Son Of The Mafia Family

03 - I'm so stupid

"Mr. Mysandra, your manners are extremely ill-mannered for a student who has been awarded a scholarship."

"EXACTLY."

The paper he found on the notice board Leon picked up and placed in front of the prefect.

"Oh, what's wrong with this?"

"Can you explain why my name is not listed as a scholarship recipient?"

The man in charge of the scholarship didn't seem to care. "Hmm yes, yes... three years of continuous scholarship is enough for you isn't it, if you don't like it, you can try again next year."

Leon's eyes turned red. "Are you kidding me? You and everyone here knows my financial situation, I won't be able to pay for college even for a month!"

He was still engaging his classmate in a joke until he pointed to a picture in a magazine. "Ah... it doesn't matter."

"SIR!"

"Noisy! Can't you see I'm choosing a vacation spot with my family? Besides, it's your fault why you plagiarized someone's assignment and got a blank grade for it! Are you satisfied now? Go away!"

Leon gasped. "What..."

"You bastard! The only way we could have fooled you all this time is if you were smart! It's true, your attitude is very similar to that of an uncivilized orphan!"

Left in confusion, Leon walked out with a head full of thoughts. His walking seems sluggish and he ended up putting his weight on the wall while pressing his head hard.

He was already struggling with living expenses and buying equipment for college. Leon would not be able to pay the equivalent of 50 or even 100 times his living expenses.

What was wrong?

Why was his research said to be plagiarized when he didn't even use the theme that most other students used.

Is someone trying to corner me? But I never told anyone about my assignment!

The only person whos saw my assignment is Mitty. But there no way.

Leon suddenly got up.

He then bumped into someone in his haste but he didn't care about that.

"Oh? Isn't that the person who plagiarized your work, Baron?"

Becky said sarcastically while hugging her lover.

Leon's steps stopped, he then turned his head and glared at one person in the gathering.

"Wow, look at his eyes. Tsk tsk, poor people always have a thieving spirit.

"Don't tell me that he has also been stealing other people's assignments to get first place." Ren and Norman's insults didn't go down well with Leon, who had gotten carried away with his emotions. 

Ren, who had the biggest body, came forward and pushed Leon who was approaching them. "What do you want, you thief? Hehe, aah this is just right. A lowly person like you should look down like this. Right?"

Leon's eyes barked at the Baron who was equally looking down at him. A smile was then plastered on that face of his. "You're right, right now his position matches his behavior perfectly."

Once again Leon stood up and advanced. Ren tried to stop him again, but soon Leon brushed him off and dodged and he managed to grab the Baron's collar.

Shouts could be heard from some of the students who had gathered to watch Leon's misfortune as an interesting spectacle.

"You stole my research?"

Research that he needed to finish for a long time.

Baron shrugged his shoulders. "I don't understand why a thief would say that the victim is the one who stole it."

"Two-faced, I know you got the idea for my project from Mitty. You... since when are you guys doing this?!"

The Baron brought his face closer and whispered in Leon's ear

"Since when? Of course since the beginning, you idiot. Huh... how could she want to be with someone like you."

"Don't lie, you must have forced her to do this. She can't be like that"

BAron who was originally silent and unconcerned, now displayed a laugh, his laughter getting louder before finally fading away. He then looked past Leon's head.

"Hey Mitty,"

That remark made Leon turn his head around.

"Oi oi, cousin.... is it true you're dating this guy?"

Leon looked at the girl who had been his girlfriend for the past few years.

The beautiful and famously kind-hearted girl who had apparently been there all along, looked shocked by the expression and retreated. "What are you saying? Why should I date the person who threatened me to bring you down all this time." The girl's eyes shook, tears falling, a few of her friends then immediately restrained Mitty's body and snapped at Leon. 

"So all this time you've been threatening Mitty? Just because you're a scholarship student?!

"Mitty! You're too kind! She cares too much about people like you!"

The Baron adjusted the position of his collar

"No one is defending you, everyone here hates poor people like you being in this school." 

He then haughtily looked at his subordinates. Ren, Norman and a few others who understood happily grabbed Leon and pointed their fists at him.

There was absolutely no resistance from the pathetic man. Everyone closed their eyes and walked away.

Leon woke up in the dumpster, the only beautiful sight was the star-filled night sky.

I was so stupid. I should have known how sneaky those people were. How could I forget just one or two good things among the hundreds of bad things they have.

With difficulty, Leon got up. He patted his dirty clothes on the ground.

It was a bit difficult to open his eyes because his face was full of bruises, if not iced as soon as possible, it would definitely look very horrible tomorrow.

Leon stared at the gleaming circular object on his finger. Without hesitation, he removed and discarded it.

"Why did I believe she was different?"

Fundamentally, people like them would never change. And I was one of the foolish ones for believing in him.

"I need to find a way to regain my scholarship. Otherwise, I won't have a chance to continue my studies. At least, I don't want to ask for help from Randaff and that cursed family."

After fleeing from his mafia family, Leon and his mother lived alone, struggling to make a living. However, he ended up in a school with people who had almost the same traits as his family.

They all wanted to control everything, regardless of the suffering of those in the lower class.

Tomorrow, Leon planned to try various ways to reclaim what was rightfully his.

Leon's eyes caught his reflection in the large window of a shop.

"I can't work today."

It's better to go home.

Leon stood in front of his half-open bedroom door. He paused for a moment before advancing, turning on the light switch near the table.

His eyes then fell on the cluttered bed with various papers – exam sheets, assignments, some torn and scattered on the floor.

Leon moved forward and picked up the papers.

'Activity Report.'

There should be a signature of my teacher on the front cover, but half of the report was burnt and unusable.

Now, his eyes wandered to other places, some broken items scattered around. But this wasn't the work of a thief, as he could still find some of his money in the small drawer.

It must be them.

His eyes scanned further and found a broken vase with fresh flowers he had just bought that morning. There were some items like figurines and a gold chain on the floor.

Leo's face, initially flushed with anger, now turned to panic.

"Don't tell me—"

His hands quickly grabbed those items. A shattered photo frame, fortunately not tearing the photo inside.

Leon carefully cleaned the photo with a pounding heart, then hugged it tightly. Afterward, he picked up a fallen gold pendant, his eyes slightly trembling as he noticed a crack on it.

"Mother..."

Leo bit his lip hard, blood starting to trickle down.

Along with tears streaming down his eyelids.

The only memory he had of the woman he loved most.

And now, the item was damaged because Leon had disclosed to others where his home was and what was valuable to him.

The glossy black table, the only luxurious item and the place where he kept his mother's belongings, was now ruined.

Mitty and his cousin, Baron.

Leon took a deep breath, closing his eyes for quite some time.

"It must be that guy. Those barbaric people.... they were surely sent by Baron to destroy my home."

With a heavy heart, Leon grabbed his jacket and left the house in disarray.