“H-huh? Where is this?”
My name is Masayoshi Akatsuki, and right now I’m very confused.
I was just an ordinary high school boy, but right now I’m in what looks like an old medieval styled tower.
It all started earlier today.
After school ended, I was going to invite my friends to hang out. Unfortunately, my only male friend is busy playing games, so he can’t come with us. If I remembered correctly, he said something about a limited time special event or something.
Anyway, right now I’m the only male surrounded by three females. If I was a normal male, this would be paradise. But unfortunately, non of these girls are to my taste. It’s not like they’re not beautiful, in fact I’m pretty sure that they are pretty famous in school. However, my preferences are flat chests. It’s not like I don’t like big breasts, but I preferred flat chests more. Of course, I’m not talking about lolis, I’m not a pervert.
Anyway, we were just hanging out after the midterm test was over. We were about to go to a local dojo to do some swordsmanship. There’s an official name for something like this, like HEMA, or kendo, or fencing, etc. but we like to call it just swordsmanship, because we don’t have any designated rules for it. Sometimes, it doesn’t even involved any swords either. We just called it that because we mostly used swords.
The owner of the dojo is really nice. He let us do anything, as long as we paid. The dojo even has weapons that aren’t swords, neither is it Japanese.
Anyway, we usually ‘play’ around and work up a sweat, but today was different.
Right when we were finished choosing our weapons, something glowed underneath our feet. If I’m not mistaken, it looks like a magic circle. The circle swallows up the four of us and the next thing we knew, we were in this medieval like place.
“Welcome, heroes, to our world Arestle. We hereby requests for your aid” ~Celest
“Huh?” ~Akatsuki
Then suddenly, this person spoke to us. Now that I noticed, there’s a bunch of people in this room wearing a fantasy like clothing. I say fantasy, because they don’t look like medieval clothes, although there are some similarities.
Judging from the atmosphere, this must be one of those right? Those stories where the protagonist is transported to another world.
“What do you mean by requesting our aid?” ~???
While I was thinking, it seems like Mizuki asked this person who seems to be the representative of their group.
“It is a long story. But first, let us introduce ourselves. My name is Celest Krista, first princess of the Kingdom of Krista, pleasure to meet you” ~Celest
“Ah, yes. My name is Masayoshi Akatsuki, Masayoshi is my family name, nice to meet you” ~ Akatsuki
“My name is Aoi Mizuki, Aoi is my family name, nice to meet you” ~Mizuki
“My name is Tachibana Midori, my family name is Tachibana. Nice to meet you” ~Midori
“...Natsuki” ~Natsuki
““...””
Silence spreads across the room. Nonono, Natsuki, your habit is really bothersome to the atmosphere.
(Hey, Natsuki, what about your family name) ~Akatsuki
I whispered this to Natsuki.
“Nn. I’m Honjo Natsuki” ~Natsuki
““...””
“Ahem. Anyway, you’re saying something about requesting our aid?” ~Mizuki
“Ah yes, all will be answered shortly. In the meantime, let us quickly change location. This place is not suitable for this kind of exchange” ~Celest
She said that and immediately leads us to a different room. Though, I think I could somewhat guess what the content of the discussion about.
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“Hmm” ~Nero
“Hmm” ~Weiss
Despite the ruckus we made in the bath, I was pretty refreshed. It certainly has nothing to do with being surrounded by naked women. It has nothing to do with that, it’s important, so I said it twice.
Anyway, right now I’m in front of the bath house waiting for Yuuki.
“Ah, sorry for making you guys wait” ~Yuuki
“Oh, it’s okay” ~Nero
“Anyway, I can somewhat guess that you don’t have a job?” ~Yuuki
“Eh? How did you know?” ~Nero
“Call it intuition” ~Yuuki
According to Yuuki, there is something like a mercenary guild in this world. They are a guild that were setup to hire mercenaries to do manual labor. The job could vary from doing chores, gathering materials, and hunting wild animals and monsters. Also, apparently there are monsters in this world. I haven’t encountered one yet, the closest thing to a monster is probably the bandits I killed.
