I am woken up by a ray of light that is breaking into the room from a gap in the curtains. I feel as if I slept for only a minute but all my fatigue is gone though my body aches at some places for some reason. The room is dimly lit but it is bright enough to see the time in the wall clock.

Wall clock?? Is this world advanced enough to have a wall clock? Was there a wall clock in this room yesterday in the first place???

And why does my head hurt so badly???

As I look around, I see a chair piled with dirty clothes, garbage on the floor and piled in the dustbin. Then I realize, this is my filthy room!!!

So that means my head is hurting because I hit it on the door knob last night. I guess I passed out and everything that happened till now was a dream. I’m glad I’m not dead.

But I really need to clean my room else I will die for real next time.

But shouldn’t I have forgotten about my dream by now. I remember everything in detail. I remember the cool breeze, the beautiful scenery, fatigue when walking, taste of that weird food; name of which I have forgotten and I can go on for the rest of the day.

I can’t understand what has happened. I look at the time. It’s ‪7:21 am‬. About 12 hours has passed since I slept. But I have this feeling deep within me that I have slept only for a minute.

What ever has happened, I don’t have time to think about it. Else I will be late for school. I have to prepare breakfast, lunch and reach my class in time. And I am too hungry because I didn’t have anything last night.

I stand up and go to the kitchen. I make a scrambled egg and toast a couple of bread. I warm my milk and pour it in a glass. This will be my breakfast for today. Oh! I totally forgot to go to the bathroom and wash my face.

I quickly go to the bathroom and finish all my business in there. Then I return to the kitchen to have my breakfast. Unsurprisingly my breakfast has gone cold. I don’t have any time to reheat my food so I eat it cold.

For my lunch, I cook some rice and reheat the curry that’s in the fridge. I always have curry and rice for lunch. I cook curry in bulk every weekend and keep it in the fridge. I reheat it every morning. I cook my rice every morning as it doesn’t take that long to cook it.

I put on my school dress and get ready. I pack my lunch in my bag. Today I make sure to pack both my raincoat and umbrella. If I die, I will die with Miya.

I lock my door and move out. As I go out, I see my neighbor, aunt Masako.

“Good morning Suya.”

“Good morning Aunt Masako.”

“I heard a loud noise from your house last evening . Is everything all right?”

“I fell down yesterday but I’m all right so no need to worry.”

“Oh! You should be more careful. You made Chiaki worry.”

“I will make sure to be more careful next time. Bye, I have to go.” I say as I leave.

“Bye. Chiaki has already gone so I think you should hurry.”

Aunt Masako is not my own aunt but is really close with my mother. She looks after me as I live alone. Chiaki is her daughter who is a 1st year student in my high school. She is a sweet and cute girl who excels in both studies and sports. Damn, I’m really envious of her.

While thinking such things, I reach my school. I go straight towards my class. In class, my seat is in the second last row, towards the window. Usually students can sit in any seat they want but since they know that I always sit on that specific seat, it is always left for me even if I am late.

I’m not a delinquent who is feared by everyone. It’s just that I am quite good friends with almost everyone and they respect my preference. Well there have been occasions when someone had sat in my seat earlier but after I requested them to switch seats politely, they agreed. Since then, no one has sat in my seat.

I go and sit at my desk. Why is Miya coming towards me while smiling?? I don’t understand. My face is all red and I am sweating so much that I might die of dehydration at anytime. My heart is pounding hard in my rib cage and it feels like it will burst anytime soon.

Phew!! She went past me and talked with some other girls of my class. Since I was thinking about her both yesterday and this morning, I might have developed some kind of feelings for her.

Wait! She came back and sat in the seat beside me. This is the first time she has ever sat beside me. What should I do? Should I greet her? Or will that sound too suspicious??

I have talked with almost every person in my class but I’ve never talked to her before since she is a school celebrity.

I’ve heard that she is a kind girl who helps everyone. But I on the other hand didn’t even help her when she needed help yesterday. But there wasn’t anything I could do, right? Wait a minute, I could have lent her my raincoat and could have left school after it stopped raining. I could also return with Chiaki. Damn my useless brain. It’s always coming up with smart ideas after the event has passed.

