CH 152

“Chapter 152: Shimazu’s History”

“-our ancestors were not originally from this world.”

I had a feeling. There’s no way it was a coincidence.

Oni are just fairy tales in my world. Evilbringers that are eventually vanquished by heroes.

I reincarnated into this world due to some mysterious force. Nothing is impossible.

– Or so goes the legend. But we ourselves are not actually certain they came from another dimension. (Fuji)

On our way back to the residence, Fuji told me the history of her ancestors.

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Before coming to this world, these “ancestors” lived peacefully in secluded places. Deep in the mountains or on islands floating in the middle of the sea.

They didn’t have any sort of contact with the humans, as there were rumours that the Oni ate humans.

In reality, their lifestyles were exactly the same as them.

But such rumours were good, as the Oni only wanted to live harmoniously on their own.

Ironically, that’s exactly what brought their demise.

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Back at the residence, I tried tracing the history of the predecessors of the island.

I had Akane and Fuji help me decipher some of the documents, but some of them were written in a language strangely close to the one used in my previous world.

– One day, human children vanished from the village with no explanation or traces. That’s when the humans realized.

“Just because they are secluded doesn’t mean they won’t go out to commit atrocities”

– Our ancestors were very clear about wanting to live in peace.

– And then they were attacked the next day… (Takaya)

– Yes. They were blamed for the disappearance of the children.

The Oni were forced to leave with no time to think about what was going on.

Without contact to prove them wrong, the humans used the rumours as an excuse to blame the innocent Oni.

“They eat human flesh and cattle, they must’ve kidnapped our children to drink their blood and get stronger!”

Obviously, the Oni didn’t simply concede. Some of them had especially strong bodies, some were able to create flames or snowstorms. But the humans had an ace up their sleeve.

Heroes with superhuman strength and unimaginably advanced weapons, capable of frightening feats.

The Oni were cut in half, shot through, and beheaded without a say.

And so, their only option was to run away.