Reincarnated As An Ogre, I’m Going To Enjoy Life In This Other World! - Chapter 2

When I opened my eyes, there was an unfamiliar ceiling… or rather, it wasn’t a ceiling at all; it was a vast blue sky.

“Ugh… too bright… what is this? Where am I?”

I got up and looked around. I was supposed to be in a hospital room, but all I could see were trees. It seemed I was in a forest.

“Hold on… wasn’t I supposed to be dead…?”

A weird sensation overwhelmed me, the memory of dying.

“What the hell! I’m naked!!”

I looked at myself and realized I was completely naked. But that wasn’t the only problem.

“Huh? My abs are insane, and my skin is all red!!”

My body was completely different from before. I now had six-pack abs, my chest muscles were bulging, and my arms and legs were as thick as tree trunks.

The most shocking thing was that my skin wasn’t human-colored; it was red, and not like a sunburn—more like bl00d-red skin.

“What the hell is happening… wait, no… it’s starting to come back to me… I think I remember…”

I began to remember the day I died.

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“Hmm? Where am I…?”

When I opened my eyes, I found myself in a completely white space, and then…

“Hello~ good afternoon~ Kanegiri Hayato-san♪”

In front of me stood a beautiful blonde girl.

“H-h-hello…?”

“Hehe, you seem confused.”

“Let me explain,” the blonde girl said as she began speaking.

“First, I am the goddess of your world, Kanegiri Hayato-san. You have passed away, and this is… well, it’s kind of like a place between the living world and the world of the dead.”

“Kind of…?”

(That’s so vague…)

“Anyway, I called you here to reincarnate you.”

“Reincarnation…?”

“Yes! I can’t send you back to your original world, but I’ll reincarnate you into another world.”

(So this is the whole “reincarnation in another world” thing?! No way!!)

“Hehe, I can see you’re starting to understand.”

“But… why me…?”

Suddenly, the goddess’s expression changed to one of sadness.

“Your life was so pitiful… that’s why I decided to fulfill your last wish.”

“I’m happy to hear that… but were you watching me?”

“Yes, I am a goddess! Managing the world below is my job, after all.”

“I see…”

For some reason, the goddess had a proud look on her face. As she puffed out her chest, her full chest swayed slightly.

“So… where will I be reincarnated?”

“That’s a surprise for later♪ I’ll just tell you it’s a fantasy world.”

“Fantasy… does that mean there’s magic or something?”

“Yes, there is.”

“Whoa!”

Hearing that magic was possible, my eyes sparkled with excitement.

“Well, it’s about time. Kanegiri Hayato, I pray that your next life is full of happiness.”

“Yes! Thank you very much! Goddess!”

Light began to engulf the entire space, and I lost consciousness once again.

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“That’s right… I was reincarnated… but what exactly is going on here?”

I found myself naked in the forest, and my body had completely transformed.

“When they said reincarnation, I thought I’d be reborn as a child in some family… Huh?”

When I touched my head, I realized there was something hard there.

“What… is this? A horn…?”

When I touched it to confirm, I realized it was a horn, and there were two of them, one on each side.

“Wait a minute… a muscular body… red skin… horns… doesn’t this look like a red oni?”

I remembered the image of an oni from the picture books I used to read as a child.

“No matter how I think about it, my current appearance is a red oni… or in fantasy terms, an ogre!”

It seems I’ve been reincarnated as an ogre.

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