“T-This girl! She suddenly kicked at me!?”

And I was blocked!? I had planned to surprise attack him but he guarded against it!

“Kou! Run away!”

The voices of Mizuki and Fuuka.

“What are you doing?”

“Need backup?”

“Nah, don’t need it.”

The men said such things while laughing.

“Tch!”

So I tried for another strike─

“Hey…just stay still!”

“Ugh!?”

As I tried to kick, there was a heavy impact to my stomach…

It hurt…it really hurt… I crouched down on the spot…

“Kouuuuu!!”

The voices of the two calling my name, resembling wails, echoed through the residential area… This was a residential area…? Why was it so quiet!? Their voices were so loud! Normally someone would hear their voices! Someone should come, right!?

“Hehe…hey hey…it’s fine to make her docile, but lay off the stomach.”

“Yeah, yeah.”

“She moved pretty well so I got carried away, you know?”

“Hahaha, true.”

“Well, let’s give her one more. It’d be troublesome if she tried something stupid again. Should I go for the face this time?”

“H-hey, not the face…”

“It’s good for making her submit, right?”

“Oh no…hasn’t that guy’s dangerous switch been flipped?”

“Is it okay, boss?”

“Well, it should be fine.”

This was bad… Getting punched hurt way more than I thought… Just taking one hit and I seriously couldn’t stand up… I was seriously about to cry, or rather, tears were already coming out…

“P-please…s-stop hurting her anymore…”

“…W-we’ll…g-go with you…”

What were Mizuki and Fuuka saying…? Did they understand what would happen if they went with these guys!?

“You should have said that from the start. Then we’ll take all three of you! You guys…”

“Yes sir, understood.”

“Got it, boss!”

“N-no way…”

“At least let Kou…”

The man who punched me grabbed my arm…

“Hurry up and stand! I’ll punch you aga──gwah!?”

I could tell the man had collapsed with a thud.

“What!?”

“H-hey!?”

“You bastard!”

When I raised my tear-blurred face to see what had happened…

“Gah!?”

“Ugh…”

“Geh…”

“Gaah…”

A male student wearing the same uniform as us was successively taking down the men to the ground.

Damn…wasn’t that cool!? Even in a one-versus-many situation, he had overwhelming strength… I couldn’t help but think in my heart, “Is this the protagonist of a manga or anime!?”

“Kou! Are you okay!?”

“Kou! Are you all right…!”

“Y-yeah…”

Moreover, after he had tied up the men using their own clothes and belts to immobilize them…

“Are you okay?”

He rushed over to me and asked in a gentle voice. And what happened then…?

The correct answer was that my heart skipped a beat…

“Wait, my heart didn’t just skip, did it!? I’d fall for him at this rate! But I’m a guy!? No no no! Don’t be ridiculous! Oww…”

Because I shouted so loudly, the place where I got punched hurt… Was it just my imagination that the male student’s face seemed to be twitching…? I wanted to think it was just my imagination…but if someone you just asked if they were okay suddenly shouted at you like that, that would happen… He definitely thought I was weird…

“What are you saying, Kou?”

“Kou…did you maybe get hit in the head too…?”

“…I didn’t get hit in the head.”

“Then why…are you saying you’re a guy again… Don’t tell me your chuunibyou is acting up again…?”

“That’s why I said you should moderate your gaming…”

“You guys are just saying whatever you want!”

It wasn’t chuunibyou! I truly originally was a guy! Though I was a girl now…

“Um…anyway, are all three of you okay…? Don’t worry about those men. The police will be here soon.”

The male student seemed to have collected himself and asked us that.

“Ah…s-sorry! Even though you saved us, we didn’t even thank you…”

“We’re really sorry!”

“Thank you for saving us!”

“You’re welcome. You two seem to be okay?”

“Come on! Kou too.”

I got it. So Fuuka, stop making such a fuss…

“My stomach hurts so I’ll say it like this, okay? Thanks for saving us.”

“Is that any way to talk!”

“Ow!? Fuuka, you bastard!”

Fuuka punched me in the head. I was…technically an injured person who’d tried to help you guys, you know…?

“But…Kou. Thank you. For trying to help us…”

After hitting me, Fuuka said that and hugged me while saying something unlike her usual self…

“…Hmph.”

Please forgive me for only being able to act like that to hide my embarrassment. After all, I was originally a rough guy…

That’s right. I was a reincarnated person. After dying through various circumstances, I was reborn into this game world. I realized it immediately. It was a game I had played before…

I had told my childhood friends Mizuki and Fuuka before that I was previously a guy. But both of them said I read too many books or played too many games or had chuunibyou, and they wouldn’t take me seriously…

As I was reminiscing about such things, suddenly…

“Excuse me for a moment.”

“…Huh?”

“Up we go!”

“Wait!? You!?”

“I’m taking you to the hospital.”

“Wh-what!?”

I never thought I would ever experience being carried princess-style…