Um... I've transmigrated.
But even as a Transmigrator... there doesn't seem to be anything special about me. Even though my parents from both my past and present lives have been sacrificed, and even my gender has changed, I... haven't received any powerful cheats. As for a system, I haven't even seen a shadow of one.
「Yatsuhata Tsukasa」
That is her current name... Tsukasa sat in the third row from the back on the right side of the classroom, in the window seat. The breeze from the window lightly ruffled her bangs, and her dark eyes gazed somewhat lazily at the scenery of the playground outside, as if she were in a different environment from the bustle of the classroom.
If you were to ask what she was doing.
Actually, she wasn't doing anything at all.
It's just that she has no friends and no social circles she can enter, so she's just sitting alone in her seat, spacing out.
Does it feel embarrassing?
As a Transmigrator.
Yet failing to become a popular figure.
Is it simply a disgrace to Transmigrators?
There's no such thing!
There's no rule saying a Transmigrator must become the 'protagonist', right?
Besides... there are very complicated reasons why she ended up in this situation.
There are very complex reasons for that.
*Clatter*—
The classroom suddenly fell silent.
It felt a bit ominous.
After all, if a noisy environment suddenly goes silent, something has definitely happened.
Tsukasa turned her head somewhat sneakily to look at the classroom.
Fortunately, no one noticed her.
In a seat not far from her... uh.
Actually, it was the seat right behind her... a school bullying incident was taking place there.
That's right.
No matter how you look at it, that's a school bullying incident, isn't it?
And a pretty bad one at that.
It's already at the level where cold violence has escalated.
"Ahhh~ how unlucky... can't they not do this kind of thing so close to me? If a fight breaks out, I'm at a distance where I could get caught in the crossfire at any moment."
A rather cold-hearted voice muttered in her mind.
Tsukasa's mood was quite foul.
She wanted to run away, but she couldn't.
Because everyone was currently paying attention to this area.
Dead silence.
If she stood up, she would definitely attract a lot of attention.
To be honest.
She wasn't actually afraid of this kind of thing.
That feeling couldn't exactly be called fear.
It could only be described as extremely unpleasant.
Although she was once a victim of bullying herself... that was back in middle school.
Because she was an orphan... plus she was good-looking... for various reasons, people would always inexplicably come looking to bully her. But she simply couldn't fight back; she relied on social assistance to survive. If she caused any trouble, the only one who would suffer would be a lonely, pathetic creature like her. That's why she left the city where she used to live.
Tsukasa looked at the soaked book in the hands of the classmate in the back row.
What was that person's name again?
Waka...ba?
「Wakaba Himeiro」
Because this classmate's looks were even higher than her own as a Transmigrator, she remembered the name.
But it's a bit incredible.
Haven't the roles of these two been reversed?
That's that 'Wakaba', you know?
The famous school beauty.
And the rather mysterious and terrifying kind at that.
After all, as long as one isn't blind and has a functional IQ, anyone can see that Wakaba Himeiro is definitely not a simple person. Just by looking at Wakaba Himeiro, one can understand what is meant by the aura of a big shot; she's just that terrifying of a person.
Although Wakaba-san is a loner just like her, no matter how you look at it, they are incomparable. She is a loner because of incompetence and weakness, while Wakaba-san's case is definitely the opposite—the kind of big shot who makes people feel they shouldn't be offended. So, does someone really dare to bully Wakaba-san?
But the facts are right before her eyes.
Even if Tsukasa herself didn't quite believe it... she looked at the classmate standing there.
Uh... what was this classmate's name again?
She had some impression of her.
But she couldn't remember.
She had an impression because this classmate was also a prominent figure in the class, someone relatively popular. But because her personality was far too simple, in a way, she could be called the gatekeeper of that social circle.
The kind of character who's somewhat impressive but also a very subtle, minor figure.
Tsukasa's expression was a bit subtle.
Is it really okay for a'Side Character C' type of character to bully Wakaba-san, who is clearly the 'Heroine'?
And Wakaba-san doesn't look like the Virgin Mary 'Heroine' from a shoujo manga at all.
.
Wakaba-san is clearly the aloof queen-type 'Heroine' with the settings of a 'Goddess' and a 'Career Woman'.
As expected.
After a moment of silence.
Someone immediately began to persuade that classmate.
"Urushibara-san..."
"Mirei, don't be like this, stop it..."
Such voices rang out collectively.
Tsukasa watched this scene silently.
「Urushibara Mirei」
With the 'help' of her classmates, she remembered the name of this classmate who was attempting to challenge Wakaba-san.
She watched Urushibara Mirei, who was feigning composure and leaving without a word under the persuasion of other students, with a sense of mockery for some reason. She could tell that Urushibara Mirei wasn't as calm as she appeared on the surface; that appearance was truly ridiculous.
But she soon suppressed this feeling.
Because she was afraid she wouldn't be able to stop this feeling from showing on her face, which would be very bad. Unlike Wakaba-san, she didn't have the power to make people feel fear just by staring at them without doing anything.
If Urushibara Mirei didn't usually have good popularity in the class, she would probably be unable to save face right now and would have been directy scared to tears by Wakaba-san's gaze, right?
This hypothesis wasn't an exaggeration at all.
Because Wakaba-san just had that kind of power.
She saw some students carefully offering things like handkerchiefs and tissues to Wakaba-san, as if presenting offerings.
Wakaba-san didn't seem to have any anger.
Even though her novel was completely soaked.
Urushibara Mirei's action just now was clearly an impulse of the moment, but even in that emotional state, the place she chose to splash water was on Wakaba-san's book, not on Wakaba-san herself. It could be seen that her rationality hadn't completely vanished and she knew to leave herself some room for retreat.
At this time.
Tsukasa thought somewhat maliciously again.
If the water had been splashed on Wakaba-san just now, she would have been able to see Wakaba-san's counterattack. That would surely have been a very satisfying development.
As for the possibility that Wakaba-san might be unable to fight back, Tsukasa, who thought she saw through everything, never even considered it.
However, because of this incident, the class today had a mysteriously heavy atmosphere. Tsukasa felt very happy because, in this kind of atmosphere, a nobody like her had even less of a presence.
"Today is another safe day, yes!"