Fantasy

It was a very hot afternoon when that very thing happened. I was at the school rooftop that time with the four idiots and we were talking about nonsensical things.

"So, how much did it cost?" I asked Yukio, the guy in front of me who's bragging about the new SSR costume he got for his favorite character on a certain gacha game.

"About one hundred thousand, anyways look at my Fiona, isn't she cute?" he said while swaying his smartphone in front of me.

Okay, okay... I already understand so stop swaying your smartphone in front of me and also you're too close.

Still, is this guy for real? a hundred thousand yen just for a slightly different costume. If you've given me that much money then I could've use that for my daily necessities for three months without worrying whether I live or die. Man, life is very tough for a guy like me.

"Hey Yukio, aren't you spending too much money?" I asked him, I'm not worried about him or his money though because he came from a very very rich family. I just don't want to get caught in the crossfire everytime her mother asks what happened to his allowance, I hope he doesn't use all his money up this time.

"But you can't look at my Fiona for a long time, because my Fiona is mine alone. You shouldn't fall in love with her, absolutely not." he said while nodding to hisself.

He's not listening to me at all, he had gone again to his own fantasy world. This usually happens when he's talking about gacha games or his seasonal favorite characters. While on the other hand, Kenta and Taiga is still focused on reading the erotic book we found lying on the road earlier when we were walking on the way to school.

"Hey Junta, can you tell Yukio..." as I look for help from the last guy who at least have a common sense out of this four, I noticed the guy is asleep on one of the school rooftop's bench.

Seriously, why am I still here? just to suffer.

As soon as I thought of that, that's the exact time when that very mysterious phenomenon happened. A very loud sound suddenly reverberated in my head, it sounds like those crack sounds a microphone make during sound testing. After that an androgynous voice speak up, I don't know if it's only inside my head or it's coming from a very high place but it seems I can hear it from all sides.

"Initiating spatial transportation, target: the entire school body of Ichiyama Academy, transfer site location: Tyruve Kingdom."

All of a sudden, a large sphere engulf the entirety of Ichiyama Academy in a single moment. It's like we're inside a solid bubble, the entire sphere is also filled with violet-colored runic writings that I can't read. What kind of language is this? I've never seen writings like this in my entire life, even in books.

"Whoa, I think I've just heard a really weird voice inside my head." Kenta finally stopped flipping the pages of the erotic book and started to look around.

"Me too, what the hell was that? I thought my ears will bleed for a second." Taiga said after shaking his head because of the sound.

"Whoooaaahhh..." 'stop sounding so amazed' is usually what I would say in this situation but this is a different one. I think it can't be helped when you're faced with this kind of scenery, it's like you're inside a fantasy or a sci-fi film but this time it's real. "Look at those writings, doesn't it look like those writings written on magic circles on anime?" now that you look at it, it kinda look like those. "Is it Greek or maybe Chinese?" probably not, do you even know the difference between those two?

After that the runic writings started to move sideways, from left to right and the others from right to left in a moderate speed.

"Maybe it's one of those latest party gimmicks?" what is Taiga talking about? "If it's one of those, I think the preparation of those will cost a little too high, then the culprit must be a student from a well-off family like Yukio or the student council president." that doesn't explain the words we heard at the same time though. "It's really hard being a genius, now let's go and interrogate Yukio." and then he goes off to interrogate Yukio, when did he even come up with that conclusion and what's with that pose?

"Maybe it's that fad, the one that has been popular lately, the another world thingy." Whooaa, don't surprise me like that. You're speaking too close to my ears just after you wake up.

"Oh, are you talking about "isekai" Junta-dono?" Kenta said while fixing his imaginary glasses, he suddenly changed from his normal mode to otaku mode in an instant just from hearing that.

"Yeah, that one."

"That's right, the voice said something... I think it was... Tyruve Kingdom right? I've never heard of a country with a name like that... and also Junta you're speaking too close to me, your breath is tickling me."

"Oh, sorry." Junta step back a little while looking at me, and he blushed for a moment. Hey, don't blush and stop looking at me, what? are you gay?

"The spatial transportation will commence in thirty minutes and in accordance with the World System, every person will be given appropriate special skill. This special skill of yours will help you in order to survive in the place where you'll be transported. That is all, I'll take my leave now... good luck and have fun in your new world." it's the voice again, and it seems that it's cheering us even though it sounds emotionless.

"Now that I think about it, this voice is not even speaking the same language we're using but for some reason its words is being automatically translated inside my head."

"Oho, now that you've said it Reiji-dono, I can't stop thinking about it... weird."

After that a board of some kind suddenly appeared in front of me, it's those things that always appears in games.

"Status Board huh?" I muttered to myself.

