Otherworld Dagashi Shop Yahagi-Chapter 1: Prologue

Even though our lives are our own, there are not many things in life that we can choose for ourselves.

Take parents, for example.

I would have preferred having rich, kind and caring parents, but life doesn’t always turn out the way we want it to.

However, such a thing may be inevitable.

The world would collapse if all moms were beautiful, stylish, kind, cooks well, and usually unleashes two-hit multi-target attacks.

Bloody battles between fathers and sons over a woman would break out here and there.

The world is maintained by a delicate balance.

I understood this well even in the short 25 years of my previous life.

My life began without me wanting it to, and ended when I was it by a truck.

It wasn’t a death that I wanted.

In other words, my choice did not intervene at either the moment of my birth or the moment of my death.

And now, even in the time between rebirths, I am not allowed the freedom to choose my occupation.

In this room, people that are to be reincarnated gathered.

It was a small conference room with only a few pipe stools.

There was nothing special about the room that would make one feel like they were in the afterlife.

I was killed in a traffic accident and found myself here.

At what seemed to be the head seat in the room, a man in a suit is interviewing the dead one by one.

He is confirming each people’s next reincarnation and gives out Unique Jobs.

It seems that there’s no careless big-breasted Goddess that would bestow people cheats huh……

Well, I guess it’s a mistake to seek encounters before reincarnation.

Besides, rather than an airheaded Goddess, I prefer slit-eyed lady knights more.

Yeah, that might be a rare attribute, but exactly because it’s rare that competition is lower for it.

I look forward to meeting such a person in the next life.

At any rate, it seems that it wasn’t an urban legend that if you are hit by a truck, you will be transported or reincarnated in another world.

Even now, there are several people in the room waiting to be transported or reincarnated.

[Heehhh…… You were hit by a 4-ton truck huh. I was hit by a 10-ton one.]

I guess, no matter where it is, there would be people who would want to make meaningless boasts.

An acne-faced guy was bragging to a thin boy.

I mean, it’s not like he wanted to get hit by that 10-ton truck, right?

If he had wanted to kill himself by getting hit by a really big truck, he should have gone to the US and threw himself in front of a trailer truck.

Heartbreakingly, he was sent off to the next world with a shabby Unique Job “Novice Mage”.

He must have wanted a better Job.

After all, when he was told his Job, the man had an obviously mortified look on his face.

Incidentally, the boy who was hit and killed by the 4-ton truck started his isekai trip as a Hero.

It seems that there’s no causal relationship between the size of the truck and the goodness of the Unique Job you’d get. 𝐛𝗲𝐝𝐧𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝗼𝐫𝗴

At least, it seems that bigger isn’t always better.

I was splattered by a lightweight truck, so I was a little relieved.

[Next, Yahagi Yuusuke-san.]

[Yes!]

I stood up vigorously when my name was called.

While it may seem strange for the deceased to be so vigorous, I believe that feelings are important.

[Yahagi-san won’t be reincarnated, but transported.]

As the man flipped through papers, he spoke to me.

[Transported?]

[Yes, you will go to another world as you are.]

[Huh……]

I guess that even if I defied being transported somewhere, this will not be overturned.

I accept my new life with open arms.

As I said before, there are few things in life that you can choose for yourself.

[As for the world Yahagi-san will be heading to, it will be a so-called world of swords and magic.]

I have no objection to that either.

In my next life, I will probably spend my days fighting.

If I received a cheat ability, I will be satisfied with that.

I intend to live life to the fullest.

[As for the Unique Job Yahagi-san will receive, it has been decided to be “Dagashi Shopowner”.]

I see, I see, that’s my cheat job huh…… Wait, Dagashi Shopowner?

[Ummm, this Dagashi Shopowner is……?]

[You don’t know what dagashis are? They’re inexpensive snacks that even children can buy.]

Of course, I know that.

[If you solemnly think “Open”, the shop opens. Conversely, if you solemnly think “Close”, the shop disappears. It’s a useful ability, isn’t it?]

The man in the suit in front of me said confidently.

Seeing the smug look on his face kinda pisses me off.

[May I ask you a question?]

[Well then, please enjoy your new life.]

I didn’t even get to ask my final question before I was thrown out into a new world.