Collapse, the Ordinary Daily Life of the Valkyries

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I don’t know what Kamiki-san thinks of me, but I do have a good impression of her.

To be honest, I like her very much, to the point where I care about her too much and it makes my mind go weird.

Despite this, I didn't know much about her. All I knew was that she was on the library committee, liked mystery novels, had a cat at home, and had the same model phone as me—trivial things like that.

Wu I (seven) Pai Si Liu ⑺ Liu 1 group chat "Is this enough?"

The clerk facing Kamiki-san began to seek confirmation, and it seemed that the order had been made.

I made up my mind and walked to her side. Then,

"Please add another fried chicken pita sandwich combo and a lightly iced cola for your drink."

I tried my best to gesture and speak quickly.

Seeing the clerk's hesitant look, I added, "Please put them together when you check out."

Kamiki-san had a dumbfounded look on his face, but when his eyes met mine, he looked up at the sky embarrassedly.

After paying and receiving the trays of food and drinks for two, we walked up the stairs. Kamiki-san looked uneasy until we reached our seats on the third floor.

There were relatively few seats on the third floor, so we found a window seat and sat down facing each other.

"Kiichi-kun... a chance meeting?"

Kamiki asked cautiously, she addressed me by my name.

"Why didn't you come?"

Instead of answering her question, I asked her back.

Then Kamiki-san turned his head away with a confused expression.

We fell into silence for a while. Compared to the hustle and bustle in the store, only our place was quiet.

I lifted my mouth from the straw and gazed at Kamiki-san's profile, which was looking out the window. Before she noticed, I shifted my gaze and looked in the direction she was looking.

We were looking out at an intersection, cars parked, people walking back and forth on the crosswalk. For a moment I forgot it was July 1st.

why?

Why are we here when we should be at school at this time?

Is it to bring some changes to this boring daily routine that continues to repeat itself?

The boring daily routine that repeats itself over and over again - this is not a metaphor.

If I hadn't experienced it myself, I wouldn't have believed it, but in fact, the world really does repeat itself over and over again on the same day.

July 1st keeps repeating.

I'm afraid this incredible experience is not a dream but a reality, but there are many ambiguities in it. Because I don't know the full picture of this endlessly repeated July 1st, what I have pointed out is just the tip of the iceberg of the whole incident, just what I have seen.

Anyway, something strange happened in the world—if it was me who experienced the change, then I would start from the first day I experienced it.

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Waking up to the sound of my alarm clock, I used my fuzzy brain to confirm that today was July 2nd. July 2nd was Saturday, and today was supposed to be a day off for school. However, the lower right corner of the alarm clock clearly indicated that today was July 1st.

Is the battery dead? But it doesn't make sense that it would still be ringing.

I got up from the bed with a wonderful feeling and reached for the mobile phone on the table.

July 1st at 6:31 AM

"...Ah?"

I gradually felt the difference between memory and reality.

When I arrived at the first floor, the scene in the restaurant was the same as usual: my father was reading the news with a newspaper, and the brother and sister opposite were eating breakfast listlessly.

"Guiyi, do you want to have breakfast? We're out of eggs. We've used them all up."

My mother, who was busy in the kitchen, turned to me and said.

"I eat"

Although my mother asked the same questions every day, what surprised me was that the timing and content of her questions were exactly the same as yesterday.

I glanced at my father's newspaper. It was dated July 1. The news anchor on TV was reporting the same news as yesterday.

Troubled as I was, I went out as usual. On my way to school, I brushed past an ambulance.

It was the same scene as yesterday.

I entered the classroom and sat down at about the same time as the day before (July 1st, which had already passed as far as I knew). My friend Teranishi approached me and said, "Hey, did you watch the TV show yesterday?"

Everything that happened until now was like something I've experienced before (I hope).

I tried to give a different answer than yesterday, and Teranishi also reacted differently. The homeroom teacher showed up at the morning meeting five minutes late, just like the day before. The contact details were exactly the same as yesterday.

Even after the class started, I was still confused.

I opened my notebook, and yesterday's class notes had vanished. No, they weren't vanished. No matter how I looked at it, the notebook looked brand new, as if nothing had been written on it in the first place.

I could answer the teacher's questions easily, and I could even predict the content of the questions.

