Chapter 0 : Prologue

[Game Start?]

“Yes.”

The screen went black as soon as I answered.

Soon, a modern cityscape appeared.

A strikingly advanced city. Almost cyberpunk-esque.

However.

KABOOM!

Light flashed, and everything crumbled.

As if by God’s wrath.

It was quite the dramatic presentation.

–Humanity foolishly repeated its conflicts.

Some kind of story began.

Basically, humanity, caught in the cycle of war, faced divine judgment.

Something like that.

“Skip.”

Like a ruined world, the city, littered with broken building debris, rapidly transformed.

Plains.

Desert.

Eventually, a forest.
It felt like thousands of years were rapidly passing by.

Soon, a city rose there once more.

A blend of modern and fantasy elements.

An incredibly advanced and beautiful city.

In short, the destroyed world had been revived. Something like that, I guess.

And then, darkness.

“Traveler. Traveler.”

A voice called out. A rather pleasant female voice.

My vision returned.

Sapphire blue eyes, long white hair parted down the middle, a beautiful woman in a black dress.

“Ah. Hmm.”

As if brushing off having called out repeatedly, she cleared her throat and took a step back.

Then, as if it were her duty, she began her lines.

“Welcome to Eden, Traveler. To you…”

But a “Skippable” indicator appeared at the bottom.

“Skip.”

“…sh.”

The woman’s words abruptly stopped.

As if someone had forcibly covered her mouth.

Puffing out her cheeks, she sighed deeply.

“Then, please choose your race.”

Oh.

Following her words, a faint screen appeared. There were more race options than I expected.

First, the basic Human. My current state. No changes. Exactly my real-world appearance.

Customization was possible, but I decided to leave it as is.

“For your information, you can’t change the overall balance of your body. Height adjustments are possible, but excessive changes can affect your reality. So things like lengthening your arms or enlarging your chest…”

She paused, glanced at me, then nodded.

“Well, it doesn’t seem like you need any of that.”

Her voice held a hint of admiration.

I brushed it off and moved on to the next option.

Elves just looked like humans with long ears.

There was a wide variety of Beastkin.

Cat Beastkin. Fox Beastkin. And others. They basically just gained ears and a tail.

The Fox Beastkin, in particular, had fluffy ears that looked quite touchable.

I reached up and touched the ears that had sprouted on my head.

A ticklish sensation in my ear made me shiver.

She continued her explanation.

“Beastkin generally have higher physical abilities than other races. Among them, the Cat Beastkin are particularly fast…”

Higher physical abilities, huh…

‘Still, Beastkin are a bit…’

In that other world, Beastkin were basically a s*ave race. Perhaps influenced by that, I felt a slight aversion.

It wasn’t that I disliked Beastkin, but imagining myself as one…

“But they also have some weaknesses. For example, if you grab a Fox Beastkin’s tail firmly…”

“Haah?!”

I let out a pathetic moan and collapsed.

I never expected an NPC to do something like that.

“Oh. You seem quite sensitive.”

She said teasingly, with a smug grin on her face.

‘This girl…’

If this was an NPC, she’d probably be quite popular among players.

I quickly pulled my tail forward and hugged it to my chest.

Fluffy. So soft it put the finest furs to shame.

Still, I’ll pass on the Beastkin.

No matter how high their physical abilities, such a fatal weakness was a deal-breaker.

There were other options like Giants, who were much larger, Dwarves, and other unique races.

‘Basic is best.’

I chose Human without hesitation.

“Tch. Human, huh? What a shame. Missing out on all that fluff is truly a loss for…”
“Skip.”

“Hand…”

What?

What are you going to do just by staring at me like that?