The rain pattered softly outside, which perfectly matching with Ash current mood as she sat at the back of the classroom by the window.
She resting her head on her hand and gazed at her reflection in the glass window, a chill settling in her heart.
Anyone who woke up to find themselves suddenly goes back to their high school time might feel a mix of emotions.
However, that wasn't the real issue here!
Ash turned her head mechanically toward her desk and her gaze fell on the textbook that was placed squarely in the center.
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Just seeing it made her head dizzy.
If she wasn't mistaken, this was supposed to be a high school textbook, right?
A high school textbook...?!
What kind of high school would teach something like The Evolution Branches of Spirit Beasts as part of its required curriculum?
If not for the label at the top of the cover—"Standard High School Curriculum Textbook"—Ash would have thought someone was playing a joke on her.
Since when did high school classes stop teaching math, physics, and chemistry, and start including things that sounded like they belonged to something from a fantasy novel?
Ash seriously wondered if last night's intense battle against international opponents in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet had somehow caused this bizarre dream.
Yet, the teacher's voice drifting from the front of the classroom sounded far too real to be just a dream.
So… was all of this actually real?
Ash furrowed her brows, reaching out her free hand toward The Evolution Branches of Spirit Beasts (Required Course III) book that was lying in front of her.
"!!!"
The cold touch of the book made her shiver, jolting her fully awake.
Only now did Ash truly accept the reality—she had transmigrated to another world.
She, Ash Bloom—a 21st-century female office worker who loved staying up late to play games—had been transmigrated!
However, she hadn't just returned to her high school days; she was now in the body of a high school girl who was identical to her younger self, in a modern world that seemed strange in countless ways.
And right in the middle of the class, no less, with no time to adjust!
Now what?
Ash appeared calm on the outside, but inside, she was already mentally bashing her head against a wall.
She hadn't inherited a single memory from the original owner of this body and knew nothing about this world.
Being in a classroom where the teacher might call on her to answer questions felt like being an ant on a hot griddle.
Was she supposed to mimic other transmigrators and pretend to be fainted, and then claim she had amnesia?
"Ash…"
But pretending to be fainted and risking herself by hitting her head sounded dangerous…
She'd only just arrived in this world and wasn't looking to get hurt right away.
"Ash!"
As Ash got lost in her thoughts, a piece of chalk suddenly came flying from the front of the classroom toward her and accompanied by the teacher's angry shout.