Chapter 2: Kindergarten Hero

Years flew by, right now, I’m already 5 years old.

I am currently in my room that has changed over the past 5 years.

The crib from before is now replaced with a bed, though the design was still for kids…also the toys inside didn’t only decrease…they even increased a lot!

Why? Because on my birthdays, all these important looking people came in my party and gifted all sorts of things to me…some of the toys are even high-tech…

For example, this thing I’m currently holding.

It’s called [Imagine Holo], a cube shaped object that, when touched, accesses one’s brain activity and shows what I’m currently imagining in hologram…damn amazing...

Holding it on my hand, I imagined various stuffs and played with it.

When I first held this toy in my first birthday party, everyone was so surprised that their jaws almost hit the floor and their eyes seemed to pop out any second.

That time, I was looking at the dense mana around the party hall and thought that this place might be above a ley line and simply took the toy absentmindedly.

We went to a different building for my party you see, so I was naturally curious.

What happened was, the whole room was suddenly filled with the hologram from my imagination.

That is, magic.

They saw beautiful flows of mana all around them, all the flows of magical specs of light, floating and drifting across the room.

This is how I currently see the world. Because I know magic exists, and I can gather mana. As long as I control the mana inside me to converge in my eyes, I will be able to see this kind of scene.

The crowd burst in surprises and exclamation. Thinking how amazing my imagination is and such.

At first, I was nervous but upon seeing their reaction, I sighed and simply let it be.

“Fufu, as expected of Ms. Maria’s son. His imagination is very amazing indeed!”

“Hnhn, this is only expected from our boss’ son. Amazing! Simply amazing!”

Eh? What? Who’s Maria?

It was then that I finally knew my mother’s name. Maria Connor.

Still…it seems that my mother’s reputation is indeed amazing huh? They called her boss so she’s probably not an actress then.

Boss of what though? Well, I never bothered to ask since it didn’t really matter at the time.

Going back to the present, I played with the [Imagine Holo] toy as I waited for my parents to come pick me up.

It seems today, I will be placed in a kindergarten or something…can’t say I’m that excited though…after all, my mind is not that of a kid’s so that place will simply be torture!

“Max~ It’s time, let’s go meet your new friends okay?” (Mother)

“Yes mom~” (Max)

Yep, I can speak already.

It happened when I was 4 months old, that time, I was still thinking of keeping it a secret and wait more. However, one day, I was caught by my father while I was practicing how to speak.

Since it’s been a while since I can speak, it was naturally hard and felt weird at first. I didn’t expect that, my father will suddenly come inside my room…

Surprised, he suddenly ran away, shouted for mother, and came back with my mother.

Well, since I’m busted anyway, I spoke simple words which got me a lot of cuddling and cheek pinching…

They also recorded that by the way. This time, I didn’t throw a toy on the floating shiny ball camera. I did a good job.

Then, 2 months later, I was caught red handed by my mother when I was practicing how to walk on two legs…déjà vu right?

Another commotion was made that is similar to the previous occasions.

Since then, I stopped holding myself back, they’ll just think I’m a genius anyway…this baka-couple…

Still, I kept my magic a secret. The previous occasions can still be explained as me being a genius, but if they knew I can do magic, they might think I’m a freak, or a monster.

After learning how to walk, I went to our own library to learn more about the world of this time. Yes, our own library...we actually have our own library...I mean, what for!? There should be internet right!?

Well anyway, the library was located at the far end of the left hallway in the second floor. The room after that is the office room, then my parent’s bedroom. Those are the rooms on the left hallway. To the right, there’s my room, a theater room...yup, there was actually a theater room...after that is a room that’s always locked so I don’t know what it is.

Going back, my parents thought I was cute when I suddenly picked up an atlas but I just ignored them.

I already know how to read since the start but my parents still don’t know that. As for writing, I can also do it but with these little hands, it’s hard to write neatly.

When I saw the map of the world, I was finally sure that I really did go back to my previous world.

The overall countries and continents are the same, but after more than 100 years, some continents deformed, split, moved, or sunk.

For example, the Philippines has moved from its previous location of being on the equator and moved upwards, close to Japan.

A part of Asia has moved further and was recognized as a different continent, now known as West Asia while the remaining part of Asia is now East Asia.

By the way, it seems we live somewhere in Manhattan, USA. How did I know? It’s not like I saw it in the Atlas, there was this package thing sitting on the desk in the library and the destination address was written on it.

