Really, what the heck was that!

Isn’t this too much of a development?

They had long brown fur, and were unbelievably big, supersized big dogs that had an overall length of over one meter. The bulging muscles on their shoulders were overwhelmingly wild. Their teeth weren’t normal either, they resembled those of a man-eating wolf.

It wasn’t just one either, it was a pack, so there was no helping it.

After fumbling around, I was finally surrounded by over 10 dogs.

I resolved myself, and rather than letting out a brave shout, I shrieked and swung at the dog within my reach. Unexpectedly, as I continued to swing my long tree branch, the dogs backed away and opened up a path.

Alas, that was a trap by the pack of dogs. After being chased for a while and running out of stamina, I was bitten, with a chomp, from behind.

From the weight that was tugging at my leg, I understood that I was bitten around the ankle. Even though the sharp teeth stuck deep into my leg, somehow I didn’t feel any pain.

Rather than the wound, the problem was that its teeth were plugged into my leg, and I couldn’t pull my leg out even if I tried.

I rolled once and slammed into the ground.

I thought to myself that it was true that when you were about to die, everything would be in slow motion. Next, I would see my life flashing before my eyes, maybe. As I was carefreely thinking so, I felt the weight of a big dog slamming onto my chest.

It didn’t jump on me to break my bones - my whole body will now be masticated, and I’ll be killed. That is very scary, I don’t want that.

‘Aaagh’, my pathetic scream leaked out.

A lot of sharp, white teeth, ah, it has a decayed tooth beyond saving.

Even though I was going to be shredded by the dog, I laughed at such a thing, maybe I had lost it already.

─Thud

Aaah, I guess I died.

Nevertheless, it was strange that I didn’t feel anything at all. As I thought, ‘don’t tell me it was all just a dream’, I tried to open my eyes, and I saw the overgrown grass and the wide blue sky.

Now that I think about it, where is this? Even if I asked, there was no answer.

“It hurts, more like, IT HUUURTS!”

I forgot to scream, and also forgot to cover up the wound on my ankle. I was stupefied and just stared at the terrible spectacle.

Lying around were a bunch of corpses of the big dogs, covered in blood due to being chopped up by some kind of edged tool. Rather than corpses, they were already just chunks of meat.

It was the dog that had been on top of my body, it had a knife stuck in its head, which had been split open, and its pink brain matter was leaking out. Of course, it had completely stopped breathing already.

‘Kyuiin’, the dog shrieked softly as it died instantly.

“Are you okay?”

The female warrior was wearing lightweight equipment comprised of just a thick leather jacket and black fustian (something like thick cheap jean) pants. To a warrior, lightweight and easy to move equipment were important. Just a look at the way she casually handled the roughly designed, dull-looking sabre was enough for me to understand that she was just simply strong.

Was it Western RPG cosplay? No, as if it was something that stupid. I saw her kill the pack of dogs with the sabre.

“What’s wrong? Is my face that strange?”

Red hair that was brighter than fresh blood reached down to her shoulders, casually tied up in a high ponytail that was swaying a little. Her build was larger than the average woman’s. She was slender, but her lean muscles looked sharp, like a drawn sword. It was a very nice figure.

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If only she wasn’t holding her naked, specialized sword, and didn’t have any blood on her despite massacring a pack of dogs.

“Can you stand?”

This is bad, the ankle where the dog bit me hurts so much.

The thick cloth of my jeans were badly ripped and blood was spreading out over my pants.

The wounds were rather deep and blood wouldn't stop flowing. Just seeing the torn flesh made me feel ill.

"I can give medical treatment, but wouldn't it be better to use a recovery potion for this kind of wound?"

"Recovery potion?"

I was surprised and she smiled saying, "What's so surprising?" as she picked up the backpack she had thrown away before the fight. The warrior nee-san took out a vial of blue potion from the bag and gave it to me.

I've never seen a recovery potion before, you know. It's fantasy, you know. She's not making fun of me, is she?

"What's wrong? Don't worry, just drink it. It'll make you feel better. You can't move with that foot after all, and it's quite a distance to town from here."

"Thank you very much."

After saying all that, the onee-san took out a knife and began to work on dismantling the dead bodies of the dogs that were laying around.

