Why Is the Prettiest Girl in School Trying to Talk to a Loner Like Me during Lunch Break? - Chapter 48 - Script

Chapter 48: Script

“Andou-kun, Andou-kun!”

“Eh, Asakura-san?”

(Crap, I was so sleepy I spaced out for a bit.)

“Hey! Don’t just space out while I’m seriously talking to you!”

“Sorry, sorry.”

(Right now I’m in the library helping Asakura-san write a script for the play she’s making. How did I end up in this situation? Well…)

— Flashback —

“Now then, let’s begin our class meeting about this year’s grade presentation.”

“Yeeees.”

“……”

(What’s going on? I thought sixth period was changed to homeroom, but now some meeting I don’t know about has started?)

“Hey, Asakura-san?”

“Eep!?”

(A-Andou-kun is calling me!?)

“Wh-what is it, Andou-kun?”

“What’s this… grade presentation thing?”

“…Andou-kun, were you even listening when the teacher explained during homeroom?”

“Not at all.”

“I figured… otherwise you wouldn’t be asking this question.

The grade presentation is an annual event in June where first and second-year students perform plays by class to deepen friendships. You did this in your first year too, right, Andou-kun?”

(A play… did we do something like that in first year?)

“Oh, I remember now! That event where I was treated like a slave by my classmates, forced to do shopping runs and make props!”

“Seems like you were the only one who didn’t deepen any friendships with your classmates…”

“Well, I am a loner after all.”

(So basically, we’re doing that play again with this class, and the Class Rep is using sixth period for this homeroom meeting… I understand the purpose of deepening class friendships in June before summer break starts, but sadly, loners who can’t fit in after two months will remain loners no matter what they do.)

“So today, I’d like to decide what story our class will perform.

Does anyone have any suggestions?”

(Right. Nobody could decide on a story, so the Class Rep said ‘Everyone must come up with a play script by tomorrow. We’ll choose the best one for our performance’… and that’s how I ended up in the library with Asakura-san working on a script. But…)

“S-so… Andou-kun! What do you think of my script?”

“Hmm… Asakura-san, can I ask you a question first?”

“What is it?”

“Are we really doing this as a play?”

“Is it… no good?”

“……”

(‘Everyone Reincarnates to Another World as a Class! Using My Not-So-Common Skill to Aim for the Strongest in Another World with an OP Cheat Harem’… This title is clearly a web novel from Narou.)

“This isn’t… from a Narou story or something, right?”

“Of course not! It’s the ultimate OP cheat play I created inspired by my favorite Narou stories!”

“Didn’t the Class Rep say to adapt a fairy tale or novel into a script…?”

“Eh, but she also said original stories by individuals were okay?”

“That’s… true.”

(That’s riiiight! Asakura-san looks like the perfect beautiful girl on the outside, but inside she’s a huge Narou-loving light novel otaku! I mean, when she said she wanted to write a script, I had a feeling she’d go with an isekai theme, but…

This is just too much—)

“Asakura-san, in this script… half the classmates get brutally murdered by the protagonist right after reincarnating to another world?”

“You need impact at the beginning! Plus the protagonist was bullied at school, so when he gets his cheat skill, he takes revenge on the bullies first!”

(So basically, half the cast gets killed in the opening scene…)

“Asakura-san, in this script… all the female students become the protagonist’s slaves?”

“Harems and slave heroines are essential in isekai stories! So I added as many slave heroines as possible!”

(So all the girls in class would play slave roles in the play…)

“Asakura-san, in this script… it ends with the protagonist massacring all the remaining classmates?”

“Dark hero stories are trending lately! So I deliberately made the protagonist extremely villainous!”

(So by the end of the play, everyone except the protagonist gets killed…)

“And who exactly would play this protagonist?”

“Wouldn’t you be perfect for it, Andou-kun?”

(She wants me to play this role that would attract hatred from all my classmates!?)

(B-but… when I think of a protagonist, I can only imagine A-Andou-kun… Kyaa!)

“Asakura-san, let’s not use this script… The class would probably fall apart before any friendships deepen.”

“I see… Writing scripts is harder than I thought.”

(From now on, I should recommend more wholesome light novels to Asakura-san…)

“Then how about a zombie panic story next—”

“Asakura-san, I can only see bad endings with that one too.”

(At this rate, I won’t have time to write my own script… Oh well, I’ll just plagiarize some random novel and submit it to the Class Rep.)

【Bonus SS】”Everyone Reincarnates to Another World as a Class! Using My Not-So-Common Skill to Aim for the Strongest in Another World with a OP Cheat Harem”

“What is this!?”

“What’s going on?” ← Classmates

“Welcome, brave heroes!

I am the King of the Kingdom of Yokiataru!”

“Hmm… I see.”

I am the protagonist. Somehow, I don’t really understand, but suddenly something mysterious happened and our entire class was summoned to another world by the king of some kingdom called Yokiataru.

“So basically, we’ve been summoned to another world and given cheat skills!”

And so, to test my cheat skill, I massacred all the male classmates nearby.

“GYAAAH, WE’RE DONE FOR!” ← Death cries of male classmates

“Asakura-san, in this script… half the classmates get brutally murdered by the protagonist right after reincarnating to another world?”

“You need impact at the beginning! Plus the protagonist was bullied at school, so when he gets his cheat skill, he takes revenge on the bullies first!”

“Hmm, that should do it.”

“Kyaa, a murderer!” ← Female classmates

“Ah, don’t worry, I won’t kill the girls.”

“Really!?” ← Female classmates

“Yeah, but I don’t want to be betrayed, so is it okay if you all sign slave contracts?”

“Sure thing!”

“Asakura-san, in this script… all the female students become the protagonist’s slaves?”

“Harems and slave heroines are essential in isekai stories! So I added as many slave heroines as possible!”

“No! I don’t want to die! HELP ME!” ← Heroine

“Hmph, did you really think I forgave you? You knew I was being bullied but never helped me! So now that you’re about to be killed, I have no obligation to help you either!”

“Asakura-san, in this script… it ends with the protagonist massacring all the remaining classmates?”

“Dark hero stories are trending lately! So I deliberately made the protagonist extremely villainous!”

“Bwahahaha! I won! I defeated everyone who bullied me! With my cheat ability… ‘The Power to Turn Protein into Tofu’!

I am the new Demon Lord of this world!”

“Asakura-san… can I ask one last thing?”

“What is it, Andou-kun?”

“What exactly is cheat-like about the protagonist’s ability? And how did he defeat all his classmates so easily?”

“Huh? It’s ‘The Power to Turn Protein into Tofu’, right? Obviously he turned the protein inside their bodies into tofu and—”

“Asakura-san, stop! I get it… don’t say any more.”

“Ehh?”

“……”

(What is this ability… That’s terrifying!?)