As the young man opened his eyes, he found himself in the middle of a large room with a giant magic circle surrounded by a group of cloaked individuals and a woman so stunningly beautiful she looked like a goddess.

"Where am I? Who are you people?" Said the young man with a confused look on his face.

"Welcome, hero, to the world of Arhea! I am the first princess of this country, my name is Selena." Said the beautiful woman.

"Hero? Me? But why me? I was living a good normal life back in Tokyo." Said the young man with disdain.

"Tokyo? Oh well, it is not we who chose you. It was the gods! The gods deemed you worthy and has given you the role of hero." Said the woman in clarification.

"Can you send me back? I don't want this. All I want to do is live a normal life. I haven't even had my first kiss yet. Please send me back!" Begged the young man.

"Yes, of course. I suppose we could just summon a different hero." The woman replied.

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"So you can send me back?" Asked the young man.

"Yes. But first, you must wear this on your neck. It is a magic item that can help in sending you back." Said the woman as she attached a small necklace to the young man's neck.

"Now this might hurt. Are you ready?" Warned the woman.

"Yes. And, Thank you." Said the young man followed with a gentle smile.

As the cloaked individuals start chanting, the magic circle proceeds to glow a deep red. The necklace on the young man's neck starts to tighten and slowly embeds itself onto his neck causing extreme amounts of pain and leaving a long black line along his it.

As the glow starts to fade the young man collapses onto the floor and as his vision starts to blur he sees the woman smile maniacally as if this was what she had intended to do from the very start. And at this all the young man could do was muster enough strength to say one word before collapsing.

"Why?"

*Thud*