《Silk Hearts》 Prayer "Schools not as bad as people make it out to be, especially nowadays." That''s something my teacher said to me in class this morning, It was one of those hard days to wake up¡ªa Monday¡ª which made me despair the upcoming week. At least for the other days you can make up an excuse for yourself to push through and get up in the morning. Like Wednesday being halfway through the week so you can pull through, or Friday being the final day of the week so "just a bit longer!" Monday however you have 5 days, including Monday, that you have to make it through. Teachers also decide to give you new topics to study for even though you just got back from a short break. Actually, pausing, let me rant about that short break, so your supposed to tell me that Monday and Tuesday are the same length as Saturday and Sunday? Then why the hell are those two days so short! It doesn''t make sense! Anyways going back on topic¡ª School being not that bad is being very generous, and I mean very. We learn outdated topics that can''t even apply to our real world jobs in the future, Like why am i learning about Trig Ratio''s when I should be learning about¡ªI dunno¡ª How to live as an adult?? You''re teaching me junk then are surprised when I end up in junk. The area where you live is also a factor on whether you like school or not. Most in the area I live have wannabe thugs or school threats. Like if my week couldn''t get worse I now have a shooting threat lingering in my mind... I sat in my chair at the time looking at the monitor playing a video describing the secret''s of "speed-running" a certain racing game. It was around an hour long and the creator wasn''t too big, which gave the video an almost calming presence. However the video wasn''t what I was thinking about, I was despairingly zoning out awaiting the noise of my alarm going off at 6 am. The rushing of trying to get through work before each class ended so you didn''t have to do anything whilst home. "Man I don''t wanna go to school tomorrow..." I never really spoke my thoughts out loud, unless I really meant something that is. I decided to try to take my mind off school by going on to a totally legal website to read some manga. Oh! "I was a slave that reincarnated into a level 99 champion" updated! I swear I thought it got axed... The manga''s synopsis is about Yu Yamato who gets- Second thought nobody really cares. Turn your brain off a read that''s that right...? A question that always plagued me was if magictruly existed or not. I mean at face value, no, but what if there was some magical anime girl that upheld the secret magic society by using her spells. Or or what if Magic does exist and that everytime someone catches wind of it their memory is erased! If there''s even the slightest possibility of it existingIwant to be able to use it. It doesn''t even have to be exactly magic it could be something like esper abilities or something else that''s supernatural. Sometimes I''d see a weird looking stick or leaf on the ground and touch it, hoping it''s a random artifact some witch dropped that''ll be able to give me abilities. Great, I got lost in thought again... Second thought I don''t think I''ll be reading this manga today. Instead I decided to jump onto my bed and stare at the ceiling. I still had the clothes on I wore to school and didn''t feel like changing out of. I rolled around my bed for a bit thinking of something to do, I couldn''t waste the post-school break just looking at nothing. ... If I can''t be able to use any cool spells atleastmake me Japanese... Like everything''s so cool over there rather in bland America. Now I wasn''t fully glorifying Japan¡ªI mean I know it can get pretty rough over there but they get to wear uniforms and get anime and manga early! early damnit!! ... I just decided to sleep early instead. There''s this thing I usually do¡ªwhere I pray tosomegod that I get "transported into another world!" or "summoned as a hero!" knowing all too well I''m gonna wake up to that stupid you know what. But this time, this night when I decided to do it I really wanted to put my all in, If I pleaded and prayed to some unknown god that I wanted to be in a different¡ªfantasy world, just maybe they would listen. I knew it was selfish seeming that others in worse situations would need that to happen to them more than me but I still just hoped for the sliver of a chance that someone would respond. I then fell on my pillow closing my eyes, wondering what test I would have to do at 7 in the morning. ¡ª*tweet tweet* ¡ª*tweet tweet* ..ngh... I