Prologue: My untimely death and sudden reincarnation

I'll cut to the chase right here, I've died and cannot see right now. Thus I am going to recall my life up until this point, the name's Yukiyo Shinohara. I've lived for about 21 years and did enjoy my living life, I lost my mother when I was younger and it did impact the way I saw things such as how I saw family and such. My relatives unlike many others who would use the inheritance money left behind for their own selfishness kept it safe for me and were anti-spendthrifts. But it was around the time I grew to be an adult that I was told to live off on my own and decide what I want to do so I did just that.

Now you might be asking what can a teenager possibly do with all of that money?Well its kind of obvious if you did not interact much in middle or high school, invest heavily on internet based hobbies such as playing a lot of MMOs and watching anime, reading manga, ordering my food and clothes online so I kept the idea of going out to a bare minimum. I became a full fledged hikkineet ahem I mean house guard who safeguards her house all day long. Though if I were to be told to go touch some grass it would certainly sting so I ended up working out as well, I was content with life so to speak. I didn't need school to get ahead in life, friends were a hindrance, all I needed were the things within my house and that was all that mattered to me. However if you think that I suddenly slipped on a banana peel and cracked my skull then you are wrong by a long shot, my death was a little more how to say this dangerous rather than stupid.

Recounting the day itself I was playing a widely well known game known as Sword Fantasy, this game just like many other games of its kind which were trending as of late could immerse the player into the game and play as their in-game character, the collective term for such games was known as VRMMORPG. Sword Fantasy was a video game based off of a world that was inhabited by well the typical fantasy races and two worlds one could choose to live in, Viola and Estus.

The feature that made Sword Fantasy really attractive was the freedom the game gave you to have full control over what your character looks like, and what they could do. Amongst the races of elf, orc, dragon, undead, human, beastkin, dwarf as well as the other demihuman sub races I chose to be an elf at first but then as time passed I became a dark elf due to both to the fact I loved them with all my heart and they had a mysterious and cool appeal to them.

I did have to commission the appearance of my character to an artist who loved drawing elves as such we had a mutual interest, my game character had long platinum blonde hair, strong and stern crimson eyes wearing a white dress like battle armor, with my range of weapons being the bow, the dual blades and sword though I had the ability to have more weapons to make myself very versatile and flexible. I gained somewhat of a reputation in Sword Fantasy because I would usually be involved in a lot of the events and quests the game had to offer as well as me being proficient in ice and snow magic being called Dark Snow Princess. Within the game's lore the dökkálfar (dark elf) could live far longer than the elf, they were more agile and dexterous, they had an affinity for darkness (as expected) and would often work with dark guilds and mostly against the ones who belonged to the the law and order faction. I loved dark elves but that didn't mean I hated players who played as Ljósálfar (light elves), the traditional nature loving blonde haired elf was another charm as they did possess a nature that made them attractive though as of late the trend of making the petite elf is disappearing and they are being replaced by more thicc elves even on par with the dark elf.

I could play this daily but for about two to three hours at a time and was about to log out, my home was a cozy hub which had a bar, a karaoke platform, as well as a lounge. This was all for my guild mates who would visit me and start planning on what to do next, one of them Ethan came in right before my log out.

"Yo"

"Sup"

"I am doing alright"

"Ah, you've changed race again haven't you?"

"Uh how did you notice"

"I can see the undead aura of skellys floating around you"

"Ah I should have noted that, I mean don't you get tired of being the same race?A dark elf, I was human for quite a long time"

"No, not exactly. Game characters are not like social media profile photos that you can just change at any moment, if one wants to stick to something they have to do it for a long time but each to their own I guess"

"I mean back when you were a ljósálfar everyone used to follow you like a herd of ducklings"

"Well that's because I had the potential to become a great elven leader who would lead against the dark guilds or chaos factions. And I grew to love the numerous lore about dark elves so yeah I switched sides pretty quickly and I gained the attention of those who were in those respective areas."

"YOU FOOL YOU COULD HAVE JUST CHANGED RACE JUST ONCE TO LOOK LIKE A THICC LJÓSÁLFAR!!AND YOU WERE MORE PURE AND CUTE BACK THEN!!"

"I am not into bandwagon trends"

"This is why we clash on so many interests"

"You mean kinks, anyway how is work?"

"Great, though I can say I am glad I am not being overworked to death. As for you?"

"The usual"

"Being lazy huh?I wish I had your luck"

"Too bad, its time for me to log out, I'll see you later on that Dómaldi Winter quest"

"Same here. See ya"

I log off and head downstairs to drink some water before going to bed, instead of an empty kitchen what I saw was a burglar with a kitchen knife in hand as he was about to put it inside of the large bag he was carrying, having seen me. He quickly rushed towards me before I could make my futile attempt at running away. Well I did a bad job at protecting the household. Due to the pain I began to black out as the coldness began to creep in my body before dying I had managed to press a button that would alert the police of break-in. So take that you dumb thief!

