Power, money, harem, admiration, blah, blah, blah. When you think of an isekai protagonist, you think of someone awesome, a person who has everything in life, with magical talent that didn't require any hellish training to use, and becoming the most powerful almost instantly. Yes, there are exceptions, but in most cases, isekai protagonists have a harem and are super powerful without any effort at all. "Oh, what great power he has, I'm in love with him" — it's that easy for them. Damn lucky bastards.
I thought I would have that kind of luck and become powerful. I thought I would have more than one woman in love with me… Ah, I was so wrong.
Thousands of years ago, a legendary warrior named "Izuke" defeated the demons that lived in this world and, since then, the Earth lived in peace for thousands of years.
According to the story told in the books, all that is known is that a warrior named "Izuke" defeated them, but nothing more is known — not where he came from or if he had a family.
According to the legends, before the demons were defeated, someone was able to use the "Heavenly Wall" and managed to summon their familiar.
The legends say that familiars summoned through the Heavenly Wall will be the most powerful sorcerers in the world.
The theories say that Izuke was the familiar; others consider this fact a lie, since the books say that the summoned familiar was not Izuke, although both possessed an enormous and very similar magical power.
Thousands of years have passed since the familiar was summoned through the Heavenly Wall, and until now, no one has been able to summon a familiar using the Heavenly Wall… Well, until now.
What is my name? My name is Ángel. It's a pleasure. How old am I? I'm older than I look. Do I have any goal or dream? Not really. Did I ever imagine that I would end up in another world? Of course not!
And what am I doing right now? Well… It's complicated to explain.
I'm standing in front of thousands of demons and I'm holding two swords in my hands, ready to fight.
"Shit, this is going to be complicated," I thought nervously.
Though, well, who wouldn't be nervous in a situation like this?!
Yes, that's me. That generic guy with somewhat long black hair — that's me. I'm standing in front of thousands of demons while preparing to fight them. I suppose you're wondering why I'm in this situation… Well, it would be best to start from the beginning.
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The painful life of Ángel.
CHAPTER 1 - The beginning of hell.
Classes at school have already ended. The day wasn't bad, no complaints really. There was just one small interesting detail today. I heard an idiot saying he was going to invite my María to the movies! I won't allow that! And that's why I got ahead of him. Today I finally told the girl I like, María, how I feel about her, and I'm standing in front of her, waiting for a response, being optimistic about the situation.
She is what is known as a "childhood friend." We've been friends for a long time, it's impossible that…!
"I'm sorry, I don't like you." That's what she responded immediately, without thinking about it even a little, critically reducing my optimism.
"Ah…"
At least you could have pretended you were thinking about it.
My heart broke with those words. She was the only person I considered a friend. I was an idiot for falling in love with her.
"I like someone else."
Yes, I see. Well, honestly, I don't blame her. Just look at me! Even I accept my ugliness.
After all, I have nothing attractive about me. My appearance is average. Except for my grades — I'm a huge idiot in that aspect. Ah, I would be the worst boyfriend.
The only good thing I have is that my family owns land and we're wealthy, but not even that helped me. Ay…
"Well, no way, at least I tried," I said in a carefree and smiling way.
I walk away from her quickly. Pretend it didn't affect me! La, la, la, la. Ah, life is so shitty, isn't it?
To tell the truth, it does matter. When she said that, I froze for a few seconds. It wasn't what I expected. I really bet everything on this going well, but now the best thing is to withdraw. I'm fucked! The first thing I'll do when I get home is eat a ton of ice cream and then jerk off. Yes, a great afternoon awaits me.
"I was just rejected. I shouldn't get depressed over something like that. I just have to move forward without looking back… Forward, toward that strange white sphere… White sphere?"
What?
A white sphere the size of an apple is floating in front of me. It's so strange. It doesn't move at all; it just floats statically. Also, I feel like I've seen it before. It's like that feeling that you've already experienced something identical. Déjà vu? Yes, that. But I don't think this has happened to me before; I would remember seeing something like this.
This sphere doesn't seem to be made of plastic or glass. It's shiny and looks elastic, like a rubber ball. It's as if a bubble had white water inside it.
"Eh?"
I don't know how to explain this situation, honestly. I don't see any cable or any wind. The way it floats isn't natural; it's not caused by any kind of wind or mechanism. Could it be some hologram? My mother recently got a device that creates holograms, but it didn't look as real as this sphere, and she bought the most modern one.
"What is that?" I ask myself, confused, while getting closer to it to satisfy my curiosity.