don''t remember changing my alarm to a generic sounding bird... The back of my head was kind of cold, actually most of my body was cold, however not freezing. I could feel tiny pebbles poking the skin of my arms and some of my lower legs. The most apparent thing my senses picked up on was the egregious stench coming from a bit behind me. My eyes burst open and I got up onto my rear, realizing I wasn''t in my room. The first thing I noticed was that I awoke in a chilly alleyway, It was your average alleyway you would see in any city anywhere. The almost visible stench was coming from a garbage behind me, makes sense. I kind of stared around for a bit, drowsy from my sleep until it finally clicked. ... ... "ISEEEKAAAIIIIIII" I screamed from my lungs. Got up on my feet and dashed out of the alleyway and ran into the sidewalk. Before I could see anything I was blinded by the sunlight, tilting my head down and letting my eyes adjust for a bit, I looked back up to see.... You''re average city. ...? Actually, before I started ranting¡ª which I''ve been doing a lot recently¡ª I decided to take a step back and look atmyself before doing anything. Looking down I saw strands of blackish hair with a silver tint curving down from my shoulders to my chest. And- a skirt!?!? The skirt was like a white uniform from what I could tell by just looking down, and I had brown dress shoes on with scrunched up fluffy socks. "Don''t tell me...." I ran to the nearest shop that had a glass window showcasing clothes. Although I wasn''t looking at the clothes. I was looking at the girl with black hair and eyes, both having a silverish grey tint to it, An almost fully white female student uniform with 3 deep blue stripes going around the end of the skirt. The as mentioned scrunched up fluffy socks, with brown dress shoes. The girls silky hair curved and twisted in many directions, not nappy or dirty but rather beautiful and alluring. If you stumble upon this tale on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. Incase you couldn''t tell the girl was me. "What the hell!?!?!!!!" I felt my knees trembling about to give out, and sweat miraculously forming on my back and thighs. My eyes starting to glint and tear up and my palms becoming moist. ... To take a breather I decided to walk around, though with little help due to so many thoughts ramming into my brain at the same time. I knew I was in a different world, I knew I got put into a different body and Iknewthat something was seriously wrong. The supernatural doesn''t exist so how did I exactly end up in... this situation.... Maybe it was some sort of hyper-realistic dream? or someone stuck a new virtual reality headset onto me in my sleep that''s able to feel physical touch. Why was I questioning it though? This was want I wanted, so even if it''s a weird dream I should just live it while it last right? After a bit longer of walking around aimlessly I decided to use my head a bit. The city didn''t look like anything American, from all the anime I''ve watched it looks like Japan I guess. Speaking of anime, everyone around me actuallylookedlike they were from an anime! I mean it was like I was living in one..! Despite my worrying I was still ecstatic, which made my stomach go into a nuclear stew of emotions. Something I also noticed is that People were staring at me, not in any way that felt hostile or weird, more like curious. I wondered what that was about. Actually, speaking of the people around me they had all sorts of hair colors¡ªmost black, brown or grey however some with a deep red color or orangish brown hair color with yellow eyes.... yellow! I wasactuallyin some sort of anime... It felt so surreal. But besides my surroundings I still had questions, Why was I in this girls body, and was I brought here for a reason? Where do I even begin to think about going.. Wait, I know where to go! In most otherworldly transportation media the protag usually finds something likethe guild hallfirst right? Even though this is a modern city I''m sure there''s something like that. There''s no way I''m just in a regular world... ... Nope can''t do that.. What if some weirdo girl walks up to you and starts spouting about a guild hall... Oh that''s right! I reached into my pockets and pulled out a smartphone, turned it on to which I found my name, school, and address!! Is what I would havelikedto say if it wasn''t for the fact that the phone wasdead. I decided to sit at a bench until I could come up with another silly idea. The bench was in between two restaurants and looked to be in some miniature