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A Kotaku in a Strange Land | Part 1



Inosuke does not remember dying. He was distracted while he was crossing a main street in Ikebukuro, Tokyo from an alert on his smartwatch. It was about a new catmaid cafe that was about to open in Akihabara soon.

However instead of ending up gawking at kawaii catmaids he was revived in what looked like a freaking fantasy land. The sky was implausibly water-colored with a multitude of color hues, as if it was made by an AI artist. In other words he was isekai’d to Amaterasu knows where.

Instead of a red carpet for the arrival of the new mighty Hero -who would perhaps save this super colorful world from the Demon Lord of Black & White- he was greeted by a female elf and two female fairies; ‘wait,’ Inosuke thought, ‘aren’t all fairies female?’

“It worked ‘nessa!” said one fairy to the other.
“I can see that ‘nessa,” said the other fairy, “but the ‘Hero’ appears to be a total wimp. I don’t sense a strong will in him. He is also salivating over Lobelia, like a pervert.”

Inosuke understood them, but he did not know how, and looked puzzled.
The second fairy said:
“Part of the spell of resurrecting your sorry ass is to embed the knowledge of our language in you. Do not question how that works, it’s just magic.

Which you are not acquainted with since you come from a mundane world. I suppose we’ll have to train you, though I think we’ll waste our time.” the fairy sighed.

“Magic spell knowledge cannot be applied with a spell, it can only be acquired.” the first fairy, who still looked excited, said.
The elf Lobelia kept silently observing Inosuke.

“How did I come here? Did I die or did you… abduct me?” Inosuke said.
“We do not abduct people mortal,” the second fairy said, sounding offended. “You were not paying attention and one of those metal monstrosities you have in your world killed you.

We knew because the Prophecy of The Unlikely Hero guided us to you. We also knew when you were going to die in order to summon your miserable soul.”

“ ‘nessa! Be nice!” the other fairy, who was her sister, said.
“I’ll try ‘nessa. What do you think Lobelia? Is he the one or did we crap the bed?”
“The prophecy makes clear that the Hero is highly unlikely Ilayda. I mean it is named that way. So do not be so quick to judge please.” Lobelia finally spoke, then turned to Inosuke.
“What was your occupation in your world mortal?”

“I was a college student. I worked part time at a manga cafe.” Inosuke said.
“I have no idea what a manga is. So you were a student, I see. I expected you were not going to be a mighty warrior but a mere student?” Lobelia looked troubled. “We have a lot of work to do.”



A short story series by Nikolaos D. Skordilis

Originally published at The Kraken Lore

Part 2 can be read here