Serina Volume 0, Prologue

Volume 0: Introduction: I'm Becoming a Hero

Prologue: Boring, Unstoppable Daily Life

　As the train swayed slightly, I looked around, not looking for anything.

"Soon, Shinjuku, Shinjuku, the exit is on your left――"

　I had already arrived at the station near the school. I let out a small sigh.

　Nothing has changed in my daily life.

　I'm sure it's a blessing in disguise.

　I eat my mother's bacon and eggs and naturally grown (organic) toast, carefully comb and set my waist-length hair, and go to school every day.

　It's not that there is any clear-cut dissatisfaction there.

　However, I was tired of living a life that seemed to be sliding along on a set of rails without any goal in mind.

　Looking around me, I saw dead fish-eyed businessmen who looked like they were tired of life, office workers with wrinkles between their brows as if they were troubled, students with gloomy faces, and so on.

　We were standing somewhere, but it was as if we were adrift in the sea of daily life with no direction.

　Perhaps it was because I was thinking about such leisurely things in my head, but I was keenly aware of changes that I might not normally notice.

"Hmm......Ahh......Nnn"

　A girl wearing the same school uniform as me, from the high school of Sakurafu Academy, was at the window of the car.

　She was biting her lower lip with a pained expression on her face. Behind her, a small, fat, middle-aged man was unnaturally close to her.

　A molester――!

　By the time I realized that, I had already acted.

"Excuse me. Step aside, please."

"Hey, hey!"

　I made my way through the crowd to the girl being molested.

　To my dismay, even as I approached, the man was still sticking his hand up her skirt and stroking her underwear in a disgusting manner. His fingers were moving like a crawling snake.

　But the black lace underwear she's wearing is amazing. ...... No, no, no, that's not important right now.

"Get your filthy hands off her!　You pervert!"

　When I quickly grabbed the middle-aged man's arm, he finally seemed to notice me and started to panic, moving his mouth like a goldfish being fed.

"Wh-what are you talking about, you idiot! I-I-I-I'm a pervert you say, show me some evidence!"

"Yes, this is the evidence."

　I tapped the video I had taken on my phone and showed it to the man.

　The man, who had his eyes peeled open, seemed to be unable to argue anymore and fell silent with his mouth open.

　After that, I stayed with the victim girl in the station staff room until the police arrived, which took quite a while.

"Good morning."

"Good morning, Shiraishi-san." "Good morning, Serina"

　When I entered the school classroom, my classmates greeted me with smiles.

　However, not many of them seem to care that much about why I'm late. I hang my bag on the hook next to my desk and sit down in my seat.

"You're unusually late, aren't you, Serina?"

　The person who spoke to me without saying hello was Kagami Tamae, my closest friend.

"No, you're wrong. I caught a pervert on the train, that's why I'm late."

　I shrugged my shoulders. It was nice to do the right thing, but I wasted the first period of class.

"Wow, you're still so flamboyant, aren't you?"

"Really?　I think it's normal to catch a pervert when you see one."

"No, no, no. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to do anything even if I were being molested or even if I was there."

"What?　I think Tamae can move properly. You're cheerful and you talks to everyone."

"That's because I'm dealing with people my own age at this school. Well, I can talk to my seniors and teachers without hesitation. Oh, yeah, I can talk to anyone on the Internet."

"By internet, you mean the anonymous one, not the social networking site where you show your face?"

"That's natural~, Serina-kun, personal information is very important, you know?"

"Yes, yes."

"Oh, speaking of the Internet, F-G, which I'm really into right now, is running a 'Refer a friend and get an item!' How about you, Serina?　If you have one more friend, you'll be able to smelt higher level materials."

　Tamae is an otaku who loves games and anime, but sometimes I don't know what she's talking about.

"Is that what you're talking about, wanting me to make you an ID for your online game?"

"Yes, yes, please... Serina Daimyojin-sama!"

"Please don't make me into some kind of strange god on your own. You know I don't play many games."

　Games are all the same.

　Once you learn the pattern, it's just a repetition of the same task, and even if you're enthusiastic at first, you'll soon get bored.

　In addition, social games try to make you spend money, and I can't really enjoy them because of that.

"I know that, but I thought you could help me out here. You don't have to play. Just create a character and you're good to go, free money too!"

"I don't want to give out my personal information or passwords everywhere."

"I'll get you an abandoned email, and you can use a fake name, there."

"What?　Pseudonym. All right, if you insist, I'll just make a regular one. And I don't need a weird email."

"Thanks. please, okay?"

"It's okay but, Tamae, if you keep playing around too much, it'll affect your college career."

