After My Girlfriend Dumped Me, I Got Reincarnated As A High School Student. That Part’s Fine—But Why Are All My Ex-Girlfriends Here Too? - Chapter 3 – An Angel Apprentice Appears!

“Well then, let’s start properly, shall we? First of all—nice to meet you, Yuta Misumi.”

For now, I decided to ignore the fact that this blue tanuki—or rather, cat-shaped robot-looking thing—had just made an entrance straight out of a cartoon.

“My name is Rio. I’m an angel in training.”

She puffed out her flat chest with pride, introducing herself like she was delivering some grand announcement.

“‘In training’? And what do you mean by flat chest!? That’s rude, you know!?”

Her pale pink hair was tied to the left side in a side ponytail. She wore a gothic-style dress, with decorative stitch-like patterns running from her chest down to her stomach.

“So… a chuunibyou, then?”

“What!? Why would you even think that? Look! Wings! I have wings, see!?”

“Haha, nice costume.”

“They’re not handmade, you know! And what’s with that weird comedian tone!?”

“Besides, an ordinary human couldn’t just appear out of a desk drawer like that, could they?”

…Well, fair point.

“That’s probably just some kind of magic trick or something—”

“Enough! You’re starting to make me mad!”

I got scolded. And judging by her serious tone, maybe I should at least pretend to believe her for now.

“Anyway,” she continued, “let’s get to the main topic. How much do you remember about your life before this?”

“‘Before this’? You mean… I really died, didn’t I!?”

“Of course you did. You jumped right in front of a truck—boom! Splat!”

Yeah, I mean, she’s not wrong… but could she not sound so cheerful about it?

“So then… this world is some kind of reincarnation world?”

Rio’s face brightened immediately.

“Exactly! You get it! I thought you were one of those stiff-headed, romance-hating, self-proclaimed otaku types who’d call me a ‘fake angel’ or a ‘flat-chested chuunibyou.’ Glad to see you’re not!”

…Yup. She’s definitely holding a grudge.

Even though she was smiling, I could feel the pressure in her voice when she said “fake angel.”
And judging by how she emphasized flat-chested, maybe I should drop that subject entirely.

“Well, I have read a few reincarnation manga and light novels before,” I said.

“Oh? And yet you still didn’t believe me?”

She really doesn’t let things go, does she?

“Anyway, I’ll let it slide,” she said with an exaggerated sigh. “Even as a trainee angel, I’m generous enough to forgive you.”

“So easy to—”
“Did you say something!?”
“Nothing! Absolutely nothing!”

She cleared her throat. “Now then. Yuta, you died after being hit by a truck. But do you remember why you jumped in front of it?”

“…No. I didn’t mean to die, though. Actually, I remember hearing a voice in my head before it happened.”

“That’s right. You were pushed—from behind.”

“Pushed…?”

“Yes. You seemed distracted, so you didn’t notice it at the time.”

“Well, yeah…”

“Tell me, Yuta—did you do something that might’ve made someone hate you?”

“N-no way!”

“Can you swear that, before me, a trainee angel?”

“That doesn’t really—”
“Did you say something!?”
“Nothing!!”

“…But honestly, who knows? You can hurt people without even realizing it.”

“True,” she said, nodding slightly. “Anyway, the person who pushed you… I believe they’re here, in this world too.”

“Wait—what!? You mean they might try to kill me again!?”

“Well, that’s the thing. Something about this case is… odd.”

“Odd how?”

“Right after they pushed you, that person also killed themselves.”

“So… a murder-suicide?”

“Exactly. And apparently, someone I know might’ve been involved in making it happen.”

“Wait—what do you mean?”

“I think both you and that person were reincarnated here as part of a plan—one that my acquaintance may have set up.”

“…You’ve gotta be kidding me.”

“As another angel-in-training, I can’t just ignore this if my own kind was involved. That’s why I came here—to watch over you.”

“I see… but what am I supposed to do now?”

“Well, since your real body’s gone, you’ll just have to live your new life here, won’t you? Enjoy it! Go back to school, make some friends—maybe even get yourself a girlfriend. Sounds like a happy ending to me.”

“A happy ending…?”

“What, that caught your attention?”

“I swore I’d never fall in love again. Reincarnated or not, that’s not changing.”

“Oh, come on~ You say that, but you still like girls, don’t you?”

She poked my cheek playfully.

“Just look at you—you were staring at that girl’s chest earlier!”

“I wasn’t! And besides, there was nothing to—”
“Did you say something!?”
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry!!”

“Anyway,” she said with a mischievous grin, “you won’t really have a choice.”

“…Huh?”

“Because if you don’t get a girlfriend before graduation—”
Her eyes sparkled with mock-seriousness.

“—you’ll disappear from this world completely. No rebirth, no second chances.”

“…What!?”