Lead and Blue - 1

When I sat down after seeing Sensei and the students in the D.U. district, Sensei noticed and had the students help me. However, Hasumi frowned when she noticed my affiliation from my clothes, and Suzumi hesitated to move and said something to Sensei. Then Yuuka approached me, helped me up, and escorted me to a safe place. "......" I lay in bed, bowed my head, and looked down at my chest. I saw a coat that was a mix of black and red. It was the uniform of Gehenna. With Yuuka's help, I reached a safe place and rested there until I could move, and then returned home to the Gehenna district. I left home in the morning, wandered all over Kivotos, and returned home at night, where I collapsed on my bed, which is my current state. I was exhausted from moving all day and experiencing several shocking events, but I couldn't sleep because I had a lot to think about. 'How did it come to this......' I was living in Kivotos. Lately, the security in Kivotos has been getting worse, and today, delinquents are attacking and robbing students on their way to school. 'Or maybe I've just been lucky not to have been attacked until now......' But there was something else important. Today, when I saw Sensei, I realized that this was the world of a game and that I was originally a person living in another world. 'And I was a man, too......' As an ordinary male student, I enjoyed many games, including Blue Archive. And I had been living as a student of Blue Archive, forgetting my past. Unlike other games, Blue Archive had unique characteristics. It had very distinctive characters and a worldview where students carried guns as if they were carrying smartphones. Thanks to this originality, Blue Archive succeeded in gaining popularity among many people, resulting in numerous illustrations and fan-made content. Also, it was easy to find stories related to Blue Archive in various communities, and when a new story came out in Japan, people would subtitle it and even provide commentary. Blue Archive provided me with a lot of things to see. 'Although the gameplay itself was just an ordinary mobile RPG.' An ordinary mobile RPG, it didn't suit me, so I only played Blue Archive diligently in the beginning, and later, I didn't touch the game except to occasionally pull for pickup characters. And that meant I didn't properly complete the missions, and the story of Blue Archive was only revealed when certain missions were cleared. That's right, I only knew the very beginning of the Blue Archive story and the content obtained through internet communities and fan-made content. YOU'LL ALSO LIKE '......What is this, really.' I couldn't understand why I had entered the world of Blue Archive. Even if I questioned how I got here, it was meaningless because I couldn't know once I was already here. However, I couldn't understand why I, who didn't even know the story properly, had entered among many people. "Is it also pointless to question why I came here, just like how......" I covered my eyes with my arm and voiced my thoughts in frustration and despair. 'If I knew this would happen, I would have played the game diligently and seen all the stories...... What should I do?' I decided to think more constructively because dwelling on the past would only make me feel more depressed. I mean, what to do from now on, how to proceed. "......Let's wash up and sleep for now. It's late." I looked at the clock and reminded myself that I should go to bed soon to prepare for school tomorrow. There's plenty of time ahead. There was no need to worry and decide everything now, and it would be impossible to do so. So I decided to end today for tomorrow. But then, a problem I would have to face in the future suddenly came to mind. 'Then I have to see my naked body as a woman. Ah......' It was really nothing but hardship. *** Morning came. I got ready to go to school as usual. 'Why did I make such a fuss about seeing what I've been seeing without any problems until now......' I recalled what happened yesterday before washing up. I hesitated because I had regained my memories of being a man and realized that I had to see my body as a woman to wash up. In the end, I thought that no matter how much I hesitated, it was something I had to do anyway, so I took off my clothes and went into the bathroom. It wouldn't have been a problem normally, but after regaining my past memories, the memories of when I was a man kept holding me back. And it was the same now. 'A skirt......' I was hesitating, looking at the skirt in my hand. "Haa......" Since I had to wear it anyway, I changed my mind and put on the skirt. I tried to console myself that at least the skirt wasn't too short, but I couldn't help but feel complicated. I wanted to avoid the current situation, so I turned my head to the side, and then I saw my gun leaning against the wall. 