When I was Reincarnated into a Game World, I Was a Farmer’s Son - Chapter 1

Chapter 1

I diligently dig the ground using a wooden shovel, completely absorbed in my task. Even though my whole body is covered in sweat and mud, I continue to dig with a hope that the answer to my question would be here.

As a child, I don’t have a strong physique, and I am digging very slowly. However, after I kept digging for a while, I felt a sensation of the shovel hitting something different from the soil. Is it just a rock? Or maybe…

Throwing the shovel aside, I begin to dig with my bare hands at the spot where I felt the sensation. After digging for quite some time, I can see something. It looks like a corner of a box?

Even though my body is exhausted, the moment I saw that box, I feel a surge of anticipation and all of the fatigue I was feeling was forgotten. With the remaining energy I have left, I put all my strength to continue digging.

Then finally, I managed to dig it up.

I hold the box in my hand, it looks like a treasure chest. It is smaller than I thought, but nevertheless, I quickly open the box.

Inside the box are two earrings with blue gems that are the size of a grain of rice.

As I thought so, it’s really here.

This really is a game world.

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“Neil! Thank God! You’re awake!”

The moment I wake up, I see my mother’s worried face.

“Oh God! Don’t make me worry like that. Are you okay? Does your head hurt?”

My head? Speaking of which, ouch!

I feel pain on the back of my head.

I get up and touch the back of my head. It seems that it is swollen.

“Mom, my head hurts.”

“It looks like you got a bump, but it seems that you’re okay. I’m glad that you only got this minor injury from falling off a cliff. I always tell you to be careful when you’re playing, don’t I?”

Ah, it seems like I chased a bug up a cliff behind my house and fell off the cliff.

Apparently, I fell on my head and passed out.

“I’m sorry mom, I’ll be careful next time.”

“Your dad is really worried too, you know? I’m going to tell him that you’re awake now. You should get some rest for now.”

After saying so, mom leaves the room.

I’m going to get some sleep now.

Ah, my head really hurts.

I’m sorry I made you worry mom.

She looked like she was going to cry.

I remember tears were welling up in her silver eyes.

Silver eyes, huh? I wonder if mom were wearing contact lenses?

…wait, what are contact lenses?

Suddenly, my dad comes into the room.

He seems to be very worried as well. As soon as he comes inside the room, he hugs me and rubs me on the cheek.

I’m sorry that I made you worry too, dad. However, being hugged by a middle-aged man, is quite uncomfortable. His scruffy beard is scrubbing against me, and on top of that, he looks like a villain from a Hollywood movie.

…hmm, Hollywood? What is that, is it a movie?

“Neil! Thank God you’re fine!”

More and more questions pop up in my head as my dad hugs me.

What am I thinking about?

Mom is mom, and dad is dad.

But, both my parents’ faces and eye colours are very different from Japanese people…

Japanese…

“Ah!?”

“W-What’s the matter Neil!? Does your head hurts!?”

I suddenly remembered.

I am indeed my dad and mom’s child, Neil.

However, I am Yamada Keiichi as well.

No, I was Yamada Keiichi.

I was born and raised in Japan, graduated from school, got a job, got married, had children, and even grandchildren.

Once I started remembering, the memories just won’t stop flowing.

The days I spent as Yamada Keiichi flashed before my eyes, and in an instant, I recalled my 86-year-long life as Yamada Keiichi.

But there is no doubt that I am now Neil, the only son of a farmer who just turned 8 years old.

Could it be that…I have actually reincarnated into another world!?

Is all this real? Was I really reincarnated into another world!?

Despite my parents’ concern looking at my reaction, I remain frozen in place, overwhelmed by all this.