Harem Cheat Life in Present-day Japan ~The Story of the Male Teen who returned to Earth after saving Another World as the Hero and the Heroines who followed along for some reason~ Chapter 1-23

1-23 The Entrance Ceremony and The Rumored Beauty (Part One)

TLed by: TanoshiKara

—Thinking back, before I got transported to the other world, my high school life was so miserable that there was neither a shade nor a whiff of youth.

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Fine weather, a cloudless sky, and Sakuras in full bloom. In this beautiful space, ruled by sky blue and pink, there was a fidgety sea of black walking back and forth.

—The entrance ceremony.

To the students, it was the day when their new life began. Certain students were excited at the thought of leading a new life and meeting new friends; Certain other students worried about whether they could adapt to the new environment.

Among these students, who had varying opinions on the entrance ceremony and were deeply invested in their future student life, there was a person trudging forward indifferently with a gloomy aura around him.

His name is Kikyou Ichinose. A freshman of Ouga Prefectural High School. Average build, average looks, does not dress himself up. If he were in the world of Anime, he would be a background character who would not be allowed to even show himself; In other words, an extra......

And, as if to prove that fact, the good-looking freshmen walking around him showed no interest in him at all, overtaking him without so much as a glance.

However, even if they overtook him, their destination would be the same as long as the students walking around him were freshmen.

Kikyou trudged to the place where all of the freshmen were gathering, the bulletin board with the class rosters.

When he arrived, he winced at the number of students there, but he quickly looked up at the bulletin board to check his class.

—However, he was blocked by the squirming, black wave in front of him, so he could not see the bulletin board.

If he were tall, he might have been able to check the bulletin board from where he was, but Kikyou was, unfortunately, a hundred and sixty-eight centimeters tall; Shorter than the average.

For now, I guess I should wait for them to leave.

Kikyou did not want to push through the crowd, so he had no choice but to stand still and wait.

And so, Kikyou stood there, his mind serene as he stared blankly at the commotion in front of him.

"............"

For some reason, he could hear the noise around him even clearer than before when he was in this state of mind.

Various voices reached Kikyou's ears, such as the joyful voices of those who were in the same class as their friends, and the sorrowful voices of those who were now in a different class from their friends.

There was a name that was murmured countless times among the various voices that reached his ears.

When every one of these voices murmured this name, they were either overjoyed that they were in the same class or grieving from the bottom of their heart that they were in a different class.

The name they murmured—Saki Minamori.

Even Kikyou, who always had limited interactions with people, knew that name.

The daughter of the famous designer, Reika Minamori, who was a hot topic on TV due to her looks, Saki was such a beauty that there were rumors in Kikyou's school even though she was attending another middle school.

There were hordes of people who wanted to attend the same school as her, causing the Competition Ratio1 of Ouga High School to surge, from roughly one-point-one to one-point-two in recent years, to two-point-six this year.

To Kikyou, who picked the school because it was close to his house, this was stifling.

The holder of such overwhelming beauty that it would make many ruffians choose their high school, a huge decision in their life, based on the reason of wanting to be in the same school as her, resulting in a Competitive Ratio that was unheard of.

That was the existence known as Saki Minamori.

......That said, Kikyou, who had never seen Saki Minamori before, thought that this unheard-of beauty rumor might have been fabricated; That the rumor was exaggerated as it spread, and the real person was not a beauty of that extent.

Besides, what in the world is a beauty that could even cause a huge surge in the Competitive Ratio!? Even if her looks were well-rounded, isn't there a limit!?, or so Kikyou thought, cursing Saki Minanori in his mind, the rumored beauty who made his exams difficult.

As expected, perhaps somewhat curious about this beauty, Kikyou, who managed to check the bulletin board after a number of students left, found his name along with Saki's.

"Ah, we're in the same class," Kikyou then muttered.

1 - Ratio of the number of students who applied to the number of students the school accepts

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Thank you very much for reading, I hope that you enjoyed the chapters that have been uploaded this year! It is sad, but the translation for this series will be on a hiatus as the chapters I have promised to upload for the year in the post have been uploaded, but don't worry, as it will be back when a certain time of the year comes around next year!