Chapter 2- Work

The class started with introductions, Hikaru made sure to memorize their names and also he found that his classmates were a little unique on their own, it was then time for Hikaru to introduce himself.

"My name is Hikaru Kagenou, I am friend if you are kind to me, you are my enemy if you mess with me, that is all thank you"

It was an intimidating speech that Hikaru used but he made sure no one messes with him. Hikaru didn't like troubles coming one after another, he liked a peaceful life and he also needed to take care of his family.

Hikaru sat back on his seat and everyone fell silent, next after him was Komi Shouko, it was a little funny of how she tried to introduce herself verbally but in the end, she slowly walked towards the board before writing her name and the classmates cheering loudly as if she just sent a prophecy to the land.

After the class started, Hikaru didn't really listen that much to the teachers, for some reason ever since he unlocked the system his memory has been very clear, and he could remember almost everything from his past life.

So while spending his time, he decided to write down his plans for the first mission, earning 5,000 yen from recreating something from his past world.

There are many things to recreate but Hikaru had to be careful and he also couldn't do some large ones because he literally has no money, so after thinking for a while, he decided to go with a novel.

There are also some easier ones such as singing or making a game but Hikaru doesn't know how to sing or even make a game, he also doesn't know how to draw a manga, and muchless make an anime, so his final choice is making a novel.

'Now the question is what novel to make?'

There are a lot of popular novels from Hikaru's past life, such as Harry Potter, the Hobbits,and more, but the thing that made Hikaru hesitate is that he doesn't have any plans going international for now, and he was not sure if those stories are up to taste of the japanese people.

Hikaru then sneaked his phone under the table and started searching online, it looks like most of the stories from his past life don't exist in this world.

'Should I go sword art online? I could also go for God of Highschool, or even something… which Genre should I go by the way? Fantasy? Romcom? Action?'

Hikaru didn't make a decision immediately and continued doing research. After a while, he decided to go with an easy to write light novel, Log Horizon, not only it has the same genre as Sword Art Online, it was also shorter and not that fussy about details.

So with that, Hikaru chose Log Horizon.

As Hikaru finished searching ,he lifted his head to get back to the class but as he got up, he noticed the teacher looking at him.

"So, Hikaru, can you answer the question on the board"

The teacher said, there are some who laughed at his misfortune or there is Komi who was looking at him worriedly, Hikaru couldn't help but smile when he saw her reaction, are they already that close? Wellm whatever, Hikaru looked at the question and it was fairly easy, so he stood up and wrote down the answer before going back to his seat like it was nothing.

The teacher didn't say anything and knew Hikaru was a scholarship holder so she just continued the class. If there is one you shouldn't mess with, it's the genius students as you will only embarrass yourself.

The class continued and Hikaru decided to focus on the class, he have to go to a internet cafe later to start writing the novel, or maybe he could go to the Computer Lab since using it doesn't cost anything.

Anyway, while the class continued, Komi mistakenly bumped her eraser causing it to fall on the ground, Hikaru who was near it picked it up but just as he was about to pick it up, he stopped as a compass went through his fingers nearly hitting him.

Seeing this Hikaru turned his head and looked behind him, there he saw a man wearing a clothes that masked his face looking like a ninja, Hikaru smiled then and nodded before giving the eraser to Kimo then standing up to pick up the compass.

His sudden movements were noticed by the classroom and they immediately turned their attention towards him and saw he had just picked up a compass, so they turned their heads back to the class.

Hikaru picked up the compass and walked towards the ninja guy before raising the compass on his hands then slamming it on the table of the ninja.

*Bam!

It made a loud sound that everyone in the room was surprised about and immediately turned their heads towards where the sound came from, they saw Hikaru standing in front of the Ninja.

"Next time learn who you are dealing with okay?"

Hikaru smiled then went back to his seat while the ninja who was left behind is sweating buckets as the compass almost pierced his hand, it was just a hair breath away.

"What was that!? Mister Kagenou! What is happening there?"

The teacher was surprised with the sound.

"Nothing Ma'm, something just fell off"

Hikaru replied before going back to his seat.

Everyone who saw this decided to ignore what happened and wrote down to never mess with Hikaru, that guy was ruthless.

The class continued and it didn't take long for the class to end, Hikaru gave Komi a message that he has to do something so he won't be able to talk with her this time, he then made his way towards the Computer Lab of the school and finally found it after asking some students on the way.

He doesn't eat lunch since he needed to save money to help his family. When he reached the Computer Lab, there was a teacher there so after talking with the teacher, he was allowed to use one, so Hikaru sat on one of the computers then inserted his USB on the computer before he started writing.

Anyway, the story of Log Horizon was fresh as Sword Art Online, except this one really focuses on the game, not on romance.

His typing is very fast and he also doesn't have to think about the plot since everything was on his mind so in his 30 minutes break, Hikaru was able to write 10,000 words, he then saved the file to his USB that he bought before then making his way back to the classroom.

