Prologue: Misfortune

This world we live in is such a joke. Not just the current state of this world of magic that I currently find myself, but just how unchanged it is. Despite magic becoming a widespread thing not so long ago, we still go to school where riajuu bastards still live out their happy high school lives and everyone still act like fakes living out their so called "youth". It's simply amazing that even when given the ability to throw fireballs and outrun cars, everyone is still only concerned about who that hot guy is dating, or what that cute girl is doing after school.

Everyone can just go jump off a bridge.

It is the first day of high school, a chance to change myself. I may very well no longer be that weird guy who avoids contact; I can shed that image of the weird guy who asked out that one chick based on nothing!

Yeah right. People don't change that easily and people who do have no sense of self identity. This is why I'm currently hiding myself using one of my 108 Loner skills. Simple magic at its core or at least it is to me, I simply shroud myself in a cloud of dust using my Earth magic and then layer a light dispersion effect on it to make it to make myself appear as a blur. Stealth Hikigaya really is one of my favorite ways to move around. The less I have to interact with people the happier I'll be. I'm glad that no one is really paying attention though, the use of magic outside of schools and designated work places is strictly forbidden. Thankfully Stealth Hikigaya is really effective!

I look around my route to school and see some students traveling the same route as me. It's fairly early so there are some people going about their early morning routines. There's a poor salaryman on his way to his morning grind, you have my condolences. Two girls behind me are talking about some random café they want to go to after class, is this really something to talk about before the first day of school? Another girl looks like she is finishing up a jog with her dog. Something about her caught my attention. She had pink hair tied up into a loose bun on the side. Also, excuse me but there is no way those are real?

Of course I am talking about her pink hair!

I stopped watching her as she crossed the street with her dog. I might not be visible right now but even I am starting to get creeped out by my attention. As I continue on my way to the school I hear a cry.

"SABLE!?"

Quickly turning around I see the dog rush out towards a pigeon in front of screeching black limo. I see that the girl is bracing herself with a grimace like she is about to jump but I can already see that she won't make it. Without a second thought I pull in as much earth energy as I can. I might not be able to pull in a lot but damn it I can do it fast. Pooling the energy into my legs I charge out of my concealing dust at the dog. I grab the dog and cradle him to my chest as I turn my back and put in everything I have left to brace myself for the impact.

"Someone help! He's hurt, someone call 119!"

I didn't even realize when I was hit. I can hear the girl yelling and felt her hands on my side. The dog was still in my arms as it whined helplessly, as if knowing what was going on. I felt a warm wetness engulf my leg as a man with glowing hands moved something onto it. Ah, water magic huh? It's known for its healing properties but it has its limits. My vision begins to fade as the ringing in my head worsens.

This really is a great way to start my high school life.

What a pain.