My memories of my previous life came up to me. I was a single student before my reincarnation and did not have a good relationship with my parents. They saw me as a good-for-nothing who would never achieve anything in life. Man, how I hate having to get up every day anew and continue my dreary life as an average student. I turned on the TV and watched some anime. ''That time I got reincarnated as a Slime'' I was currently watching. The second season was still running at the time. It was a compelling anime, and I was a fan of the series. I think today I'll go to the library and get the new volumes of the series. I need to know what happens next," I said to myself as I lived alone in the apartment.
Man, my life is dull. If only I had a girlfriend. My life as a nerd left its mark. I was a basement kid who either went out to study or stayed home and watched anime. That was my life in a nutshell. However, there was something good about it. I didn't have to worry about Corona by staying in my apartment. After all, you don't get sick if you don't contact people. I took the mask with me, wore it around my mouth, and stretched vigorously. I'm going to buy the new two volumes of the series very quickly, and then I'm going straight back to my apartment.
I quickly put on my jacket and left my apartment. On the way to the bookstore, I looked at my cell phone to see if my parents had contacted me. I got a message from my mother. However, I didn't open the message, thinking that she was criticizing me again about what a good-for-nothing I was. Walking along the side streets, I passed by the bookstore. It was a relatively old store, and I was surprised that it was still open. ''Takeshi, it's good to see you again! What can I get you today?" the store owner told me, pleased to see me since I was his regular customer. The two new tapes of ''That time I got reincarnated as a Slime please'', I answered him.
He asked me to follow him and led me to one of the shelves with only anime novellas. One book, in particular, caught my eye. It was called ''Reincarnated in a World ruled by Demons''. I picked up the book and read the prologue. ''Aramoto Kakumo, he is my age. So it's a light novel? The prologue reads dark,'' I whispered, talking to myself. Suddenly, a loud noise rang out in the area, and everything began to shake. There was an earthquake, and the whole store could not withstand the shaking and collapsed. I saw pieces of the ceiling falling on the shopkeeper, and I ran and pushed him aside. I could save his life, but instead, all the debris crushed my body. Am I going to die now? I'm still a virgin, after all. This sucks, damn it, I can't let my life end like this!
My eyes slowly closed, and I gradually lost consciousness. I heard a rescue party trying to clear the rubble on top of me. However, the voices became more and more muffled and quiet until I could not hear anything afterward. I could no longer feel my body and was very scared. That was it. I was dying. I tried to come to terms with my impending death. Suddenly images flew past my eyes. They were memories of that Aramoto Kakumo. On the other hand, my present memories became more and more meager, and I only remembered things that seemed impossible in my world. My name was now Aramoto Kakumo, and I continued the life of this protagonist after the gloomy prologue.