I REFUSE!

Julian ran past the crowd, shoving anyone in his way. Before he could make it to the entrance, a wall of flame got in his way, with Rose holding up her hand with a magic circle. Some of the fire got on Julian’s mustache, and he screamed in terror, “MY MUSTACHE!” some of his clothes caught on fire as well, and he rolled back and forth on the ground to put it out, desperately trying to save his facial hair as well.

Prince Andrew walked up to him and grabbed him by the part of the mustache that hadn’t been burned. “OW! OW! OWOWOWOW!” he yelled. He brought him again in front of the king and crowd and planted his foot on Julian’s back, who simply yelled “GERK!” He had a miserable look on his face, with one part of his mustache singed and the other messy and awkwardly angled.

“There have been discussions of corruption and assassination attempts. As you can see, it was all done by him. Fortunately, he was too corrupt, arrogant, and ridiculous to bother hiding his journal.”

“You could have just stopped at corrupt…” he groaned.

“But thankfully, a hero saved me. His name is Hiroshi. The doppelganger originally meant to replace me.”

Wait. Hero?

“He saved us all. This very kingdom.”

Whoa, buddy, I think you’re going overboard.

“He may not have my cool prison facial hair….”

That seems irrelevant.

“He may not look like he has slept in several years...”

It’s not that bad.

“And he may not have my charisma or any proper leadership skills…”

You can stop now.

“But even with all that. I believe he is more fit to lead this country than me.”

I folded my arms, waiting for him to finish before my eyes snapped open. “WAIT WHAT?!” I shouted.

“WHAT ABOUT THE LACK OF CHARISMA AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS YOU JUST GOT DONE MENTIONING?!”

The king nodded, ignoring me. “Indeed. I also received a prophecy about his destiny to lead this kingdom.”

My heart sank. None of this made sense. Wait a minute…

Nakamura’s pop-up window appeared.

“Hehehehehe….”

I clenched my fists. Nakamura you…

“And we decided we love him!” the two princesses shouted.

Alice nodded. “Yes! His indifference made my heart flutter!”

Rose blushed. “He’s so mysterious, I can’t help but be attracted.”

THIS IS SO STUPID! STOP IT!

The pop-up window stated, “Huh...I don’t recall adding that part…”

YOU MEAN THEY FELL FOR ME ANYWAY?!

“I have to admit...I’ve been defeated. You truly are a worthy opponent. Perhaps even meant to lead this kingdom. Maybe I never would have turned to villainy if you were in charge…” Julian said with closed eyes and smile.

YOU TOO?!

The crowd began to chant “Hiroshi!”

Stop it.

“HIROSHI!”

STOP IT!

The chant got louder and louder. “HIROSHI! HIROSHI!”

I SAID STOP IT!

Nakamura’s pop-up window appeared “Yes my hero! This is all for you! Now make a speech! Accept your destiny! Become the hero! The king! No! The ruler of the world! Of multiple worlds! I’ll make you the main character of every world! Every story! Nothing can stop you! Us! EMBRACE YOUR DESTINY AND ROLE, HIROSHI!!!”

The crowd continued. “HIROSHI! HIROSHI! HIROSHI!”

In a panic, I looked around. The portal. The portal had to be somewhere. I refuse to be a part of this stupid script. I REFUSE! Where is it? Where could it be?!

My eyes darted around the room in desperation. I soon looked at the king. And then I looked between his legs. I grit my teeth and clenched my fist. I walked towards the king.

I walked past the crowd. I walked past the princesses. I walked past Prince Andrew. And I stood in front of the king.

“What are you doing, hero?” the king asked, confused.

I pulled back my fist, and the king became terrified. “Wait! What are you doing?!” Both the king and Nakamura said at the same time.

I ignored them both and swung my fist in the direction between the king’s legs. “No! No! No! WAIT, WAIT, WAIT!” both the king and Nakamura said.

“NAKAMURRRRAAA!” I screamed at the top of my lungs as a magic circle appeared between the king’s legs and my arm sank into it, and soon the rest of my body. My black robe transformed back into the black shirt I had worn before going to bed, and I assumed my hair color and the rest of my body were returning to normal as well.

Nakamura screamed in terror as I emerged from the screen. When he saw the incoming fist, he grabbed the nearby pages he’d been printing and held them in front of his face like a shield. I punched both his stupid pages and his face.

Both Nakamura and the pages went flying.

The End.