I don’t know what’s inside though.

Back to the present, as a 5 year old kid, my parents went and decided for me to enter kindergarten…

Though they were all hesitant before, saying things like ‘Is Max old enough? Maybe next year...’ and such. I really hoped they kept hesitating for 100 years…

Kindergarten...great…

Well, let’s not give up all hope yet. Who knows, maybe it would be fun after all?

This is also a good opportunity to set up a lot of childhood-friend flags!

In my past life, I’ve never really fallen in love with anyone, even though I had plenty of kids, apparently, to those demoness, they simply wanted my genes and see if they can breed stronger demons and since I didn’t really have any problems with it, I went with the flow.

Now! Let’s take a look at this kindergarten!

* * *

“Now everyone, today is your first day in school! My name is Jennifer Brown! From now on, you can call me Ms. Brown or teacher Brown okay?” (Ms. Brown)

I attended a kindergarten school called [Sunny Bright School]. When I saw the name on the front, I really want to retort how redundant and nonsensical the name is but I forced myself to hold it in. I may be a kid, but I still want to act mature...

Now, Ms. Brown here is a young teacher around her mid 20s and also beautiful in her own way.

She has blonde yellow hair that rests on her shoulder with a blue ponytail, black eyes that looked very cheerful, a simple white and blue dress that gave her a very pure appearance, and a rosy white skin.

She also has a green handbag on top of the desk and a grey jacket that she already removed and hung on the chair.

...There’s not a single brown colored at all!

Feeling the urge to retort, I raised my hand.

“Yes? Any questions Max?” (Ms. Brown)

How did she know my name? Well that’s because of this overly childish name tag on my chest…

“What is your favorite color?” (Max)

“Red!” (Ms. Brown)

“Not only is it not brown, it’s actually a color that I can’t see from your things!” (Max)

Ah, I actually said it out loud…

“That’s why I like that color!” (Ms. Brown)

“That’s not how it works!” (Max)

No good...what’s with this teacher?...Do I really have to attend this class?

“Ms. Br-...Ms. Jenny, ca-” (Max)

“Call me Ms. Brown.” (Jenny)

“...Ms. Jenny, I-” (Max)

“MS. BROWN!” (Jenny)

“...Jenny, can I go home?” (Max)

“You’re not even adding Ms. anymore...And no! You can’t go home yet!” (Jenny)

Why is this teacher so fixated with how I call her? Whatever, calling her Ms. Brown only makes me irritated whenever I see her appearance for some reason so I compromised with Jenny.

“Jenny~ can I go to the bathroom?”

“Why is it that you’re also calling me Jenny!?” (Jenny)

“Ehh, but teacher, Jenny is easier to say~”

“You guys too!?” (Jenny)

“Ohh, see? Even these kids understand me! It’s decided then, from now on, we will call you Jenny!” (Max)

“You’re also a kid!” (Jenny)

Geez, what a rude teacher, calling this great me a kid...oh yeah, I actually am…

Hmm, teasing an older person is pretty satisfying for some reason. Is this what you call gap moe or something?

This farce continued for some time before Jenny finally sighed and accepted the situation with reluctance.

Next, she had us stand up one by one in front to introduce ourselves. In no time at all, it was already my turn.

“Emm, my name is Max Connor. I was born 147 years ago, year 1999, and was suddenly summoned to another world when I was 17 years old to be a hero, I fought the demon king, and died of old age in the other world. Now, I’m reincarnated somehow back to my previous world. My dream is world domination!” (Max)

Somehow, I found it amusing to introduce myself in such a way so I did...I really have a feeling I’ll regret this decision one day but it’s worth it if I get to see Jenny’s weird expression.

“...Isn’t this too early for a case of chuunibyou!?” (Jenny)

“Hehe! Me too! Me too! I’m next!” (???)

Suddenly, the loli girl next to me jumped up and down in excitement while raising her hand.

As she jumped up and down, her brown ponytail swayed like that of a dog’s tail when excited...actually, when I look at her, I am reminded of a dog I once had before I was summoned…

“My name is Zoe Mason! When I grow up, I want to be a dog!” (Zoe)

“Ha...haha...I- I see...” (Jenny)

Nice dream!

