Looking at the dead bodies of his two best and only friends being buried, Akira was confused. According to the official report, they were stabbed by some thug who was after their money on the way home, but Akira knew that was false.
They were both martial arts experts mastering a multitude of them, so how could they lose to a mere thug with a small knife? He knew this was suspicious, but he is just a normal person without any proper training. The most he has done was getting into fist fights during high school and that was 6 years ago already.
Still, Akira knew he couldn't dwell on this too much as his friends had left them with the last of their blood, their 5 year old daughter. They were already acquainted from the many times her parents visited his house in the past few years, so it was no problem on that point.
Still, Akira knew that this had hit the kid hard as she was still shaking even though no tears were coming out of her eyes, as she is already out of tears at this point. Shaking his head, Akira carries her and leaves the funeral site with her.
Amano Setsumi, the last blood of his two best friends, Amano Yuuki and Amano Miyako. He will raise her the best that he can in his situation, which won't be too hard as Setsumi got all of the money that her late parents had since she was their last alive family member, so the money part is fine. What he needs to do now is to raise her to be proper and strong so that nothing similar happens in the future.
Which he, or she, does indeed do in the future...
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After taking Setsumi back to my house, I made her a small meal so she can get some energy back. After she finished eating, I carried her in my arms and headed towards the bathroom so I can bathe her, when everything suddenly turned dark. Thinking it was a blackout, I tightened my hold on her, but the lights came back on and I realized this was no blackout.
Rather than my normal house, we are in what seems to be a massive palace now instead. There is nobody around us, but this situation is still freaky in itself. It sure as hell isn't a dream since I didn't sleep yet, and Setsumi is also awake, looking around in confusion and slight awe, which is to be expected as the palace is massive.
I felt a sudden urge to walk through the palace doors, so I do. Carrying Setsumi in my arms still, I cautiously walk through the palace doors and find myself staring at a massive figure whose height exceeds 10 meters siting on a large throne looking down at both of us.
??? - "Hm, you two, who are you? Let's see..."
He points a finger at both of us and a small orb of light flies out of both of our bodies and into the hands of the giant, to which he stares at them intently. I was starting to panic somewhat since I didn't know what he just did, but he speaks again before I could.
??? - "I see! Kurotsuchi Akira and Amano Setsumi, huh. Hm, so this is why you two are here, huh... Those two are dead, then. Got it, since this is what they want, so be it. Akira, you were entrusted with their child, so you are now responsible for her life. Protect her at all costs in the place you two will be going to. Hm, those two wanted something like this to happen to you afterwards, huh. Hehe, that seems interesting. Let's go with it."
The giant said some stuff I couldn't understand, but I could understand that Yuuki and Miyako both knew this giant as he spoke about them with a deep familiarity. He then points his massive hand towards both of us, and before I could do much of any reacting, a bright light shone on both of us and I felt my mind going blank as I felt some changes happening to my body.
When I came to, I was still holding Setsumi, but I noticed three things incredibly wrong. The first was that we are now in a small but sturdy wooden house filled with everyday items excluding those that every modern household should have.
Second was the floating screen in front of my face, congratulating both me for coming to this new world, which I can ignore for now.
And thirdly, I changed freaking genders!!!!