My Reincarnation As A Chicken

The girl walked out through a metal door that led to a cave. It was a completely different view from the laboratory. On either sides of the cave were lit torches. Not the modern kind of torches. No. I'm talking about sticks lit with fire.

The black dragon ran up her arms and rested on shoulder, leaving me on one of her palms. The girl then grabbed one of the torches, and she began walking through the cave. This led me to think to myself for a bit.

'Was it some sort of secret laboratory? Maybe I was some kind of secret project in the works. Yeah, right. Why give a secret project to a little girl? As if anyone is that dumb.'

As we walked through the cave we came to a massive area. There was a large underground lake with a hole in the ceiling which was letting in the moonlight. The lake was reflecting the moonlight, causing it to glow with a beautiful blue hue and shimmer like a gem. It was a very beautiful place but the most stunning feature was the massive crystal that was directly underneath the ceiling hole, right in the middle of the lake.

The crystal absorbed the moonlight and then dispersed it like a star, illuminating and bathing the cave in serene lunar light. The girl dropped the torch, and as soon as it made contact with the ground, the flames were extinguished.

'Weird.'

She then proceeded to move towards the lake.

'Is she going for a swim? Ou, maybe this is my chance to get a sneak peek at a nȧkėd girl's body.'

I waited for her to remove her kimono, but she didn't. She just kept on walking towards the water body. Maybe she preferred to swim with her Kimono on. Surprisingly enough, her feet didn't touch the water. I looked at the water and it didn't even ripple as she walked over it. It was like she was walking over an invisible platform. What was going on?

'[Air Plates]? Skill? Ok, now everything is starting to sound like an RPG. Please explain what you mean by skill.'

God's agent confirmed my suspicions. It was magic, which meant

'Does that mean I can also do the same?'

'What the hell do you mean by not as of yet!? I'm about to die!'

'Eh!? What the hell!? You're telling me that I can't use magic else I'll die!? What kind of shitty body is this?'

'Ok, then what about the skill [Evolver]. It allows to me live comfortably right? So if I channel mana right now, it'll let me avoid death, right?'

'Eeeeeehhh!!!??? Too dangerous! Too dangerous!! What am I going to do now? Will I just fall into the lake and die? Again!?'

As soon as I thought that, I submerged into the lake. I could feel the water rushing into all available holes on my body. With all my strength I tried to swim up but I couldn't. The water was too dense and I had the body a newly hatched chick. I was doomed to die unless Shiro decided to save me.

As the water rushed into my ear holes, I couldn't think straight. I wanted to swim up, but my body was too heavy. I couldn't move it again. The more I cried for a help, the more water that entered my body. Soon, I gave up and begun to sink, slowly giving into the deep cold. Strangely though, it felt nice. Like I was being welcomed.

'So I am going to die again? On the very day I reincarnated? That's shitty. Heh, maybe in my next life I'll be a badass powerhouse. Hopefully as something more than a chicken. A slime seems fun.'

As I began giving up on life, I heard God's agent mumble some annoying stuff.

Suddenly, I could breathe. I began coughing as I had been deprived of oxygen for some time. And I realized I had stopped drowning. In fact I was floating towards the surface.

'W-what happened?'

'Amphibious? [Evolver], huh? That's one pretty useful skill. I am so happy I had that skill on me. If not, I'm sure I would have died.'

'Could you refrain from calling her my master? I refuse to accept being a slave.'

I requested. I did not like the idea of being a slave to some body. I did not like my current situation at all.

I instinctively knew how to swim now, so I swam around in the lake for a while. It was pretty cool how I managed to go against the water with little resistance. I was enjoying myself to the extent that I forgot about those 2 above the water.

"Tori-chan!! Are you ok?"

'Hey, God's agent. What would happen if I pretend to have died?'

It answered like that. I was disappointed but shrugged it off. For now I just had to respond to her. Then another problem came up. How was I supposed to tell her I was busily swimming in the lake as if I were a fish, even though I was simply a chick?

'Hinotori, I can feel you in the lake. I don't know what's happening but I've sent Kame to help you,

'Kame? Who is Kame?'

Just as I asked that question, a shadow loomed over me. I looked up and saw a massive turtle swimming in my way. It had black skin with jagged rocks for its shell. Its golden eyes stared intently at me. I was guessing that was Kame.

The turtle came over to me and playfully hit me with its head. I wanted to complain, but I was starting to feel dizzy. I could hear a weird ringing sound in my head and the whole world was turning dim.

'What? What is happening to me?'