Daniel leaned forward slightly, resting his arms on the desk. "I do remember a little… like getting into a fight with some guy named Justin. But then… everything went black. Next thing I knew, I was waking up in a hospital bed." He paused and looked down. "Before that… nothing. Completely blank."
Rey gave a soft, reassuring smile. "Don't worry, man. Maybe things will come back slowly. Bit by bit."
"Yeah," Daniel nodded. "I hope so."
But just then, Ren, ever the opportunist, leaned in with a suspiciously sweet tone, his eyes gleaming. "By the way, Den… you borrowed 50k from me. You remember that, right?"
Daniel blinked.
"What the hell—this guy's trying to scam me!" he thought, barely managing to keep a straight face.
He turned slowly and fixed his eyes on Ren. "Sure. I'll give it back… when I remember."
Ren gave a hopeful chuckle. "Well… who's seen the future, right? If you want to return it now, I won't say no."
Daniel narrowed his eyes. "So it's not me you're worried about—it's your damn bucks."
Ren coughed, flustered. "N-no! That's not what I meant!" he stammered, quickly trying to change the subject. "Forget that! More importantly, have you seen our homeroom teacher?"
Daniel, still skeptical, tilted his head. "Why do you ask?"
Ren bit his lower lip like a teenage boy in a K-drama. "Bro… she's hot. Like, insanely hot."
Daniel let out a long, exhausted sigh and mentally facepalmed. "Is this really happening right now?"
Ren giggled like a middle-schooler confessing a crush. "She's super young… super beautiful… and when she's angry, she's so dominating—like, it hits different, bro."
Daniel stared at him, stunned. "Why is he blushing so hard?"
Before he could say anything, Rex cut in, rolling his eyes. "Bro, forget it. She's gonna be your Sister-in-law."
Daniel blinked. "Wait—My older brother is marrying her? But I don't have a brother."
Rey burst out laughing. Daniel looked at him, even more confused.
Rex groaned. "No, man. I meant me. I'm gonna marry her."
Daniel gave him a blank look. "So… you fell for her too?"
Rex scratched the back of his neck, blushing like a tomato. "I-I mean… kinda."
Daniel groaned again. "Great. I've landed in a reverse harem anime and I'm not even the main character."
Daniel blinked at them. "Wait a minute… are you two seriously planning to approach her… together?"
Ren and Rex turned to look at him at the same time, their faces frozen in a mix of disbelief and mild horror.
"What?" Daniel asked, raising an eyebrow. "Why are you guys staring at me like that?"
Before they could respond, Rey couldn't hold it anymore—he burst out laughing. Full-on, doubled-over, gasping-for-air kind of laughter.
"Dude!" he managed between wheezes. "You weren't here, so you don't know—but she's already punished these two multiple times since day one."
Daniel frowned. "Wait, punished? What the hell did they do? What could they possibly have done to get punished by their own crush?"
Ren and Rex suddenly looked sheepish. Rey just grinned.
The four of them continued chatting, the conversation flowing with unexpected ease. As Daniel listened more and more, something began to settle in his chest—something warm, almost nostalgic.
They reminded him of his old friends.
Ren and Rex were total clowns—funny, ridiculous, and always up to something. Rey, though? Rey had brains. He wasn't just smart—he was strategic. The guy felt like the one keeping the group from burning the academy down by accident.
They were chaos. But they were Daniel's kind of chaos.
And bit by bit, Daniel began to remember more.
Back in middle school, the four of them were inseparable—thick as thieves. They didn't come from privilege or elite backgrounds. They were just rich… but normal rich. But once they got into this high-end academy, surrounded by super rich kids and scholarship toppers, something changed. They decided to take over. Not with power or money—but with attitude and boldness.
They became the loud, untamed force among the straight-laced scholars.
And then came the mistake.
They picked a fight with the protagonist.
It wasn't even a big fight. Justin didn't even take them seriously. He brushed off Ren and Rex with minimal effort. But Daniel—Daniel had something else in him. A screw loose. A wildness that made him go all in.
He'd charged at Justin with everything he had.
Justin countered once.
And Daniel ended up in the hospital.
Now, sitting here surrounded by these idiots, Daniel couldn't help but smile.
He didn't regret it.
The classroom door creaked open with a certain elegance that drew everyone's attention.
In an instant, the chaotic chatter died down.
Every student stood up in unison, their voices chiming together:
"Good morning, Miss Lisa!"
Daniel, caught in the sudden rush of movement, instinctively followed suit. He rose from his seat and turned toward the front of the classroom—and then he saw her.
His homeroom teacher.
And for a brief second, the world seemed to pause.
She was young, startlingly so. Slender, confident, poised—and beautiful in a way that wasn't just physical. Her presence had weight. Grace. Strength. She walked in not like a teacher—but like someone who belonged to a world far beyond this classroom.
Lisa Disouza.
She was only twenty-two.
In both Daniel's old world and this new one, becoming a full-time teacher at such a prestigious academy at that age was nothing short of miraculous. Especially here, at Sera Hero Academy, where excellence wasn't a goal—it was the bare minimum.
Daniel could now see clearly why Ren and Rex had hopeless crushes on her.
What the novel never mentioned, what the writer completely skipped over, was that most of the boys in the class looked at Lisa with the same infatuated awe.
She wasn't just beautiful.
She was a powerful warrior and a brilliant scholar, a prodigy whose talents could have easily secured her a position far above this.
To be honest, being a homeroom teacher almost felt beneath her.
So… why was she here? Well there is a Reason.
There was a reason behind everything in this world, and Lisa Disouza was no exception.
As she wrote something on the board