Light hit my eyes like someone slapped the sun into my face.I groaned and sat up.
Pretty sure I was sitting in… a classroom.Modern desks, whiteboard, flickering ceiling fan, cheap windows.It looked like my old school—if my old school was on crack.
Everyone wore uniforms—dark coats, red trim, metal name-tag plates.Some kids looked normal.Others had glowing cat eyes, floating hair, or literally horns.One dude had a tail casually swaying behind his chair like he was bored.
Yeah.Definitely not Earth.
I checked my clothes: same trash-tier rags.Perfect.I looked like the transfer student from the slums of disappointment.
Before I could panic, a voice called:
"New student. Stand."
I looked up.The teacher looked… human-ish.Black suit, tie, glasses.Normal face.Calm.Then his eyes split into three pupils each like a digital glitch.
Not normal.Nope.
I stood awkwardly.Half the class stared.Some snickered.One yawned lightning.
The teacher adjusted his glasses, then asked:
"…Name?"
Not "Where did you come from?"Not "Why are you dressed like a rat that lost a fight with a laundry machine?"Just… name.
Anime logic is insane.
"Uh… Ilay."(Was that still my name? Too late.)
The teacher nodded like this was all standard.
"Ilay. Age?"
"Nineteen… I think?"
No reaction.No suspicion.
Just a scribble on his tablet made of floating light.
"Good. Seat there."
He pointed at the last row, beside a girl whose entire head was a floating fishbowl full of water and goldfish.The fish blinked at me.
I blinked back.It won the staring contest.
I sat, still confused.Nobody asked where I came from.How I got here.Why I smelled like alleyway depression.
Just… name.Classic anime starter pack.
A hologram popped up in front of my eyes:
[SYSTEM BOOTING…]Welcome, Reincarnate.Starting Gift: …error…Backup Gift Assigned: genius
I clenched my teeth.Here we go again.
Trait Gained: ??????– Body: trash– Stamina: trash– Luck: trash
" danm "
Another window immediately slapped me:
Skill Gained: ??????????
"what does that even mean"
" like it matters anyways "
hi [ a voice rang out ] turning my head to the left where the voice came from ... and there i say " fine shyt" later did i realize i said it out loud but thank the heavens she didn't understand me , i wonder what would have happened if she did!
"hi am sora" [ said the girl]
" why is she talking to me " i thought to myself totally ignoring her completely
"hello" there must be a motive for these
"hellooooo" but what motive could she have or am i just over thinking things
"DING-DING" The sound of the ringing bell jolted me from my thought
" ah sorr-" before i could finish my sentence i realized she wasn't there any more
" it seems she's left"
" uh we is everybody going to"
" HEY " calling to a classmate
" where is everybody going"
" oh we are heading for P.E class"
" P.E my greatest enemy in my lif-past life" i thought to myself
" I'll just skip it " i said
" DON'T"
" huh why "
" if you skip the coaches class he'd throw into the labyrinth"
" i beg your pardon "