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Zeref was born in a back-water place, the province of AE, living together with his parents and little brother in a small village.

He is a 20 years old first-year college taking BSAB. Supposedly, Zeref should be third year by now but he stops for two years trying to settle some things.

Eager to get back the life he once lost, Zeref woke up from the deep slumber of extreme sadness. Wanting to change the course of his life.

This year he tried to take the entrance exam of AISU and luckily he made it.

He vows to himself to study hard and never let the past be a hindrance again to achieving his life goals as he grabs the second chance given to him.

To remember his goal he always pictures the face and motto of a fictional character from the anime/manga My Hero Academia, Kai Chisaki aka Overhaul. The look of the said guy may be creepy due to his plague mask or his bird beak mask and menacing gold eyes but the guy's drive is contagious. To clear things out Zeref didn't like the abusive attitude of Chisaki. According to Kai Chisaki, "A goal without a plan is just a wish."

Zeref nodded. "That's right."

He need to set his plan. To be able for his goal to be realized Zeref need to have a plan. A solid plan. A plan of the alphabet and numeric—to make sure.

There is only one clear fire in Zeref's eyes... whatever happens... 'I WILL GRADUATE!'

During the pandemic, Zeref take the online classes and modular to continue his study despite the horror the world is facing. It's not easy when you don't have a stable internet connection. Every time they need to google meet, he can't participate. One time, he joined but left quickly due to his troublesome phone, and the battery always shut down. It's hard for him to use his phone due to the cracked screen and overheating problems. Zeref loves to buy a new one but he doesn't have enough cash for that. That's why he endured.

Enduring is a great virtue for a College student like him. He needs to be patient too, but not to the extent to let a Professor mock your whole being or being silent when your teacher made a flaw. Stan for the right has never been a bad thing. Zeref always reminds himself to never let those educators discouragements gets him.

Tho... some of his teacher made his red blood cell boils. Who? The P.E Teacher!

It happens that this teacher always made deadlines advent but she never actually even saw Zeref's messages and worse? Perhaps... some of the student's messages too! It sucks to be honest. The effort of being quick to make it on time... that effort quickly became in vain. Discouraging. Really.

"Not even a single seen?!" He gripped hard on his cellphone because of another ignored message he sent to his P.E Teacher.

Slowly, his respect for that teacher bits becoming bubbles. And... whoa! Here comes GEC 4! Mathematics in the Modern World. Math? As in numbers? (Note that Zeref in this oneshot is good in English but terrible in math). Numbers make him dizzy.

Zeref glanced to the left, to the right, and when he's sure there is no one around (other than him...) he nodded to himself and adjust his camera. He inhales deeply, abruptly regretting when he intakes the stink of the pig's waste.

Currently, He's at the riverside. A place with high signal, fewer people, and more pig cages. The guy didn't have a choice. If he try to do this at home there will be lots of distractions; one of those is his little brother Natsu Dragneel—who's a GREAT PHOTO BOOMER of the year.

"Alright! You got this!" He slapped his cheek, gently.

Zeref need to film himself while memorizing the school vision, mission, goal and objectives then send it to the most annoying P.E Teacher. Ever.

The loud crying of pigs and the noisy raging water irks him a bit. He pouts. He wanted silence. Who wouldn't wish for silence?

"Oh! Come on!" Face-palming, he stride far away from the pig's cages to a tall almendras tree. The shed of the tree made the noon's heat cool a little bit.

He glanced at the water and saw ducks taking a nice bath. He jerked his head to the left and saw dogs chasing each other. He turned to the right and saw hens looking for worms. He checked every nook to reassure that no human will catch him being an idiot.

Zeref exhaled. He got this! (Yep! You got this!) This is easy, not hard for him (nor for you). He will do this. He keeps reminding himself.

First try. He missed. "Arghh!!" He was almost at the end of the recital when he forgot the last word.

Zeref just memorized VMGO yesterday. It's luck that he managed to memorize it in just one day. That's why he can't remember it at all. It's not just the VMGO he memorized yesterday, but also some scientific names of plants to prepare himself for the upcoming Agri1 Online Oral. If people were to see him yesterday they'll suspect he became a sorcerer, spelling out Latin words. He remembered Natsu saying, "Big Bro Zewef is doing oracion!" Zeref did not want another Natsu today.

Second try... nah... almost... almost acceptable, but the pigs wanted to ruined everything. The horrible glutton mammal screamed in time when Zeref's in the moment of filming himself. He sighed. Wanting to murder some pink creature.

"Those horrible, lazy, glutton creatures are not cute! Note to self to burn all of the piglet movies of Natsu. Yes. Very nice, Zeref," he murmured, sounds like he just lost his remaining brain cell.

After many attempts... Zeref finally filmed himself. He quickly send it to his teacher. "Almost there..." He prays to all of the entities who watch him now to be on his side just for today. "Please. Please. Please, please. Pl—"

But the elements probably hate him.

"...er..."

He grips his phone tighter. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" And scream.

Almost there. Sending... but his phone decides to sleep.

"Good night," Zeref muttered darkly.