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Let’s look back at my past for a moment.
The day I graduated from junior high school. I found out that my parents were in debt.
I couldn’t afford to pay for high school, so I was forced to graduate from junior high school.
After that, I started looking for a job, but the economy was in recession, and I couldn’t find a job, and even though I was able to become a full-time employee, I ended up losing my health at a black company…And then I realized that I was in my 40s and was heading to work.
I was standing on unfamiliar territory. I was scared at that time.
I was in a building I had never seen before, surrounded by people I had never seen before,
“I succeeded in summoning the guiding hand of the Hero ……!”
I didn’t know what was going on, but it seemed I had been summoned as a hero’s guide.
I was so happy to be summoned to another world that I almost jumped for joy. Because it was a free entertainment to pass the time for me who was poor.
I was so happy to be summoned to another world because I read so many works of various genres every day that I was worn out.
But that’s where the problem began.
I am not a hero, apparently. I was summoned to be the guide for the three heroes in this world.
I was told that my role was to guide the three heroes, who could be called fifteen-year-old girls, to the gate of the demon world.
I was not told the details, but it was much better than life in Japan, so I began my journey with the three heroes without understanding the particulars.
The journey to the gate of the demon world was a hard one in its own way.
There was clearly a difference in temperature between the three heroes, who were burning with their mission, and me, but as we continued our journey, we gradually came to understand each other.
Leticia – an elf princess, a girl who always maintained a confident and strong attitude.
“Really …… Shuji can’t do anything without me♪”
She was a troublesome individual who somehow grew to stick to me when I supported her after she fell ill due to her overconcern as the leader of the party.
Lianna–the princess of Dragoneut, she is strong and graceful.
“I love Shuji ……”
A girl who grew up being feared by everyone around her because of her superior power among the Dragoneuts.
When I treated her as a normal girl, she was a troublesome one
Ferris — Princess of the android tribe, a serious girl who is a bit silly and absent-minded.
“Shuji-sama. Please praise me for my efforts in the battle just now. I demand a pat on the head.”
I was praising her so much that she started to stick to me.
The …… long journey with these girls will soon come to an end.
We arrived at the farthest town, said to be guarding the gates of the demon world, and spent our last night at an inn.
……Okay, everyone is already asleep.
I mixed sleeping pills with the three of them for dinner,……I’m glad they listened to me properly.
After taking one last look at the sleeping faces of the three, I departed the inn alone.
Five years have passed since I was summoned to another world.
I was already forty-five years old, and the girls were now twenty.
I have been a guiding hand of the heroes and raised them, and now they have grown up to be the strongest in the world in their respective fields.
However, in the course of their …… journey, I learned of the end of the heroes’ journey.
–I was told that it would take the sacrifices of three heroes to seal the gates of the demon world.
This world is a joke.
It is a world that selects a hero every few years and is built on the sacrifices of those children.
Leticia, Lianna, and Ferris sometimes told me their true feelings, saying they didn’t want to die yet.
Hearing their thoughts, I was thinking of destroying the gates of the magical world.
I had a plan. But instead of that, there is a risk that I might die.
Well, but …… I’m already a forty-five year old man.
I’m not sure if there’s anyone waiting for me when I return to the original world. I’d rather use it to save those three people than go back to the hard life again, wouldn’t it be more meaningful?
“I wasn’t such a self-sacrificing person to begin with.”
…… While riding my horse out of the city, I grumbled to myself.
The gates of the demon world came into view.
I immediately dismounted from my horse and stood in front of the gate of the demon world.
From the huge gate, I could feel the evil and magical power.
It is said that the gate of the demon world is opened once every few years by the demons that lurk deep within.
However, it is said that the gate can be sealed by offering a hero.
In other words, there is only one thing I have to do to protect those three troublesome heroes.
–to exterminate the demon tribe that is inside.
This world is made up of heroes who offer themselves so that the demons inside will not come out.
In other words, I have to defeat the demon tribe that is demanding the sacrifice.
Then the three of them will be saved.
……That is my happy ending to this journey.
As the guiding hand of the hero, I invoke the power of the “hero,” and I open the gates of the …… demon world and enter.
A dark, dark world stretched out. But beyond that – a number of eerie magical forces are stirring.
“…… kiki kiki kiki.”
The moment I heard a squeal from somewhere, a demon tribe was coming toward me.
I grabbed the wrist of the demon who was coming toward me.
I was lent the monstrous power of “Lianna” as a guiding hand
“Now, this is where I’m going to start. ……”
Countless demons were stirring and attacking me.
Demons that look like giant dragons, evil spirits with undefined shapes like shadows, and beast-like demons that attack with their fangs bared – they all aim at me mercilessly.
“They all come at me without mercy. I’ll beat them all up.”
I ready my fists to intercept them and crush the approaching demons.
The power of a hero’s guiding hand is that it can use a force slightly stronger than the heroes.
By doing so, the role of the heroic guide is to show the heroes how to use their power.
Therefore, I am – so to speak – a supercompetitor of the heroes. And yet, none of the summoned men had ever tried to fight the demons in place of the heroes.
The reason is simple. We had brought the heroes to the gate of the demon world, our role was done, and we could return to our original world.
To those who had been summoned in the past, the heroes must have been insignificant.
–I understand that this is the right thing to do.
“….. Hey, Shuji. I’m happy with you. …… No. Since I like you, would you please spend just one night with me?”
“Shuji. …… be my first and last lover.”
“Shuji sama. I may not be able to satisfy you with my body, but I want to give you my first time.”
This is what …… the three girls said to me, you know?
They misunderstood me because I was the only guy close to them –
If they lived a normal life, they would probably have many more good encounters, but they confessed their feelings to me–.
I want them to live freely, fall in love freely, and die freely.
For that, I’m willing to bet my life, no matter how much it costs.
There is a flash of light and a spray of blood, but the number of enemies does not decrease.
But I will not stop. I cannot collapse here.
For the sake of my friends, I will destroy the demon tribe here and destroy everything.
“Damn …… there’s no end to it. ……”
The wounds on my body are increasing. As expected of ……, it’s a tough fight.
Still, I have no intention of falling. I readjust my fist and aim to annihilate the demons.
Then, the moment I tried to muster all the strength from my whole body.
–Something unusual happened.
As if in response to my power, the demons activated the power of the hero.
…Are these guys actually eating the heroes and stealing their power?
I grabbed the neck of the demon tribe that used a heroic power and snapped it off.
Then, I raised my voice.
If the power that the demon tribe has is the power of the heroes—
“…… Heroes. Please, for the sake of the precious heroes I want to protect,…… lend me your power!”
I shouted, and I activated the sword of light –
I do not know if they agreed with my idea or not.
But – I feel as if the past heroes have pushed me back.
I can still fight.
Thank you …… everyone.
I continued to swing my fists and magic while thanking the heroes who had been devoured so far.
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Quite promising.
25 year age difference lol
Also the amount of details being skipped in favor of getting through the backstory is crazy.