Chapter 1

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"Wh-What? What's going on here?!"

It was already past eleven at night, yet I couldn't help but shout loudly as I stared at my smartphone screen. But I hope you can understand why I felt like shouting.

Because.

"Seriously, why am I treated like a minor character who gets killed off early in the game...?"

Muttering this, I threw my phone and clutched my head. Not that I'm actually a minor character. In fact, I'm a chosen one.

"Ah... I shouldn't have done an ego search..."

I sighed, picked up the phone I had just thrown, and looked at the screen again. There, a page titled "‘Geist × Revenant’ Strategy Summary" was displayed. I mean, I was just joking around and searched for my name on a search site, and I didn't expect to hit such a bizarre result.

Moreover, as a character in a juvenile school fantasy RPG.

Naturally, my curiosity piqued, I looked at the information about the character with the same name as me. My name... "Yōhei Mochizuki" was listed along with his evaluation.

"A first-year student at 'National Alistar Academy.' One of the minor characters who confronts the protagonist when they transfer. The 'Spirit' they command is the weakest in the school. However, in the game, they are treated as a boss, and after clearing the game, they can be added to the party in subsequent playthroughs. However, their abilities are the weakest, and even when their 'Spirit' changes class, it only evolves to a slightly better level, making it a waste to use them."

That's... a pretty harsh evaluation.

But what bothered me more was...

"Why is not only my name, but also the name of the school I'm about to attend and the information about the spirits matching?"

Well, "National Alistar Academy" is one of the top spirit user training schools in the country, and I can understand why someone might want to make a game with spirits as the theme.

But why is my personal information being used in a game without my permission?

Moreover, I only awakened to the power of spirits in my second year of junior high... that is, last year.

To have made a game from that and even have a "strategy site" is a bit strange.

Most importantly...

"There's no game with such a title that's been released..."

I tilted my head while looking at the smartphone screen. So, who made this summary site?

"Probably someone who knows me and is just venting their stress by making this..."

That's probably the answer.

I flicked the smartphone screen and muttered while skimming through the "strategy site."

Well? I am one of the few spirit users in this country... no, in the world. I can understand why someone might be jealous!

Thinking this, I felt a bit better.

"Come out, [Green Ogre]"

I summoned my spirit.

Then, a small, green, humanoid spirit appeared in front of me. Well, to be honest, it's not exactly cool-looking, but it's still a spirit. To be clear, it's several times stronger than a human. And the number of people who can command spirits is one in ten thousand, if that.

But.

"Even though I gave it the cool name [Green Ogre], it's called [Gobu] on the 'strategy site'..."

I couldn't help but drop my shoulders. According to the "strategy site," my spirit is listed as "Attribute: Goblin (♀)."

I glanced at the spirit.

"Hey... are you actually a girl?"

Of course, the spirit wouldn't answer such a question.

"..."

But... it nodded.

"So, so you're a female goblin, right!?"

"..."

It nodded again.

Oh... this is a new discovery...

But, if that's the case, this "strategy site" is actually quite impressive, isn't it?

More than that.

"Who... who really made this?"

At this point, the site itself started to seem creepy. Why is such detailed information written here, even things I, the person it's about, don't know? Who? For what purpose?

"Well, it's just a coincidence! A coincidence!"

I shook my head from side to side and changed my thoughts. No matter how much I think about it, I won't be able to understand it.

However... there was one thing I wanted to confirm.

"Hey... do you like the name [Green Ogre]?"

"..."

The spirit shook its head.

"Then, how about [Gobu]?"

"..."

It nodded vigorously.

Aaaaah! So this thing really is [Gobu]!

Damn it! It looks so happy with the name I thought of!

"Ah... then, from now on, your name is [Gobu]..."

"!"

At my words, [Green Ogre], now [Gobu], started swinging the wooden club it was holding and jumping around happily.

Seeing [Gobu] like this, I could only manage a dry smile.

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"Geist × Revenant" will be released in book form on January 8, 2022, by TO Books! The illustrations are by Mr. HIMA! Please look forward to it!

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