In a dark room, untouched by sunlight, several voices were heard:
"I challenge my fate!"
"You will not stop me!"
For a moment, you might think they were someone's shouts, but they were just lines coming from the screen of a Nintendo 3DS held by a teenager lounging on his bed. He was deeply engrossed in the game, his face practically buried in the screen.
After some time playing, the teenager set the device down and sighed heavily, as if he'd just finished a real battle.
"Whew, Fire Emblem 13 is the best!"
He said this as he got up and glanced at the date on his phone. His expression changed instantly, and he let out a scream, clutching his face as though trying to tear it off or gouge out his eyes.
"Damn it, damn it, damn it... How can the vacation end so fast?!"
This was Laos, a sixteen-year-old teenager and a massive fan of RPGs and light novels. Yet, in stark contrast, he was also the biggest school hater in history. As he often said: "School takes but never gives."
8:00 AM
Laos woke up to get ready for school after the end of the vacation. His face displayed the look of the world's most villainous person. But when he remembered he'd managed to finish Fire Emblem 13 during the break, a faint smile crept across his face.
"Games are my only source of happiness."
He wandered aimlessly around the house for a while, his next desire being breakfast. But instead, all he did was roam around, thinking about the release date of volume 23 of The Rising of the Shield Hero light novel. Then, realizing that time wouldn't wait for him, he dashed off, stuffing a cheese-covered slice of bread into his mouth, grabbed his bag, and left the house cursing school.
"If there are a billion school lovers, I'm not one of them."
"If there's only one school hater, it's me."
"If the entire world loves school, then I'm dead."
He repeated these lines as he walked to school. After a while, he arrived at a path crowded with students. That was when Laos' expression shifted to one of sadness mixed with a hint of anger.
"They're all just NPCs! They don't deserve to live!"
When I said Laos hated school, it wasn't the only thing he despised. The second thing he loathed most was the people around him. He was an aggressive teenager — no, an aggressively useless teenager.
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I entered the school and quickly approached a group of boys who were in the same class as me. Yes, I knew them well.
"Hello, you NPC," I said to one of them.
"I don't understand what the word NPC means," asked a tall boy wearing a hat. That was Malin, a fellow failure at school like me. But unlike me, he was overly kind, and that's exactly what I hated about him.
"I've explained it to you 700 times already. An NPC is a useless character — just a stupid robot wandering around," I answered.
"Alright, then what's your use, oh playable character?" Malin retorted as he adjusted his pants, which were on the verge of falling down.
"Oh my God, we're running late! Let's get to class already!" I yelled, just to dodge his question.
Good, my trick to change the subject worked!
We entered the classroom, but no one was there except for a few beautiful girls. We sat down and had to wait for the teacher. During this waiting period, the NPCs started talking about that group of girls.
"Oh my God, Susan looks sexy today!" said Kevin, the wretched bastard. Honestly, I wish nothing but testicular cancer upon him. After that, they began fantasizing about sexual scenarios with those girls.
To be honest, I had a crush on one of them too: Linda. But I couldn't bring myself to talk to girls, and I didn't even know why. All I knew was that I had no attraction to guys either.
Soon after, another group of boys entered the room. There was Sebastian, the NPC and the biggest son of a bitch; and Tom, another NPC. Although not a son of a bitch, he was the son of an NPB. B for "bitch" of course.
"God, how I hate these faces. I can't imagine having to study with them for an entire year!"
Suddenly, as I was admiring Linda's amazing ass, the ugliest creature you could imagine appeared before me. Man, he looked like a turd with the facial expressions of a hippo carved onto it. Yes, it was John.
"Hey, Laos! Do you still think of me as an NPC?"
I laughed, trying to change the subject, but he kept shoving his hideous face into my view. It made me wish liver cancer upon him and his entire family. After a while, everyone took their seats, and I resumed staring at Linda's ass. All I could wish for at that moment was to be transported to another world with just her.
