The Dragon-Slaying Handbook

Without a doubt, I hate rain.

Not just because my shoes might get wet or I might be caught without an umbrella, but also because of a little superstition that rain brings bad luck.

Just as I don't believe rain can put me in a good mood, I don't believe this world could become something alien.

Even though plenty of novels, anime, and games use that kind of plot as a selling point, luring friends my age, who are still called "chuunibyou."

I still won't believe it.

A commuter on the subway stares in shock at the person opposite them, who turned from a beautiful woman into a drooling monster in seconds.

During an inspection of the automated systems at a farm, they discover that all the pigs in the greenhouse have fused into a single mass of meat, with no way to tell one from another.

A student races to school along a route they scouted in advance, only to arrive and find that the pitcher plant they raised has swallowed the entire building.

Honestly, I really don't believe in this sort of thing.

But, but...

Can someone please save me?

I'm only seventeen.

But this black mass looks like it's going to stay in my left eye for the rest of my life.

Theme: The fate of life is to love this world, hate this world, and love this world