.

"You\'re wasting your time," Lucas finally said, gripping the strap of his backpack, the tonfa still poking out from it. "Go mock someone else."

"Wasting our time? Are we?" Hector grinned as he looked at his group, who each shook their heads. "We\'re just here on behalf of Teacher Julian, or are you saying that his words are a waste of time?"

"Wow, you have some balls, do you?" Hector stepped closer and tapped his shoulder lightly.

"Put your hands away from me!" Lucas finally said, his tone flat but his eyes locked toward Hector fiercely.

Hector visibly flinched; cold sweats suddenly appeared behind his back.

"I won\'t ask a second time!" Lucas asked, his tone now grim and has a hint of threat in it.

"Hmmp! Bastard! You think you\'re still as strong as before?" Hector snapped back angrily. His hands, however, voluntarily left Lucas\' shoulder.

\'That\'s what I thought.\' Lucas sneered.

Even though Lucas wasn\'t arrogant enough to claim he was the best when it came to basic martial arts and personal fighting ability among the second years, he had still managed to give Hector more than a few beatings during their sparring sessions.

Most of them who surrounded him also received a beating or two.

Of course, that was all in the past. Now, with grimoires and summoned beasts reshaping the balance of power, individual martial skill no longer held the same significance.

This must be their way of enacting vengeance toward him, huh.

\'What did the teachers say during those sparring sessions again? Right. No hard feelings.\'

Hector glared at him in contempt and took a step back. "Don\'t worry, though. This won\'t reach Teacher Julian at all."

Lucas\' expression remained steady after hearing that remark. He no longer cared about Teacher Julian\'s impression of him at all. Hector\'s threat does not have any effect on him.

He could only fail if he does not meet the required star rank to become a third-year student anyway. And it just so happened that he already did, a few days ago, actually.

"If that\'s all, then let me through."

Lucas walked forward without waiting for their answers, brushing off Hector and Anjie\'s shoulders.

During their interaction, Lucas had never spared Anjie a glance—not even once.

One of them tried to block his way, but with a glare from Lucas, he also took a step back.

After all, in the streets and other public areas, it was prohibited to summon one\'s beasts casually—especially large beasts. Only those with a license, like the beast taxi drivers who frequently travel the main roads, are permitted to do so.

Even in Starlight Academy, there were certain areas where it was prohibited to summon one\'s beast.

On a secluded road like this—out of the public\'s eyes—of course, it was possible to summon their beast without a license.

But do these students dare to summon their beasts here to fight him? Even if this was a secluded street, the fight would still be bound to attract attention from the others, not to mention that Starlight Academy was just one block away.

In this kind of situation where they could not summon their beasts to fight on their behalf, they would be absolutely toppled by Lucas alone.

This was a fact that has been proven countless times during their two years at Starlight Academy.

It was rumored that Lucas liked to train secretly, hence why he was so strong. His body may not be as strong as a beast, but it was definitely the best among the second years.

Lucas even admitted once that he did a hundred pushups, a hundred squats, a hundred situps, and a ten-kilometer run every day. How true that was, only Lucas knew.

Seeing his figure grow further away from them, Hector and the others could only grit their teeth in anger.

"Prepare yourself, Lucas! I\'ll trash you down in the class tournament next week!" Hector bellowed in fury and indignation.

Hearing that, Lucas merely waved his hands without looking back while saying, "I won\'t join then."

"What!?" Hector and the others exclaimed in bewilderment,

Anjie frowned, and a laugh resounded from her after a slight pause.

"I see. Lucas, you\'re just afraid of being beaten, aren\'t you? You just don\'t want others to claim a victory over you, isn\'t that right?"

"Are you hearing yourself, Lucas? You sound like a sore loser right now!" She said with a provocative tone.

"Yeah, and you sound like a farmer\'s tool!"

Unfortunately for her, Lucas did not buy her provocation at all. He continued to walk forward, not wanting to be in their presence any longer.

"What?"

This time, it was Anjie\'s turn to grow bewildered.

"What do you mean by that?" She shouted. Her face contorted in anger and confusion.

Lucas was already far away, though. And even if he was still near, he absolutely would not tell her what he meant by that.

Anjie looked at Hector and the others, wanting to see if they knew what Lucas meant. However, they also have the same confused expression as hers.

"Bastard!"