**The Day After I Nearly Died**
The day after my near-death experience, I had recovered enough mentally to attend school.
However, I wasn't fully healed.
Naturally, the notifications kept ringing.
Moreover, I kept acquiring five skills every minute, one after another...
There's no way I could rest quietly under such circumstances.
I was on the verge of screaming whenever my mental limits were exceeded.
Yesterday's notifications were particularly annoying.
They kept coming at a constant pace, and their echo still lingered in my ears.
It was genuinely irritating.
"Good morning... Were you okay yesterday? Think you can handle school?"
In front of me stood Saya, looking like the ideal childhood friend, unlike her usual self.
If only she were always this kind...
"Yeah... I'm fine... Really..."
"You don't seem fine at all..."
Well, yeah, you're right.
Huh? But why is she being so nice...
Wait, I'm starting to get confused.
**Skill 'Strong Confusion Resistance Level 1' Acquired.**
**Conditions Met.**
**Skill 'Confusion Immunity' Acquired.**
...Well, that's helpful, but couldn't you have given me this earlier...
Seriously... sigh.
**Conditions Met.**
What conditions? What did I fulfill now?
**Title 'Sigh Machine' Ranked Up.**
**Success.**
**Title 'Sigh Machine' Ranked Up to 'Sigh Emitter'.**
What the...? What is the point of this?
Hey! Are you listening?
**Conditions Met.**
Stop with the weird notifications already!
**Title 'Master of Retorts' Ranked Up.**
**Success.**
No, I don't need that success.
In fact, don't let it happen.
**Title 'Master of Retorts' Ranked Up to 'God of Retorts'.**
You've got to be kidding!
What if this world turned into some kind of light novel world?
People would laugh if they saw these titles!
Seriously, what is going on...?
"Stop it already!!"
"Shu-kun... are you really okay?"
"It's just the notifications teasing me. I'm fine."
Oh, I said that out loud again.
No passersby this time... Good...
No, that's not good.
What am I thinking is good?
The situation hasn't changed at all.
I need to find a way to stop these notifications from running wild...
But how? I'm sure I can't control them with my will alone.
Ugh... the real enemy was the notifications all along.
**Correction: The skill 'dv〒^@Ⅱ' does not currently have a will of its own. Therefore, referring to it as an enemy is inappropriate.**
It was just a figure of speech.
Besides, Wisdom, I'm tired of your lectures. I heard enough yesterday!
**Emotion triggered by Skill 'Wrath' detected.**
**Skill 'Wrath' forcefully deactivated.**
**Success.**
Wisdom, do you think I'm angry just because of a skill effect?
That's not it. It's because you keep provoking me.
Sure, my anger has subsided significantly.
You understand that, right?
**......**
Ah, silent now, huh.
You're really convenient, aren't you?
I can't deal with this.
I have no motivation due to yesterday's gruesome scene.
If I have any motivation, it's to question Wisdom.
"Wake up, hey... wake up~~"
"Are you fighting with the skills again?"
"Yeah. Wait, where did 'fighting' come from?"
"Well, it just seemed like you were struggling with them?"
I don't really get her logic.
Saya is still a mystery.
But I guess that's what makes her good.
**Skill 'Martial Arts Level 1' Acquired.**
Don't pop in a notification now.
You're in the way. Are you kidding me?
"Anyway, let's train tomorrow! It's a day off, so it's perfect, right?"
Huh? Training again?
I don't want to...
"What do you mean 'anyway'? I'm not doing it."
"Understood?"
"No, I..."
"Understood?"
"Yes..."
Looks like there's no peace for me.
**Skill 'Peaceful Desire' Acquired.**
I don't need that.
Peace is good, sure, but not now.
Every time... it's a nuisance and the timing is always the worst.
I'm starting to doubt if today will go smoothly.
Maybe I should just go back...
Huh? Saya, hey, don't drag me~~
**Skill 'Friction Resistance Level 1' Acquired.**
**Skill 'Friction Resistance Level 1' Acquired.**
**Skill 'Friction Resistance Level 1' Acquired.**
**Skill 'Friction Resistance Level 1' Acquired.**
**Skill 'Friction Resistance Level 1' Acquired.**
**Skill 'Friction Resistance Level 1' Acquired.**
**Skill 'Friction Resistance Level 1' Acquired.**
**Skill 'Friction Resistance Level 1' Acquired.**
**Skill 'Friction Resistance Level 1' Acquired.**
**Skill 'Friction Resistance Level 1' Acquired.**
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**Skill 'Friction Resistance Level 1' Acquired.**
**Skill 'Friction Resistance Level 1' Acquired.**
**Skill 'Friction Resistance Level 1' Acquired.**
**Skill 'Friction Resistance Level 1' Acquired.**
**Skill 'Friction Resistance Level 1' Acquired.**
**Skill 'Friction Resistance Level 1' Acquired.**
**Skill 'Friction Resistance Level 1' Acquired.**
**Skill 'Friction Resistance Level 1' Acquired.**
**Skill 'Friction Resistance Level 1' Acquired.**
**Skill 'Friction Resistance Level 1' Acquired.**
**Skill 'Strong Friction Resistance Level 2' Integrated Evolution.**
I can't take it anymore.
This notification... ugh.
**Skill 'Pessimism' Activated.**
......sigh.