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Iwatani Naofumi sat inside his shrines study reading a book called 'The weapons of the four saints'. The book was a gift from a regular visitor who usually left him delicious treats. Naofumi smiled as he turned the page only to be greeted with nothing. Naofumi then started to flip through the rest of the pages, and nothing was there. Frustrating, he tossed the book behind him, causing the bells tied to him to ring.
"And when it was just getting good."
Naofumi then let out a yawn as he stretched his arms above his head.
"I need to sleep before going out."
Naofumi grumbled as he stood up. Naofumi turned back to pick up the book he tossed only for it to glow a golden colour.
"Ah shit!"
The pages kept on flipping until it reached the blank pages. Naofumi was about to run away from the book only to stop as golden chains formed and grabbed him. The chains dragged him quickly into the book.
Naofumi hit the floor hard only to hear a splashing sound. Looking down, he saw that he was actually on top of water.
"Hello, child."
Naofumi quickly looked around to find the distorted voice, only to see nothing but a dark sky filled with different colour and sized stars. Naofumi stood up, growling under his breath.
"Do not worry, little fox. You are being summoned to another world! How exciting is that."
The distorted voice cheered as a small wave hit Naofumi's feet. Naofumi growled as he stomped his foot on the water ground. The sheer power of his foot caused a 12 foot wave to form and crash several feet away from him.
"What the hell are you talking about! I am not dead, and humans don't have enough power to summon me."
The voice sighed.
"Little fox. All shall be answered soon. Now then, here is a gift for your troubles."
A golden star not so far away came flying at Naofumi and quickly striked his chest. Naofumi looked at the fading light with a blank stare.
"Now good bye little fox."
Within seconds, Naofumi vision turned white.
Waking up on a cold stone floor was something Naofumi hated. He heard some people speaking around him in a different language.
Notice
Now translating language.
Transfer understanding of Melromarc language to Naofumi Iwatani complete.
Naofumi looked at the pale green window in confusion. He then noticed the shield attached to his arm. Groaning Naofumi decided that he'll get up and listen to what these people wanted. As he looked around, the robed people gave him slightly disgusted looks. Naofumi then heard some other people groan and complained in obvious Japanese. Suddenly, the old man in the centre of the group stepped forward.
"O' four saint heroes of old! Please save our world. "
Naofumi huffed while the others just looked confused.
"While I'm certain you are all taken aback by your circumstance, time runs short for all of us. Within our country of Melromarc, vicious demons in large numbers have crawled out from a materialised dimension crack and are exposing everyone to great danger! Our country's knights and adventurers barely manage to eliminate the first wave of demons, but the hourglass is already indicated in the next wave of calamities will soon be upon us..."
The three other guys who were summoned to this world complain about being summoned and what they want from it. The elder just pushed all of their questions to the side for the king to solve.
Soon, he and the other heroes were following the mages that summoned them up a spiral staircase. Everything was silent except for the occasional ringing of Naofumi's bells.
They stopped infont of a large grand door where two armoured gaurds easily pushed it open. As they walked into the now identified throne room, gaurds slamed their spears on the ground as a slight warning to the four heroes. They stop a few feet away from the throne where a very old man sat on a throne. The pale purple robes the grey man wore looked well made along with the jewellery and crown he wore.
'I'm surprised he can even keep his head up with that much jewellery on him. I thought a leaf could kill him, but maybe it will take a bit more than a leaf...'
Naofumi was about to laugh at his thoughts but realised that he could be seen as crazy if he did so. Instead, he started to cough pretty badly. A gentle hand patted his back as the fit subsided. Looking at his side, he saw the young black hair boy who wore blue at his side.
"You okay?"
"Yeah."
The boy nodded and took a step away from him. Suddenly, Naofumi could smell the hatred and evil intent the king and a few others had in the throne room.
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Now showing the location of those who intend to harm the host.
In front of Naofumi was a map of the throne room, and when he zoomed out, it showed the layout of the whole castle. Zooming back into the throne room, red dots littered everywhere within the room. The biggest dot was right in front of him. The king told everyone to introduce themselves except Naofumi, who he rudly interrupted. Soon, a small group of maids walked in to show them to their rooms. When Naofumi opened his room, he quickly fell onto his bed and fell asleep.
The next day, parties were made, and Naofumi was left with no one. The black haired boy who was named Ren was about to speak up only to stop when Naofumi glared at him. Some snoby looking people handed them 500 silver each before the king sebt them on their way. As Naofumi was about to leave, Ren grabbed his arm and pulled him off to the side.
"You know you could use a party. After all, you are one of the weaker heroes."
"What makes you say that?"
"Shields are for support, not offence."
Naofumi smirked and pats the shorter boys head.
"I'll be fine."
Naofumi then started to walk away, leaving a slightly flustered boy behind.