The three major illusions of life.
She is looking at me, she likes me, and I can turn the tables.
Right now, Lynn felt like he was falling for the first one.
Haha, Irene, the super-overpowered female protagonist of destiny, why would her mysterious second personality fixate on a minor, extra villain like me? As expected, it was just an illusion...
Like hell it's an illusion!
She was clearly staring the whole time, without stopping at all!
Irene: Stare~ (¬_¬)
Lynn lowered his head and walked past Irene, keeping his eyes downcast and mind focused.
“Is that Lynn? The sole heir of the Reinhardt family?”
“So there's a character like him among this year's freshmen.”
“I heard his reputation isn't great, but he certainly looks handsome.”
“Tch, you shallow face-con. Word has it this Young Master Lynn is a heartbreaker who plays with girls without blinking. Watch out, or you'll be his next target.”
“There's actually a benefit like that?”
I say, could you guys keep your gossip a little quieter?
Lynn's eye twitched.
I can fucking hear you perfectly, okay!
The scroll chuckled, its old face beaming with delight. “Reinhardt kid, don't be nervous. I've seen your ancestors for generations.”
“Don't worry, without exception, they're all definitely Regal... Huh?”
Its confident words suddenly halted, and its eyes instantly widened. With a whoosh, it flew right in front of Lynn.
“How strange... you kid.”
“You undoubtedly have the noble Blood of the Lionheart flowing through you, yet there is an even more prominent trait overshadowing all of it...”
“It's not talent, not Physique... not this either...”
“This trait... just what is it...” Scratching its head in confusion, it suddenly pulled a heavy tome out of its wide-open mouth and began flipping through it right in front of everyone.
“Oh! Found it! Reinhardt kid!”
“That trait, without a doubt—what is contained within you—is precisely the possibility known as 'Infinity'!”
It shrieked in excitement, then roared at the top of its lungs.
“Lynn von Reinhardt—Primordial Department!”
“...Huh?”
...
Isn't this fucking plot development completely wrong?
“...It's completely messed up.”
If things had gone according to the original plot, Lynn should have been sorted into the bloodline-focused Regal Department, while the protagonist, Irene, should have been sorted into the Knight Department, which focused on training magic swordsmen and held little prejudice against students with lesser magical aptitude.
But now... not only did Lynn end up in a third-rate department himself, more importantly, Irene—who was a mere commoner and knew absolutely nothing about magic—had actually been sorted into the Regal Department, which valued bloodline and talent above all else!
Don't look at how excited those brats were after the sorting; they were just temporarily intimidated by the aloofness of 'Irene' number two. Once Irene returned to her goofy main personality and was discovered to be a complete commoner...
Lynn could already picture the mocking faces that would appear one after another.
Although he had anticipated a butterfly effect, he hadn't expected it to happen so quickly...
Sitting at the round table of the Primordial Department, Lynn let out a quiet sigh.
“Hey, hey, is this for real? A descendant of the Reinhardt family wasn't sorted into the Regal Department?”
“Could this guy have been adopted?”
The instinct to gossip instantly took over the spectating students. Showing absolutely no discretion, they began discussing it heatedly right in front of Lynn.
Only the handful of students at the Primordial Department's round table offered a token welcome.
“My, my, welcome, welcome, junior... ZZZ~”
A senior sister wearing pajamas and hugging a pillow mumbled a few half-hearted words before instantly plunging back into dreamland.
The sorting ceremony had finally come to an end.
Logically, the next step should be for the department's upperclassmen to lead the freshmen on a brief tour of the campus.
“If you were going to have a campus tour, you should have said so earlier... Didn't I just wander around for nothing this afternoon?”
Lynn looked up and waved helplessly at Lilian, who was swept up in the crowd over at the nearby Arcane Department, looking back at him with teary eyes at every step.
This girl had actually tried to quietly bribe the sorting scroll to change her department to the Primordial Department right after hearing she was sorted into the Arcane Department!
At the thought of the scroll's dumbfounded, appalled expression upon hearing such an unprecedented request, he almost burst out laughing.
But...
He turned to look at the Primordial Department senior who was supposed to be leading their tour, but was currently drooling and fast asleep.
“Uh... looks like my campus tour tonight will have to be changed to free time.”
“But that's fine. There's a shop I've been wanting to visit anyway.”
“Let's go take a look first~”
Lynn stretched, stood up, and blended into the departing crowd.
Rate on N.U.
