Chapter 1 – The Place Where I Am Right Now is Called
“Mountain”
It has been 2 years since I ran away from the city.
Right now, I’m in the middle of a frigid blizzard.
However, I don’t cold at all. My limbs and my body can move
normally. When I move one step forward, scorching desert air spreads this time.
But still, I neither feel hot nor am I sweating.
There are various brutal climate changes in this place.
Sometimes it will be a heavy rain with thunder falling down.
Sometimes it becomes sunny, and so on. Just like now, when the hail begins to pound,
not long after the scorching sun has spit out a hot wave. What a funny place.
This place is “Mountain.”
Moreover, it isn’t an ordinary mountain. This gigantic
mountain; people somehow understood how dangerous this place is, enough to say
that no one should try to approach this place.
I think there are two reasons why this place is dangerous.
The first one, and the most inconvenient thing, is the
brutal climate changes.
As for the other one, there are 3 beasts in front of me that
can make a good example.
First, on the left side, with a 3-meter tall body and the
head of a cow, a bipedal walking creature that is covered with black hair, an
ultra-buff monster.
A species called “Minotaur.” In it’s right hand is something
like a giant wooden mallet. It is looking towards me hungrily while drooling.
Next is the one on the right side. A quadruped black-haired
dog about 5 meters tall. However it is not just an ordinary dog, because it has
3 heads. One body with three heads… I wonder if they all get along? Maybe the
head in the middle is the leader? Because it’s throwing up a red flame, you
know? But it seems they are concentrated in a single consciousness right now.
All three heads are drooling uncontrollably while looking at me. Oh I see, they
are thinking of me as food.
And then in the middle is the last one. Standing on two
legs, a big dragon about 7 meters tall, covered in black scale.
…It’s a dragon. It has large claws that are able to tear up
all kinds of things very easily. And this guy is also drooling while looking at
me.
It’s not limited to these 3 monsters. I have been living in
this mountain, a place where monsters roam around freely. That’s why people
avoid this place.
I really, really desperately survived from the brink of
death on this mountain. I mean; I was running from the Imperial city like crazy
while crying. I couldn’t think of anything at the time and before I noticed it,
I was here, on this mountain. I’m trying to get off of the mountain, but got
chased by monsters. While travelling during my first weeks here, I couldn’t
predict the climate changes, my sense of direction got all messed up, and I had
been wandering around all over the place.
But I have survived. I have survived in this harsh
environment for two years now. This gave me some confidence, just a little bit.
By the way, the three headed dog from earlier is now showing
its belly after taking one punch. Respectively, all three of them are making
poses of submission.
Look, I won’t eat you… so please don’t stare at me with such
teary eyes.
As you can see, the monsters here are weak. So weak that
it’s possible for ordinary townspeople like me to defeat them.
Only their numbers are large. You will find another weak
monster after only walking a few steps. After these two years, there weren’t
any monsters that can win against me any more. As I said a short while ago,
only their numbers are large.
Even if it’s a piece of cake in a 1-on-1 battle, when they
attack in a group, the degree of danger rises remarkably. Therefore, people
don’t want to approach this mountain because the monsters attack in groups
here.
Moreover, look at who is sleeping soundly in front of me.
Once they are at ease that they won’t be eaten, we, from different races, work
together to find some monsters that suddenly appeared. Just a while ago, some
Fish-like and Cat-like monsters are cooperating to attack me. I was surprised,
and unintentionally I shouted –
“You guys! Let’s attack it together! Don’t let that fish get
away!” – Wazu
After looking at each other for a while, they started to
move. I don’t know whether my words got through to them though.
Well, after living desperately in this mountain for two
years, there is only one thing I want to do.
I want to meet people…
I have only witnessed majestic nature, violence, and
monsters during these past two years. Also, I just realized it after shouting
to those monsters. I haven’t spoken for a long time…
That’s why, right now, I want to meet people. I want to make
conversation by any means!
So, I made up my mind! Let’s get off the mountain! I have
already become familiar with the mountain. I can say it’s like my garden now.
So it’s impossible to get lost.
Thus I was descending with the intent to meet people on my
mind, while harboring misunderstandings about various things concerning this
mountain.
Translator: Sabishii desu
Editor: Fan Editor
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