Joichi Shiobana was just a regular student, attending a regular school. You could say it's quite a regular life. One day, he met quite an unfortunate end to it. He is given the choice of being reborn back in Earth as a baby, but with no memories...
I could see the marvelous town around me. This really was a parallel world! So... I'm gonna be using magic and going on crazy adventures from now on?! What an amazing experience this is gonna be! What a time to start anew!
I heard voices nearby. But then, it became clear who's it was.
I heard Aqua, who happened to be whining to Kazuma, "What are you talking about?! I'm in trouble because I can't go back! What do I do? What am I gonna do?! What am I supposed to do from now on?!"
Ok, I have never seen a goddess cry or whine like that before.
Kazuma then replied, "Hey, calm down, Goddess. Times like these call for guilds. Going to places like that to gather intel is what you do in RPGs."
Aqua then interrupted with, "Huh? You're supposed to be some game otaku shut-in. Why are you so reliable?"
Kazuma, ignoring her, said, "Alright! Let's go, Goddess. However, I think we have to wait for Joichi."
Me, feeling completely pissed that they didn't notice me this whole time, called to them, "Guys..."
The pair of them turned their heads towards me, as Aqua exclaimed. "Joichi! What took you so long?! Where were you when you could've helped?!"
I replied, "I was doing the whole process all over again. I happened to be with Eris for the while. And, I gained this!"
You brought out Gold Experience for them to see.
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It was a humanoid Stand of slender build and average height. The top of its head is similar to that of a typical helmet of a soldier, with curved markings similar to the letter J coming down from the eyes on both sides. There are stylized wings on its shoulders and large ladybugs all over its body.
Kazuma asked, "What is that?!"
I replied casually, "Oh, it's just something called a stand. It's a physically generated entity generated by its user. It can be viewed as a visual manifestation of the user's fighting spirit."
Kazuma and Aqua asked, showing at least a small amount of interest, "What can it do?"
I answered with, "It can punch stuff, convert objects into living things, overload people's senses, which will be useful for combat, create flesh and organs, and sense lifeforms."
Kazuma replied, "That's kinda cool."
Kazuma then said, "Alright then, let's head for the guild."
As I began to take my first steps to follow Kazuma and Aqua, I felt some extra weight on the right side of my hip. Curious about what this could be, I looked and noticed a pouch attached to me. As I wondered what the contents could be, I opened it. There was a folded note on top of a bunch of gold coins. I unfolded the note and read it.
