The Reincarnated Onmyoji Who Returned From Another World ~ I Was Reincarnated Into An Onmyoji Family On The Verge Of Decline, But Thanks To My Experience As A Hero Who Fought In Another World And The Magical Power Training I've Been Doing Ever Since I Was Born, This Life Seems Like It Will Be Easy ~ - Chapter 2: Beastman

It seemed that I had been reincarnated. I hadn’t thought there would be a future for me after dying in battle with the Demon Lord.

“Come on! Touya! Crawl over to mama!”

Such was I now, crawling toward one woman who was showing a beaming smile in front of me. Koutoku Shizue, who was my mother in this life.

“Yes! That’s the way!”

The ground I was crawling on was tatami. The rush grass that occasionally protruded from the tatami hurt when it stabbed me, but from the perspective of someone who had experience fighting as a hero in a previous life, it wasn’t a big deal.

It was four months after my birth. With crawling that was too early, I managed to reach my mother properly.

“Well done!”

“Uaah.”

Under my mother’s hands, I breathed a sigh of relief and looked out the window. Beyond the window wasn’t the other world I had once been familiar with, but the scenery of modern Japan with buildings lined up and cars running. The language being used was naturally Japanese. It seemed I had been reincarnated from another world to Japan. However, this definitely wasn’t exactly the same modern Japan where I had spent my previous life.

“Even so, your growth rate really is fast, Touya-sama.”

“Wah.”

The greatest proof of that was this person who was at our house as a housekeeper! The housekeeper standing right in front of me.

Her figure, wrapped in a classic black and white maid outfit, stood out conspicuously like something from another world in this modern Japan. She possessed a large tail that swayed softly and large beast ears that moved in response to sounds. Her skin was covered in fur, and her nose extended like a wolf’s. She looked as if a wolf had become bipedal just like that.

“Our child is a genius. Hehe, come on, you hold this child too.”

“…Is that alright?”

“Yes, of course. This child is reacting greatly when looking at you too.”

“Wau.”

This housekeeper had large, fluffy breasts covered in fur.

“Babubu, babubu.”

Placed on top of those breasts, I became somewhat excited by the fact that I was on a woman’s chest, while also being simply healed by the soft texture of the fur, somehow dancing back-and-forth between wholesome and unwholesome feelings, making me feel like I might catch a cold.

“Hehe, how adorable.”

Also, the comfortable beast smell that emanated from this housekeeper, like being bathed in sunlight, wasn’t smelly or unpleasant at all, and gave me a sense of relief.

“Waah.”

That sense of relief was too enchanting for me and brought on sleepiness that was too strong. This infant body didn’t obey my will and easily let go of consciousness.

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After sleeping soundly during the day, it was soon nighttime. When it became midnight, both family and servants had all gone to sleep.

“Waa.”

I was sluggishly awake. Having flowed magical power through my body and strengthening it, I escaped from the baby bed where I had been put to sleep, proceeded through the interior of this quite spacious Japanese house that was our home, and entered the study. In the study were placed books I wanted to read right now: “Great Encyclopedia of Monsters”, “Introduction to Jujutsu”, “About Onmyoji”, and so on.

“Babububu (These aren’t just fantasy books, right?).”

What surprised me most about coming to this world was the housekeeper. And what surprised me next was that the magical power that had existed in the other world was here too. In the other world, I had used this magical power to make mountains disappear and split seas. And now, such magical power also existed in this Japan. I had thought there would be books that could provide answers to that question, and hence my presence here.

“Bubu.”

I picked up the introduction to jujutsu for now. Let’s see… jujutsu was a technique that interfered with the cursed energy that any living being possessed, gave it directionality through techniques, and caused miracles in the world.

I see. Hmm hmm.

In this world, it wasn’t magical power but cursed energy. Not magic but jujutsu. Anyway, there definitely was something similar to magical power and magic in this world after all. Then, could I use the magic I could use in my previous life? Thinking so, I immediately tried it. What I activated was a beginner magic spell that created small whirlwinds.

“…!”

I felt the sensation of a large amount of magical power disappearing from inside my body and collapsed on the spot. Moreover, the magic didn’t activate. Magical power and cursed energy. Those two were probably the same, but magic and jujutsu were completely different things. The conversion methods for the same power were completely different between this world and the other world.

“Babubu.”

It was disappointing that I couldn’t use the magic I had desperately learned in my previous life, but it couldn’t be helped. So? What kind of mechanism activated jujutsu in this world?

…There were three types of jujutsu: innate techniques based on the technique one was born with, shikigami techniques that utilized shikigami, and general-purpose techniques composed of fundamental jujutsu systems.

“…”

No, I didn’t know my own technique? Also, I didn’t have any shikigami either. What I could do now was probably fundamental jujutsu systems? Where was that book…

“…!?”

When I looked around, my vision went completely dark for a moment. And then I lost strength in my limbs too… this was bad. I had less magical power than I thought. It might be better to obediently go back today. If I fainted in a place like this, how much would my mother worry… I decided to obediently return to the crib.