[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-epic-of-caterpillar":3,"chapter-epic-of-caterpillar-epic-of-caterpillar-chapter-725":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Epic of Caterpillar",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1726259,2205,"Chapter 725 - It Was Just a Dream.","epic-of-caterpillar-chapter-725",725,"\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sigh, another boring day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I think I am breathing a bit harder than before…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did I catch a cold?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I think I had a bit of fever too… But now I feel quite better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had some very strange dreams… But now I can barely remember them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I only know they were weird.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, anyways…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wake up from my bed, as I smell my t-shirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ugh, it stinks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gotta go wash it, I guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stretch my body a bit as it aches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps, I should not have stayed until so late playing games while sitting on the floor, it's killing my back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I walk out of my room as I see that everything is rather dark yet…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did I wake up earlier than before?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's odd, I usually sleep until like 2 pm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I get to the toilet and do my necessities, and then, I guess I decided to take a bath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Been some time since I took one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, the warm water really does relax me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I feel the warm water wash out my body, I begin to think about what to do today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I think today is the weekend, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hm… Yeah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Man, I am hungry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I quickly dry out my body and get some fresh clothes that smell way better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I walk towards the dinner table as I see my parents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My father is reading the newspaper, as always, while my mother is drinking tea and watching videos on youtube.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They greet me rather carefreely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh? You woke up quite early today, did you finally stopped playing games until late?\" asked my father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? Why would I stop playing games, old man? I actually just woke up early for some reason…\" I said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then how many hours did you slept at the end?\" asked my mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Err… I slept at like… 5 am… And then it's around 10? So five hours?\" I asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's quite little…\" said my mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, he's young, so maybe his body can take it,\" said my father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyways, what's for breakfast?\" I ask, I was rather hungry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, cereal, your favorite,\" said my mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aw come on, not even pancakes… What about Rimuru's pastries?\" I asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What… did I just ask?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rimuru's pastries?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did I say that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From where did those words come?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rimu- what?\" asked my mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah… never mind,\" I said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe you're finally getting schizophrenia for living indoors for so long,\" laughed my father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't even joke with things like that, old man…\" I said, serving myself some cold milk and chocolate-flavored cereal, well, it is better than nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tap my phone as I glance at the news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing much other than some political issues on Twitter…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I then move into my Discord server, where I see some stupid memes that bring me a dumb smile from time to time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, then I search around my other discord server.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monster Girls…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a special Discord Server where true monster girls lovers gather.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We simply share monster girl art, and well, there is also a wiki about franchises where monster girls are the protagonists, we also like to look them around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, Monster Girl Encyclopedia Volume 4 will soon come, I cannot wait…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Man, I already want it on my bookshelf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I then glance around at light novels, there is a lot of stuff I gotta read…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hm?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I tap into the app, I find this odd novel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Epic of Caterpillar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is… a main character that is a caterpillar?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's dumb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it evolves into a fairy, basing it on the cover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn, she is hot though.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And who are those two at her sides?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is a blue-skinned girl with multiple arms, long black horns, and a beautiful black dress, she seems to be a witch of sorts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to her other side, there is this beautiful slime girl with shiny rainbow eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oof, is this a monster girl novel?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the premise is stupid… if it is about monster girls…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I then read the first few chapters, they were rather similar to the one novel about the spider, but it had some twists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grammar was quite ok, although I cannot expect much from s, they are often of low quality compared to paperback books after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, the character is pretty cringy, screaming a lot, and the author writes a ton of stupid 'BOOM!' sound effects…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, it gets better as I go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where is the monster girls' harem?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So lame…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, there it is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It actually happens pretty late… the introduction is pretty much monsters battling against each other until the main character finally gets to evolve into a hot fairy girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I finish eating cereal, I sit on the couch and enjoy the breeze coming from the balcony, my parents are just as relaxed and silent as me, so everything is quite good to read.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I keep reading for a few more couples of chapters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I can't help but find odd things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is a Rimuru character in this… and it oddly reminds me of the words I said earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, the main character…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't know why but its backstory is very similar to mine?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It even speaks similarly to me and all…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be… my imagination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for some reason…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I find most of the events going on in this thing familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was odd at first and I thought it was simply the familiarity of other books.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no, this familiarity is different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if I had lived all of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So weird.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this an odd dream that ended up similar to this ?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weird.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I then glance at the author, her name is PancakesWitch…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pancakes…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nah, it's just a coincidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I look at her profile and she has this second novel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's named Demon Queen Rebirth, and honestly, it is quite better than the caterpillar one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The author has really progressed since then, huh…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hm…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Odd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I feel like these two protagonists…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are… familiar too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I remember something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clouded memories about talking with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe I am really getting crazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I guess this is how people think that they have prophetic dreams?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They just happen to go through a series of weird coincidences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even with all the coincidences, it's not like I can do anything anyways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it still quite weird, isn't it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyways, so what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just had some weird dream and we got into this crap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not like I can do anything about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is not some kind of magic or special power in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's all dull and simple, boring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is nothing much about all of this aside from what humanity had created…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I guess the entertainment is fairly good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I mean, I live for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, I cannot help but find something odd about all of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I glance at my parents the last time as I walk to the bathroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, I wash my face one last time and see myself through the mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same old neet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why does this feel odd? It's my face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I mean, why would I look odd to myself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I walk back to my room and sit on my bed, I get to read some light novels while listening to music.