This morning I went to school as usual, got out of the house and immediately walked to school. Because my parents have been divorced since elementary school, so I just live alone in this house.

My mother has a job that requires her to travel out of town, while my father is abroad for the time being. That's the reason why I have to live alone in this house. I've been living like this since the third grade of middle school, so it's normal for me.

I got out of the house and walked for about ten minutes until I finally arrived at school. I climbed the stairs to go up to the second floor, entered the room marked class 2-A and immediately sat down in the chair that had become my seat.

I immediately took the book from the backpack and immediately read it as soon as I got to class. I'm a person who doesn't really like crowds and socializing. I prefer reading books, novels, or manga than having to chat with someone.

People used to call me an otaku. Maybe because of my nature like this, making other people a little distance from me. But I didn't care and wasn't bothered by it.

"Yoru... good morning"

A woman walks up to me, a soft voice escapes her mouth as she greets me.

That woman is my classmate, Julia Cosmocure. With her intelligence and beauty, making her an idol in this school.

“Mo… morning”

I answered Julia's greeting nervously because I felt all the boys in the class were looking at me with such threatening eyes.

"Lia, don't talk to him. He's a weird person."

Axel suddenly approached the two of us and immediately said that in front of me.

If Julia is the idol for the boys, then Axel is the opposite. The two of them also look very close, and many say the two of them are lovers.

I honestly didn't care about those two, so I just ignored the rumors.

*Ding... Dong... Ding…*

The bell rang indicating that class was about to start.

"Calm down Axel, I'm just greeting Yoru…"

Julia immediately left us and sat down in her seat.

“Stay away from Lia…!”

After saying that, Axel also went to his seat.

Why is he mad at me? I don't understand…?

We all started learning activities after the teacher entered the classroom. Our teacher stopped his teaching activities when the clock showed it was time for lunch.

After class was over, I got up from my seat and decided to go to the cafeteria.

"Yoru... do you want to go to the cafeteria?"

Again Julia came to me; and this time she was with his close friend, Rikka.

I felt the same reaction from the boys in the class when Julia spoke to me. Especially Axel, his gaze was very cynical towards me.

“N-no… I want to go to the toilet!”

I tried my best to avoid Julia.

"Okay then, I'll go first then..."

Julia finally left after saying that, and Rikka followed her like a guard.

I also immediately went to the bathroom to avoid the stares of the boys in the class.

"Wait!"

Those words made my steps stop, when I looked back, Axel was already looking at me with a very annoyed look. He immediately grabbed my shirt and threw me into an empty room near the toilet.

"Didn't I tell you never to talk to her?!"

Aah.... I see, so he got angry because he saw me talking to Julia.

"She was the first to talk to me…"

I said in a relaxed tone.

Axel, who still looked annoyed, immediately threw a punch at me. The punch landed on my left cheek and I immediately fell to the floor because I wasn't ready to take the hit.

Axel was a very proficient student in sports, so his punches were extremely painful. But I got back up and hit him back.

My punch hit Axel's left cheek and it surprised him a little.

Why? Are you surprised? You know, I'm not an idiot who just sits around while being bullied. I say all this, even if only in my head.

Even though my punches hit him, he only took a few steps back because of that; not like me who immediately fell down with one hit. That means his endurance is far above mine.

"How dare you!"

Now Axel looks really pissed off and he's getting ready to hit me again. Of course I was not silent about this, I also put up a stance to prepare.

Axel took a chair nearby and threw it at me.

I tried to dodge the chair flying at me, but it was too late. Axel's powerful throw sent the chair flying very fast and hit me directly, causing me to fall to the floor for the second time.

*Brakk!* A very loud sound was heard as the chair hit the floor.

I protect my face with both hands; and it actually makes it scratched.

"Shh... aw...."

I winced in pain as my hand was scratched by the chair.

Damn it!! Being thrown from a chair at such close range was painful.