I observe it while circling around it. The more I look at it, the stranger it seems. I can't make any sense of it.
It looks like a bubble with white water inside. Maybe it will explode if I touch it.
"Is it really a bubble?"
I doubt it, but I'll resolve my doubt with a simple experiment: touching it.
I touch it with the index finger of my right hand and my finger goes through it. Wow. It feels very soft, but weird at the same time, like bubbling. I feel like thousands of tiny bubbles are exploding on my finger. But this isn't a bubble; it didn't explode. It feels like water inside, but thicker, like liquid glue.
"Hehe. It tickles… Mmm?"
When I said that, I felt as if the white sphere was pulling my finger.
"Eh?"
Did I imagine it? No, I'm definitely feeling something pulling me. What is…?
Eh? Hey, Ángel, are you seeing the same thing I am? Why am I asking myself that?! Of course I'm seeing it!
I-it seems to be growing? Y-yes, it is, and it's devouring my arm! I can't break free! I try to escape, but I can't; this thing is pulling me with too much force. All I can do is ask for some help. Some? A lot of help!
"Help!!" I screamed in fear.
A strange floating object is trying to kidnap me! Someone help me…! Eh?
The people…
I see the people (mostly students) around me. The people aren't moving at all. It's as if time had stopped. What?
"Eh?!"
T-this makes no fucking sense! Have I gone crazy?!
I-I don't want to die! I had heard that death felt like this, as if time stopped! This sphere is death itself!
"I-I don't want to! Let me go!! I'm too young!!"
After a few moments of desperation, I am completely swallowed by the white sphere. Nooooo!!
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"Mmm… Would it have been better to use a truck? I could have also used the classic magic circle… Whatever. The result will be the same."
The people were still not moving and a very strange child observed what happened to that boy. He was the only one who could move in that place.
"Mmm… How much magical power will he have? Will he be powerful? I hope I don't get bored. Ángel, don't disappoint me."
The child, or rather, the supreme God, disappeared and the people began to move again. (Character from "I am an inferior being with the ability to seduce women" and "Humans against demons.")
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(POV - Ángel.)
I can't see anything. Nothing, nothing, everything is darkness. I'm not even able to see my own hand. I feel it on my face, near my eyes, but I don't see it. Is this my end? Is this how I'm going to die? Well, at least I died without feeling pain. Almost no one can afford to say the same.
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No...
I don't want to die!! I haven't even had my first kiss yet! I'm a virgin! I want to have friends! And I suspect my only friend only talked to me out of pity. When she rejected me I felt like my confession disgusted her… Ahhhhhh!! I'm so pathetic!!
"What the hell is this thing?!"
Let me out of here, I don't want to die! I haven't enjoyed life! I want to live!
P-please, don't let this be the representation of death. Did they kill me?! I was very healthy…!
"Eh?"
And without warning, the sphere that trapped me disappeared out of nowhere and I fall to the ground after being released. I can see again, but unfortunately, my surprise doesn't end there.
"That hurt."
Ground? How strange, it's not pavement.
I get up. Dazed and somewhat confused, I begin to feel that I'm being watched. I turn to look around and I see many people, maybe students. I say maybe because I hadn't seen that clothing before, and everyone is wearing it.
They have somewhat strange uniforms: they wear a long-sleeved white shirt with a green star as an insignia, and their skirts and pants are green. They have other accessories on their heads that I can't identify well… Are they symbols? I don't recognize them. Their uniforms are weird. They seem to be the same age as me. Although something about them catches my attention a lot: the students' hair is colored. Some have red hair, others pink, and a few have blue hair, among other colors. Doesn't anyone have black hair…? No, no one.
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…
I admit it, I've consumed drugs recently, but nothing so serious as to make me hallucinate like this.
"Eh? This is very weird."
Did I faint and now I see the people around me differently because of some concussion?
Wait…
I smell. Take a deep breath… This place doesn't smell like pollution.
I lost my sense of location when I looked around.
There are many trees around here and a huge, impressive wall full of strange symbols that I can't understand.
One thing I'm sure of: I'm not in the city. I know my city perfectly. I've wandered around hundreds of times; I've traveled it completely at least five times. This place is not near my city. How bad was the hit I took?
"Where am I?"
Another option would be that… Am I in the world of the dead…? Uwaaaah!
I feel a strong pain in my back. Someone kicked me and I'm biting the dust again. Who was the idiot who kicked me?! I'm going to beat the shit out of him…! Ay, wow, how beautiful. The beating is canceled; I can't hit her. Seriously, this girl is gorgeous, although… I feel fear when I see her.
