What happened…
I mumbled as I floated in a blank space.
Did I die?
Okay. That's a little too far, let's restart from the beginning, shall we?
My name is Jin Kano, just your average high school student, or more so I wasn’t your average student, I rarely went to school now… I mean, does school even give you anything? What is the purpose? To become successful? I have nothing to live for…
In my past I did have something to fight for… I am a martial artist, or more accurately I should say was a martial artist, you know what I mean by “was”. I am 17 now, from the age 4 till the age of 15, I was known as the child prodigy. From sword fighting to karate, from breathing techniques to boxing, I did them all, I learned them all, I mastered them all. I trained under my grandad Nisida Kano, he was the best fighter I knew. I never knew my parents. It's said that they both died in a car crash when I was little. From the time I started to have memories , grandad was my only family.
I can confidently say I am the strongest fighter in Kyoto, or even the whole of Japan, at least back then I can…
When I was 14… Old gramps died… I was devastated. The question came into my mind then… Why do I even live… What was the purpose?
I even dropped the one thing I love the most, martial arts. I lost all motive to fight, to become stronger, I lost all purpose in life.
Why should I even go to school… It wasn’t for myself? I already have everything I need…
So to quicken the pace a bit, so I basically become your shut-in student, nothing to me mattered anymore. If you ask what I did all day? I would hope you would never know… It's not something you would want to know really.
In short, I wanked it, all day, all night… It wasn’t like skipping on school was any uncommon thing, right? Everyone does it once in a while.
Now that was almost 8 years ago… I probably never really stayed outside the house for over an hour after that.
I had a convenience store right next to me, so everyday I just brought the pre-cooked meals and cup noodles.
I opened my wallet… Wait… what? Did I use up all my remaining money?
So what in the world am I supposed to do now?
The simple answer was to get a part-time job to earn myself some money… Would anyone hire a 25 year-old fat-ass? Moreover, someone who dropped out of school and had near no achievements at all.
I guess I could become a martial arts master… So I looked around… Was there any place hiring martial arts masters or teachers?
I searched around the internet, finding a couple, the offers were quite enticing.
I looked down, I was in a white T-shirt, can I even call it white anymore? It was covered in sweat, blood, food, and my semen… Even if someone let me past the first gate, according to the internet it’s said I would have to go through an interview. What would they do if they saw someone like me? What I’d say is kick me out of the building within a flash, or maybe call security? It’d be something within that range.
I lived 25 years without worrying about anything… Now it’s really coming back to haunt me, huh?
Guess I could take out a loan or something, borrow some money, get myself some new clothes and stuff. That should be the plan.
During my high school days before Gramp's death, I was pretty popular. I wouldn’t say I was a school celebrity but I’d say I was in a way better position back then compared to now. Maybe it’s because of my body, girls came after me, or maybe it was my looks back then.
Since that time, I couldn’t even get a girlfriend. It might be because I rarely went out, or maybe it’s my flabby tummy.
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Looking in the mirror, I can’t even call myself a shell of my former self, I am just a completely different person. Jerking off all day doesn’t do me any favor either, it just made my skin crawl with acne and pimples.
I could really have done plenty if I wasn’t stuck in the past and became a shut-in after something that was bound to happen sooner or later. I wouldn’t say it’s my fault, anyone in a situation like that would crash out, maybe in a different way than me but still, losing the only family you know of…
I walked out onto the street to head to the bank, taking out a loan was the first step.
The blinding street lights… The billboards… I haven’t seen this scene with my eyes probably in the last 10 years. Of course I have seen it in an anime somewhere, or have imagined it in my brain while reading a light novel.
I looked around the place, it’s really impressive ain’t it, the Japanese billboards. I really don’t know any of these new celebrities, huh? 10 years really takes away all my knowledge of the world.
The billboard flips to another ad. The ad was for a sporting drink, a hot girl sat on a bench sipping on the drink.
Oh I know that one, uhhhhhh, who is she? I swear I have seen her somewhere before, maybe in a porn video or something? Oh I remember, she’s Kuroi Arita, I thought completely wrong, let me clear things up, she’s not in a porn video or anything, she was my classmate from highschool. Come to think of it, I always thought she was cute, I’d never thought she would actually become an actress.
Wow, people really have been doing their stuff these years, while I sat on my bed jerking it to some hentai.
