Hurry up and forget. Try to forget.
Eat.
Eat.
Eat.
Bitter.
Extremely bitter.
Bitter, slightly sweet, and then sorrowful in taste.
Good morning.
Whether it is morning or not, I do not know, but I have managed to awaken unharmed once more today.
A remarkably useful parallel consciousness, though regrettably, it cannot alternate sleep like a shift system.
No matter how many consciousnesses exist, only one body is used at a time.
Therefore, when the body sleeps, awareness inevitably drops.
There is nothing that can be done about this.
After conversing with the entity known as D, the malevolent god, yesterday, I remained dazed for a while.
I had briefly sensed its presence upon acquiring wisdom, but I did not expect it to suddenly speak.
Well. The only thing I learned was that it is genuinely insane, and ultimately, nothing was clarified.
Yes.
I now understand that I do not understand.
Rather, the number of mysteries has increased.
Smartphone, fluent Japanese, black man.
The black man—unknown who he is—but he is human from this world.
He conversed with D using a cryptic language. That is likely the language of this world.
Yet, if that is true, one question arises.
Why can D speak Japanese so fluently?
The smartphone itself is already suspect.
It looked exactly like a smartphone.
Even if the technological level of this world is similar, it is unlikely that an identical smartphone exists in this alternate world.
Therefore, perhaps that smartphone originated from Earth.
If so, D's fluency in Japanese becomes clear.
He was in Japan.
Whether he is there now, or was there in the past, is uncertain—but he definitely existed in Japan at some point.
Considering it, whether the voice from heaven or the鉴定 results, all are in Japanese.
I should have felt more dissonance at the fact that Japanese is used so casually in this foreign world.
I unconsciously assumed it was tailored to me because I only know Japanese—but probably that’s not correct.
D set the Japanese language parameters.
The suspicious element is the mysterious transformation skill I possess.
This skill might also translate foreign world languages into Japanese.
Ah, but then I should have understood the black man’s words too—so that can’t be it.
But perhaps system-related audio or display outputs are rendered in Japanese.
That would make sense.
The skill might contain various secrets.
That much is clear.
Beyond that, nothing is known.
What the administrator entity truly is, whether it truly sees me only as entertainment—unknown.
Hmm.
No good.
It's becoming tangled.
This isn't like me.
I should stick to my usual self—leave things I don't understand as they are.
Whether it's a demon god or something else, watching from afar does no harm.
I don't believe I'm the kind of person whose actions would be embarrassing if seen.
Ah, sorry.
Cut out anything involving a burning backside.
Anyway, regardless of its intentions, I am still myself.
I will continue living as myself.
Yes.
That's what I'll do.
For now, forget about D.
If that black man says not to get involved, then forgetting him is fine.
Ah, but D did say the Wisdom skill was a reward.
I should have said thanks for that.
…Well, whatever.
If it comes up again later, I'll say it then.
It mentioned "again," after all.
Now then, shall we resume exploration?
Yesterday, while I was spacing out, the body controller ate the fire dragon.
Tasted like half white fish, half chicken.
Delicious.
Still, seasoning cravings set in.
Compared to the previous inedible monsters, this was vastly superior, yet slightly underwhelming.
Ah, perhaps because I've eaten quite a few decent meals since starting with catfish, my tastes have developed.
The flavor was of that nature, but the quantity was substantial.
My SP, significantly depleted from the battle with the fire dragon, filled to capacity.
Wasting it seemed inefficient, so I consumed the remainder while gaining proficiency points.
Perhaps with higher spatial magic level, I'll learn an item storage-type spell?
Initially thought it unnecessary, but with such large opponents, finishing every meal becomes a burden.
I don't wish to leave leftovers, so carrying excess would be convenient.
Incidentally, Shadow Sinking cannot serve as a substitute for an item box.
That's right, if you put something inside, it won't move anymore.
Truly, a magic with rather awkward application.
Shadow Magic itself is rather ambiguous.
Attack power and practicality are both marginal.
The fact that it only becomes usable after reaching level six makes its late bloom a significant drawback.
Yet, despite claiming late blooming, the flower that finally opened is… questionable.
Will Shadow Magic evolve into Dark Magic once it reaches Level 10?
Perhaps it would be impressive— but from my perspective, having already mastered the highest-tier dark magic, it holds little allure.
Abyss Magic has the drawback of being too powerful to use casually, so acquiring a moderate level of offensive magic is welcome.
However, having defeated the Fire Dragon, it might truly mean there are no rivals left in the middle tier.
Break through the middle tier all at once at this rate.