Chapter 1: Academy Heroine's Right Diagonal Back Seat

[Ding ding ding~ Good morning~ Ding ding-]

I reflexively moved my hand to turn off the alarm ringing beside my head.

I don't know who composed it, but it's really a good song for forcibly waking someone up.

Hearing the rapid "pa pa pa" sound that follows would surely stress me out to the point where I'd jump out of bed without a second thought.

Anyway, my body feels warmer than usual.

Is it because I stayed up reading a novel until dawn?

Back when I was a student, I could stay up all night reading novels and still go to school just fine. But now, just a few years later, my body reacts differently, making me realize that I'm getting older.

I didn't think much of it before, but now, looking back, it was nice being a student.

These days, the novels I read tend to focus on school life because of that.

Of course, I went to an all-boys school, so I never had the kind of school life where I interacted with cute girls like in novels, but I can't help but think about what it would be like to have that kind of school life.

I'm such a fan of academy-themed novels that I even read less popular ones.

The one I finished last night, *The Holy Sword of the Academy*, was one of those.

Despite the decent writing and appealing characters, the dark atmosphere due to the constant hardships and deaths of surrounding characters overshadowed its merits.

Although I prefer lighter, more cheerful stories, I got quite immersed in watching the protagonist and heroine overcome their difficulties and ended up finishing it in one go.

And then I got a hard slap in the face.

After overcoming countless adversities and reaching the final stage, the protagonist and heroine were put in an unavoidable pinch, and the last chapter ended with just one line:

"Can you save them?"

I was dizzy.

The reader in me wanted to immediately send a 5700-character complaint email to the evil author, but as a genre novel fan, I feared being kidnapped into the novel world, so I timidly left a comment saying, "This is absurd..."

It's not like the novel was discontinued, but feeling this incomplete after seeing the ending reminded me of the time I thought, "This guy is laughing, isn't he?"

Thinking about it makes me angry again.

Because of that, I feel even warmer than before.

Thinking I should take a shower, I opened my eyes and got up, but something was blinding.

Is the sunlight strong? I squinted and lowered my head, but

My body was on fire.

Not metaphorically, but literally.

I made a stupid sound and blinked at my burning body, wondering if I was still dreaming.

For a moment, I thought I should put out the fire and headed to the bathroom, turning on the shower.

Then I was shocked.

The water was incredibly cold!

I quickly turned the lever to the left and waited for the water to warm up. I was dazedly taking a shower, but for some reason, the fire on my body didn't go out.

Am I going to turn into a Meramon?

While I was thinking about that, I felt something strange and looked down, only to realize something shocking.

I was showering with my clothes on.

Why my clothes were intact despite my body being on fire was secondary to the fact that I was an idiot showering with clothes on, which pierced my heart like a dagger.

As my mood plummeted, the flames that had been blazing from my body went out like a lie.

Then, the curvy body I had been trying to ignore since waking up came into full view.

Honestly, I had guessed the situation since my body was on fire, but of all things...

Trying to stay calm, I turned off the water and stood in front of the mirror above the bathroom sink.

Reflected in the mirror was a red-haired, red-eyed beauty, soaking wet and revealing her body lines.

Normally, I would have admired the pretty yet erotic sight, but seeing it as myself gave me this feeling.

"Why TS, of all things..."

My heart ached at the unnecessarily good voice.

Being pulled into the world of a novel is a common cliché, but TS (gender swap) is a minor genre.

In a fantasy novel, it's impossible to live life easily while streaming.

So, what's the point of TS?

What? Corruption into a female? I have no idea.

If I had complained to the author, saying, "I can't accept this ending!" or thought, "I could have done better..." I might understand, but that wasn't the case.

Why do I have to go through this, even changing genders?

Despite feeling frustrated with reality, my body moved diligently.

After taking off my soaked clothes, I dried my hair and body with a towel.

My hair was unnecessarily long, making it hard to dry.

After drying off, I changed into the clothes hanging on the hanger.

It was the uniform worn by a character on the cover of *The Holy Sword of the Academy* that I read yesterday.

I felt a sense of discomfort from the short skirt, but I had no choice but to comply with society.

A moderately full chest asserting the fact that it was a female body.

Even lifting the skirt slightly to check, the lower part was empty.

Sighing, I put my hand in the skirt pocket and, as expected, found a student ID.

As I glanced at the student ID, I felt sparks flying through my hair.

It seems that when my emotions get intense, my body catches fire.

I was quite angry right now.

The student ID had the face I saw in the mirror and the name field read:

[Scarlet Evande]

"Evande..."

I'm sure the author is an incredibly timid person.