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing much I can do about all of that, so I decided to simply forget it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as much as I try to read, I cannot seem to focus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am still thinking about this weird novel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I leave the book away and open the app.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I begin reading the novel again…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's oddly fun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Epic of Caterpillar seems like a mix of a lot of the novels I like…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, although it being gender bender and female main character probably makes a lot of the audience neglect it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all most folks hate gender bender and do not even read female main character novels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when they are so filled with action and awesome things like this one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I do not really care about those Tags because I am not such a crybaby like these guys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I mean look at the reviews, they are just talking biased bullshit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Really, as I keep reading, I cannot help but… feel like I actually lived all of this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know it's freaking odd, but I cannot help but think this…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I continue reading, go to have lunch, and then come back to read again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am simply entailed by this novel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I keep reading more, feeling as if I am being absorbed by this imaginary world that this author created.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I keep having this exhilarating sensation that I lived all of this for some odd reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is already 10 pm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I feel quite exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My eyes feel tired too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cannot help but… force myself to read more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is really f.u.c.k.i.n.g… annoying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But something is calling me to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is as if…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is f.u.c.k.i.n.g weird!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I try to take my eyes off this novel, but I cannot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My entire body aches, but I keep reading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hours and hours go by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have already caught up with the novel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The latest chapter was left on a huge cliffhanger…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was when Kireina was about to devour the Origin Core Fragment while her family and friends defended her Empire from an army of Demons and Gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can't the author upload more chapters?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I glance at the last time it published a chapter…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One year ago?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No way…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is up with the author?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I try to see her history, whenever she commented the last time or something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I find her last comment being 11 months ago…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It said: \"Sorry, but a lot of things came in my life, so I won't be able to continue the story for now… But do not worry, whenever things stabilize, I will come back to it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What do you mean?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come back now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It all was left without an end…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haahh…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe I am getting crazy or something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I feel so tired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was all so odd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I even felt as if I was that fairy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did I really live all of that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No way in hell, that would be way too f.u.c.k.i.n.g weird.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am an ugly ass man, how would I even reincarnate into a hot babe?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would be strange and weird.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for some reason…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Man, I miss those characters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why do I miss them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have never met them in person…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, they are fictional and do not exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would I miss them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's already like 4 am…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I drink some water and then I fall asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gain back my sight, as I find myself in a strange place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A palace of sorts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am… surrounded by a lot of people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These characters…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They look really similar to the descriptions and art of Epic of Caterpillar…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is going on in here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I glance at my hands, as they are pale white, with long purple nails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At my back, there is… a pair of butterfly wings…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My hair is silky and long, of the same color as my nails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My entire body feels slimmer and… s.e.xier?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I got these… enormous b.o.o.b.s now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While also wearing this s.e.xy dress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Man, these heels are a bit too much now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is up with this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am a man!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…But.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is… weird.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Am I… dreaming of being Kireina?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh my god, this is like those cringe fanfics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No way…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So was I always this cringy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holy shit…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Masta, I'm hungry!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A beautiful slime girl speaks to me, calling me 'Masta', as she would to the original Kireina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Man, my dreams are quite something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I-I see… Well… lets… have breakfast?\" I ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guuu! I will make some donuts~!\" said the slime girl, Rimuru.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So… odd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I glace around me, and the people are all doing their own things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some talk, others practice wrestling (?), and the kids play and run around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So odd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This feeling of familiarity, from where is it coming?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It makes me want to keep being in here…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To make all of this real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is surely…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better than reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old and boring reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old and boring world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old and boring life I have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of this feels way better…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe I could…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe this crazy dream can last some more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I might as well try to interact with the people in here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them are just fictional, but they seem so real and familiar to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It feels so odd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What can I do about all of this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I glance at my surroundings, as Rimuru comes inside the hall again, alongside many Arachne wearing maid outfits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all carry a lot of things to eat…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of it looks delicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can't help but feel a lot of hunger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I try to move, the Dream begins to fragment…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire place begins to fall as if they were mere pieces of glass reflecting a fictional world, a world that doesn't exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the people in here notice it, as they scream in pain…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In agony…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cannot do anything about this, I try to help them, but I can't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dreams quickly fragment more, as the people around me disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rimuru cries, running towards me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I run towards her, trying to grab her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it all fragments when we were a few millimeters away from touching our fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Masta!\" she cries, as her entire being fragments into pieces that dissipate into nothingness…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wake up, noon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I guess it was all just a dream, once more…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all a dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>",2312,"2026-06-06T15:51:14.530Z",1,"novelbin.me","0022e328fd1542e36c58da00b79922badc266dca06c8ddfce6536052435fcba4","epic-of-caterpillar-chapter-871","epic-of-caterpillar-chapter-870",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fepic-of-caterpillar-cover.jpg"]