Chapter 9: ..Ah, that one's a reincarnated person.
The Reincarnated Extra
â¦Ah, that oneâs a reincarnated person.
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Boommmmm!!!
In the early morning mist of Naso Forest, an unheard roar reverberates.
Naturally, I was jolted awake by that roar and its accompanying vibration.
The Kariva Great Tree, where I nest, trembles violently.
Whatâs this noise!?
Itâs still early in the morning, and yet it disturbs my peaceful sleep!
â¦I really hate being disturbed while Iâm sleeping!
I leap up, frowning, and stick my head out of the hole to look outside.
The dark blue sky is gradually brightening.
Beneath it, in a corner of the lush Naso Forest, black smoke is rising.
This Extra, being a maniac for isekai broadcasts, casually uses slang learned from âeventsâ in streaming. And sheâs overly curious and carefree.
Without any sense of caution, she made such a suggestion.
Still groggy from waking up, I, driven by anger for having my peaceful sleep disturbed (planning to throw stones in protest), thoughtlessly dashed toward the source of the roaring noise and smoke.
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â¦And that brings us to now.
It was quite the roar, wasnât it, Extra?
The cause of such a roar must definitely be something, right?
If the cause turned out to be a dangerous and powerful monster, what were you planning to do, Extra?n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Silent treatment, huh.
Gah! I canât argue back when you put it like that!
Well, um, I guess thereâs⦠no danger, maybe?
I arrived at the source of the smoke in less than five minutes.
It was quite a distance, but as a 5-year-old who is accustomed to forest living and skilled in ãBody Strengtheningã, I wasnât even out of breath from such a move.
â¦And then.
What Iâm secretly peeping at from the bushes is a clearing that suddenly appeared in Naso Forest.
Wasnât there such a clearing here until yesterday?
The trees were knocked down, turned into black char, and smoke was billowing up.
Ah⦠the carcasses of (probably) Naked Awful-tasting Mice have also turned into charcoal.
Theyâre definitely inedible now. What a wasteâ¦
But thatâs not the point!
My gaze shifts to the person who seems to have created this clearing.
Standing there was a beautiful boy with flaming red hair and red eyes, about the same age as me⦠no, if my memory serves me right, he should be the same age as me.
When I say âif my memory serves me right,â itâs because I know the name of that beautiful boy.
After all⦠heâs Torch Fenoben, who lives in the same village of Fenoben as me.
Oh, the reason his surname is the same as the villageâs name is that heâs the son of the village chief.
In this country (I donât know the name of the country because I havenât studied it), commoners like me donât have surnames, but it seems that families at the level of the village chief can have a family name. Not that it matters.
â¦Hmm? But what in the world is going on here??
As far as I know, Torch-kun is indeed the son of the village chief, but heâs definitely just a typical village child A, and shouldnât possess the power to cause such ridiculous destruction?
As I stood there perplexed and frozen, Torch-kun, who had a wry smile on his face, began to mutter to himself.
My super hearing, honed by forest living (probably due to ãBody Strengtheningã making my ears incredibly sharp), caught his words.
ââ¦This requires practice in control. Really, the power of ãDivine Blessingã is something elseâ¦â
â¦Torch-kun mutters to himself in a âgive me a breakâ manner.
Huh? Was he always the type to talk like an adult?
I thought he was more of a typical mischievous 5-year-old bratâ¦
â¦Wait, âblessingâ?
Torch-kun mentioned a blessing just now, didnât he?
A blessing isâ¦
Torch-kun said ãDivine Blessingã, right?
â¦I remember that nameâ¦
That god, probably, was at that auction venue five years agoâ¦
An adult-like demeanor unbefitting of a 5-year-old.
And a mighty power. ãDivine Blessingã.
â¦Ah, that oneâs a reincarnated person.