Hmmm.

　Huh?
　I'm ... alive?
　I thought I had been struck by lightning and died....

　When I opened my eyes, I saw someone looking into my face.
　He seemed to be calling out to me, but I couldn't hear what he was saying because I was still unconscious.
　My vision is also blurred.

　Let's see, does that mean the person in front of me is the one who rescued me?
　Like a mountain rescue team?

　...........I see.

..........

　Normally, I might be overjoyed that my life was saved.
　But in my case, the gloom prevailed.
　A smile escaped from my mouth when I said, "I guess I failed to die, huh?

"....I failed to die, didn't I?
You're awake. How the f*ck did you end up here?

　The tone of his voice was harsh as he called out to me for help.
　I think it was mixed with disgust.
　Well, a neat guy in his late twenties caused trouble for someone else, so there's that....

　From the sound of her voice, it seems that it was a woman who rescued me.

　Anyway, I wonder if it's going to cost a lot of money to rescue her?
　I think I saw on the internet or something that I'm going to get a huge bill.
　Imagining the future when I'm scolded by my parents, I'm getting even more depressed.

　Well, for the time being, an apology to the person who rescued me and an explanation is the first thing I want to say.

'I'm sorry. I suddenly went blank in front of me and--
Now that you're awake, hurry up. The ceremony is about to start.
What?

　Commencement?
　What is he talking about?
　A neato who turns twenty-eight on his next birthday is an entrance ceremony?
　You must have me confused with someone else.

　I slowly picked myself up and looked around.
　Apparently we were still in the mountains.
　Yeah, the air is good.

　I look at the sky.
　The weather, which had been devastating, had completely recovered.
　The sunlight leaking from the leaves of the trees was dazzling.

　But...what is it?
　Something doesn't feel right.

Ugh.

　It was a dull moment.
　My mind is still foggy.
　If I'm not careful, I'm afraid I'll lose consciousness again.

I mean, what is this--

　I gasped as I was about to say it as I regained my mind.

''I mean... what?''
'What?　What's that strange look on your face?

　The person who was calling out to me was dressed like a cosplayer.
　I've been told it's a rescue outfit, but this is indeed unbelievable.
　You could say that it looks like it could be in a game set in a fantasy world.
　A stylish black dress for battle, like that?
　The sword's scabbard on his waist belt....
　I mean, that sword is wrapped up tightly in cloth, but.......it's not real, is it?
　It seems awfully elaborate.　

..........

　Let's see.
　Huh?
　Isn't this guy a rescue worker?
　I don't suppose... that you've run into someone dangerous, do you?

　I'd be the same as me, climbing in the middle of a typhoon like that... but this guy dressed up in a costume like that, he's not much better.
　I wonder what he's doing up there dressed like that?
　I wonder if they came to do a live cosplay mountain climb over the internet....
　Anyway....

　She's an amazingly beautiful woman.

　She has beautifully aligned eyelashes.
　Big, sharp eyes with a lot of twinkle in them.
　Long, lustrous silver hair that hangs over her slender face (it's probably a wig, though).
　You can tell she has a good style, even through her clothes.
　If anything, every part of her was unquestionably neat and tidy, no matter what her constituent parts were.
　It was as if every part of her body had been arranged for the purpose of displaying her beauty.
　The combination of her dignified appearance made me feel a kind of divinity.
　If there was an actual goddess, this might be what it would look like.

　On the one hand, I was moved by this, but on the other hand, I had a feeling that I wasn't quite sure what to make of it.
　Yeah.
　Well, I knew she was beautiful.

　But this guy........what is he doing here on a day like this?

　It's not like they're shooting a movie.
　There was no companion by the looks of it.
　I thought they might be doing internet streaming, but I couldn't find any equipment.
　Is he a hobby of cosplaying and mountain climbing by himself?
　.............
　Well, he doesn't sound like a bad person....

　And that's where the sound of a transparent bell rang out.
　The beautiful woman clicks her tongue.

''Hey, let's hurry up. If you're here now, you're also a new student at St. Renow's Red Academy, right?''

　St. Reno's Red Academy?

..........

　Huh?
　Why was I able to convert the word "Seiryuu no Ushurudo" that the beautiful lady just said to me into "St. Renowthread" in my head?
　I've never heard the word before.

　No, no, no - it's not that - the school?
　It brings back memories of researching this area on the internet.
　Hmmm.
　I don't think there was a school nearby....

The bell that rang means that the entrance ceremony will start soon. It's not good to be late all of a sudden. Well, I don't care about the impression, but...
'Um ... can I ask you something?　What the hell is St. Renowthred's Academy?
So what are you saying?　You're right there, see?

　As I was told, my gaze went in the direction the beautiful woman was pointing.
　I saw a huge building ahead of her pointing.
　The building reminded me of a stylish university with a retro foreign atmosphere that I sometimes see on TV.
　But

...What?

　It wasn't the building that surprised me.
　What surprised me more than anything else was that I saw a tree so huge at the back of the building.

What is that...?　I've never seen a tree that huge and... and... what a beautiful--

　Ugh.
　My consciousness is getting fuzzy again.

　d*mn..........
　No, my consciousness.........
　The beautiful woman is saying something to me.
　But I don't understand what she's saying.
　I mean, what the hell is that stupid big tree........
　What if--

Maybe it's not near those mountains.

　So, again, my consciousness was cut off.