I, Tanaka, am an ordinary salaryman you could find everywhere .
I worked hard from morning till night, and when I finished my work, I dropped by the convenience store, bought beer and snacks to go with it, and then returned home . I was having a peaceful day .
But, that day was different .
Evening, after work . I was walking on the sidewalk carrying the convenience store bag, when suddenly, stray cats, parents and its child, entered my sight .
As a cat lover, I felt healed by that sight, but all of the sudden, the sound of sudden braking and loud horn echoes in my eardrums .
Turning around, wondering what happened, I could see a large truck that couldn’t completely stop approaching the stray cats that were petrified from the fear .
When I noticed, I was leaping towards the stray cats reflexively .
This was a development where I was being driven to the corner .
But just before getting hit by a truck, I hugged the cats on my bosom and did a splendid cartwheel, barely avoided the truck .
AdvertisementEven if I said it myself, that was definitely a nice save .
「Fucking idiot! Do you want to die!?」
Turning over his head, the truck driver raised his fist from the window and revealed his anger .
Even though I was just helping the cats, how unreasonable .
I went back to the sidewalk while looking at that damned driver leaning out from the window while going away, and then I put down the cats .
The cats immediately fled from me at a quick pace . Umu, it’s good as long as you’re fine .
I was pleased that the cats were uninjured . It was at that time,
Suddenly a flash that was brighter than if a searchlight aimed right at your eyes flashed in front of me . And from there, a figure emerged from the center .
Watching the shadow while squinting and covering my eyes with my palm, the figure became clear soon .
It was a girl clad in angel’s clothing with a pair of wings on her back .
—- What is this? Am I on TV?
While I was flustered by the extraordinary incident, the girl whose blue eyes were completely focused on me, said something in a solemnly echoing voice .
『The one who died in a brave act: to honor your bravery, I will give you the opportunities to reincarnate . 』
「—— No, I’m not dead . 」
Don’t kill people without permission .
While I retorted reflexively in my mind, the light quickly lost its intensity until the roadside in the night can be seen . There, the girl in front of me opened her eyes wide, showing her astonishment .
「Eh? What? It’s true! Why are you not dead!?」
「How should I know!」
While being shocked by the girl who uttered such a cruel question with innocent eyes, the girl pulled out a thick book from nowhere, open it, and then show it to me .
「I mean, see here, according to this reincarnation catalogue, you’re supposed to be hit by a truck here, you’re supposed to die and become a mess of minced meat . 」
「What is that catalog? Is your head fine?」
I mean, the detail leading to death is too detailed, the producer who thought of this project must have a bad taste .
Closing the book that casually had “a person dead by becoming a mincemeat” written without permission, the girl in front of me, with upturned eyes, said,
「Err~, for now, will you die so I can reincarnate you?」
「Who will agree to such thing!」
I was not pessimistic about my life, I definitely didn’t want to reincarnate now .
Or rather, saying something like that to the person she met for the first time, were there maggots infesting her brain?
While I was looking around, trying to find the TV crew or recording equipment to make a complaint, the girl put her hands together just like she was praying and begged,
「But-but, if you don’t die here and reincarnated, I’ll be in trouble . 」
Don’t care .
「Also, I already applied for your reincarnation in the reincarnation catalogue! Unless I reincarnate you, my work won’t be completed and that means I can’t come back to the realm of souls!」
Still, I don’t care .
「Since it’s still not too late now, will you die quickly?」
「Leave the sleep-talking for when you’re sleeping . 」
Cutting her off quickly, I turned on my heel and started walking back to my apartment .
Unfortunately, I couldn’t find the broadcasting car from the TV station . Guess I should give up on complaining .
「Ahh-! Wait! Please wait!」
Sorry, but you’re so troublesome . Ignoring the voice calling me from behind with all my power, I sped up my pace .
I want to get home soon and drink the beer .
Chapter end
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