episode_0001

by fnovelpia

I stopped exploring my body reflected in the meaningless mirror and looked around.

Aside from the changed body, and the fact that the changed body had wings was a bit of a stretch, the surrounding rooms were something I had never seen before, so of course I had to take a look here.

I looked at the floor first, feeling the rough texture on my delicate feet.

‘Tatami?’

I’m a typical Korean?

It was very strange to see a Japanese tatami mat.

It’s like a Japanese home, right?

Is this body, too, a completely different world?

The room wasn’t too loud and the clean wallpaper gave it a refreshing feel, but since it was filled with only the furniture necessary for daily life, the space looked desolate and the clean wallpaper gave it a lonely atmosphere.

Doesn’t it feel a little too much to only have one bed, a small table, and a closet?

This space didn’t seem like a place where people lived.

I raised my arms.

Contrary to its thin and light appearance, the arm felt so heavy that it felt like gravity was pressing down on it.

No, it wasn’t just the arms, it was the entire body.

It felt very strange, so I tried moving it around, and I think it might have been because my muscles couldn’t handle the weight of my arm, so it felt heavy.

And I didn’t understand that.

Whether or not you exercise, people adapt to their own weight and develop muscles, and of course, if there is no problem with their physical condition, it is not natural for them to feel that their body is ‘heavy’.

If that were the case, the patient would be unable to control his body properly and his muscles would have shrunk.

Now that I think about it, even considering that it’s a young girl’s body, isn’t it too thin?

Where did I see it…

Where was it?

Oh, that’s right.

When African support organizations advertised on TV for fundraising, this thinness of the arms was sometimes visible.

Is it like possession?

I was curious about the genre here.

Let’s think about body-related issues later.

I looked around the room again.

There was too little information for me.

I need more information.

I don’t know if the world has changed or not, but as I observed the room, it seemed to be no different from where I used to live in modern times.

Although it doesn’t work, it is more correct to assume that the background is modern when you see the electronic device that appears to be a TV.

But it was subtly different.

It’s hard to say exactly what it is, but it felt a little different, so I tried to find an appropriate expression for this phenomenon, but no matter how much I thought, no word came to mind.

[New head]

Although he is not stupid, he sometimes shows foolish intelligence.

Thoughts at the time: It was originally a bird’s head, but this wasn’t a penalty either.

Unbelievable…

It was bad news.

The person I was before I changed was an idiot with no way to save myself, and the bigger problem is that the possibility that I am now a similar type of idiot has increased.

Although I was not a religious person, I immediately closed my eyes, knelt down, and prayed to all the gods I knew.

I hope that I am not like that now…

But isn’t this the time to pray like this?

I immediately jumped up and stood up.

[whim]

There are times when I am very moody.

Thoughts at the time: This isn’t a big deal either.

What on earth were you thinking at the time?

It was like playing a game.

Umm… As expected, the atmosphere in the room was somewhat reminiscent of a Japanese home.

It was cute and had a strangely old feel.

At the same time, I felt the smell of Japan wafting through the sound of huring (Japanese wind chimes) softly echoing from somewhere.

Huring?

What is Huling?

I don’t think I originally knew what Huling was, but now I think I know exactly what it is.

But what is the original me?

[Scattering memories]

Memories before the change are gradually forgotten. I don’t think I’ll ever completely forget it, but I think it may have been a blur or not that important.

Thoughts at the time: This is a bit big, but there are so many good points to choose from. Sometimes you have to take losses.

I was naturally drawn to open the door and went out, and the overall interior of the house looked like a Japanese shrine.

The wooden pillars that firmly support the wooden shrine were very old-fashioned and shiny, giving the impression that they were made of expensive, high-quality wood, and the gold strings hanging here and there were noticeable.

And there were bells with strings and message boxes lying around.

I was embarrassed because I thought it would be rude for even a shaman to come out due to the atmosphere.

Was this body originally a shrine maiden from a Japanese shrine?

So, was there a shaman uniform in the closet?

I went back and opened the closet, and there was definitely a shaman outfit.

There were many other clothes, but many had a strong cosplay feel.

Was she really a shaman?

I looked at my overall body image in the mirror again, but rather than looking like a shrine maiden, I was closer to a sickly beautiful girl.

Feeling too young also played a part.

And ironically, it was dressed in a Western-style appearance.

It felt like some sort of cosplay.

The atmosphere doesn’t fit here.

But it’s a little strange.

There is no one.

It’s quite spacious for a place where I live alone, right?

And no one came to the shrine.

Is it an unpopular place?

I stood in the center of the shrine and looked out the wide open door.

On the floor, I saw a rough, but regularly laid stone path and a red torii gate built in an unusual shape.

