The Opportunity That Has Arrived!!!!!
“This is…”
After possessing Park Jinwoo’s body, today was finally his first day of school. The moment he opened his eyes that morning, the quest window had updated.
Main Quest: The Path to Becoming a Magical Girl
Today is D-Day for you to become a magical girl. Therefore, overcome the crisis you will face today.
“Now you’re speaking casually like we’re buddies?”
It wasn’t a textbook, for crying out loud. Still, none of that mattered. He had thought becoming a magical girl was impossible, yet a genuine opportunity had finally arrived. Exactly how a man like him was supposed to become a magical girl was completely beyond his understanding, but if the quest was guiding him toward it, then it had to be possible. Assuming, of course, that he didn’t fail.
“Well then, I’m off.”
“Take care.”
With his mother’s farewell, Jinwoo headed out for his first day of school. To be honest, remembering his previous life made going to school after so long feel somewhat nerve-wracking.
I’d forgotten about it for the past month, but Park Jinwoo was a middle schooler…
Even when he looked at himself in the mirror, he looked nothing like a middle school student.
After that, school life was utterly ordinary.
“U… uwaaaah! Who the hell is that?! He’s insane!”
“No way, is that really Park Jin…woo? That’s impossible! Is that a human weapon or a person?!”
“How could that be?! Look at that body! Even Ronnie Coleman would have to step aside!”
The kids’ reactions were, as expected, passionately heated. On top of that, the previous Park Jinwoo’s outrageous delinquent behavior had been just as notorious at school, so he had always been treated as a problem student.
But.
It happened during math class. The math teacher, seeing Jinwoo’s face after so long, gave him a problem and told him to solve it on the board. At those words, Jinwoo stood up confidently, strode to the front, grabbed a tiny piece of chalk in his massive hand, and began writing with dazzling speed.
Tap tap tap tap!
The incredible string of formulas lining the green blackboard left the math teacher unable to hide his astonishment.
“O… ohhh… Such a new formula! J… Jinwoo, when did you get this good at studying…”
“Thank you for the compliment—!”
His voice boomed. And on top of that, he was smart. In his past life, centered around combat sports, he had dabbled in all sorts of fields and picked up knowledge everywhere. As a result, he could handle almost anything. Studying was no exception.
“Wait, is this really the same Park Jinwoo who used to sleep through every single class?”
“By the way, don’t his eyes look completely different now? Somehow… hmm~ He seems gentler.”
“I… I might have gotten a little excited.”
Unexpectedly, the girls’ opinions were also fairly positive. That made sense. To Jinwoo this was just normal school life, but for the former delinquent Park Jinwoo such normalcy had been impossible. Therefore, the ordinary behavior displayed by the possessed Jinwoo had become something extraordinary to them.
A good start. Looks like I can have a smooth school life from here on out.
Jinwoo felt satisfied. Honestly, he had been anxious about school because the original Park Jinwoo had caused so much trouble. Seeing these reactions, though, it seemed he didn’t need to worry too much. The original Park Jinwoo had been such a complete failure that the class was shocked even when Jinwoo simply breathed.
At first break, they had been scared of both his changed appearance and his previous notoriety. But after lunch, one or two students began gathering around him and striking up conversations. Each time, Jinwoo answered them warmly, and the flash of his pure white teeth whenever he smiled instantly won the class’s favor.
It was truly demonic charm. Thanks to the Charisma stat he possessed, the entire class accepted Jinwoo in the blink of an eye.
They really are good kids. Did the original Park Jinwoo bully children like these?
Even though it was his own body before the possession, Jinwoo felt like dumping a whole bucket of curses on the original owner of this body.
♬♪~
Time flew by in an instant. Before long the bell signaling the end of the final period rang, and everyone stood to head home.
“Ah~ Jinwoo! Today was fun! See you later!”
And so, from his very first day of school, he ended up going to the PC bang with the friends he had grown close to after class and playing games together. It was his first time playing a shooter, but his outstanding reflexes and dynamic eyesight let him carry the team completely. After ten straight wins, his friends were far more excited than usual.
“Yeah, you guys take care too!”
His energetic voice, combined with his overwhelming presence and charisma, had made him the center of the class in no time. Dealing with people was something he had grown sick of as a military officer in his past life, so this was nothing.
“It got way too late.”
It had been so long since he last played PC games that he hadn’t noticed the time passing. He had already texted Park Chiyou that he would be home late, so there was no major cause for worry.
Thud… thud… thud…
As Jinwoo walked home alone, he suddenly paused.
“Hmm?”
From a dark alley came the sound of someone groaning in pain. On top of that, there was the loud clatter of objects being scattered.