Well since it’s a dangerous job, not many people became a mercenary. Though, not few people wouldn’t not became a mercenary. This is probably because hunters has a diverse set of job. So, someone in need of money, could just get an easy job depending on their talent. Even then, people will mostly volunteered to become soldiers if they want a stable job. It’s because being a soldier has a stable income, and the men can show off their manliness in the war.
Of course, I would choose to be a mercenary instead. Mostly because I don’t like the idea of being a soldier. I saw a training program for soldiers back in my world, and it’s nothing but torture. I’m sure that it’s all to build character and discipline, but I have a weak heart, so I don’t want to do it. School is basically already a military in itself, and nowadays the rules is gradually being more lenient, but even then it’s still strict. So no, I think I’ll just stick to being a mercenary.
I’ll register later, after I get back to the inn and equipped my armor.
A few minutes later, after I equipped my armors, I am currently standing in front of the mercenary guild.
I’m a little nervous, going in and registering to be something you never experienced is frightening. Just like a job interview. But soon I muster my courage and went inside.
The guild itself is pretty clean. It looks like your typical adventurer guild I read in novels, it has the lobby, the bar and everything. Though, the mercenaries themselves was almost absent, probably out on their jobs.
After looking around, I spotted an unoccupied counter with a female receptionist. I immediately went into that direction.
“Welcome, how may I help you?” ~???
“Yes. We would like to register as a mercenary” ~Nero
The receptionist looks at the both of us and nodded.
“Certainly, please fill in this form. If there are any questions, fill free to ask” ~???
“Okay” ~Nero
The receptionist gave me two sheets of paper. The part we need to fill in is only name, gender, age, and talent. It seems that I don’t need to mention my race. Also, for some reason, I could understand the language that is used here. I didn’t noticed this before, but I’ve been talking to these people as if they were talking in my native language.
Anyway, filling in my form and submitting it, the receptionist handed me two iron tags (one for each of us).
The tags showed the rank of a mercenary, and you can increase it after you gained some achievements.
“Well then, as this is your first time as a mercenary, you are obliged to do this preliminary quest” ~???
“Do we have to?” ~Nero
“Yes, considering you are well equipped, I presumed that you are here to do work that involves combat. Or am I wrong?” ~???
“No. You’re right” ~Nero
“Then you are obligated to do it. Since we wouldn’t know the level of your competence otherwise” ~???
The quest the receptionist gave me is wolf hunting. Hunt a pack of wolves located near a village 5 hours from here, and bring back their pelt.
Well then no time like the present, I immediately head out to my first quest.
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Meanwhile in the Kingdom of Krista.
“So you’re saying that we need to defeat this demon lord that will appear in 3 years?” ~Akatsuki
“Yes, that is correct” ~Celest
I knew it, it is as I have expected. Right now, we are in a meeting room, and the only one present other than the four of us is Celest.
“Stop joking around! Are you saying we need to be here for three years?” ~Mizuki
“...” ~Celest
“Even so, do you even have any idea on how to bring us back?” ~Mizuki
“... my apologies, but the summoning can only be done one way. I have no idea how to send you back. But, I’m sure that one of my connection have an idea” ~Celest
“And who is this connection of yours?” ~Mizuki
“It is none other than the sage of time, lady DeathScythe. I’m sure she has a way to send you back” ~Celest
(What kind of sage named herself DeathScythe?) ~Akatsuki
“And where is this sage of time?” ~Mizuki
“Unfortunately, she is currently unreachable, but we know where she is. She is currently in the country of Spherite” ~Celest
“I see. Then, what do you want us to do in the span of three years?” ~Akatsuki
“I want you to train yourself for the upcoming battle. Of course, we will provide you with all your necessities” ~Celest
“I see. Then that brings us to our next question” ~Akatsuki
“...?” ~Celest
“Why in the world did our hair colors changed?” ~Midori
Yes. Our hair colors changed from our usual black color. I now have red hair, Mizuki has blue hair, Midori has green hair, and Natsuki has blonde hair.
