Takahashi Ryouta. A normal second year high school student. He passed off his days reading all sorts of books and manga. A loner. The number of friends he had could be counted on one hand. To begin with, his introverted personality kept him away from properly getting along with his classmates. Nevertheless, he was content with passing his everyday life this way.

One day, after school—

A large magic circle suddenly appeared inside the classroom, taking away three of his classmates, Saotome Ryuuji, Umebara Kyoko and Nanba Anna, and him as well.

“Heroes! Welcome to Valdavia Kingdom. We have summoned you, heroes from another world, in order to help us defeat the demon lord!”

Suddenly, a booming voice saying something out of a fantasy game or novel could be heard.

“?! What’s the meaning of this?! Defeat the demon lord? Are you fucking kidding me?!”

“Hey, if this is a hidden camera prank, stop it! It’s not funny!”

“Where am I?! Where is this?!”

His three classmates clamoured. They, too, was astounded by the current situation, similar to him. Though he felt the same way, his perpetual poker face helped to hide his shock.

“Heroes, please calm down. This is neither a joke nor a prank. I am Valdavia’s king, Rufus Valdavia IV! With the power of the court magicians as well as my daughter, Princess Natalia, we have successfully summoned the Heroes by using an ancient summoning spell.” The king continued to ramble on how the world is being terrorized by the demons and how the demon lord needed to be stopped.

Saotome Ryuuji nodded in sympathy. He understood their plight and had half a mind to help them. In any case, judging by the flow of things, it did not seem like it would be easy for them to return to their original world. It was also in his nature to help those in need. Paired with his good looks, he certainly matched the template of a Hero(Harem King).

“Now, heroes, please call out [Status]! According to the ancient text, as people from another world, you will be able to use this unique spell to check your statuses. Within the statuses, please tell us what your [Titles] are!” According to the king, only those who were summoned from another world had the ability to instantaneously view their statuses. The denizens of the world had to use a certain tool in order to check and record their statuses. However, the tool was only available to people of power; normal commoners did not have access to such an advanced tool.

“”””Status!””””

For the time being, Ryouta decided to go along with the nonsense. He was also curious on the famed [Status] that was a common theme in RPG games.

Name:

Takahashi Ryouta

Race: Human Age: 16 Gender: Male Lvl: 1 HP: 50 MP: 10 STR: 12 SPD: 9 Skills: - Titles: [Person from Another World] [???]

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He furrowed his eyebrows. He thought that his status was quite poor, but considering that he was only Level 1, he dismissed it as normal. What he was more curious about, was why he had an unknown title.

His thoughts was disrupted as his classmates voiced their answer to the king’s previous question.

“I have a [Hero from Another World] title. Does this mean what I think it means?”

“My title is… [Priestess from Another World]?”

“Mine is [Magic Knight from Another World]. Woah, that sounds kind of awesome.”

The king nodded, satisfied with their answer. He turned his gaze to Ryouta, filled with expectations.

“…[Person from Another World].” He answered, keeping his face straight. He could tell that the king was disappointed as the king’s brows furrowed.

“Heroes, I assume that you all must be fatigued from all the current events. Servants, prepare the rooms for our heroes, and fulfil their needs as best as possible.” The king decreed. “The kingdom shall provide only the best for the heroes, so that you will be able to concentrate on training to fight the demons.”

His announcement earned the encouragement and applause from his entourage, and the four was ushered out of the summoning room.

“Wait!” Ryouta called out.

The king paused his steps, followed by everybody else. All eyes trained on Ryouta. He cleared his throat, preparing his resolve.

“From my title, it is clear that I’m just a normal person. Therefore, I would like to return to my original world.” He did not mean to be rude to the king, but the situation seemed to be too absurd and high-paced, and he was afraid of getting swept into something that may be too dangerous.

“Impudence!” The princess frowned. According to his status, the black-haired boy was just some commoner. Even though he was summoned along with the other heroes, the princess had already pegged him as a person of no importance.

Other officials and court magicians from the king’s entourage also supported her, muttering on how disrespectful the boy was being in front of the king.

King Rufus raised his hand, motioning his people to be silent.

“Apologies, but it is impossible to return you to your previous world. However, as you are a person from another world, we will still treat you cordially.” The king replied, not minding the boy’s lack of manners. Even if the boy was a normal person, he did not dare to treat the boy badly, as it could be considered his fault for dragging the boy into their problems. In fact, he felt apologetic that an innocent bystander was forcefully involved in his plans.

“What? You didn’t tell us about this!” Nanba Anna exploded. She had gone along with Ryuuji’s idea of fighting against the demon lord just for fun, but it turned out that they actually had no choice but to stay.

Umebara Kyoko also voiced her complaints. However, Saotome Ryuuji immediately consoled the two girls, convincing them to stay. “Since we have no other choice, let’s help the king, then after we defeat the demon lord, we can search for a way to go home, okay?”

The two girls reluctantly agreed with his suggestion.

If it wasn’t for their current situation, Ryouta would have believed that Ryuuji had chuunibyou (8th Grade Syndrome).

Seeing how easily the three classmates were taking it, Ryouta felt incredibly stifled and perplexed.

“Are you guys kidding me right now? Did all of you forget about the life you had back home? Your friends and family?”

Ryuuji turned to look at Ryouta seriously. With a seething glare, he said, “Of course we didn’t! I also want to go back! But the king already said that it’s impossible. Since we can’t go back, then we should just help them! Are you really able to let these people suffer without doing anything?! Well, I can’t! Unlike you, I was given an amazing power. I can’t turn my back to those in need!”

The air around them suddenly changed. Energy convulsed around them, as if affected by Ryuuji’s mood.

“?!” As the energy swirled inside the room, Ryouta started to become dizzy.

“…! To be able to influence the air with his magic without doing anything, as expected of the Hero!” A court magician exclaimed.

“Amazing, just how high is his MP, to be able to do something like this?!”

“It should be in the hundreds!”

At that moment, Ryouta felt it.

Even though they were both the same level, their stats were different. Compared to Ryuuji who held the title [Hero], he was nothing.