Chapter 1
Apparently, when something unexpected happens, your mind goes blank.
I'd heard people say that, but it was true.
Ahh, let's try to remember.
Right... I was hit by a truck.
I remember the last light I saw being incredibly bright.
And... there were four others besides me.
Apparently, we were all hit together, and for some reason, we're floating around together.
Huh?
I'm floating... I am?
Why?
Huh?
The other four have started glowing...
What's happening?
I'm... not glowing.
Why?
'Ahh, what should I do? What should I do?!'
...I can hear a voice from somewhere, sounding terribly panicked.
I wonder where it's coming from. Everything around me is pure white, and I can't see a thing.
'Wha... what do we do?! At this rate, we'll fail!'
It seems to have failed.
Incidentally, the other four are fading.
I'm the only one who remains unchanged.
Or rather, I'm the only one who's awake.
Are the other four asleep?
...Are they dead???
No... maybe not?
I don't know.
'Ahh, we're going back to our original world! The summoning magic is...!'
'Just when we were finally going to become heroes...!'
The original world... Original? ...A hero?
A hero? The protagonist of the manga my little sister is obsessed with?
Um...
'What are you doing?!'
Whoa!
What the heck? Someone's shouting incredibly loudly.
Ah, the four of them have disappeared.
'Ahh... we've been found...'
'Oh no, what do we do?!'
'...Huh? There's one more person here?'
"Wha... what?!"
Hmm... so I wasn't part of the plan?
Could they not see me?
Even though I'd been with the other four the entire time...
Somehow, I feel lonely.
'How dare you use summoning magic when you're nothing but apprentices?!'
"Whoa..."
'How many times have I told you that summoning magic is forbidden because it disrupts the world's order?!'
'Uh-oh.'
"...Ah..."
Huh?
I feel like whatever had been enveloping me is gone.
And just as I think that, I start falling.
...Where to???
What's going to happen to me?!