The Strongest Loner Redo His Youth With Unmatched Prowess!! ~In the Second Round of School Life, He Made Beautiful Girl Friends!~ - Chapter 18: Love Talk?

The vast blue sea stretches endlessly. 

The scenery above it warped. 

It distorted as if the image was being edited to make a small face, bending and twisting. 

A pitch-black hole eventually opened up there. 

“Grrrrrooo!!”

From that hole, a gigantic creature crawled out. 

It looked like a massive rhinoceros clad in armor. 

As it leaped out of the hole, it created a massive wave on the sea surface as it landed.

(…I’m bored because I’ve seen this footage so many times.) 

A familiar classroom. 

It’s currently history class. 

The teacher is currently asleep, as it is characterized by messy hair and the smell of coffee. 

Sitting in a chair, they have their eyes closed quietly. 

Instead, the lesson is being conducted by footage projected on the screen. 

“This is a rare video capturing the appearance of a giant beast. The beast unfolds a different space within its body. As you all know, it is a dungeon――”

A calm female voice flows from the video. 

Listening to it, Yuito gradually starts to feel sleepy. 

His heavy eyelids are being pulled down towards the earth. 

(No, no!! If it gets found out that I’m sleeping during class, Hakari-san will get mad at me!)

Yuito shook his head vigorously to shake off the drowsiness. 

The other day, he dozed off during the modern literature class. 

For some reason, it was conveyed to the teacher, and he got scolded. 

As someone who is being taught, he couldn’t afford to sleep. 

“The giant beasts repeat the cycle of emergence, dormancy, and disappearance. During the dormancy period, we humans explore dungeons and extract various resources from them――”

Yuito somehow managed to keep his eyes open until the video ended. 

After the video, he summarized the content. 

He used the note-taking app on his tablet to write it down and submit the data. 

Once that was done, it was free time. 

Even if the students engaged in lively chatter, the teacher didn’t seem to mind. 

Ten minutes before the class ended, the students were spending their time as they pleased.

Many students are chatting, but Yuito has no friends. 

Since there’s nothing else to do, he might as well read a book. 

Just as Yuito was about to reach for his bag, a boy sitting next to him spoke up.

“Hey, hey, Akizuki, are you close with Kirika and Hakari?” 

His name was probably Satou. 

He wasn’t particularly noticeable, but he wasn’t a loner like Yuito either.

Startled by the sudden call, Yuito couldn’t hide his agitation. 

“Eh, u-um, why?” 

“I saw you at the department store yesterday.” 

“Oh. Um, we’re kind of friends.” 

“Wow, that’s so enviable!” 

(Amazing. I’m actually chatting with a classmate!!) 

A stroke of luck. A lucky break. 

Overjoyed by the sudden fortune, Yuito thought that maybe.

Just maybe, he could become friends with him.

“Honestly, which one is your type?” 

“Huh!? M-my type?” 

“Hakari-san is a strong-willed beauty, right? She’s got a model’s figure and a great style. That cool beauty vibe is just irresistible.” 

“Cool beauty…” 

From Yuito’s perspective, she had a strong ‘caring older sister’ vibe, making handmade sweets and eagerly teaching him.

“Kirika-san is kind to everyone and has a cute vibe, right? She’s considerate too, so she feels like an older sister. Also, her breasts are big.” 

“Ah, yes.” 

No comment on the breast size. 

From Yuito’s perspective, Kirika gives off the impression of being ‘childish and cheerful.’ 

She always pulls Yuito along and tries to take him to fun places. 

“So, which one do you prefer?”

“No, just being friends is enough, or rather…” 

Yuito was more afraid of losing a friend if they accidentally fell into a romantic relationship. 

“Huh? That’s a waste. Don’t you want to have a girlfriend, Akizuki?” 

“Hmm… I don’t think I can do that.” 

After all, Yuito only had two people he could call friends.

His relationships aren’t wide enough for him to be able to say things like “girlfriend” and so on. 

“Hey, high school life only happens once, right? Let’s dream a little more.”

While this was Yuito’s second time around… Satou had a point. 

(Is love really that important in youth?) 

Just as he was thinking about such things, the end-of-class bell rang.