Ascending to Immortality in Beika Town

[Recommending my upcoming novel, A Chuunibyou and a Book of Friends. Its blurb is at the very bottom] You are the leader of an esoteric cult, but die in an accident just one step away from ascending to immortality. Reborn in a new world, you have only three things on your mind: Ascend, ascend, and damn it, ascend. To stand against this world's established esoteric cult, you race against time to grow your own congregation. By day, you work to support yourself. By night, you study foreign languages and translate esoteric texts. You also recruit on the side, welcoming talented people from every walk of life. Even if someone is stone-cold dead, you'll summon their soul and bring them back. You put your whole body into it, working day and night, all so you can defeat your great enemy and ascend. * The new waiter at Poirot Cafe is beautiful and taciturn. Her mysterious aura quickly makes her the cafe's most popular employee. Bourbon suspects his new coworker is hiding something. How can anyone work three part-time jobs and still not have enough to eat? Good grief, has she been brainwashed by some suspicious organization? To get the measure of the enemy, he infiltrates the suspicious organization. Then he discovers they're all people he knows. Bourbon: I'm new here. Just asking, is this a branch office of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department? You: "...All of you, get out." * Later, your cult faces off against its great enemy. You've equipped yourself with all sorts of mysterious rituals and summoned creatures, but the other side shows up with guns. You: "...Huh?" Wait, aren't we an esoteric cult? You're going to fight me with those? You wipe them all out. *The setting is based on Cultist Simulator, with extensive changes. You don't need to have played it to enjoy this story. *Hagiwara pairing *Out of character, with personal interpretations and original headcanons *This story is not connected to any real people, events, groups, or organizations A Chuunibyou and a Book of Friends Higa Yuki's history of chuunibyou can be traced back to fourth grade. She met Natsume that same year. While she was still wearing an eyepatch and wrapping herself in bandages, she discovered that Natsume could already perform an entire act without any props. His acting was so convincing that people cornered him and called him a liar. Higa Yuki was stunned. Higa Yuki: No, listen, you people just don't understand at all. Higa Yuki couldn't take it anymore. She decided to give things a little push. * After his parents died, Natsume was passed from one relative's home to another. He had powerful spiritual abilities from a young age and could see gods and yokai, but people thought he was a compulsive liar, and he suffered rejection and bullying. Then, after another transfer, a girl pushed past the people mocking him and came over to take his hand. She said, "Natsume, listen. You're the chosen one. They just don't understand." She also said, "Just wait. I'll give things a little push." She said it on the way to school in the morning. By afternoon, she had made him the most popular kid in school. Natsume watched as a long line formed in front of his desk. The classmates who had once mocked and shunned him were now full of eager anticipation, asking, "Natsume, could you take a look at my guardian spirit, too?" Before Natsume could answer, the girl behind him said, "Call him Master." The classmate immediately changed tack. "Master Natsume, could you take a look at my guardian spirit, too?" Natsume: "..." Wait, is this right? Higa Yuki nodded like a pecking chicken. "That's right, that's right." Theme: Staying unwavering in the pursuit of your dreams