I was able to put my feet down from the bed.
I tried to put some strength into it but it didn’t work.
I’m worried that I may never be able to walk again.
「Are you okay?」
A one eye gently pats my leg.
I nod at it and tell it I’m fine.
However, it looked like anxiety was showing on my face because the one eye squeezed my hand.
「You’re just missing muscle strength. All we need to do is rehabilitate you little by little and you’ll be able to walk again.」
I’m relieved after hearing those words.
Thank goodness I can still walk.
I’ll have to work on my rehabilitation.
-0-
Today, it seems like the polite one eye was taking care of me.
They have their own personalities.
They greet me differently like “Good Morning”, “Morning”, “Good Moooorning”, and “Yahooo”.
At first, I was puzzled because they all look the same.
However, when I looked at them closely, I noticed that their gestures were different from each other.
After that, I was able to distinguish between them although it is not perfect yet.
Even so, the one eyes are pleased with it.
「Good morning. Don’t do anything rash.」
A man comes in through the door of the room.
I wonder if there’s someone else in the building aside from him.
I haven’t met anyone else aside from this man.
And this man still hasn’t said his name.
I asked him several times to tell me but unfortunately, he didn’t.
They call him his lordship so I guess I should call him that way too but somehow, I’d like to know his name.
「You’ve been sleeping all day so you must be bored. I’d like to introduce you to some of my friends. Let’s go to the living room.」
Glad to hear it.
It looks like I’m going to meet some people who are going to be my friends.
The man smiled and patted me on the head.
「Please.」
Please?
As I tilted my head, confused why he said that, a giant spider entered the room through the door.
My body shuddered seeing how big it was.
What in the world! How can it be so big!
I was stunned frozen by the giant spider and before I knew it, it was already in front of me.
「This is Boss-san.」
Heh?
Boss-san?
You mean….the boss of the spiders?
There’s no way it’s the name, right?
Even I won’t give anyone such a funny name.
「Boss-san, please take this kid to the living room. His legs are still too weak so he can’t stand yet.」
…..it looks like that’s its name.
「Understood. I’ll take good care of him.」
I nodded several times unconsciously as its many eyes looked at me.
Or rather, it can talk?
I’m really curious about what kind of world this is.
The giant spider called Boss-san pointed its leg at me.
What’s that? A handshake?
I wonder what it is like to shake hands with a spider…..I stare at the giant spider’s leg in front of me.
The first thing I need to do is to get a good look at the spider’s leg.
Is that web?
Areh?
Does spider’s web come off from its leg?
Wasn’t it from the buttocks?
I remember reading it in an insect book….it was a long time ago so maybe I’m remembering it wrong.
I see. Spider’s web comes out of their legs.
「Here, use this.」
The man brought a wooden chair.
A cushion is placed on it.
As I looked at him to see what he was going to do, I was suddenly picked up.
As I stiffen in surprise, my body is quickly moved from the side of the bed to the cushion.
It looks like I was lifted up by Boss-san’s web.
Spider’s web is so strong.
As I was impressed, the wooden chair was lifted up and stopped around 15cm above the ground.
Before I knew it, I’m already fixed in place with the help of Boss-san’s web.
I was worried that I might fall off but the chair remained stable even after Boss-sans started walking.
I was relieved but I still wanted to walk on my own two feet.
I will do my best in rehabilitation so that I can walk by myself soon.
-0-
I was on the 2nd floor of the building.
This is a big building, isn’t it?
The corridor is super long.
While I was surprised, the man patted me on the head.
「It’s big, isn’t it?」
I nodded at the man’s words.
It looks like the biggest building I can remember.
「There are kids here now so I requested to have this rock mountain become bigger. Well, that caused a lot of problems because a lot of things in the field were displaced.」
You requested to make it bigger because there are children?
What do you mean?
Also, what do you mean by this is a rock mountain?
I look around. Wooden floors, wooden walls, and wooden ceilings.
I don’t see any rock or mountain anywhere.
Did I hear him wrong?
And a lot of things in the field were displaced?
Does that mean that they have to rebuild it?
