I Became the Academy’s Pink Airhead

In the vast space of the universe where countless shooting stars were falling, three chairs were placed alone.

Among the three chairs, on the leftmost one.

A pink girl in white clothes was sitting.

Her appearance was all too familiar.

Clara sitting in the chair spoke to me with a smug expression.

“Huhu―☆ How do you feel seeing the face of the most beautiful lady who once saved the academy city from an evil group♪ It’s okay to applaud and cheer with your arms and legs―☆”

As someone who knew the original work, I had to point out one thing.

“Um… you didn’t do anything there.”

“Uuu…♪”

“From a certain point on, you were just stuck in a corner and didn’t even come out.”

“Awuu…☆”

Following the drooping shoulders, the pink hair droops down.

Clara became dejected realizing I knew the whole story of the main work.

Apart from being a kind girl who loved school, she couldn’t be called ‘Clara’ without the point of being incompetent.

Anyway, surprisingly.

This Clara now was ‘Clara at the point of clearing the main story’.

I asked Clara how much she knew from where to where.

“I don’t know well either―♪ My memories only go up to the moment Alvit saved ―☆ Even that has holes here and there swoosh swoosh―☆”

“What about the prophecy from 1500 years ago or the changed actions of ?”

“Don’t know, don’t know―☆”

“What about the truth of this world or [Dragon Crouched in the Abyss]?”

“Don’t know, don’t know―☆”

“Why did you turn back time and come here? What’s the reason you can do such a miraculous thing?”

“Don’t know, don’t know―☆”

“How are the juniors or doing now?”

“Don’t know, don’t know―☆ I can’t see things you can’t see either―☆”

“What do you know?”

“Don’t know, don’t know―☆”

Clara shaking her head saying that.

Somehow she looked excited as if dancing, which was vexing.

“Haah…”

Clara at the point of clearing the main story didn’t know anything about the changed story. It seemed she didn’t even properly know the story from the main story point.

‘As if the perspective of a character appearing only in gag scenes was directly transferred…’

I even asked why I came to , but the answer was still that she didn’t know.

‘Even if I ask what happened to the seniors after the ending point, she probably won’t know.’

I asked just in case, but as expected, the answer was she didn’t know.

I closed my mouth in disappointment. And Clara also closed her mouth hesitantly.

“…”

“…”

Clara who soon ended the silence burst into an innocent laugh again and said:

“I vaguely feel something since ‘you’ came―☆ But I don’t really know―♪ Most of my memories and consciousness have weakened since ‘you’ came―☆ Ahaha! Just like Sleeping Beauty♡”

“Why did you call me here, who died from overwork in my past life? Why is this world similar to the game I played?”

Clara shook her head vigorously at those words and said:

“I want to tell you too… but I forgot―☆”

“…”

Then what was the reason for calling me to this space?

When I had such a question, Clara clapped her hands and said:

“More than that, tell me your story now―☆ Okay♪ The price for roughly handling a girl’s body is ‘girls talk’ time―♪”

“It won’t be fun to listen to.”

“No♪ I’m really curious about you―☆ I want to hear about the things you’ve achieved knowing many things I don’t know♪ You came to love the same things as me in this academy city, right―☆”

“…”

I really had nothing to say to those words from Clara.

I had arbitrarily used her body too.

Only when I was about to die did I reach this space.

Yet she doesn’t reproach that, can I not do even that much for her?

“…”

Somehow I felt like I wouldn’t be ashamed to spill out my insignificant life story to Clara.

“Let’s see, where should I start, first of all I was weak since long ago.”

So.

The story that awkwardly began was somehow getting longer.

Maybe because of the pink eyes full of pure curiosity and positivity.

Maybe because of the charm of the mysterious night sky with endless falling shooting stars.

Maybe because of the refreshing feeling of using my original way of speaking, liberated from the pretty filter.

I ended up continuing the story for hours, unlike my usual self.

My life story that started like that.

The story had now passed through my past life.

And was heading towards just before becoming [Pink Spiral] after the entrance ceremony.

Clara was still listening intently to my words with her eyes wide open and sparkling.

“So I decided to use that in reverse. If the damage from an area-of-effect skill is always 10 no matter what enemy, then if I just hit once with a heart, I can always deal 10 damage, right?”

“Yes―☆”

“Ignoring stat modifiers or enemy attribute resistances, if I can just raise ether capacity and skill proficiency stupidly to use it hundreds or thousands of times… that’s no different from a finishing move.”

