A rural farmer's boy is unknowingly reincarnated into a world of magic and monsters as just a wee little larva, not even considered a monster at all. But through grit and a passion for surviving, he will eventually evolve into something truly powerful and maybe, just maybe, find a way home. If that means defeating powerful foes and becoming a powerful monster himself, maybe, just maybe, that's what he needs to do.
Popcorn easy-going typical "reincarnated as a monster" fic. Expect evolution trees, rare evolutions, small twists, a generally unaccepted main character who just wants to meet a human, the works.
In this story, the main character is reincarnated as a larva, but his evolution will lead him down a path to become a will 'o wisp firefly hybrid, since that is what the fellows over on light novel amino requested, and it sounded cool.
I'm just writing this to keep my fingers moving, so it won't have too much effort in it, but if you like stories like the beginning of the (good) reincarnated-as-a-dragon light novel, I'm sure you'll like this one.
Popcorn isekai fic.
The cover, drawn by yours truly, will reflect the current evolution of the main character.
Also, he'll be pretty weak-to-strong, since, well, maggots are kind-of-really weak.
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 6 | 13 | Chapter Thirteen: Some dude walks in on me like Debra in season 6 | RoyalRoadL |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 55 | Chapter Fifty-five: Making a child un-drunk in three easy steps! | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 54 | Chapter Fifty-four: Recruiting other returners might not be so easy | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 53 | Chapter Fifty-three: Earthling-to-Earthling-to-Earthling | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 52 | Chapter Fifty-two: Choosing a party-name has never been more chaotic | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 51 | Chapter Fifty-one: Some things I didn't think needed clearing up are cleared up | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 50 | Chapter Fifty: Everything is rocks and I hate it | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 39 | Chapter Thirty-nine: Mm. Tasty lunch. And also a quest is initiated I guess | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 38 | Chapter thirty-eight: A curious meeting with a curious old man | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 37 | Chapter Thirty-seven: Lunch is a very important meal much more important than breakfast | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 36 | Chapter Thirty-six: Into the forest! | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 35 | Chapter Thirty-five: So the returner we let join out of pity brought home a horrific monster | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 34 | Chapter Thirty-four: Being big isn't actually that usefull | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 33 | Chapter Thirty-three: A wizard arrived and a wizard dispatched | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 32 | Chapter Thirty-two: Pretty sure caves don't let you time-travel but okay | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 31 | Chapter Thirty-one: Evolving gives way too many skills and the lists are getting too long | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 30 | Chapter Thirty: The third evolution shall now commence, baby | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 29 | Chapter Twenty-nine: The third evolutions are finally revealed! | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 28 | Chapter Twenty-eight: As it turns out, the best plan is for the monster to kill the hero | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 27 | Chapter Twenty-seven: Lying is the best way to clear up a complicated situation | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 26 | Chapter Twenty-six: A player and a monster have a pretty long chat | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 25 | Chapter Twenty-five: Tobiath Nevermore, future hero and white knight at your service! | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 24 | Chapter Twenty-four: Infiltration: successful, conversation: started, adventurers: arrived | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 23 | Chapter Twenty-three: Just a quick assessment of the situation before everything goes south | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 22 | Chapter Twenty-two: How to lure a wizard into the forest for some one-on-one time 101 | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 21 | Chapter Twenty-one: An eventfull return to the village | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 20 | Chapter Twenty: I finally get to speak with people!! | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 19 | Chapter Nineteen: Enemies to friends twice, baby | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 18 | Chapter Eighteen: Origami is for losers so it must b u r n | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 17 | Chapter Seventeen: A dungeon is really just a cave | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 16 | Chapter Sixteen: Stalking is very cool | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 15 | Chapter Fifteen: A conveniently located village is located | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 14 | Chapter Fourteen: I do not expect forgiveness | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 12 | Chapter Twelve: It's okay to break promises to yourself if you made them | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 11 | Chapter Eleven: Frog fight frog fight frog fright no wait toad | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 10 | Chapter Ten: Big boss mafioso toad eats small-timer firefly | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 9 | Chapter Nine: The hijack skill is tested and promptly regretted | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 8 | Chapter Eight: The effects of evolution are pretty much immidiate | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 7 | Chapter Seven: Better think looong and hARD about the next evolution | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 6 | Chapter Six: Sometimes you just gotta talk to goblins | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 5 | Chapter Five: I think the blue box might have assumed I knew goblins were sentient | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 4 | Chapter Four: This ain't a cool cave, let's get outta here | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 3 | Chapter Three: Git squished, punk | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 2 | Chapter Two: I may or may not have chosen a bad evolution | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 1 | Chapter One: No, seriously, I don't care that it's so dark I can't see anything at all, I swear! | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 3 | What If? Evolutions Part 3 | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 2 | What If? Evolutions Part 2 | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | 1 | What If? Evolutions Part 1 | RoyalRoadL | |
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | Chapter Fourty: Growin' big | RoyalRoadL | ||
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | Chapter Fourty-two: Spider poppin' time | RoyalRoadL | ||
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | Fourty-one: Into the cobwebs | RoyalRoadL | ||
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | Chapter Fourty-four: There in the barn | RoyalRoadL | ||
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | Chapter Fourty-three: An unexpected coalition | RoyalRoadL | ||
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | Chapter Fourty-eight: Whatever the guild is, it does contain some interesting characters | RoyalRoadL | ||
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | Chapter Fourty-seven: A quick skill evolution before we get inside the big big city | RoyalRoadL | ||
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | Chapter Fourty-nine: Accident avoided, guildmaster greeted | RoyalRoadL | ||
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | Chapter Fourty-five: Everything's good | RoyalRoadL | ||
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Reborn as a Magic Firefly, Help? | Chapter Fourty-six: We actually finally get to the big city holy hecc | RoyalRoadL |