Everybody okay?　Put your jacket on and keep yourself warm.
Um ... it's cold.
I can't...
Sir, are we going to go back to...?
d*mn it, why didn't they send any help?

　The homeroom teacher, Mrs. Sato, goes around the bus in the dark, talking to her classmates.
　Everyone's voice is thin and dark.


　-- How did I get into this mess?


　Freshmen at Higashi-Shinagawa Metropolitan High School were hit by a heavy snowfall on their way home from a ski camp.

　Unfortunately, a large earthquake struck.
　The bus fell off a cliff due to an avalanche triggered by the earthquake.
　The body of the bus was buried under the snow, making it impossible to run.
　The heating was shut off and the cold air was constantly coming in through the broken windows.

　More than two hours have already passed since we were trapped in the snow.

　The doctor immediately called for help on his cell phone.
　But the accident has occurred in many directions and rescue is difficult.
　It seems that they can't fly the helicopter because of the blizzard.

(....hmmm, this is a jam, right?

　There is a pervasive air of "it's not going to happen" among my classmates, thinly veiled.
　No one is saying it out loud.

　In the midst of all this--

Mister Tucky. Is there a game going on at this hour?
At the end of my life, I'd rather die playing the game.
He's very consistent.
Is that right?
　Without taking my gaze off the game screen, I answer my friend Fujiyan, who is seated next to me.

　........It's cold.
　My fingers can't move properly in the cold air.

'Takatsuki-kun, don't say anything unlucky.
　The girl next to me across the aisle warned me.
　Is this voice Sasaki-san?
　I glanced at her and saw that she was also shivering from the cold.

'I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding, I'm bored doing nothing.
It's definitely hard to sit still, isn't it?
　With a sideways glance, Fujiyan is playing a beautiful girl game on his phone.

'Fujiyan's playing games too,'
''I'm just looking back at my favorite event scenes. Huh, I knew this canon girl was the cutest of all.
　On the screen, a cat-eared girl with twinkling eyes is smiling.

''Ugh...''
　Mr. Sasaki let out a voice that sounded like he was going to pull it off.

''Tacky-dono is good and I am a donkey, why is I a donkey!
It can't be helped, Fujiyan. It's a world the girls don't understand.
You guys are lost. You need to have a sense of urgency.

I thought you wanted to play a game, huh?
　I know that Sasaki-san is actually a secret gamer.
　That's how I got to talking to her.
　Otherwise, there's no way I, a shy person, would be talking to a girl.

'Hey, what are you talking about!
You didn't have to hide it now.

'Canon-chan, ha-ha.'
　Let's weigh ourselves a little, Fujiyan.

'You still love your cat ears, don't you?
Not true!　All beast ears are precious, not just cat ears!
Philosophy.
What are you talking about?
　I was pissed at Sasaki-san.
　Yeah, it was definitely stupid.

　On the game screen, when I returned my attention to the game screen (I was playing it while talking to it), the battery was down to a quarter of its capacity.
　Taking into account the progress of the game, it looks like I can just about clear it.
　What I'm playing is an action RPG that I've been getting into lately.

　It's a dark fantasy in which the main character, whose hometown was destroyed by a demon, fights for revenge.
　The main character's occupation is "The Brave".

　When he defeats his arch-enemy, the demon, the door to the dark world opens and the mastermind, the Demon King, appears.
　After defeating the giant demon dragon, the witch who controls death, and the fallen hero, the last dungeon appears.
　At the bottom of the dungeon is the last boss, the Demon King.

　We've seen this movie hundreds of times.
　Check the play time.
　Yeah, I've played long enough.

　The Demon King has a high defense and cannot be damaged by normal attacks.
　Therefore, they need to counter during certain attacks.
　The timing of the counter has been practiced countless times, and you can hit it even with your eyes closed.
　The Demon King's HP gauge will be efficiently reduced and the final blow will be dealt.

''Clear........''
　Best Record.
　I wish I had posted this record online.

　On the game screen, the main character, who has finished his revenge, proceeds to the Demon King's throne and disappears into the back.

　This time I tried to complete the game in the shortest amount of time, so it would be a normal ending.
　The world has become peaceful, but no one knows the hero who defeated the Demon King.
　He saves the world and no one blesses him.

　By the way, my favorite ending is the one where the main character becomes the Demon King.
　That, I wanted to see it again.

　When I looked around, my classmates, who had been so noisy, had become quiet.
　What's going on here?
　As I was thinking about this, I felt a sudden sleepiness come over me.
　I called out to Fujiyan, who was sitting next to me.

'Fujiyan?'
　No answer. It's just a corpse.
　Seriously?

　Mr. Sasaki's face on the other side is too depressed to see.
　He is slumped.

Mr. Sasaki?　Sa-san?
　There's still no answer.
　The game screen turned off in the middle of the ending.

(...sleepy.)

　My own life expectancy is about to expire.

　....haha.

　Your life has been short.


--When I'm reincarnated, please make me a 'brave man'.


　I closed my eyes while thinking such a stupid thought, and my consciousness suddenly faded away.


　◇


　I'm awake.

"Where am I?
　I look around and I'm not on the bus.

'Not in a hospital...?'
　Stone ceilings and walls.
　I was sleeping in a hard, simple bed.
　It was covered with a thin blanket.

　The window was open, and I could feel a draught.
　It was a little chilly.
　It's bright outside.

(Is it noon already?)
　It was nighttime on the way back from the camp, so it looks like he slept for more than half a day.

　But still, you don't leave an injured man who lost his strength in the snow mountains unattended.......
　I want to see what's going on outside.
　I wandered up to the window.

　At this moment, I was in a daze and thought that someone must have rescued me from distress.
　I felt like I'd been laid up in a strange place, or so I thought.
　I stood at the window and looked out.


'Huh?'


　The scene before us was...

　A deep green forest that doesn't exist in Tokyo.
　A wide, blue lake.
　Behind it, there is a mountain range like the Alps.
　A strange bird with seven-colored wings was flying freely over the lake.
　A dinosaur-like creature was drinking from the lake shore.
　In front of a building, there are several carriages parked in front of the building.
　The man operating the carriage has a lizard head and some have a dog-like face.

''........Beastmen?''

　What ... what ... what is that?
　Pulling the carriage is a bird bigger than an ostrich.
　Some of the creatures look like big lizards.
　It's like something out of a Hollywood movie....

Shoot, everybody!
""Fireball!"

　I looked down at the window and saw a line of children in a playground-like square.
　They are wearing what looks like robes, and all at once, flaming bullets are released from their hands.
　The flaming bullets hit their targets and then exploded.
　The embers of the explosion delivered a tail of smoke to the tip of his nose.
　The smell of burnt wood brought me back to consciousness.
　It's not a dream, it seems.

'Uh....'

　So, this is it.


　--We're in another world.