park area. It was gorgeous to put it lightly, I sat down at the bench and felt the sun beam through the tree and hit some areas of my body, I decided to close my eyes to calm my mood. But I felt that I got some more stares, however they were different from before. Ah, the posture. I fixed up my sitting posture to fit to one of a school girls, I think. Was I truly in a different world...? The question kept repeating over and over in my head, though more calmly now. "Uhm excuse me miss." An old man with a bartenders uniform came up to me and gently asked. He''s probably from one of the restaurants next to this mini park. "Oh yea¡ªyes.Yes.?" "I couldn''t help but to notice your A.O.P uniform, and was curious... Shouldn''t you be in classes right about now...?" ''A.O.P'' Is that the school I go to? Alright, Leo, Just play it cool. "O-Oh... Uh...ah... that''s r-right! classes... How could I forget thanks for reminding me!" Perfect... now I scurry off!!! ... ... "Uhm excuse me sir, which way is ''A.O.P''?" ¡ª So despite getting directions by the blessed old man, I still feel like I''m lost. I asked for the directions in lefts, rights, and straights but I can just feel a dead end coming up soon. To my surprise though, I turned the corner from a set of buildings and saw a luxurious school. Actually calling it a school felt like an insult, it was more like a college? no that also feels like I''m disrespecting it.... Harvard! there we go, It looked to be the size of Harvard University¡ª Not that I know what Harvard even looks like. The school sported a deep silver steel as it''s main material with some giant windows around a selection of areas on the building. Now, I had no idea what time it was so I decided to hurry and run to the front gates. Which felt like it took forever running from the city to the school. The front gates were closed shut, the weird thing is they we''re normal giant gates you would see at a large house. I feel like a prestigious school like this would have a better security system. Disregarding the schools security, The fact that the gates were closed meant I was late, but there was nothing I could do about time. So I opened the gates and decided to walk it. I don''t know why I just know thought this was a bad idea, what if the body I''m in is actually really popular and acts completely different then I''m about too? or if I''m actually a jackass who makes fun of people. Damnit Leo just walk in! I got to the front of the building and the main doors were locked, and it seemed there was a keypad to the right of the door. Does the average student have keycards for opening doors? or is it only for faculty/staff? I guess I''m out of luck then.... Do i just stand here until classes are over.... "Ahem." A lady with a white uniform walked up to me, not the same as mine. It was more like a military uniform¡ªGerman, A white German officer uniform with a blue tie and a couple of badges and deep blue to black boots. The lady herself possessed White hair with icy blue eyes and thin ovular glasses. Her hair was tied into a neat bun at the back of her head. She looked around 30, at max- "Ahem!" "Eep!" woah, was that voice me...? "Who are you?! state your name!? and A.P.S Codenamenow!" I blinked not knowing what to do, clearly this was as far I was gonna get into my run.... only around 40 minutes... "Forget it come with me, you''re in trouble young lady." The women stated sternly, even if I did have the things she asked for I doubt I would even get to respond in time. "o-okay..." First Day of this world and I don''t even know what to do, I managed to get some directions but that''s it.... I still have so many questions though. Why was I brought here? Why am I in this body? What is this world...? Bubblegum Confusion Leo Lauder, 15 year old high-school boy who hates school. Wants magical/supernatural abilities, got transmigrated into a girls body. Old lady takes him into "custody" Good? Well I''m not. I''m that Leo!!! She was walking me down a school-like hallway, I''m pretty sure I passed a couple classes but couldn''t see much due to the pace she was walking at¡ªwhich I had to keep up with or else she would scream at me again. The interior of the building was similar to the exterior just with different materials, The walls had a couple paintings I could make out, and a black and silver checkered floor made up of what felt like to me, marble. I could see the landscape and city from the outside if I turned my head to the right, so that was nice I suppose. Eventually after turning a couple corners and going up