“How obvious…”
Park Jinwoo was not the kind of man who could ignore injustice right in front of him. Having set his sights on becoming a magical girl, he never overlooked such unfairness or irrationality. Of course, living in society sometimes required turning a blind eye, but he had always tried to fight against that in his previous life. That was exactly why he had often been treated as a lunatic both in the military and in civilian life.
Thud… thud… thud…
Into the darkness where no one else would get involved, Jinwoo stepped without hesitation.
When he followed the sound, sure enough, several fully grown adults were surrounding and tormenting a delicate girl.
Jinwoo strode forward. His deep, resonant voice echoed through the gloomy alley.
“That’s enough.”
“Kahak! Fuck, who the hell are y—”
The leader, who had been full of bravado, turned his head. The moment he saw the towering, muscular Jinwoo who stood over 190 centimeters tall, he flinched. But a man who lived on pride wasn’t about to back down easily.
“What… ahem! Who are you to butt into someone else’s business, huh?!”
Just as expected. A classic pattern. Of course, Jinwoo had never thought they would listen to him anyway. Therefore—
Crack!
He lightly loosened his fingers. It looked like he would have to teach them a lesson the hard way.
…
“These fucking bastards! What kind of monster is that guy?!”
Chasing them off didn’t take long. Jinwoo’s stats were already well above those of a normal person, so he overwhelmed them with sheer power and technique and drove every last one away.
“Th… thank you!”
“Are you hurt anywhere?”
“N… no! I’m fine!”
She appeared to be a middle school student just like him. Fortunately she didn’t seem to have any serious injuries.
“Then hurry home. And be careful not to get involved with trash like that again.”
“Y… yes! Thank you!”
She hugged her bag tightly with both arms and ran off. Having done a good deed today left Jinwoo feeling rather pleased.
Still, the absolute best thing would be for incidents like this to never happen at all.
He knew that. Yet Jinwoo also knew such things would continue forever. Humans were simply creatures like that—never satisfied with the present, always craving more. That greed had driven evolution and progress, but its backlash had also filled the world with criminals.
Thud… thud… thud…
As he continued on his way—
Shaaaa…
Suddenly Jinwoo felt a strange sense of dissonance.
“What is this?”
That dissonance was none other than silence. No matter how quiet an area might be, there should still be some ambient noise. Yet the people who had been walking around just moments ago had vanished in an instant. It was as if he had been completely alone here from the very beginning…
“This doesn’t feel right.”
At that moment, something leaped from a second-story window.
“Ugh… uuuuugh!”
It was hard to see clearly in the darkness. It was far too small to be human, yet it wriggled in a way no doll ever could. In the silent stillness, the tiny creature’s pained groans carried clearly through the night.
“Are you okay?!”
This was clearly no ordinary situation. Without hesitation, Jinwoo ran toward the lifeform in the shadows. As he drew closer, its appearance finally became visible.
“U… ugh…!”
The creature groaning in pain had a face that, at first glance, resembled a cat. Its limbs, however, were abnormally short, its body plump, and the tail sprouting from its rear was luxuriously fluffy like a raccoon’s. It was a bizarrely subtle combination of features. It felt exactly like the first time he had seen a platypus.
In that instant, Jinwoo instantly understood what the creature was.
“A fairy…”
A fairy from the Fairy Empire currently at war with the angels—the very same fairies that often formed contracts with magical girls. From his research, he knew they took the form of small animals like this. Their appearances varied, but no matter how he looked at it, this could only be a fairy.
Therefore, Jinwoo was certain.
This is an opportunity.
Main Quest: The Path to Becoming a Magical Girl
An opportunity has come to you. Overcome the crisis that is now approaching.
Special reward granted upon completion.
He had no idea what was going on, but when an opportunity appeared right before his eyes, Park Jinwoo was not the kind of person to let it slip away.
Grab!!
“Kyaaaaaaaack!!”
Jinwoo immediately seized the fairy in his massive hand. The fairy’s eyes looked ready to pop out of its head. Once it regained its senses, it saw the hulking, muscular boy holding it and let out a terrified scream.
“Uwaaaaaaaaaah!! M… monster! Let go! Let go of meeeeeee!!”
The tiny thing wriggled desperately in his palm, but it had no hope of overcoming his strength. On top of that, the fairy’s own body was in terrible condition. There was no way such a powerless creature could escape his grip.
“…..”
Jinwoo glanced once at the second-floor window the fairy had fallen from, then broke into a run without the slightest hesitation. The next part of this story was obvious. If the fairy was being chased, then—
KWAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!!
—there would definitely be pursuers right behind it.