The Guy Who Messed Up Is Gradually Doing His Best

Wow, there are quite a few girls who play games in this world, huh? I heard everyone has a home console (the portable type), the Family Switch. I haven’t used mine recently, but I have one too.

I was mainly eating fresh sweets, but everyone was somewhat reserved. We exchanged MAIN, but the conversation hardly flowed, and just when I was feeling troubled, Makino-san brought out Marimo Kart from her room. This is a game popular with girls too. I didn’t know that, though.

Since it can be played by up to 8 people at the same time, we played with 6. Marimo Kart is a racing game where I control characters that are cute, deformed versions of seaweed, and aim for the finish line together.

There are over 20 characters to control, like Marimo, Hijiki-hime, Kombu, and Iwanori, but Kirishima-san was by far the best. When she won a race, she had a bit of a smug look on her face, which was really cute. She looks small, after all.

When we play games, everyone relaxes a bit and we can talk a little.

Since it would be rude to stay too long at the girl’s house, I left when it felt like a good stopping point. The other four are probably still playing games.

If I use teleportation, it would be instant, but it’s around 4 PM now, so it’s still too early to go home, and since I hardly ever come around here, I thought I’d take a little stroll on my way back.

Right now, I feel kind of good. Maybe because I don’t remember playing games with anyone. It was fun.

Really, it was lucky that Sachi Maki-san was in the same class as Makino-san.

I had promised the teacher to go to school once a week, but it was only natural to be stared at by everyone. It’s partly because I’m a guy that they treat me like I’m a fragile object, but it was so uncomfortable that I couldn’t stand it.

——By the way, Sawakaze-kun posted a picture on SNS of himself having fun with his classmates.

I was curious about what he was feeling, wondering if he had any regrets like I did, so I took a peek. His expression was a bit suspicious, but he really seemed to be enjoying himself. I respect him for that.

But today, I made four classmates I can talk to a little. It made me feel a bit better.

——Hmm?

While walking on the bridge, I discovered someone trying to float a skateboard over the river.

Seeing them turn back right away, they must be someone who, like me, was influenced by videos of skating across rivers on a floating skateboard. A comrade.

I was so happy that I ran over to that person and spoke to them.

“Hello.”

“Hello, uh, a man!? Whoa!”

Oh no~. Since men hardly ever walk around, I surprised her. She lost her balance and fell.

I’m glad it’s not a skirt.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to surprise you, but you were doing the thing from the Psychic Channel, right? I’ve been practicing it after watching it too, but I still can’t do it.”

“Uh, I was just thinking it might be good training for my telekinesis, so I did it. It’s not like I wanted to cross the river or anything.”

Her psychokinesis level is 9. She was practicing because it would be advantageous for her job prospects if she could master it.

She says it’s advantageous for getting a job, so is she a senior in high school? Or a university student?

I took the opportunity to ask what telekinesis level 9 was like, and she kindly explained it to me.

Telekinesis level 1: 1 cm.

Telekinesis Level 2: 2 cm.

Telekinesis level 3: 4 cm.

Telekinesis ability level 4: 8 cm.

Telekinesis level 5 can move 16 cm.

Telekinesis level 6, 32 cm.

Telekinesis skill level 7 can move 64 cm.

Telekinesis level 8: 128 cm.

Telekinesis skill level 9: 256 cm.

Telekinesis talent level 10, over 500 cm.

My telekinetic ability is 1.

“Do you want to give it a try too?”

It seems she has a younger brother, and at first, she was wary of me, but after talking a bit, she started to warm up. She said she would lend me her skateboard.

“I can only float it a little but thank you. I’ll borrow it just a little.”

She lent me her skateboard, so I gladly accepted it and tried to float on it right away.

“Yotto.”

If I practice the continuous use of telekinesis every day, I’ll be able to lift it up to about 30 cm. Starting from 1 cm, that’s quite a good pace, right?

“Ugh, haah, haah, this is my limit.”

“Wow, wow. Your telekinetic ability is around 5? For a guy, having a telekinetic ability of 5 is amazing!”

“Hmm? Telekinesis talent 5? I have telekinesis 1.”

They say it’s normal for men to have telekinesis abilities of 1 or 2. Anything higher is rare. But since I’m a man, it doesn’t change anything.

This is common knowledge, so it’s not that her knowledge is amazing; it’s just that I haven’t been studying.

“Eh, but it was floating 30 cm, right?”

She tilts her head in wonder, wondering if she might have seen it wrong.

“It’s not a mistake. I’m just using telekinesis continuously, and my talent is really just a 1.”

Since she was staring at me with a suspicious look, I decided to show her the back of my ID.

This dedicated case is designed to only show the necessary parts, so it’s convenient. I only showed her the telekinesis part.

“Really. Then, let’s really do a consecutive exercise…”

I was really surprised, so I asked about it, and apparently, I normally can’t use it continuously. Well, not normally, but I was shocked to find out that I can’t. It seems there’s a cooldown of one or two seconds.

After that, we took turns lifting the skateboard, but since the sun was setting and it was getting dark, we decided to stop there.

“Thank you for today.”

“Sure, sure. I had fun too.”

Since it was our first meeting, we didn’t ask or get asked for names, but practicing with someone is nice too.

I watched her until she disappeared from sight, and then I teleported home.