"So you're one of the transfer students this time."
Shizuka Hiratsuka crossed her legs, looking with interest at the white-haired beautiful girl standing before her. Although she'd already seen the student's photo in the files, the real person was far more beautiful than the picture. She could already imagine what would happen when she brought Mio Shirai to class.
While Shizuka Hiratsuka was observing Mio Shirai, Mio was also quietly observing this famous Shizuka-sensei.
She's so pretty and has a great figure—so why can't she get married?
If Shizuka Hiratsuka knew what Mio was thinking, she'd probably get knocked out with a single punch, just like the Great Teacher.
Originally, Mio thought that given the System's tendencies, she'd be in the same class as Mashiro Shiina, but unexpectedly, Mashiro wasn't in her class. She felt somewhat disappointed.
"Oh right, I don't think I've introduced myself yet." Shizuka Hiratsuka scratched her head, then said, "My name is Shizuka Hiratsuka. I'm the Japanese language teacher for Class 1-F, and also the life guidance counselor."
At this point, Shizuka Hiratsuka glanced at the time, then stood up and said, "It's about time for class. Come with me to the classroom."
"You'll definitely have trouble adjusting since you just transferred here. If you run into any problems you can't solve, just come find me directly."
"Okay." Mio Shirai nodded obediently. Right now, she only hoped the System wouldn't suddenly cause trouble.
Following Shizuka Hiratsuka to the entrance of Class 1-F, before even entering the classroom, Mio could hear the noisy clamor from inside. For a moment, she felt as if she'd returned to her high school days.
The noisy classroom, friends gathered together discussing games, teachers 'appearing like gods and vanishing like ghosts'—always showing up when least expected—and the girl she had a crush on.
If it weren't for this damn System's existence, she'd probably be looking forward to her upcoming high school life. But now, she just hoped she wouldn't inexplicably become someone's girlfriend.
As Shizuka Hiratsuka and Mio Shirai walked into the classroom together, the noisy voices instantly quieted down considerably. But after seeing Mio Shirai, the sound of discussion instantly surpassed the previous clamor.
Mio also took this opportunity to quickly observe the classroom.
She immediately spotted Yui Yuigahama standing in the back, gathered together with the popular crowd. Yui also noticed Mio and smiled while waving at her.
Besides Yui Yuigahama, Mio quickly found another fairly handsome-looking boy, but one with dead fish eyes. Without a doubt, this was the legendary Great Teacher.
Hachiman Hikigaya, who had been observing Mio Shirai, noticed her gaze turning toward him and decisively shifted his line of sight to the wall beside him, as if there was something interesting on the wall.
After confirming there were no unexpected people present, Mio Shirai quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
On the other side, noticing Yui Yuigahama's small gesture, Yumiko Miura asked with some confusion, "Yui, do you know that transfer student?"
"Ah, yeah."
Yui Yuigahama blinked her eyes. She could clearly sense that Yumiko Miura's expression seemed somewhat displeased.
After all, as soon as Mio Shirai entered the classroom, she'd basically captured the entire class's attention. Not only because she was a transfer student, but more so because of Mio Shirai's incredibly high attractiveness.
Just as Yumiko Miura was about to say something more, Shizuka Hiratsuka had already walked to the podium and lightly tapped it, saying, "Everyone return to your seats. I need to announce something before class."
After the classroom quieted down, Shizuka Hiratsuka continued, "Actually, you all probably already know what I'm going to say. We have a new transfer student in our class. I hope you'll all get along well. Now then, please introduce yourself."
Seeing that Shizuka Hiratsuka had yielded the podium position, Mio Shirai naturally walked to the podium's edge. Although dozens of eyes were watching her from below, as someone who'd been an actress before her transmigration, Mio Shirai wasn't flustered at all.
She picked up the chalk and wrote her name on the blackboard, then smiled and said, "My name is Mio Shirai. I usually enjoy cooking and reading, among other things. I'm interested in many things, so I can't list them all right now. In any case, please take care of me from now on."
Actually, last night, Mio Shirai had been thinking about today's self-introduction.
At first, she'd thought about putting on an aloof appearance. After all, with her current high attractiveness, in a high school overflowing with hormones, she'd inevitably be 'attracting bees and drawing butterflies'—in other words, a swarm of unwanted admirers. So she'd considered establishing an aloof persona to ward off some of these 'wild bees and wandering butterflies' from harassing her.
But she quickly thought about the System attached to her. With this System's existence, her aloof persona definitely wouldn't last long before collapsing.
After much consideration, Mio Shirai decided to simply establish a more easygoing persona. That way, if there were any strange tasks in the future, it wouldn't feel too abrupt to people.
"For now, just sit in that empty seat in the back. I'll rearrange seats later. Let's start class now."
Mio Shirai walked to her seat and sat down, then quietly glanced at the seat to her left, which belonged to a beautiful girl with long blonde hair—Yumiko Miura.
However, the other girl's face currently radiated kindness. Plus, since class had already started, Mio Shirai couldn't greet her. She could only quietly take out her textbook from her bag and begin reading it seriously.
Although her academic performance during high school had been good, it had been so many years after all. Moreover, this was Japan, so looking at the textbooks now was like reading hieroglyphics.
But it didn't matter—she had [Mashiro Shiina's Photographic Memory] to enhance her memory. For liberal arts content she couldn't understand, she could just memorize it directly. As for science, she'd have to rely on her old knowledge.
Compared to Mashiro Shiina's original cheat-like memory ability, hers was still quite lacking. She didn't know how many more times she'd need to select the same card to reach Mashiro Shiina's level.
In any case, Mio Shirai wasn't too worried about her academic performance.
What she was worried about was whether the System would issue tasks making her seduce boys. Becoming a beautiful girl's girlfriend was still somewhat acceptable, but if it made her flirt with boys... she absolutely couldn't accept that!
"Don't worry, this System's task targets were set to be girls from the start. However, if the host wants to change that, it's not impossible. Want to give it a try?" The System's voice sounded somewhat eager to try.
"No thanks." Mio Shirai said without hesitation.
"Are you really sure you don't want to try? It might open the door to a new world, you know?"
"Guna!"
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