I hesitated for a bit, but downed all of the blue liquid she gave me.

The liquid had a slightly bitter taste and it spread out inside my body.

My ripped up pants didn't go back to how they were, but the deep wounds closed almost completely. Since my life was saved, I let out a sigh of relief.

As I watched the oneesan cut up the dead dogs’ stomachs one after another and take out the steaming entrails, I felt more and more hopeless.

I can no longer think that I'm somewhere in rural Japan anymore.

Seeing fiendishly large dogs never seen before on Earth, and a female warrior skillfully kill them all, as well as a recovery potion that heals wound—

This was an honest-to-goodness fantasy world, and of all things, an incredibly harsh and realistic one at that, too.

日本で平凡な大学生をやっていたはずの俺が、気がついたら異世界ファンタジー世界に飛ばされていた。

俗に言う、異世界トリップ。とりあえず、この世界を酷幻想[リアルファンタジー]と名づけてみる。

隠れオタクである俺は、幻想物語[ファンタジー]にはちょっと詳しい。

この手の古典については、指輪をめぐる戦争から始まって、呪われた島の戦記までしっかり読み込んでいる。近年の異世界ファンタジーも、召喚、転生、転移の別け隔てなくきちんと予習済み。

使い魔として召喚されたり、ゲーム世界に飛ばされたり、変わったところでは、ＶＲＭＭＯに閉じ込められて仮想世界から出られなくなった近未来ＳＦファンタジーなんてのもある。そこら辺は数え上げると切りがないが、ラノベ読みとしての知識を駆使して、現状を断定する。

これはゲーム世界でも、お手軽ファンタジーでもなく、古典的なハイファンタジーの世界だと！

これがゲームの世界なら、お姉さんに斬り殺された犬型モンスターは、一瞬で『野犬の肉』とか、『野犬の皮』とか、ドロップアイテムに変わっていたはずだ。

そうだったら、どれほど良かったことか。

しかし、眼の前には真っ赤な血の海が広がり、戦士のお姉さんに内臓を取り出されて皮を剥がれている犬の死体は、吐き気を催すほどリアルでグロテスクな有様を晒している。

つまりこれは、分かりやすいレベル制とか、便利な魔法とか、ご都合主義なプレイヤーチートとか、お手軽ファンタジーに有りがちな救済は期待できないってことを意味する。

むしろ、油断すると一瞬で死ぬ。

厳しい世界なのだ。

しかも、死ぬときは絶対めちゃくちゃ痛い。

さっきのデカイ犬に噛まれた傷の恐ろしい痛みを思い出すと、二度と嫌だった。

もうお腹痛くなってきた、早くおうちに帰りたい……どうやったら帰れるんだこれ。

「暇なら、薪に使う枝を集めてきてくれないか」

動物の解体などとても手伝えない俺に、お姉さんが気を使ってくれたのか、そう提案してくれた。

グロい解体シーンを手持ち無沙汰に眺めているより、薪を拾い集めたほうがよっぽど気が楽だった。

「あー、マジでどうしよう」

俺はブツブツと呟きながら、枯れ木を握りしめた手で頭をかかえる。

犬に襲われて死にかけたことでわかるが、現代っ子の俺にはこの酷幻想[リアルファンタジー]を生き抜く力がない。

こういう異世界トリップ物って普通は、主人公が異世界に召喚された勇者だとかなんとかで、不思議な力に目覚めて雑魚モンスターとか、バシバシぶっ殺してレベル上げできるもんだろ。