“Zoe, once you become a dog, can you be my pet?” (Max)

“Sure!” (Zoe)

……...She seriously answered…

Ignoring Jenny’s gaze, I looked to the next person.

Let’s see...next one is a boy with platinum blonde hair and green eyes...damn, this one will definitely be a handsome bastard in the future!

Right now, it’s better that I make him my lackey while he’s still young, so that in the future, he won’t act so arrogant in front of me and steal my girls!

Fumu, like I thought, it’s better that I practice brainwash magic first…

“My name is George Linton. I...I also want to be a cool hero like Max!” (George)

““...”” (Max & Jenny)

He actually believed that!? No, wait, this is a good chance! I may not need brainwashing magic after all!

“Alright, if you follow me, I’ll show you how to be an awsome hero! But first, you must have a maximum of three-letter name so you shall be known as Geo!” (Max)

“Geo...so cool!” (Geo)

Eh? Seriously? Well whatever, as long as he’s fine with it.

Now then, the next one is another girl. She had a blonde hair with drills on both sides like a twintail. In short, twin-drills! High forehead! Blonde hair! Flat...well, she’s still a kid so of course she’s flat. Her eyes were also yellow in color but who cares about that?

I mean, it’s already pretty obvious that she’s tsundere right?

“Hmph! My name is Michaela Dane! I really don’t want to introduce myself but since teacher Jenny said so, I will do it too! Understand? It’s not like I want to be friends with any of you! Don’t get it wrong!” (Michaela)

Uwaah, this is my first time actually meeting such a direct tsundere character like this one...I wonder who she got that behavior from?

Shifting my attention to Jenny, I saw her drop her shoulder in an exasperated manner. Seems like she’s already too tired to retort to every single one and simply accepted everything as normal huh?

Looking back to Michaela, I found out that she’s sneaking glances at me. Could it be that she want to hear my reaction?

Well, let’s humor her.

“Heeh, too bad. I wanted to be friends with Michaela~” (Max)

“H-hmph! Since you’ve asked, I will consider it if I’m satisfied with you. Get it! We’re not friends yet! I’m just testing you for now so I’m going to play along!” (Michaela)

“...Then since your name is too bothersome to pronounce, I’ll just call you Mica.” (Max)

“Hmph! It’s very rude to casually give names to people! You can do it with Geo or Jenny but not me! But since you’re really stubborn, I’ll let you call me Mica!” (Mica)

...I think I already regret bothering with this person...I don’t understand how people find these types cute at all...they’re just bothersome…

“...Last one, please introduce yourself.” (Jenny)

The last one is another girl. She has a black hair with her bangs covering most of her eyes and was hugging a violet colored teddy bear about three-fourths her size.

She walked slowly to the front and fidgeted as she introduced herself.

“M-my name is...L-Livia...S-Short………...” (Livia)

I really wanted to laugh on her Short introduction, hehe, see what I did there? But I know better than to put a shy person on the spotlight.

When dealing with a shy person, it’s a really delicate process. In any case, since I already started to befriend some troublesome kids, might as well go with all of it.

Let’s start with a common topic.

“Heeh, so you also have the same teddy bear. I think that was called [Mr. Violetbear]? I also have one but mine’s [Mr. Bluebear].” (Max)

I think it was a collectible. There were a total of 7 of such toys with different colors that forms a rainbow. Apparently, they even have a cartoon for it but I’ve never watched it.

“Eh? Y-you have [Mr. Bluebear]!?” (Livia)

“Hm? Something wrong?” (Max)

“Among all of the [Rainbow Bears], [Mr. Bluebear] is the rarest to get! It’s amazing that you have one!” (Livia)

Eh? Seriously?

“[Mr. Bluebear] is the only one missing in my collection...every time I go with my papa to the toy store, they always have no [Mr. Bluebear]...” (Livia)

Ahh...it’s that huh? To keep the kids interested longer, they do gimmicks like this. If one added a rare toy, one would be more excited and proud when they collect all. For kids, these things can be considered as bragging rights!

“...Then, since I’m done playing with it, you can have him?” (Max)

“Really!?” (Livia)

“Y-yes.” (Max)

Too close, too close! I know we’re still kids but kissing already at this age is no go!

Taken aback by her sudden excitement, I unexpectedly stuttered as I responded.

Immediately, Livia calmed down somewhat after hearing my confirmation but this only led her to realize her actions.

