NOVEL NEXT Chapter 2 - Chapter 2: Loop and Confusion
1st Lap
Chapter 2: Loop and Confusion
I was in a state of confusion. Yet, even this feeling was something I “knew.”
Yes, on the morning of October 1st, I would experience confusion. However, I would eventually accept it with a sense of “Oh, it happened like this again.” This wasn’t the first time.
After preparing myself, I had breakfast in the cafeteria. Today was the entrance ceremony for junior high students. Nervous newcomers passed through the gate, and we, as seniors, guided them to the auditorium. My duty was to attach ribbons to their chests after completing registration.
“Congratulations on joining. Class B is in the middle…”
I knew it. He would fall. Excusing myself from my post to the neighboring one, I followed him from behind.
“Hey, watch where you’re going.”
*Crash*
However, my warning was in vain. He failed to avoid people, bumped into a chair, fell, and I ended up underneath him.
“Oops, sorry!”
His words echoed from above. I was foolish. In trying to prevent trouble beforehand, I ended up making a big deal out of it.
When I noticed, I was lying on the bed in the infirmary.
“Are you okay?”
The school nurse, who was about to get engaged soon. A popular guy among the girls with a sweet demeanor. A fujoshi would probably cry tears of joy if they saw him…
———Fujoshi?
At that moment, a flood of memories rushed into my brain. In response to the almost unbearable pain, I instinctively held my head and groaned. He peered worriedly into my face. I wanted to say I was okay, but I was drenched in cold sweat. In the end, I remained bedridden until the evening and was instructed to rest in my dorm room.
(Note:”Fujoshi” refers to a female fan of manga or anime who enjoys imagining romantic relationships between male characters.)
At night, the new student, accompanied by a friend, visited my dorm room.
“I’m sorry because of me!”
With a tear-stained face, he bowed apologetically. I had caused him emotional distress just because I didn’t handle things well.
“It’s my fault.”
I told him not to worry, and he left with his companion. It was kind of them to leave some light snacks. After all, I had missed my meals since the morning.
The reason for my illness wasn’t that I fell in the auditorium due to him. It was because I “remembered various things” in the infirmary. My brain couldn’t handle the amount of information, and I had a pounding headache until now. And now, my head is pounding in a different way. I have memories, not only of living through this world repeatedly but also memories of living in another world.
It’s a loop story. This must be an isekai loop story.
However, the problem is that this isn’t my loop. This is a modest academy far from the royal capital—Reiryu Academy. It enrolls only commoners, and nobles go to the noble academy in the capital. No condemnation occurs at the graduation party, and a saint doesn’t enroll to create a harem. There are no villainous daughters or girls with pink hair.
In other words, I’m the mob of mobs. I’m just caught up in a loop play that someone, somewhere in the world, is causing. Meaning, there’s no way out of this loop, and predicting when it will end is impossible. All I can do is loop endlessly for three years, from the second year of high school to graduation at 19.
What the heck.
However, as I held my head in realization, I came to one conclusion.
There’s no use worrying about it. Let’s look at it positively. In fact, this is an opportunity. Despite being only three years, I have knowledge about future events. If I can use this wisely as an advantage, I might not only excel academically but also build a fortune or explore new possibilities and breakthroughs. After all, I had only been thinking of working at my family’s business after graduation, but now that I remember my past life as a Japanese person, I know that this world has swords and magic. Depending on the situation, I could become an adventurer or rise in a production profession. There is infinite potential and romance in my life.
This might actually be a chance.
I don’t know when this loop will end. It might loop again after three years, or it might not. However, if I can inherit the knowledge, the loop will become more of an advantage.
Am I amazing? Super amazing, right?!
Even saying it myself, extremely dumb lines were overflowing from my brain, nestled in the reasonably well-raised me.
My life in an isekai loop had truly begun.