Why a Goblin?

So there I was, going about my life as any typical twenty-year-old college student would on any typical weekday in America, a class here, a class there, cafeteria trips for lunch, random naps when I’m supposed to be doing homework, and of course my favorite… ramen noodle nights.

Nothing crazy or out of the ordinary really, just a typical day for a typical guy you know? What do I mean by a typical guy you ask? Well, you know, I’m in college with no actual plan, I play a lot of video games, I watch a lot of sports, and I'm interested in women just as much as the next guy, pretty typical right? Well, I think so.. oh one more thing I love anime more than almost anything in the world, it might be kind of unhealthy how much I love anime. It’s not just anime either. I love manga, light novels, web novels, and everything in between, I mean can you blame me? It’s literally the greatest thing to grace this planet of ours, surely you agree.

I do think I have a problem though, nothing crazy... It’s just that I secretly wish that whole isekai, reincarnation thing was real you know? Like could you imagine reincarnating into a world away from all your problems in life and becoming an overpowered force with your own kingdom?!

Ah, where’s truck-san when you need him am I right, oh don’t worry I’m not gonna go on a suicide mission in front of a truck to try my luck at reincarnation or anything like that since I know reincarnating in other worlds simply isn’t real, but a man can dream right.

Well, that's how I used to think until it happened.

What happened to me you ask? IT of course!! THE thing I’m constantly daydreaming about! I’m talking about REINCARNATION!!! IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO ME!!

Yeah, I couldn’t believe it either, like it's all real, everything I’ve dreamt and read about, it’s all real, who woulda thought?

Not me at least, but the way it happened was definitely not like any of the books I’ve ever read, I didn’t meet truck-san, I didn’t try to save a random kid and died, I wasn’t even murdered, all I did was go to sleep after my last class of the day then boom, I was in another world. Was it always that easy?

Is this actually just a really long drawn out and painfully realistic dream? I mean I didn’t meet any sort of god telling me they made a mistake, and reincarnation was a way to fix it. Absolutely nothing crazy at all happened, I just remembered falling asleep and then I woke up to where I am right now. So..seeing as I got my dream, you’d think everything would be sunshine and roses right? I mean I finally got my wish for pete’s sake! I reincarnated into another world!! And I wasn’t told I had to go kill a demon king or anything. It was great! Except for one small, teeny, tiny problem.

I'M A DAMN GOBLIN.

Yes, a Goblin! I mean are you kidding me? A Goblin?! Why a Goblin?! Why not an elf or a dwarf or maybe a strong dragonkin, literally almost anything else would be better. I basically reincarnated into a starter mob for some beginner adventurer somewhere didn’t I...sigh, this is the worst I’m telling you, but I gotta roll with it, right?

I finally got my reincarnation!

Sorry mom and dad I know you're probably gonna be crying when you find out I’m gone but It’s for the best! So with my brief apology out of the way, back to my current situation, I didn’t even wake up next to other Goblins in some sort of Goblin village either. When I came to, I found myself in a cave of some sort.

It wasn’t too big, and it didn’t seem like anyone or anything else lived in here, which is a good thing I guess, I’m not sure how tall I am, but I feel a lot shorter than I was before so maybe around three feet-ish? I don’t have a water source or a mirror of any kind so I can’t really see my face, but everything else is as Goblin as it gets.

Some sort of potbelly, short stubby feet, and long, skinny arms, oh and how could I forget, I’m green. It definitely took a sort of self-reflection to come to the realization that I did indeed reincarnate as a Goblin in another world I know nothing about, but I think I’ve almost forcefully come to terms with it. I’m a fast adapter, what can I say.

Yeah..I’m definitely gang green from now on, team gob if you will. I will not stand for any anti Goblin slander from anyone! From here on out Goblins rule and no human or anything else for that matter can tell me otherwise.

Look out world Rick the Goblin is here and ready to rumble! Now that my little monologue is over, I’ve realized my first problem.

I’m hungry.

Ah, I’m really hungry, I mean really really hungry. Where did this hunger come from?! It wasn’t a slow approaching hunger. It just came out of the blue, like a predator pouncing on unsuspecting prey. Which is what I have to become now right? A predator, maybe I can find a rabbit or something to kill then eat?

But wait... I know it's Goblins' rule from now on, but aren’t I currently at the bottom of the food chain? Shit. Can I even fight? I don’t know how to make weapons or anything like that, I don’t even know which type of plants to eat or not eat, I wasn’t a damn botanist. Wait... I’m forgetting something big. I’ve reincarnated into a different world as a Goblin, meaning this should be some sort of fantasy world and assuming I’m not the only monster in existence, I should have a way to level up or evolve or something along those lines right?

Maybe I have a status or som-...

Would you look at that? The second I thought about it, a small transparent screen came out showing what I assume to be an accurate depiction of my current status. It showed this.

{ Name - Rick }

{ Age - 20 }

{ Race - Royal Goblin }

Hmm, it doesn’t show categories like strength or agility, maybe I gotta unlock those? We’ll figure that out later, but more importantly, I don’t see any type of Experience (XP) Bar, so how will I know what I need to level up? Speaking of leveling up..there is no level listed..Hopefully, there are more features that come later, it’d be really annoying to have to live without it. Now.. MUCH MORE IMPORTANTLY … ROYAL GOBLIN?!?!? Am I some kind of lost prince?! Is this how a Goblin prince looks? Can I order other Goblins around? Ahh so many questions, but where are all the answers eh. Either way, it’s fine, I can definitely make this whole Goblin thing work right? right… and with that being said let's go hunting shall we? I’m starving.