A Chronicle of Life in a Different World

Episode 372: Is it abnormal or normal Part 1

Nostalgic now, Bill's herd.

A crowd of people walking on the ground consolidated with asphalt.

Far away, you can see yourself lying on your back in the asphalt.

Looking out from the sky, wrapping your body is a floating feeling.

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It was nostalgic, cold and tough.

It's been a long time since I remembered such feelings.

Shatter, shatter, shatter.

Mix, mix, mix.

Whirling, whirling, whirling.

Pinched together like a hamburger.

It seemed like “somewhere in the world."

It was no inevitability, it was just a coincidence - I felt like I heard a butterfly and a lid closing.

--I woke up.

"... hmm?

The first thing Reurus felt when he realized that his consciousness was awake was the question of why he was lying down.

A house assigned to Reurus and others in a town under construction. Looking up at the recently built ceiling, Reurus slowly raises the gear of thought.

(Am I... asleep? Why are you asleep... working... watching the night... raiding monsters...)

Reurus glances at the ceiling in a house that smells of wood and earth and blinks again and again. By doing so, you will gradually eliminate the drowsiness of your head, and fully awaken your consciousness.

(... I was having some kind of weird dream...)

I don't remember very well, but I feel like I was dreaming something. It's a Reurus that thought about it, but it's probably not like a nightmare.

Because I have a feeling of sleeping soundly, and at the same time, my body is wrapped in unspeakable satisfaction.

"... nh... let me, rusu..."

Someone called his name and Reurus knocked his face down.

Because there was no wood to lay on the floor, the straw was laid on the hard, hard ground, and on top of that, a thick cloth was laid to replace the futon, but there was a girl who slept in the same way.

She is asleep holding Reurus' clothes, but wrinkles appear between her eyebrows worrying about what happened.

As far as I can tell, I was fifteen when I was old. She stretched her peachy blonde hair to her hips and said that her face was cute even though it seeped with melancholy, and she would be beautiful if she grew up a little bit more.

Whether or not it reaches half a centimeter in height, you can see gentle ups and downs in your body.

(... what a cute little girl)

Yes, and Reurus tilted his neck.

I stared seriously at the face of the girl sleeping next door, checked the good shape, and wondered why she was sleeping next door.

(No, no, it's Eliza. Eliza... I'm falling asleep...)

Reurus, who woke up, made a fist with his right hand and punched himself in the head. A more severe shock shook my head than I thought, but I didn't think it hurt.

(But... that? Did Eliza look like this? I think he was a little bit shorter... eh?

Reurus where question marks dance in the brain.

As an adventurer, Eliza's hair also seemed to be a little damaged because she was running around fighting monsters like she did every day. Does it still have proper care? The damage seems to be at a minimum.

Given that less than two years have passed since we first met, it is not strange that Eliza has grown tall. If there is a problem, I didn't notice it.

"... nnh? Let's go, Rusu?

Eliza's eyes slowly opened as if she felt the movement of Reurus. And when he noticed Reurus looking down while he was awake, his eyes were wide open.

"Oh, you're awake!? How's your body? Are you okay?

Eliza talks in a “vegetarian” tone. Listening to the way she talks is likely to misunderstand Sarah, but her face is definitely Eliza's.

"Oh, oh... I'm fine..."

Reurus roared at Eliza's sword, but Eliza breathed relieved at the words.

"Good... because you suddenly started sleeping, so you were worried about what happened?

"I suddenly started sleeping....."

Eliza's voice trembled slightly because she felt relieved. With all due respect, Reurus explores his memory of why he was asleep.

"Uh... last night... last night, right? I suddenly fell asleep after dinner....."

I felt so drowsy that I couldn't get up that I fell asleep. Looking away, weapons and armor such as Dragon Slash are placed in the corner of the room.

"Ohhh... I'm really surprised. What happened all of a sudden?

"No... what's wrong?

Reurus responded strangely to Eliza asking. Whatever happened, Reurus wanted to ask.

(Sarah ate the roasted meat... and she felt uncomfortable. But not now... hmm?

It was a revulsion reflecting on what happened, but I checked my condition and tilted my neck.

Thanks to a good sleep, your head and body are light, and your whole body seems to be full of vitality. My head, which was slow to rotate because I woke up, is returning to normal.

If there's anything else I'm worried about...

(Aren't you hungry as usual...?

Reurus unexpectedly looks down at his abdomen. Then I touched it over my clothes, but I just felt the elasticity of my muscles, and I never felt hungry again.

I feel hungry, but I just feel “normal” hungry when I sleep at night and wake up in the morning.