「This is the living room. I’ve brought everyone. Don’t make him do anything because his body has yet to recover.」
The man’s voice brings a happy shout from the living room.
Am I welcome?
I hope I am.
I enter the living room a little nervous.
And I’m still a little stunned.
「We’ve been waiting for you.」
No matter how you look at it, that’s a ferocious-looking dog. And it’s not alone.
There are a lot of them.
Areh? How about humans?
I look around the living room.
There it is.
But that might not be a human.
Humans don’t float in the air.
And that’s not all.
Some of them have wings.
Hnn?
People with beast ears?
「Some of them look scary but they are all good guys. They’ll be your friends from now on.」
When the man goes to the center of the room, Boss-san follows him.
「This should be the right place, right?」
The chair that had been floating in the air was placed on the ground and my body was gently placed on a nearby sofa.
「That’s good! Thank you, Boss-san!」
As the man says that, he patted the body of the giant spider with the name Boss-san.
Great, he’s patting it like nothing.
I gently reach out my hand and pat her too.
I can feel the coolness of the spider’s body.
She seemed surprised that I pat her but she let me do it without any sign of reluctance.
「Alright, it is time for me to introduce everyone. I’ll start with this girl….」
A strong-looking, big silver dog, quickly liked up next to the man.
That’s too big for a dog.
Well, even spiders are big so I guess that’s normal in this world.
Everything is big….is there nothing normal here?
The man is the only one who I deemed normal.
Though those flying people are not big, that’s not normal.
There are also people with beast ears here.
「That’s Koa and her husband Chai. They are a married couple though they are of different species. And next to them are, let’s see…..these two are Ai and Nea. By the way, Koa is a Fenrir and Chai is a dire wolf. Ai and Nea are garms.」
I think I heard of Fenrir somewhere.
What was it?
A legendary creature? I mean, I don’t think so.
「I’ve already introduced you to Boss-san and the ant next to her is Shuri. I think Boss-san’s species is called Chuarenier and Shuri’s species is called anferfurmi. And those are the squirrels. Their bodies are blue-green and they have horns. What species are you?」
「Your lordship, we are called Ratatosk.」
「Ah, right. Sorry.」
I’m still wondering why the spiders are named like that or how he came out with that name.
But still, a giant spider and a giant ant.
They have too much presence.
Not only them, the squirrels also have horns and their body color is……….
「From right to left, they are Fluffy, Flying Lizard, Marshmallow, Fluff Ball, and Light blue. Though they look small, they are all dragons.」
Hnn?
Did I just hear a bunch of funny words?
Fluffy? Flying Lizard? Marshmallow? Fluff Ball? Light Blue?
Given the introduction, those should be their names, right?
Ehto, are those seriously their names?
「Haa, I know what you mean. I tried to name them something cooler but everyone liked their names…..I tried a few times and they just won’t respond.」
I see. So, it’s not your fault?
No, where did you get those names in the first place?
Where on earth did Fluffy come from?
And how can you relate a Fluff Ball to a dragon?
「Ah! Come to think of it, I don’t know your name.」
Given the names I just heard, I’m a little scared of being asked about my name.
「Don’t you remember your own name?」
Eh?
Name?
………………….I don’t know.
I shook my head.
「I see. Hmmm, what should I name you?」
Ah, I should have said I knew.
I look at the man.
He seems to be thinking about something.
That something shouldn’t be my name, right?
I prefer a normal name.
「How about Hikari(light)?」
Good.
That’s a normal name.
「You don’t like it? Then, another.」
Oh, darn.
I forgot to react after being relieved.
I desperately grab the arm of the man standing next to me.
And nodded repeatedly.
「Are you sure you want the name Hikari? Let me try harder and be more creative, okay?」
Stop!
That’s fine, Hikari is fine!
「You don’t have to be so desperate. Well, that’s all right. You will be called Hikari from now on.」
I breathe a sigh of relief.
「Everyone, this is Hikari. Take care of him from now on.」
Good.
…..areh?
I haven’t been introduced to those floating guys yet.
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