Prologue: In Search of New Encounters

One day, I, Arata Toudou, a corporate grunt working in Japan, died of overwork. However, it was because a god made a mistake, and in apology I was allowed to reincarnate in another world.

And if I’m reincarnating, I might as well ask...

Tired of human relationships, and not wanting to have anything to do with anyone else, I wished to be reincarnated on an island without any people. The god granted my request, tacking on two special perks along with it: a powerful body immune to injury and illness, and the ability to copy anyone’s skills or magic just by watching them.

Thus, on an island without any humans—an island called Arcadia, the Isle of the Gods, where all sorts of nonhuman races coexisted with each other—I was reincarnated in a new body.

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It was night. Without quite knowing why, I had come alone to the beach where I had stood right after reincarnating. I could still remember the inspiration that had coursed through me that day when I looked up at the night sky:

“Let’s do this! I can do this! I’ll live on my own!” I won’t complain that my life is a drag anymore. I’ll lead a fun life on this island!

“Yeah, that was basically what