Chapter intermission 2
※ This isn't from Satou's POV
" . . . . Furry mountain?"
I muttered as I saw a small mountain of fur in my dim view .
--Thud .
A warm lump touched my body .
When I look down, I see a creature resembling a newborn rat .
It might be cute if it were small, but it's as frighteningly big as an adult man .
I almost reflexively jumped out, but I couldn't put any power in my limbs, I was only able to bend backward .
"●●●"
I heard gibberish words from the small mountain .
Apparently the owner of that fur is alive .
I wonder if I've been carried here to be his food-- .
Right when I thought of that, I noticed .
"So this is reincarnation . . . "
I had never thought that I would be thrust down in the animal realm .
I couldn't fight again the rapid drowsiness of my body as I fell asleep just like that .
And then I recall my shitty past in my dream-- .
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"Mom, I'm hungry . "
"I'm sorry, we have no money, so get some meal from our neighbor okay . "
"Eeh, again?"
Hearing my mom's and elder sister's conversation in the corridor, I realized that mom had offered all the food to [God] .
Since dad disappeared with a young girl, mom was always absorbed into [God] .
"Tarou, let's go . "
"Un . "
Together with my elder sister, we went to the neighboring diner .
Of course nowadays there's no one kind enough to feed us free of charge .
We were finally able to eat after I washed plates while enduring the cold water while my sister acted like a waitress .
It was not that good, but I didn't care as long as it made me full .
One day my sister ran away from home after she graduated middle school .
I was always a baggage of my sister . . . .
I survived somehow while enduring hunger .
I'm sure I would've long been dead if there was no lunch service in my middle school .
After graduating middle school, I was picked up by a small factory in the town, I left my mother who offered everything to god as I began to live alone .
The wage is low, but I was satisfied with living a life where I could have meals three times a day .
Cause I wanted to be apart from my mother who raised queer cry at night and endlessly repeated her god's teaching, no matter what .
After living alone, I noticed that my heart had also started to fall ill .
After some time, when I (boku) started to call myself with ore (I), I met an unexpected person .
"Is that you Tarou?"
"Dad?"
The dad that I hadn't met for more 10 years was wearing priest-like clothes .
"What are you doing now?"
"I'm an instructor of the Eastern Joy School . "
--Ha?
Don't tell me that even dad had been influenced by some good-for-nothing cult?
"Tarou, won't you go with me?"
"I'm not interested in cult . "
I shook off the arm of my father who started to be delirious and spat out .
--I don't wanna have anything to do with cult and god!
"This is different! Don't group up the Eastern Joy School with the average cult! This is a school dedicated to finding happiness for people!"
That's the same thing, dad .
"You have a job right? Would you like to join the Eastern Joy School?"
My dad said that after seeing my factory uniform .
His eyes, mixed with flattery and contempt, were unpleasant .
"I've no interest . "
"Then why don't you try investing in the school's benefit society? 100,000 no, just 10,000 yen is fine! This month's quota is tight you see . Please . "
I felt sick looking at my father acting like the model of shamelessness .
I lightly pushed him aside and ran away .
Even though I noticed that the pay envelope in my pocket fell, I ran through the alley without stopping .
I almost vomited hearing my father saying, "Thanks, Tarou" behind .
"God can go die!"
I frantically shouted out the sordid feeling overflowing in my heart .
I felt like I'd get swallowed by that sordid feeling if I didn't do that .
I kept running while staring at the sky .
"Oy! Look out!"
Before I could see who said that, I heard a high-pitched noise of a brake, and got hit by an impact, my sight was wrapped in darkness .
Truck guy, sorry for jumping in front of ya . . . .
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" . . . . God?"
I faced a self-proclaimed god in a purple space .
The self-proclaimed god told me that they'd reincarnate me to another world .
Moreover, they'd give me a special power that only I could use called Unique Skills .
--Too suspicious .
"I don't have money . "
The self-proclaimed god replied with something with 'denial' and 'unnecessary' as the points .
Apparently, it's hard to communicate with this guy .
It feels like having a conversation between extreme ends in the factory .
"Like I said, I don't need no power! More importantly, let me hit you . "
I don't mind if my soul is erased here if I could hit god who had wrecked my life .
And then a purple sphere emerged in front of me .
I didn't know if that was a god or not, but I hit it with all my might while thinking of my shitty father and cult mother .
It felt like hitting a water surface and then my right arm got sunk into the sphere until my shoulder .
"Uwaa"
I pulled my arm in panic, but two lights were coiling about around it .
"Chose? Chose what?"
I asked the self-proclaimed god, but the other party didn't reply, instead an image got unilaterally transmitted to me .
"Gods? There's other gods? Hit them all I want if I meet them?"
I tried to grasp the purple lights and then I felt my body got filled with power .
It seems I acquired two power, [Lucky Star] and [<<Reflect Unlucky>>] .
"If this power allow me to hit gods, then I'll accept it . "
I grinned at the image transmitted by the self-proclaimed god .
"I'll beat you the last as a thank . "
The self-proclaimed god replied like it was nothing, annoying me .
"You're looking forward to it? I'll make you eat those words someday . "
I was melting inside the purple darkness as I heard the laughter of the self-proclaimed god who heard my declaration of war .
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"Sheesh, is this primitive age . . . . "
I muttered while looking at the people living in pit-dwellings .
I thought I was dropped into the animal realm when I just got reincarnated, but it turned out that I'd just been reincarnated as one of beastkin races, the weaselkin .
My father in this life seems to be the patriarch of this poor hunting community at the eastern end .
After losing to the powerful tigerkin and lizardkin, we were driven away to the barren land near the coast which had few prey, a lot of people died of starvation during winter .
I wanted to discard this unstable hunting lifestyle and pressed forward with agriculture, but the land here is really bad it's impossible .
It seemed my father tried to procure sea products, but he gave up after 30% of our tribe were eaten by the monsters living in the sea .
I spent many days without food, but strangely enough, there were many times where I got food myself before I died of starvation .
Gods and cults are still my enemy even now, but I don't mind thanking that self-proclaimed god for the [Lucky Star] I got .
"Ani-cha"
"Ou, are you alright going out today?"
"Aye!"
I support my youngest weak little sister walking .
I dunno if it's because my father is fertile or if it's just the tribe thing, but I have a lot of siblings in this life .
"You look like a princess today . "
She usually wore some dirty crude clothing, but today she's wearing something that looks like a traditional costume .
"Ehehee, it's a ritual . "
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