Sitting in the Protagonist's Chair

"You must be the transfer student. My name is Souna Shitori. It's a pleasure to meet you."

A young lady with glasses and a slender figure introduced herself. The young woman had black hair styled in a short cut and violet eyes.

"It's a pleasure, Souna. My name is Yan Qing."

The young woman sitting in front of me is the heiress of the Sitri clan, her real name being Sona Sitri.

I introduce myself and hand over the documents I brought in my backpack.

Sona takes the documents and quickly checks them.

"Second year? Let me see which class you will be in this year…"

"It seems we are in the same class. Once we finish here, I will take you to it."

Sona's comment made me realize at what point in the timeline I am.

I'm a second-year high school student, so for Sona to say that we are in the same class means that the plot of this world will only start in a year.

I have one year.

I thought I only had a few days until the plot began, never imagined I'd have a whole year to prepare.

One year seems like a lot of time. But it isn't.

With this time, I can only slightly increase my strength. Just enough to deal with the small fries of this world, but far from enough to be on the safe side.

"Then I'll thank you in advance."

"There's no need, it's my duty as the president of the student council. Speaking of which…"

Sona noticed something on my right hand and frowned.

"That on your right hand… is that a tattoo?"

Damn! I forgot about that!

I'm in Japan.

Tattoos in Japan are not well-received.

Besides, this is the body of a sixteen-year-old teenager.

This is bad!

I look at the tattoo on my right hand.

It's the Yin Yang symbol, with a red circle covering the symbol, and a green circle covering the red circle.

"That…"

"Sigh! It's alright. Just don't show it off too much, okay?"

I was about to try to explain myself, but Sona was quicker in speaking.

It seems that I wouldn't suffer any kind of punishment. I just couldn't show it off too much.

I guess as a devil, she really didn't care about my tattoo.

Or maybe she thought I only had that one tattoo.

I wonder what expression she would have if I showed my body covered in tattoos?

I think being expelled would be the least of my problems. She would probably call my parents.

Wait… I don't have parents.

"Thank you. I'll try to use some makeup to hide this tattoo."

I just said that off the cuff. I wasn't going to hide my tattoos.

"Alright, here are your documents back. I've confirmed your data."

"Ah! Thank you."

"Now, I welcome you to Kuoh Academy."

I nodded my head.

Now I am a true student of this school.

Reya, who was sitting at a distance, smiled.

She had a good impression of me, so she was happy that I could join the school.

When she learned I had tattoos, she feared Sona would be against my staying, but it seems an exception had been made.

"Alright, class is about to start. I will show you to your room."

Sona stood up from her chair and signaled for me to follow her.

Tsubaki and Reya also followed.

Apparently, we are all in the same class. At least that's what I thought.

But I soon discovered that Reya was a first-year student.

She went towards the corridor of the first-year students, leaving me, Sona, and Tsubaki behind.

Walking alongside these two, I noticed many students looking at me with envy, most of them being male students.

I can't blame them.

I am alongside two beauties, and I don't seem nervous.

It was a shame neither of the girls seemed interested in talking.

We arrived in front of a classroom.

Looking at the sign in front of the room, I noticed that I was now a student of 2-B.

"We've arrived. You must have seen the sign. You now belong to class 2-B. You can enter and sit in any free desk. The bell will ring soon."

"Yes. Thank you for showing me to the classroom."

I thanked Sona for her help and entered the classroom.

As it was the beginning of the classes, no student had claimed their own desks yet. So I was free to choose any.

Knowing what the best place inside a classroom is.

I walked to a desk next to the window.

Yes...

I sat in the legendary protagonist's chair.

There was no one else in the classroom but me.

Sona and Tsubaki were outside the classroom, at the door.

Perhaps they were waiting for someone.

As I am in the same class as Sona, I can assume that all the devils of the school are in class 2-B.

I'm not worried about being targeted because I have no trace of magic or power in my body. Which is a shame, but also keeps me safe.

I still don't know if I inherited the martial arts talents of the original Yan Qing. If I do, then I will follow the path of Martial Arts.

I think I can use some of the money I have to buy some training equipment.

Maybe I should enroll in a boxing gym? I think that would work.

This school has various clubs, I can take a look after classes end. There's a kendo club, but I don't know if the girls would let me participate.

As I thought about things to do, I noticed some students entering the room.

Everyone who entered seemed impressed with my appearance, but seeing my serious face, the boys snorted and sat at a distance. Meanwhile, some girls waved in my direction and sat closer to me.

And that's exactly what I thought.

All the devils of the second year were concentrated in class 2-B.

I noticed Sona entering the classroom followed by Tsubaki.

But my gaze wasn't on these two, but rather on the other two girls who entered right after.

The one who came in right after Tsubaki was a redhead with huge breasts, followed by a woman with straight black hair and even bigger breasts than the redhead.

Rias and Akeno…

The two biggest beauties of the school.

I must admit, they deserve that title.

Maybe because they knew there was a new student in the room, the two girls glanced at me before sitting at their desks.

It was amusing to note Rias's resentful look towards me.

Is she resentful because I stole the protagonist's chair?

Despite this, I just ignored her.

Soon the room was full, and the bell indicating the start of classes rang.

"I can't wait for classes to end…"

…

The bell rang, signaling the end of the day's classes.

The students, initially quiet, began to chat cheerfully.

Looking at this scene, I sighed and left the room.

Some girls in the room seemed to want to approach me for a chat, but I really didn't have time for them.

Maybe in the future, I could befriend these ordinary girls, but at the moment? I have more important things.

As I left the room, I noticed Reya at a distance. She seemed to be looking for something.

The moment she spotted me, she smiled and came in my direction.

"Hey, I was looking for you."

"Looking for me?"

"Yes. I wanted to tell you that I made the report about this morning's incident. Don't worry, you won't be implicated."

"Ah! Thank you?"

I wasn't sure if I should thank her.

Anyway, since she was here, I decided to ask.

"Do you know if there is any martial arts club at this school?"

"Martial Arts?"

Reya looked at me, puzzled.

"Yes. I'm interested in joining a club. And I feel that I would fit in best in a Martial Arts club."

Nodding her head, Reya seemed to be seriously considering if there was a martial arts club at the school.

"There isn't a club specifically for martial arts, but if it's any consolation, we do have a kendo club…"

"Ah! Right! I almost forgot. Last year, some boys seemed to have created a club, the name was… fight club! Yes, fight club. I don't know if that fits into martial arts, but I guess it doesn't hurt to try."

As the treasurer of the student council, she remembers allocating a large territory to this newly formed club by some boys.

"Fight club?"

This time it was my turn to be confused.

In the original story, such a club was never mentioned, perhaps it had been disbanded before the plot started, or it just wasn't mentioned. After all, this was a perverted world, and fights were secondary.

"If you want, I can take you to where the club is located. Of course, if you want, I can also show you other clubs. Kuoh Academy prides itself on having various fun clubs, like the swimming club, kendo club, basketball club, soccer…"

"I think I'll first see the fight club, if I don't like it, I wouldn't mind trying another club."

I decided to interrupt Reya's speech. Despite her gentle tone, Reya seemed to enjoy talking.

"Alright. I'll take you there."

Reya and I walked side by side towards the fight club.

I must say, I'm curious to check out this fight club.