Chapter 1: Successful Transfer Experiment!

My name is Taro Sato, I’m 21 years old and I’m in my fourth year of college.

I’ve been fascinated by otherworldly fantasy since I was a child, and in elementary school I formed a black magic club and immersed myself in research, causing such a commotion that I was in the news for sacrificing the school’s chickens in an experiment. Because of this, my parents received a lot of criticism. 

After that, I devoted myself to my studies and sports and went on to attend a prestigious middle and high school, ostensibly for the purpose of joining the school’s Black Magic Club.

For university, I went on to attend Imperial University, which is said to be first-class in the world, and of course, my purpose was to join the prestigious black magic circle which had a century of experience in black magic research.

In this way, I have poured my youth into black magic research and tomorrow is the first day of the school festival where I will announce my “Research and practice of magic circles” for the purpose of transferring to another world.

I looked at my watch and saw that it was already midnight.

“It’s not like I really have to wait until tomorrow right?”

I had just finished drawing the magic circle as I muttered to myself in the dimly lit club room.

“I’ve been studying the data left behind by the alumni of this club over the past 100 years and the results of my research so far are finally here.”

My fists tightened.

“For the time being, let me do a test run to see if it actually works?”

After saying that, I started to cast a spell in front of the magic circle I had just drawn.

“There’s no reaction.”

I recited the incantation again.

“There is no reaction after all.”

Feeling as if all my efforts had been unrewarded, I felt as if I was going to cry.

“No, maybe I should put something in the middle of the magic circle…”

I took a stuffed bear from the club room and tried to approach the circle suddenly.

“Oops, that was dangerous. That was a flag wasn’t it? In a case like this, if you go inside carelessly, you’ll end up getting transferred! That’s not going to happen, hahaha!”

I got excited all by myself and the midnight tension was very scary.

I carried a large backpack that was placed by the side of the club room.

“With this, even if I suddenly transfer, I can live in a different world with modern high-tech goods!”

Staggering under the weight of the backpack, I moved to the center of the magic circle with the stuffed animal in my hands.

Then… the magic circle started to glow!

“I’ve succeeded! I’ve made a successful transfer circle to another world!”

I said out loud while rejoicing.

But at the same time, my consciousness started to fade away.

“Oh… This is the pattern of waking up in a different world…”

I lost consciousness with a smile on my face.

“Hey! Please wake up.”

Who’s shaking me?

“Hmm…”

I was immediately convinced of success as I regained consciousness.

(The person who wakes me up has a female voice. First contact is the heroine’s pattern!)

My white blurred vision became clearer, but my field of view was still white all over.

“Kami-sama(God), I think he’s awake.”

The woman who had been trying to wake me reported to God? 

“Kami…?”

It’s a word that’s indispensable in otherworldly stories.

I reacted immediately.

“Oh, is this the part where I get a cheat skill?”

Is it a God who looks like an old man with grey hair? I began to imagine.

“You’ve made a fool of yourself.”

“Eh?”

I got shocked because I was expecting to hear something like, “You’ve come a long way,” 

“You’re from Earth, aren’t you? I’m sure the god in charge didn’t teach mankind about magic there. I didn’t expect you to discover it on your own.”

“Hmm (Is that so), then did I transfer here?”

I looked around and saw a space with almost completely white walls and floor.

There was nothing there except a woman in white garments who seems to be God’s assistant, standing beside him.

“Transfer? Oh yes, you figured that out on your own…” 

God seemed to be looking at something while moving his finger.

“The magic circle you drew is not a transfer circle, but a reincarnation magic circle. It is a half-finished work because the destination was not drawn. The reason why you were lucky to be reincarnated here was because it was right after the Soul Recycling Law decided by the divine council came into effect.”

“Reincarnation magic circle? Huh? Eh?”

“In a transfer spell, you move to another world in your original body and form, but in reincarnation, you die and get reborn.”

So…

“You’re dead in that world, and all hell is breaking loose. This will be treated as a strange death.”

Garh!!!

I died when I tried to transfer!

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