Chapter 2

Hagure Yuusha no Kichiku Bigaku Volume 1 Chapter 2

The view outside the window gradually went higher up.

JPN Babel school’s campus scene became smaller and smaller, further and further.

Currently, the glass elevator, following a certain speed, was slowly rising.

The Babel school’s main building is a high-rise building. On the side of the body of the building, there are numerous elevators. This building has a total of 180 floors and as the students and staff member's positions and authorities are different, there are limits to the floors they can arrive on. In order to reduce the waiting period, floors used at a higher frequency were equipped with numerous direct elevators. Currently, Akatsuki and Miu were taking the exclusive B-class students’ elevator to the classroom floor.

“Damn it, my head hurts…I don’t know whether it is because of a cold or because I’m too nervous.”

This morning when Akatsuki opened his eyes, he was suffering from an inexplicable headache.

Ousawa Akatsuki had a task that he must complete, and this task was basically equivalent to challenging the world. As he finally stood at his second starting point, he was more or less feeling a bit nervous deep down. This was Akatsuki’s analysis of his own mental state.

Turning his head, he only saw Miu staring at the glass wall in front of her, looking at her own appearance in a uniform. Although she was born from a mix of a human and a dark elf, Miu’s skin was white, soft and delicate, she also did not have an elf’s pointed ears and her appearance was no different from an ordinary human. The elf race’s unique beauty and slender limbs are quite compelling, but not to the extent where it raises suspicion. Akatsuki looked at Miu, his face showing a knowing smile.

“You’re quite happy.”

“…Huh? R..Really?? Of course not.”

Miu quickly tried to evade the topic. In Akatsuki’s eyes, the Miu with her red ears was extraordinarily cute, Akatsuki could not help but narrow his eyes. Maybe Miu never wore a uniform before, Akatsuki thought. Plus, Miu had mentioned a while ago that today was her very first day going to school.

After bringing Miu to this world with difficulty, Akatsuki sincerely hoped that her very first experience of going to school would leave a favorable impression to her.

At this moment, the elevator’s rising speed gradually decreased and it finally stopped at a certain floor. With a mechanical ringing sound, the elevator doors slowly opened.

This was the B class floor. Several students were chatting in the hallway. After walking out of the elevator, there was only one path in front of them. Thus Akatsuki and Miu walked slowly along the corridor and passed through the students who were standing in the corridor.

Akatsuki quickly discovered one thing.

“Strange…”

Miu also seemed to be aware of it, her tone was very uneasy.

“Is it because I am too sensitive? But it feels that …”

“Yes, we have become the focus of everybody’s attention, but this is quite normal, there is nothing strange with it. This floor only has people in B-class and now two unfamiliar faces show up, it will obviously cause curiosity from everyone. Therefore, you do not have to take it to heart.”

Then Akatsuki suddenly stopped his footsteps. At the end of the corridor appeared an entrance doorway, which was the B-class classroom doors.

…Okay, the day has finally arrived.

Akatsuki violently and rudely pushed open the doors, and walked confidently into the classroom.

The chattering of the classroom suddenly became quiet.

“———”

Everyone’s attention was all focused at the door. Akatsuki did not try and escape, and directly confronted everyone’s stares of curiosity. Whether it was the whispering throughout every corner of the classroom or everybody’s stares of curiosity, it was, in fact, not unfamiliar to Akatsuki. During his time in Alayzard and wandering around the place with his identity of a rogue hero, he had already tasted this feeling.

But at that moment —

“…uuuwwaa!”

The uneasy Miu held to and pulled tightly on Akatsuki’s sleeves. After Akatsuki saw this, he gently held Miu’s shoulder, then looked proudly at the class.

“No matter what time, or ever the world, transfer students are always the main attractions of the crowd. You do not have to be nervous, there is no need to be polite, just confidently be yourself. Come, let us go.”

Akatsuki started to take a step, and walked through the path between the tables under the gaze of the entire class. The classroom was designed in a stairs shape where the front was low and narrow and the back was high up and wide, with a total of three columns of tables in left, middle and right of the class. The formation of the columns extended all the way from the front to the back, making it look like the shape of a paper fan. Akatsuki’s destination was the window seat located at the very last row. Miu timidly followed behind him, with her right hand clinging tightly to Akatsuki’s sleeves.

After arriving at the destination, Akatsuki sat down.

Beside him, Miu disturbedly said:

“C…can we sit anywhere available?”

“Of course. If the seat cannot be sat on, someone will naturally inform us.”

And —

“Usually transfer students sit in empty seats.”

Just when Akatsuki was talking about nonsense—

“— Hahaha, you are quite an interesting person.”

A female student walked over. With a slender physique, beautiful short hair and a pretty face coupled with a well-proportioned body, her gestures revealed the charm of a mature woman. A cute girl was not the best way to describe her, in fact, she was closer to a dazzling beauty.

…Uh Oh.

Akatsuki narrowed his eyes, but the female student heartily laughed.

“— Good, Very Good, as expected the legendary student is really talented.”

“Ehh? Why do you say this?”

Akatsuki’s retort seemed to play into the hands of the girl. He only saw her smiling very happily, and even her eyes were filled with tears of laughter.

“Ever since the school enrolled you to B-Class, you guys have become famous within Babel school, everyone calls you guys as History’s strongest newcomers!”

After saying all this, the girl looked at Miu.

“One is a mysterious beauty who used magic to instantly knock out the combat skills instructor during the entrance exam—“

Then she looked at Akatsuki again.

“The other is the one who was identified as a <True Hero> during the Norn Screening, and afterwards was endorsed as a hero by Student President Hikami during a special inspection. Actually, both of you have already become everybody’s object of discussion.”

“So that’s what happened…”

Miu, who finally understood the situation, embarrassingly scratched her cheek.

“I will have to work harder in the future, so I will not fail to live up to everyone’s expectations.”

Akatsuki smiled and said:

“Looks like you are very familiar about us. Based on the greeting principles, shouldn’t you also talk about yourself?”

“Now that you said that, please let me introduce myself.”

The female student nodded, her right hand touching her chest.

“I am called Izumi Chikage, from now on, I am your classmate. As for whether or not will we become friends from classmates, that depends on each other’s meaning of friends. About this, I personally am maintaining an optimistic attitude. Nice to meet you.”

The smiling Chikage extended a hand of friendship, Akatsuki also politely expressed agreement. Chikage’s soft and delicate hand was also very smooth.

“I am Ousawa Akatsuki, this here is my sister Miu.”

After Akatsuki’s introductions, Miu timidly extended her right hand.

“Uhh, I am Ousawa…Miu. During my stay at the alternative world, an accident occurred and made me lose all my memories about this world. If I cause problems for everyone in the future, please forgive me.”

— The transfer student Ousawa Akatsuki pushed back the vice president Nanase Haruka. Akatsuki’s brilliant performance quickly spread throughout every corner of Babel.