The story is about a hiki that one day gets an offer to work at a biolab
doing pretty much everything, from cleaning to bringing coffee. His
main task though is taking care of a chimera. Right there I have a
problem with this book. The very first pages are illustrations of all
characters and their names, including the monsters. I know most LN do
this but in this case, with a plot that's supposed to be a mystery, this
is really ill-advised. They literally give away one of the key
mysteries of the plot on the first page of the book. I kept thinking
maybe there was going to be a twist and the thing that's supposed to be
inside the box we saw earlier and that the main character spends half the
book wondering about is not going to actually be the creature the first
page shows but nope, it was exactly that. I don't get this but what do I
know.
The story itself is nice for the most part, there's a couple
of twists there I didn't see it coming. The story is mostly divided
between the internal monologues of the main character, Haruhara, and his
daily work of taking care of a supposedly highly intelligent chimera
creature. His monologues are pretty much him being extremely thankful to
have a job now and how the person who hired him saved his life from
being a hiki forever. This excessive gratitude plays on later into the
plot but it's still not that interesting. His work with the chimera was
more entertaining and somehow it didn't get repetitive while I was
reading it but in retrospect I guess it is.
Still, an overall enjoyable read for those looking for a quick modern fantasy fix.
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