some stairs we was at our supposed destination. She slammed open the door and I got a view of the inside. It looked to be like a teachers lounge but way bigger, and had a second floor with bookshelves. There was a tv to the left of me as well as a couch. To the right corner there was a microwave and a couple of unused desk. The Lady grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the lengthy couch. "SIT." Yes ma''am!! ¡ª I''ve been sitting here for around 3 minutes. The Lady¡ªto what I assumed to be a teacher despite the weird outfit sped walk off back outside the room. The couch I''ve just gotten used to was a white, as mentioned lengthy couch with some of those back couch pillow things, It only had cup holders at the ends. What do I even answer when she ask for my name again...? I don''t even know my name! I''m done for unless I think of a plan. Oh! Maybe since this is a school I can sneak into the principals office, hack into the computer, and check the student list to see my information! Genius, Genius dare I say!! ... Okay how about what if I were to make up a name, It''s not like they''re gonna go all the way and search me up on the student records just because I was late for one day. I get off scott-free because one, that wasn''t even my name and two, I didn''t have to give up any info!! I''m practically a prodigy when it comes up to ideas! Alright plan B is in motion, I just have to wait until the grouchy god comes back. But what do I do until then. Oh yeah, The way I look kind of sticks out no? I mean even for an anime-like world I still have a quite the hair color. I mean now that I think about it this was a stupid thing to think about people probably have bright pink as their hair color. Actually I''d go to say I might look average here. ... Maybe I''m the chosen one... Well¡ªI mean look think about it, I''m a normal boy¡ªa lot of transmigrates are normal nerds who have no personality or character; and are just self-inserts! wait am I calling myself a bland nerd...? I hate this problem I have where I act like I''m in some show or novel where viewers and readers can hear my thoughts. Look, I''m even doing it right now... *BWAM* Oh right I almost forgot about her. The lady¡ªwho was for some reason in heels now by the way¡ª was marching over with what looked to be... a barcode scanner...? what??? She pointed the barcode scanner at me and it blinked green a couple times. She then furiously stopped glaring at me and focused her eyesight at the back of the large scanner. I couldn''t see from my position but the screen looked to be rather large at the back. "Yonamine Jun, Age 15 first year. Theurgy: None Notable qualities: Fast Learner. Notable Strengths: None (Apparently) Notable Weaknesses: Nauticals, Gehennas, Long arduous problems." ... She blurted and mumble a few more things that I didn''t get a clear hearing on. "You''re quite the average person Yonamine Jun. I don''t even know how you got accepted into A.O.P with these statistics.. However it isn''t my place to say. What IS my place to say however is why the hell you''re not at the first day assembly!?!?!!!" huh? first day..? Assembly...? It''s as if I felt my face turn pale. "It''s the first day, albeit important you''ve only missed the assembly, so I''ll let it slide. This once that is. Ask your fellow school-mates to inform you on how academic life works here. You will be confused at first however since you were late I suppose it is not my duty to take care of your skepticisms and indecisions. The only thing I will tell you is that the assembly is being held in gymnasium 1, the building to the left of the from entrance. Now hurry along. Do not let me see you again." "I-uh-but-" "YOU HEARD?!?" ¡ª So I might''ve ran. But now that I''m outside I can finally process a couple things. It seems I was only looking at the main building went entering through the gates, was my vision really that narrow? and I can''t believe I¡ªwell Yonamine Jun missed the first day. However most importantly what was that scanner thing talking about? I got the gist that it was checking all of my records but not those things about "Strengths" or "Gehennas" What even Is that certainly not anything I''ve heard back in my world. Meaning that it must be.... "Power-system....!" Oh crap that''s right I still have magic school stuff! I ran over to the gym to see most students leaving, to which I snuck in and blended into the crowd. Hehe alright blended in now I just have to ride the wave to the main building. The students started following the pathway that led behind the building