Once I returned to my room, I naturally asked myself.
Was there anything I needed to do right now?
I didn't think so, but at the sa ti, my mory wasn't very good when it ca to that sort of thing, so I couldn't really rember.
Either way, I knew for a fact that I wouldn't rember anything even if I did forget just by standing around and contemplating nothing, so I decided to carry on as normal. If there was sothing I ant to do and I did forget it, I could always do it later.
"Librarian. For real this ti. Beast Tar."
"Certainly, yessir!"
Entering the Library, I began with that, and the Librarian imdiately saluted atop her cute stool.
Shortly thereafter, a familiar screen appeared.
Contract Details
[I Got Caught Up In Sothing Unexpected! ~ Now Allergen-Free, I Want To Enjoy My Isekai 'NEW LIFE' With My Unique Skill [Beast Taming] To Gather A Harem Of Overpowered Monster Girls! ~ ]
Light Novel Publication
Protagonist: Itou Touya | Reincarnator
Tags: #Fantasy #Action #Adventure #MaleProtagonist #KindProtagonist #CarefreeProtagonist #Reincarnation #Isekai #Harem
Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆
'Alright, the Difficulty hasn't increased. Good. All the Tags seem the sa as they were before, too.'
"I don't think there's much to go in terms of preparation... Ah, Librarian, is there anything I need to know about Reincarnators?"
'Ina told quite a bit about them, sothing about being granted cheat skills or unique advantages by God for their new life, but I guess that would be the 'Beast Taming' Skill ntioned in the title, right...?'
"I think that about sums it up! Reincarnators are those who died at least once and were brought back, either in their own world or in another! Whether or not they et a divine being or are brought back with any advantages is circumstantial!"
"That sounds about right. Anyway, there's not much I can do about it right now, right? Let's just get started."
'Since I have the White Death now, I shouldn't be lacking in offensive power, and I think I've got a certain idea of what 2-star Difficulty is like now.'
"Certainly! Then, let's do it...!"
The Librarian enthusiastically announced, and without a mont's hesitation, the world around began to warp.
[Here we go! Transporting to the Illusory World of-- eh, ah, do I really have to say it? I'm sure you understand, it's a bit long, so I'll take it upon myself to skip it this ti! Ahem, pardon !]
Finding her words amusing, I smiled with my eyes closed until I felt my position stabilise.
In the following seconds, I opened my eyes to a field of grass.
[The target is 'Itou Touya, the Reincarnator'!]
[Oh, um, fun fact! Itou is the family na―apparently the syntax and sentence structure is different where he cos from!]
'Yeah, I know...'
Before was a vast grassland, upon which an ordinary, yet radiant sun shone from its hot seat in the blue sky above, like an island monunt in the endless ocean.
"Hm..."
Compared to the previous Contract, it was almost the stark opposite in terms of location. Still, taking in the imdiate surroundings in front of my eyes, there didn't seem to be much going on where I spawned in.
Of course, before I had the chance to voice any questions or concerns, there was one thing missing.
[Your identity is of a travelling young noble currently in the land of the 'Kingdom of Belfast'!]
"Ah."
Looking down, I indeed spotted that my own clothes resembled the typical outfit of a wandering traveler in a fantasy setting. Beneath a dust-brown cloak, I could also feel a second set of clothes, and was that more noble-looking?
"So I'm a noble... But, does it even make sense to be travelling by myself like this?"
I asked that both to myself and to the Librarian, expecting an answer that didn't make wait for long.
[Enki, I have previously inford you that the disguise and starting location is determined automatically by the magic that sends you into the Illusory World; I am not the one who dictates it. Therefore, I'm sure there is a good reason for this being the circumstance, even if it appears to not be so on the surface.]
"Really?"
[Certainly! L-let us believe, at least!]
So she claid, but I'm not sure if I rembered sothing like that being the rule.
