Chapter 001 â An Awakening Event is considered Common Sense [A]
I was a boy who longed to be a protagonist. From a young age, I learnt about courage, dreams, passion, importance of effort, and various other things from the protagonists of fictions. They were all cool people, so I wanted to become like that too.
I began to act at an early age. But my actions were too chuuni, so people around me were all repulsed. When we were on school trips, the girls often played games with the punishment being to sit beside me if they lost⌠Well, many things have happened since then, and I thought it couldnât be helped, so I gave up on it⌠However, deep inside my heart, I was still drawn into it.ă
Whether it be Harem or Fantasy, I wanted to be reincarnated in such a world.ă
I was always thinking about such a thing.ă
Then it happened. While I was on my way to attend my first year of high school, there was an elementary school kid who began crossing the road while ignoring the red light. I proceeded to jump in to protect the kid and died in the crash. I couldnât remember why I did that. Perhaps it was out of my chuuni heart, that wanted to do something protagonist-like.
I felt my life end with the dull sound of the car hitting me. However, that wasnât actually the end of it. A god told me I would be reincarnated.ă
âOkay, I will reincarnate you as the protagonist of a novel game titled âRound Table Heroesâ. (Actually, I will reincarnate you as the cannon fodder named Fay though.)â
âRe-really?!â
I had heard about the novel game called Round Table Heroes. My friend recommended it to me, but I never managed to play it. I knew the character thatâs 1<sup>st</sup> in popularity though. Even so, I donât care as long as I get reincarnated as the protagonist! After all, most problems can be resolved eventually!ă
âIndeed, my heart as a god was moved by how you protected that child.âă
âI did iiiiiit!! My next life is a winner!â
âPlease enjoy the protagonist Role Play of your dreams. By the way, you will be reincarnated as a boy named Fay, your previous lifeâs memories will return when you reach 13 years old.â
âI-I see. If Iâm not wrong, Fay is the most popular character, right? Iâve never played the game, but Iâm aware of that characterâs name.â
âAh- thatâs right.â
âSince he was the most popular character, that means-â
âIndeed, the character named Fay is the protagonist. Heâs not the most popular character for nothing, after all!â
âOoohhh!â
It seemed that my next life would be a success story. What a wonderful goddess Iâve gotten to meet! I was overwhelmed by the good fortune I got. And⌠my thoughts were dazzled at that momentâŚă
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I am the Goddess, Athena. My duty was to observe the dead, guide them to the afterlife and grant them a new life, then watch over their actions in their next life to kill my boredom. And so, the next soul I have to guide⌠Fu-hn, so itâs a teenage high school boy who loved the idea of protagonists who appeared in fictions⌠then he got hit by a car and died. Fu-hn.
Well, I guess he could be considered a good person since he died to protect a random child.ă
And then, the boy appeared in front of me. At that time, a certain thought came to my mind.ă
[âLetâs deceive this guy into thinking he is reincarnated as a protagonist while I actually reincarnate him as cannon fodder (LOL)â]ă
I was curious about how this guy would spend his life then. Me having this kind of thought couldnât be helped. After all, gods were hungry for entertainment.ă
âOkay then, I will reincarnate you as the protagonist of a novel game titled Round Table Heroes.âă
âRe-really?!â
Actually, I will reincarnate you as the cannon fodder named Fay. (LOL)
âIndeed, my heart as a god was moved by how you protected that child.âă
Well, although thatâs not exactly a lie⌠my heart wasnât actually moved that much (LOL). ă
âI did iiiiiit!! My next life is a winner!â
âPlease enjoy the protagonist Role Play of your dreams. By the way, you will be reincarnated as a boy named Fay, your previous lifeâs memories will return when you reach 13 years old.â
âI-I see. If Iâm not wrong, Fay is the most popular character, right? Iâve never played the game, but Iâm aware of that characterâs name.â
âAh- thatâs right.â
He sure only knew about weird stuff. Well, that ranking was made as a result of a collusion of people in a thread trying to make fans of the story cry though. (LOL)ă
He sure was an interesting fellow (LOL) it seems I was right to deceive him!!ă
âSince he was the most popular character, that means-â
âIndeed, the character named Fay is the protagonist. Heâs not the most popular character for nothing, after all!â
âOoohhh!â
I let a laugh escape me. I was sure this child would show me a wondeful dance in his next life.ă
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I was struck with a high fever. Indeed, just as the god told me, this was proof that Iâve possessed the character named Fay as he hit 13 years old. The boy had black hair, black eyes, the face was well⌠should I say it looked a little villainous despite being the protagonist? Or that heâs got a taunting gaze? Well, there were those types of protagonists anyway.ă
I was reincarnated as the protagonist of a novel game. It made my heart throb in excitement just simply knowing that. But to understand my current situation, I spent a few days normally. Then I learned about many things.ă
First of all, the words I spoke, for some reason, weirdly converted into something provocative. When I said âHeyâ it became âOiâ, or when I said âGood morningâ it converted into âWhat are you doing?â, it felt like my words were being translated in that fashion. Why did it end up like this?ă
Perhaps the character named Fay was supposed to be the Cool type of protagonist? Perhaps this kind of word translation was something like a protagonistâs correction. In that case, there was no problem. A cool guy usually spoke haughtily after all.ă
And the place I live in seemed to be an orphanage. In other words, I was an orphan, and there were tons of children other than me. Well, having a protagonist as an orphan was often used in fiction too after all. There was also a sister called Maria, a blonde busty beauty who looked dangerously cute. She truly was cute. She seemed to be twenty five years old though. But she was still cute.
