Vol 1 Chapter 1 (1/2)

And then the sound of the bell rang from the class’s speakers

“Stand straight, bow!”

““Thank you for the day!””

Following the synchronized bow froh the auto door

The final class of the day had ended

“Sheesh, I’m tired”

“Thought I’d pass out and die there”

The moment the teacher stepped out the class, the class was immediately filled with noises A few impatient students hurried to leave; I only yawned and remained in my seat The homeroom teacher should rush in anytime soon for the day-end lecture, anyway

“… Sniff”

…I began tearing up fro With my recently moistened eyes, I looked at the speakers that had just sounded the class bell

It struck me that those speakers must cost at least fifty thousand dollars

Just as a thought: the school board had to be swi in money Even indeh school was on a whole new level

Though, to be clear, it wasn't the school’s side that had all thethis school

The Eunsung High School and the adjacent Eunsung Middle School were owned by the all-too-fa Group Corporations In other words, the schools were backed by one of the top a-corporations of South Korea, and so it was obvious that every little thing in this school seemed futuristic and unfamiliar

Of course, it wasn't too easy to get into a school like this To qualify for this school, you must be in the top 1 in the national exarades drop at any point, you get thrown out without any mercy, so…

Consequently, there were corades and such, but ultimately there were no limits to the nu’s point of view, it was a in situation

Whoever graduates frouaranteed a high-paying job in Eunsung Corporations, so it wasn't such a surprise that they would pay no attention to what others speak of them

“Hey, Injin, Injin!”

As I was spacing out, so

“Hey, Injin, now that the class is done, want to go to a PC Bang? I’ me up in Starcraft”

“Try it You think you’re gonna onna type GG first”

“You son of a… then, the loser has to pay for lunch at McDonalds! Call?”

“Call!”

…Hey, does anyone know ‘Pareto’s Law’? For a given group of ants, 20 of it will be diligent workers, while the other 80 will slack off And if you separate those diligent workers into a separate group, there will be a new 20/80 split – is how the law goes

Likewise, while this school theoretically had the country’s brightest students, we still had a big share of slackers who directly go to the PC Bangs after school

That Pareto guy probably wanted to refer to this situation with his law

“Sorry, I can’t go with you today”

I answered, after e I tried to look as sorry as possible, as if I really wanted to go, but couldn’t

“Hey- don’t be like that and come with us, dude I’ll even pay for your fees, if it comes down to it”

It was a pretty attractive suggestion; if I weren’t an Otaku, I ame or two

Unfortunately for ames

…Uh, yeah, that is, those Yes, the sort you have in your mind, yeah damn

I’, so I don’t think I’ll ever finda visual novel in theto one; there’s just nothing that I want to play

Well, I don’t always decline reatest Clotaku, you uys!” To keep up with your non-Otaku peers, you s like popularUlti my other hobbies

To summarize my secret Clotaku techniques:

1Familiarize yourself with popular TV shows and movies

You need to know some of the popular shows and movies by heart, so that you are always ready to discuss them with others If that’s not possible, you should at least read a review or two about it

2Be active

Men tend to enjoy being active Maybe there are those who don’t, but it’s not really a bad thing to be active During the physical education classes, don’t sit around in the shades, reading a book! Just get up and start running!

3Dress smart

For soeneral opinion that Otakus always dress like slobs In schools, it doesn’t really matter because of uniforms (fortunately), but outside of that, like a field trip, you need to have that fancy getup Have so for those rare special occasions

4For those unfortunate s

At the start of the school years, or after a field trip, it’s co to start singing ani in the corner alone, so learn a song or two

5Don’t react to the mention of the other hobbies

It’s rarer than getting hit by a lightning, but there a At these times, if you overreact to them, your Clotaku days are over, so be careful Ree person, your knowledge is restricted to ‘Two Piece’ and ‘Dhibli’ Do not release your power levels

6Make some non-Otaku friends!

There’s a saying that Otakus le with other Otakus, but… it’s not like schools only have Otakus, so it’s important to make friends with everyone and keep friendly relationshi+ps In any case, the conificantly outnumber us Otakus, so you need to learn to coexist with them If people want to be friends with you, be friends with theet another chance

…And that’s it For your convenience, let me call this the ‘6 Laws of Clotaku’

In my case, I’ve had misfortunes in the past, so it sho I’ a Clotaku But, if you’re anything like et just one of these rules… further details will be omitted

Anyway, this current situation was in the doh I wouldn’t actually ame of Starcraft with them… but this day, I just couldn't

That was because, after school… oh, I can’t say it yet For noill end it here

“I really want to go today but I just can’t I have after-school classes”

I played endary ‘Study shi+eld’

In other words, it’s just using studying as an excuse to go home

While my friends may seem a little carefree, they were relatively hard workers Even theysessions, so they usually understand and let o

“dao by ourselves today”

It’s an ace because it works My steadfast friends finally gave up and left; I gave theain

“Why is it so noisy in here? Get back in your seats! I’ my final lecture!”

And then , there

And then, I was dismissed from class

After that last lecture, I bolted out ofas if I had inhaled a can of nitrous oxide If anyone were to see me then, they would have called the police to report a mental hospital escapee who had stolen a school uniform

But who cares about that? I was simply euphoric at the time Even if I were to lose all the save files for my visual novels, I would have been mildly annoyed and that would have been the end of it; I was pretty h, then

'Hey, you’re curious, right? Why I’ht? Yes, yes, please askyou… yes? Why ah, I’m sorry'

Subconsciously, Iaround the vicinity I made sure there was no one around As I walked, I pulled out ‘that’ from my pockets

It was a postcard with a cute picture of a little chick

On top of that, there were letters, circular and shapely, undoubtedly written by a girl

And its content…

〈I have so important to tell you After school, find 〉

…was that

…And that hy I didn’t take up on aames?

'Okay, anyway, I'ht? It’s not just because I’m a 2D-addicted Otaku, anyone would think that this is a lo… lo… love letter, right? Right? Oh, oh… my God Is this really a love letter for me? I can’t believe it Wait, before that, I can’t even believe love letters exist in real life!'

One day, I just opened the shoe box as usual to go home, and this letter was shyly tucked away in the back – that kind of situation is really dreamy for the likes of us I,out a textbook (we actually don’t have shoe boxes here) I panicked and thought up all sorts of wild explanations for this in my head, but in the end, I concluded that this can’t possibly be anything but a love letter… and so I was there

This school had a reputation for having the most studious students in the country, so it probably was not soers’ plot to lure me into a secluded place and steal my money

It was also not likely that it was a prank by ames after class, so how could they come up with a devious ploy like this?