"Princess! The summoning was a failure! This weak individual cannot possibly possess any strength to defeat a slime!"

"Quiet Denmark! We cannot judge the summoned from their looks. Let me test him first before we pass judgment."

Agh. My head hurts. When my consciousness returned, I was already in another place. There were people that look like knights and two individuals that are talking about something. The place itself looked like a castle interior if my memory serves me right. Whoa, that girl is seriously beautiful! Is this still on Earth? No, I died already so I guess this is in another world but why am I here? Shouldn't I have become a baby after receiving a cheat skill from a goddess? My web novel knowledge had failed me! Before I forget, did that Denmark dude just called me a failure? I guess I received some sort of auto-translate function since I could understand them which is not so bad.

Suddenly, I was approached by the beautiful girl. She had long brown hair reaching up to her waist which only added strong charm to her already beautiful face. Her body seems fine, passes my ideal shape but still have some developments needed, especially the breast area. If I had to guess her age, I could say that she's about sixteen to eighteen years old, about the same age as me. But women are deceptive creatures so I won't be surprised if she tells me that she's already thirty years old with two children.

"You! What is your name?"

The beautiful girl suddenly pointed at me. I looked but no one else is around so by using my deduction skills, she could only be speaking to me.

"Shouldn’t you name yourself first before asking for another person's name? What an ill-mannered woman."

Oh no! xNivzx, the trash-talker is still active! Sorry beautiful lady but I am currently not in the right mind to flatter anyone right now. I'm still kinda confused about what happened to me you know! Suddenly, a huge middle-aged man that looks like a certain wrestler draws his blade and points it towards me. I presume that this is the one called Denmark. 

"Preposterous! This young lady is the fourth princess of the Kingdom! You only are not weak but also lack the proper manners! Knights! Seize this failure at once before I remove his head from his neck!"

Hey dude calm down! It's like I killed your family or something and stop calling me a failure! You people brought me here against my will and that is how you treat me? I want to shout these words back at them but my senses tell me that it's better to act harmless even though I am really harmless compared to these knights that surrounds me.

Several knights in shining armor pointed their spears at me while two of them grabbed each of my arms, dragging me slowly. I let them drag me. It's not like I can resist anyway. I find it strange that I don't feel any fear right or anxiety right now but I guess my adrenaline is still at work.

The so called princess looked quite surprised then her face suddenly gave a scary smile. Beautiful ladies still look beautiful even if they do scary faces.

"Unhand him at once.”

With her command, I was forcefully dropped and made to kneel. She then proceeded to take out her fan and elegantly use it to cover her face.

“I am the one who summoned you. My name is Beatrice Carmelia Gilberts Andreas, the fourth princess of the Andreas Kingdom. As the one who summoned you, you are hereby commanded to fight for me and bring glory to my name. Now that I have introduced myself, would you give me the pleasure of knowing your greatness?"

Her name is long but it seems every noble must have a long name or else they won’t sound noble. She must be modeled after some European noble or something. I can sense a bit of sarcasm from her last statement though.

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It's not so bad if I lay my life for her I mean it’s not like I’m a slave for beautiful woman and basically, I am already dead. It’s just that I do not know anything about this world. What I need right now are people who can teach me the common sense here and provide me with the basic human needs. What will happen afterwards will happen. I can just imagine the scenario wherein I will save her life in a dangerous situation and then she will develop feelings for me. Ahh, good bye single life. My comrades still living the lonely life back on my old world would surely kill me if they see me with this girl, I'm already dead though.

"Since you really want to know, my name is Vincent dela Cruz and I have come from a place called Earth. I previously died after winning a glorious battle back at my homeland. As you can see, the great me right now is still quite confused as to how I was brought here and some other things that I am curious about. So before I pledge anything to your beautiful highness, I must first ask a few details."

I’m usually shy and rarely talks except when I’m with my friends but when I’m playing, I become loud. To mask my weak self, I made it seem like I’m someone great. Seriously, AotA is like drugs. I’m not sure why I’m in playing mode right now though. Maybe I’m still denying everything that is happening?

“Your demeanor surprises me. Go ahead. After your questions, I will make sure to check how great you really are.”

She’s smiling but I can feel death fast approaching as she stares at me. How bad is my luck that death loves me so much?

“First, I would like to know what you mean by ‘fight for me’. I presume you would want me to become your knight or something?”

Denmark suddenly laughed. Seeing that he was the only one who is laughing, he glared at his knights which made them flinched. Some forced laughs from them came afterwards. This Denmark guy sure is nuts.

“You? A knight? How can a frail person like you become a knight? If you become one then I’m sure the kingdom will be on safe hands, that is the safe hands of the neighboring kingdoms!”

It felt like watching a sitcom with these canned laughter produced by his gang. The princess covered her mouth with a fan as she giggled like an idiot. The collective IQ here is the same as that of a first grade boy who laughs at fart jokes.

“Ahem. Every three months, there is a tournament wherein the ten most powerful kingdoms battle each other in the Grand Arena. It’s a battle to see whose kingdom has the best summoner. You will represent me, together with the other four I already summoned.”

Did I just hear that correctly? This actually sounds like the plot of MOBA games! I’m actually shaking right now. My countless hours of gaming can be finally put to the test. Bring it on princess! I’ll destroy those kingdoms or what not!

“I should have other questions but time is of the essence. I’m in. I’ll lay my life for you princess.”

I kneeled like a knight but I’m currently wearing short pants and some sleeveless shirt right now so it seems like I’m begging for money if someone looks at me from afar.

“Good. You had no other choice anyway. If you had refused then you’ll be thrown in the dungeon for treason. Denmark, put this guy on ‘that’.”

“As you wish milady.”

Denmark suddenly got a disgusting smirk on his face. He then commanded two of the knights to grab my arms then proceeded to lift me like I’m some sort of baggage. I have no more energy to complain so I just let him do what he wants. Bring it on Demark! You don't know how much I wished for this. Every gamer's dream is to go in a game-like world!

I wished I had not underestimated the princess and Denmark that time because what awaited me was hell on earth.