NOVEL NEXT Chapter 4: Chapter 4: Hello, My Name is I Don't Know
"Little March, why don't you rest in my room tonight," Himeko said, patting March 7th's head before turning her gaze to Tian An.
"And, Miss, welcome to the Astral Express."
With those words spoken, the door was closed.
"......"
So..... I've transmigrated?
Tian An's long-unused brain finally started working, chugging along like a tractor. Her eyes widened as she tried hard to climb out of bed, only to lose all strength due to a sharp pang of pain from her abdomen.
Unable to move, Tian An could only lie in bed and try her best to look out the window. Thanks to Himeko having turned off the room's light, the faint starlight outside the window seemed particularly bright.
Strange... why does it feel like there's something on top of my head... Tian An laboriously lifted her hand and felt her head.
Strange... when did I get such long hair...
Following the long locks upward, Tian An finally touched the two large, hard objects.
"...."
Are these... horns...?
Something's wrong... like, 3.1415926 levels of wrong.
How come they feel exactly like the ones on the life-sized figure of Teacher Xiao Te she had secretly bought before?
An immature thought arose in Tian An's mind.
Don't tell me my body transmigrated too?
Tian An began to carefully wriggle across the bed like an inchworm. She finally moved from the middle of the bed to the edge and saw the small mirror placed on the bedside cabinet.
Click~
First, she turned on the room light. Then, with a heart full of apprehension, Tian An picked up the small mirror.
And then.....
The room fell silent for a moment, leaving only the sound of breathing.
I..... became Theresia?
That's right. Reflected in the mirror, Tian An saw a beautiful woman with smooth pink hair, her eyes filled with a mixture of surprise and fear.
Why fear, you ask?
Ah, I don't know either.
Tian An tried hard to adjust her posture, wanting to lie down more comfortably. Unexpectedly, she misjudged her movement and tumbled off the bed, taking the mirror with her.
The renewed wave of pain hitting the still-shocked Tian An caused her to faint directly...
The room finally fell into dead silence once more. The entire train was entering its dormant state. Only a bewildered person remained, unaware of what kind of events she would encounter in the future, or what her past truly was.
An unknown amount of time passed before Tian An finally woke from a state of numbness. Speaking of which, she had already fainted quite a few times in a very short period, and basically, she was always "coaxed" to sleep by the pain.
"Miss, are you awake? It's time for breakfast!" A lively voice suddenly called from outside the door.
Hm... that should be March 7th, no doubt... Right, how come I haven't seen that grey-haired guy yet?
Tian An even habitually thought about getting up to open the door, but the slightest movement...
Forget it, let's just slack off.
Logically speaking, since I have Teacher Xiao Te's body, shouldn't I also have the constitution and abilities of a Terran...?
March 7th, receiving no response from outside, knocked again.
"I'm coming in!"
Before the words even finished, the door was already opened.
"Eh? Where is she?" March 7th looked at the messy yet empty bed, scratching her head in confusion.
"I... I'm here," Tian An spoke helplessly. After all, falling onto the floor while sleeping at night was just too embarrassing.
"Oh?... How did you fall down?" Following the voice, March 7th finally discovered the blind spot under the bed, where an immaculate girl lay.
"It's a long story...."
"Then don't tell it now. Himeko!" March 7th activated Requesting Off-Field Assistance.jpg.
Only after Himeko arrived and helped place her back onto the bed did Tian An feel the warmth of the bed again.
"Miss, did something happen? Falling like that could easily tear open your wound," Himeko said after checking the injury.
Maybe it was her imagination, but she felt the wound seemed slightly smaller than yesterday.
But the priority now was to understand the situation.
"Um... last night when I was turning over, I accidentally...." Tian An explained, somewhat embarrassed. The expression on her face held a unique, adorable charm.
"Sigh... how come she's just like Little March?" Himeko couldn't help but tucao.
"I... don't really thrash around in bed... right...?" March 7th said awkwardly, her eyes darting around as if trying to hide something.
"Has Little March forgotten? Last time on Aeers-III, when we stayed at someone else's inn, the rooms weren't enough, so you slept in the same bed with me."
Aeers... sounds a bit like a pun... never mind.
"Aiya, let's not talk about that now. We should check on her condition," March 7th quickly changed the subject, pulling the focus back to Tian An.
"Right... Miss, may I know your name?" Himeko asked after a moment's thought.
"Um....." Tian An hesitated. She was currently in Teacher Xiao Te's body, but Teacher Xiao Te wasn't here...
Teacher Xiao Te, please come quickly, sob sob sob!
"Could it be... amnesia?" March 7th asked, looking at the girl before her who couldn't utter a word for the longest time.
"My name is..." Tian An's internal engine started chugging again, kùkùkù, but seemingly to no avail.
"...I don't know," she blurted out as if her brain had crashed.
"Huh? Your name is 'I Don't Know'? What a strange name...."
"She means she doesn't know her name, March," Dan Heng stated expressionlessly as he walked over, holding a tray with breakfast.
"Let her eat something before asking more questions."
"So it really is amnesia?" March 7th looked worriedly at the girl before her, who seemed lost in thought. She couldn't help but feel that this girl's experience was so similar to her own.
Same situation of being frozen in ice, same pink hair, same element of amnesia. The only differences were that she didn't have such a terrifying wound and those horns.
Could it be, she's this girl's long-lost sister!
"Theresia...." Before March 7th could finish her thought, Tian An uttered the name.
After much deliberation, Tian An decided to temporarily use Teacher Xiao Te's name.
If, by chance, Teacher Xiao Te can come over later, I'll just return the body to her, and then make a perfect exit..... Yup! Absolutely perfect!
An existence like Teacher Xiao Te is the one truly suited to be such a kind person.
Girl, you're thinking too simply, you know.
"Theresia? That's a beautiful name. But... the wound on your body... do you remember anything about it?"
"The wound...."