I was really confused!

What is going on?!

Is this some kind of glitch?

The numbers on my stats were all 10 and my title wasn't a hero?!

Everyone in the room became quiet.

An intense mood was in this room.

It was getting hard to breathe from the pressure in this room.

[ Author? ] ( Luna )

[ What is going on? ]

[ Is this some kind of mistake? ]

[ He isn't a hero! ]

[ Is this for real? ]

[ A useless title with a low strength! ]

[ He has the same strength as an 8 years old kid! ]

[ How weak... ]

[ Pathetic! ]

[ Such embarrassment for our kingdom! ]

The priests started murmuring about me.

This isn't good!

What do I do?

I understood from their reactions that I didn't meet their expectations.

Cold sweat was down on my face.

[ Is t-this some kind of mistake? ] ( Hiro )

I looked at Luna as I asked her about this.

[ Hm... ] ( Luna )

She started rubbing her chin just like the king did.

[ I think this is going to be a little troublesome! ] ( Luna )

Eh?

What does she mean by that?

[ I can't believe this! ]

[ We spend that much just to summon this useless commoner!!? ]

[ Get rid of him! ]

[ Do you have any idea what we did just to summon these Heroes, and now instead we got one bug mixed in them? ]

[ This has to be the work of the demons! ]

[ Truly! We shouldn't have used the demon's essence to summon them! ]

[ Wasted essence on him!! ]

[ Get rid of him!! ]

[ Yeah! Get rid of him!! ]

The priests looking guys were upset.

I didn't understand what was going on but one thing was for sure...

This was bad news!

Even my classmates were confused by what was going on.

Up until they all were happy about getting admired by the knights and priests without knowing exactly what they were for.

But still, they went with the flow since they had no other choice,

We woke up in a strange room and suddenly a girl came in telling us we were in a different world.

I was getting scared!

What will happen to me?

Will they let me go?!

Will they send me back home?

I don't know...

Even my classmates were murmuring with each other.

I tried listening to what they were saying.

[ Who is that guy? ]

[ He is in our class! ]

[ Oh right, that guy who wrote novels and stuff. ]

[ Yes that one, but his works never got popular, or so I was told. ]

[ So he is just useless? ]

[ Yeah, that's basically it! ]

...

[ Will he be okay? ]

[ He got a different ability than us? ]

[ Did he get something special? ]

[ Based on everyone's reactions... I don't think so... ]

[ Poor him... ]

...

[ ... ] ( Yua )

[ You don't need to worry about anything! You have me here! ] ( Kenji )

[ Don't worry Yua! ] ( Kai )

[ I wasn't worried about anything though. ] ( Yua )

...

[ Is he going to be okay? ] ( Aiko )

[ You don't need to worry about that author freak! ] ( Hiroto )

[ But still... ] ( Aiko )

...

[ Is Hiro going to be okay? ] ( Aito )

[ I don't know dude... ] ( Daiki )

...

Everyone?

...

*Clap* *Clap*

Luna clapped her hands twice, trying to get everyone's attention.

[ Everything is going to be okay! ] ( Luna )

She said as the knights got near her.

[ There is nothing to worry about because everything has a solution! ] ( Luna )

She said with a calming smile.

[ What will happen with me? ] ( Hiro )

I worriedly asked the blonde girl.

She showed me another smile that could make anyone fall in love with her. But she didn't respond to my question.

She looked at everyone who was in this room and took a deep breath before talking.

[ All the people in this country are expecting powerful Heroes! That have no fear! That could kill any demon and protect the innocent people of this world!

People are dying every day in this world!

Children who have bright futures!

This world needs talents!

It needs heroes!

Powerful soldiers!— ]

She started giving a speech to everyone in the room.

I could see that everyone had admiring looks on their faces.

Even my classmates were shocked by the way this little girl was talking.

[ —But there is one thing the Pixiya Kingdom doesn't accept...

Which are useless people! ] ( Luna )

What is she talking about?

[ All the people in this kingdom have a purpose!

A reason to live in our powerful kingdom!

Everyone and everything is perfect around here! ] ( Luna )

All the priests and knights were getting hyped by Luna's speech.

I could see as they were smiling with excitement.

[ That's why we don't need weak people around here! ] ( Luna )

Huh?

What does she mean by that?

I understood what she meant but my whole self didn't want to understand at the same time.

I didn't know what to do!

I was scared, anxious, and powerless!

[ That's enough Luna! ]

Suddenly the king got up from his chair and started approaching his daughter.

The king looked at me with a superior look as if he was watching a little ant on the ground.

Am I actually that low?

[ I order to have of the failure Hero dispose-- no...

Dispose of the useless bug out of my castle to the wastelands where all of the sinful criminals belong to! ]

When the king gave the order, some of the knights pulled out their swords and pointed them at me. I looked at the swords, they looked so real. Some of them still had some kind of red ink on them. Is that b-blood?

I raised my hands up in a panic.

I didn't know what to do.

Wastelands?

They aren't sending me home?

I'm not a criminal, why are they sending me there?

[ Wait a m-minute! Can't you just send me home?! ] ( Hiro )

I must have looked so pathetic when I said that.

[ How dare you talk that way to the king!! ]

One of the knights said while putting his sword near my throat.

[ It is impossible to send you back to your home! ] ( Luna )

She casually responded.

It's impossible?!

I need to run away!

