Language Cheat Reincarnation – Young Girl VTuber Saves the World

Chapter 378. [Life]

The man from the village and I were chasing a monkey moving along the trees, straying a bit from our usual path.

As we moved, he asked me a question.

‘Are you going to lure the monkey? How exactly?’

‘With my voice.’

‘Voice?’

The man tilted his head in confusion.

If you live here, you often hear the sounds of monkeys.

I can now understand their language to some extent.

‘Girl, in this area, it's easier to swing a spear.’

‘I understand.’

After we moved a little while chasing the monkey, he told me this. Apparently, the location is important to hunt fast-moving monkeys with a spear.

‘But is it really possible to lure them with your voice?’

‘Well, for example…’

"Kiii Kiiii!"

The monkey made a sound.

I interpreted it.

‘That was “Is there any food around here?”’

‘...!’

To be exact, it means "I'm in a relaxed state, searching for food."

From this, I also understood that the monkeys hadn’t noticed us yet.

‘No way, you really understand the monkey’s language. Incredible…’

‘Well, not everything, but…’

The man widened his eyes as I translated the monkey’s language.

If we keep talking, the monkey might move away from this easily huntable spot.

‘Are you ready?’

‘Yeah, no problem.’

The man lowered the basket of fish he was carrying and moved a little farther away.

After confirming he was holding his spear, I made my call.

[[Come this way! Come this way!]]

I mimicked the monkey’s cry, "Kiii Kiii!"

Just like with the cat.

My vocal cords are different, so it's not perfect, but I can make a similar sound.

Human vocal cords are that flexible.

The monkey suddenly stopped moving.

Then it slid down the tree trunk, heading toward the ground.

[[Come this way!]]

When I repeated, it looked around nervously while getting closer.

Then, with a start, it noticed me and shook its body.

It tried to escape in panic, but it was too late.

The man who had been approaching from behind swung his spear.

".........Ah."

At that moment, I finally realized what I had just casually suggested I was about to do.

[[—It hurts, it hurts!!!]]

The monkey’s scream pierced my ears.

The spear the man had thrown had hit perfectly.

However, the monkey didn't die immediately and writhed in pain on the spot.

I could hear its voice.

[[It hurts!]]

[[It hurts! It hurts! I don’t want to die… help me!]]

"…Hah, …hah…"

I felt short of breath. My vision started narrowing.

Amidst this, the man spoke excitedly, his voice filled with joy.

Girl, well done! You're amazing! You really lured the monkey here!

Right, this monkey was lured by me.

It will die because of me.

[[It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!]]

I kept hearing the monkey’s cries.

I’ve eaten monkeys before.

But now, right in front of me… to become the cause of a “communicative being’s” death was the first time.

I didn’t understand.

‘Girl, this is your prey. So, you must deliver the final blow.’

‘…Me?’

Only then did I remember.

I too, like the man, was holding a spear in my hand.

[[It hurts… it hurts… I don’t want to die, please don’t kill me…]]

The monkey was crying in plea.

I had suggested it so casually. But this was what I had meant by that.

My hands trembled with fear and guilt.

I felt like I was going to throw up.

‘Girl… could it be that this is your first time killing a prey?’

Noticing something was wrong, the man asked me.

I answered in a hoarse voice, “.........Yes.”

‘I see. Then don’t hesitate. Don’t let its pain last any longer.’

That was probably his own “respect” for life.

I understood. I knew in my head that this was what I should do.

But my body wouldn’t move.

Meanwhile, the monkey kept crying out in pain.

‘Hah… hah… ughhh…’

‘You can’t do it? Then, give up on leaving the forest.’

‘...!’

That’s right. If we continue through the forest, this is an unavoidable path.

If I don’t kill, I can’t eat. If I can’t eat, I will starve to death.

I’m not strong enough to choose life as if it were a leisure activity.

I muttered softly.

‘...I’ll do it.’

I pointed the spear at the monkey.

It met my eyes. Injured and on the brink of death, weaker than me…

[[Help me… don’t kill me… please. It hurts… it hurts…]]

“…!”

This monkey did nothing wrong. It didn’t deserve this.

Even so, I… I…!

“Ugh, u… uaaahhh!!!”

I just stabbed the spear into the monkey, for my own sake.

A shrill death cry echoed… and with that strike, it died.

“I’m sorry… I’m so sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

Tears flowed endlessly.

I think, at this moment, for the first time, I understood the meaning of the word “life.”

“If I didn’t have the ‘language cheat ability,’ would I not have suffered this much?”

For the first time, I hated this ability.

I can understand what I didn’t before.

But what I already understand… I can never forget.

The only thing I can do is pretend I don’t know.

And that means nothing.

“My mom used to say… ‘I wish I could understand what this child is saying.’”

She said it would be happy if I could understand the pet’s words.

But I also learned for the first time that sometimes, happiness exists because we can’t understand the words.

“I’ll go back… I’ll live and go home, no matter what.”

For that, I took someone else’s life.

I must never betray that.

That’s what I swore, to myself and to the life I took.