The Unfortunate Girl Wants an Easy Mode in Her Second Life

Minato, a young girl living in a dysfunctional family, is killed by her father after he murders her mother and a police officer. She meets a frivolous god who reincarnates her into a fantasy world, granting her a part of his power in the form of an options menu. She wakes up bound to a log being carried by goblins in a forest. The goblins plan to boil her alive. Still tied, Minato discovers she can mentally access the options screen. She changes the language setting to Goblin Language and understands their conversation. She then lowers the difficulty setting from Normal to Beginner and activates the minimap display. The goblins carry her into a cave, their home. Inside, she hears a woman screaming. The goblins untie her, and she shoves one goblin, sending him flying into a stalactite. The other goblins surround her, but Minato realizes their movements are extremely slow due to the Beginner difficulty. She picks up a fallen goblin's iron club and easily kills several goblins with powerful blows. The goblins flee in panic. Minato then proceeds deeper into the cave, finds a half-naked woman tied up and being abused by goblins. In anger, Minato uses a rusty sword from a goblin boss to kill the remaining goblins in the cave. She frees the woman, who introduces herself as Latifa, an adventurer whose partner was recently killed by monsters. They wash in an underground lake in the cave. Minato explains she is lost and asks Latifa to guide her to the nearest town. Latifa agrees, noting that it is dangerous to travel alone. They decide to leave the cave together. Minato, having been given a second chance in a new world, faces her new reality with the power to change difficulty settings, aiming to survive and find happiness in this harsh world where goblins are enemies of humanity.