During lunch break, while I was eating on the balcony with Teranishi and the others, I didn't join in their conversation. Instead, I studied this strange phenomenon on my own, but I couldn't figure anything out. However, observing the people around me, I realized that I seemed to be the only one who noticed this sense of disharmony.

The next morning, my silent alarm went off.

At this moment, I was convinced of the fact that the world keeps repeating itself in the same day.

Besides, I am the only one who knows about this.

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The morning atmosphere of the school was bustling with activity. People were furiously copying homework, chatting about last night's TV, and discussing weekend plans. I glanced sideways at the morning classroom scene as I crossed the room toward my window seat.

In the past, on my way to school, I'd always be consumed by thoughts of what the class was about and how boring it was, leaving me feeling drowsy. But once I entered the classroom, I'd strangely calm down. Perhaps it was because we were all the same, but the unchanging routine of my classmates gave me a sense of security.

July 1st. No, it was the third July 1st. I came to school that day. Of course, the same feeling I had before was long gone.

"Hey, did you watch the TV show yesterday?"

Si Xi raised a hand to greet me and walked closer.

“I didn’t see it.”

Today's answer is also different from the day before.

"No way, don't you like watching it?"

“Although I didn’t watch it yesterday, I know the content.”

"Could it be that he recorded it on a video recorder yesterday and watched it this morning? Well, that doesn't mean he didn't miss it, right?"

If the actions I take are different from the day before, the other party will react differently. This was actually confirmed yesterday.

During lunch break, I decided to tell Teranishi about the strange state of the world. Teranishi was on the main balcony, fanning himself with his uniform, holding a plastic bottle of tea in his mouth. I sat down beside him as usual.

"It's getting hot."

"Yeah." Teranishi bit the snack bread listlessly.

"I'm telling you, Terasi."

"What—?"

Teranishi turned to me with a dejected expression.

...that really makes me lose my temper.

"Can I talk to you about something serious?"

After I gave my opening remarks,

"It's not impossible, because your business seems to be very serious."

Teranishi, who was joking like this, probably noticed that my expression was different from usual, so he sat cross-legged and asked, "Why do you look so pretentious?"

"That novel that Teranishi lent me a while ago..."

"Have you read it? I really like the title piece at the beginning. What about you?"

"Ah—, well. I like the last one..."

It's totally off topic.

Damn it, how should I explain it?

"Did you lose your book?" Seeing me hesitating, Terasi wolfed down the bread with a surprised expression.

"No," I replied flatly. "Uh—can you tell me something outrageous?"

"Is that even business?"

Teranishi, who was muttering softly with something in his mouth, had returned to his listless look at some point.

"Teranishi, I'm serious. Listen carefully, what I'm going to say is absolutely true. It's not a gimmick, it's not bullshit, it's not an American joke, and it's not black humor. If I lie, I'll swallow a thousand needles or run around town naked. I'll do it, okay? Do you understand?"

After I finished speaking, almost in one breath, Teranishi said, "Okay, come on," but his face had a subtle expression that contradicted his words.

"I know Teranishi will be called on by Sawada in fifth period English class and won't be able to answer the questions. Last week's quiz was handed out before the end of get out of class, and next week's quiz was canceled because Sawada has to go on a business trip."

"…What is this, a prophecy?"

"It's not a prophecy. I know all this."

“…Hah…I see.”

Teranishi, with a puzzled look on his face, started to worry about my brain in a tactful way, saying, "You have a big exam next year, so don't try too hard and ruin your health."

After that, Teranishi stopped listening to me.

But after the fifth period, Teranishi appeared in front of me with a confused look on his face and asked, "What's going on?"

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Just as I was about to go home, the Vice President of the Science Department, Saeki, appeared like he did yesterday and the day before yesterday and told me to come to the department office if I had anything to say, but I ignored this advice and left the school with Teranishi.

Now is not the time to join a club.

"If that's the case, then everyone except you is standing still."

Miscellaneous: Want

Furukawa Nagisa just entered the third grade this spring

A sickly girl who is always a little nervous and shy.

Nagisa, who couldn't make friends as she wished and often felt depressed,

With the encouragement of my beloved family, I always strive to move forward.

The first chapter of anotherstory is about a subtle, fateful event that happened to our Nagisa.

A year later, she met her junior Okazaki Tomoya and fell in love with him.

This time I will talk about a little episode from before

The content is not mentioned in the main game

Nagisa and Tomoya's respective pasts