しかし、モンスターを殺すどころか、その死体を肉と皮に変える知識と経験すらないという情けない現実に直面してしまうと、そんなノンキなことは言っていられない。

「いやー、犬の内臓グロすぎ。無理だわ」

ファンタジー小説には、そんな描写一切なかった。

確かにマニアックなゲームでは、動物の解体スキルなんてのもあった。ご丁寧に生きてる間に血抜きするだの、筋に沿ってナイフを通すだの、解剖図まで載せて。

理論的には簡単なんだよな。解剖学の知識通りにナイフを入れて、はらわたを取り出すだけだ。

素人の俺だって、何度かやって習熟すれば、女戦士のお姉さんのような真似ができるかもしれない。

しかし、『物理的に』解体できることと、『気持ち的に』解体できることは全然違う。

現代っ子の俺にとって、肉は加工済みでスーパーに並んでるものだ。

生き残るためにあんな血みどろサバイバルが必要なら、冒険者とか狩人とか、俺は絶対やりたくない。

そんな俺の気持ちを知ってか知らずか、女戦士のお姉さんは俺の拾ってきた薪に火をつけると、嬉しそうに犬の内臓をフライパンで焼き始めた。

「クレイジードッグの肉は後からでも食えるし、干し肉にもできるんだけど、肝はすぐ傷んじゃうから、狩った時にしか食えないんだよ。ウメエぞ」

「はぁ……」

犬の内臓を食えと勧められた。

確かにお腹は減っている、ジュージューと焼ける音は食欲をそそるし、美味しそうな脂の焦げた香りも漂ってきた。

木の皿に盛られた湯気の立つモツを、俺は思い切って食ってみた。

“Delicious……”

This was a surprise, I had imagined intestines being bitter, but that wasn’t the case at all.

The fresh crazy dog entrails had a soft, yet moderate texture when chewed, and it also had a rich, fatty flavor yet it easily glided down my throat, so I could have eaten it forever.

Once I had calmed down, although it was late, I gave my thanks for not only saving me, but also for providing a meal.

Her name was Louise Carlson.

TL Note : Guess who. - rei_hunter

Something like Hanako in Japan, I suppose. Nobody was named Hanako these days, but it seemed like a medieval fantasy world, so of course it would be old-fashioned.

It was unfortunate that I was suddenly attacked by monsters, but it was a small mercy that the strong and virtuous Louise happened to pass by.

I was 21, so she was three years older than me.

“What could be?”

Besides, right now was no situation to be admiring a woman.

Speaking of which, I hadn’t introduced myself yet.

My major was engineering. I was in a reasonably good university, but I guess that held no meaning in this Real Fantasy world.

“Ummm, I wonder what……”

In that case, I guess I didn’t have an occupation. A jobless neet. Well, I had a slight communication disorder and had trouble finding employment, so I had been taking that danger into consideration, but to think that I would be demoted from student to jobless in one go.

Louise seemed to actually be a nice person, despite her unsociable appearance, and upon asking her what kind of job would suit me, she immediately told me to not become an adventurer like her.

“You’re weak. If you can’t even beat Crazy Dogs by yourself, you’ll die before gaining experience.”

It is indeed just as Louise-sama has said. She really gave me a reality check, huh? Gosh dangit. Is this really a fantasy world, what’s with this cruel treatment. Not only is it cold-blooded, the fact that it was covered in blood from the very beginning gives me an even worse feeling.

“Yes, please, that would be great!!”

Thinking back to when I was almost killed just now, it would definitely be impossible for me to become an adventurer. Just remembering it made me shake in fear.

Well, Louise was strong so she should be alright venturing out on her own.

I could not live on my own in this cruel world where civilization was still developing and, on top of the inadequate public order, there were ferocious monsters.

Aaah, it’s starting to get dark again.

After helping her carry the skin and meat to a village, I plan on getting Louise to arrange a job that even I could do, even if I need to beg on my knees.

As I was about to be killed by dogs, I was saved by a beautiful female warrior.

I needed to live strongly in this cruel world where only the fittest survived. After suddenly facing death, I strongly resolved myself to survive, no matter the cost.

Hmm, what else, I feel like I’m forgetting something.

Even though that could possibly be the reason why I was transported into this parallel universe.

Well, leaving that aside, since my stomach was full, I just laid down like that. Louise was also doing this, so I copied her and laid down on the ground and, maybe because I was tired, I felt that sleeping in the open wasn’t that bad.

I tried reaching out to her with all my might, but my hand just couldn’t reach her. That was because she was in a place I could never reach. That’s why I……

I wonder if there’s any meaning for me to have come to this Real Fantasy world.

Yuushin

Larvyde

Yuushin

Cyn

TRANSALTORS’ CORNER!

Oh right. Side note. CH01 is 90 pages long. ;-;