Chapter 3
It was a Piece
of Crap…
Translator : PolterGlast
Anyway, my immediate
goal is to escape.
One moment I was
enjoying the festival in the village, and the next I was being called a demon,
pelted with stones, chased, and falling off a cliff – a literal sudden turn of events.
The most terrifying
witch, Eldorado. Her age deception aside, she fought the game protagonist
fiercely in the original story. So, there must be a way for me too. I planted
my two feet firmly on the ground with a "hei-ho!" and psyched myself
up.
"Let's see, let's
see..."
I looked back at my
weak wings. The bat-like black wings were lifting the hem of my dress, making
my butt completely visible. That was a bit much, and as my mouth twitched, the
wings vanished with a puff. What the? "...They came out!" This time
they were growing out of my clothes. "So this is, like, the concept of
wings!"
It seemed they weren't
actual physical wings, but could be turned on and off with a skill, and instead
of growing directly from my back, I could even adjust their position slightly.
"Mu, mmm!" Knowing that, I clenched my fists and slowly moved the
wings on my back. Flap, flap. They were weak, but I could definitely feel them
moving. By the way, maybe because I was putting strength into a mysterious place
that wasn't originally there, the back of my head felt hot. My face was
probably bright red right now.
Flap flap, flap. Flap
flap flap.
I tried my best. I put
in so much effort that I almost had an oxygen deficiency. But my feet were
definitely stuck to the ground and didn't move even a millimeter. Though the
word "millimeter" probably doesn't exist in this world. Frustrated, I
tried jumping, but of course, that didn't help at all.
"I-in this
case...!"
The culprit making the
already gloomy sky even gloomier was the endless forest of trees. I was
excellent at climbing trees. "Heave-ho!" Like a monkey, I nimbly made
my way to the top. I put one foot on a branch, and it tickled my nose. If I
couldn't fly on my own, then I could just jump down. I shivered slightly, but I
had just fallen from a much higher place than this. Falling from this height
would probably only result in minor injuries.
"Eiyaaaaaa!!!"
I spread my wings wide
and jumped off, intending to glide. But that was just my intention, and after
floating for a moment, I crashed face-first into the ground. Maybe the speed of
the fall was reduced, because my face only stung, but my heart ached.
"Why?" I thought, and then I checked my flight skill again. It showed
Lv. 1. I tapped it to see the explanation.
【May float slightly】
"That's not what
you call flying...!!!"
I groaned and
lamented.
Then, onto the next
skill.
"Um, illusion,
no, illusion magic, something like, um...?"
I had no idea how to
use it. I was just a newbie who had just sprouted as a demon. "That's
right, if I become an adult like Eldorado in the original story...!!" I
would definitely never wear a body-con dress, though. But if my arms and legs
got longer, I would be able to do more things.
Although it was called
illusion, she was considered a genius among demons. Her illusions made it seem
as if they were "actually real." In other words, they weren't
illusions, but became reality. Eldorado's appearance wasn't an illusion, but
could be better described as a transformation. The lake still peacefully
rippled.
I had a vague
understanding of how to use skills from the previous attempt with flight. I
gently closed my eyes. A clear image came to mind. My hair was currently only
shoulder-length, but Eldorado in the original story had long hair that reached
her waist and billowed in the wind. She was a fierce woman. I definitely
managed to grasp the feeling. The transformation was complete. When I looked at
the lake, there was a kid with hair that had grown about two centimeters.
"Nnnnnnnnnn." I knew that was the punchline. After all, the skill had
"Lv. 1" after it. What am I supposed to do?
『Yuko, the skills you see are probably the same as the
unique abilities we possess. Demons have unique abilities from the moment they
are born, but among humans, there are those who awaken their abilities one day
based on the expression of their emotions.』
The words that
followed in the game, "just like me, Lotus, and Snow," must have been
because it was the grand finale ending. In an event where you traveled through
multiple countries and gained many allies, the young mage of the tower quietly
explained to the protagonist while holding his staff.
『Humans and demons are different creatures, but the
growth of their abilities is strangely similar. Abilities are refined by using
them repeatedly. However, just like when humans gain abilities, it seems that
demons can also amplify their own emotions and gain even greater power than
their original strength.』
After washing my
stinging face with water, I lay on my back in a spread-eagle position for the
umpteenth time and looked up at the sky. Okay, I understood. Eldorado hated
humans. She vowed revenge. But what had awakened was the soul of a
peace-spoiled Japanese person. If Eldorado's explosive emotions were like
launching fireworks, mine were just sparklers.
"Po."
I mustn't say it. No.
I mustn't say it. But my mouth was involuntarily forming the words. "...A
dud, huh?" I just sadly stroked my hair which had grown about two
centimeters and shed tears. Chirp chirp chirp, a bird was singing. Well, the
unit "centimeter" probably doesn't exist in this world, though.
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