Five Heroes

I don't know how much time has passed, but the darkness and silence have made me numb. Suddenly, a bright light appears.

In the middle of the light, I see the outline of a little girl. I hear a voice in my head, and for some reason, my body suddenly feels very cold.

[ "Blue represents good communication, and a star represents light, which is as big as my hope. If combined, they will become a blue star— the hottest and brightest star!" ]

I just remembered those were my little sister's words when we were designing an app icon.

After hearing her voice, everything disappeared in an instant. Without realizing it, I slowly opened my eyes, still half-conscious, I heard several people talking to each other in a language I didn't understand.

As I thought, it was really just a dream. After opening my eyes completely, I saw several people in white hoods staring at me as I lay on the floor.

"Who are you? Wait—"I realized something and immediately stood up to look around. Sure enough, now everything looked different. "Wasn't I still inside the house a moment ago?!" 

I was in a large, nearly empty room with only candles on the walls. A strange geometric pattern was carved into the floor where I stood.

Even the bruise and wound on my body that was stabbed by a knife disappeared without leaving a scar, as if the wound was just a hallucination.

When I looked around, I saw four other young man who had also just woken up, and they had the same reaction. In the end, the four of us just looked at each other.

One of the young man had eyes of two different colors. His left eye was red and his right eye was blue—opposites like water and fire. He approached me and the other three men.

"It seems like you four are also confused about what's going on, right?" He said, with a confused look on his face.

Another one of the young man responded enthusiastically, as if he had been waiting for this moment his entire life. 

"Nah! i've got it. the five of us have been transferred to another world, hahaha!" Replied the young man with long hair and a charismatic face.

"Another world? seriously, does this person read too many comics?" The short young man standing next to me responded coldly.

Meanwhile, a young man with green hair silently watched them talking. I looked at him for a moment, and he smiled but seemed confused.

An old man suddenly greeted us in the midst of our conversation. He was dressed in a neat black suit. Despite his age, I thought he looked pretty cool the way he dressed.

"Welcome, outsiders. my name is Sebastian, and I am the butler of this palace." He bowed to us.

A door behind him opened and he invited the five of us to follow him. It seemed like he was going to take us somewhere important.

"Please follow me, i will also explain about this world to all of you outsiders."

Sebastian then led me and the other four men to a place that seemed very important. On the way, Sebastian explained several things about his world.

According to Sebastian's explanation, I am currently standing in a world called Essentria. I am in the palace of a king from one of the five great kingdoms, where the king and his daughter reside.

The five of us were summoned to this world and asked to become heroes. Currently, the kingdom is isolated and unable to communicate with the other four kingdoms experiencing similar problems.

After heard all this, it's clear that I'm in another world now. There's no way a prank could get this crazy, right? If this is a prank, I'm gonna beat up the person who did it!

But it seems not everyone is as confused and worried as I am. Aren't they afraid of not being able to return to their world? Why is that long-haired guy so excited?!

After walking for a few minutes, the five of us arrived at the throne room. In front of us, I saw an old man wearing a crown sitting on the king's throne.

He must be the king. Just from looking at him, I could tell he was intimidating. The king looked at the five of us in silence for a moment. Then, he stood up from his throne.

"I am Melphoric Alsen XXII, the king of this land. It is my great honor to welcome you, heroes." 

The king looked at the five of us and asked us to introduce ourselves. The long-haired guy began the introductions.

"My name's Yamada Rinsuke, im 18 and still don't have a girlfriend!"

So, that silly guy is one year older than me huh? His name is Yamada Rinsuke. He has long hair, which suits him. He has a charismatic aura that makes women fall in love. It's strange that he said he doesn't have a girlfriend. But judging by his behavior, I think I understand why.

The young man with the two-tone eyes also started to introduce himself.

"My name's Keichi Miyamura, and I'm 16."

His name's Keichi Miyamura. What can I say about him? He's got a calming vibe, he seems friendly and easy to talk to, and he's not as blunt as that silly guy.

The short young man also introduced himself by bowing respectfully to the king, even though he had previously acted coldly.

"My name's Sato Yamaguchi, and I'm 17."

He is the shortest guy in the group. He seems cold, so he's difficult to approach. It's hard to say what kind of person he is.

The young green-haired guy who hadn't said a word yet was about to introduce himself. He looked nervous but started to say something.

"M-my name's Naoki Minamoto, and I'm 16."

Naoki looks like a puppy intimidated by a stray dog now. He's the typical guy who looks cute in the eyes of women. He must have lots of female friends.

At last, I introduced myself to the king and the four of them. I hope my introduction was alright and that I didn't seem nervous.

"My name's Lein Arasaka, and I'm 17."

Well, the king kept his same silent expression. I finished my introduction properly, in a short and clear way. I didn't need to say that I don't have a girlfriend yet.

After a brief self-introduction, several people wearing iron armor brought a strange medium-sized stone in front of the five of us, it seemed that the people wearing iron armor were palace guards.

The stone emitted a colorful light, the king asked the five of us to touch the stone. Quickly, Yamada touched it without hesitation.

Right after he touched the stone, a comic popped up out of thin air and floated in front of Yamada. He looked surprised and grabbed it right away.

"This is my favorite comic! but... what does that mean?"

I don't understand what happened. A comic book suddenly appeared out of thin air!? is that a real magic? it doesn't look like a planned magic show.

The king said the stone would show a sacred fictional weapon. A sacred fictional weapon is made from something very important to every hero who has it.

We started trying to touch the stone one by one. Keichi got a fishing rod, Sato got a game controller, and Naoki got a basketball.

Finally, it was my turn. When I touched the stone, I felt a strange warm sensation, as if something were coming out from inside my head. Shortly after, my phone appeared out of thin air. Had my phone become a holy fictional weapon? Was it because of that app?

The sacred fictional weapon has its own unique power. Does that mean that everyone, including me, has to use something that isn't even a weapon? Is this a joke? I mean, what can my phone do? call up a god? or maybe I can learn about and analyze their abilities from my phone's recordings? wait, why this reminds me of a certain novel...

"So, this is a sacred fiction weapon huh? this doesn't looks like a weapon, so how do we use this?" Sato asked with a slightly confused expression on his face.

The king clapped his hands twice, and the servants approached the five of us.

*Clap!

*Clap!

"You can ask the trainer, who will be training you tomorrow about that. Now, you may rest in the room the servants have prepared for."

The five of us thanked the king, and the servants took us to the rooms that had each been provided for us. But just as I was about to be taken out of the throne room, I saw the king's face full of hatred. I guess I just saw it wrong?

As I and the others were being led to the room, I saw a beautiful woman. From the way she dresses, I think she is a nun.

We looked at each other for a moment, and I didn't expect her to smile at me, but then she just walked away. Instead of being happy because the woman smiled at me, strangely, I felt uncomfortable.

I decided to stop thinking about it because I was more worried about what would happen to me in the future. Is my little sister trapped in this world too? If that's true, it explains why I couldn't find any clues.

I guess I can do this while I search for clues to my little sister's location. Well, I think tomorrow is going to be really tiring...

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