My entry for MALxHoneyfeed contest. I had this idea that I fiddled around with, having the main protagonist not be viewed as a hero, due to his views on this world's hero and actions that he puts himself into, trying to expose the hero. So I thought I'd try to write a story around it, since I had some outlines for the story.
This gives me interesting options for the hero's growth, as well as some alternative worldbuilding. Typically, in these sorts of settings, the protagonist is a hero who communicates with royalty, whereas we have our protagonist trying to be killed for slandering the hero.