Life can be really boring sometimes. But in my case… it's boring every time.
It's not like I'm a shut-in doing nothing with my life—I'm in a prestigious engineering university, and I'm what you'd call "good at studies." But that doesn't mean life becomes interesting, right?
My name is Steve, and I... well, I just want to escape from this world.
I don't know what I'll be doing once I land a job. Sure, there are a lot of things you can do, but... you need someone with you to enjoy life. As an orphan and a painfully introverted guy, there's no future where I see myself in a relationship.
Although I look quite good, if I say so myself—just kidding.
Being alone, I don't have any kind of attachment to this world. That's why I want to escape. To another world.
Yes, you guessed it—I'm an isekai otaku. I just love them. How great would it be if I got some OP skill and beautiful girls? A person who loves you, and a vast world begging to be explored... Yeah, it's definitely better than this boring, repetitive life I'm living right now.
While returning from university today, I was once again daydreaming about being isekai'd. It was almost sunset, and the air was chilly—it was near year-end. I was walking back to my apartment before heading off to my night part-time job. I have to earn for myself, after all. It's not much, but I earn enough to live comfortably.
Then I heard it—a scream.
A woman's voice, panicked.
I turned toward the sound and saw a little girl, maybe five or six years old, about to get hit by a car. Her mother was far away, probably on the other side of the street. Maybe the girl had run across suddenly.
And I was close.
Before I could think, I was already running.
I didn't have some great purpose in life. If I could die saving someone, then... isn't that the best ending for someone like me? Someone who dreams of escaping reality?
I reached her just in time, pushed her away—
BAM.
Car-kun hit me with full force.
The next moment, everything went black.
But inside, weirdly... I was happy.
Happy that I no longer had to live this boring life.
...What is this?
Why does it feel like someone is crying?
Damn it, I'm tired. Whoever's crying—just shut up already.
It sounds like... a baby?
Why the hell am I hearing a baby cry? My vision is still black.
Wait... didn't I just get hit by a car?
Why am I alive?
And more importantly... why does it sound like the crying is coming from me?
Death is scary, man. Here I was, trying to act all cool with it...
I don't get it. I don't understand a damn thing.
"Look, it's a boy!"
"You're right. Isn't he cute?"
"Of course, YOU are his mother after all!"
"Oh, stop it, honey~!"
Suddenly, I heard a man and a woman talking. That kind of soft banter between a couple who just had a baby...
Wait... what!?
Why can I see now?
Why is a man with a beard and a handsome face staring at me like I'm his newborn?
Why does it feel like...
...the crying was me?
"Look, honey! He's looking at you!"
"Yeah, he is... and it's adorable!!"
...
OH SHIT.
No way.
No freakin' way.
Are you telling me that...
OH HELL YEAHHHHH!!
I've reincarnated, haven't I!?
THANK YOU, Car-kun, for isekai-ing me to another world!!!
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