Somewhat retro wooden desks and chairs, a dimly lit classroom, and students with all kinds of hair colors staring straight at him in neat unison.
This was extremely unlike the style of a Japanese school.
[Beginning selection of abilities for bonus application]
[Detected that the experience subject does not possess any particularly outstanding abilities; selecting multiple bonuses to compensate]
[Selection complete: Guitar, Affinity]
[Bonuses obtained: Guitar Bonus lv0 (0/100), Affinity Bonus lv1 (0/100)]
[Bonus time per experience: 1 hour]
[Detected that the experience subject is currently in the United Kingdom. Due to a significant time difference from the host's location in Japan, please arrange reasonable experience times to avoid interference]
[Supplement: Voice Bug has been fixed. While experiencing life, the host may choose to use their own voice to converse with the experience subject]
[Wishing the host a pleasant experience]
The information overload hit all at once.
No outstanding abilities, so the guitar bonus had to start from lv0?
And how did he end up experiencing life all the way in Great Britain?
Looking again at the scene in front of him, Asai Yu felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
Don't tell me—
He glanced down at the paper in his hand.
"My name is Anon Chihaya…."
Chihaya Anon?!
Was this really a random draw? No—this was absolutely the system setting him up.
Sigh. Capitalism.
"Huh? Why can't I control my body? Who are you? Why can you control my body?"
At this moment, the original owner of the body finally noticed something was wrong.
"Shh. You're dreaming."
After a brief thought, Asai Yu activated his own voice and replied calmly.
"I'm… dreaming?" Chihaya Anon asked in confusion, not immediately sensing anything off.
Just then, the teacher suddenly spoke in English:
"Anon? Hurry up and begin. Introduce yourself."
Hearing this, Asai Yu snapped back to attention, tucked away the note in his hand, straightened his expression, and began his self-introduction in English.
"Respected classmates and revered teachers, allow me to present myself—"
The moment he said that, Asai Yu felt like his throat had been glued shut with malt candy. It was unbearably uncomfortable.
So this was what a naturally built-in squeezed voice sounded like?
All he could say was: sugar overdose.
About three minutes later, Asai Yu finished introducing himself smoothly, and at the end, he solemnly added one more sentence:
"Teacher, there may have been some ambiguity that led to a misunderstanding of my name's pronunciation. My name is Anon, not Anne. Thank you very much."
With that, Asai Yu sat down.
The students present all stared at him in surprise. That pronunciation really did sound like a clean, authentic local British accent.
Even the teacher was the same—her initial doubt was replaced by curiosity and appreciation.
She had originally thought that this exchange student from Japan looked timid and unimpressive, but now it seemed she'd been completely mistaken.
"Mm, I'll remember that, Anon. Thank you for your introduction," the teacher said with a smile.
Next came the self-introductions of the other exchange students.
"This is amazing… being watched with such curious eyes. So I'm this impressive in my dreams?"
Chihaya Anon felt a little lightheaded at the moment. For her, this was practically a god-tier opening.
"But why can't I control myself in the dream?" she asked, puzzled.
"Isn't that normal? When you have a lucid dream, can you really control everything perfectly?" Asai Yu shot back.
Chihaya Anon thought about it and nodded.
"That… actually makes sense…"
But half a minute later, she suddenly realized something.
"Wait, no—then who are you?"
"And how could a dream be this clear? This has to be reality!"
She looked around at her classmates and the teacher on the podium, confirming it again.
At least she wasn't stupid.
Asai Yu replied, "You can call me Yu. I'm actually an onmyōji. While casting a spell to catch spirits, I accidentally possessed you."
"Yu? An onmyōji? Are you serious?" Chihaya Anon exclaimed.
She couldn't really make sense of the supernatural explanation either, but in the end, she managed to convince herself.
"Seems like that's the only explanation…"
"No, wait—this is my body. When are you leaving?"
Chihaya Anon realized the key issue and hurriedly asked.
"Don't worry. At most, I'll only stay in your body for up to twelve hours a day," Asai Yu said.
"Only twelve hours? Phew—then that's okay…"
She let out a breath of relief, but immediately froze.
"Wait—every day after this?!"
"You're coming to me every day?" Her tone was full of unease.
"Not necessarily every day. Probably just for a while—to experience life in the UK and pick up some useful skills along the way," Asai Yu answered honestly.
"Then wouldn't half of my life be taken over? No, absolutely not! There's no way I'm okay with that!"
Chihaya Anon shouted.
Asai Yu didn't rush. Her resistance hadn't reached the threshold yet.
Compared to Togawa Sakiko, Anon's temper was much better.
"When you were preparing your self-introduction earlier, you were even reading off a cheat sheet in English. The way everyone looked at you was already getting weird."
Asai Yu directly dropped a soul-piercing question:
"Think carefully—are you really sure you can get through studying abroad in the UK smoothly on your own?"
"I'm Chihaya Anon! And I got a 5 on IELTS—that meets the admission requirement. There's absolutely no problem!"
The pink-haired girl declared confidently.
It seemed that the self-introduction he'd just done had given this future deserter-in-training a massive boost in confidence.
After thinking for a moment, Asai Yu said,
"IELTS 5 is just the basics. How about this—I'll test you right now. No notes. Introduce yourself fluently."
"Are you looking down on me?!"
"Um… my name… is Chihaya Anon… uh… when I was… in middle school… I was the student council president… and…"
She tried her best to recall what she'd memorized the night before, speaking in broken fragments.
Meanwhile, Asai Yu was asking the system what exactly the "Affinity Bonus" was.
[Affinity Bonus: Allows training to enhance one's affinity with others]
Seeing this explanation, Asai Yu thought of the holy version of Anon—probably something like being a social sunshine type, the kind who naturally wins over strangers wherever she goes.
Didn't seem that useful. And how were you even supposed to train something this abstract?
[Simply display your charm in daily life]
Honestly, that explanation was just as abstract.
And seriously—why did the guitar bonus have to start from lv0?