Chapter 185: Kouna alone

Meanwhile, Kouna flew off as she began searching for Class A115, so she'll get an explanation for the betrayal until she decided to rest when she reached Neo Villain City. Suddenly, Drake gets her attention before scolding her for just rushing to conclude that Class A115 are still heroes because if they still have good in them, they wouldn't send goons to attack their dorms and tell us in their face that they are joining the Devil Brats, causing Kouna to get mad and told Drake that she just knows Class A115 wouldn't do this on purpose because while back in Animal Forest, Pomegranate have a look of regret on her face when she calls for the goons. She then argue that they can't just cut Class A115 out of their team because they are supposed to be there for each other, causing Drake to yell at her for her naivety and being a simple girl, which also caused Kouna to pushed Drake down and yelled that he's not being a good person because a true hero would not only forgive someone for their betrayal, but to blame the villain for what they put them through, and right now, Class A115 are out there with the Devil Brats because they thought that they need a closure on everything they been through since they became part of the new Warcraft of Doom. Drake then angrily told Kouna that everyone doesn't think that Class A115 should be heroes if they join the Devil Brats, and if she wants to waste her time and try to get Class A115 back on their side, then she'll have to go by herself, which caused Kouna to become heartbroken and slapped Drake before chewing him out for not understanding her feelings. After Kouna turns her back, Drake put his hands up in frustration and say that he thinks that they should break up before saying that he doesn't want to date someone who is as simple as her, causing Kouna herself to turn around and gives Drake the inferno death glare before preparing to go all out as she screams "one for all: 100%" much to Drake's horror as flashbacks of Hisashi and his parents warning him about breaking up with Kouna and playing games with her heart. However, Esme quickly tackles Kouna and restrain her before angrily telling Drake to go back to the dorms and let her deal with Kouna, causing Drake to listen and took off as Kouna kept screaming angrily.


After Esme forced Kouna to go to sleep with some kind of sleeping gas, Kouna herself woke up right beside by Esme as she smiled at her as she told her that she understood what she felt, causing her to get mad and say that she's probably going to try to tell her that Class A115 are no longer heroes to them, which also caused Esme to put a hand on Kouna's cheek and say that she too have a friend that betray her family before she and her brothers enrolled into Braveworks. After Kouna gives Esme a calm expression, she told her that there is something that she doesn't know about her, which caused a flashback to begin as a young Esme and her brothers got enrolled into a school called Swordhold Academy, where she met a boy named Charlie Potts and befriended him immediately. Esme then gets to know Charlie during lunch before deciding to bring him to the castle for a playdate, which caused Charlie himself to smiled at her and say that nobody ever treated him so kindly before. Soon, after three months of being together and becoming boyfriend and girlfriend at age fifteen, Charlie called the Warcraft of Doom (when Class A115 were still part of the team) to steal Queen Gwen's brooch so they can use its power to destroy everything during the third war if the first and second war didn't work, causing the royal family to become shocked as they watched Charlie killed their sorcerer. The flashback then ends with Charlie joining the Warcraft of Doom as Esme wraps it up by saying that she too wants to go out and find him because it wasn't like Charlie to just betray the United Kingdom and join the dark side. However, it was too late because her family sees no love in his heart. Esme then get and told Kouna that if she still wants to go find Class A115 and get some answers about their betrayal, she'll be happy to join her, causing Kouna to say no, because she doesn't want their comrades to be furious at her before saying that she'll be fine on her own, which also caused Esme to give her a sympathetic look and say ok before wishing her luck.


After Esme head back to TKOH Island, Kouna look around before setting off to Warcraft Academy. A montage then begins as Kouna passed by stores and villains who are just either chilling or doing their own thing. She then starts to think about Class A115 as a flashback of Pomegranate's face of regret appears in her mind until she reached the academy itself and enter it, which caused some villains to look at her as she passed by them. Kouna then marched toward the information desk and told the villain behind it that she wants to talk to Pomegranate Gajette and her comrades. After the villain told Kouna to have a seat, Kouna herself starts thinking about how close she was with Pomegranate as voices of King Ollie begin saying some words of wisdom ("including "there's good in everyone, including villains.") until Pomegranate herself gets her attention and take her to a conference room as more villains watch them. Pomegranate then look at Kouna's broken face as she contacted Thunder to tell him that she's coming with her.