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[Name] Sasaki Reiji

[Class] None

[Level] 1

[XP] 0/100

[HP] 50/50

[MP] 50/50

[STR] 10

[AGI] 10

[MGC] 10

[Skills] Appraisal, Inventory, Language Comprehension

[Special Skill] Bonus

[Title] None

[System Points] 100

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Just like a normal game, I'm starting at level one. I wonder if this is the normal stats for a level one.

"Hey Kenta, can I see yo-"

"Wooooo, we're going to another world. This. Is. Isekai!"

"Ey, stop shouting Kenta, you're too excited." man, he's loud... does he really want to go to another world that much? "Anyways, let me see your status board."

"Aren't you excited Reiji-dono? it's another world, a world of fantasy." your face is too close, seriously... these guys has no sense of personal space.

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[Name] Igarashi Kenta

[Class] None

[Level] 1

[XP] 0/100

[HP] 50/50

[MP] 50/50

[STR] 10

[AGI] 10

[MGC] 10

[Skills] Appraisal, Inventory, Language Comprehension

[Special Skill] Wide-Scale Teleportation

[Title] None

[System Points] 100

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Kenta is a black-haired guy with a very round body so I thought he will have a higher number in Strength and lower in Agility but we literally have the same stats, I wonder if everyone has the same stats.

"Reiji-dono?"

"Well, it only depends on two things, where and when... but to be honest I don't think I want to be transported to another world, there's so much inconvenient things that I can think of, that will probably happen if all of the people in our school really got transported to another world."

"Yeah, if we're sent in a world with an undeveloped technology or there's no technology at all, or maybe a futuristic dystopia... just thinking about it is giving me chills, I'm sure it will be a disaster." Kenta replied while rubbing his chin, he's still in otaku mode.

"That's what I'm worried about... problems with food, water, toilet and other stuffs, there's so many minor problems before we even get to the major ones. If I want to be transported to another world, I at least want it to be in a modern world like our present Earth. If it's not... then you can't eat your favorite junk food nor drink your favorite soft drink, Kenta."

"You're absolutely right, I can't watch anime, read manga and light novels nor play games either. Now that I deeply think about it, there's mostly minus in getting transported to another world."

"Fantasy is excellent when it's only imaginary, but horrifying when it becomes reality. Of course this is only my personal opinion, there are many people out there who's already tired of the real world and want to escape into fantasy... but the real reason I don't want to get transported to another world is I'm already satisfied with my life here, no matter how good or bad the real world gets there are still people waiting for me to come home."

"Isekai" is only good when you read it on books or maybe if your life is already withered, I at least think that my life here in this city is better.

Kenta stopped for a moment and started to think.

"Hey Junta, can I see your status board?" earlier this guy was glaring at Kenta for some reason but now he's just staring at the sky, sometimes I don't understand this guy.

"Oh... okay." he's surprised that I talked to him all of a sudden.

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[Name] Ashitaba Junta

[Class] None

[Level] 1

[XP] 0/100

[HP] 50/50

[MP] 50/50

[STR] 10

[AGI] 10

[MGC] 10

[Skills] Appraisal, Inventory, Language Comprehension

[Special Skill] Overcharge

[Title] None

[System Points] 100

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Junta is a tall, very handsome guy with a brown hair. He's quite the cool guy if you look at him from afar that's why he have so many fans at school but if you talk to him in reality, he's just a very shy guy who have a bit of communication problem. Just like I thought the stats are the same, even though Junta is a macho guy who frequently goes to the gym and constantly trains himself.

So everyone have the same starting point: the same level, the same stats, the same skills, the same amount of system points. Is the World System that the voice is talking about, the one who created this? are they promoting fairness or maybe there's something behind this? well, there's no use thinking about it so deeply, no one's gonna answer me after all.

The Class and the Title are on the blank side so maybe I can get them by leveling up or any other ways. The only difference we have is the Special Skill.

Now let's see the three skills that has been given to us for free by the World System. First is Appraisal, the skill that lets me see my status board and the status board of others, it also lets me see information of other things in my vicinity like this stone.

[Stone] - a stone

Yep, I think I need to upgrade this skill in order to properly use it in the future, I wonder if this can be upgraded?

The Language Comprehension skill is already proven useful because we completely understand what the mysterious voice is talking about earlier. I think this one is a passive skill, I don't need to activate it like what I did to the Appraisal skill earlier, where I need to focus on the thing I want to know in order to view its information.

The only thing that Appraisal can easily view is the Status Board, I can also make my Status Board appear and reappear just by thinking about it.

The last skill Inventory can be opened just by tapping the word Inventory on the Status Board. In order to put something into my Inventory, I just need to think about the thing I want to put into my Inventory like this stone on my hand and it'll automatically go to my Inventory. Then a stone icon will appear in my Inventory, I just need to double tap the stone icon in order to get it back, it magically appears in my hand.

I think that's all about the skills.

"Junta, can you call Yukio and Taiga for me." let's think of a way to get out of this sphere.