Chapter 2

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**Nozomu Bounties**

- The protagonist of this work.

- Born from a farming family in a rural area, his stats are average except for his magic power.

- He enters the academy to support his lover's dreams, but his grades struggle, and due to the Ability Suppression, his grades continue to falter.

- Six months after enrollment, he is suddenly told to break up by his lover. His grades drop to the lowest class, and he becomes a target of ridicule among the students.

- His primary weapon is a katana.

**Ability**

- **Ability Suppression**

- An ability that reduces the user's strength, magic power, and ki to a certain value or below.

- While he can still receive enhancements from magic, ki techniques, and items, their effects are significantly diminished.

- This ability is extremely rare and offers almost no benefits to the user.

- **Rank D-**

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**Risa Hounds**

- From the same hometown as the protagonist and his ex-girlfriend.

- Excellent grades, beautiful appearance, and a competitive personality, but fundamentally pure and prone to loneliness.

- She wanted to see the world and entered an academy where people from all over the world gather.

- She was in a loving relationship with the protagonist but suddenly broke up with him during the summer of their first year.

- Currently, she is in a relationship with another childhood friend.

- Her grades are very high, placing her in the top class of the academy.

- Her weapons are a one-handed sword and a short sword, and she has a talent for fire and wind magic.

- **Rank A**

**Ken Notices**

- Another childhood friend of the protagonist and Risa's current lover.

- Talented in various fields, he is in the top class.

- He is good-looking and has a pleasant personality, so he constantly receives confessions from female students, but he remains loyal to Risa.

- One of the few people in the academy who can have a normal conversation with Nozomu.

- **Rank A**

**Anri Vaul**

- The teacher of the protagonist's class, which is the 10th class.

- A beautiful woman with long, wavy brown hair.

- She has a naturally carefree and gentle personality.

- However, she can be sharp and insightful, often hitting the core of issues unexpectedly.

- Despite her seemingly dull appearance, she is believed to have considerable combat skills.

**Norn Alteina**

- The school nurse and also teaches magic.

- A long-time friend of Anri from their student days.

- A sharp and cool beauty who, despite appearing cold, is actually very caring.

**Shino**

- An old woman who taught the protagonist sword techniques.

- Born in a distant eastern country, she has extremely high combat skills, equivalent to an S-rank.

- She came to this country by chance, having been exiled due to a family dispute.

- Despite being 80 years old, she has a childlike personality and often demonstrates master-level techniques before speaking.

**Tiamat, the Dragon King of Annihilation**

- An outlier among dragons.

- Originally a black dragon, it has continued to consume other dragons and absorb their power.

- It has lived for over 10,000 years, with its exact age unknown.

- It has a pitch-black body and six wings of five black colors.

- Its rationality has been almost entirely consumed by the continuous absorption of power.

**Corrections for typos and omissions.**

- I apologize for the many errors.