“Finally, I found you, Masha!” The sudden voice of a third party interrupted the peaceful atmosphere beneath the tree.
Yuuta and Maria turned simultaneously toward the source.
Standing there was a girl who was both dazzling and captivating.
Her charm radiated from her milk-white skin, so pale it appeared almost translucent—a trait markedly different from typical Japanese complexions.
Her almond-shaped eyes, reminiscent of shimmering sapphires, further commanded attention in the middle of the school garden.
Her long silver hair was styled in a half-pony, accentuating her distinct, aristocratic facial features.
Her name was Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou, Maria’s younger sister.
Maria and Alisa were not only blessed with facial beauty but also with extraordinary body proportions that could make both men and women envious.
Their bust sizes far exceeded the average for girls their age, standing out prominently even behind formal school uniforms.
Their shapely thighs and hips acted like magnets for the gaze of every man who passed them.
“Ara~ Alya-chan.
Why are you looking for me?
Do you miss your Onee-chan?
How cute~” Maria greeted her sister in her usual cheerful tone.
“Don’t treat me like a child.” Alisa replied curtly.
“The Student Council needs you right now.
Honestly, while all the members are busy, you’re here enjoying yourself.” Alisa made no effort to hide her distaste for Yuuta, who was lying on her sister’s lap.
Her feminine intuition whispered constantly that the man before her was no good.
“Good day, Kujou-san.” Knowing that Maria had to leave, Yuuta rose from the comfortable lap pillow.
“Good day, Yamabuki-kun.
Masha, let’s go now.” Without delay, Alisa pulled the hand of Maria, who was actually still reluctant to leave Yuuta’s side.
Alisa didn’t care and continued to drag her sister toward the Student Council office.
Both were indeed pillars of the Student Council; Alisa served as the Treasurer, while Maria held the position of Secretary.
Watching the backs of the two siblings as they moved away, Yuuta let out an admiring sigh.
“They really are blessed with incredible genes; their bodies are so proportional.” He muttered to himself.
“I’d like to try a shimaidon with them, but that seems very difficult to pull off.
Masha certainly wouldn’t agree to me sleeping with her younger sister.” Don’t be fooled by Maria’s soft and submissive appearance; Yuuta knew well that the girl possessed a very strong possessive streak regarding him.
If she didn’t, they never would have had sex on the school roof immediately after the truth of their past was revealed.
Furthermore, Yuuta already had experience with shimaidon, so he knew how challenging it was to bring an older and younger sister to bed at the same time.
No longer dwelling on the ex-girlfriends who had left deep impressions, Yuuta pulled his phone from his pocket and made a call.
It was answered on the second ring.
“Hello.
Yuuta, speak quickly.
I’m busy.” “Haiz, you’re so cold to your own twin, Arisu.” The person Yuuta called was his twin sibling, who attended a different high school.
“It’s not that I’m being cold, Yuuta.
I’m truly busy!
Right now, I’m supervising Iko during her V-tuber broadcast.
As a Yamabuki, I must carry out my duties diligently.” “Oh…
You’re as serious as always, Arisu.” Yuuta was accustomed to his sibling’s rigidity.
Their personalities were like two opposite magnetic poles.
“So, have you found your first love yet, Apollo?” “…” The silence on the other end was Arisu’s answer to the question.
“Come on, Arisu.
It’s been over a year!
You even rebelled, wanting to be independent and refusing to be an heir ‘puppet.’ You even chose Furin High over Seirei Private Academy or Shuchi’in Academy which our parents prepared, just to find Apollo, right?
What have you actually been doing for a year?!” Arisu fell silent for a moment, then explained in a lowered voice so as not to be heard by Iko nearby.
“It’s not as easy as you think!
Every member of the Broadcasting Club has similarities to Apollo!” “Iko, Shinobu, Nene, and Rikka…
every one of them seems to have a piece of Apollo!
Bla bla bla…” Listening to Arisu’s endless complaints, Yuuta massaged his forehead as a headache began to set in.
With his track record as a playboy, he found it hard to understand how Arisu could fall in love with someone whose face he had never even seen, based solely on a voice from a nightly radio broadcast.
“If you’re having such a hard time deciding who the real Apollo is, why don’t you just date all four of them at once?” “Don’t be ridiculous!
I would never agree to such a disgusting method.” Arisu rejected Yuuta’s suggestion without a second thought.
“I’m not a bastard who plays with women’s feelings like you, Yuuta.