As I was thinking such things, the first two periods are over. I didn’t even pay attention to what the teacher taught because my mind was busy thinking things.

Since I was mentally tired, I try to sleep during recess. I lay my head on my desk and close my eyes.

As I opened my eyes, I was surrounded by darkness. I was laying on a bed in a dark room. Somebody was snoring in the room. Wait a minute, I remember this place. This is Mr. Doran’s house. What am I doing here all of a sudden?? Wasn’t this all supposed to be a dream?? Wasn’t I supposed to be in my class??

I take a look at my watch. ‪10:32 pm‬. That’s the exact same time I went to sleep in my class. The only difference is, I slept in am and now it’s pm.

“Can’t sleep?” Doran suddenly asks who I thought was fast asleep. Maybe he is a light sleeper.

“I just had a weird dream” I answered.

“Don’t worry about any silly dream. You should get some sleep else you won’t be able to wake up early ‪tomorrow morning‬.”

“Ok”

Then suddenly, I feel really sleepy and I can’t keep my eyes open. I absolutely have to sleep. My questions can wait for morning. Without wasting another moment, I go to sleep.

“ya...Suya... are you all right? Are you feeling ok?” As I wake up, someone asks me.

That voice, it seems familiar. Where have I heard it before? Ah! It’s Miya’s voice.

Miya’s voice??? As I open my eyes, I see Miya right in front of me. She had a worried expression but her face brightened as I opened my eyes.

“I’m fine, but why are you asking me this question all of a sudden.” I answer, still wondering how she knew my name even if we haven’t talked before. I’m not popular like her, am I? I guess it was because the teacher called out my name today in class because I wasn’t paying attention.

“Were you sleeping?”

“Yes but you didn’t answer my question.” Why doesn’t anyone answer my question in the first time?

“You fell asleep as soon as you rested your head on the desk. I thought you collapsed due to that little wound that you have on the back of your head. How did you get it?” Her voice seemed worried.

“I fell down and hit my head yesterday evening. I didn’t notice a wound though.” I casually reply.

“You should go to the infirmary. Come, I will take you there.” She offered.

I now see why everyone calls her very kind. She was worried about me even if we are not that close to each other. We were just related as classmates till this point. As we were walking out of class together, I felt cold stares on my back. I probably made many enemies just by walking with Miya. I just wanted to be friends with everyone!!!

“Miya is too kind!”

I take a look at Miya and she is blushing. Did I just say that out loud!?? I might have raised a flag somewhere.

We go to the infirmary and the nurse applies bandage on my wound. Then both Miya and I return back to our class. The cold stares were still there. I return back to my seat.

Even though I will be treated differently in class from today, I am still glad that I got to talk with Miya today.

But I still cannot understand what happened when I slept. As soon as I slept here, I woke up there. And as soon as I slept, I woke up here. I cannot comprehend anything. Whenever I wake up here, that place seems like a dream that I don’t forget for some reason. And the same thing happens when I wake up there. Maybe I am lucid dreaming??

I will have to investigate this phenomenon after I return home. For now, I should try not to sleep. As I think about suck things for too long, my head starts to hurt. So I hit my desk slightly with my fist. To my surprise and everyone who sat around me, the wooden desk cracks. But I don’t feel even a bit of pain.

I seem to have grown as strong as I am in that world. I wonder if I can use my abilities here too. I try to activate my ability ‘Status check’ on Miya. It worked.

Name: Chigaraki Miya

Race: Human

Level: 4

Strength: 16

Defense: 12

Speed: 10

Stamina: 14

Magic: 0

Luck: 29

Skill: Dancing(4), Singing(3), Athletics(4)

Special Ability: None

Title: “Celebrity of Southern High”

I am surprised that I can use my abilities that I acquired in another world in my real world too. I think the bug in GOD’s program was larger than he said it was. If things continue like this, I will be too op to even exist in this world.

And I am surprised that even Miya has a higher level than me. Just how many flies did she kill?? Also, it seems that there is no magic in this world.

Was my level reset when I was reincarnated? If that is the case I want to know what level I was before I supposedly died.