Chapter 1: Transmigration is Happening to Me? It Is What It Is!
A strange classroom, a strange ceiling, and a completely strange female teacher.
Oh, wait—the female teacher speaking at the podium wasn't actually a stranger.
She was a young woman with flaxen hair that curled slightly at the ends. Her facial features were very familiar; Hikigaya remembered them instantly.
It was Hoshinomiya Chie.
'So, is this the classroom from Classroom of the Elite?'
But... why was he having such a fantasy? He was clearly just waiting for Yukinoshita in the Service Club, passing the time by reading the Classroom of the Elite light novel.
And then, in the blink of an eye, he arrived in the world of the novel? And now the "bitchy" teacher from the book, Hoshinomiya Chie, was giving him a lesson.
Was such a thing even possible?
Yes. At this moment, the youth with short black hair and his trademark "dead fish eyes" was none other than Hikigaya Hachiman.
Having been in the Sobu High clubroom just a second ago, he realized he had apparently transmigrated.
"Well, that's all for today's lesson. Class dismissed!" At the podium, Hoshinomiya-sensei Chie announced the end of class, and the surrounding students breathed an immediate sigh of relief.
"Going to the cafeteria?"
"Yeah, but I made my own bento."
"Then let's go to the cafeteria and eat together."
'I see.'
Back where he came from, school was letting out for the day, but here, it was only time for the lunch break. The students were preparing to eat, and they seemed quite free; some had even brought handmade bentos.
Judging by their familiar interactions, they had already adapted to life at this school.
So, he had transmigrated, and yet it wasn't the first-day plot involving the bus or the teacher explaining that points could buy anything. Instead, it had already been an unknown number of days since enrollment.
"Hikigaya-kun, want to go together?" Just then, a boy in front of him who was preparing to head to the cafeteria turned around and invited him.
"Are you calling me?" Being suddenly approached by someone left Hachiman a bit surprised.
"Yes. You're always alone; it makes me worry," the boy said.
'So, he's worried about me being isolated? That's why he's taking the initiative to invite me.'
Where did this little angel come from? If he had met this type of person in the past, he certainly wouldn't have been a ghost in the classroom.
Or was this a "normie" showing off? No, looking at that sincere expression, it didn't seem like that at all.
Hachiman gazed at the boy's face and recalled his name from the novel: Shibata Souta. The athletic ace of Class 1-B, cheerful personality, a monster at sports, but unfortunately... he had a crush on Ichinose Honami.
So, it really was... a transmigration?
'How tragic, Shibata-kun. Ichinose Honami is great, but she's out of your league. Even two years of classmate camaraderie won't compare to a few intentional approaches from someone in another class.
Listen, kid, study hard while you're young and stop thinking about romance. You're just going to get your heart broken.'
At that moment...
A girl with strawberry-blonde hair, who was about to walk out of the classroom with her companions, suddenly paused. Her gaze instinctively swept across the room.
"What's wrong, Ichinose?" Her friend noticed her movement.
"Oh, nothing. I probably just misheard," Ichinose said quickly.
Perhaps because he heard Ichinose's name, Hachiman looked toward the front door of the classroom and saw an exceptionally bright and dazzling girl.
She had beautiful, long orange-tinted hair, an exquisitely beautiful face, and clear, glowing eyes. She wore the red uniform blazer paired with a pleated skirt, revealing smooth calves.
The presence of such a beautiful girl standing there seemed to make the entire classroom look brighter.
'So that's Ichinose Honami? She truly lives up to being the "grade beauty" of the first-years. Compared to the senpais in the original work, her looks are top-tier; calling her the school beauty wouldn't be a problem at all.
But who could have guessed that this approachable and gentle Ichinose would eventually degenerate into a "mistress" figure and date the protagonist of Class D?
And under her leadership, Class B would plummet straight to the position of Class D in their second year.
Now that I'm a student in Class B, having a class rep like this... it's just my luck.'
Ichinose Honami: "..."
"Ichinose?" Her companion noticed her stunned expression.
Hachiman also noticed the girl beside Ichinose. She was a petite girl with light green hair who looked quite timid and weak. Right now, this girl was looking at Ichinose Honami with confusion.
'Is this Shiranami Chihiro following Ichinose around? She looks weak, but she's actually quite bold.
I mean, who would have thought she actually likes Ichinose? And in a romantic sense, no less.
She even gathers the courage to confess to Ichinose.
Here's a toast to you, the "Loser Heroine," Ms. Shiranami.'
"Eh? Wha..!"
"W-Why would you say such awful things?" For a split second, Shiranami-san seemed confused, but upon processing the words she had suddenly heard, tears almost overflowed.
She didn't have those "strange" feelings for Ichinose-san, and she certainly wouldn't confess or anything like that.
That was too much.
She simply felt that Ichinose-san was like a little sun or a big sister who looked after her; she was very warm.
"Chihiro-chan?" Ichinose noticed her friend's state.
"Wuh... No, sorry Ichinose!" Shiranami-san suddenly bolted out the door, leaving in a flood of tears.
Ichinose wanted to chase after her, but then she thought of the voice she had just heard. She felt the voice was cruel—not only had it insulted her, but it had also said malicious things about Chihiro.
Ichinose knew she had done something terrible in middle school that didn't deserve forgiveness, and she felt she was a terrible person, but... there was no way she would ever "degenerate" into being a mistress.
However...
After the surge of anger, Ichinose thought about the voice again.
What did it mean by "Class B falling to Class D under her leadership"? Could it be that class positions could be swapped? And was "falling to Class D" implying that Class D was actually a lower rank?
Although she wanted to ignore the voice, that last part bothered her immensely. Because she had already become the Class Representative of Class B. If the class's development declined under her leadership, she would indeed be the one to blame.
But who exactly said that?
This was Class B, and in the ten days since enrollment, she had interacted with most of the students. However, identifying everyone's voice was still a challenge. The voice just now had been unfamiliar—someone she seemingly hadn't heard much from before.
As she was thinking...
"Hikigaya-kun?" Shibata had already extended the invitation, but he noticed Hachiman hadn't reacted. The "Little Angel" Shibata instantly wondered if his sudden interruption had bothered him.
"If you've already prepared a bento, is it okay if I go buy a yakisoba bun and then come back to eat with you?" Shibata said, scratching his head.
Hikigaya.:"..."
'So, we absolutely have to eat together?'
"Our phones are linked to electronic student IDs, and we can use the points on the ID as cash for spending, right?" Hachiman asked.
"That's right! Even though ten days have passed, it still feels so novel. Not only can the Private Points on the phone be spent like cash—1 Private Point equals 1 Yen—but the teachers also said that with points, you can buy anything.
At the entrance ceremony, the Student Council President also said this school follows the rule of 'S-System',which was so cool.
And they gave us 100,000 points right at the start! That's equivalent to 100,000 Yen. My monthly allowance before was only 5,000 Yen," Shibata said.
"Though Hoshinomiya-sensei said the school will give us living expenses on the 1st of next month and every month thereafter... I just feel like I'm not worthy of having this much money at my age, so it's probably better not to spend it all."
Oh! I see. Hachiman completely understood the situation.
Electronic student IDs, 1 Private Point equals 1 Yen, spending at will within the school, and the ability to buy anything with points. The school follows the rule of meritocracy.
So, somehow or other, he really had transmigrated into the light novel he had been idling away his time with.