~~~Naofumi~~~
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I, Iwatami Naofumi, am a sophomore from a local university. I was dropping by the neighborhood library for a quick read. unfortunately I only had about 10,000 yen on me to buy me some manga-adaptions-of-light-novels, eroge, erohon, and other products that interested me.I am somewhat self-conscious about being somewhat more of an otaku compared to other people. I've embraced countless anime, games, and other aspects of otaku culture, but I do take my studies seriously so that I could lead a proper life. I also have a Part-time jobs during the summer and winter seasons which adds another 50,000 yen worth of funds to spend on my hobby. I was lurking around the section that dealt with old fantasy books, when I suddenly heard a book drop.
*Bomf*
"Four Heavenly Weapon's Manual?" I said with a curious look
For some reason, only this ancient looking, retro-sounding book had fallen from the bookshelves. I find it strange that it fell with no one else around.
{Haha...This must have been a sign of destiny calling.}
I sat down on a chair and started reading the Four Heavenly Weapon's Manual.
Flip... Flip...
The story began with the description of a parallel world. it prophesied the world's demise and that Sooner or later, a waves of disaster will assault this world one after another until it's finally destroyed. For the worlds inhabitants to escape the impending doom, they have to summon heroes from other worlds and request their aid.
"... Ok. The plot's a bit overused, but since this is a retro-fantasy book, it doesn't seem to be out of place."
The four summoned Heroes all possessed their own respective, unique weapons: Sword, Spear, Bow, and Shield.
"to begin with, a shield can't even be considered a weapon, can it?' I chuckled sarcastically as I continued with the story.
The heroes then ventured separately, in order to gain power in preparation against the waves of disaster.
"Fuwaaa...I wonder why they have to separate wouldn't they get stronger forming a party together to take on stronger enemy's?"
as I was thinking that I noticed I was starting to getting sleepy as the regal urge to sleep swept through my body.
"Even though this book is ancient, there has been no cute heroine appearing at all." I said with a displeased look.
{let's take a glance at the heroes' characteristics.}
The Sword Hero probably had overwhelming combat strength, while the Spear Hero was probably the considerate type of guy and the Bow Hero would be able to get rid of a horrible dictator like Robin Hood did.
The story begin shifting towards the Shield Hero.
"huh?" As I flipped to the next page, I instinctively let out a voice.
The page concerning the Shield Hero that spread out in front of me was white. No matter which angle or direction I looked at the page, it was pure white through and through.
"What the heck?"
Right when those words left my mouth, my consciousness drifted away. Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever thought that I would awaken in a parallel world.
~~~Ryuu~~~
*Pant...Pant....pant...*
I, Satoshi Ryuu of a somewhat renown martial arts family am currently doing my daily basic training, in my home estate.
"Ryuu-sama, your breakfast is ready" said my personal maid.
'Thank you for your hard work Asumi" I said with a smile, even though I was sweaty and somewhat tired from the morning training regimen.
"N-N-No! not at all, it's my pleasure Master Ryuu!..." she said while looking downward with a blush on her face.
"I-I'll be on my way now to finish my other chores, I hope you enjoy your breakfast Ryuu-sama' she said while leaving in a hurry.
after I finished eating my morning meal, I headed towards my fathers study room, because one of the maids told that he had called for me.
'Good morning Father, one of the maids said that you had called for me.' I said while peaking through the door for the study.
'ah, yes Ryuu my boy come, come on in lets talk' father said with a eagerly welcoming look on his face.
I followed my fathers instructions and made my way to sit in one of the available recliners in front of his desk.
'so Ryuu my boy how is everything going for you today? from the tired look on your face you must have finished breakfast after a good routine of morning exercise.' father said with confidence.
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'Yeah like usual I finished my Daily mixed martial arts training with a bit of weapon handling in between different martial art forms, other than that my day has been so far uneventful.'
'ah i see, I heard that you won the regional martial arts tournament congratulations my boy keep it up.' said father with a pleased look.
'thank you father, it's an excellent event to yearly test my Martial skills.'
My father closed his eyes in deep thought after my comment.
'Ryuu my boy you are now 20 years old have you thought about what it is you wish to do with your life now? cause with your talent with martial arts you could most likely easily become a world champion first from this house hold, it would bring us great honor to our family.' father asked with a serious but questionable look.
'Father we talk about this before I don't wanna spend my life fighting as a job.'
'but Ryuu my boy why let such talent go to waste? what is it you plan to do with yourself then?'
I took to think about what it is I really want to do with myself and only one thing came to mind.
'I wanna travel and be free and learn more about the world father, that is my biggest wish.' I said with resolve.
'Travel!? really Ryuu my boy...such a unpredictable dream to have...' said father with a sigh.
'fine...we shall see into the matter at a later time...you may go for now my boy.' father said with a bewildered look
'thank you father talk to you later.'
after departing from father study I came to face with Asumi again.
'ah, master Ryuu you morning bath is ready for use please go and enjoy yourself' Asumi said happily.
"thanks once again Asumi' I said while smiley waving goodbye.
*bomf*
{huh?}
after hearing a sound of something falling on the ground I looked to find a book had mysteriously fallen from on the the hallway bookshelf's.
'weird no one is around how did you end up on the ground.' I said with confusion.
normally I would just pick the dropped item up and replace it back from where it fallen from, but because of morning boredom I decided to take a look a the mysterious book.
'Let's see...Heroes Heavenly Weapon Manual..'
I couldn't help but let out a confused chuckle at the name of the strange book.
'seems to be a Fantasy Story, *chuckle* haven't read one of these in a long time.'
sadly that statement was true I never really had time to read Fantasy style literature or even play games for that matter.
The story seemed to tell of many different parallel worlds and that many are usually in peril of being wiped out from the forces of darkness and the only way for these worlds to survive, they must summon heroes from time and space to be their champions. he-he I may not read fantasy novels much anymore but even I know that sound like a typical story for the fantasy.
The story informed me of many different unique weapons that the heroes used to fight the darkness's from the worlds. I also learned about the Four basic most used weapons be the: Sword, Spear, Bow, and Shield.
'hmm sounds about right, although the shield as a weapon sounds interesting.'
{wonder how that would even work since the Shield was mainly designed as defensive weapons, but either way it sounds interesting.}
'Now that I think about it when I was younger wasn't there a story I once read about a hero who used a shield'
The book also told about other heavenly weapons that were rare but also unique like the 4 basic weapons. but as I turn the page to found out more about these so called weapons, I found out the next page couple of pages are blank.
'What in the...'
Right when those words left my mouth, my consciousness drifted away.
as I started to awoken from consciousness, I restlessly checked my surroundings, and all that I found were brick walls in every direction.
{Where the hell am I?}
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~~~Authors Note~~~
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