Motoharu Kyoko is a beautiful highschool girl attending a certain highschool from Tokyo.
Known to be a cool beauty who is athletic and academically adept, many students became fond of her and even have her own fanclub.
Many guys tries to confess to her, only to be met with a silent rejection. Girls are also overwhelmed by her sheer aura so they can only talk to her for a bit before leaving.
She is truly untouchable at the eyes of the outsiders.
Now, if it was in her own perspective, she will say that she is just too scared.
She is not stupid that she won't see how they admire her. She can also admit that she is above average at academics and athletics if she compares herself to her classmates.
Still, she didn't see herself as that good that she can boast it to the public. Also, she talks rarely because she didn't know how to continue the flow of conversation.
One of the factors for this is because she isn't interested in anything trending. What she truly likes are something that the people from her surroundings won't even expect.
Yes, she is a closet otaku.
Scared of letting anyone know of her hobbies, she always hides it and shows a, what she thinks is a proper and average face of a highschool girl.
Or basically, she focuses herself from her studies and socializing with her classmates. The latter part is not that successful, or maybe it is too successful that people on her surroundings reveres her.
Anyway, that's the kind of girl that she is.
'It feels like I am some sort of a light novel protagonist.'
It's not like she is trying to boast, but thinking about the things happening on her surroundings, she can't help but think about it.
Currently, she is walking back to her home at her usual route, the residential street is not that crowded other than the occasional car passing by.
The sky has turned orange and some people that are passing by can be seen walking on the side of the road, with some carrying some shopping bags or some school supplies.
There is a particular group of four talking animatedly to each other as they walk on the opposite direction, passing her by.
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She tends to ignore most of that and kept to herself. Hastening her steps so she can get to her home a bit quicker.
It should be like that on this day. But in a way that didn't really make sense, a light suddenly shines through the streets, causing her to gasps along with the group of friends that passes her by.
She is just a bit near them as a large kaleidoscopic circle reveals itself on the ground. Despite this great lightshow, none of the people walking on the distance are glancing at them. It's like they are nonexistent as the light absorbs them.
"What is this!?" She yelps in surprise as the circle engulfs all of them.
And then they vanish, not leaving any trace of them existing in there.
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"Hmm...."
The sound of leaves caressing through the winds and the smell of raw nature stirs her to consciousness.
The first thing that she saw are the shade of the trees blocking the illumination of the sun. The second thing she notice is the dirt and dry moss that she is lying through, feeling the cold ground and the warm green in her hands.
"What... is this...?"
Confused, she stood up. Still not comprehending her situation. She looks around and saw only a clump of trees that seems to be the same anywhere she looks.
"Where am I?" She mutters to herself, her face adorning a confuse look.
She recalls a light that shines through them, and suddenly darkness. After that she finds herself here.
Before she can think of it a bit more, a prompt suddenly appears in front of her eyes.
[Status]
Motoharu Kyoko ~ Level 1
MP : 0/0
SP : 0/0
STR : 0
VIT : 0
AGI : 0
DEX : 0
MAG : 0
WIS : 0
CHA : 0
[Abilities]
Merge
"Huh!? What is this?"
When she let out those question, another prompt appears in her vision.
Merge (Unique Skill)
Combine two of the same things. Results varies from the combination.
"Combine? What does that mean?"
She still felt confused, though she have an inkling what is happening.
'If I am not just hallucinating this and this is truly happening, then that means...'
"I am in another world...."
That's the only conclusion in her mind. It is impossible from her world to suddenly show this panel without any reason.
There are no cameras, and this is surely not a prank because who would do it to a person like her?
Even if it's a prank, just showing the floating panel that is suddenly appearing in her vision should have costs a lot. It is not cheap to put some sort of device or special effects just to show her an RPG setup.
Basically, it's a waste of time and it didn't even give any benefit to whoever is doing this if it truly is a prank.
Which means, it comes back to being transported to another world. Something that has become so popular in her country that there are a lot of stories like it on the Webnovel community.
"Does that mean I got transported to another world!?"
It is just a speculation, but she is very convinced by this conclusion.
"What am I going to do right now?"
Of course, she can't just become happy. Quickly thinking about it, she is in the middle of the forest with nothing in her other than her school bag. She didn't have any self-defense weapons or anything.
She is screwed. She didn't have any experience on survival if she is truly in another world.
"... Maybe I can use this?" She glances at her ability, which seems to be something about combining.
Not having any choice at all, she decided to imagine using the ability and look around her place.
This is how she starts living in this world.