Maybe I could have been an actor if I had aimed higher…
No… That doesn't matter anymore, I gotta make myself useful now, I can’t go back in time.
Even if I could, I don't think things would change much.
I hear people chatting as I walk across the road, the voice sounds familiar, was it someone I know?
No way. I have spent the last ten years being an absolute failure, I wouldn’t have talked to anyone.
“Hehehe, no way.”
“I’m pretty sure the news is real.”
“Hahaha.”
Such a casual conversation… I haven’t heard this in so long. Man, that really takes me back, I don’t know about why but it seems nostalgic, I suppose not talking to anyone in so long made me appreciate just your day to day convo.
“Jin? Is that you?”
Huh? Someone recognized me?
I turn around… Uhhhh… Who was she again?
I stood there, on the street, diving deep into my memory, trying to find a name.
“Look out!” a voice shouts.
I remember now… It’s her… Kuroi Arita…
A pair of headlights flooded my vision, the bright light blinded me.
The last thing I saw was… her face… Kuroi, you are still as cute as before, huh?
…
Thank god you didn’t get smashed along with me.
Now then where am I…
Did I die?
A blinding light flashes in my eyes.
Blink. Blink.
The blur fades as a few seconds pass, I open my eyes to look around. My eyes adjust to the surroundings.
I hear a few shocked screams, or more accurately screams of fear. The area I laid on suddenly disappeared, just like they withdrew.
Gravity takes over.
I began dropping down towards the floor. Am I really about to die again? Sighhh… Life is really a joke, huh?
Thump.
Owch. Damn that hit hard, landing on your back is really painful, ain’t it?
I didn’t die, did I? I look around. Sighhh… So where am I?
Wait, I don't recognize this place, it doesn’t seem familiar, although I was mostly a shut-in, I did know the landscape of Japan. This looks ancient, something you would see in the 1800s. This isn’t… Japan?
DID I JUST GET ISEKAI’D INTO ANOTHER WORLD?
I looked down at my body, raised my hands and feet into the light. I was buck naked, in a piece of cloth, and yes I am a baby once again.
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It's almost sunset, in the dimly lit alleyway I continue to reside, my body too small and frail to move around. I watch from the shadows of the alleyway, men and women walking around the busy main street. The sunlight of the setting sun shining on my tiny body, still not being noticed.
I’m really the ultimate side character, huh? Even after being isekai’d, I’m still unnoticeable… Sigh…
An hour seemed to have passed, the sun started to disappear behind the buildings and trees, only a sliver of sunlight remained, barely allowing me to see my surroundings. I guess I really don't need any sunlight anyways, there's really not much to see when you are stuck in a small alleyway.
A shadow casts over my small body. Did the sun set that quickly? I thought to myself as I turned around seeing the situation. I see a cloaked figure, a girl. No, no, no, more like a woman, prolly around her 20s or so.
The young woman bends low, shadowing me, her hair, blond, grazes over my body, its silky smooth. As her body closes the gap, I see, she was an elf, and what people would definitely call a beauty, way more beautiful than any girl I have seen in real life, even Kuroi can't compare. Her body, curvy, with large breasts and a nice butt, her eyes, a beautiful colour of blueish purple, every man’s dream would be to have a girl like her, a girl you would only see in an anime or manga.
Soft hands lift me up slowly, her body, it's so close. She carried me in her arms, pressing against her large breasts. Damn they’re soft, they feel just like how the books describe. That’s a new achievement. It feels so warm. She pressed me against her soft lips, she smelled really nice, a kind of strawberry I think?
“Don’t worry, you are safe now, I’m here.” Her breath was hot. It felt warm, not from her breath, or maybe… nah, it felt like home.
The young woman walks out into the main street with me in her arms. Finally, after seemingly an eternity I have left the shadows of the dark alleyway, it almost felt like an achievement. It is.
This new world seemed like your average isekai, with technology in the 1800s or so, there weren’t cars or electric street lights, instead oil lamps and carriages were used, the carriages some pulled by horses, some by raptors like creatures. It was loud and busy, the streets were packed with people.
I sense an energy flowing in the atmosphere, an aura glowing around every person around, could it be? Is that mana? Excitement boiled up inside me as the young woman continued to move through the busy street, it seemed like I was about to explode from the excitement.