Prolog

Where was I?

I could see an unfamiliar ceiling through my faintly opened eyes.

Then, I heard a loud voice ringing in my ears.

Wasn’t that a voice of a crying baby?

There weren’t any kids among my acquaintances, thus I wouldn’t have that much chance to hear a crying baby…

Rather, what happened?

The next thing to do would be getting up and starting to move, as I already woke up.

I usually got up by leaning on my arms.

Yet, contrary to my will, I wasn’t able to get up at all.

Also, I couldn’t help but feel that my thoughts were somehow unclear, like my head was muddled.

Perhaps I ran into an accident?

I didn’t remember clearly, but maybe I was injured from the accident and wasn’t able to move?

If that was the case, the dull feeling in my head might be the after-effect of the accident.

But then, where was I?

If I got into an accident just like I assumed, this place should be a hospital.

However, it didn’t seem like it.

After all, the ceiling and walls that I had seen since earlier were awfully dirty.

Though, it wouldn’t be correct to call it dirty.

The wallpaper didn’t get any stain, or looked faded over the years.

From what I saw, the wall itself was made of soil.

Moreover, the wall surface was bumpy, like it had been scraped off here and there.

“Oh my. Are you hungry?”

Right then, I heard an unknown voice going through my ears.

I quickly turned around to the source of the voice.

I could see the figure of a person running over to me.

That person came closer, and I could finally see her face. 

A woman.

A beautiful young woman in her twenties, at that.

I was startled for a moment.

However, that woman instantly blew away my delusion.

“Illuminate.”

Because, what that woman did in front of me was completely out of my expectation.

The moment that woman uttered a word with her index finger pointed, a sphere of light appeared from her fingertip and floated in the air.

It ain’t hospital!

Another world, duh!!

I unconsciously made a tsukkomi [1] with Kansai dialect [2] that I wouldn’t usually use. But, no need to worry about that.

At this point, I finally understood my situation.

This place wasn’t Japan nor the earth that I knew.

At least, this was a world where magic existed.

Furthermore, the crying voice that I heard all this time was apparently my own.

In other words, I reincarnated to another world.

Thus, the curtain of my new life had just opened.

T/N

[1] Tsukkomi – Comments or critiques, usually used in comedic way. Look up in google for detailed definition.

[2] Kansai – Southern part of Honshu island, the biggest island in Japan. Actually, I think you guys know it already from watching too many anime. But yeah, the dialect is really different from the normal Tokyo one.