Enough, I’m hanging up.
Don’t call me if you only want to give trash advice.” *BIP—* The connection cut.
“Good grief…
Calling his own twin a bastard; Arisu has actually started learning how to swear.” Yuuta chuckled softly.
“Seems like they’re learning ‘bad’ things in the Broadcasting Club.
Well, that’s good.
Their personality has been too serious and strict.” Gazing at his phone screen, Yuuta smiled happily at his twin’s “growth.” However, the smile slowly faded as a thought crossed his mind.
“I hope the identity of the Apollo they’re looking for isn’t Uzuki Shinobu.” Yuuta visualized a girl with long, straight, dark hair reaching her lower back.
A girl with a gentle and kind personality who always smiled at everyone—Uzuki Shinobu.
Shinobu was one of Yuuta’s ex-girlfriends.
More shockingly, their relationship had once crossed the line to the point where she became pregnant in their third year of middle school.
In the end, feeling unready for parenthood and under Yuuta’s relentless persuasion, Shinobu agreed to have an abortion.
After that dark incident, their relationship collapsed.
Shinobu felt disappointed that Yuuta wouldn’t take responsibility, and she immediately cut all contact.
Naturally, neither set of parents knew of this misconduct.
If they found out, Yuuta was certain he would be kicked out of the Yamabuki family without a single cent.
“Poor Shinobu.
She must be having a hard time interacting with Arisu—a man whose face looks exactly like the ex-boyfriend who got her pregnant and then forced her to abort the baby, right?” “It’s a miracle Arisu managed to make Shinobu fall in love with him.
Hmm…
I suppose she might still have lingering feelings for me, which is why she could get close to Arisu, who has the same face.” It was all speculation in his head, and Yuuta had no intention of verifying the truth.
To him, his past with Shinobu was a closed chapter, even if the scars still throbbed somewhere.
*RINGGGG!* The deafening sound of the bell echoed throughout Seirei Private Academy, signaling the end of the break and forcing students back to their academic realities.
“Time for class.” Yuuta muttered, brushing imaginary dust from his pants.
Just as he took a few steps, a unique notification sound chimed from the phone in his pocket.
With a casual motion, he reached for it, but his pupils instantly constricted as he stared at the screen.
[Ding!] [Do you want to understand the meaning of life?] [Do you truly want to live?] [Yes / Yes] There was no [No] option.
His phone screen seemed locked on two identical choices demanding an absolute answer.
“Is this…
is this real?” Yuuta’s heart pounded, a sensation he hadn’t felt in a long time since he grew bored of his luxury.
He desperately hoped this wasn’t just some trash malware created by a prankster hacker looking to drain his bank account.
As someone who was a reader of novels and a viewer of anime in his previous life, Yuuta was no stranger to the concept of the Main God Room.
This theme usually depicts a protagonist forced into a secret dimension managed by a mysterious entity.
They must carry out dangerous missions in various film or game worlds to earn points that can be exchanged for magical abilities.
Terror Infinity was the pioneer of this genre, and now, as if fate were playing a joke on him, the same thing appeared before him.
“So what if it’s fake?
At most, I’ll use the resources of the Yamabuki Group to hunt down the person behind this prank and make them regret giving me false hope!” With a thin smirk reflecting pure anticipation, Yuuta pressed the [Yes] button on the screen.
[Congratulations, Yamabuki Yuuta.
You have been selected as an Ascendant.] [You will enter the Planar World in ten minutes.
Please prepare.] The answer to his boredom had finally arrived.
Yuuta immediately abandoned his intention to return to the classroom.
He turned around and hurried toward the nearest restroom—the most private place he could find.
Inside the narrow toilet stall, Yuuta took a deep breath.
Oxygen felt thin as he watched the numbers on the phone screen rapidly decrease.
[Countdown: 10, 9, 8….
3, 2, 1, 0] [Planar World: Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei] [Main Mission: Enroll in any Magic High School] [Infinite Reincarnation begins] As the countdown hit zero, a phenomenon beyond logic occurred.
A burst of thick dark fog suddenly flooded Yuuta’s vision, swallowing the light of the restroom lamp in an instant.
“It’s real!!!” A heavy dizziness struck his consciousness, as if his world were being turned upside down in a giant blender.
In the next second, the existence of Yamabuki Yuuta—along with 29 other people chosen as Ascendants—vanished completely from their respective locations.