Vol 1 Chapter 1 – About My Reincarnation in Another World 【Vol 1 — A Happy Childhood】

“Crap, I think I died!“

I shot up, my voice overflowing with panic.

I mean, today was supposed to be the start of my youth—my glamorous high school life—and I’d just been in a head-on collision with a large truck.

My dream of being pampered by cute girls, living that uha-uha harem life, was supposed to begin.

That’s why I’d gone to the trouble of applying to a formerly all-girls private school going co-ed this year, with its skewed male-to-female ratio.

“What do I do, I think I died! I was supposed to have a rosy youth surrounded by popular girls! I went to the trouble of dramatically saving a girl about to get run over by a truck, but it’s meaningless if I died! What do I do now!“

Or so I raged, swept up in confusion and regret—but looking back after I’d regained some composure, something felt off.

Huh? Was I speaking properly just now?

I tried testing it out, saying “Aiueo” out loud.

But what actually came from my mouth was,

“Nn’ah, …ahh, ahh”

—an unclear, clumsy, weak sound that could hardly be called words.

…Huh?

This is just like a baby…

I tried to tilt my head in thought. But I couldn’t move my neck properly.

“—, —!”

Calming down and checking my surroundings, I found an incredibly beautiful woman with flowing blonde hair. Clear brown eyes and a gentle smile filled with affection.

So close, so close, so close!

To a virgin adolescent boy with almost no experience touching women, this is dangerous!

It’s risky—what if I fall for her!

As she smiled warmly at me and spoke words I couldn’t understand, I squirmed in her arms.

I had to get away from here quickly, or my worldly desires would explode and something terrible would happen.

Reflexively, I pushed against her chest, trying to distance myself from the spot.

Ah, it’s soft.

Wait, no, um, this accidental breast touch was unavoidable… I’m sorry.

While making such excuses in my mind, I finally grasped the disjointedness of my current situation.

Why was I being held by this woman…?

And she’s so big?

Something’s wrong. Definitely wrong.

Where is this?

Did I get run over by a truck and somehow survive?

Is this a hospital?

What happened to me?

“—… —!”

“————!”

Looking carefully again, I could see another man—a handsome one—peering down at me and smiling. Handsome, so handsome.

Deep sculpted Western features, short spiky brown hair. Definitely not a doctor.

Hey, who are you?

I didn’t take long to understand that I’d died after being hit by a truck and reincarnated as a baby in another world.

Vol 1 Chapter 2 – About Wanting to Learn Magic 【Vol 1 — A Happy Childhood】

Reincarnation—that is, being born again. Something involving words like “samsara” or “rebirth” was doubted to even exist. Or rather, most people probably didn’t believe in it. Because there was no way to prove it. If a dead person lost their memories and was reborn, even if they truly had a past life, there was nothing to be done about it. Because without memories, neither others nor the person themselves could possibly grasp the existence of their previous life.

However, an exception was born here. Me.

I have a past life.

Well, in other words, what I’m trying to say is,

“With this, my second life—my harem party life—has begun… heh“

As I leaned against the wall, those words I muttered were no longer in Japanese.

They were unmistakably the language of another world.

About three years.

In that time that felt both long and fleeting, I’d managed to more or less grasp the situation I was in.

First of all, this is another world where magic exists.

I know, I know—you’re thinking, “What are you, stupid? Did you hit your head or something?”

Someone might say that, but it’s undeniable reality.

When I actually witnessed Mama producing flames from her palm and cooking raw meat in the kitchen, I doubted my own eyes about five times.

And for some reason, I retained my memories of my previous life, making me Will Role—the only son of Alicia, my mother, and Lucas, my father.

This is the countryside, probably a village, and our family is relatively well-off compared to others, which I could more or less infer when taken outside and comparing our house to the others.

This is the land where I’ll live my new life.

At first, I doubted my dreams many times, and even though I understood, I couldn’t accept reality.

But that’s all in the past now.

I’ve made peace with the lingering attachments and regrets I left behind in Japan on Earth, my previous life, and I’ve decided to face forward.

If it’s a dream, I can just make it come true in this world.

I’ll live my life being pampered by cute girls. A h-harem.

“Will! Where did you go, Will!”

