Category: They Call It Reincarnation, but If It’s Not Possession and I’m in a Familiar World, Then I Just Want a Quiet Life

Chapter 8 Academy Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  ”…Why is your face the first thing I see two mornings in a row…”  ”…You’re saying that to me?”  Getting greeted like that, the morning after alcohol and our first real time together outside her frenzy, was cruel. Her cheeks were faintly red, her eyes foggy, like she’d forgotten…

Chapter 7 Night Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  ”…Thank god. She didn’t level up.”  ”That’s not a good thing!?”  I’d Appraised her status the second she walked back in, and that was the first wave of relief that hit me. Maybe I was still wrung out from last time, because even though her sweat was laced with…

Chapter 6 Communication Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  All the company’s games shared one world—same gods, races, and myths. Angels always showed up: divine, absurdly strong, beloved.  And the one in front of me now was the first and most famous.  ”Long time no see. Here for weapon maintenance again?”  (Yes. Please take care of me again…

Chapter 5 Business Hours Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  In *Beyond the Deep Darkness*, the original protagonist wasn’t a hero but a shopkeeper—a Crafter who solved problems by making whatever people needed.  Shops could grow into bases, farmland, even hot springs, and players could expand them into tycoon-style empires.  Running a shop meant more than selling: you…

Chapter 4 Action Selection Phase Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  We sat across from each other at the low table, eating in a comfortable, quiet rhythm. Toast, ham-and-eggs, a small salad, corn potage, and milk — simple, but the morning made it feel like something more.  The bread smelled of the bakery down the street; the butter…

Chapter 3 System Tutorial Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  Warm sunlight brushed over my eyelids. Morning. I forced my brain out of the mud, only to find a girl’s face filling my vision. For a heartbeat, old memories slammed through me like doors flying open in the dark.  ”…So I actually made it out alive,” I muttered,…

Chapter 2 System Tutorial – Failure Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  ”I’m home.”  We headed straight back, skipping the mana stone exchange. Our place wasn’t just a room or an inn rental, but a real house—rare around here. Two stories up, one down. A small yard. Multiple kitchens and living spaces. Enough rooms to spare, and even…

Chapter 1 Prologue Edited by: Kanaa-senpai  There used to be this game called “Beyond the Deep Darkness.” It was an exploration-forging-romance SRPG—dungeon crawling for loot, crafting weapons and gear back at your base, and slowly strengthening your units and the base itself. The company behind it was small but had been around forever, with a…