"♪"

I felt like I was being woken up from sleeping, for how long I do not know but the song was mysterious and for some reason it sounded like it was being sang in Japanese yet at the same time it wasn't entirely Japanese it was very odd and strange to me. Like a baby I tried to move my body but I was unable to move it the way I wanted to. Ah you have reached this far and now you know just about everything, so what the hell happened to me?!

"♪"

The song seemed to be getting weaker and weaker by the moment until it eventually stopped all together. Hey it's not my problem I am in a comatose like state!! Hmm it seems the reincarnation thing happened, as of now I do not know what I really am. Am I fetus inside of someone's belly I do not know (it doesn't feel like I am surrounded by some kind of fluid neither am I hearing anything except some drops falling down to the floor) but I do wonder what my status would be like right now? As soon as I had spoken out those thoughts, a familiar game menu appeared before me.

『

• Name: Yukiyo Shinohara

• Age: 0

• Race: Slime

• Title: None

• Job: None

• Level: 1

• Job History: None

○ Attributes:

• HP: 100

• MP: 100

• Strength: 180

• Agility: 0

• Stamina: 190

• Intelligence: 50

○ Skills:

• Area Scan Level 1

• Absorption Level 1

• Dissolve Level 1

• Object Detection Level 1

• Appraisal Level 1

○Passive Skills:

• Enhanced Strength Level 1

• Low Physical Attack Resistance Level 1

• Low Magical Attack Resistance Level 1

』

Hou?So I have really gone off and died huh?Becoming a slime and not a dark elf even? This ain't a joke you know?!!I wanted to so badly shout that out but I had to calm down because me at the moment could be killed again without a single thought as a grinding tool, alright now I am definitely sad and depressed!But I cannot let this pull me down!Time to use the aforementioned skills! I still couldn't see that much because I do not have eyes of course.

" 『Area Scan』 『Appraisal』"

『Now scanning the area and appraising all within the area scan radius』

An intelligent sounding voice appeared in my head as it spoke fluently in Japanese with me being glad that it wasn't in some foreign world language.

『Appraisal complete. Water Dragon Lv 115 (5 km). Giant Lv 109 (8 km). Orc King Lv 97 (10 km) . Goblin Chief Lv 50 (3 km). Corpse (400 meters) 』

Uwah there's a lot of scary monsters ahead of me, just how much of an area did Appraisal-tan span out?I asked this as I began to move my body towards the corpse which was way closer to myself. I couldn't see so I had no idea where I was going. Man I sure wish I had a bat's echolocation right now.

『Skill Echolocation Has Been Acquired!』

Eh?Ehhhhhh?!Its not that easy getting skills you know Appraisal-tan!!!!!!!!I retorted to Appraisal-tan's ridiculousness.

『

• Name: Yukiyo Shinohara

• Age: 0

• Race: Slime

• Title: None

• Job: None

• Level: 1

• Job History: None

○ Attributes:

• HP: 100

• MP: 100

• Strength: 180

• Agility: 0

• Stamina: 190

• Intelligence: 50

○ Skills:

• Area Scan Level 1

• Absorption Level 1

• Dissolve Level 1

• Object Detection Level 1

• Appraisal Level 1

• Echolocation Level 1

○Passive Skills:

• Enhanced Strength Level 1

• Low Physical Attack Resistance Level 1

• Low Magical Attack Resistance Level 1

』

Oi oi its really there!!!I seemed to scream as the skill displayed itself in my mind's eye view. Well I guess it can't be helped let's use the skill and find where this corpse is. Hmm?!It's close after all!All I have to do is walk er slither um crawl (?) towards it. I tried appraising the corpse whilst I was getting closer and closer to it but all I got was the initial description that Appraisal-tan gave me. I wonder if its an animal, since this could be a forest it might be a wolf or a fox I wanted to be those as a child , oi don't think of me being a furry I just liked those animals I didn't buy a suit! When I got close enough Appraisal-tan rang me up again.

『Skill: Absorption Active! Begin Absorption? Yes or No』

Hmmmm its quick but if it means I can gain a set of eyes then its good I won't have to worry much about it, yosh let's do this!

『Absorption has begun. Required Time To Process and Incorporate Physical Appearance, Skills, HP and MP, Fusion and Evolution of Specific Skills: Absorption, Area Scan, Appraisal, Object Detection Into Main body: 24 Hours. Now Entering Cocoon State 』

Uooooooooooh?!I knew this was a bad idea!!I should have said no!!Appraisal-tan cancel this please!!My conscience began to fade once more as I was wrapping myself onto something with the process of something beginning to form inside of myself.