*Brakk!!* The door to this room suddenly opened violently, and three people were seen entering the room.

The three people who entered this room were our class president, Mark, along with Julia and also Rikka. Julia, who saw me sitting on the floor immediately helped me up, while Mark and Rikka tried to keep Axel away from me.

"What is this, why are you two fighting?"

Mark asked both of us what happened and tried to sort it out. As the class president expected, he is indeed a person who will settle matters with a cool head

"Yoru... are you hurt?"

On the other hand, Julia looks really worried about me.

"Y-yes, I'm fine..."

After I told her my condition, Julia immediately walked over to Axel.

*Plakk!*

A very hard slap landed on Axel's left cheek, and it took me by surprise.

"What are you doing....?"

I don't know what happened to her, but suddenly Julia looked sad, even her eyes started to tear up.

“Li-Lia, I will explain everything”

Axel also looked very nervous when he wanted to answer Julia's question.

"I really hate people who use violence to solve problems..."

Rikka immediately distanced Julia from Axel and tried to calm her down.

"Everyone calm down! We will settle this in the room-…”

Mark stopped talking when suddenly a bright light shot out from the floor of the room where we were standing. The light was so bright and dazzling that my eyes couldn't see it.

What light is this!?

I opened my eyes again when the light had faded a bit, and I was very surprised to realize that the five of us were already in another room.

We were in a very large room, and I could see several adults holding weapons such as spears.

“Welcome Heroes…”

When I was feeling confused, suddenly there was a voice of a grown man who seemed to be welcoming us.

Hero? What is the meaning of his words, I don't understand at all?

“You all must be confused! But don't worry, I'll explain everything."

Of course I feel confused! How could we not, all of us who were at school suddenly moved to a place that looks luxurious like this.

“Let me introduce myself first, my name is Erick Star IV, the fourth King of the Star Kingdom. The five of you are humans from another world who were successfully summoned to this world by the magic used by our kingdom's mages.”

WTF? Another World? King? This guy must be making it up, he's clearly speaking in a language I can understand.

“If you guys are from another world, why are we using the same language?”

My head was already spinning with all this nonsensical information, so I asked the question spontaneously.

All my classmates also realized the same thing after I asked this.

"Yes, that's correct! this must be all just a trick right?”

Mark, who seemed also curious, began to dare to speak.

“No, this is not a trick! This language has been spoken by our ancestors since ancient times…”

“My king, let this servant of yours explain it”

An old man walked closer to us as the situation here got a little heated. The old man wore a large black robe that made himself look like a magician from the movies and stories I had seen.

The old man stood in front of us all and made quite a strange hand gesture. Not long after, a blue circle appeared with strange writing around his hand.

Huh? Doesn't it look like a magic circle? This is a lie…? How come that old man can do things like the games I play…?

Again I received a lot of information that made no sense and made my head hurt.

Suddenly three black figures emerged from the old man's shadow. After being seen clearly, it turns out that the three figures are the same man; So now there are the same 4 old men standing in front of us.

"We call this thing [magic], and it's something that doesn't exist in your world"

I was so shocked by it that I was speechless.

If we really are in another world… then...?

I immediately raised my hand to attract the attention of the people who were here. And sure enough, the King immediately glanced at me.

“What is it, my Hero?

"Can I ask you something?"

"Of course..."

“If you can summon us here, then you can also return us to our original world right…?”

Because of my question, the King and several people in this room suddenly fell silent and looked gloomy.

Huh? Why are you reacting like this?

Please, I hope my thinking is wrong.

"I'm sorry, but we can't send you back"

The five of us were very surprised after hearing that answer.

*Sigh…* as expected, this must be their answer.

"Why is it like this? You guys who summoned us arbitrarily here! You should be able to return us too!!”

Mark protested until he raised his voice. Meanwhile I didn't know what to say, so I could only stay silent.

