Reincarnation Fetish V1 Ch 1

01 Ma-kun and Lu-chan

In this world, there exists the concept of "fetish"...

"Fetish" is a psychological tendency to feel a strong interest or attraction to a specific object or situation. Yes, it is an instinct that one can never resist.

People are ruled by fetishes.

People are made to live by fetishes.

The world is driven mad by fetishes and saved by fetishes.

And so, my 18 years of life also came to an end because of fetishes...

That was an event that happened on the way back from a kendo tournament I had been practicing for since childhood.

She was walking on the opposite sidewalk, across the road.

She looked like a high school girl about the same age as me. Seeing her with a kendo sword bag over her shoulder and a carrying bag for her armor being dragged behind her, it seemed like she was also on her way back from a kendo match, just like me.

The gesture of her tucking her black hair, fluttering in the wind, behind her ear was elegant and alluring, and I couldn't take my eyes off her.

Her black hair flowing down to her waist was as beautiful as silk, glittering in the sunlight.

That hair was the most beautiful I had ever seen in my life... so much so that it made me wet my pants...

Yes, I am a self-proclaimed, and others also recognize me as, a true "hair fetishist."

I was so captivated by her beautiful black hair... that I didn’t notice the utility pole ahead blocking my way.

"Bang!"

"Huh?!"

While I was walking, staring at her black hair, I ended up hitting my head hard against the utility pole.

It felt like my head had sunk into the pole, the shock was so strong, and before I knew it, my back head was slammed onto the hard asphalt as a rebound.

"Ouch! I messed up! Haha!" I said, but there was no way it would become a funny story, and I could feel the strength draining from my body...

My back and hands became damp with warm liquid, and the blood flowing from my head spread across the asphalt...

I knew clearly, I was going to die here...

In my fading consciousness, what I was thinking was...

That humans die more suddenly than one would expect, and that I was happy I was able to see beautiful hair at the end.

It’s said that the way one dies reflects their life... This was truly a death that suited me.

At the end, I felt satisfaction in being able to see her black hair...

There were no regrets... If there was one... I wanted to date a girl with beautiful hair... If possible, that girl...

I wanted to touch her silky black hair... If possible, hers...

Dying a virgin… is it regretful?

Ah, crap... I really don’t want to die at all...

Something appears in my fading vision, and I feel like it’s looking at my face and saying something, but I can’t hear anything...

I felt something touch my face... It’s silky and feels nice...

"Waah, waah, waah!"

When I woke up next, I was crying and screaming... like a baby...

It seems like I was saved, but even so, crying and screaming like this is pretty embarrassing...

Huh? Wait, am I really a baby?!

My small body was being held in a woman's arms, wrapped in her gentle warmth, and it felt so comfortable.

"Good baby, you're so strong. My cute, cute baby."

Instinctively, I understood that this woman was my mother.

While being gently rocked, I stopped crying as I listened to my mother’s soothing voice.

The warmth I was held in was a first-time experience and joy for me, someone who had lived without knowing my parents and had been alone in the world.

I slowly reached out my tiny hand, and the hand I saw, just barely visible, looked like a round cream-filled bun, and it didn’t even seem like my hand.

My hand touched my mother's black hair...

"Silky... so beautiful..."

Later, my mother told me that this was my "first word" in this life. Apparently, she was so surprised that it almost stopped her heart... Well, that's to be expected.

Anyway, it seems that my second life has begun.

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Five years had passed since I was born into this world.

"Maul! Stop staring outside and go play or something!"

My mother, who had given birth to me when she was twenty, was now twenty-five and had beautiful black hair, but she was a very strong-willed woman.

My father disappeared right after I was born, and she raised me on her own.

She was the only mother I knew, as I never had a mother in my previous life.

"It's fine! I'm just looking outside!"

Even if I rebelled, my kind mother would smile and say, "Good grief."

This area was the territory of the country called "Fetish Kingdom," which reminded one of the Western world.

My house was located in a village where I could see the royal capital in the distance.

My village was often a stop for travelers from neighboring friendly countries on their way to the royal capital, and because of that, it was fairly lively.

