29-Years-Old Bachelor Was… Brought to a Different World to Live Freely

Chapter 1 ~ I’m in a different world before I knew it ~

[What?]

Before I knew it, I was standing in a large meadow.
When I looked to the right, there’s a meadow, to the left was also a meadow, behind me a forest, and in front was a hill.

[Eh? Hey, eh?]

I kept looking around.
But, the scenery would not change.
I tried touching the grass under my feet.
Yeah, it’s grass alright.
Let’s try tapping my cheeks.
There was a sense of discomfort.
Or my belly.
My happiness-filled metabolic syndrome was refreshed.
I looked at my hand.
It’s definitely my hand.
There were still small scars from when I was injured in the past, but my arms were strangely full of energy and strong.

[Calm down, calm down me]

Saying that, I tried to fix my glasses.
There was none.
I was suffering from extreme myopia, but now I can see normally even without glasses.
Let’s check ourselves for the time being.
What is my name?
Mitsuba Taichi, an adult who just entered his thirties this year, is a contract employee with metabolic syndrome.
Parents divorced, mother died of illness five years ago, a father who was never there.
Now I lived with my maternal grandmother and my pet dog.
Alright, there was no lack of memories about myself.
Other than that, let’s try to remember what I’ve done so far.

[And where is this?]

It’s a landscape that I don’t recognize.
I don’t even remember coming to such a place.
In the first place, I should have sneaked into bed after playing games and checking the internet in front of my daily computer.
What’s going on? I don’t understand.
For the time being, let’s check my appearance.
Fortunately, I wasn’t naked, because I’m not a calm sleeper.
Durable trousers, shirts and leather shoes.
The material of the clothes was linen-like, but a little stiff.
It’s obviously not the clothes I originally had.
There was nothing else of note.
I was empty-handed.
There’s no wallet, smartphone, car, or house key.
It can’t be helped if you’re at a loss for the time being, so let’s try walking to the top of the hill.
Maybe I’ll see a place I recognize.
No, at least private housings, if possible.

[Oh.]

My expectations were brilliantly shattered.

[That’s a fantasy fortified city, no matter how I look at it!]

Across the grasslands in front of me, was a tall wall made of sturdy stones and a medieval spire.

Was it a dream?

Was it a lucid dream?
No, it’s real.
The texture of the grasses or the wind I can feel are real for sure.
What are my options?
For the time being, perhaps go to that fortified city or to the forest behind me?
No, I don’t know what kind of creatures there are, so forest is a no-go.
The fortified city it is then? It should be safer, right?

There’s no boxes or texts.
Shouldn’t there be a tutorial or something?

『Let me explain』

A voice echoed in my head.
Eh? That’s scary.

『You may have noticed that this is not your original world.
This is the so-called different world, the fantasy world as you may have already know.
]

Hmm, this guy was speaking directly in my head…!
However, wasn’t the development too solid?

『The fantasy world you’ve always wanted, aren’t you happy?』

[Wow.]

I was obediently pleased.
It’s been two minutes since being here.

『And in this world, unlike the world you were in, there is magic.
The cultural level is the medieval level in your world, but it is a little inferior because it was developed by magic.
On the other hand, science was hardly developed.
Be careful not to be eaten up by the so-called『Monsters』that also live there.』

[It’s the usual template of a fantasy world.
So, do I have any special abilities?]

I don’t even bother to think about the true nature of the voice.
If you don’t think about it, everything will be just fine.

『At the moment, You are not so different from ordinary people.
However, if you gain experience, you will gain powers that the people of this world cannot match.
Try opening the menu.』

[What? Menu?]

The moment I muttered the word, various information was displayed in my field of vision.

The standard menu in most RPGs, such as current time, coordinates, map, inventory, skills, options, etc.

The name listed here is Taichi Mitsuba.
Godcall? What’s this?

『We have prepared enough supplies for you to last for a while, so make effective use of them.
In the skill menu, you can acquire various skills using skill points.
You can instantly acquire the skills that you would otherwise can only learn over several years 』

When I opened my inventory, I found a short sword and an adventurer set, three servings of preserved food and water, and some coins.
The adventurer set was packed with tools and other things that can be used for various adventures.
This feels like a TRPG.

Apparently, I can put items in and out just by thinking about it.

What a fantasy, this certainly was a different world.

[How do I get skill points? Can I reset my skills?]

『If you gain experience and level up, you can get skill points.
Skill reset will be possible once every 20 levels』

[Okay…but there are so many skills.]

Just from a quick look on the list, wasn’t that more than 100 skills already?
Weapon mastery for each category, such as swords, polearms, axes, archery, and throwing weapons.
In addition, there were four major attributes such as fire, water, wind, and earth, as well as various magic such as light, darkness, and recovery techniques.

There were also living skills and manufacturing skills such as cooking, cleaning, sewing, blacksmithing, alchemy, agriculture, and woodworking.
Other skills included physical strengthening, avoidance, stealth, thievery, negotiation, appraisal, mind, and magic eye.

The initial amount of skill points I had was 10, and when I tried various things without confirming it, it seems that I can basically grow with skill points equivalent to the skill level.
However, depending on the skill, it may take several points to acquire a level.

『The maximum level of most skills is 5.
Some skills such as the various magic eyes are not limited to this.
Speaking of martial arts, 1 is an experienced person, 2 is a well-trained person, 3 is a master class, 4 is a first class, 5 is a superhuman class, and so on.』

[Martial arts, bows, and cooking are level 1 from the beginning.
Negotiation is at level 2?]

『It reflects the experience you have cultivated in the original world.』

Oh, by the way, I used to do Shorinji Kempo when I was little.
After that, I had a little bit of Kyudo.
I had a level in cooking probably because I used to cook for myself.
But, I don’t really understand, I can hardly remember Shorinji Kempo.
The level 2 on negotiation was probably from my working experience.

[Well, I’ll remember it as I go… What should I do?]

『You can do as you please.
You can be a Hero or a villain.
You can look for a way to return to the original world, or you can choose to spend the rest of your life here.』

[That’s some high degree of freedom.]

First thing first, I guess establishing a base for a living here?

『Tutorial is over.
I’m not going to always watching over you, but if you feel like it, just call me.』

I could no longer hear the voice that echoed in my head.

Let’s stop pondering about that voice of God, or whatever it was.
First of all, there are various things I need to verify.
I tried opening my status.
There are five main statuses: STR, VIT, AGI, DEX, and POW.
My current numbers are 28, 36, 24, 32, 127.
The POW value being the highest​.
I can guess at glance that STR is strength, VIT is vitality, AGI is agility, and DEX is dexterity.
But, what is POW?
HP and MP were displayed in one corner of the menu.
HP is 56 and MP is 147.

[Magic Power, I guess?]

Maybe it was.

The Hero from another world that had extraordinary magical power was already a well-known trope.
For the time being, let’s conclude this and try to move my body.

I tried running after doing a light stretch.
Oh, my body was light.
Farewell, metabolic syndrome.
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