1. "New World"

I feel like I had a strange dream.

The moment I open my eyes, the dazzling sunlight rushes in and my head hurts. A mix of grassy and earthy smells wafted through my nostrils, and after a while. He found himself lying on his back in some grass. When I lifted his upper body with his half-asleep head, the lakeside spread out in front of him.

"...Where is this?"

A humble office worker. │YoshiokaZhangrenAkito YoshiokaNameless gears in society, that's me. After work, I thought it was an occasional luxury, so I went out to eat and it was late at night. When I was walking on my way home, I was wrapped in a dazzling light like now. That was—I think it was a car. It's also a speeding violation. I remembered.

"I... I think I was run over by a car."

Put it out in your mouth and the memory will spring up vividly. My body slammed into the iron block, my body was blown away, my head hit the curb on his shoulder—it didn't seem to hurt. However, the moment I try to remember it, I feel like my head is blurry. As soon as he stood up, he realized that he was holding something in his right hand.

"What is this, gold... metal fittings... fasteners?"

A long zipper that is as tall as I am. However, there is no clothing to which it should be sewn, only metal fittings that hang loosely. Even though I had this kind of garbage at hand, for some reason I couldn't bring myself to throw it away.

"What is this good for..."

Even as you say that, you can't let go of your grip—where is this place in the first place? If you were involved in an accident and had a strange dream, the next thing you should be waking up is something like a hospital bed. I felt a sense of incongruity, as if my memory had been patched together from pieces of a comic strip. Even so, I tried to grasp the current situation, at that time.

There was a loud noise in the background. I instinctively think, "I have to hide." Jump into the tall grass nearby and crouch down. I don't even know why I felt that way. But... I was surprised at the existence that appeared from there.

The one who appeared was a beautiful girl who seemed younger than me, but still beautiful. She was wearing an elegant black frilled dress, her silver ponytail was gracefully swaying, and her blue eyes were looking into the distance with a somewhat sorrowful expression. She is as sharp as a human could possibly be.

(That's the kind of race...is it? No. That's an 'elf'...!)

I know why. As if remembering ─ ─ in this world, you will find that something is different from the place you have lived until now. I accept the existence that should be impossible. At that time, I leaned forward to take a closer look.

"... Who!?"

Her sharp voice made me cringe. A green light gathers on her right hand—a gust of wind hits her. All the grass around me was mowed down and I was completely naked. She was looking down at me, clearly showing hostility.

"...Human? I wonder what you're planning to invade the elven territory."

I have no answer. In the first place, I don't even know why I'm here. I hesitated for a moment about what to reply, that's all. She gathers light blue light in her right hand. This is... magical power. If you eat it, you may faint.

"If you don't feel like answering - you need to arrest me and confirm it!"

panic. I can't escape I don't know what to do. Almost half-crazed, I threw the ``zipper'' on my right hand. It hits her right arm, but it has no effect at all.

"If this causes panic, it doesn't look like you're a spy for the kingdom. Okay, either way, the problem is that there's a human here. Grab him—eh."

From the fastener stuck to her right hand, there was a sound like air was being released. When I looked timidly—her right arm, which had been collecting magical power, was drooping down as if it had lost its support. no. Her arms have lost their thickness and become flimsy.

"Wha, what is this...!? 『Spirit, please heal me!』──No, why can't you heal!?"

An unbelievable sight. Her right arm, and her right shoulder crumpled and collapsed like a rubber balloon with a hole in it. She raises her frightened voice. The deflated and wrinkled parts eventually lead to her upper body, her neck, and her face.

“I hate it!

**** cry. And her face is crooked and crooked.

The sound of air escaping. And what remains is what used to be an elf—what was a woman, wrinkled on the surface like a discarded piece of clothing.

──I could only look dumbfounded at the anomaly that happened in front of me. I stood there for a while.