After we all stayed silent and tried to digest the information for a few minutes, Mark finally got up the courage to face the King.

“Even if it doesn't make sense, we will accept the fact that we really are in another world. So, what do you want from us?”

The king, who was previously looking gloomy, started to regain his spirits after hearing Mark's question.

“I summoned all of you to this world not without reason. 200 years ago, we managed to defeat the Demon race with the help of humans from your world. With the Hero's power, he managed to tame one of the dragons and make the Demon race surrender. But not too long ago, the Demon Race was active again and we're afraid they'll start their invasion again. So I beg of all of you, please save humanity one more time.”

The king and his subordinates begged while bowing their heads to the five of us.

Ask for our help? I honestly don't understand why they asked us this.

I mean, they can do things we can't like magic. So I don't understand why they ask us for help.

“You have magic, why are you still asking us for help?”

Huh? It turns out that I'm not the only one who has this thought, Julia also has the same thought as me.

"Let me explain why we need you…"

Again the old man who had used magic started to speak when we had a difficult question to answer.

“Forgive my impudence, let me properly introduce myself this time. My name is Zeris, the head mage of the Star kingdom.”

I had guessed that, with the things he did earlier, he must be a magician.

After introducing himself to us, Zeris started to explain the reason why this kingdom needs us.

“The humans in this world are born with magical talent, but we have one weakness. We have very little magical energy.”

After saying that, Zeris took out a ball from his pocket. The ball began to emit a light and a panel emerged from the ball.

The panel floating in the air displayed a status of a person that looked like a status in a video game.

"Look, this is my status."

Status

Name : Zeris

Title : Destroyer

Race : Human

Job : Mage

MP : 768

Hp : 347

Skills : Advanced Elemental Magic (Fire, Water, Earth, Wind), Summoning Magic. Unique Skill [ Lullaby ]

Wow! I was amazed by this thing that was in front of my eyes, I didn't think the things I often saw in games were actually real.

"Please put your hands on this ball, that way it will be easier for me to explain"

We all followed Zeris' directions and placed our hands on the crystal ball. I was a little confused after the ball didn't give any reaction when we put our hands on it.

“Now you have to concentrate, focus and say [Status Open]”

We listened to all of Zeris' directions and did all the things he explained to us.

Honestly, I'm very pessimistic about this. I mean, we're all just human, so it's very unlikely for all of us to have any magical potential.

“[ Status Open ]”

Status

Name : Mark Rhodes

Title : Hero

Race : Human

Job : Sword Master/Mage

Mp : 10,000

Hp : 1000

Skills : Leader, Courage, Caring, Swordsmanship, Elemental Magic (Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Ice), Unique Skill [Command]

Status

Name : Axel Thomas

Race : Human

Job : Mage

Mp : 3,000

Hp : 1000

Skills : Light Magic, Dark Magic, Unique Skill [Psychokinesis]

Status

Name : Julia Cosmocure

Race : Human

Job : Healer

Mp : 10,000

Hp : 1000

Skills : Intermediate Holy Magic, Advanced Healing Magic, Unique Skill [Holy Barrier]

Status

Name : Rikka Gray

Race : Human

Job : Mage

Mp : 5.000

Hp : 1000

Skill : Elemental Magic (Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Ice), Unique Skill [Re-writing Magic]

Status

Name : Yoru Edelhard

Race : Human

Job : Sword Master

Mp : 2,000

Hp : 1000

Skill : Swordsmanship, Magic Sword, Unique Skill [ Lightning Step ]

The panels containing information about us began to float in the air. Honestly, I was very surprised when I saw my strength which turned out to be far beyond the number one mage of this Kingdom.

“Waaaaah……”

"*Sob… sob…*"

“God… I really thank you……”

I was really surprised because the people in this room started making noise all of a sudden.

I don't know what's going on, but the people in this room started cheering with joy, crying with smiles on their faces, and there were also people praying while clenching their fists.

