Simon had originally been a technical worker in Stoen City, the capital of East Chester County. But after a tremendous upheaval in his life two years ago, he had been forced to divorce his wife and come to Midseashire with the one hundred Gold Pounds he received as compensation, beginning a new life.
Here, not only had he started a new family and gained a gentle, considerate wife, but he also had an adorable, obedient daughter.
However, the outbreak of war made him experience the unpredictability of Fate once again...
Fortunately, Duke Braine, the lord of Beldan, was a powerful figure. In the half of Midseashire under his protection, even Feysac's army did not dare run rampant.
Thus, Simon brought his wife and stepdaughter to Limon City, which had been among the first to pledge allegiance to Duke Braine. After settling them down, he joined the city patrol himself, defending his family's happiness.
When the war ended, Simon had already accumulated a modest fortune from the spoils he seized on the battlefield. Only then had he been able to rent a three-story townhouse near the municipal square.
Of course, he had chosen to rent here partly because he now worked in a department under City Hall—as a former technical worker, he was literate.
But Fate played another joke on Simon at that moment... His neighbor, a young scholar passionate about astronomy, suddenly went mad and turned into a terrifying Monster.
Simon had just gotten off work and was enjoying a delicious dinner with his wife and stepdaughter when the wall was smashed open, and a thing with a human head but countless "mouths" all over its body invaded his home.
His wife and daughter were so frightened that they could not move, collapsing to the floor. But Simon, once a