Reincarnated As An Ogre, I’m Going To Enjoy Life In This Other World! - Chapter 7

I looked again at the girl who introduced herself as Elma. She had long brown hair, large, round eyes, and a well-defined nose, she was a perfect example of a traditional beauty.

(The standards in this world are insane!)

“Did you say something?”

“No… it’s nothing.”

“…?”

Elma looked at me with a puzzled expression.

“By the way, what were you doing here, Elma?”

I asked Elma, trying to change the subject.

“Ah! That’s right, I came to gather medicinal herbs!”

“Medicinal herbs?”

“Yes, actually, my mother is sick… and I need the herbs to treat her.”

“On your own?”

“Yes, usually I gather them near the village entrance, but while I was searching for the right herbs and ended up going deeper into the woods without realizing.”

“So that’s what happened.”

“Yes, I don’t know what would have happened if you hadn’t come, Kingil-san.”

Elma seemed to recall what had happened earlier and shuddered.

“Why are you in a place like this, Kingil-san? And why are you dressed like that?”

“I…”

(How should I explain this? Never mind, I’ll just make up something. I doubt anybody would believe the truth anyway.)

“I got lost.”

“Huh… You’re lost?”

“Yeah, and as for my appearance… my clothes got blown away by the wind while I was bathing.”

(Even I know how weak of an excuse that sounds…)

“That must have been tough.”

Elma appeared to believe my made-up story.

“By the way, Elma, you don’t seem that surprised to see me.”

“Yes, at first I was a little surprised, but you helped me, Kingil-san. Also, since you can speak human language, you must be a unique monster, right?”

“Unique monster?”

“Huh? Was I wrong?”

“I’m sorry, I don’t know. What does ‘unique monster’ mean?”

Elma raised her index finger and began to explain.

“A unique monster is a monster that has received a gift from a god.”

“A gift?”

“I don’t know the details, but I’ve heard they get special abilities, and all unique monsters can speak human language.”

(Hmm, if that’s the case, I would qualify as a unique monster. It seems the goddess didn’t just randomly reincarnate me.)

“I see, I understand now. Thank you.”

“No, it’s no trouble at all.”

Elma, with a slightly proud expression, looked cute.

“So, what will you do next, Elma? Are you going to gather herbs again?”

“Yes, I haven’t found the herbs I’m looking for yet, so… um…”

Elma kept looking at me, as if hoping for something, and I could tell what she wanted to ask.

“Ah… Is it okay if I tag along? I still have a lot of questions I want to ask.”

Upon hearing that, Elma’s face lit up with a bright smile.

“Yes!”

“Where exactly are these herbs located?”

“If we go a little deeper, we should find them.”

“I see. Well then, let’s go.”

“Please be careful, Kingil-san. They say there’s a huge Boa-type monster deeper in the forest.”

“A Boa-type?”

“It’s a monster with massive tusks, and the villagers call it Bloody Horn.”

“Giant tusks… you mean that boar?”

“A boar? What’s a boar?”

Elma tilted her head and asked.

(Right, it probably doesn’t translate here.)

“No, it’s nothing. I might have already defeated that Bloody Horn thing.”

“Eh!?”

I went to the bushes and brought back the two tusks I had left there.

“Here, these are the tusks…”

“Ehhhh!!”

Elma’s shocked voice echoed through the forest.

Chapter length 1530 characters.

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