Prologue - Birth of a hero

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Hello everyone! My name is Futaro Yukimichi, an ordinary Japanese high school student… although perhaps not so ordinary after all.

When I was a child, I loved watching anime about heroes who saved the world. Everyone admired them, so I tried to be like them. I don’t remember exactly when, but at some point I decided that I would become the protagonist of my own story. That dream became the very meaning of my life.

From the age of six, I joined every kind of club I could. To chase my dream, I learned nearly every form of martial arts, read thousands of books, and watched thousands of anime. Day by day, it felt like I was getting closer to becoming a hero.

But when I turned sixteen, I realized that everything I’d been doing was meaningless. I had already reached the limits of human ability… yet I was no closer to becoming the hero of the world.

Was my dream destined to stay nothing more than a dream?

That’s what I thought—until one night, when I went out to buy something to eat. And then I died.

Ridiculously, I died from a simple heart attack. Everything I had built for years collapsed in an instant.

And yet… it felt like the beginning of an isekai story.

So… if I really am the protagonist of an isekai, then any moment now, a beautiful goddess with a huge chest should appear before me and send me off to save another world from the “Dark Lord.”

I raised my head—only to see a throne.

Sitting on it was a man in a business suit, holding a cup of tea, and beside him stood a white-haired beauty with black-painted nails.

Wait a second… don’t tell me this is a yaoi tag, and I’m the protagonist of a yaoi novel?!“Hello, Futaro,” he said.

“You don’t look like a beautiful goddess,” I replied, disappointed.“No clichés today, sorry,” he said calmly. “I am Void, God of the Abyss, and I need your help.”

“What kind of help?”

“In my world, there are twenty Elemental Spheres. You must gather them and bring them to me.”

“And how exactly am I supposed to do that?”

“I will reincarnate you in a new world. There, magic exists—and I’ll grant you nearly unlimited mana so you can wield it freely.”

“Well, that actually sounds pretty good to me.”

“You will have thirty years to find all the spheres. If you succeed, I will grant you a completely new life. If you fail, your soul will dissolve into the void.”

“I accept,” I said firmly.

“Then let us shake hands. That will seal the contract, and you shall be reborn in the new world.”

I reached out my hand. A blinding light burned against my eyes.

And in the next moment, I felt my heart begin to beat once more.

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《END of Prologue - Birth of a hero》