The Demon Lord & The Hero(ine)

Side Story V - Charlotte's Reincarnation

I... was isekai'd... was I not? Of all the things I expected, getting Isekai'd was certainly not one of them. Well, thank you for your hard work, Truck-san.

Taking a look around, I figured it is the standard white room encounter with whatever deity type thing. It is relatively common in these type of scenarios, after all.

"Greetings, I am Akasha," says a female voice whose body slowly materializes.

"And I am soul [whatever number], ready for reincarnation," I say in a deadpan manner.

"You're not surprised that you died?" Akasha asks me with a furrowed brow.

"Considering the speeds of the truck and my vehicle, plus the force of the impact... death is certainly not out of the question," I respond and shrugged.

"But don't you have any regrets?"

I thought for a bit, and responded with a "yes, but I can't control the circumstances of my death to begin with."

"... True."

"So what happens now?"

"You will be reincarnated into a-"

"Where's the [Skip Dialogue] option?"

"... This is real life."

"So? I'm not alive."

"..."

"..."

"Anyway, you will be reincarnated into a different world, as-"

"Making a person come back to life who died from what seems to be a completely FUBAR [Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition] situation would be problematic."

"Please stop-"

"Interrupting my sentences?"

"..."

"..."

Akasha then snaps her fingers in order to send me to another world to a family expecting a child.

Whoops. Guess she already decided what to give me. Eh, I'll deal with the cards she dealt.

A couple months or so passes by and I'm now born in a new body. Life sucks already. Though I guess it isn't so bad, considering I would not have to do much.

Due to having knowledge of my past life complete within my mind as a result from the special abilities given to me. Though there are some parts I would rather forget... guess I'll have to deal with it.

I do worry about Griffith - my poor puppy must be lonely without me... but just as he said once, "we are mortals, thus death is inevitable for us. But as for when and where we meet our end, could we only predict, for only the Grim Reaper knows who the bell tolls for. As such, the only thing we can do is be thankful for the time we have and hope to have wonderful moments that we will remember forever."

He has a bit of flair when he says such things, but it is his version of "carpe diem". I know that he's emotionally unstable, despite how he acts around others.

Though I know he is also resilient, but it won't be much when something serious happens and gives him too much of a shock.

But, I can't do anything to affect the previous world as I am now.

With my previous life's entire library of knowledge, I must get to work as soon as possible - after all, "luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."

This new world - or perhaps best worded as "universe" - might be of some interest.

For the most part of the early life in this new body is utterly... boring. What else could I say about life when I cannot lift my own head? Thus, what could possibly be done was simply try out magic.

At first, the most I could manage was simply the equivalent of floating magic elements. Forms of various things, such as animals, tools, weapons, so on and so forth. Is this boring after a while? Yes, but there's not a whole lot to do when one is a baby, now is there?

As the years pass and I see more of this world, the people I meet are quite interesting - but I do feel a bit... disconnected. Perhaps this is due to retaining my past life's memories?

[Author's Note]

A little over 600 words...

Honestly, it does feel like I'm running out of steam when it comes to writing for this story, but I'll see what happens as I work on the next chapters.