Somewhere!

I don't want to be here!

They kidnap me and now they want to dispose of me?!

That's messed up!

[ Oi, move over there!! ]

While I still had swords pointed at me, I was moved to the center of this room.

I didn't understand what was going on!

What will they do to me?!

Am I going to be okay?!

I have to run!!

That's all I was thinking at those moments.

[ If you come out of the circle, you die! ]

One of the knights threatened me.

One wrong move and the knights would cut off my head.

All of the priests had raised their hands towards me while looking at me with a blank face.

What are they doing?

I couldn't understand the reason why they were doing that. But one thing that I understood was... that it wasn't a good sign.

Around me, a white glowing circle was formed.

My classmates were just staring at me as if I was some kind of show.

Are they going to teleport me somewhere just as they did before we came here?

They said that they were going to send me to the wastelands!

I need to think of something really fast!

I had to do something!

[ Can't you just let me be?! PlEease?! ] ( Hiro )

Even my voice cracked a little.

I was so desperate for help!

I couldn't understand what was real and what wasn't anymore.

At that moment Luna approached me with a smile on her face.

She got close enough so only I could hear her.

[ Don't you understand what is happening to you? ] ( Luna )

She started talking with a low voice.

...

What is she saying?

I don't know!

The only words I wanted to hear were, "You're going to be okay", "It's okay, don't worry".

What is going on?

Someone help!

Help me!

[ You don't belong here! You never did!

You getting disposed of was part of the plan ever since the beginning! ] ( Luna )

Huh?

Since the beginning?!

[ You know, We had to show to those heroes that we rule here! They had to learn the fear of superiority! ] ( Luna )

She had the same smile as before as she was saying that.

[ And you don't need to worry! You will have a painful death on the wastelands! ] ( Luna )

No...

[ Your death will be helpful to our kingdom! ] ( Luna )

I won't accept this!

I don't want to accept this!

As she said that, I grabbed the little girl by her clothes and dragged her near me.

[ Kya! ] ( Luna )

I won't go down without putting a fight!

I'm not accepting my death that easily!

[ I-if you don't want me to snap her n-neck then open a way for me to get out! ] ( Hiro )

I grabbed Luna's head while holding her body near mine, I grabbed her throat and started tightening my grip.

[ This bastard! ]

[ How dare he!! ]

[ Everyone pull out your swords! ]

[ A coward! ]

[ Unbelievable! How could he do that to the princess!! ]

Even my classmates were looking at me as some kind of criminal who was trying to kill a kid.

I didn't care about that!

I wanted to get out of here as soon as possible!

[ I-I'm serious! Out of my way before I snap her neck! ] ( Hiro )

I threatened everyone!

But they didn't move from their positions.

Don't they care about the princess?

[ Haa... ] ( Luna )

At that moment, Luan let a sigh out as she grabbed my arm and threw my body to the ground without a problem.

[ You really are something you know... ] ( Luna )

I didn't understand what just happened!

Why am I laying on the ground?

How did I get here?!

I was grabbing Luna's throat a moment ago, and now...?

...

[ Get up if you don't want me to cut you down! ]

One of the knights threatened me while pointing his sword at me.

While getting up I went back inside the circle.

I was hopeless!

What is happening?

Why is this happening?

Am I going to wake up soon?

[ Um, is t-this really necessary for him? ] ( Aiko )

A-Aiko?

She spoke with a worried look on her face.

Will she stand up for me?

[ You can join him if you want. ] ( Luna )

The princess responded with her casual smile on her face.

Aiko didn't respond. Even Hiroto went in front of her body trying to stop her from doing anything.

[ W-wait! It doesn't have to go this way!! ] ( Hiro )

I called out to where my classmates were.

[ We are classmates right?!

We help each other! Right?!

Guys?! ] ( Hiro )

Everyone was just staring at me like that.

No one said or did anything.

Why aren't they saying anything?!

Guys?!

Oh right!

M-my friends!!

They are always worried about me!!

[ Daiki!? Aito?! Guys?! ] ( Hiro )

[ [ ... ] ] ( Aito/Daiki )

They both looked away from me.

[ Guys!!? ] ( Hiro )

Even though I was calling out their names, they didn't respond to it.

It was as if they weren't hearing my voice at all.

[ SAY SOMETHING!!! ] ( Hiro )

Why is no one helping?!

We are friends...right?!

[ Oh, Shut the fuck up already! My ears are hurting from your voice! ] ( Yua )

Yua looked at me with an annoyed look on her face.

[ Dude, we don't have time to help you out so help yourself! ] ( Kenji )

Kenji who was beside Yua said to me with a smirk on his face.

No! No! No! No!

This isn't happening!

[ It's your own fault for wasting all of your time on those pointless novels! ]

[ Don't involve us in your problems! ]

[ A deserving title for him, an author! ]

[ Goodbye! ] ( Luna )

The last thing I saw, were the faces of everyone who didn't care at all about me and Luna who was waving her hand to me.

Everything around my sight became too bright until everything around me became quiet.

When I opened my eyes, I had found myself in a deserted place.

I looked in another direction...

Sand again!

Everyone was nowhere to be seen.

I really was teleported into the desert.

There's no sign of any other living being.

A place truly for the name "Wastelands"...

I placed my hand over my head and tried to look into the sky.

The heat of the sun was too hot.

I have to find a place to stay and eat!

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