Life in Another World With Narration

45 – Underground of the Demon World

I flinch at the feeling of cold water droplets hitting the back of my neck.

It was water that fell from the ceiling of the cave.

I’ve already been hit with water droplets several times, but each time I got hit, it was so cold that I flinched.

After falling into the underworld of the demon world, I was wandering through a seemingly endless cave.

I had no idea where I was heading or where I was walking.

If you just stay still, you will dry up and die, so you just keep moving forward.

I didn’t even expect to find a way out right away.

Because it was confirmed that there was no way out for the narration right now.

I wasn’t looking for a way out now.

I was looking for a way to survive here.

“I’m glad I have you.”

I said to Shari, who was following me, clinging to my head.

Because she could not speak, no response came from her, but Shari’s feelings were conveyed through her consciousness.

I can’t tell you how comforting it is to have someone you can talk to in a situation like this.

Rurrr

I could hear my stomach screaming for food.

The food I ate at Kubel comes to mind and my heart aches.

There was nothing to eat in this damn cave.

The glowing mushrooms and moss growing on the walls and floor look like they shouldn’t be eaten.

It doesn’t seem like your stomach will be very full to begin with, and if you pick up anything that grows in the wild, you’re bound to get sick.

If there is an animal like a bat, it has a body tempered with magic, so I would catch it with my bare hands and do something with it.

No, even if you caught something like that in the first place, you wouldn’t be able to eat it because it would be so disgusting.

Seeing these thoughts, I guess I’m really hungry.

I was also very anxious about not having the sword I always wore around my waist.

If it was underground in the demon world, a monster could suddenly pop out.

But the only way to protect my body was with two tightly clenched fists.

『Yunoa was wandering deep underground in the demon world and starving.

But he didn’t know.

He realized that he had now entered the area where demons and monsters live.』

I think the narration was meant to scare me, but it’s actually better.

It was much better to be around demons and demons than to be wandering around in a place where there was nothing.

If monsters are going to appear, I hope there will be monsters that can be eaten.

Now that I think about it, it seems that some of the foods sold at Kubel have slime as an ingredient.

Slime… Can I eat it?

“Huh?”

At that time, I saw a large treasure chest lying in front of the cave wall.

It was a box that was shaped like the standard treasure chest so that anyone could tell that it was a ‘treasure box’.

This situation where there was nothing around, only a treasure chest lying around.

I was curious, so I went closer and took a look.

Is there any reason for a treasure chest to be placed in a place like this?

What’s inside?

The moment you try to open the box with your hand carefully.

“Wow!”

The treasure chest burst open on its own and stuck out its long tongue.

And then that long tongue licked my face.

My face was immediately covered in saliva and I fell backwards.

“Ugh… ….”

I roughly wiped away the sticky and slippery saliva that was all over my face with my hand.

Is it a living treasure chest, Mimic?

I’ve heard of it, but this is my first time actually seeing it.

The Mimic had her mouth wide open, baring her sharp teeth and tongue, making clattering noises.

Fortunately, she doesn’t seem to be able to move because she has no legs.

Just looking at it quietly makes me feel better.

I don’t have a sword, but I’d like to hit her with my fist.

If you concentrate the magic flowing through your body into your fist, wouldn’t it still produce some level of destructive power?

I don’t know what will happen in the future, but I thought it would be perfect to practice her bare-body fighting skills against this guy.

She concentrated her mind and gathered magical power into her right hand.

And the moment when he was about to run forward and hit Mimic.

“Don’t do it!”

I suddenly heard a girl’s cry behind me and stopped.

When I turned to the direction where the voice came from, I saw a strange-looking girl.

She looked like a pretty human girl, but her skin color was a little different.

Light blue skin reminiscent of moonlight.

Furthermore, a subtle light was coming out of that skin.

The most impressive thing about her was on her head.

Mushrooms.

A small mushroom was growing on her head.

There was a small, colorful mushroom growing out of the top of the head, as if it had been planted intentionally to make it visible.

The girl who resembled a human but was clearly not a human came up to me and said.

“I raised Arong. “Don’t hit me.”

“Along?”

When I asked again, the girl pointed to Mimic with her finger.

The Mimic was still with her mouth wide open and her long, ugly tongue sticking out.

“Along~ Let’s eat!”

The girl walked closer to Mimic and pulled out a small piece of meat from inside her leather pouch.

She then threw the piece of meat into Mimic’s mouth with her skillful skills.

As soon as the Mimic had the meat in her mouth, she closed the lid and chewed, then became quiet, sticking out her tongue as if satisfied.

“Hey… Who are you?”

I asked the girl who was stroking the lid of her Mimic with her hand.

To be honest, she was a little shocked to see it with her own eyes.

A girl who keeps a monster like a pet.

“My name is Kiki. Uh? It’s a big deal! Her brother’s head…….”

The mushroom girl who introduced herself as Kiki pointed at my head with a surprised look on her face.

Why? What? What’s wrong with my hair?

