0. Entrance Ceremony
Sunlight filtered through closed eyes.
Before I could even frown, I heard a tremendous cheer, and the sensations throughout my body gradually began to revive dramatically, as if waking up from death.
“Heroes are now entering the middle dimension, ‘Academia’!!”
The exaggerated voice is amplified many times and echoes loudly. Judging from the situation, it feels like something is being relayed.
The process itself is similar to a black market auction, but the atmosphere is much more hopeful and bright.
“According to what I received from the esteemed Chairman, there are many warriors with great potential for this rider! They say they are especially looking forward to it!”
Chairman? Warrior?
… I’m still not sure what you mean.
Rather than that, I concentrated on the fact that the shape in front of my eyes was gradually becoming clearer. The first thing I saw was the smooth marble floor.
If you look closely, you can see the finely chopped pieces of confetti for the parade are sitting down in various colors.
It seems that those were the ones that had been stepped on earlier. It crossed my mind that I might be in the middle of a festival.
“Come on!”
The voice continues.
“Finally, the 13th warriors are starting to show themselves! Then we can start the ‘entrance ceremony’ in earnest!”
At the same time as the sound of light hand clapping was heard, the gust of magical power that had blurred my eyes stopped for an instant. And the world began to see clearly.
It was a vast, expansive city.
In the middle of the plaza, there were all sorts of people in identical uniforms. Likewise, my body was wearing a blue uniform that I had never seen before.
It’s a ghost to wail.
“What is this place?”
“What are these clothes?”
Seeing countless people looking around with bewildered faces or fiddling with my clothes, it seems that embarrassment is a feeling everyone shares.
Like me, everyone was forcibly summoned against their will.
The most suspicious thing right now is that man. He is a frivolous emcee standing on a podium and looking down at us.
‘I don’t think he’s strong enough to control dozens of summons by himself.’
As I was swallowing those thoughts to myself, I heard cheers from somewhere.
“The characters of the junior jockeys are clear!!”
“Wheeyu~!”
Like those gathered in the middle of the plaza, their behavior seems familiar, as if they hadn’t just been summoned.
They were smiling and waving their arms at us.
The presenter said with a hearty smile.
“Now, seniors, please generously encourage junior jockeys! Then, let’s proceed with the entrance ceremony… “
With this, the moderator made a public announcement. They are our seniors, and we are their juniors.
‘I don’t understand English.’
A middle dimension? Accademia?
I don’t know how I was summoned to a strange place.
I don’t feel a big threat right away, so I’m going to keep quiet, but sooner or later, I think I’ll catch someone and listen to the situation in detail.
It was then.
Steel puck.
“Hmm?”
Something flew into me and splattered onto my uniform. It was a rotten tomato. When I smelled it, it must have been rotten.
“Where is this… “
As soon as I said that and raised my head, more projectiles flew. This time, the hard shell hit his face, cracked, and gave off a fishy smell.
It was a rotten egg.
“….. Ha.”
A slimy, nasty liquid dripped down my eyebrows. As the smells of rotten food merged, a miracle began to occur, splitting the crowds around me.
“Wow! Wow!”
“Kyaaak, what a smell!”
People in the vicinity retreated in fright at the stench that pierced their nostrils. They only moved one step away, but when it formed a circle, I suddenly felt like a loner in the middle.
A giggling sound is heard from somewhere.
“Ha.”
As I cast my eyes toward the ringleader, the people I had just known as “Senpai” Looked at me with contempt.
Then, by chance, I met a girl’s gaze. She, the shortest of the group, raised her middle finger as soon as she saw me.
The shape of her mouth was so exaggerated and provocative that it didn’t match her cute image, and it was clearly visible even from a distance.
‘What are you flirting with, you f*cking s*x offender bastard?’
If you’re not mistaken, I’m sure you said that.
“…..”
I realized it intuitively.
I don’t know what it is, but the future will never be smooth.