Prologue
Another boring day. The teacher keeps saying the same things from the past hour, nobody seems to understand, nobody seems to care. And i’m no exception. I would rather go out and enjoy the sun while it’s still bright, fall is coming. I’m not cut out for school I think, I daydream almost all day about the things I could do if I wasn’t stuck in this classroom. Like talking to Sarah. I’m watching her right now and it’s still a wonder to me how she can follow the lesson with a smile on her face. Maybe that’s why i fell in love with her.
“Hey Arawn, what’s happening buddy? You’re kind of… glowing?”
That was Lloyd, he sits next to me in class and may be my only friend. But what’s with him? I’m glowing? Has he lost his mind? As a reflex I still check myself and indeed there is some sort of light coming out of me. It’s very strange and i’m starting to panic a little. I’m watching around me and I notice I’m not the only one. Sarah begins to glow too, then Naelys, the beauty of the class, and someone i don’t really know. When I think we are the only ones, light starts to come out of Lloyd too. I stand up nervously, and start to realise that I’m fading. Now i’m scared for real. I’m really disappearing and it’s going faster by the second. I take a last glance at Sarah who is in the same state.
“Sarah!”
And then nothing.
***
A flash of light, cheers of joy, hope is here again. Appearing in the middle of the temple is a human, nude, red hair, dumb face: Lloyd.
“Where am I? Who are you? Why am I nude?”
Lloyd is almost crying as he’s questioning the priest next to him. But the priest is calm and offers him a warm smile as well as a blanket to cover himself. He starts to answer him with a reassuring tone.
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“You came to us as we asked the Gods for help. You are an answer to our prayers and hope. Now your destiny is to become the hero of our people and vanquish for eternity the demons spreading in our world. May I ask for your name?”
“L… Lloyd…”
“Ladies, Gentlemen, I present to you Lloyd our hero!”
A big clamor spread in the crowd that was waiting for them outside the temple. Lloyd is feeling very small in front of all these people with only a blanket on him and a title of hero which came out of nowhere.
“W-What the hell are you saying?”
“What i’m saying Sir Lloyd, is that you came from another world to save ours!”
The information is too much to handle and Lloyd faints.
***
“And then Lady Sarah, you just have to say ‘Status’ and you can see your own characteristics.”
“Okay then here goes nothing! Status!”
A window appears.
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“Sooo I’m a healer? Is that it?”
“It seems so my lady. There are five heroes : the Warrior, the Archer, the Mage, the Outlaw, and the Healer. You, my lady, are the Healer. Though we could only summon 4 heroes, the Exiled, who owned the fifth temple, have been exterminated by the demons along with their temple a few years ago.”
“Alright, I think I understand the whole situation better now. I thought I would be more of a warrior though, I’m kind of disappointed.”
“Every class has its own value, you’ll find yours in time”
“If you say so”
***
“So I have to kill the demons and their king, and then I can go back to my world?”
“Yes Sister Naelys, though you can stay if you want.”
“I can’t sorry. Well then, I have to do it fast if I want to go back home soon, can you lead me to the demons?”
“Not yet, everything has an order. For now you should meet the other heroes and team up with them, an archer alone can’t do much. We prepared everything for you to go to the city of humans where they will all come, someone will lead you there.”
“Very well, then let’s do it fast.”
“Your wishes are orders.”