Chapter 1:
『For Me, Teleportation Is the Worst Power, Because I Want to Be a Normal Rising Hero—Not Someone Who Skips the Struggle and Starts Overpowered』
“Sir Hero, I am Gorge Julius, the Commander of the Ranzia Armed Forces. I am very sure you have seen my elder brother. I will be very glad to join your party,” said a big, muscular man. He was most likely an excellent warrior, gauging from the way he walked, the adamantite sword, and the orichalcum armor he wore.
“Yes, Sir Hero, my son will also be a perfect fit for your party. Of course, I will supply donations if needed.”
“A small domain leader should be better off just thinking of how to provide the manpower for his domain. Sir Hero, I will provide the finances and anything else needed,” said another noble. "And if you wish, my most elite guards can join your party."
For the next few minutes, that is how things went: people trying to join my party, supply me with finances, most likely for protection, or fame. The women, mostly noble daughters and maids, tried to start a harem with me, actually, that's my POV, they were trying to get me married or something. Only later did the king get ready, and I entered the throne room to meet with him.
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I entered the throne room with a very simple and easy start. The guards were on the sidelines of the royal crimson carpet. Some of the other important ones, nobles sat in a Roman/Senate kind of setting. Then, getting up from his throne and walking down the large number of stairs, the king spoke, and the aristocrats also stood up at the same time.
“Nice to meet you, Sir Hero. My name is Aro von Ranzia, your humble helper. I am very sorry for the delay. I thought you would be summoned later on. But this is better for us all.”
“Nice to meet you too, yes, good for us," I replied casually, "Either way, I want to ask a few things. Do you use magic in this world? Are there other races besides humans and demons? Do you have magic weapons?”
“Well, yes, yes, and yes. There is magic, the most common form of fighting, also elves, fairies, goblins, and therianthropes. Also, over fifty races exist in this world, and magical weapons sure do exist. Of course, the hero will know nothing less than expected," the king spoke vibrantly "As for magic, I heard the results of yours just came in, and you are the strongest hero ever summoned.”
Damn, I am overpowered, I have started experiencing a harem "again", and there are eight demon lords and the strongest summoned hero, what the hell is that.
“Yes, so what are my powers?”
“I will let Juan Julius, the chief summon, and my Royal Adviser answer that, Sir Hero.” And with that, Julius came to the side of the king, who was at the end of the stairs.
“Sir Hero, nice to meet you again. Let us begin the quick rundown of your powers.” That’s how he started. “Your main power is TELEPORTATION!”
At least it's not overpowered! I said to myself with jubilation, while keeping a straight face. However, I wondered why he sounded so enthusiastic and happy.
“It is not just any teleportation power, my lord; it is on par with that of the gods. You can teleport through anything, space, and timelines, dimensions, reality, and even teleport away from death itself. You are also immune to space and time and dimension-based attacks. Instant death attacks don’t work on you; speed is irrelevant to you. All this was revealed to me by the goddess of fortune, Tyche...”
As he was saying this, I lost focus; unfortunately, it was as if I could see the words he was saying in my head.
“That, my lord, is a quick rundown of your powers.”
“Sir Hero, you see, you are more than able to take down the eight demon lords, and…” said the king after.
“Do I get to go home after?”
The room went into total silence when I said that. I don’t know why, but maybe they thought I was going to abandon them after. Of course, I would. You interrupt my life, so what will you expect? The only reason I am glad I was interrupted was school. That was what I was thinking until someone from the crowd, most likely a noble, said…
“The hero has taught of a way to defeat M.A.Y, only the hero would think of that.”
“Yes, only the hero would think of that.”
“Sir Hero! Sir Hero!! Sir Hero!!!”
“Silence.” Said the king with arms raised, the hall went silent. Then the king put his hand down and walked towards me, and for a king, he looked pretty young; his hair was still blonde, and like a king’s in children’s books, his green eyes shone like he was still in his early thirties or so, not to mention his royal attire had god-tier design on it.
“Sir Hero, will you do this for us?”
“It depends, can I go home afterwards?”
“Yes Sir Hero, by the way, Sir Hero, what is your name?”
“Irashime Shinta, that is my name, Shinta is my first name, and yes, I will work with you guys, but not the way you think.”
“Lord Irashime, my name as I have said before, is Aro von Ranzia.”
Oh yeah, I forgot the guy’s name is Aro. Better keep that in mind.
“By the way, Lord Irashime, what a unique name you have, and may I ask why you said you will help us, but not in the way we think?”
“I will help, but I will need to keep my powers hidden from M.A.Y for a while, meaning I will need a team to work with and…”
BANG…Crash…SCREAM…
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