―Isn't this bad?
His black eyes widen as he takes in the scene around him, he was no longer in a place where skyscrapers dot the landscape, and the star rules the night. Instead, he found himself in a place with a medieval aesthetic, cobalt stone replacing asphalt, small buildings replacing towering skyscrapers and the blazing sun replacing the calm moon.
―And most importantly…
His wide eyes dart around, taking in the various people walking by him doing their daily activities, people who are humans, and people that could only be described as demi-human that he read in light novels and mangas.
―This is bad.
His thoughts wander to his monetary system, he isn't poor in any circumstances. It's quite the opposite in fact.
He still has his wallet in his pocket, containing an abundance of yen coins and few paper notes, which he doubts will have any value here if his theory is right.
"Look like the currency here is completely different after all…"
Strangely enough, his voice sounded quite high pitch, as well quite feminine than his usual lower pitch voice, he gave it no thought however as he flipped the rare ridge 10-yen coin he was holding, he sighed deeply.
He notices that for some reason, his usually tan hand is now paler and smaller than before, and his height seems to be shrunk, not to mention he feels like he somehow lost his athletic build. But he attributes it to his special circumstance.
"Maybe because I start from Level one?"
The crowd gazed at him out of the corner of their eyes, their gaze filled with wonder and confusion, as thought they were looking at something strange.
Which isn't far-fetched since there wasn't a single person wearing a tracksuit among those who are looking at him. Their hair also varied, blond, white, brown, and so on. Furthermore, their outfits were armors, robe, and more which have fantasy style to it.
He could only cross his arm. Strangely yet again, his cloth feels tight and loose at the same time, especially around the chest area. He could feel his chest tighten and heavy somewhat. Not to mention softer.
"So, it's like that huh."
Snapping his finger, he pointed at those who stare at him.
"It seems like I've been summoned to another world."
A lizard like being carrying carriage cross in front of him.
Natsuki Subaru eyes dart around him in fascination and wonder.
"I guess this is a fantasy world with typical western medieval culture."
Taking the scene around him as he walks, he saw the many lizard like beings walking pass by him in a traffic.
"A realm where demi human is commonplace and stuff like war and adventures as well."
The youth let out a small smile grace his beautiful pale face as he passed by a demi human that looked like a lizard and a wolf man.
He lowered his gaze to his hand. His hand, which was usually big, and tan is now small and pale, he frowns.
"Still, this kind of setting really worries me. And here I'm-"
Suddenly, the crowd scream drags the youth's attention away from his hand. There is a small child fallen on the traffic, an unstoppable Lizard running at high speed with the merchant atop of it struggling to pull it to a stop.
"This is it; this is my turn to unlock my magical talent!"
He let out an excited grin as he slowly got on his knee, held out his outstretched palm as if to aim a magic toward the fallen child. He let out a feminine shout as if to unleash powerful magic, only for nothing to happen.
"Look out!"
A voice belongs to an armored knight shout, rushing toward the fallen form of the child before scooping him up in his strong arm as he rolled, narrowly avoiding getting run over by the moving cart, the knight slowly raises his hand to signal everything is okay.
Everyone let out a cheer to the knight as the youth slowly rose to his feet and let out an awkward sigh, congratulating the brave knight while feeling envious of him.
Currently, the youth is walking along the line of stalls decorating the medieval city. With people of various race buying their everyday necessity while watching him out of the corner of their eyes.
"I guess I'm not ready to use magic yet."
Something caught the attention of his deep black eyes, and he stops in front of a stall with an imposing man wearing a green vest, he looks at the row of fruits and language that he can't read.
―I can't read this.
"Hey miss. Those are some peculiar clothes, are you traveling?"
The voice of the smirking imposing man who crossed his arms snaps his attention to him, slowly he looks left and right, to make sure the man got the right person before pointing to himself, which makes the man nod.
―Am I that feminine looking that people mistook me for a girl? I've made sure that I stayed fit.
He let out a sigh as he ignored the seller's comment, he felt slightly suspicious but perhaps it was just a misunderstanding. He slowly pointed his finger to the apple looking fruit.
"What are these?"
"Those are Appa."
The youth slowly put his thumb under his chin in a thinking pose as he ponders on his situation.
―They can understand me, the question however…
Slowly the youth hand travels to his pocket and held it in front of the Appa seller, in his palm contains some small change yen coin from his world.
The Appa seller's smirking face slowly turns to frown however, upon seeing the money that held no value in this new world.
"Huh? What kind of money is that?"
The Appa seller makes a shoe motion to him as if annoyed by him.
"You can't use those in Lugnica. That means you flat broke huh?"
The man suddenly reaches for him, grabbing his small shoulder as the imposing Appa seller face turns to scowl and lets out a yell in front of his terrified face.
"Then get outta here, don't interfere with my business!"
Now, the youth travel through the street of the city with people watching him out of the corner of their eyes with curiosity, his shoulder, and eyes droop helplessly in sadness at his money that held no monetary value. He is undoubtedly flat broke.
"There's no other way, I'll have to go gather information first."
He enters a small building that is connected to a main building, and his eyes widen upon seeing the scene in front of him.
