Five figures could be seen, three of them on their knees, while one stood ominously, and the fifth figure panted, trying to protect the other three. The fight has been going on for hours, yet the attacker is seemingly unharmed. The other four have their eyes filled with disappointment and failure, yet they continue fighting.
"I failed, how? I had a power capable of beating almost anything but the dungeon cores. I learned a lot and yet I failed, how?" thought a mysterious voice.
"That is thy fault, thinking you can win every battle without any growth. Thinking the world will bend to your will is your fault." said another voice.
"RUN, PROTECT THE NEXT, MAKE THEM AS WORTHY AS MYSELF. IT IS NOT WORTH IT, THIS IS AN ORDER." The first voice commanded the standing figure.
The fifth figure couldn't decline the request and disappeared as the first voice replied
"Thee disgust me, thinking thyself as worthy disgusts me, such pride goes far beyond the limit of any pride shown from anyone, even the sin of pride itself." said the standing figure.
"I will show you pride alright? CONTRACT TO BURNING SPIRITS" As he put his hand on his heart as a giant explosion followed.
Tokio woke up from sleep as he got ready for school. He went down to have breakfast; his mother would greet him with "good morning," as he ate salad and soup before going to school.
"Bye"
he told his mother before wearing his shoes and walking to school, it was usually how he would go to school, it was a windy day, dark clouds did not let any sunlight through, despite this Tokio seemed to happy, he enjoyed the cold air that flew as He would walk to the school gates, putting his shoe in the shoe box and walking into his classroom and sitting his chair, putting his bag into the table. As he went to Ryoichi's chair.
"Yo" said Ryoichi as he took out the English textbook. He flipped to chapter 5, he didn't wish to read it but he had to since there was a test today.
"This writing is so bad, dude. I wish they would give us more interesting stories." said Tokio
"Kafka and Elison won't get you marks." said Ryoichi.
"Fair enough" said Tokio
Tokio stood there reading the chapter. The stormy clouds made the room look darker than it was, despite the lights being turned on. The room looked dark, its color drained, and it looked boring. Soon enough, the teacher entered the class and Tokio moved back to his desk. The teacher began the test. This was a daily occurrence, almost all teachers have picked a day to conduct weekly tests. Ryoichi had gotten used to this and was prepared for today's test. After the test, both of them went to the ground.
"Isn't this world boring, without any magical powers, high technology or anything fun? We do the same thing over and over again. We study, go home and spend time studying, playing video games, coding and writing. It is like a cycle that goes on. I wish we isekaid like in anime. I wish magic was real." said Tokio as he sat down on the grass.
"Even if we were to live in a magical world, we would be bad. An average person in those kinds of world are not that special. those worlds are based on luck, if you get lucky, you are one of the strongest in the world. But I guess our world isn't that different, is it?" said Ryoichi arguing against Tokio
Soft raindrops would start falling from the sky as the sky roared with thunder, despite this. Both of them stayed there and continued to chat, The cool breeze was worth a few drops of rain.
"This world does not care about change, we still hate people with differences despite knowing they are not different. What is the use of science if people are not ready to accept it?" Said Tokio
"Do you think you are free from it? You're not, you still judge people from their appearance. despite not being attractive, we are just made to believe that beauty means good intention, that's how our society works." said Ryoichi.
"You are correct, but how would you react to being isekaid. Myself honestly, I would like to explore the world and learn magic from it if I had been teleported for a mission, I should be the best at it or I might be replaced, but I wouldn't want to stay in the world for too long because I have people here I care about." said Tokio.
"I think I would want to do the same. Live a life for some time, using my powers to do stuff and I don't know. I never thought of it like that. It would be nice but trusting someone it just wouldn't be possible." said Ryoichi
Before Tokio could argue, both of them would be struck by lightning, their hair wasn't pulled up, no clue that they would be struck, they just were. As Ryoichi's eye opened, he would find himself in a forest. He looked at his hands, there weren't any burn marks or any heat he could feel.