Well then, since the world I live in was based on a game, that meant there would come a point where the plot would begin. I didnât know when that moment would come. But I already expected it would come eventually, so it was better to prepare to be able to fight moving forward.ă
This world seemed to be set in a medieval kind of world with swords and magic. There were people known as paladins in this world, and their top priority was to protect the people of the Britannia Kingdom, of which the orphanage was part of, from the monsters called Abyss.ă
And it seemed that people could take an entrance assessment into the knights brigade once they were fifteen years old. That was how I got my revelation! I, who had read many fictions, understood that I would enter the knights brigade once I hit fifteen years old!! Then I would show off my moves which would fascinate people, then eventually lead into a wonderful life surrounded by heroines!ă
I was able to form a rough plan in my head. In that case, there was only one thing I should do. I was currently 13 years old, in other words, I have two years to up my skill with swords! Since there were wooden swords and secret manuals in this orphanage, I would make use of this and improve my expertise in swordsmanship from now on!ă
With that in mind, I started to practice swordsmanship. It seemed Fay was already originally detached from others in the orphanage, so nobody came to talk to me. I could invest all my effort and time for my future to my heartâs content.ă
âFay, you shouldnât overdo yourself.âă
âAah, of course.â
My words turned into goading ones. This couldnât be helped since most cool protagonists were basically haughty. Although I felt sorry for Maria who was simply worried for me, I couldnât stop this part of me. After all, I was the protagonist, who would save the world if I was defeated? There was such a responsibility imposed on the protagonist after all.ă
However, I would swing my swords and grow stronger. I swore to do so.ă
After all, I was the protagonist!ă
With that in mind, I practiced every day since my consciousness reincarnated into Fayâs body. Maria was staring at my figure. Perhaps Maria was⌠my heroine? Although I had my doubts âletâs leave the âMaria is the heroineâ theory for later since I would find out eventually anyway. Rather than thatâŚă\nâHey! What are you planning?!âă
âYou want something from me?â
The person who interrupted my practice was Tlue, a handsome blond-haired, blue-eyed boy who happened to be the same age as me and also lived in the orphanage. He interrupted my practice every day and I didnât understand why he would always do so without fail. According to my speculations, he must be the cannon fodder character. There was no doubt about it.ă
âDonât mess with me! Thereâs no way you will train seriously like this! Did you forget about what youâve done all this time?!âă
My apologies, but I have no memories of before I possessed Fayâs body. I could only reply, âI seeâ to Tlueâs claim regardless of how many times he asked me. Also, I have something I cared more about: the things I ought to do as a protagonist. As I dealt with him coldly and ignored his words, Tlue pointed his wooden sword at me.ă
âI challenge you to a duel. If I win, Iâll have you explain to me everything!âă
Even if you say that⌠Itâs fine. Before the world would learn of me, I would teach you how amazing I was. He seemed to have trained in his own way before I began my training, but that wouldnât be enough to match the innate talent of a protagonist.ă
âI donât mind. Iâll teach you how big the world can be.âă
âWhat did you say?!â
Tlue and I stood at a distance from each other. Then a single leaf danced in front of me. Both of us understood without needing words. The moment that leaf touc-
âDoraaa!âă
ââGahaa!â
Tlue attacked me before the leaf fell to the ground, and it was a critical hit. I endured the slash that hit my abdomen. It was very painful⌠Moreover, he was way faster than I wasâŚă
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