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The Heroine Wants to be Forgotten
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Sep 27, 2026
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Synopsis

Heroine Aria has a problem: she simply wants to become a footnote in history, but everyone loves her way, WAY too much.

One thousand years ago, Aria vanquished the Demon Lord and was granted immortality so that she could forever watch over the realm as the savior of the world. Even a millennia later, tales of her exploits are still heralded far and wide, as everyone won't stop practically worshipping the land's biggest celebrity.

Everyone, that is, except Heroine Aria herself.

Now returning incognito as Silena Astor, the only thing she wants is for people to stop talking about her. Thus begins her arc of defacing public statues of herself and telling the world that Heroine Aria, did not, in fact, invent sliced bread—but as it turns out, even for the immortal heroine, erasing her legendary and exaggerated legacy from history is harder than expected?! And then, there's also the suspicious group lurking in the shadows, who're also seemingly trying to slander her public image...

Note from author

Entry for MAL x HF Writing Contest, Epic Heroine prompt.

Cover art generated by ChatGPT.

Entry for MAL x HF Writing Contest, Epic Heroine prompt.

Cover art generated by ChatGPT.

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