Ooh-ooh—?!
Th-This guy can actually speak?!
It’s just…
What in the world is it jabbering about?
How can I not understand a single word…
And it even looks so happy…
Could this be a language exclusive to this other world…?
Or maybe a language used by monsters…?
And it didn’t even open its mouth when speaking, hey…
Is this…
some kind of special skill?
I tilted my head in confusion, waving two spider legs around in front of me.
I!
Don’t!
Understand!
What!
You’re!
Saying!
OK?
I could feel the lizard in front of me visibly freeze.
It blinked its eyes, and after a few seconds, as if suddenly realizing something, it slapped its claws together.
Then another voice echoed into my mind,
『Mm…』
『C-Can you understand now…?』
Huh…?
How is this possible?
Listening to the voice coming through, I stared at the other party in utter disbelief.
This lizard…
can actually speak Japanese?!
Could…
Could it be…
『That’s right, I’m a reincarnator, too.』
Ooh…
That makes sense then…
Wait?
No no no, that’s not right at all, hey!
How-How-How can you hear my inner thoughts, hey?!
『Uh…』
『Th-This…』
『This is my skill…!』
Aaaah!
Th-Th-This is way too shameless…!
Even though I’m just a spider right now…
『S-Sorry!』
『But this is also the only way we can communicate right now…』
『You don’t know how to use the information-transmitting [Telepathy LV.2] skill yet, which is how I’m talking to you remotely right now.』
Is that so…?
Well, fine then…
BUT!
You…
You can’t just listen to my inner thoughts whenever you want!
『Mm…
alright…』
Though speaking of which…
Before reincarnating, you were probably in the same class as me, right…?
What’s your name?
Though I probably don’t have much of an impression of you…
『Uh…
my name…』
『I…』
『Oh…
I’m Issei Sakurazaki!』
[LanLi: Lie?]
Issei Sakurazaki…?
Seems to be…
the guy who used to always hang around Natsume…
I can’t remember too clearly either…
『Mm!』
『Yes, that’s right.』
『What about you?
What’s your name?』
Me?
I…
I’m not telling you!
It’s a secret for now!
『Alright…』
『Then I won’t ask for now.』
『You probably just arrived here, right?』
『For some reason, our reincarnation points in time might be a bit different.』
After saying this, the lizard extended its claw, making a few gestures, and condensed a pitch-black ball of energy.
With a bang, it slammed into the adjacent wall.
『So, as you can see, there’s also a certain gap in our power.』
So cool!
An other world combined with magic?
Can I do something like this in the future, too?!
『Mm, you definitely can!』
『Besides, I believe you’ll reach the absolute peak on the path of magic!』
『Everything is just getting started, after all.』
『Do your best.』
Saying this, the lizard turned around, intending to leave.
But after taking two steps, it suddenly stopped again.
With its back facing me, it sent a few more sentences into my mind,
『Since you aren’t willing to tell me your name, forget it then.』
『In the future, I’ll just call you Kumoko, okay?』
『You can just call me Little Lizard.』
『We…
will definitely have a chance to meet again in the future!』
『Now that we’ve reincarnated, please live bravely, no matter what difficulties you face☆!』
…
Kumoko…
huh?
It feels very fitting for my current identity.
Gotta keep pushing forward from now on,
Kumoko!
Huh?
Looks like something got caught in my web!!
Let’s go check it out, go check it out…
…
Ugh?
A frog?
I remember frog tastes pretty similar to chicken…
It shouldn’t taste too bad!
…
Aaaaaah—
It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!
It’s…
It’s poison!
Damn it!
How dare you spit this dirty stuff on me…
Take this!!
Eeeeyaaaah—
…
I’ve finally realized it.
In this place…
I’m really…
super weak, aaaaaah—
…