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Zhao Youyue was extremely satisfied with herself right now. After all, she was a shifter girl and nowadays, which shifter girl is not being known as a great beauty?
Realizing that she had shifted into a young girl, she knew everything was turning out for the best!
Well, what is the purpose of shifting if the outcome is not a great beauty?
Just like any other guy who wore dresses to win the affection of others, or to become a big-c*ck cutie in life, having a cute appearance is essentially important. Likewise, if the shifting did not turn out to be a great beauty, the shifter would rather end his or her life at once!
Zhao Youyue could see that she was not equipped with the superhuman perseverance of her female senior, Wu Di. That girl, was able to slim herself into a goddess [2] even after shifting into a plump girl.
Without any doubt, there was nothing better than achieving one's goal in a single step. Zhao Youyue was never an advocate of the unproductive path of "bitterness first, sweetness later [1]."
She then took out her little mirror and stared into it with confidence, this…. is already considered a pretty girl?
She was a girl with fine facial features, a pretty fair skin, bobbed hair with a casual fringe lying above the forehead, and of course a decent hair texture. Such appearances reminded her of Katou Megumi, the heroine of the manga "Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend".
She was now as good as the three dimensional Katou Megumi. Sure enough, the iconic setting in which all shifter girls are pretty girls, would never go wrong!
Subsequently, she assimilated the memory of this body, coming to know that the body owner had lived a dull and pathetic life. Her personalities had deprived her of any sense of presence. Wait, isn't this how a three dimensional Katou Megumi was supposed to be?
She even discovered, that she had never received a single love letter, and not a single person had ever confessed their love for her. Well, even her fellow classmates did not know that she existed!
At this moment, Zhao Youyue had to admit, that regarding herself as a great beauty was merely a misconception. Was it even possible for a true beauty to not gain any sense of presence at all? With such beauty, she could have conquered everything. Just like An Yi, the beautiful manga author who had ticked off her numerous fans, but she was able to quell their rage by simply posting a cute picture of herself.
Objectively speaking, Zhao Youyue was nothing more than an adorable girl. Due to her undistinguished personality, she had not expressed any temperament and was completely unremarkable.
Taking a trip down to the memory lane of one's schooling days, many would easily remember the elite scholars who had achieved outstanding results, as well as the school's beauty kings and queens. Many could also recall the students who did poorly during exams and contradicted the teachers in class. Unfortunately, for those students with ordinary appearances, average exam results, and undistinguished personality, would they actually be remembered?
Perhaps during a class gathering, people would only recall such students when their names are mentioned.
In fact, Zhao Youyue belonged to such an existence, she possessed no outstanding traits of her own. Well, despite taking up several interest classes since young, she still remained as a jack of all trades and a master of none, because she was never an aspirant girl!
At this point, Zhao Youyue saw a silver lining. She was allegedly the precious daughter of a rich family, albeit not the richest. Nevertheless, her father was the director of a private hospital, which was also her family property. Moreover, her mother was a university professor. Under such condition, there would be no need for her to work in order to sustain her whole life. Too bad, she might not be able to afford a private aircraft, luxury yachts or high-end villas. Anyway, she could still drive a million-dollar limo, and live in a luxury condominium.
Having relieved for just a while, she thought to herself that such a character setting did not possess any "protagonist halo" at all! The main character should either derive from the lowest class of the society, who had to walk through a path full of thrones to achieve greatness, or be born in an aristocratic family, probably as a love child or a useless dandy, who would still be the heir of the aristocratic family at the end...
Such family background of hers, did not grant her any room to prove herself as the main character!
Sure enough, she was not the main character, so who exactly was she? Just a random, side character?
No way! She was no longer the previous Zhao Youyue. She wanted to change herself and enhance her sense of presence. She wanted the whole world to know of her existence!
She decided to examine if she had possessed any golden finger[3], believing that she should at least be gifted with an eidetic memory, or a brain as powerful as a computer, that could store all the iconic works of literature. If so, she could happily be a plagiarist, selling all her transcribed works to this parallel world, as well as earning herself countless fans. Everyone would remember her through this way, wouldn't they?
However, something was beyond her belief, that she failed to recollect the contents of even the iconic novels, such as Jin Yong's works, which was then transcribed by most of the plagiarists. She thought of "The Return of Condor Heroes", but could vaguely remember the storyline and its iconic characters. As such, reproducing the stories based on her memory was impossible, as she had never built up her writing skill. She was not able to able to transcribe novels, not to mention mangas. Oh, and don't forget, she is just a girl without any specialties.
The road to be a plagiarist was thus, cut off!
"System setting, please come out already. Without you, I would really be just a side character in this world!"
Zhao Youyue muttered to herself, hoping to hear sounds like "Ding Dong", "Bounded", "Host", but still, there was no response.
To her utmost disappointment, Zhao Youyue acknowledged her absence of the golden finger [2]. Prior to shifting, she was already an ordinary side character of similar personalities. With that, how could she possibly turn herself from a side character into the heroine?
Would she really need to study hard to become an elite scholar?
Zhao Youyue opened the high school textbook which she had just obtained, and took a glance at it, why is this so complicated… isn't this too much to become an elite scholar?
She might as well become a pornstar!
This must be a way to bring up her fame. Well, she did have an identity as the precious daughter of a hospital director, that could be quite a selling point, couldn't it?
Anyway, she would never do such a thing, besides, the competition in that field was pretty intense. Among the myriad pornstars filming in Japan, how many of them were actually remembered by the public?
Zhao Youyue used to be a fan of Katou Megumi from the manga "Saekano", but she did not have the "saint" mentality of hers. She would not resign solely to being a side character. In fact, in the latter part of the story, Katou Megumi, under the guidance of the male protagonist, was becoming much more attractive and conspicuous. She had thus lived up to the name of a main character.
Zhao Youyue decided to improve her sense of presence. She was in desire to change herself from a side character to main character, and now, her brain was wholly filled with two words - Make Trouble.
"The student behind Wang Yang, it's your turn to introduce yourself" Mr. Qiu the class teacher called out.
Zhao Youyue got to her feet, yearning to say --- I have no interest in ordinary humans. If there are any aliens, time travelers, sliders, or espers here…come join me. That is all! This is apparently an old joke, but it is always effective in drawing people's attention.
What she eventually conveyed was, "I'm Zhao Youyue, glad to be classmates with everyone."
Just like Katou Megumi, she spoke with a mild tone and a sweet voice, but her self introduction was too unremarkable. Everyone just darted a glance at her without putting her in mind.
Zhao Youyue sat down in disappointment. She had the will, but not the courage to become a troublemaker. Anyway, she would not come up with Haruhi Suzumiya's disgusting way of self introduction! Uh uh, she was not going to build up her sense of presence in such a way.
After all, what was the possibility of such a side character to become a main character? Should any novel have such a main character, the author might as well give up the novel right away, as it would fail sooner or later, wouldn't it?
Hence, this is the end of the novel, let us celebrate!
Nevertheless, Zhao Youyue finally found herself a place to become a troublemaker and of course, she discovered her special ability.
Translation Note:
1. "Bitterness first, sweetness later" - "先苦后甜" is a Chinese idiom. It means that one has to work hard (bitterness) before enjoying life or reaping the harvest of one's hard work (sweetness).
2. Chinese always refer to a very beautiful girl as "Goddess" - "女神".
3. "Golden finger" - "金手指" refers to the extraordinary advantage granted to a character in the story, usually the main character, which allows him/her to achieve something much more easily than the other characters.
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