Even if I don't like to waste food, I won't be eating that anymore. All around me are the bits and pieces my body didn't digest yet, and its sight is enough to make me want to throw up again. The shock of learning that this is reality was just too big. I don't want to believe it, but my instincts tell me that everything that happened so far has been real. I really ate a human and killed dozens of animals...

I died somewhere between the bath and going to sleep. Don't tell me it was actually in the bath? Did I fall asleep and drown? Or slipped and hit my head? Either death would be more than lame and not even be funny as a joke. So this means I can't go back? I can't meet my parents again? Unlike those protagonists who cross over to other worlds, who are all hikikomori or NEETs, seemingly without parents, I led a fairly normal life. Granted, I didn't have a boyfriend and never even kissed... I died a virgin!

It's been less than half a day, and my adventure has turned into a nightmare. Only, it's not a dream, it's reality! At least I wasn't dumb enough to just try out dying in this world, to see if it wakes me up. I don't know if dying here will allow me to reincarnate somewhere else, or would just end my existence. Ahhh, this isn't something a high school girl should be thinking about, dammit! Well, I guess I'm not one anymore, I'm something like a slime.

I hold my head. This is all too much. What should I do now?

My body's shaking. Haha, of course... I did so many dangerous and horrible things, thinking it's just a strange dream. Even if they were animals, I took their lives without batting an eye. But it was for survival, so I should be forgiven, right? Except for that lasts one... it's still inside me, in a different part of my insides that I didn't vomit out. It's dead. I have a dead animal inside me...

The noise of a nearby buzzsaw derails my train of thoughts. It's one of those cyborg dinosaurs! It must have been attracted by the smell of raw, half-dissolved meat. Cutting a path through the forest with its massive jaw, it approaches my location. I have to run. I can't fight that, and now I'm scared of dying. I don't want to die here!

The tree line breaks apart to reveal the beast, its massive head turning slightly sideways to see me with one of its eyes. I can see the life in them. This is a living, breathing animal. Now that I know this, I feel like I can't just kill it...

It's coming right at me. I don't know what to do. Before, I would have either tried to find a way to fight it or just run away, but now that I know I can die, my legs won't move. I'm afraid of messing up and dying. What if I'm not strong enough to kill it? What if I get caught by surprise by some other monster while running away in this unfamiliar land?

A rift in space slashes through the air and goes through the neck of the dinosaur. It walks a few more steps before the head comes off cleanly, then it falls and slides across the ground before coming to a stop right in front of me. The buzzsaws in its mouth slowly spin out and cease, too.

"Ah, there you are, Chaos-chan!" A familiar voice remarks and I look to the side. There, the maou stands, accompanied by someone wrapped in heavy dark blue robes. She walks towards me, an apologetic look on her face. "I'm so sorry, Chaos-chan. Are you unhurt?"

I look at her blankly. Why is she here? Did she come to get me? Is it meant to be a daily training thing rather than a journey? Or was this just a test? Regardless, maou-mama is like a bastion of hope. Ah, crap, I think I'm tearing up.

"Mama!" I finally shout and jump into her arms. Surprised, she lets it happen, then embraces me softly. I'm seriously crying here.

"It must have been scary, right? I'm sorry that I put you through this..." She actually sounds apologetic. Huh, this feels off.

"Wasn't this training?" I separate from her and look her up and down. She seems a little fidgety and her eyes are swimming around. What's going on?

"Well, it was meant to be training, but mama made a mistake, you see... I sent you to the wrong place, ehehe." She looks away with a sheepish smile.

Look at me, oi. I'm not amused.

"This is a place only the most elite warriors of our kingdom come to for training. While I do expect you to easily surpass them very soon, sending you here was not my intention. I am really sorry!" She clasps her hands together and finally looks at me. So this gesture has the same meaning in this world as the one where I'm from.

"Oho, I see... a mistake, huh?" I'm actually pissed.

"Tehe~" She sticks out her tongue and winks.

Snap-