Hmm… So boring.
The afternoon sun makes one drowsy.
Orange Quiet Forest let out a long sigh, idly clicking the remote control.
“Guess I’ll watch some more toilet paper anime.”
Honestly, this season’s shows are terrible, nothing sparks interest.
The higher-rated ones have already been binge-watched following the trend, leaving only those isekai mass-produced goods with titles so long they practically cram the entire synopsis in.
Hmm… It’s not like they’re unwatchable…
This kind of stuff that just slides over the cerebral cortex, requiring zero thought, is actually okay for killing time with a single watch.
Orange Quiet Forest, like a melted cat, slowly rolled over on the leather sofa, her whole body sinking into the soft cushions.
With utterly no manners, she directly reached her hand under her pleated skirt and scratched the ticklish spot on her inner thigh.
“Mmm…”
She didn’t mind at all, since she was at home, meow.
“Orange—Quiet—Forest—!!”
The voice was clear and full of pressure.
Without even turning around, she knew it was the ruler of this house, the mother who gave life to this beautiful girl’s body—Ms.
Orange Peach.
Orange Quiet Forest couldn’t even be bothered to turn her head, just catching a glimpse from the corner of her eye as her mother rolled up her sleeves, her gaze sweeping left and right across the living room like radar, clearly searching for a suitable weapon.
“I’m not asking you to go to school forever, I’m not a demon. But what’s the meaning of staying holed up at home every day instead of going to college?? It’s only just started the semester, right? I checked again, and you’re not being bullied, so what’s wrong with you? If this goes on, do I have to support you for life, then watch you watch anime for life, play games for life, and end up as nothing but a rice worm who only knows how to lie down?”
Orange Peach strode to the door, grabbed the big broom, and glared at her daughter lounging lazily on the sofa, grinding her teeth.
If it were just lying there, she could barely tolerate it—it wasn’t like it was the first day anyway.
But watching her skirt about to ride up into a state of exposure, and that ill-mannered action of reaching directly up from under it, the nameless fire in Orange Peach’s heart erupted and surged up.
She clearly has such a pure, pretty face, a wardrobe full of exquisite little dresses, drawers stuffed with all kinds of silk stockings.
Only a few pairs of outdoor sports pants and sports suits are kept on hand just in case.
Yet she’s so slovenly at home!
I just don’t get it!
“As your biological mother, I have to give you a beating, really.”
Orange Quiet Forest still lay lazily on the sofa, the only difference being she propped up her cheek with her palm—a cheek slightly deformed by gravity but still ridiculously cute.
She blinked those eyes that seemed to hold stars.
Living a second life, even turning into a cute, pure, black-haired, straight-haired beauty, starting from zero and living until now… it just feels like that’s all there is to it.
In the previous life, as an ordinary man, she just lived step-by-step.
Like a wind-up toy, forever running tirelessly on a predetermined track.
Echoing in her ears forever were those curse-like voices—
“Elementary school is key for laying the foundation, can’t lose at the starting line…”
“Middle school is the battlefield of streaming, if you don’t get into a key high school your life is over…”
“First year of high school is a hurdle, second year is a slope, third year is the cliff that decides your fate…”
Pure-hearted and desireless, viewing entertainment as a flood beast, viewing the opposite sex as interference signals.
Anxiety was like air, permeating everywhere.
Living like a robot, pure-hearted and desireless, only for studying, nothing else allowed.
She was like a robot, having to execute commands according to the programmed settings.
Contact with the opposite sex was strictly forbidden until the second before the college entrance exam ended.
The moment she walked out of the exam hall, the people around her practically wished she’d get a partner immediately, get married immediately.
Felt like even in college nothing changed; after a year of leisurely life, the people around started grinding and grinding, and she started getting anxious about the future again.
Her previous self wasn’t very smart to begin with, and just ended up dying suddenly while preparing for the graduate entrance exam, waking up reincarnated as a beautiful girl.
Time seemed to have rewound too…
That’s not quite right either, it should be said that at this point, she realized the technological development around her was about the same as in her previous life at this age.
But it’s not the same world as the previous life, the culture also has a feeling of being stirred together from various places, the map doesn’t match at all either, this should be a parallel world.
Meh… Whatever, doesn’t affect her life, the living environment isn’t much different from the previous life either.
Still studied for over a decade, felt like the academic atmosphere was just a bit more relaxed.
Seems like there wasn’t much difference in the end, at most she just appeared a bit more mature and smarter among her peers.
Still living step-by-step.
Elementary school, middle school, high school, university.
Because of the memories from the previous life, combined with this beautiful girl’s excellent brain.
Orange Quiet Forest’s academic life went relatively smoothly?
Even though it was the same study methods and routines as the previous life.
But this lifetime, she smoothly got accepted into a top-tier famous school.
When that admission notice edged in gold arrived in her hands, Orange Quiet Forest felt no joy.
She only felt a hollow emptiness.
When she got into the famous school and entered the academy, she didn’t know what to do either.
It’s like a level you painstakingly strategized for, checked guides for, grinded gear for, died hundreds of times to clear.
Then in the second playthrough, you find out you can just input one line of code to clear it instantly, the actual difficulty… really feels about the same.
Getting the beautiful girl buff, being able to start over, isn’t that a happy ending for everyone? What follows should be an easy, happy life.
But…
Things that in the previous life she almost burned her life out to obtain, this life she got effortlessly.
So empty…
Turns out the efforts of the previous life were the most insignificant things.
Seeing the result, the one whose heart ached the most was her previous self.
Haha…
Thinking about it this way…
Why did her previous self work so hard anyway.
So next, just step-by-step enjoy college life?
Then get a master’s degree?
Graduate, find a job, get married, have kids?
Like a robot?
Orange Quiet Forest drew out the thought in her heart.
Then that’s even emptier~~~
So not long after starting school, Orange Quiet Forest went through the leave of absence procedure and became a shut-in.
Couldn’t find the motivation or hope to live, even if things went smoothly… didn’t want to keep walking down that road with a visible end anymore.
Might as well just lie down here.
As long as I lie flat enough, nothing can trip me up.
However, reality is often harder than philosophy.
“I’m going to beat you to death today! Orange—Quiet—Forest!!”
With a roar, the broom bearing maternal love was raised high once more, slicing through the air with an intimidating whoosh.
My dear father—Orange Green Willow—was pleading for mercy on my behalf.
“Honey… how about we let it go? It’s not like our family can’t afford to support her.”