I was also shocked and fumbled with my hair with her hands.

“There are no mushrooms!”

“Oh?”

“This is a big deal! “You’re deathly ill!”

Kiki suddenly grabbed my wrist tightly.

“Let’s go to town! “If you don’t get treatment quickly!”

“Huh? Uh? What? I was originally… ….”

“Hurry!”

Kiki desperately grabbed my wrist and dragged me.

Is it such a big deal that there are no mushrooms on the head?

But I remembered the piece of meat this girl threw to Mimic earlier.

She’s not a Mimic, so I think she would have enjoyed it even if she had thrown it at me.

I was that hungry right now.

This mushroom girl is probably a demon.

Rather than wandering underground alone like this, if there is a demon village nearby, wouldn’t it be better to go there?

If we follow Kiki now, we will be able to reach the village where she lives.

More than anything, I knew well through the ghost Shari that not all demons were bad guys.

Kiki, who was trying so hard to drag me away right now, didn’t seem like a bad kid.

“Wow! Wait for a sec! I’ll go! “I’m going!”

When Kiki started running, she almost fell forward due to the unexpectedly strong force.

The demons are the demons. It is a power that is incomparably stronger than that of a human girl.

I ran hard after Kiki.

She hoped that she would be able to get at least one meal of her own where she lived.

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The village we arrived at following Kiki was a strange place.

A small stream of water was flowing in the center of the village, and houses were built on flat stones of different heights on either side.

What was unusual was the shape of the house.

It is not a house made of wood or stone, but the house itself is a large mushroom.

It was a village that looked like something out of a fairy tale, with windows and doors attached to huge mushrooms.

Furthermore, like Kiki who brought me here, all the villagers I saw around me had mushrooms growing on the top of their heads.

Kiki had very small mushrooms on her head, but others had larger mushrooms growing on their heads.

Are these demons all growing mushrooms on their heads?

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Looking at Kiki’s reaction, it seemed like she thought she would be in big trouble if there were no mushrooms in her head.

“We’re in big trouble! We’re in big trouble! “There’s a mushroom on this guy’s head!”

As soon as Kiki arrived in the village, she ran around and shouted.

The villagers’ attention was focused on me for an instant.

“Ah… hahahaha… ….”

I smiled shyly at the burdensome gaze.

After a while, a young man approached me, glaring at me with fierce eyes.

The young man was holding a long spear.

Then he thrust the tip of the spear at me and said,

“What is it? “How did we get here?”

I didn’t expect any hospitality, but it’s a bit difficult to just point a spear at me and threaten me.

Kiki, who guided me, asked the young man with a puzzled expression.

“Oppa Benos, this guy is in big trouble! The mushroom died on my head! So Kiki brought him here because he was afraid he might die.”

“Kiki, this guy is not from the Caria tribe. “There are no mushrooms in the head.”

“Is this oppa a bad person?”

“…… Maybe.”

The young man called Benos spoke as he thrust his spear in a threatening manner.

“Hey… “I just got lost here and followed that kid.”

“There’s no way a human would come all the way here just because they got lost.”

A refutation was impossible.

It would have made no sense for an ordinary human being to fall into a hole of such ridiculous depth in the Horn Gorge and ride the stream to get here.

“That… “First of all, I have no intention of doing anything bad.”

“Who believes that? “You humans are the ones who are anxious because they can’t kill us demons.”

As expected, it was impossible to refute it.

Even in Kubel, where I was active, demons were recognized as beings that should be killed immediately upon sight.

Let’s think the opposite way.

What would happen if a demon suddenly appeared in Kubel and said, ‘I am lost.’

Probably, the moment they appear, adventurers from the guild will run out and try to slit each other’s throats.

People with light blue skin and mushrooms on their heads gathered around me one by one.

Everyone is holding a weapon, one by one, and is approaching me as if surrounding me.

When I looked at Kiki, who had brought me here, a young man hid Kiki behind the people, as if he was ‘protecting Kiki from an evil person.’

This… It’s a big deal.

No matter how you look at it, it was not a situation that could be resolved with words.

But to fight back, I didn’t have a weapon and I didn’t really want to hurt these people.

“It’s a question and answer dance.”

I see Benos straining his hand to thrust the spear into me.

But then.

“…… !”

Suddenly, Shari popped out of her head and stepped in front of her with her arms outstretched as if to protect me.

Looking at her reaction, it seemed like she had made her entire appearance visible to the Sharigai mushroom demons.

Dori Dori.

Dori Dori.

Shari looked at the mushroom demons surrounding me and desperately shook her head from side to side.

Then, I felt the atmosphere that had been so harsh until just now relax a little.

“A pure-blooded demon just like the Demon King… …. What the hell is this guy…….”

Benos muttered with a surprised face and took back the spear he had aimed at me.

I can hear a murmur around me.

I’m not sure what it is, but I guess the crisis has been passed.

Shari…… I am so grateful to the point of tears.

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