Women; in front of him were women of various races, demi human and human alike looking at him with curiosity. He could feel his face slowly heat up, as it turns to red in embarrassment when he connected the purpose of this building.
"Ah! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to enter this place!"
The youth mumble quickly, trying to find a suitable apology before he could get punished by the wrath of women around him.
"Huh? Why are you apologizing for, you can use the toilet if you want?"
A demi human that looks like a cat said to him, he slowly looks toward her, eyes widen in confusion as to why the women around him even allow him to be in the women's restroom.
That's when he noticed something, out of the corner of his eyes, on the mirror on the wall hanging over the sink, there is reflection of a beautiful girl.
It as if time slowed down. A reflection of a beautiful pale human girl with long white hair, white eyelashes, and void black eyes stares at him through the mirror. The shut-in youth heart skips a beat, this girl, although not silver hair, is beautiful.
There's only one problem though in his mind, this young girl is wearing his clothing, and stares at him, mirroring his expression perfectly. His mind went blank as his brain trying to reach the conclusion he dreads for as a man.
He let out a high-pitched shriek, making the women around him yelp in surprise as he quickly bolts out of the room and ran as fast as he could.
―Nononono! I refuse to believe!
He pants as he struggles to breath, his usually athletic body that could run far now could only run for short distance before he needs to catch his breath.
He's forced to slow down as he approaches a tall pink building that looks like a bar after passing a bridge, he struggles to breath as his mind is still in jumble from the dreaded revelation that he refuses to believe.
His body automatically entered the building, and he was greeted with the sight of demi humans looking at him with confusion in their eyes.
"This place is for demi humans only miss."
A green lizard man carrying a barrel of what he assumes to be whine said to him in annoyance, Natsuki Subaru's wide eyes stared blankly at him before he could feel the presence of a demi human push past him and shove him out of the bar.
His mind snapped back to reality as his eyes smashed against the door after the result of the demi human action.
He let out a pain groan as he clutches his eyes with his left hand that is carrying the plastic bag while his right-hand fumble around to search for support.
"M-My Eyes! I can't…see…"
He mumbles in pain, suddenly his body hits the railing on the bridge, and he falls down the canal as gravity took him down.
Natsuki Subaru let out a sigh of defeat.
Currently, he has moved from the canal and sitting in a somewhat dim alley with his wet black shirt on his person as he left his wet tracksuit to dry beside him.
His eyes wet with tears, he has been excited when he got summoned to another world, but not when the price he must pay for it involves his body being changed.
―If I somehow manage to return home would mom and dad recognize and accept me?
He wipes his tears away and frowns as he watches the wet black shirt clung tightly to his smooth pale skin, showing the shape of his ample chest.
He let out a sigh of frustration as he put both of his hands on his face. His dream of ever getting a girlfriend is ruined.
―I've really been turned into a girl…
He gently takes a fistful of the white hair and brings it to his face, admiring its beauty with his emotionless dead eyes.
―As a girl that is close to my type at that.
"Is this how it's supposed to go?"
He let out a despair sight before flailing his arms around, ranting at no one.
"Wasn't I summoned into a parallel world?! Where did my protagonist status go?!"
He let out another sigh of defeat.
"Damn it. I've run up a simulation of Sengoku Era…If I end up there, I'll seize the country from Nobunaga himself."
When it comes to knowledge, Subaru at least knows the production of gunpowder, but it seems it's useless in this situation since magic is widespread. The gunpowder would look like a mere firework tricks to them.
"Well perhaps magic isn't everything. Maybe I could contribute to the advancement of science…but first."
He checks his belongings. Usually in this kind of situation, starting gear is the most important of all.
First, he has his cell phone with an out-of-range connection and dying battery, his wallet with some unusable money, some snack with corn pottage flavoured, his wet tracksuit, his worn-out shoes and more.
"Out of all of the items here, only the snack has some use!"
He let out another sigh of defeat.
"How did I even get turned into a girl? Is it because the main character is supposed to be a blank slate? Then shouldn't I be turned into someone handsome? Not as a girl!"
―What should I even call myself now?
He let out a defeated sigh as he plays with his long white hair. Another thing that he loves about his new body beside the Colour of his hair, not that he is going to admit it since he loves silver hair, is his voice. It sounds so beautiful and so soothing.
Natsuki Subaru of the past would scowl at him for that kind of thought, he has his pride as a man.
Something caught the attention of his black eyes, a white book that look like a tome stored inside the more hidden part of his plastic bag. His eyes narrow as he doesn't remember buying any book before.
Slowly he reaches for it and opens it, and his eyes wide open. Inside, is a Japanese writing system.
"To Natsuki Subaru, thou art will get robbed, and thou art will save a maiden."
He read it out loud as he scratches his head in frustration.
"Is this some sort of quest objective log?! Why so archaic and why the hell is it so scary?!"
He quickly stores the book inside the plastic again. Before pushing it a little further, wanting nothing to do with it.
"If I was summoned, where is the cute girl that summoned me?"
He heaves his umpteenth sight.
Suddenly, he heard footsteps through the alley and found himself getting excited thinking that it was the girl who summoned him only to end up staring at three men blocking the exit.