Despite the situation, someone here seems to be out of place. Even those watching me seem confused. This particular person, the one who just hit me, looks very happy, celebrating without any restraint. But well, leaving that aside, she's very beautiful! Does my breath smell good? Do I smell good? I need to make a good first impression on this beautiful little angel who came to welcome me to paradise.
Eh? A big shiver runs through my body. This shiver… Should I stay away from her?
"I did it! In your face, Liz!"
She approaches me excitedly, lifts me up and starts shaking me with excitement. What the fuck is wrong with her? Why is she treating me like some animal? Yes, she's beautiful, but I'm dying of fear! Being touched by her feels like being touched by a monster! My survival instinct is screaming at me to get away!
"I did it, I really did it!" she said in a joyful tone.
Does she think I'm a toy?
But well, I can endure this fear just to see such a beautiful lady, with beautiful brown eyes, a very pretty long white mane, and a pinkish white skin tone. Ah, and her breasts aren't just big — they're enormous! Wow. I had never been so close to a woman who was so beautiful and sexy at the same time, and she's touching me too… Well, she's shaking me, but that doesn't take away from the fact that she's touching me. Hehe. You know, it's been a long time since a woman touched me like that. Aw, I'm blushing. Hahahahahaha! Ah, I wish I could say that out loud. Why am I only extroverted in my thoughts?!
"Look! I summoned my familiar using the Heavenly Wall!"
She shows me off, or rather, shows off her ability? Who are you saying you summoned, babe?
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Wait… Eh?
Familiar? What does she mean by that?
"Familiar?" I asked, confused.
"Amazing!"
An old man's voice is heard from behind the crowd.
The students make way and an old man approaches me to examine me carefully. A few moments later, his face lights up with happiness. This old man is weird; he wears a very striking hat that "covers" his bald head, and there's a strange smiling rabbit figure on the hat. And how do I know he's bald if he's wearing a hat? Because that hat is transparent! How is that possible?!
A witch hat? Leaving aside the transparency, it really looks like the classic witch hat. It's the first time I've seen one in person.
Am I being recorded for an internet video? I want a share of the monetization! I don't really need it, but I'd rather keep the money myself than let some shitty influencer have it.
"Incredible!" the old man exclaimed, surprised.
He keeps walking around me, analyzing me with his crazy eyes. Okay? I've had enough of this. What the hell is going on here?!
"No one has been able to use the Heavenly Wall in thousands of years. So he is the result of using it. Congratulations, Elara!" said the old man while congratulating the girl who, apparently, is named "Elara."
Nice name. Elara, like one of Jupiter's moons. Elara, Elara. It's the first time I've heard that name on a person.
Wait… Thousands of years?
"W-w-what?"
I need explanations! I'm going crazy!
"Thank you, Professor Bell!" she said to the old man, with such a beautiful expression.
Wow, she's so pretty, but I feel like she's hiding something. My body keeps getting chills.
This is getting more uncomfortable. The crowd is still looking at me a lot, even stranger than before. I feel some fear with all those eyes on me. I'm not made to stand out!
The best thing is to withdraw. Y-yes, I have a feeling it's a very bad idea to stay here.
"I-I think I'd better go."
Shrugging off all responsibility, I started walking… Or so I thought. Before I could get away, Elara grabs my shirt with her right hand and stops me. Hey, babe, it's fine fabric. A thousand dollars per garment… Well, yes, the government gave me the uniform because my school is public, but that doesn't mean I'll let you damage it. Stop pulling me so roughly, I already stopped!
"Where are you going? You belong to me now," she said very confidently with an ear-to-ear smile that only reflected evil in her.
A diabolical smile that scares me a lot. Terror. Panic. It's like a demon! Is it possible to stretch your mouth that much?! That smile is grotesque and huge!
Seeing her smile like that paralyzed me and I felt my heart beating harder. T-this girl is not normal. Is she a demon?! Did I die and they sent my soul to hell?! I have to escape!
I should have trusted my chills. No wonder I keep feeling them since I saw her!
"I don't belong to anyone!"
Except to whores — my body is for them. Wink, wink… Idiot, put the jokes aside, we're in danger!
I remove her hand from my shirt and start running. Run, Ángel, run as if a huge rapist wanted to rape you! Run for your life! Run like…! Ahhhhh! Just run, dumbass! Ahhhhhhh!