“Ohhh―♪ A finishing mooove―☆ Too fataaaal―♪ The scent of a fatal girl☆ Truly a dangerous laadyyy―☆ Since when did I become such a dangerous princess♡”

Clara, unable to contain her excitement, cheered while flapping her small bare feet.

Swish swish―

At the same time.

The arms and legs visible under the loose fit of the dress. The original Clara, perhaps because she neglected training, had thin and soft arms and legs. And her dazzlingly bright white skin was clean as if it had never seen sunlight.

She really had a princess-like appearance as she said.

“…”

I felt complicated looking at ‘my’ current appearance.

Scars on the body from harsh training and real battles.

Skin roughened after experiencing harsh life traversing the wilderness.

Arms and legs still thin, but angular and cracked.

I felt a little sorry thinking that appearance had changed because of me.

“…”

“What’s next~?”

“Huh?”

“What did you do next―☆”

Clara emerged from her own world and urged me to tell the next story.

She didn’t really respond much to the story of my original world except for the broad context, but she seemed to feel a kind of vicarious satisfaction about the conquest of the academy city achieved with her body.

‘Maybe it feels like reading an alternate history story.’

I inwardly smiled bitterly seeing that appearance.

‘She’s really Clara…’

Seeing Clara’s excessively pure and naive appearance, I felt like I understood where all the trolling shown in the main story originated from.

‘Oh no, Clara seemed to be able to read my mind somewhat in this space…’

I quickly continued the story before she became aware of my inner thoughts.

“Moreover Clara, since your skills had almost no ether consumption, I decided to call them out to the limit, condense them and use them in a different form. I called that [Ultimate Technique].”

“Woah―☆ You’re really smart―!! I never dreamed of such a thought in my whole life♪ I couldn’t even use [Basic Ether] properly―☆”

“It’s a simple application. Clara could have used it soon too.”

“Actually I don’t understand even hearing it now―☆ Okay♪ But it’s amaziiing―☆”

“I used those to compete with the Five Colors of the academy city from my first year… and won against everyone.”

“Waaaah!!! Even Eir? Don’t tell me…! Even President Brunhilde…?!”

“Yes. I beat everyone.”

“Waaaah!!! Amaziiing―☆ To think I’m the strongest in the academy city―♪”

“That’s what I said after beating [Priest of Erosion] recently. Actually, except for that, I killed them without even having a proper conversation.”

“Waaah~!! You won? You already beat that disgusting, perverted, gloomy ether robber centipede lizard―?! Without letting him say anything? Ahahahaha―☆ You pressed down♪ the nose of the most persistent executive in ―!! How many children were hurt by that guy~!!”

Clara’s already large eyes sparkled brightly. The shooting stars filling the night sky entered her eyes and became small Milky Ways flowing.

“Yahooooo―☆”

Clara started clapping like a seal while cheering on the chair.

Clap clap clap clap clap clap clap―

Clap clap clap clap clap clap clap―

The sound of passionate seal clapping using both hands and feet.

Though she looks graceful when keeping her mouth shut, the sight of her clapping passionately, even using her small bare feet, was really foolish.

“Ahahahaha―☆ Oh my!! So great!! I’ve only been called incompetent all my life~ You say I beat everyone and proudly declared myself the strongest? Ahahahaha―☆”

Clara stood up and started dancing improvised.

“La la la―la la―♪”

The white dress flutters, dancing along with the stars in the night sky. The curves drawn by the long skirt were arbitrary and irregular, but. Somehow it evoked the movement of an aurora.

It was natural and lovely.

Under the night sky where shooting stars fall.

A dance with melody and rhythm all in a mess.

There was a purity in it that was somehow impossible to take one’s eyes off.

I could only blankly stare at it.

“…”

Just from hearing the life story of the one who borrowed her body, the sight of a girl rejoicing so purely and dancing – that was the appearance of the ‘real Clara’.

“…”

I couldn’t approach that pure Clara, and was just watching with the appearance of a fake Clara.

How long had passed?

Clara, who had been expressing that pure joy, slowly approached me one step at a time. On her lips was a smile like the starry night sky.

“Mmm♪ It was truly a shining [Fate]. Your story.”

Your?

‘Mine?’

Hearing those words.

I was momentarily perplexed.

“What are you saying? I just…!”

I just used the rules of the world called a game.

I just followed the correct answer of the original work.

I lived borrowing the life of the girl called ‘Clara’.

I tried to say various things, but.

Clara quietly smiled and continued speaking. Unlike her attitude of listening intently to the story until now, she was resolute.