'Come to think of it, I loaded the bullets yesterday and left it as it was.' To remove the bullets from the gun, I picked it up, pulled back the bolt, and pulled the loading lever to open the chamber. Then I inserted the cleaning rod into the muzzle and pushed the bullet from the barrel into the chamber. I took out the bullet that entered the chamber with my hand and put it in the ammunition pouch. 'An old-fashioned gun......' With a typical bolt-action rifle, the bullet would have come out just by pulling back the loading lever. But with this antique, old-fashioned gun, I had to go through this complicated process to remove the bullet. My gun was a Dreyse rifle. To be precise, it was a Zündnadelgewehr M/62 among the Dreyse rifles, which could be translated as a Model 62 needle gun. This gun used black powder and paper cartridges and had to be loaded for each shot. It was only slightly better than a matchlock. 'I should get going now.' Before going out, I stood in front of the full-length mirror and checked my appearance. A girl with long blonde hair and blue eyes, holding a long rifle that was as tall as her in her right hand. It was a familiar but unfamiliar sight. *** Unlike yesterday, I was able to get to school safely without encountering any delinquents on the way. As usual, I entered one of the classrooms in a secluded place and sat down in any seat. Even in Gehenna, where there were no proper school rules or proper students, there were a few nerds, and this classroom was where those nerds gathered to study. I took out my BDs and notebooks and started studying. After a few hours or so, I lifted my head because my posture had become uncomfortable. Then I saw the scene of the classroom. In the dark classroom, located in a secluded place where even sunlight couldn't reach properly, only a few students were sitting sparsely. Seeing that, I suddenly felt something was off, and my chest felt tight. I felt uncomfortable and unpleasant in this situation. 'What am I doing here?' I was studying as usual. But I questioned why I was studying, what the meaning of my actions was, and what this action was for. 'And what kind of study is it to rely only on BDs and notebooks without a teacher, with only a few students......' I felt so bad about the current situation. The school classes I knew were not like this, at least. At that moment, some words suddenly flashed through my mind, and I quietly closed my eyes and focused on those words. 'Blue Archive, blue, blueness, and youth......' I opened my eyes and looked at the classroom in front of me. It was just bleak and desolate. There was no blueness, no youth here. '......This isn't right.' I packed my things and hurried out of the classroom. My footsteps echoed in the long hallway, hitting the walls with emptiness. I kept walking with quick steps, but for some reason, the hallway seemed to stretch endlessly, and only the sharp sound of my footsteps pierced my ears and tormented me. When I came out to the open lobby, the dark atmosphere contrasting with the clean space and the heavy air there made me suffocate. When I grabbed the metal handle of the cold glass front door, the cold spread from my hand and gave me goosebumps. I finally got out of the building, but an unknown anxiety and fear gripped me and kept me stuck in front of the door. I stood still in front of the door, unable to do anything. "......" And at that moment, I heard the sound of the wind. A cool breeze blew and swept over me. "......Heh. Heheh. Haha. Haha, Ahaha!" I laughed. When the wind blew, all negative emotions disappeared with a sense of liberation. I was happy and amazed. It was just a cool breeze, but I felt refreshed and happy in an instant. A smile formed. If someone had passed by, they would have thought I was crazy for suddenly bursting into laughter. But no one passed by in front of this secluded building, and only the cool breeze continued to blow. "Hmm......! Should I eat something first? Something delicious." I stretched and walked forward. My pleasant steps were relaxed, unlike before, and I moved forward vigorously and cheerfully. "Blue Archive, my youth story. I should enjoy it, I should enjoy it now that it's come to this! It's too good to just sit still!" I said out loud with a joyful heart. I will enjoy the opportunity given to me. Because that is my right and my duty. I will enjoy everything given to a student as a student. I will enjoy the Blue Archive that I love. "Although I didn't see the story properly, hehe."