"Stop!!" she shouted angrily.
Do you think I'll stop, idiot?! You're a danger to me!
Elara starts running and I'm quickly caught by her. S-she's very fast! Or am I the slow one? Either way, the result is the same!
She pushes me hard and I fall face down on the ground. Before I can do anything, she sits on my back. I feel her big ass on my back. Someone like me should feel excited, but I only feel fear! Get off, get away from me! Ahhhhh! I can't move; with just one hand she makes it impossible for me to get up!
H-how can she be so fast and strong? Or am I the weak one? Ahhhhh! I'm useless!
"The ritual must be completed," said Professor Bell as he approaches us.
"I know!"
R-ritual? Nooooooo! Did they send me to hell for masturbating?! I thought my mother was exaggerating about that! I repent, God, forgive me! Take me to paradise!
Elara turns me over and I look her in the eyes with fear. T-this girl is definitely not normal. I only feel evil in her and the chills don't stop.
For as long as I can remember, I've felt chills when I'm about to be in danger. I felt it when I was walking down the street looking at my phone and it made me stop, just before a truck would have wrecked me. I felt it when I avoided a street and took another path, and right on that street there was a gas leak explosion. Blah, blah, blah! I never distrust my chills! This woman is going to put my physical integrity at risk! Because it doesn't work emotionally. If it did, it would have warned me about María's rejection and I wouldn't have tried, although it didn't warn me about that white sphere. Ahhhhhh! What am I thinking about?!
While I was thinking about all that, she was reciting some strange words that I didn't hear completely because I was thinking. Like a witch! I want to leave!
"What are you doing?!"
"I'm finishing the ritual."
Elara takes a knife out of her pocket. Seeing that made me think she wants to murder me. Is this a satanic ritual?! Do they want to sacrifice me?! Yes, I'm a virgin, but usually a female virgin works better! Although I won't tell them that out loud; I have a reputation to maintain. Wink, wink.
Leave the nonsense for later; they want to kill us! Better kill me by… by… I was going to say kill me while sitting on me, but I definitely don't want you near me even for that. What kind of monster are you to make me feel that?! And I would even say yes to a 3 out of 10!
"Eh?!"
"Shut up!"
Noooooooo!
… Am I dead already? Eh?
Ufffff. It wasn't for me; the cut was for her. She made a small wound on her thumb. Ah, my neck is safe… for the moment.
Why did she do that?
"I, Elara Churs, through this ritual, turn you into my familiar."
She opens my mouth without any difficulty and a few drops of her blood come into contact with my tongue. Yuck! I don't have that fetish!
How disgusting, you could infect me with some disease, idiot! Yuck, yuck!
"Done."
She stands up and moves away from me. I feel very disgusted right now. It's so unhygienic! Why did she do that?!
"How disgusting!"
I get up and start spitting. All of this is quite weird! I'm already tired of not understanding anything!
"Why did you do that…?! Ahhhhhhhhh!!"
Out of nowhere, I start to feel like my chest is burning. I-it's unbearable pain!
W-what's happening to me?! Why do I feel so much pain?! Am I having a heart attack?!
"Ahhhhhhhh!!" I screamed in agony.
I had never experienced so much pain in my miserable and pathetic life! What's happening?! Uwaaaah! I feel something in my chest; something is happening in my chest!
I take off my shirt and see a star-shaped mark appearing on my chest. Literally a star made of scars formed! And how the hell did scars form on my chest?!
The pain goes away, but the mark doesn't disappear.
What the hell just happened?!
"What the hell is happening?!"
Yes, I repeated it out loud because that's how scared I am! Fuck my shyness and social anxiety; this is more important than my mental problems!
"What the fuck did you do to my beautiful body?!"
She pulls me by my left ear and starts walking. This girl really likes to treat me badly, huh? I'm not a masochist! I don't care if you're beautiful; I don't like you treating me like this!
"We have to go!"
"L-let me go, I can walk by myself."
She stops pulling me by the ear and I put on my shirt. Sorry for taking away the beautiful view, ladies, but it's cold.
While I put on my shirt, I think: "I think I fainted when María rejected me, so this must be a dream… I have to wake up."
This seems very real, but it's also quite weird, so the probability that it's a dream seems very possible to me. How do you wake up from a dream? Easy, by causing myself pain.
"I would love to go with you, but I have to wake up from this dream."
I start hitting myself in the face with my fists. I feel the blows, but I don't wake up. This doesn't seem to be a dream. T-this seems way too real! I'm even bleeding, but I don't wake up!
