Ash realized he was dreaming.
In the dream, he had not crossed over to the Spellcaster World. Instead, he had been reborn into the prime of his university days, that wonderful time when he was overjoyed to finally break free of his parents' restraints and live alone in a big city. The dorm was old, there was no air-conditioning, and he had eight a.m. classes every day, but he truly had been happy.
His former university life had been four years of gaming and goofing off in the dorm with his roommates, unleashing all the laziness and idleness suppressed by the past twelve years of bitter study, as though none of them needed to think about the future. After graduation, some roommates went home to inherit the family business, while others quietly took civil-service or postgraduate exams. Fortunately, Ash keenly realized that mobile games were the next era, and after graduating, he joined a major mobile game company. Though he slacked off whenever he could, the company itself was luckily competent enough, so even after playing around for four years at university, he still did pretty well.
After being reborn, Ash naturally could not be so reckless, but he also did not need to work too hard. He hoarded some promising future cryptocurrency and then relaxed into a rosy campus life, taking part in all kinds of club activities. He sang and performed in the Comics Association's Dream Sound Department, joined the Drama Club's screenwriting department for collaborative performances, and rushed down road slopes with the Skateboard Club...
Gradually, he grew close to several women. There was the female classmate he met in the Skateboard Club, who sped down a slope, adjusted her direction with Quick-Brake Gloves, and finally came to a stylish stop in front of Ash, taking off