Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? Chapter 02

Well, it's regrettable to say that I have been reincarnated into a spider .
Although I accept the fact that I'm a spider, what should I do now?

Munch Munch!

For some reason, I heard a threatening sound .
Un .
It's no good to turn my eyes away from reality .
Before my eyes, there is the spider army that is probably considered as my siblings .
They are the only one who can produce the sound .

I glance ahead quietly .

Munch Munch!

Hogyaa!?
What are they doing!?
Huh, are they eating?
They are preying on one another!?

The struggle to live between my siblings is what I can see .
No no no no!
This is bad, this is really bad!
Why must I fight against my blood related siblings!?
Ah, it's for food .
They are all hungry .
In fact, I am also hungry too .

Ha!?
Nono .
I escape from the reality again .
In such a battlefield, I am just a innocent girl that will fall into the clutches of men in a blink of an eye .
Literally, it's a metaphor!

Fight
Tools
Escape ←

The only way to get through this situation is to beat a retreat .
Should I fight?
Impossible

.
I am a genuine go-home club .
There's no way I can fight with such violent group .
Ah! My current appearance is the same as them .

Un .
I should escape if I have the time to think about useless things .

ZUN!

Now, what is it!?
A sound and vibration from the rear .
When I turn around, there was a huge spider .

Oh! Is it mother?
Or is it father?
This isn't going anywhere .
I'm even confused now .
Isn't that spider way too BIG!?
It's probably ten times of my size .
Was there a spider that big on Earth?

Hyoi, Chomp .

Ah .

The huge spider stab the smaller spider with its claw and ate it .
It's like eating a snack .

Mother, even you . . . ! ( TL note: You too, Brutus parody)
It looks like it uses its bottom to think .
I should run away from here safely and aim to survive for now!

I escaped at full speed .
I finally calmed down after I was tired of running till I can't even move anymore .
There's no spider chasing after me even if I turn around .
Ah, I thought I was gonna die

die .
Death immediately after I was born is not a good joke .

Now that I am conscious, I have think about various things .

I am currently a spider .
It's a fact that must be accepted already .
Well, there's no such technique where a human can jump over their own height easily and run on vertical walls .
What am I talking about?
It's a story about escaping .
With so many spiders in a place, it's impossible to escape by running straight .
If I were to compare it and say, it should be like charging into a bargain sale where there's a crowd of auntie .
What a reckless act!
No, well, I didn't even charged into a bargain sale before though .

Anyway, when I was escaping, I jumped and ran on the wall just like a ninja and escaped from the spider encirclement .
When I was running, I had an uncomfortable feeling because of the amount of legs but somehow I manage to move it properly without getting entangled .
Is it the so-called natural instinct?
Un, well, being able to move my body without any inconveniences is a good thing .

So if I am a spider, then what was that super huge spider that I saw a while ago?
Un .
Considering the situation, was that really my mother or

mother or my father?
I don't know much about spider's ecology but a parent who eats their own child should be in the natural world .
Well, it's a race where from the moment they are born, they started preying on each other so it shouldn't be strange that the parent eats its own child .

If that huge spider is my parent, then will I become that size someday?
I'm starting to feel sick just by thinking about it .
No, spider is a beneficial insect which helped other people . Isn't it better rather than the me in my previous life?
Huh, how strange, somehow I'm sad now .

Ah, no no .
Let's return to the thought that had strayed a while ago .

Comparing with that huge spider by the size of my body will be too much .
Because I don't know how big is my body is .
If my size is just like a fingertip then it's good .
If so then I can understand the size of that huge spider .
Still, it should be around the size of a tarantula .
However, if my size is bigger then that huge spider should be a new kind that is yet to be discovered on earth .
An undiscovered new species is still okay but I have experienced a reincarnation like in a fantasy so optimistic thinking so optimistic thinking is probably not good .

To confirm it, I have to find out my size without delay .
Is there anything that I can compare my size with?

I looked around the surroundings .
It seems that I'm inside a rather big cave .
Although there's no light, the view is favorable even it's dim .
I looked around restlessly .

Oh, Th-This is!

What's on the ground was people's footprints .

Oh!
The are footprints of several people are left clearly!
In other words, it means that a person came here before .
That means there's human in this world .

I'm deeply moved when I know there was a person .
On the contrary, I realized a terrible fact .

My body was way much bigger than the footprint of a person .

Un .
Assuming that the height of the person is around 170cm, my size will be approximately 1m length .

Aah, un .
I had slightly thought so since I saw that huge spider .
No matter how I think, I am not a spider that's living on Earth,
In other words, this is a different world unlike the Earth and no matter how positive I think, I am definitely a monster . . . . Thank you very much!

Chapter end