in the front, which went down a small hill and another straight path. The walk was about 2 minutes before we got close to the actual school-like building. This time it wasn''t some futuristic looking building but a normal brick school, It had a Japanese flag and another flag that was white with a blue shield besides it on top of the school. Not a flag from my world that''s for sure. I also got to hear some conversations while trying to blend into the crowd. "So dude who''s your homeroom?" "did you get G1 or G2 4th period? "I''m definitely going for Recruit-Vanguard, it''s about to be a piece of cake, watch." "man I need to work on my staff skills..." STAFF? That''s all I needed to confirm my suspicions... Fighting does exist in this world! I don''t know if it''s against powerful monsters or one another but they''re the act of training combat prowess exist! I can feel the tears coming out of my eyes, finally!! I''ll be able to do some cool abilities!! Oh shit I''m falling behind. I followed the crowd to the front entrance and they either went inside the building or broke off into groups surrounding the outside of the school. Probably some newly formed friend groups from the assembly. As for me I had absolutely no idea where to go. No idea where my first period or homeroom was and unquestionably no way to check where they were. That''s fine... because I actually came up with a plan in order to beat this sticky situation!! As early as humanity began, Homo sapiens used their noses in order to guide them¡ªand look where that got them! Meaning if I copy them and sniff out my classroom then surely I''ll be there in no time hehe.... ... So after a couple sniifs my nose got clogged and itchy, I now have the feeling where you have to sneeze but can''t. I regret this plan. But my only other choice was talking to people and I''m not a good conversation starter. sure I had a couple friends back in the other world but they all came up to me first. I''m fine with talking to teachers though... This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. mmm..... maybe I need another genius plan to solve the situation at hand. Maybe I can use my genius athletic skills to hop up to that 3rd floor and smash through the window, that would then trigger a teacher to appear right before me and take me back to the main building, where I''ll then be greeted by a staff member¡ªnot that lady¡ªthat will politely tell me that I am expelled from the academy, I then have free will to do whatever I want!! ... Nah, wouldn''t work, I''m not that athletic. OK fine I yield I''ll go ask someone, but looking up I saw not a single soul. Bad luck strikes again huh... *clack clock clack* the sound of dress shoes sounded like it was hurdling towards me, though I wasn''t paying attention and instead sulking in front of the main building. I feel someone push into me, knocking me on the floor. "Oof-" "Hey..." I turn my back to notice a girl with bubblegum-pink hair and icy blue eyes fallen on the ground. She also sported an ahoge with white thigh highs that reached up to a bit above her knees. Her hair twisted and turned in many directions, however Instead of it being seen as nappy it was more alluring and attractive. I was stunned looking at her. without a doubt she 100% gave off main heroine vibes. Straight out of some harem ecchi or magical academy anime. "I''m s-so sorry!!! I was in a rush and I didn''t see you I-I-" "It''s alright, your name?" PERFET LE- ....JUN! PERFECT PLAY IT COOL I HAVE TO OVERTAKE THIS WENCH AS THE MAIN HEROINE!!! I would decide to lend my hand out to help her stand up. "it''s Y-Yamaguchi Manami, I''m sorry, I''m a first year so I don''t know my way-" STRIKE!!!!!! "Me too, guess we''re in the same boat huh... Yamaguchi." FIRST NAMES ALWAYS HIT HARD, YOUR SPOTS MINE YAAAAAMMAAAGUUCHIII!!! "..." Yamaguchi Manami grabbed my hand and jump into my arms. "THANK YOUUUU!!! I was so scared that I was the only one confused even though I attended the assembly, I kinda fell asleep during it.... I''m not the most awake morning person..." Yamaguchi would state rubbing her uh-chest into my chest. "I Y-yeah alright alright..." boobs. ¡ª "So you also don''t have anyway of accessing the schools personal website thingy huh?" Yamaguchi asked "Nope. I saw a lot of people using their phones or watches though. Schedules must be pretty confusing around here¡ªespecially on the first day right?" I replied "Yep. Compared to Culti this is way harder, well at the start of Culti it was basically handheld so..." "haha yep Culti¡ªremember those days like it