I Reincarnated as the Mob Flame User Destined to Die in the Early Stages of the Game, but When I Cleared the Event Before the Protagonist, the Heroines Followed Me - Chapter 1 - Reincarnation in an RPG Game World

Chapter 1 – Reincarnation in an RPG Game World

I’m a 25-year-old corporate slave living in Japan, and playing games late into the night is my hobby.

I launch the game and play the action RPG Brave Quest Fantasy.

The charm of this game lies in the Brave System.

By saving people from monsters, the protagonist accumulates Brave Points, which can strengthen the protagonist’s talent. 　

And all the main party characters except the protagonist are female, and the character designs are really good.

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“Whoa! 5th lap cleared! And it’s already 3 in the morning… I have work again tomorrow.”

The moment I finished the game and looked at the clock, I was brought back to reality.

I got into my futon and went to bed.

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I was then woken up by the bright morning sun.

But when I woke up, the ceiling didn’t look familiar.

When I touched my face, I felt plump. Both my hands and face feel plump.

“Oh my, Our Gett is awake already?”

Gett is a mob from Brave Quest Fantasy.

Finally, memories from when I was 5 years old came back to me, mixed with memories from my time in Japan.

I quickly got up and took a look in the mirror.

After that, I left the house and ran.

“Pant, pant, it really is like the game world! I’ve been reincarnated as a 5-year-old mob!”

Everything looks the same as the starting village that appeared in the game!

I walked back home.

“What’s wrong? You usually wake up slowly in the morning.”

“I’m the son of the weapons shop owner, Gett, right?”

“Fufufu, what is our Gett talking about? So funny, fufufu.”

My beautiful mother said that and hugged me.

I couldn’t help but get excited being hugged by her. Wait, no! I need to stay in character.

“I said it because I thought it was funny, Mother. Is breakfast ready?”

“It’ll be ready in a moment.”

I acted as the mob Gett, ate breakfast, and entered the weapon shop.

Just as I expected! Even though it’s a weapon shop, it sells everything from armor to food to potions, just like in the game.

But my father was looking at me strangely.

I left the weapon shop and immediately headed to the square.　

Pant, pant, I’m tired.

Perhaps because I have a child’s body and I’m fat, I easily get short of breath. When I arrived at the square, I met the game’s protagonist, Dust.

Dust has golden hair and a wild appearance reminiscent of a lion’s mane, but he’s a man overflowing with kindness and courage.

…But somehow, his eyes look kind of fierce.

“Hey, fatty!”

I froze at the unexpected shout, which I couldn’t believe was coming from the protagonist.

“Dust, you meanie, nyaa~!! Don’t say things like that, nyaa~!!”

Alicia, one of the game’s party characters, stopped Dust.

Alicia is from the cat-clan, and in addition to human ears, cat ears grow from her head, and a tail can be seen from her behind.

Her flaxen hair, semi-long hairstyle, and flaxen eyes give off a gentle impression.

While the grown-up Alicia’s character design is charming, she’s still a 5-year-old child now.

“Tch! You brat!”

“Dust is weird today. I’ll play with Gett today, nyaa.”

Alicia said that and came over to me.

“What do you want to do today, Gett? What if we catch some fish and eat them, nyaa?”

“That sounds fun, let’s catch some fish, grill it, and eat it.”

Alicia and I headed to the river.

When we arrived at the river, I was pushed from behind and fell into the river.

“Oops! Bleh! Cough! Cough!”

When I looked behind me, Dust was pointing at me and laughing.

“Gyahahahahahahaha! Look at the fatty rolling around! Hahaha!”

It’s strange, Dust wasn’t supposed to be like this in the game.

The look in his eyes is clearly strange.

Was he a naughty kid when he was a child? No, in Gett’s memory, he was a kind person who wouldn’t do something like this.

“Dust is terrible, nyaa!! Gett might catch a cold and the fish swam away too!”

“Cut it out!”

“Come on! I was just helping fatty to lose some weight!”

After saying that, Dust laughed and left.

Alicia then started a bonfire, and I dried my clothes.

“Are you okay, nyaa?”

“I’m okay,”

“Dust seems strange today, nyaa.”

“That’s right. Maybe he’s in a bad mood?”

“It’s like he’s a different person.”

After eating the fish Alicia caught, we went back home.

The next day, I was bullied by Dust again. He poked and hit me with a wooden stick over and over again, saying it was sword practice.

“Ouch! It hurts! Stop it!”

“Hahahaha!!! You’re so slow and clumsy! Hurry up, fatty, at least try to move faster, you stink of sweat!”

Saying that, Dust hit me over and over again, but he didn’t do anything that bad in front of Alicia.

The nuts and fish I got were taken away and I was used as bait to get honey. Basically, any food I gathered was stolen.

Furthermore, Dust isolated me from the other kids, making sure they wouldn’t play with me and continued bullying me without Alicia knowing.

On the fourth day since my reincarnation, Dust said to me, “You’re just going to die at 18 anyway, so there’s no point in you living!”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“An idiot like you doesn’t need to know anything.”

After saying that, Dust left without answering any of my questions.

“How does he know I’m going to die?”

Is Dust also a reincarnated person?

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T/N: This is the fantasy novel I promised some time ago. I read quite a bit before translating the first chapter, and it’s quite enjoyable. The MC uses RPG-like tactics to farm EXP and actually train, different from other MCs in a game-isekai novel that’s already strong from the start or get OP items, at least different from what I’ve translated.

And it starts from when the MC is still a kid. Though after about 10-20 chapters, he’ll grow to be an adult.

Hope you enjoy this novel~