"Isn't that the strangest thing!?

Reurus, who noticed the modulation that was happening to him, turned his clothes in a hurry. Then I look at my abdomen, but I can only see the effects that have been trained by the adventurers in the past two years, or the broken abs that have no wasting fat.

"Yikes!? What, what!? Suddenly what?!

And Eliza, who was watching the unusual behavior of Reurus, panicked and blocked her vision with both hands. However, the gap between the fingers was slightly open, and a flickering gaze flew from there.

"... where did my stomach go?

"What? I don't know if that's what you're saying all of a sudden."

Eliza answered unexpectedly with her face when she murmured that it was strange not to be hungry. The gap between the fingers was still open, but Reurus never pointed it out.

(I'm not hungry... no, I'm not hungry... I don't know what I'm talking about, but what is this feeling...)

I'm hungry, but I'm satisfied. It's a contradictory expression, but Reurus felt it was close.

(Speaking of strange things....)

With that in mind, Reurus turned his eyes towards Eliza as he turned his clothes back. And as usual, she grabbed Eliza's arms, hiding her eyes, and retreated to the left and right, staring at Eliza's face at close range.

"Eh, hey, what?

"Don't move. I want you to stand still and show me Eliza's face."

As she stared at her breathtaking distance, Eliza turned her gaze away in a hurry. However, Reurus did not mind Eliza's reaction and kept staring at her face.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... please... I'm awake, and I'm so embarrassed to see you so still..."

Then Eliza's attitude changed. I wondered if I dyed my cheeks vermilion in less than ten seconds, and twisted myself to escape the sight of Reurus.

At that time, Eliza's hair shakes softly and slips off her shoulder. It was strangely glossy that my collar collapsed slightly and my clavicle peeped because I was awake.

"... that's weird."

"Well, what?

Eliza returns the sound of a mosquito whilst dyeing her neck to cheek, cheeks to the whole face, and ears. Eliza's reaction also amplified the discomfort caused by Reurus.

"Eliza looks strangely cute. No, I thought it was cute for a long time, but it looks more feminine or beautiful..."

"Huh?"

Eliza opened her eyes without knowing what she was saying. I rounded my mouth as well as my eyes, but was the word of Reurus passed on properly? My vermilion neck began dyeing more darkly and turned bright red to my face.

"Nh, what, what, what, what!? Hey, what is it!? Oh, what's wrong!?

Listening to the rhetorical word of Reurus, Eliza's face gradually became more red. Its bright red complexion, like ripe tomatoes, is likely to rise to hot air if left alone.

"Hmm... I don't know what's going on either. What is this feeling...?"

It was a Reurus tilting her neck, but Eliza was either ashamed of herself or tried to distance herself from the Reurus just by moving her knees. But Reurus was holding hands so he couldn't leave, and he lay down his eyes to hide his bright red face.

(Did you do something magical? I can't believe Rebecca attacked me while I was sleeping, and Eliza and the others were swapping them for magic dolls...)

It was a revulsion that I had a horrible imagination for a moment, but Eliza in front of me could feel the connection through the "contract." As a result, the suspicion soon cleared up, but I couldn't understand the change that had taken place with Eliza.

(No, wait. Am I the one who changed in this case? Are you out of your mind? Did something happen while you were sleeping?

Last night, I felt full for the first time in this world. Afterwards, I fell asleep under sudden drowsiness and couldn't resist, but I woke up “normally”.

It's no surprise that Eliza was sleeping next door. Because it's not uncommon for someone to sneak in while sleeping in the living room at home.

I don't think Eliza grew up overnight enough to look different, regardless of her age. Compared to when we first met, it seemed to be nearly five centimeters taller, and it would be impossible to grow that much overnight.

I wonder if you didn't notice that Eliza had grown in height because Reurus had grown in height. Or just “I didn't realize.”

(... damn, suddenly it's too much to know)

Your head is still up, but your senses seem to be going crazy. Reflecting on what to do, Reurus turned back to Eliza.

"Eliza."

"... yes."

Eliza answered blushly with her face dyed bright red. She stopped trying to distance herself from the embarrassment and rubbed her thighs and knees together when she was restless.

Your body seemed to be trembling with pull, but at the same time, there was a radiance in your eyes that made you ready for something.

While staring at Eliza like that, Reurus said.

"Let's have breakfast first."

"... eh?

I feel satisfied, but I also feel hungry. In that case, it would be “my usual self” to think after eating my stomach.

After a few seconds, Elizabeth, whose face turned bright red with anger, flew over the Reurus.