Thanks to that, I never had a shortage of information about this world.

In this world, besides humans, there were races called demi-humans such as elves and beastmen, and there was even "magic"—it was a typical "fantasy" world.

On that fateful day in my past life, I had died due to an unfortunate accident, but I had "reincarnated" into this world.

I had spent five years in this world since that day, and I had grown to really love this world.

The clear blue sky, the pleasant sunlight, the wonderful scent of trees, the warm earth, the clean water flowing in the rivers—this world was full of abundant nature.

And then there was the civilization that reminded me of the medieval era, with no smartphones or electronic devices, and all the fantasy elements that stirred up my inner "chuunibyou" feelings.

Even just looking out the window at home, I could see various races with different clothing and cultures passing by.

And above all... there were so many people in this world with beautiful hair.

Not just humans, but also the elves with their silky hair, the beastmen with their fluffy hair, and the aquatic species with their wet hair...

To put it mildly, it was the best... Just watching all of this from outside made me happy.

"Hehe..."

"Ma-kun! Are you making strange faces again while staring outside?!"

"Huh?!"

Startled by the sudden appearance of a girl's face right in front of me, I ended up tumbling back into the room.

"Ouch! I told you to stop suddenly popping up like that! Lu-chan!"

"Well, Ma-kun, you’re always spacing out."

Saying that, Lu-chan climbed over the window frame and entered my room. Not that I said it was okay...

"What are you always looking at?"

Turning her back to me, Lu-chan started looking outside the window with a curious expression.

Lu-chan... Lucia is a girl who lives next door to my house. Since we're the same age, we always play together—she's my "childhood friend."

She was a beautiful girl with long, high-quality black hair that reached her waist.

When her black hair swayed in the wind, a pleasant scent would drift by, and just watching her from behind made my heart race.

Her face was also adorable, one that I had never seen in my previous life.

I died at eighteen, but it seems like when I reborn, I end up falling for someone my age.

I really liked Lucia, both as a childhood friend and as a girl.

I loved her so much that I strongly felt I never wanted to let her go.

"Ma-kun, just watching is boring! Want to go outside? Let's play swordsman again!"

Saying that, Lucia grabbed my hand and pulled me outside.

This world has various professions, and a swordsman is one of them.

In short, it's a combat job where you use a sword to act as a bodyguard or to deal with thieves and monsters.

The strong-willed Lucia seems to want to become a swordsman in the future, and almost every day she drags me along to imitate sword training.

It seems she enjoys practicing with me because I mix in the swordsmanship techniques I learned in my previous life during our playtime.

I really don't want her to become a swordsman, but I can feel such a strong determination from Lucia.

And, even if I try to be impartial, Lucia is clearly talented with a sword. No matter what, she’ll probably end up becoming a swordsman, so at least for now, I'm teaching her techniques.

In this world, as you age, you acquire "skills" and "magic."

Because there's a tendency to focus more on those, swordsmanship tends to be neglected, or rather, the concept of swordsmanship is somewhat weak.

As a result, most people end up becoming "mage-knights," a profession that combines magic and skills.

Actually, I had been secretly dealing with outsiders who were trying to cause trouble in the village, without telling my parents. While the villagers were all good people, there were often thieves, bandits, and mercenaries targeting travelers.

Even then, I never really felt any challenge from those who hadn’t acquired "magic" or "skills."

At best, they were as strong as the old man I used to practice with at the dojo in my previous life, so I didn’t really struggle with them.

Therefore, if I teach Lucia now, it will surely be useful in the future. If things continue like this, Lucia will definitely become stronger than anyone.

"Hmm, as expected, I can't beat Lu-chan."

The usual sign that the training is over is when I lie on the ground and admit defeat.

"Ma-kun! You can't become a great swordsman like that!"

I liked watching Lucia smiling as she said that, and I liked even more watching her black hair sticking to her face from sweat.

It gives me chills, makes me hot, I want to hug her, but, it's still not okay now.

When we grow up and get married... Mufu...

I’m already looking forward to that day...