"Wow, you're starting to sound like my mom, I'm thinking about my future, too. I think I can make money with BL doujinshi, so I'm just going to fake my way through college. I'll just go to a second-rate school."

　Tamae also draws manga as a hobby, but I find it hard to believe that it would sell.

"I wonder if you can make a living from manga."

"Yes, you can! If you do it, you will success, if you don't do it, you will never success."

　She even posed and looked very confident, but the teacher had already arrived for class, so I guess I'll have to wait until later to give her a lecture.

　When I came home, I found that my mother was still at work and hadn't come home yet. My father was also always late for work.

　What is a family? I suddenly wondered.

　Suddenly, a popular J-pop song started playing, but it was my newly set up phone. When I looked at it, it was Tamae who was calling me.

"Serina, did you make an ID for me?"

"Not yet. Because I just got home."

　Turning up the volume on my phone and throwing it on my bed, I answered as I took off my uniform.

"What?　What are you doing up so late?"

"I'm working for the student council. I'm thinking of running for student body president."

"Wow. Is that fun, Serina?"

"I don't know.　Well, at least it's not boring."

"Hmm. Well, okay, ID, ID, D-V-D, D-V-D!"

"Okay, okay, okay. Don't rush me."

　After I finished getting dressed, I opened my laptop and searched for the game name "FG" that Tamae had mentioned.

"But, Tamae, aren't Smartphones games nowadays more common than PC games?"

"Serina, the size of the screen is different. When it comes to RPGs that a heavy user like me can play with a lot of energy, a lukewarm game on a smartphone is not going to satisfy my body."

"That's right."

　I don't like the obscene way she said it, but she gets even more worked up when I complain about it, so I let it slide.

"But it's true that I've been losing a lot of friends lately. I had a really good friend named Alec who was always online, but he hasn't been logging in lately either. I wonder if he's run away to a smartphone game now?"

"I don't know anything about that."

　As I listened to Tamae, I clicked on a URL with an embarrassing phrase: "A game that will change your life".

　A few numbers appeared on the black background screen, but I guessed this was it.　

"I found it, but."

"Then, just use the default character and register a name."

"Let's see. ...... hmm? Tamae, there's no place to put your name."

"What?　It's in the center."

　Even if you say so, it's not there. What's there is――

Race　Human, Female

Strength　 ８　＋－

Agility　 ９　＋－

Vitality　 ９　＋－

Magic Power ９　＋－

Dexterity　 ９　＋－

Luck　　 ９　＋－　　

Bonus　 72

　It's just these numbers. The screen must be different. I click on "Redo".

　The bonus number is now 99, but the name input doesn't show up.

"This isn't right either. ......"

　I assigned it appropriately and clicked on the [Next] button.

　This time, I got a list that looked like skills, such as [Good health☆], [A Lady's Taste☆], [Increase experience], [Bargaining], [Enemy counter], [Appraisal], [Mirror vision], [Increase gold], but still no name.

　On the left side of the screen, there were items such as "Warrior" and "Magician", so I clicked on those to be sure.

<Warrior>

【Body Blow】【Face Strike】【Tackle】【Osotogari】【Tension】【Protrusion】【Jumping Knee Kick】

【Spinning Kick】【Low Kick】【Middle Kick】【High Kick】【Back Kick】【Heel Drop】

【Horizontal Slash】【Vertical Cut】【Kasaya】【Push】【Kote】【Tsubamegaeshi】【Sword Iron Cut】【Split Sword】【Dimensional Slash】

<Magician>

【Skill Reset】【Skill Points Gained Increased】【Skill Freeze】【Skill Change】

【Skill Robbery】【Skill Development】【Skill Extinction】【Skill Copy】【Skill Stop】【Class Change】【Class Tree】【Class Fusion】【Class Release】【Class Gacha】

【MP Absorption】【HP Absorption】【MP Convertion】【MP Transfer】【HP Transfer】【MP Recovery】

<Sage>

【Forecast】【Premonition】【Oracle】【Prophecy】【Prediction】【Forecast】【Foresight】【Sighting】

【Transformation】【Description】【Elixir】【Immortality】【Poison Resistance】【Paralysis Resistance】【Petrification Resistance】

　However, none of them seem to have anything to do with name input.

　When I moved the mouse cursor around randomly to see if it would scroll, I found out that I needed 5000 points for the [Dimensional Slash], but with a 99 point bonus, I'm never going to get this. That's weird.

"Tamae, It's doesn't have name input."

"What?　That's weird. What's going on with the screen?"

"I don't know, it's just a list of abilities. Is it the name of a skill?　If you press [Next] here, you'll get ......"

　Click.

　Then a white screen filled my vision, and I lost consciousness.

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