"Stop doing that, I order you!!" Elara shouted while looking at me very angrily.
Look at me all you want with that expression, idiot, but I'm leaving! It wasn't a pleasure meeting you!
Wake up, wake up, wake up!
"I have to wake up from this dream!!" I screamed in fear while hitting myself.
I keep hitting myself until I feel a great pain in my heart. W-what?! What's happening to me now?! I-I feel like my heart is going to explode. I-I feel a lot of pain!
"Ahhhhh!!" I screamed in agony, because the pain is really very painful.
It's more painful than being castrated! Not that it had happened to me, but I imagine it's very painful. Ahhhhhh! Stop thinking about stupid things!
I stop hitting myself and kneel while trying to catch my breath. I'm very agitated. I-I'm out of breath. My energy is exhausted. What happened to me?
"W-what…?"
I-I can't speak. What was that?
"That will happen to you every time you don't obey me. Let's go."
Eh? If I don't do what she says, am I going to feel pain? This makes no sense!
Eh? I feel like I recovered my breath and energy. So soon? It makes no sense!
"What was that?!" I say, trembling with fear.
"Familiars who do not obey their masters' orders will feel pain in their heart until they obey."
Masters? Familiars? I don't understand anything!
"Where am I?!"
Ah, that's right, technology! Why didn't I think of that before?!
I take out my cell phone while trembling with fear and she observes my phone with great curiosity. Her eyes don't leave my phone. What is she looking at so much? Phones are private!
"What is that?"
Eh? She doesn't know what a phone is…? That's not important now! I have to ask for help!
I try to call my mother, but I have no signal.
"Damn!" I say, complaining.
Now how will they find me without signal?! I open the map and… indeed, it doesn't work. Without signal I can't use the internet. I'm lost!
Eh? She took my phone and looks at it with curiosity.
"What is this?"
My only chance to ask for help! You won't take it from me!
"Give it to me!"
I snatch my phone from her and put it in my pants, right in my crotch. If you want it so much, take it! Muahahahaha! Ah, I'm going crazy.
Elara grabs me by the shirt and starts shaking me quickly. Y-you damn crazy woman, I'm getting dizzy!
"What is that?!"
"Enough, Miss Churs, we have to go," said Professor Bell.
"Tsk."
She stops shaking me and turns to look at Professor Bell.
"Fine."
I'm very dizzy; everything around me is spinning. Does anyone have a bag?!
"I think I'm going to vomit. Is my baby already kicking?" I said, caressing my belly.
"Stop saying stupid things!"
She pulls me by the shirt and starts walking.
"Let's go!"
Sorry, saying stupid things relaxes me. I need to relax!
Mmm… Wow.
I look around while Elara pulls me by the shirt as if I were a dog on a leash.
There are several sculptures lined up next to the huge wall. They are white stone statues, as tall as an adult, and each one represents an animal that… Wow, it doesn't look like anything I've seen in my life. This place is very strange. I had never heard of this place, much less of creatures like these.
I only recognize one: it's a unicorn, or at least it has the body of a horse and a horn on its forehead, but instead of a normal face, it has a huge open mouth right on its neck, with sharp teeth and a tongue hanging as if it were licking the air. The statue is carved with so much detail that I can almost imagine the slobbery sound it would make when breathing. What kind of monster is that? A carnivorous unicorn or what? It makes me want to run away just by looking at it.
A little further on there is another one that looks like a weird mix between a lion and an eagle, but twisted: the muscular body of a lion, huge wings of stone feathers that spread as if it were about to take flight, and instead of a normal tail, it ends in a thick, curved scorpion stinger, with carved veins that glow faintly under the sun. I think I've seen it in an anime. What was it called…? Chimera or something like that.
Further ahead, almost against the wall, there is a sculpture that leaves me with my mouth open: it's like a long, sinuous snake, but instead of a single head it has three, and each head is not reptilian — they are flowers. Giant flowers, open, with stone petals that seem soft to the touch, but end in sharp thorns. Snakes with flower heads. Wow, I admit I never imagined that combination.
And the last one I manage to see before Elara gives me another tug is the strangest of all: a huge wolf, but instead of fur it has thin tentacles coming out all over its body. The wolf's eyes are carved with an expression of pure hunger, and in its snout there is a smaller statue of a bird trapped between its teeth. That last detail is great.
Millions of small tentacles instead of fur. Wow, petting a real one must feel incredible.
"Where am I? A museum?"
