Chapter 1: Prologue

Chapter 1: Prologue

Even though our lives are our own, there are not many things in life that we can choose for ourselves.

Take parents, for example.

I would have preferred having rich, kind and caring parents, but life doesn’t always turn out the way we want it to.

However, such a thing may be inevitable.

The world would collapse if all moms were beautiful, stylish, kind, cooks well, and usually unleashes two-hit multi-target attacks.

Bloody battles between fathers and sons over a woman would break out here and there.

The world is maintained by a delicate balance.

I understood this well even in the short 25 years of my previous life.

My life began without me wanting it to, and ended when I was it by a truck.

It wasn’t a death that I wanted.

In other words, my choice did not intervene at either the moment of my birth or the moment of my death. Fôllôw new stories at novelhall.com

And now, even in the time between rebirths, I am not allowed the freedom to choose my occupation.

In this room, people that are to be reincarnated gathered.

It was a small conference room with only a few pipe stools.

There was nothing special about the room that would make one feel like they were in the afterlife.

I was killed in a traffic accident and found myself here.

At what seemed to be the head seat in the room, a man in a suit is interviewing the dead one by one.

He is confirming each people’s next reincarnation and gives out Unique Jobs.

It seems that there’s no careless big-breasted Goddess that would bestow people cheats huh......

Well, I guess it’s a mistake to seek encounters before reincarnation.

[Transported?]

[Yes, you will go to another world as you are.]

[Huh......]

I guess that even if I defied being transported somewhere, this will not be overturned.

I accept my new life with open arms.

As I said before, there are few things in life that you can choose for yourself.

[As for the world Yahagi-san will be heading to, it will be a so-called world of swords and magic.]

I have no objection to that either.

In my next life, I will probably spend my days fighting.

If I received a cheat ability, I will be satisfied with that.

I intend to live life to the fullest.

[As for the Unique Job Yahagi-san will receive, it has been decided to be “Dagashi Shopowner”.]

I see, I see, that’s my cheat job huh...... Wait, Dagashi Shopowner?

[Ummm, this Dagashi Shopowner is......?]

[You don’t know what dagashis are? They’re inexpensive snacks that even children can buy.]

Of course, I know that.

[If you solemnly think “Open”, the shop opens. Conversely, if you solemnly think “Close”, the shop disappears. It’s a useful ability, isn’t it?]

The man in the suit in front of me said confidently.

Seeing the smug look on his face kinda pisses me off.

[May I ask you a question?]

[Well then, please enjoy your new life.]

I didn’t even get to ask my final question before I was thrown out into a new world.