Volume 1 Chapter 1 Part1

Translation of the light novel. I don’t know why I’m even doing this…

Chapter 1 Lone Sword in a Field

Even while I was shocked at the completely foreign vista before me, I began to look over my situation.

『After all, in all those isekai light novels, we usually have some kind of cheat ability.』

Can I even equip skills when I’ve reincarnated as a sword? Just my reincarnating as a sword can’t be considered a cheat, right? No, thinking that there’d be such a convenient development as me having a cheat ability is foolish to begin with.

『The usual cheat after reincarnation is Appraisal… No way, it really showed up?』

A convenient development seems to have just occurred.

I was able to thoroughly peruse my status.

Name : Unknown

Race : Intelligence Weapon

Cla.s.s <rank>Skills : Appraisal 6, Self-recovery, Telekinesis, Telepathy, Wielder Stat Buff [weak], Wielder Recovery Buff [weak], Skill Sharing, Magic User</rank>

<rank>I was amazed. I checked to see if I could get information on these skills individually.</rank>

<rank>Appraisal 6 : Displays information about what the user sees.</rank>

<rank>Telekinesis : Able to move objects with magic.</rank>

<rank>Wielder Stat Buff [weak] : Gives a slight boost to all of the wielder’s stats.</rank>

<rank>Magic User : Can sense the flow of magic. Proof of the ability to use magic.</rank>

<rank>It seems like the number at the end of the skill is its level. If it’s 6 already, does that mean I’m actually pretty amazing? No, the maximum could be 999 so maybe it’s too early to celebrate?</rank>

<rank>But at the very least, I wasn’t a normal weapon. There were a few items and skills I couldn’t make heads or tails of, but I could understand how amazing I was. With these abilities, I could even be cla.s.sified as a Rare Weapon or a Unique Weapon.</rank>

<rank>But my name is unknown? Is my Appraisal level too low? Or did I never have one to begin with? It’d be strange to give a sword my name—. Wait. My name? What was my name again? Huh? I seriously can’t remember it. What?</rank>

<rank>『Hmm… I can’t remember it at all.』</rank>

<rank>Though I can remember other things.</rank>

<rank>I’m 30 years old. A man. A salary man. Single. My hobbies are anime, manga, VRMMO, and reading (light novels only). I’ve been told many times that I have a nice personality. I like curry and there’re no foods I dislike. I don’t have a girlfriend. No, I’ve never dated a girl.</rank>

<rank>『I feel depressed for some reason…』</rank>

<rank>Well, I have other memories so I should remember it soon. Considering I’m a human that reincarnated as a sword, it isn’t strange that there’s a gap or two in my memory.</rank>

<rank>There’s nothing I can do about my memory so I decided to set that aside for now.</rank>

<rank>Next, I should check my appearance.</rank>

<rank>Inlaid within the mysterious blade that s.h.i.+ned with white light were three blue lines; it was beautiful. It was in the shape of the so-called longsword.</rank>

<rank>Beneath the pale gold hilt were a sculpture of a courageous wolf and a decorative blue string. The handle was wound with a latticework of blue and white strings.</rank>

<rank>This may be self-praise, but I was clearly not just a simple tool. This sword must be incredibly expensive.</rank>

<rank>However, I had no way of knowing how strong an attack value of 132 was. It wasn’t impossible that a flamboyant rich guy had this sword made as an overly decorated conversation piece. Though I don’t think that is likely considering the skills I have.</rank>

<rank>If that were true, then it’d be the worst case scenario. If I’m just some rich guy’s sword, then I should throw myself into a furnace and kill myself (?).</rank>

<rank>But I really am a fancy sword. It looked like a mystical sword that would show up near the end of an RPG.</rank>

<rank>『But I really am a sword.』</rank>

<rank>I gave a mental sigh.</rank>

<rank>I wasn’t a handsome man in my previous life. Though neither was I a shockingly ugly person. Well, I was basically the most typical of typical otaku. So I felt no lingering attachment for my previous body. I didn’t have any particular complaints about being reincarnated into a different body. Because I actually had high hopes for my body when I reincarnated.</rank>

<rank>But not as a sword. A sword.</rank>

<rank>I can’t eat or play video games like this. Nor lose my virginity.</rank>

<rank>Th-that’s right. I’m a wizard! (tn: there is a j.a.panese saying that men who are still virgins at the age of 30 become wizards) This is my cross to bear for the rest of my life.</rank>

<rank>『……』</rank>

<rank>This is hopeless. If I still had hands and feet, I’d have kowtowed in despair.</rank>

<rank>Wait, is that what that skill, Magic User, means? Come to think of it, I felt like that skill had a different feel to it than the others… Don’t screw with me! It’s not funny!</rank>