Chapter 1 – The Most Pathetic Isekai Run Ever

I actually got isekai’d once.

It happened 10 years ago, when I was just a 16-year-old kid suffering from “main character syndrome.”

Just like any other boy obsessed with light novels and games online, I spent my days daydreaming that some day, some supernatural power would whisk me away to another world where I’d go on an epic quest to save the day.

And then, my wish came true.

It happened on a perfectly normal afternoon: I’d just been kicked off the school basketball team for being a bit too “intense,” walked home only to overhear that my dad was having an affair (cue the divorce papers), and to top it all off, my best friend texted me that my crush had just confessed her love… to him.

Right in the middle of a typical, chaotic teenage day, I slipped on the stairs. And Isekai’d.

At the time, it felt like a total godsend.

I landed in a place called the Kingdom of Averula, situated right at the front door of the Demon King’s territory. Every 50 years, the Demon King breaks his seal, and the kingdom needs “Divine Heroes” to show up, kill monsters and seal him away again.

A total classic trope, a fired-up teenager gets isekai’d into a fantasy world, you can probably guess what happens next, can’t you?

Well, too bad. You guessed wrong.

The character I transmigrated into was just a descendant of a minor branch of the Griffin family. Basically, I was the childhood lackey for the young master, Jullius Griffin – one of the top candidates to become a Hero in the party meant to take down the Demon King.

Fast forward: Jullius goes from “candidate” to one of the final five Chosen Heroes. And me? Still just the lackey.

Now, you’re probably thinking, “Even an NPC can flip the script and become the protagonist!”, right? I mean, I didn’t get isekai’d just to serve tea!

Exactly what I thought!

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So, I “accidentally” stumbled into the Investiture ceremony where the Heroes were supposed to receive the divine blessing.

Totally by accident.

I mean, how could anyone possibly stop a “Chosen One” from another world from accidentally becoming the Hero who saves the kingdom?