Blushing deeply in red, Livia’s hands shook as she kept making ‘wawawawa’ noise as she has no idea how to respond.

“*Cough* alright, get to your seats! Since introduction is over, we’ll have a short break, then continue later!” (Jenny)

“““Yeeess~”””

Like that, my kindergarten life began…

* * *

Jennifer Brown is a new teacher in the [Sunny Bright School] for kindergarten. When she started this job, she expected it to be a dream job where she gets to teach a bunch of cute little kids.

However, reality isn’t always as we expect it to be.

Right off the bat, there was already a problem child!

This child was actually so rude as to call his teacher by her nickname!

Still, she held it in, thinking that it’s not possible that everyone is a problem child like he is, however, she found out how wrong she was during the introduction.

Though the first few students aren’t bad and can be considered normal, after that devilish child introduced himself, the rest that followed were simply a bunch of problem kids!

The devilish child actually introduced himself in a very chuuni-ish way! Speaking of past lives, being a hero, and even reincarnating! What sane person will think like this!? More importantly, how the hell did this kid grow up with this kind of personality!?

Jennifer really want to go find his parents right now and scold them but soon, this idea disappeared in her mind.

The next kid was a troublesome girl with seriously messed up logic...to think she wanted to be a dog when she grows up...that can still be considered as adorable but after the devilish child’s remark of wanting her to be his pet, the dog girl actually said yes!

This simply cannot happen!

If she grows up with this kind of mindset, forget the devilish child, she will be a prey for a pack of wolves called perverts!

After that, Jennifer thought that the platinum haired boy was normal...but he’s not! More importantly, the devilish child actually brainwashed him to be his lackey!

Then there was the even more troublesome girl! So young and her degree of tsundereness is already so much! And before she knew it, this girl has already been manipulated by that devilish child to be his friend!

Jennifer can only sigh in her heart and regret choosing this job.

She felt that her future in this class will only be riddled with troubles, and at the very center of this is the devilish brat!

Weakly, she urged the last girl to introduce herself.

Upon hearing her introduction, she already braced herself as she felt that the devilish child will definitely make his move on this girl!

She also vowed to severely berate him if he makes this one cry! Because unlike the rest, this one seemed very shy and doesn’t like to be at the center of attention!

However, to her surprise, the devilish child actually used a normal and friendly tone!

By the time she got a hold of herself due to shock, the shy girl had already somehow become friends with the devilish brat!

Not only that, but it seems the devilish brat even helped her open up from her shy personality!

“...Maybe he’s not so bad after all?” (Jenny)

Looking calmly at the scene before her, surprisingly, all the problem kids have already gathered around the devilish brat with him as a leader figure.

At this time, Jennifer had one thought.

Maybe...maybe...he did it on purpose? Now, all the problem kids listen to him, meaning, Jennifer’s burden as their teacher has significantly lessened! As long as she keep in check of the devilish brat, the others would also follow his lead?

The dog girl seems to be free-willed but still listened to him.

The follower boy wholeheartedly listens to him.

The tsundere girl also seem to be manipulated by him.

As for the shy girl, as the only person who has connected to her, she most likely will also listen to him. Not only that, she may also become friends with his friends and soon, her shyness may even be cured!

Like this, hasn’t this devilish brat actually helped her?

Little did Jennifer knew...Max only befriended them by accident...He had asked Zoe to be his pet on a whim, not expecting her to answer much less accept. He was irritated by how good-looking Geo would be in the future and enslaved him. He only thought to humor the tsundere Mica but somehow it led to becoming friends. He only intended to make a first step into maybe befriending the shy Livia, who knew, the toy he had was actually a rare one and as a result, he became friends with her immediately as well…

“...How am I supposed to deal with this many problem children all at the same time…?” (Max)

With no one hearing or noticing him, Max sighed with deep regret.

Author's Mumblings

This week is going to be hectic for me as it's my final's week aka Hell Week...for preparation and because of last week being a Holy Week, I was unable to write a WGO chap so I'm sorry for those waiting for it.

Also, this chapter of BA has already been finished weeks ago so I was able to post it, all I needed was time to post it. As of BoG, I will also post chap 2 later.

So! New characters! And the start of Max's schemes! Haha, well, these childhood friends of him will most likely stick to the very end. As for who his parents really are, it will slowly be revealed in the future. :)

Let's meet again in the next chapter!