The journey of a heroine starting from the Dragon Clan

When the lanterns first came on, the gradually darkening sky revealed a hint of haze after the rain.

"...The weather seems to be getting colder."

He took a breath of hot air in his palms, looked up through the branches of the street trees at the darkening sky, stamped his feet, and Takahashi Yashichiro muttered something in his mouth.

As the season gradually enters winter, the weather starts to get colder day by day. Except for those working overtime in the company, there are almost no pedestrians in this relatively remote section of the road at night.

As for Takahashi Yashichiro himself, he is not a social beast, but a light novel writer who has dreams but is impoverished.

At this time, in addition to picking up the 13th rejection notice he had returned from the publishing house, he also wanted to take advantage of this uninterrupted time to walk outside and find inspiration.

In Japan, the light novel industry is not easy to get into. There are a lot of talented people with lofty ideals. If you want to stay in this industry, you must have a good enough and impressive work.

Yashichiro Takahashi is quite capable. When he first debuted, he won a good award in a somewhat famous light novel competition...but it was only good.

In the years that followed, he never had a single work that he could produce. Because it was too realistic, he has even been on the street until now.

The pressure and cost of living in the city of Tokyo are already high. If this endless cycle continues, he has no doubt that he will starve to death in this big city due to poverty...

"...Do we really still have to compromise?"

Putting his hands in his pockets and walking aimlessly forward, Takahashi Yashichiro sighed in his mouth.

It's not that he can't write light novels that can make money and be published. As long as he deliberately caters to the market, he can write a bunch of homogeneous things... but that's not the work he wants.

What he hopes is not only to successfully animate his work, but also to create a classic character that will be remembered by everyone.

But obviously, according to the mainstream writing method in the market, he will fall into the cycle of endless homogeneity... huh?

Suddenly, Takahashi Yashichiro stopped and looked up in a daze, looking ahead.

About a few dozen steps ahead was the entrance to a criss-crossing alleyway. He had been here several times before, so he was quite familiar with the nearby terrain.

The light at the entrance of the alley seemed to have a malfunction at the joint, and it seemed to be flickering. But what attracted him was not the malfunctioning street light, but the arm stretched out on the ground at the entrance of the alley.

The arm was stretched out roughly half way. It was all white and looked a bit like a woman's hand. It lay limply on the ground motionless.

Coupled with the twinkling lights above his head and the quiet environment nearby, as well as his inappropriate protagonist, the situation in front of him looked like a murderous and supernatural scene.

"A woman's hands... were she drunk or dumping her body?"

His face changed slightly. While staring closely at the arm sticking out of the alley, Takahashi Yashichiro quietly took out his mobile phone from his pocket.

In such a cold weather, he felt cold even after wearing several clothes outside, but the woman at the entrance of the alley fell to the ground in such a posture, which was obviously abnormal.

What's even more abnormal is... that hand seems to be the right hand.

The lower part of the arm was pressed against the wall, and the palm of the hand was still facing his direction. Such a strange posture. Could it be that the woman in the alley was facing the wall and clinging to it? ?

Thinking of this, Takahashi Yashichiro suddenly felt a little chilly for no reason.

After cautiously retreating to a safe distance and calling the police in a low voice to inform him of the situation, Takahashi Yashichiro's eyes were still fixed on that arm.

——During this period of time, that arm did not move even once.

As an ordinary person, the safest thing to do at the moment is to wait here honestly until the police arrive. However, as a dreamy light novel writer, Takahashi Yashichiro suddenly had a strong desire to The desire to go forward and explore it myself.

A man is a teenager until he dies. After living an ordinary life for more than twenty years, he rarely encounters a more special event. How can he back down?

Isn’t that what is written in those light novels?

In daily life, the ordinary male protagonist accidentally got into something, and then unexpectedly met a beautiful girl. At the same time, because of this wonderful encounter, he entered a wider world...

... Let the proper royal plot unfold! ?

The secrets of the world were revealed in front of him, and a magnificent epic was waiting for him to write. At this time, he had no reason to back down.

While cheering himself up in his heart, Takahashi Yashichiro stepped forward very carefully. The broken lights above his head flickered, making the shadow behind him very long.

Finally, after taking dozens of steps, he walked to the alley, and then bravely took a look inside the alley.

...and instantly, his blood solidified.

The arm that stuck out of the alley entrance was indeed only half an arm. The lower part of the arm was violently torn off by something, and the half of the arm rested softly in the alley entrance.

If it was just like this, he would have thought that this was just a case of murder and dismemberment, but the hideous figure covered in scales with its back to him deep in the alley seemed to remind him that he had already The fact that we have stepped from the ordinary to the extraordinary.

...the dark side of the world? Monsters lurking in the shadows of everyday life?

Covering his mouth tightly with one hand, Takahashi Yashichiro pinched his thigh hard with his own hand.

——Pain can sometimes help people dispel fear.

Reality is not a light novel, Takahashi Yashichiro knows this very well.

At this time, the more panicked, the worse it would be. If he didn't want to die as tragically as that woman, he had to find a way to save himself.

...Do you expect a beautiful girl from the sky to come to save him at this time?

What a joke! !

But just as Takahashi Yashichiro moved back bit by bit, at that moment, his face suddenly turned extremely pale.

Although he tried his best to keep himself from making any noise, just when he was about to exit the alley, the monster in the alley stopped eating at some point.

...I was discovered! !

With this horrifying thought passing through his mind, Takahashi Yashichiro no longer hesitated and turned around and ran away without hesitation.

But perhaps because he was too panicked, before he could run very far, he tripped over a certain road. Although he didn't hurt anything, his heart was filled with despair at this moment.

When he got up in panic and turned around, he found that the monster had appeared in front of the alley like a ghost. Judging from the monster's speed, even if he hadn't fallen, he probably wouldn't have been able to escape.

It seemed that he enjoyed the thrill of hunting. In Takahashi Yashichiro's desperate look, the monster lowered its head and opened its mouth full of blood towards him.

"!!!"