“Strange.”

When I walked down the stone path and glanced down, I could not see the end of the long stone steps, so I looked at them in confusion.

I have to get out of here first to understand the situation… How come my steps never slow down?

It wasn’t because I was afraid that this might be a different world than the Earth I lived on.

It wasn’t because of fear that the owner of this body, which was presumed to be possessed, was Japanese and that they wouldn’t be able to communicate with each other.

The only reason was that I couldn’t see the end of those long stone stairs, so it was dizzying to even think about how I would go down those stairs with a body that looked like a hospital patient, even if I did my best.

“Hmm… Should I come down later..?”

I thought about it, but it didn’t seem like the situation would get better if I postponed it.

No matter how I looked at it, I was the only one living here, judging by the traces of the building, and it seemed unlikely that anyone would come to this shrine in the mountains full of dense trees.

I wondered if there would be anyone hiking in a place like this, but since I couldn’t even see the shape of a person, it was safe to assume that there were no visitors here.

Now that I’ve made up my mind, should I go down right now?

Like everyone else, I went down the mountain without thinking much at first.

A squirrel walking and jumping between green leaves.

A bird sitting on a tree branch as thin as itself, chirping with a beautiful sound and watching me.

The voice of leaves whispering as they are gently swept by the wind.

At first, I went down with a feeling of healing.

That was because the mountain was more beautiful than the mountains I knew.

Don’t all mountains look the same?

The mountain here was alive with many different types of plants, and the trees also looked all different.

It seemed like a famous tourist destination.

However, as time passed, as was the case with my weak body, I quickly became tired and began to feel like I was struggling.

It’s as if you’ve never exercised before.

“Hehe…Hehe…Hehe…”

I fluttered down in my seat, my sweat-soaked clothes flapping.

I’m sure you’ve come a long way..?

With that thought in mind, I turned around and saw the unique red torii gate, and my heart sank.

Gaeaeppuul… It’s not even possible.

At this rate, I don’t know if I’ll be able to get down before evening.

I should have looked at the time earlier.

I thought maybe I could fly with the wings on my back, so I tried my best, but as if it was just a fluke, I just flapped my wings and my body didn’t move, so I had no choice but to try my best and go down again.

[Fragile]

You are weak.

It is natural for a slender girl to be fragile.

Now, I can’t even see the comment saying it was my thoughts at the time.

It seems like he didn’t think much of it when he chose it.

“Ugh…”

As I was going down, all sorts of worries came over me.

What would I do if the Earth I lived on was still the same without the slightest bit of fantasy mixed in?

Then these wings are something that cannot be explained…

Perhaps, as time passes, more fantasy-like things that can be treated like wings may emerge.

What was even more unfair was that even though there was such a fantasy penalty, there was no benefit to me whatsoever.

Do you want your strength to become stronger?

Or is it super fast or even capable of actually flying?

If I could use magic, wouldn’t it be a bit fleeting?

It was unfair, not just a little, but a lot.

All I got was a body so frail that it was difficult to climb the stairs, and a somewhat pretty face… no, a beauty so great that I had never seen it before in my life.

In modern times, it is said that one’s innate beauty is a blessing that makes it easy to survive in this world, but it is a bit different if traces of inauthenticity are visible on the body.

As I went down the beautifully laid stone steps along the mountain path with peaceful wild animals as my friends, O New Year, I began to see the end.

It was around evening when the day was getting dark and all my friends had left.

As the sun was setting, I quickly walked along the road, taking a quick look to understand the surroundings. Fortunately, it didn’t take long before I saw structures I knew very well.

Grass and a few street lights illuminating them from above.

As I sat down on one of the benches placed here and there, I saw the lakeside in front of me.

It was a park.

But the strange thing was that there was not a single person in sight.

There were just a few squirrels rolling around acorns on the bench to store their own food, as if they were used to this devoid of people.

You can see people in the park at any time of day, but it was quite unpleasant.

Why?

Could it be an apocalyptic movie with zombies or a hunter movie with monsters and all the people are dead?

I thought about that for a moment, but looking at the clean state of the park, it didn’t seem like that at all.

It doesn’t seem like people walk around often, but there were still signs of maintenance, and shoe prints on the grass showed that people walked around occasionally.

There were so many people that the quiet park in the evening gave me a desolate feeling, as if I was alone in the world.

Still, I need to meet someone to understand the current situation…

Even if you don’t see any people, there will still be at least one store near the park.

With that thought in mind, I suddenly got up from my seat.

I need to meet someone before it’s too late.

If I waited any longer with this weak body, I doubted whether I would be able to return to that shrine again, and I also doubted whether it would be possible to sleep on the street.

******

“How… ?”

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