was yesterday!" What the fuck is a Culti. Another one of my genius plans was to get answers from people without seeming suspicious. For example I would lead the conversation in a way that would get me more terminology or even straight up definitions. Although that wasn''t working too well... Only gave me more questions than answers. Asking "what''s this" or "whose that" will get me caught too easy, if I''m found out I''ll have to explain that I''m not actually the owner of the body and I''m from another world. And I could seem like a lunatic trying to do that.... Like what if I ask a question that''s the equivalent to "wait what is pizza again?" Wait, I got an genius idea cooking up! "So Yamaguchi, random, hypothetically, absolutely out of the blue stupid question, remember hypothetically¡ªhow would you describe this world to someone who''s new here?" "...?" "Okay lemme reiterate, If someone, now hypothetically¡ªjust so happened to get transported from a completely different world into this one¡ªnow hypothetically Yamaguchi, hypothetically. Stay with me now¡ªhow would you explain this world?" "Are you talking about like one of those anime''s? what where they called again.... eeesayyykiii?¡ª" "YEP like one of those..." "Well it depends, I don''t know what''s the difference between their world and ours. But if it''s like the esayki I''ve seen where it''s a boring world without Theurgies, then well I guess the first thing I would tell them about are Theurgy haha.. then probably Vehements. and then lastly A.O.P." Yamaguchi would say this while being in one of those poses where the character would put their finger on their chin and look up. "Okay, great, now how would you exactly explain all of that to someone like m¡ªwho got isekai''d" "Well.... Hmm.... that''s kind of hard. I would say Theurgies are like things that allow you to do unimaginable stuff!! and Vehements are like copy-cat bad guys. And the A.O.P are the good guys, us. But then again it still depends on how different our worlds are, they might not even have the word ''copy-cat''" ... Magic, Monsters and a hunters society.... I''ve finally made it. "huh? Jun why are you smiling like that...?" Oh, by the way me and Yamaguchi are trying to find a classroom with a teacher that seems nice enough to unconfuse us. Oh and also we''ve circled around the building like 3 times. ¡ª "So you didn''t attend the assembly and you fell asleep during it. And now you''re asking me for help, even though I have to teach a class." An middle-aged teacher with deep grey hair and eyes restated what we said to him a couple seconds ago¡ªalbeit not so on point. Yamaguchi looked like she was about to have a mental breakdown any second so I tried to get him to tell us how to access our schedules. In summary, we had to log in with our ID''s¡ªwhich have been sent to our emails/phone numbers, paste the ID into the website, then there should be a tab to check schedule and whatnot. "Yamaguchi you have a phone charger on you? Mine is sorta dead." I stated boldly scratching my head. "y-y-y-y-y--yy-" "Second thought just don''t speak, hand me the charger." I plugged the charger into the outlet in the classroom, A certain bubblegum pink ahoge girl was darting her eyes around the classroom, probably about to be in a coma due to how many people were staring at us. Honestly her panicking like a rat that has been cornered by a cat is actually quite cute, it looks like she''s about to pop. Sorry Yamaguchi but I''m enjoying this a little too much. "There we go it''s finally on." It took a minute or two for my phone to turn on, luckily I had facial recognition active so I didn''t have to put in whatever the hell my password is. I followed all the steps quickly and got my schedule. "Learning Center 2...?" "O-o-oh I know that one it''s t-the second building right next to this o-o-one!" She said, practically crying at this point. "huh?? there''s another school!!" Jumping up I grabbed the charger and her wrist and skedaddled out the classroom. Great now I''m gonna be late again I just have to make sure I don''t run into.... her. "Ah-wait Jun My class is in this building!" I quickly let go of her wrist "Oh-sorry!" ... ... "I- It was fun hanging out with you. Catch ya later?" I said while jogging in place "Y-y yeah! I''ll see you later!" I ran at full pace to the other building, trying to make it within the timeframe I had so I wouldn''t miss too much of homeroom. Despite the situation though I couldn''t stop smiling, Magic, Monsters, and a society that protects people from said monsters huh.... Awesome.