As I pondered my current situation and reaffirmed my resolve, I heard my mother’s call, mixed with anxiety and impatience.

Hmm, she’s finally noticed.

If a child who was supposed to be sleeping in his room disappeared within minutes of leaving it empty, of course she’d be worried and panicked.

But I have something I must do.

Sorry, Mama.

Hiding in the shadows and evading Alicia as she came searching nearby, I walked briskly down the corridor.

Proceeding smoothly while erasing my presence, I was heading for a particular room.

My destination was my father’s—Lucas’s—private room.

I knew that as someone with the title of mage, his room contained many things related to magic.

Magic—the very word tickles my chuunibyou heart unbearably. No boy can resist being interested.

Since I’ve reincarnated into a world where magic actually exists, I want to master it as soon as possible.

Finally able to communicate smoothly with my parents, I had asked them a few months ago to let me try using magic.

But what came back was rejection: “It’s dangerous, so not yet.”

So I made up my mind.

Then I’ll learn it on my own.

My rebellious phase has arrived.

And the bright image of skillfully wielding the magic I learned, impressing beautiful girls, and making them fall for me was vividly projected in my mind.

With my chest and feet bouncing at the glamorous future, I arrived in front of Lucas’s room. Papa should be at work now, so nobody should be inside.

Stretching up to barely reach the doorknob, I turned it and opened the door.

“Whoah—”

The door opened with more momentum than expected, and I tumbled into the room as if falling inside.

After staggering, I executed a headfirst slide toward the hard floor worthy of a Koshien baseball player.

…My nose hurts intensely.

“…Gwuooooooah”

Rolling around clutching my nose, I suddenly remembered my purpose for coming here.

I had to find a grimoire or something before my mother Alicia found me.

She’s pretty scary when angry…

Even though my mind should be reasonably mature, because my body is young, her scoldings penetrate deeply.

No matter the situation, mother is strong.

After shivering at the thought of Alicia in angry mode, I kept my hand on my still-throbbing, heated nose, stood up, and looked around the room.

That’s when I noticed a girl staring at me in surprise.

“W-Will-kun?”

“…Why is Sophia-neesan here?”

“Uh, uhm…”

My innocent question, created by the adorableness of toddler privilege, made her choke on her words.

Her name is Sophia.

She’s the daughter of a family my parents are close with.

I believe she’s nine years old—six years older than me.

I don’t know the details, but apparently various circumstances exist, and she’s been living with us since I was born. To put it bluntly, she’s being raised by my parents just like me. So she’s essentially family.

Clear blue eyes and blonde hair are her distinguishing features. She’s still childish now, but she’ll definitely become a beauty in the future.

I have a sisterly relationship with her since she took care of me and played with me a lot since I was young.

The question was why she was sneaking into my father Lucas’s private room, but…

“Maybe this is still a bit early for Will-kun—yes, that’s right. Ah, that’s it! Sophia-oneechan will play with you, so come with me.”

Speaking quickly and telling me to follow while forcefully pushing my back forward, Sophia was obviously flustered.

“What was Sophia-neesan doing?”

I could sense her choking on her voice again behind me.

She couldn’t fool me that easily.

A sense of dissatisfaction at having my precious opportunity to learn magic casually dismissed.

And I was curious about what exactly she was doing in secret.

I asked again.

“Sophia-neesan, what were you doing here?”

Perhaps because she’d been an only child, Sophia had apparently wanted a younger brother so badly she couldn’t stand it. As her younger brother figure, she dotes on me and is sweet to me in everything.

As I gazed at her with innocent, pure eyes, she fidgeted uncomfortably.

“…I-I wasn’t doing anything, okay? M-More importantly, what does Will-kun want to play with oneechan?”

Immediately contradicting her previous statement, Sophia spoke even faster and pushed me out of the room.

Huh, strange.

Usually this would be enough to get her to listen to my wishes…

Eventually Sophia picked me up and forcibly removed me from the room.

As the soft sensation of her still-developing twin hills enveloped my body, something at the edge of my vision, over Sophia’s shoulder, caught my eye.

In the corner of my papa’s room, a book thrown aside.

On the cover of that thick black book with its ominous appearance was written,

“‘Forbidden Magic—Curse Arts’…?”