Uh.... what's this? Why are these people acting weird?

All these questions popped up in my head after seeing the behavior of these people.

"What happened? What happened to these people?”

Mark, who seemed also confused, started asking this to Zeris.

“I am the strongest mage in this Kingdom, and look at the difference in our strength. So I ask all of you for help, please help our kingdom!”

Zeris suddenly kowtowed after he finished his words, the same thing happened to everyone in this room. Even King Erick also lowered his head, and asked us for help.

“We will help you..!.”

Axel suddenly said that and took us all by surprise.

Huh? What did he say? Is he stupid, we don't even know anything about this world.

“Axel, what are you talking about…!”

Julia raised her voice as she questioned Axel's statement. Julia, who always looks friendly turns out to be angry too, I was a little surprised by that.

“Lia… look at these people, they all expect our help. We have the power to help them, so why don't we just do it…”

Axel and Julia started arguing when their thoughts weren't on the same path. I don't understand Axel's way of thinking, so I'm on Julia's side right now.

“You know, if we help them, then we will all face the demon. Creatures we don't even know about at all."

"Julia's right, we don't know what kind of creatures they are..."

I, who agreed to this also started to give my opinion. And of course, Axel would definitely disagree with my opinion.

"Huh? You must be just scared right, you're the weakest among us. What a cowardly thought…”

"What are you saying!!"

I, who was provoked by Axel's words, started to walk towards him, but Mark stopped me so the two of us wouldn't fight.

“Stop! You two, please don't fight…!”

I stopped my intention after Mark restrained me.

I will definitely hit you, Definitely! So just wait. I don't know what Axel's problem is with me. But he really pissed me off right now.

After hitting and hurting my hand with a chair, now he's belittling me and calling me a coward. You know, I'm just thinking rationally right now.

"Yoru, calm down...."

Mark is still near me and still trying to calm me down.

"How about you, do you want to help them?"

I, who had calmed down a bit, asked Mark this. When Mark heard my question, his expression became more serious.

“I… I chose to help these people, but I will make a deal with them.”

I didn't expect Mark to agree with this, I think he is the one who will balk at this request. But it turns out I was wrong, apparently he is not what I thought.

“In that case, there are two people who agree and two people who refuse. So this decision is yours, Rikka?”

After Axel said this, we all glanced at Rikka and waited for her answer. Rikka looked a little depressed after we all stared at her.

“This answer of yours will be decisive for all of us. So, please make wise choices.”

“I-I… I chose to help these people!”

Damn, why did you even choose that option?

Julia and I were surprised to hear that answer from Rikka's mouth. I thought she would have the same answer as Julia because they are friends.

Aaarrrgghh…!! To be honest, I'm really annoyed with the answer chosen by Rikka.

"Rikka? Why did you...?"

From the expression on her face, it seemed that Julia was very surprised by Rikka's answer.

“.....”

Rikka was speechless when she saw Julia's expression.

“Yoru, Julia… we have more than them, so why don't we try to help these people. And maybe, we'll find a clue to getting back home if we help them.”

With Mark's explanations that were easy to understand and a little pushy, I couldn't do anything. So I just followed him.

"Okay... I'm coming" Julia said

“*Sigh…* I guess I have no other choice.” 

Reluctantly, I agreed to their request.

“I understand your feelings very well, so I am grateful that the two of you are willing to help us.” Mark said.

After we all agreed on this, Mark approached the King to make a deal with him.

"King! Let's make a deal. The five of us will be helping this kingdom to fight the Demon Race, so we want to know all the information you have about them. If the information you provide is incomplete and causes problems for us in the future, then we will stop to help you!!”

A smile started to grow on the King's face after he heard Mark's explanation. This means that the King has agreed to this agreement.

"We all hope for you!"

"Yes! We will also try our best.”

Mark and King Erick shook hands as a sign that we had teamed up to defeat the Demon Race.