“That really… Turned into a big mess.”
“But they were pretty easy to deal with, and I got experience points and favorability, so I guess it wasn’t all bad.”
“I was pretty scared when a scenario I’ve never even heard of started happening, but I’m glad it ended well. Really glad!”
The reincarnated students talked casually in an empty classroom late at night.
They were talking about the black crab monsters that attacked the academy the other day, and were happy that their efforts minimized the damage caused.
…Well, it was more like they were happy that they got to be active.
They cared very little about what happened to the minor characters, as long as their favorites were safe.
They were just happy that they got to enjoy mowing down the hordes of weak crab monsters like it was a ‘warriors’ game, and received praise from the students who saw them.
The proof of that was the one that looked glum and was not participating in the conversation.
Zenon Ash… When that mess was happening, he lost to its perpetrator, Rush, and stayed in the infirmary until it was all over. Unlike the other reincarnated students, he did not get to do anything.
And so, unlike them, he received no praise. If anything, his estimation went down.
“Ahn? Seto? What a disaster, uh? But how can you call yourself a hero if you lost to those weak things?”
“And it was that scum Yuugo that saved you while you were down, right? How does that feel? To be rescued by someone you looked down on!?”
“Shut up! Stop talking, trash!!”
Zenon and the other reincarnated students’ reputation completely flipped.
When Zenon defeated Yuugo, the students that suffered because of him praised Zenon. But this time, he not only failed to help with this incident, but even ended up being saved by that same Yuugo he defeated. That brought his reputation down a little.
Conversely, the others, who stood up to the monsters threatening the school, were now being called heroes.
This difference that seemed tiny was actually quite big. This gap that opened up just as the prologue was ending and the main game was starting would grow bigger as their school life progressed.
Zenon understood this, and cursed his failure to flourish at such an important time… But his misfortune did not end there.
The other reincarnated students were conspiring to use this opportunity to kick their rival down.
“By the way, Seto… It feels like so much strange stuff has been happening lately, uh?”
“We couldn’t recruit Melt, Yuugo’s been weirdly on a roll, and now this… Couldn’t it be because you did something you shouldn’t? That’s what we think.”
“Uu…!?”
Zenon could say nothing in return, because he thought the same thing.
The others were not aware of this, but Rush, who turned into a monster armor beast and beat him down, had been lost.
Zenon knew that was how it started, but he had no reason to reveal his shortcomings, and kept that vital information to himself.
“It all ended well this time… But it’d be terrible if stuff like this kept happening!”
“So, Seto… Can you behave? As a penalty for causing us trouble, don’t get in our way for a while. If you want a character, event, or item that we also want, let us have it!”
“W-what are you talking about!? If I do that…!!”
Zenon yelled with a trembling voice, at the merciless proposition from the other students.
As stated before, this was an important time, when the game was starting in earnest. Their school life and growth would change greatly based on whether or not they got the characters and equipment they were after.
If he was completely shut out right at this time… He would lag behind, and that gap would just get bigger and bigger.
There was no way someone would catch up if he was the only one to fail to get a running start in this race. And it was simply awful for Zenon to drop out of the hero race at such an early stage, after being reincarnated into the world of Luminous History.
But at this point, Zenon did not have the strength to oppose the others.
He was completely isolated, and his level of confidence from the other students was going down, so he had no cards to play.
“It’s fine, isn’t it!? You can play with your beloved Claire!”
“Yes yes, that’s good! You can take your time healing your wounds, and work on your school life again later, Seto!”
“U, uuu, uuuuuu…”
He knew what they were plotting. They wanted to challenge him to a duel after becoming stronger, and take Claire from him.
As a terrible thought crossed his mind, that being the one character left to him, and the one he loved the most, being taken away from him, Zenon sobbed in despair.
And as the others watched him, they continued to laugh mockingly.
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question, would it still consider NTR if yuugo take back his fiancee? just wonder if Claire ever interact with yuugo again to see his new personality, just to throw a wrench to the dumb reincarnator’s plans and how many are they beside zenon. I hope to see a magical girl tranformation here that will really break the otome or harem genre of the world they live in, Tokusatsu time!!! keep up the good work dood.
…that almost make me want to stop reading…I really dislike the idea of zenon get a pass and claire still want to be with him…well that will not stop me want to read this more as I wish zenon get all the bad luck in that world as my joy to read too.
I think “But at this point, Rush did not have the strength to oppose the others.” was meant to be Zenon not Rush
tbh all the reincarnators are due some hefty justice and eye opening that this is reality.