Chapter 28: Restart.
"Ren!" A sweet voice called out to me.
"Ren! Wake up! It's time for school!"
School , why school? I am an adult.
"Ren wake up!"
But who is this person?
I slowly tried opening my eyes and saw a person--a woman whom I didn't see in a large amount of time.
"Ren!! You will be late for your class! Wake up!"
What does she mean 'class'? And how is she here...?
"Ren! It's almost 10:30 AM. You can't be late!"
A nostalgic smell came to my nose..
'The smell of oil...'
It's a smell that clung to me everyday in my early years. Even now decades later it's unforgettable.
A smell that followed me until death.
Yes the same smell that I hated so much when I was young. Now I miss it.
Only...if only I could meet my parents. But why is this smell near me? What happened?
"Tokusake Ren!!" Jumping from bed I woke up , completely drenched in sweat.
"No matter how much I try I can't wake you up! Get ready!" I looked at the woman beside me who was trying to wake me up. It was a person I didn't know I could see again. It was my mother...Tokusake Ryo.
"...M...Mom....?"
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"I will go to school then see you!!" Ren ran off with great enthusiasm.
"Did you secretly mix something in his food yesterday?" Tokusake Ryuga asked his wife , Tokusake Ryo who was packing clothes for their customers.
"No I didn't! Why ask that?" Ryo asks her husband while slightly glaring at him.
"... Nothing..." he says while looking towards the path that his son took ,'He seemed...more mature...' he thought.
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A week has passed and It was just as I thought I returned to the past , in my second year of high school.
From the end called death , to the longing that I missed. At that final moment i heard a voice coming from a white deer , standing and telling me to go.
There was a song Playing in the background. I don't know what song that was. I don't know what type of song that was. It felt peaceful....it was nice and calm and had a gentle vibe in it. I thought that I might die but I didn't. I..was given a second chance.
A second chance , a chance for redemption.
What is the reason I was sent to the past? I don't know but I am sure that if fate is the reason why I am here then fate will be the reason why I will be able to unfold the mystery.
I was given another chance and I will make sure not to waste them.
"Did you watch the episode from yesterday!? It was lit!"
"I did and to be honest they keep on surpassing our expectations. For a show that was meant for children they sure give some serious lessons."
I look at the two girls walking in. One of them is Amane Lisa a half japanese and half Englander and ichinose honami.
Lisa, in the future became well known for her artistic sense for paintings and such. She started having attention after she was hired by a comic artist. There she displayed her art and became famous. Then she went off and started her own career as an artist and got famous and went to different countries. Her most famous art is called 「The crying maiden」
As for honami , she never left Japan and stayed here. She started working as a flower gardener and did research. While doing so she found happiness in her work and was able to invent different types of new plants. One of her most famous plants is 「The iron Lilly」.
The show they were talking about is called 「Clock」 which featured a man in a clock costume , making the kids laugh was the goal of the show but recently they started making the show where the kids can learn stuff like perseverance and importance of doing what one likes.
"I was thinking of going out this weekend. What do you say namak?"
"I am wherever you want uzen-san but is it okay if we spend a small amount of time outside and all the other time at our place and play some games , read novels and spend some time with each other? It will help with our communication*yawn!*"
"..You are saying that for another reason which is called 'Rest' right."
A couple who entered the room are Yukimiya Namakemono in short namak and kyoka uzen , his girlfriend.
Uzen devoted herself to him while working as a freelance worker while namak , for some reason started to get active and started his work life with a small business of construction. After cultivating for many years he finally reached a destination where he was able to say to the world while yelling 'I love you!' to uzen without hiding himself because he thought he wasn't meant for her.
"I think I should do this question differently..."
"Let me see. I think I can help."
Two more students entered the classroom. They are otsuki akiho and Aomori touka.
Akiho lived her life as a normal person with no outstanding things that separates her from the rest while touka grew a business in the future which were all different kinds of coffee and tea. It took her years before she was even able to get into the position she had in my past life. Her life was full of struggles as she wasn't making herself shine that much among the crowds.
"So did you read the book I sent you? I really needed it."
"I did."
"That book was more than 26,000 words long and you read that in like one night."
"Hehehe not one night though. I woke up at 4 o'clock and then after finishing the needs I needed to do , I started reading from 5 o'clock and read it till 10. That means in...5 hours actually..."
"Please tell me how you attain such power!"
Two more students entered the classroom are sakayanagi Mio and Yamashiro Ren.
Mio in the future becames a debator who despite how the world kept on criticizing her religion , saying wrong thing about it. She was there , to prove it all wrong. And she didn't lose a single debate. Many call her 「The female Zakir Nayik」. Due to her immense knowledge on all religion. She also opposes the new religion which will establish in a few weeks prior.
As for Ren , not me but Yamashiro Ren , she was the next person in the line of inheritance for the [Yamashiro group and industry] although it is a big company , they didn't hit that much like [Amanika electronics]. But they will. For some reason they sky rocketed their improvement and came in the light of the world.
I just saw the news before coming here. Ren was known for her cold and calculating way of speech and demeanor which is why she was called 「The ice empress」.
Another pair of boys walked in the classroom.
"Answer me this 'What do our eyes tell each other?'"
"..This has to be a good one. So I will collaborate 'What?'"
" That 'there is something beside us '".
"Hahaha that's a genuinely good joke."
The two boys that entered are the Chinese boy ming Chen and our comedian, Wakaba yuuki.
In the future Chen take sover his father's company and pulls it up more than it is already up. He was more known for being a loyal husband than being a CEO. We can talk about his wife later. It's bad spoiling the future.
As for yuuki , for some unknown reason he became both a comedian and a make-up artist. And was widely known for being able to make anyone look good no matter what.
He had a nickname which was 「 The man with magical hand」 . He had a lot of fan following to be honest.
"Alright then time to quiet down. The teacher is coming!"
The boy who entered the classroom was the boy who always ranked first no matter what. He was always there. At the top. But for some reason it's as if he had disappeared from the face of earth. His existence wasn't there. It's like spring. It comes with notice but disappears without any notice. Saying nothing. I and many of us tried searching for him but we were unable to do so.
When most of my friends were getting up there with their own strength despite the fact that they were in line of inheritance , I was just working as a slave. A slave who knew nothing but to work.
I was used and thrown like a towel. I wasn't welcomed. But I still went there , wagged my tail like a dog. But the place where I belonged--at my parents side I rejected it. I was so consumed with greed that i failed to realize such a thing and abandoned both my friends and family
"Alright it's time to start the day with a boring roll call!"
When that sweet melodious voice came in my ear , I was shocked to see the person in front of me.