{a/n: this is a prologue sorta thing from Yuuno's POV before she reincarnated.}

Leaving the Shrine - 1 Day.

My life was almost a perfect wreck.

Right after my parents passed away, I was accepted by the shrine. What I received there was not contempt or pity, but the warmth from everyone around me. A family better than the one I had.

I couldn't possibly be more grateful... I really couldn't...

Until they forced an even greater present onto me. A present that made me feel more honoured than ever before.

Under the Shrine's will, I was bound to be the next hero of the World. The Yuusha. An existence forged to destroy the Demon Lord. That was what I was to become.

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"****, are you ready for your rebirth?" The head priest asked. He was the man who replaced the role of my deceased father. The father who would come home and hit me was now replaced by a father who would pat my head and smile wide whenever I accomplished a new feat.

{a/n: '****' Is her name before she turned into the Hero. I censored it. Might reveal it later. :P}

I nodded.

"Heed this. After you come back, you shall be known only as Yuusha. Your sole identity is the hope of our world."

I was going to become what everyone wanted to be. The dreams kids had, the fantasies of adults who wanted more in life.

I was going to be on the pinnacle of humanity.

"I understand!" I committed while standing atop an alter. The Shrine was large and I was at the centre. It felt like I was at the centre of the world.

Spells were cast and my consciousness drifted away. I was being dragged to a realm beyond ours. The place where I would receive my blessing.

The light that was blinding me slowly drifted away and my eyes could focus again.

Floating in a mass of white in front of me was a large existence. She was hundreds of metres away but still filled my sight.

A divine white dress, a veiled face... beyond me was none other than the goddess. A being no one could ever hope to fathom.

"Sup! ****! You must be the designated hero that I was supposed to give my blessing to!" The goddess shrunk down to the size of a normal human and started circling me. "Gotta say tho, you are pretty young. 13 is it?"

"Yes." I immediately got caught up in her pace.

Rather. I was too nervous to say anything. I couldn't even dare to ask her why she was talking in that weird manner.

"Well whatevs... I'm sure you'll get stronger in your journey."

"I will try." The more erratically she acted around, the more she started to seem a little uh how do I say this... not so okay in the head.

The goddess stopped.

"I'll have you know that I'm very okay in the head, young lady."

"Wait, you can read my thought?! I apologise!"

"Issa fine! I wasn't gonna off you or something. Gods gotta be forgivin'. I'm no Demon Lord! Haha!" She started circling around me. "Really... I am not a Demon Lord. Don't try to kill me, m'kay? Kill the real deal."

"Yes, I understand."

"I would ask you to, you know, introduce yourself before the ceremony but I already know everything about you." Her hand rank across my back. "So should we get this started?"

"Uhhh, yes."

The goddess' palm was now squared between my shoulder blades and a surge ran through my entire body.

"Woaahhh!"

"I know right? Isn't this totally dope?" She retracted her hand back and put herself in front of me. "I'm done with the blessing."

"That was it? The ceremony was pretty short..."

"Of course it was! I am a goddess after all. As an added bonus I even dyed your hair pinkish! And you can feel other people's goodwill... That should motivate you!"

"Wait a minute... You did what?"

"Allowed you to feel goodwill."

"No before that."

"Gave you powers?"

"After that."

"I dyed your hair purple!" I wanted to be concerned but I didn't know what dyeing was.

Was it the same 'dying' I knew of? The things my parents did? Did she kill my hair? Was I going to be a bald hero?

{a/n: ONEEE PUNNNNCHHHH!}

"What's that?"

"Like 2990 years from now people got really into dyeing their hair so I did that to you. Bringing the trend back to our era, ya know?"

"How do you even know about 2990 years from now?"

"It's only natural that I know! I am the goddess of time! Coincidentally that's also your attribute now. Time manipulation. Oh, shuck... looks like Cleo-tan is calling me. Gotta pop! See ya someday! BYEEEE!"

"Wai-" Our farewell was as abrupt as our meeting.

My eyes were forced shut.

When I opened my eyes there was the normal crowd of the 5 priests and nuns standing in front of me. Their faces twisted in horror.

"What happened? Why are you looking at me like that?" I asked.

"Y-Your hair." One of the nuns spoke.

"YOUR HAIR LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THE WENCH'S FROM THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT!" Somewhere far away I saw a reflection. The reflection of a 13-year-old with light pink hair and blue eyes.

I looked like I seduced men for money.

IS THAT WHAT DYEING WAS? CRAP!

"GET ME MY PALADIN SUIT!" I could not bear to be seen like this in front of anyone else. That was the last time anyone would ever see my face.

"Also, how do you know what the wench's in the entertainment district look like, head priest?" I heard a nun say in the background.