While walking in the halls, from the corner, one girl suddenly came out and accidentally bumped into him.

"Ah!"

The girl shouted as she fell on the ground.

"I'm sorry, are you okay?"

Hikaru immediately helped the girl up.

"Yes, I'm sorry, I wasn't looking where I was walking"

The girl replied as she took Hikaru's hand and stood up.

"No, it was also my fault"

Hikaru smiled, then suddenly he heard the bell rang.

"I got to go now, please be careful"

After he said that, Hikaru immediately ran towards his classroom, thankfully, when he arrived back to his classroom, the teacher wasn't there yet. Sighing in relief.

As part of his scholarship, he must not have any tardiness or absences, so this was a good thing for him.

Hikaru sat on his seat and noticed Komi staring at him, like staring at him with her eyes wide open.

Hikaru chuckled, then took out a paper and started chatting with Komi once again, it seems like she is getting comfortable now. They talked for a while until they started talking about each other.

Komi has a dream. She wants to make a hundred friends. Well, it was quite cute when she told him that and she started blushing when she saw Hikaru giving her a knowing smile.

To get back to her, Hikaru also told his dream? Well, it can be counted. Hikaru had already told her about his family conditions and what he wanted was to be rich so that he could have his brothers have a good life.

Komi seemed to be impressed when she read that. They then continued talking to each other until the next class started.

Afternoon, it was time to go home, but Hikaru didn't go home but went to the Computer Lab. He must squeeze as much as he could so that the faster he could write the light novel, he would finish the first mission as fast as he could.

He was so focused in writing that he forgot everything around him and just wrote as fast as he could, slowly the time passed by in a blink of an eye.

"Excuse me!"

Someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder, Hikaru stopped writing and looked behind him, he recognized who it was, it was the girl he bumped in the halls earlier.

"Yes?"

Hikaru asked as he looked at her.

"Sorry for disturbing you, I tried calling you a few times but you didn't respond, I came to tell you that the school is closing"

Hikaru looked at the time and it was already late,

"Ah, sorry, I didn't notice the time. I will go now. Sorry for taking a lot of your time"

"No, it's okay, nice to meet you my name is Hori Kyoko, we are actually classmates"

"Kagenou Hikaru, nice to meet you too, and yes, I know we are classmates"

After some little talk, Hikaru immediately left the school, he didn't go home immediately but went to his work first, it was located not far from school, at a coffee shop called Cafe Endou.

"Boss, I'm here"

Hikaru reported the moment he arrived at the doors, then at the counter, a very cute girl with back-length golden hair that has bangs swept to the left with two grey hairpins on the left side, brown eyes that has small pupils and a particularly flat chest was sitting there.

Her name is Endo Saya, the daughter of the owner of the cafe, She then suddenly turned her head and looked at him.

"Did you just insult me?"

"No, your just imagining things"

Saya hummed then nodded, Hikaru sighed when she saw this. Girls are very scary with their intuitions.

Hikaru then went to the backroom and changed his clothes to a proper work uniform which is like a bartender's clothes.

The cafe has not many customers, the only reason Hikaru could work here is because the owner was a friend of his father, the owner pitied him and let him work here, doing nothing. Hikaru decided to just clean for a little.

*Bell sounds~(I don't know how the bell sound effects goes)

"Welcome"

Hikaru, who was cleaning, immediately greeted the customer.

A girl with blonde wavy hair that reached down her waist and beautiful pale indigo eyes, she was carrying what seemed to be a violin.

"Can I get some espresso and a chocolate cake"

She immediately ordered, then turned to Kaya and walked towards her.

"Hello Kaya!"

"Huh? Kaori! What a surprise for you to come here"

"I just want to relax then I was passing by and decided to rest here"

"You are more than welcome"

The two girls started talking with each other while Hikaru started brewing her orders, even though, he had only been working here for the few days, Hikaru was able to learn things in a fast pace, it didn't take long for him to give her order.

And so while waiting, Hikaru decided to sit and wait, he looked around and saw Kaya's laptop on the corner.

"Kaya, let me borrow your laptop for a bit"

"Huh? What are you going to need it for?"

"I'm going to make a project, it won't take long"

"Okay, just return it after you finished using it"

"Okay, thank you"

Hikaru then continued writing the light novel, with his pace, it didn't take long for him to write a full 100,000 words, though it was still far from finish the novel, this was enough for the first volume, the next thing Hikaru had to do is look for a publisher.

It was already late at night when Hikaru arrived at his home, his two brothers are already sleeping and his dinner was on the table, he just needed to heat it up on the microwave.

Hikaru didn't go to bed immediately but checked up on his two cute brothers, they were sleeping peacefully. He sat beside them and gave them each a kiss on the forehead, he stayed with them for a time before leaving. He ate his dinner and went to his room to sleep.