Arc 1: The Beginning

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Aehiria – a world where magic and fantasy-like things actually exist, and the science there is not that developed compared to Earth. There are 3 empires in that world, Quieme, the one empire that has the best swordsmen worldwide. The second Empire is Velvet, who their population specializes in every kind of magic that exists. The last one is Libertis, and they have the best merchants you could find.

However, even this world, which may sound like it's peaceful and that they have no problems, the people of this world have been fighting monsters for around one thousand years, and the reason for that is because suddenly the Demon Lord appeared.

At that time, the 3 empires didn't have a lot of powerful people, because up to that point before the Demon Lord appeared, the world there was very peaceful.

He first summoned his lackeys from the Demon Realm, so that humankind could become a little stronger before facing him, otherwise it wouldn't be that entertaining for him, to simply massacrate everyone, without a bit of a struggle from their part.

So, after a few years of humans killing his subordinates, humanity finally had some elites that excelled in their field, a knight, a mage , an archer, and a paladin.

Nevertheless, just those 4 weren't enough to defeat him, so obviously, the three of kingdoms had to come to an agreement, and gather their best men to form the subjugation team to kill the Demon Lord. In the end, they had gathered around 250 very talented and youthful men and women.

Even then, the demon king was very strong and they couldn't win without making some sacrifices. When they finished killing him, only about 30 people remained standing. A mess was behind them, pools of blood, women's, men's, children's corpses, it was truly a scene that you could only find in a horror movie. The reason for this was because he blackmailed them to fight close to a city as it wouldn't be that enjoyable for him unless he killed a lot of people.

Despite all of the efforts, in the last moments before dying, the Demon King, said these last words.

"Well done in succeeding to defeat me, humans. However, this was nothing but a mere useless effort. I will now leave you with my trusted Generals and subordinates to terrorize you all, and, in 1000 years I will revive back in this world so that we can continue this whole 'war'. I hope you all will entertain me more in the future than you did now."

As he said this, particles of light came out of his body and he quickly vanished. Some of the citizens were cheering because the Demon King finally died, some of them cried because they lost their loved ones in the battle and remaining people were way too confused or broken to even react.

After everything that happened, the three Kings started talking to their people, encouraging them, as well as explaining the situation. In the end, they decided to train their nations for the day when the Demon King will come back to life.

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Today is Sunday, and my day up until now started just like usual. I am going to the convenience store to buy a premade bento as my dinner for today and when I get back to my apartment I'm going to start watching the new anime that was airing this season.

As I walked down on the streets, I could tell that something felt off. I don't know what's going to happen but I have a bad feeling about it.

While I was trying to shake off the bad feeling that I was getting, I finally arrived at the convenience store.

This convenience store wasn't that far away from my apartment, and it had everything you would need. From school stuff to food, and even electronics. As I went in…

"Welcome!"

A clerk welcomed me, but I just ignored them and walked to the place where the bentos were.

I just took a random bento that was on the shelf, and I saw that it was a chicken cutlet one. That should do it as my dinner for today, I also went to buy some drinks.

I went to the counter to pay and it cost me about 1300 yen. I paid with 1500 yen and got a 200 yen change back.

"Thank you for your patronage! Please come back again!"

The clerk said this, and I went out through the door. Walking leisurely down the empty street, with the light poles providing a way to see in front of me, all I could hear was the gravel crunching below my feet.

This scene itself couldn't possibly be scary, but if you also added up the uneasy feeling that I was feeling since I left my apartment, it did feel a bit creepy. Since, at this time of hour there would still be some grandparents walking on the streets with their grandchildren, or businessmen going back to their home, but today there was no one here, or so I thought…

In front of me, I could see two people walking in my direction, one boy and one girl. They looked like they were in their second year of high school. They were laughing while talking about something pointless.

Once we got close enough, the girl accidentally bumped into my shoulder because she wasn't paying attention to her surroundings.

"Ah, sorry, sorry."

The girl said, while the boy quickly glared at me for a moment before realizing that it was not my fault at all and that I had no interest in his girl.

"It's okay. Well then."

I said, while I gave a light bow and walked back to my home. The girl looked surprised for a moment but she quickly brushed it off and continued walking alongside the boy.

But, at that moment, something appeared on the paved road. It looked like a magic circle out of an anime. I suppose, you could call this a "situation" where the 3 of us get transported to another world.

After thinking of all that, I looked back at the couple. They were also looking at me, while having confused looks on their faces.

The so called "magic circle" started growing brighter and brighter, until I couldn't keep my eyes open and had to put my arm in front of my eyes because it was just that blinding.

And at the same time I felt very nauseous, it was a feeling that I often get when I go on a car or a train. When this feeling gradually went away, the light that came from the magic circle also subsided.

When I finally could open my eyes without having to cover my eyes, what I saw was a 16 year girl that looked like some kind of princess, and behind her were some suspicious looking men that wore robes, which hid their faces.

"Welcome Heroes, I'm glad that you've accepted our call."

The girl, that had long blonde hair, beautiful red eyes said that. She looked like some princess out of a manga. But that didn't matter to me, the only thought that went through my mind at that time was….. Why me….?

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