AN: This is a story inspired by the Waifu Catalog but the main character or the summoned waifus have any idea about it. Just think of it as a CYOA with some crossover characters.
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'Who… who am I?'
That was the thought that ran through my head as I gazed upon this weird town that I had found myself in.
The town should have had my full attention due to its medieval appearance and the animal like characteristics possessed by some of its denizens, a true isekai town that I had opened my eyes in.
Yet I could not properly focus as memories that did not belong to me warred inside my head.
I was the son of Sigmund of Frakkland but yet also the son of dwarf blacksmith Regin. I was the one to slay the evil dragon Fafnir with the reforged Gram and the one who had betrayed my true love Brynhildr.
I was the youngest of the true dragons and the younger brother of the Star Dragon who created the world. I was the one who was born as the incarnation of chaos with the control over the wind, water and space. The one who embarked on rampages due to his restless and curious nature.
I was the son of the one eyed god of wisdom, the one who was raised by the All Mother of Asgard, given life by the Cosmic Firebird and the one who carried the blood of Mother Earth. I was the longest reigning king of Asgard, the last of the Sky-Fathers and the strongest protector of the Nine Realms.
I was also a simple guy who had just went to get himself a snack during a break from his constant studies.
I was Sigurd, the King of Warriors.
I was Veldora, the Storm Dragon.
I was Thor, the Old King of Asgard.
I was Alexander 'Alex' Einar, a young man that had found himself in another world.
I…
"Kid, how long do you intend to just block the road?"
…was standing in the middle of the road.
"I'm sorry." I said with a smile and then walked away, looking around the small medieval city I had found myself in.
It was a beautiful city, even if the existence of people with animal characteristics was somewhat surprise; not as much as it would have been if he didn't have the memories of Veldora. Though, something about the city felt… familiar. Like as if he had seen it before but it wasn't from his memories as Veldora or Sigurd or Thor but as Alex. As if he knew of this place.
"Excuse me?" I said as I walked towards one of the many stalls around me, one with a grill.
"Hello there young man, would you like to buy some grilled Poiison? They are real good!" The man asked with a smile as he pulled one of the many fish skewers on his grill.
"No, I'm sorry but... can you tell me where exactly I am?" I asked with a smile, which wiped out the man's smile as he looked at me like I was a weirdo?
"Where you are? Kid, don't tell you don't know where we are."
"My apologies, it's just... I believe that I had a few too many drinks last night." I said the fist excuse that came to my mind and it seemed to work as the man's suspicious gaze vanished and he started to laugh as he clapped my shoulder.
"Hahaha, we all have been through that youngster, but you should be more careful while drinking!" He said as he kept clapping my shoulder. "We are in the royal capital of Lugnica." He said some other things but I wasn't really listening to him anymore.
Lugnica, I knew of that kingdom. I had read it in a novel, read it in a manga and even watched it in an anime. And even with my new memories helping me, I was on the verge of a panic attack.
Re:Zero, an isekai story about a young man that could go back in time by dying. It had great world building, story and character arcs but I could never truly become a part of its fanbase due to one aspect of the story. In many ways, it's core concept.
Suffering.
No matter how much people tried to spin it around, Re:Zero was a story all about one young man's suffering through atrocities that would have driven anyone to madness. It was a story of countlessbad days.
Oh well, guess it was about time I had decided to get a method of transport and leave to a far off place. Where was it in that if that Subaru and Rem left so that they didn't get frozen to death by a certain fluffy dad's temper tantrum over his adopted daughter's death?
Or at least that was what I wanted to do but there was something that really bothered me. A question, one that made the decision to leave Lugnica a rather hard concept.
When Natsuki Subaru dies, he goes back in time. But what happens to everybody else?
If I left now and Subaru died in one of his loops, would I even realize it? Would I somehow retain my memories like Thor and Veldora might be able to do so? Or would I just cease to exits?
Before I could think any further about my possible doom...
"Help! Guards!"
...I heard a woman scream.
Instincts of Thor as centuries as a hero, instincts of Sigurd who would never ignore someone in need, instincts of Veldora who is curious about what's happening and my own instincts as Alex of acting like a proper human being blended all together and I ran towards the noise until I found myself in a small alley with three thuggish looking dudes and a girl, the one I assumed to be the one who screamed, standing between them and a wall.
""That's enough!"" I said, my words echoed by someone on the other side of the alley.
"Oh fuck, it's the saintess!" One of the thugs, a ridiculously small one, cried out as they ran towards my direction; uncaring of my presence as they did their best to get away but I had no care for them. No, what I cared about was the two people standing in front of me.
"Oh man, I'm saved, about time too." The black haired girl said with a sigh of relief.
"My apologies ma'am, a thing like this wouldn't have happened if I had been here earlier." The red haired girl with a sword sheathed at her waist said with a small bow, freaking out the other girl.
"Woah don't bow, that's not how someone who just saved my bacon should be acting like. And don't call me ma'am, what part of me looks like a ma'am anyway?" She grumbled before turning towards me.
"Thank you for coming as well, even if the thugs did not seem to care about your existence." Rude, but not wrong.
"Yes, I must offer my thanks as a knight for coming to the defense of someone in need as well." The red haired girl said and I could feel my worry grew as I looked at them and finally decided to get to the bottom of that worry.
"There is no need for thanks, but... may I at least have your names?" I asked with a smile, trying to mask my worries.
"My name is Natsuki Subaru, a clueless girl who is also broke beyond compare!"
"I am Adelheid van Astrea, it's nice to meet your mister..."
"Alex, Alex Einar." I introduced myself with a smile but there was only one thought going inside my head.
'What the hell?'
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