I thought it might have just been easier to be a regular traveller or sothing rather than so evidently undercover noble, but whatever. If that's what she was saying, I should probably have faith that it'll provide with the best chances of success.
'Now then, where should we get started...?'
To accomplish the end goal of killing the Protagonist, I first needed to locate him. Obviously.
Since the answer to that wasn't imdiately obvious from the outset, I should first locate myself. Scanning the area again, I really seed to be out in the middle of nowhere; a vast expanse of grassland, sparsely populated with trees and so wild animals, with birds and other strange creatures flying in the distant sky above.
In one direction, I could spot a hazy mountain range in the distance, which provided quite the cinematic view, more than any natural beauty I had ever seen before, at least with my own two eyes.
In the complete opposite direction, if I squinted, I could barely make out the silhouette of what looked like a trendous wall.
'That's gotta be a town or sothing, right? Or a city. Bit odd to have that big a wall around it, though...'
If I were to guess, that'd be it.
As expected, it wasn't anything like a modern city with skyscrapers. This was labelled a fantasy world, after all, and from what I could tell with that wall, it definitely made a match.
'Should I just head over there to start with?'
Going with the logic that making a move sooner would also result in plot advancent sooner, I decided to do just that.
As I began my casual walk towards the distant walled city, I contemplated.
Unfortunately, the Tags this ti didn't provide with many hints of what dangers might lurk. Individually recalling them in my mind, they were like so:
#Reincarnation―A phenonon I was more or less familiar with thanks to Ina.
Though I primarily understood the term originating from religious contexts in Buddhism, it was evident that this ti's Reincarnator must have been soone who died and ca back to life in a new world.
In light novels like this, those who reincarnate also seed to acquire various abilities or advantages upon doing so. Usually, I feel like keeping your mories after dying would by itself serve as quite the benefit, but in this case, an example would be the Protagonist's supposed Beast Taming ability.
#Isekai―Having studied under the aforentioned 'Hobound Master' older sister, which I think was honestly too positive-sounding of a title for her, this is yet another term I would never forget. Even more so than #Reincarnation, in fact.
In short, it was just a word that translated to 'Another World', or sothing along those lines.
As a Tag, I suppose it held the aning of 'the Protagonist being whisked away to a world other than his ho, Earth'.
Lastly, #Harem―This was a word I was already acquainted with, but that Ina had, for a third ti, gone into great depth talking her mouth off about.
Since the context behind this was already stated in the title, there was no need to deliberate on why this was included in the Tags.
'It's useless.'
All in all, there was no information to be garnered from the stated 'elent Tags' alone. Even including the 'primary genre' and 'Protagonist descriptors', there was nothing of use.
"...Oh, actually, didn't it label the Protagonist as 'lazy' and 'carefree'? In that case, maybe there is sothing to work with..."
As I muttered that to myself, continuing to drag my feet across the grass to the city that didn't seem like it was getting any closer, sothing unknown brushed my ears.
"Hm...?"
Faintly, ever-so-faintly, there was a noise.
"――!"
'Oh, there it was again...'
"――!!"
And again.
"――!!!"
And... again?
Wasn't it also growing progressively louder?
And, I feel like there was sothing else mixed in with it this ti.
To this unknowable, mysterious noise, I turned to face the direction it sounded like it was coming from―and I raised my head towards the sky.
"What the f--"
The mont I did, my eyebrows shot up, but I didn't even have enough ti to swear.
"Aaaaaahhh...!"
Soone's unmanly cry resounded throughout the sky above , and I imdiately started sprinting.
"Aaaaaahhh, aaaAAAAAHHH...!!"
Hearing that godawful, truly dreadful scream that pierced my ears, I ran――
"KIYAAAAAAHHH...!!"
"Weeeeee, kahahahaha~~!"
"It huurts! It hurts, it huuuuurts...!!"
――Away from the quartet of singing voices that barrelled towards from the heavens.
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