“Although I’m not quite sure myself, I presumed that it has to do with the power that was bestowed upon you during the summoning” ~Celest
“Powers?” ~Akatsuki
“Yes. Every heroes have special powers. We wouldn’t just summon any random civilian to fight in a war” ~Celest
“I see” ~Akatsuki
But aren’t we just a civilian ourselves? I mean, sure we might know how to fight, but other than that, we are still normal civilian.
“If you did not believed me, then see for yourself” ~Celest
Celest brings out a tablet. It’s a tablet. The one you can find in a modern era. Though, I’m sure that it has something to do with magic.
“This tablet has the ability to appraise and record someone’s abilities” ~Celest
Saying so, she instructed us to place our hands on the tablet one by one. Then the screen shines and displays our status.
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Soul ID: T13008776543
Name: Akatsuki Masayoshi
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Title: Hero
Abilities: Holy Weapons summon (0/2), Holy magic, Fire magic
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Soul ID: T13008777853
Name: Mizuki Aoi
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Title: Hero
Abilities: Holy spear, Holy magic, Water magic
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Soul ID: T13008775442
Name: Midori Tachibana
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Title: Hero
Abilities: Holy bow, Holy magic, Wind magic
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Soul ID: T13008776500
Name: Natsuki Honjo
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Title: Hero
Abilities: Holy dagger, Holy magic, Earth magic
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With this, I guess we are heroes now.
Thanks for the chapter! Holy Weapons Summon eh? This some foreshadowing?
He's totally going to summon Nero and Weiss. To make things more interesting it is likely to happen in the bath.
probably going to summon Weiss and Nero is going to be alone maybe. also it would be awkward if it was in the bath like the other guy said
That's why I mentioned the bath. If I was writing this the summon would happen while those two were in the bath. It allows for some very awkward scenes that would be hilarious to read.
I suggest adding the tag "protagonists with multiple bodies" in here
So they get kidnapped to another world, then they are told they have to put their neck on the line in a war that has nothing to do with them, war they know nothing about, essentially being assigned the most dangerous mission in it, with no talk of reward that we know of so far and having to stay there for at least three years with only a vague promise that someone else might know how to send them back and... they just roll with it, barely batting an eye?
I hope that the "Holy Weapons Summon" foreshadowing isn't rushed, such as it happening on Akatsuki's first usage or something.
I'd rather it be slow-played, such as him just using normal summoned weapons for awhile, but later when the heroes are in a desperate fight against a powerful demon, and he's crouched to the ground, injured. A broken sword and smashed shield alongside him, he slowly calls out with rapid breaths...
"I summon the strongest sword and shield on the planet!"
*blinding light fills the area*
A shockwave knocks the enemy back, giving Akatsuki and the heroes a moment to rest as the light slowly fades...
Basically I just want the scene to be impactful rather than just a gag. Alternatively, he tries to summon the strongest sword/shield immediately but gets an error message or something, or Nero/Weiss get a notification "You are being summoned. Do you accept? Y/N" and they select no and Akatsuki just hears that he's been rejected. That'd be humorous as well since he's supposed to be popular with the ladies.
nice.
more chapters please!
Thanks for the chapter!
Tip: stick with 1st person for the MC and use 3rd for everyone else
(I could give you a vast array of reasons, but suffice to say that it prevents confusion)
Agreed, its really annoying to read multiple point of views, even worse with them all being first person.
Saying that, i'll probably stop reading here , i can already tell where the story is going and its not my thing.
@Arc well that depends on the story, if you have one MC then sure it is annoying. But in case that there are multiple MC's then it's better to use multiple POV's.
Multi-Viewpoint stories are best done in 3rd Person.
1st gives the reader an intimacy with the character. When you swap viewpoints, you break that intimacy while attempting to create a new connection. It's like dating a different person every day, with your emotional attachment moved to that new person too; it works, kinda, but it just doesn't feel right or look right or a host of other little issues(bad example, but it's hard to really sum up.