Conversely, things that had been "mirrored" over would actively link themselves to this side.
Take Shokuhou Misaki, for example.
Her experiences had diverged from those of her other self, so the experiences of Shokuhou in that other world would not affect Shokuhou Misaki here.
After entering Tokiwadai in her first year of middle school, this Shokuhou had forcefully become the leader of the Shokuhou faction.
—It could not be helped. Shokuhou Misaki had arrived here with a whole bunch of companions from the very beginning. And beside this Shokuhou was Mitsuya Aiyu, another Level 5.
One worked in the open, the other in the shadows. Taking control of Tokiwadai had been no challenge for them.
By now, Shokuhou Misaki was Tokiwadai's "Eternal Princess."
It was a title awarded to the leader of the largest faction after she had held that position for a full year.
This was no childish game.
If she could maintain that title all the way until graduation, she would even have a chance to join the board of directors.
Academy City's students were not merely students.
That was completely different from the other Shokuhou as well.
After all... Mikoto was backing her up here.
So Shokuhou had not been wrong when she said she had plenty of things to deal with.
"Anyway, take it a little easier for now," Mikoto said with a sigh.
"Sigh, I was always the one visiting you before, but now it's become this."
Mikoto had been the one lying in bed before, but now Shokuhou had taken her place.
Their roles had completely switched.
It had been even worse when Shokuhou first arrived. She had been forced to take inhibitors prepared by Doctor Gekota, temporarily depriving herself of all her senses just to make it through that period.
But having all