Suddenly, without any warning, a magic circle appeared beneath us, glowing with a powerful white light. It was so bright that I could no longer see Linda's ass. The light swallowed us whole, and everything went black. Afterward, a serene silence filled the air, one so peaceful it made me consider taking a nap.
"Welcome."
When the light faded, we heard a soft and melodious voice. Upon hearing it, we opened our eyes and took in our surroundings. It was breathtaking—a palace you'd only see in beautifully art of an isekai anime. It was truly amazing. But wait… where…
"Who are you?!" John yelled, glaring at the source of the voice.
When I raised my head, I saw a woman with massive boobs, incredible beauty, and blue hair as bright as the sky. She was seated on an ornate throne, staring down at us teenagers. Wow, this scene was straight out of a Japanese web novel—one where a group of students is summoned by gods to another world to fight demons.
"You are in the world of Staria, and I am Lunariss, the Goddess of the Moon. You have been summoned as saviors of this world."
"For an entire year, I've received countless requests from King Yarum to summon heroes from another world to protect his kingdom from the relentless attacks of demons."
"Does this count as kidnapping?" Sebastian asked.
"You idiot, you're talking to a goddess," Susan snapped at him.
"Wait, wait, wait, did the scenario I just made up become reality?!" I thought to myself, unable to believe it. "Oh my god, this is unbelievable. I can become a great hero, have a massive harem in my party, adventure across the world, enter dungeons, and explore dangerous forests. This is unreal!"
"But how are we going to save the world from demons when we have no power?" one of the NPCs asked.
Hearing his question, the goddess stood up, looked at us, and then replied, "Just step up to me one by one, and I'll grant you your powers."
We formed a line and walked up to her. There were only nine of us, so organizing ourselves wasn't too hard, except for a few assholes who refused to stand in the front and ran to the back. One by one, we stepped forward, and the goddess examined each of us, granting us our classes, just like in RPGs.
Everyone received amazing classes: Sebastian got the Mage class, John got Warrior, Malin got Archer, Susan got Lancer, Kevin got Assassin, Tom got Knight, Stephanie got Priest, and Linda got Hero! Damn, how did Linda get that legendary class?
Then it was my turn. I stepped up the stairs, sweating like crazy, wondering what class I would get: Paladin? Thief? Sorcerer? Or maybe some classic Dungeons & Dragons class?
I stood before the goddess, the rest of them below me waiting to hear my class. Well, whatever it was, I was sure this was just a dream, but I didn't want to wake up from it. I stared at the goddess and then lowered my eyes to look at the most amazing boobs I'd ever seen in my life. Then I remembered I was in front of a goddess and quickly raised my eyes.
"My dear Laos... your class is NPC."
"Your class is NPC."
"is NPC."
"NPC."
!!!!!!!!
What the hell is going on? I've lived sixteen years and never knew that NPC classes existed. Oh my fucking god, how did this dream turn into the worst thing ever?! Suddenly, I heard everyone else laughing.
"Look, the guy who used to call others NPCs has become one himself. Hahaha!"
No, please, not the bullying. No, no, no, no!!
"Hey, goddess, maybe you're mistaken. There's no such thing as an NPC class," I tried to reason with the bitch sitting in front of me.
"It's impossible for a goddess to be wrong," she replied coldly.
You bitch!!
"Well, since everyone has their class, I'll send you to your respective jobs. Laos, you'll work in Princess Tiana's palace as a servant since you have no skills. The rest of you will be sent to King Yarum's palace."
Then everyone started laughing at me. A magic circle appeared beneath me, just like the one that brought us here. Well, I'm the one being sent first. Fuck, fuck, fuck, I've never been this upset in my life.
"I hate you, I hate you, I hate you, you all! I hope a hungry snake from the Amazon jungle bites your fucking genitals."
For a moment, I wanted to raise my middle finger at the damn goddess, like Touka from the Failure Frame light novel, but then I remembered it was just some stupid light novel, and this goddess could throw me into the sun if I did that, so all I could do was punch myself until I woke up from this fucking nightmare.
"yeah, it's the irony of fate."
"I hope this is all a dream."