“I feel like I want to keep watching ‘your’ story like this―☆ Then… Okay♪ I finally remembered one thing! Ah~ I should have said this earlier!! I’m so forgetful―♪”

“You remembered?”

“A way for you to wake up again―☆”

“…!”

A situation on the verge of death from forcibly accepting numerous ethers and the power of [Fate].

What method could there be to wake up?

Under the sky sparkling with starlight.

Clara smiled brightly and pointed at me.

“I’ll give you ‘completely’, my name.”

“What?!”

“Your [Fate] is wholly yours from now on.”

“Wa-Wait a minute!”

“Of course we might merge again someday~♪ But I’ll take care of ‘those things’ for a while―☆”

At that moment.

Something left me. Something sparkling like small starlight.

Following that, numerous murky lights also leave together.

Paat―

They left from my chest, rose to the night sky and became stars.

Like the needle of a compass returning to its place.

On the sky that was just shining without distinction, the brightest star is created.

□□□ watched that star with gentle eyes while smiling.

Eventually she quietly muttered.

“The name of my soul from now on is… [Urd]. A useless star that just watches over you―☆ The afterimage of the past, just a starlight to reminisce―♪”

“Urd?”

“Clara.”

Urd stood in front of me.

And slowly raised one palm.

She smiled brightly and waved her hand slightly.

“Let’s do our best―♪ When fate moves we can meet again☆ Until we meet again☆ Then I’ll recall more things and become a competent starlight―☆”

“…!”

I also raised my hand and placed it against hers.

Like a mirror, we faced each other with similar appearances placing our hands together. But that appearance had a difference as much as our distanced time.

Urd mischievously winked and said:

“High five―!!”

“Okay!”

Clap―

A cheerful clapping sound.

And I opened my eyes.

-Urd (also Wyrd): One of the three Norns (along with Verdandi and Skuld) who shape the destinies of gods and humans. Urd represents the past and is associated with fate.

-Alvit: One of the swan maidens or Valkyries. They were known for their ability to shapeshift into swans.

-Kara: A Valkyrie associated with Helgi Hundingsbane. She would fly over battlefields as a swan.

-Rota: A Valkyrie whose name means “sleet” or “storm.” She’s often depicted choosing who will fall in battle.

-Sigrun: A Valkyrie and shieldmaiden who falls in love with the hero Helgi Hundingsbane in the Poetic Edda. Her name means “secret lore.”

-Brunhilde: One of the most famous Valkyries, central to the Völsunga saga. Punished by Odin for disobedience, she becomes a mortal woman and is involved in a tragic love story.

-Eir: Associated with medical skill and healing. Sometimes considered a Valkyrie, other times a goddess in her own right.

-Freya: Major goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, gold, seiðr (a type of sorcery), war, and death. She rides a chariot pulled by cats and owns a magical falcon cloak.

-Skadi: A jötunn (giant) and goddess associated with winter, mountains, skiing, and hunting.

-Erda: in Wagner’s work (opera cycle “Der Ring des Nibelungen,” which is based on Norse mythology but isn’t directly from it), Erda is a primordial goddess of wisdom and earth, similar to but distinct from Yord ↓

-Yord: The personification of the Earth and is often described as Odin’s wife and Thor’s mother.

-Aesir: Principal gods in Norse mythology, including Odin, Thor, and Tyr.

-Mimir: In Norse mythology was a wise being, known for his knowledge and counsel.

-Svart: Likely refers to Svartalfheim, the realm of the dark elves in Norse cosmology.

-Bana: Might be related to “bani” (death) in Old Norse, but it’s not a clear mythological reference.

-Alvenheim: probably Alfheim, what is the realm of the light elves in Norse mythology.

-Hel: The Norse underworld and its ruler.

-Yggdrasil: The world tree that connects the nine worlds in Norse cosmology. It’s an immense ash tree that is central to the Norse universe.

-Ratatoskr: A squirrel that runs up and down Yggdrasil, carrying messages (often insults) between the eagle at the top and the dragon Níðhöggr (Nidhogg) at the roots.

-Gjallarhorn: A magical artifact – the horn of Heimdallr, used to alert the gods to the beginning of Ragnarök.

Others:

-Clara/Lara: Names of Latin origin meaning “bright” or “clear.”

-Bell and Maya have multiple origins and meanings across different cultures.

-Sieglinde: A figure in Germanic mythology, mother of the hero Siegfried.

-Greta: The name has been popular in Scandinavian countries., meaning “pearl.”

-Frau: While not Norse, it shares a common Germanic root with the Old Norse word “freyja,” which means “lady” and is also the name of the Norse goddess Freya.