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Prologue: Getting used to it all
1st person view
"Man, walking home from school sucks..." I grumble under my breath as I walk through the streets with my head down so my eyes are avoiding the blinding ray of the sun.
"He's supposed to pick me up and then he'll say 'eehhh just ride a jeep home, I'm busy~' ugh..." busy complaining, I heard a loud horn of a car rushing to me while I cross the road though I might be a little too late to notice it now.
Crash
The crash hurts. Honestly, the car practically sent my body flying! Oh man, speaking of flying, wish I could fly then this shit probably wouldn't have happened.
"Notice. Generating a body that can fly. Success." A voice rang in my head.
Ugh, these people are making it harder to stay conscious.. I can't see, can y'all like, you know, stay away? So annoying.
"Notice. Acquisition of the extra skill, magic sense. Success." Another rang in my head.
Uh-oh. My consciousness is slipping out. To think this is how I die. Somewhere too hot for my liking, literally under the sun, surrounded by... people.
"Notice. Acquisition of heat resistance. Success." The voice rang once again.
I had hoped that my death would be around somewhere quiet and somewhere I'm alone, had hope that I'd be the one to take my own life. I guess this is better, I'm too much of a puss to do it myself anyways.
Uhh... yeah, I'm out.
Okay... now where am I? I feel like I can float. Man, that's nuts. Is this what the dead feel when they die? Wait, I'm probably in a comma. Why do I always assume the worst? Lol.
Ugh.. I can feel something. Sure doesn't feel like a bed sheet to me. Feels more like grass.
Slowly, I open my eyes. I'm in the middle of nowhere!? "Ok.. what the fuck? Where the hell am I? And why is my vision too, I don't know. Blurry? Narrow-er?" Before I know it, it feels like something inside me is activated.
"I can feel magic! No, more like see it. The fuck,? Am I high?" I gasped. The more I focus on the feeling of these weird things around me, my field of vision becomes clearer and wider. Now that's interesting.
"Okay..." I mumbled, out of habit of talking to me-self. "This place, it's weird... How am I here suddenly? Wait, is this heaven!? I thought I'm not allowed here." I thought out loud as I looked around my surroundings.
After a few minutes or so of gawking, I decided to finally get my ass off the grass. "Oh.. wow. I'm suddenly shorter—" I muttered, noticing my height before I realized that I have claws for feet.
"Oh. My. God. WHAT HAPPENED TO MY FEET!! IT'S ALREADY UGLY AS IT IS!!!" I cried to myself as I inspected the rest of my body. I feel soft— Looking around, frantically trying to find a body of water.
"I'm a bird..." I said in defeat. I look hideous! Then it all dawned on me. "Wait, I really DID die!?" I exclaimed one more time. "And got reincarnated as a bird. That looks ugly. As fuck—" I said in defeat once again.
Having the time to compose myself again, regrets started filling in my mind. I left them, just like that. I'm so selfish, dying like that so suddenly. Ahh, mama will cry so much if she hears this news, or will she? I sighed at the thought.
"Will they even care, though? Sure they'll cry but they'd probably forget me like they did to her after she died. Question is, am I even worth crying over?" I mumbled. "Man, this sucks so bad. I really don't want to live anymore and I ended up here, alive, somewhere."
"No point sulking over spilled milk, I guess." I sighed, standing up and stretching my wings. "Wait. I have wings!? I can fly! Wait. How do I fly?" Now that's the real question.
After a few failed attempts and broken bones from jumping off a tree to try and practice how to fly, I finally did it. It hurts but totally worth it. Over my time in this new world, I found out that I'm basically weak. Though not physically but in terms of skills since all my skills, if I have some, seem to be passive which sucks.
If my delusional ass deduced right, I'm reincarnated in a fantasy world which explains why I saw those magic thingies earlier. Definitely like those anime I watched during my time in my previous life. I will definitely miss those— I haven't even finished Solo Leveling!
About 5 days passed since I died and got here, I have been through HELL. This body sucks. Honestly, my feathers are white which is gorgeous, yes, but is inefficient if I need to hide from predators! Not to mention the tedious task of cleaning it. I'm not as white as snow anymore. This is so sad!
During those days, I also learned how to hunt but I feel like it came more as an instinct with my new body, either way at least I can feed myself. I continued to roam around in hopes to find some kind of civilization. After what felt like forever, finally! A civilization!!!
I rushed and landed in the middle of the city. This place is so advanced considering the fantasy setting. Looking around, I see different types of monsters and they all have clothes. Huh... wait, I haven't had clothes since I got here nor did I ever think of it! Ok. Humiliating considering that I'm an intelligent being, being a former human that I am.
I sighed and just ignored it, no one seemed to mind, they probably think that I'm an unintelligent monster. Wait, that would mean I could get attacked, right!? I am doomed... dying is one thing, it being painful is another!
Brushing that off, the place is nice. The bustling streets kinda made me dizzy but whatever. I roamed around until I caught a glimpse of a familiar figure. "That goblin... it looks kinda familiar. Is that Gobta, from That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime? Ain't no way. Goblins usually look alike so no way, right?"
That short moment of pondering if I really did get reincarnated in one of my favorite anime kinda caused me to panic. Gladly I'm not too delusional to actually entertain the silly theory. That's what I thought until I saw him myself. It could be anyone, but a slime being carried around by a woman that looks way too much like Shion, realization hit me like a train.
I'm in That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime!? Aaaahhh!! Dream came true but at the same time, simping for Rimuru feels so wrong now! Not to mention I can't even get close to him myself. Like what am I gonna say? "Hey, Lord Rimuru! I always watch you, you know!" Yeah, fuck no... I'll die— probably.
With no hope anymore, I drag my feet in an alleyway and sulk there. What has my life come to. I spent almost the whole day there. Series after series of scenes flashing in my head on how I should go from here, I have no money too so I really don't know where to go.
I sighed in defeat, burying my head on my knees. What do I do....
"Uhhh... hey, you doing alright there?"
A familiar voice talked to me, I raised my head to see him. It's Rimuru himself.