I look at the other students and, now that I notice, strange animals are next to them. Seeing that causes me more confusion than fear. Yes, I'm definitely in hell.
Hey, that's the wolf! Or at least a puppy of that wolf; it's very small and is on a student's head. Let me pet it…! No, better later. Another student is riding a chimera! I don't want to be near them!
I start walking next to Elara and whisper to her. I need information; I'm getting more paranoid. I'm not imagining this!
"Excuse me, where am I? Why do I have a star on my chest? Why do you call me familiar? Why…?"
"So annoying!!"
She interrupts me with a loud scream. S-shit, she almost made me deaf. Don't scream so much, idiot!
"You talk too much, shut up!!"
She kicks me in the crotch and starts laughing at me. Y-you damn crazy woman! That place is off-limits to hit! Only cowards hit there! Coward, coward!
"Why did you do that?!" I shouted, angry.
"To make you shut up!!"
Damn crazy woman. I barely know you and I already hate you. Why do you treat me so badly?!
"Without answers I refuse to walk!"
"I order you!"
"Ti li irdini. Do you think I'll walk just because you order me to?"
"You're already doing it," she said with a big evil smile.
"I'm doing it so I don't feel pain, not because you order me to."
Help, God, a witch caught me!
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After walking for a few minutes, we left the forest and I see what apparently is the school they attend. It's a huge school and there are three huge buildings: the one on the left has five floors, the middle one has three floors, and the one on the right has five floors. It's completely surrounded by a large wall. And how do I know there are three buildings if I can't see them? Because I asked the professor and he described the school to me.
Wow. The wall is really huge; it must be about 500 meters approximately, and I see many people below, security guards or something like that. How much protection they have. Surely it's a school for rich people. It's in the middle of nowhere. How far are we from the city? I need some signal to ask for help.
In the distance I only see trees and open fields; I don't see anything else. No wonder it smells so nice. Clean air… How did I get to this place?!
"Go back to your rooms. We're done with classes for today."
Elara pulls me by the shirt and starts walking again. Ay, I still hadn't finished admiring the landscape.
"Come on, you have a lot to do."
Me? What? But I just got here.
"Do I?" I say, confused.
"Yes, now you're my familiar. You'll do what I tell you."
"Familiar" must mean something else in this place. I highly doubt that a beauty like her is related to my family.
"I suppose the word 'familiar' has another meaning in this place… What is a familiar?"
"What is it? Don't you know?"
Well, no, dumbass, that's why I'm asking you, although obviously I won't tell you that. My balls still hurt from your kick.
"I don't know. I have the concept of familiar as family, like cousins, uncles and grandparents, but I suppose it has another meaning for you."
H-hey, don't look at me as if I were an idiot without common sense. I am an idiot, but I think my common sense is not the same as yours. I want to know where the hell I am!
"A familiar is a being with magical powers that does what its master tells it to do. It's a brief summary, but basically that's what a familiar is. A slave without rights."
So I became something like… like…? I can only think of people of color in the old days. They took away my precious human rights! I demand a trial…! Wait, Ángel, didn't you hear what she said? Yes, I heard her. Magical powers… magical… Magical?!
"…What?"
I stop walking. Magical powers? Real magical powers? Is that possible?
N-no, maybe I'm just misunderstanding something.
"M-magical powers?"
"Yes," she said with a serious expression.
I don't feel like she's joking. I can't imagine this girl telling a joke. Magic. Magic… Magic, magic, magic, magic.
The white sphere.
Time stopped.
The strange animals.
I can't disobey her.
The star on my chest.
All of that is thanks to magic. Real magic.
…What?!
Is she seriously not joking?! Why me?! I don't have magic! Magic isn't supposed to exist! What am I doing here?!
"I don't have magical powers!"
Shit, shit, shit, shit… Sorry for repeating it so much, but it deserves to be repeated once more and louder. Shit!!
"I summoned you using the Heavenly Wall. You must be a being with incredible magical powers. And I am your master, which makes me the most important person in the world. Hahahahahaha!!"
More important? But your classmates' reactions were of surprise, but not exaggerated enough to think that. They lacked emotion. Did you really achieve something so unique? Even the professor lacked emotion. Don't be a liar; you didn't achieve something so incredible!
I sigh and try to calm down. I have to talk calmly with her; my balls are in danger if I insult her even a little.
"Listen, I'm 16 years old and I'm a normal human. I don't have magical powers."
Besides, they don't even exist!
"I don't believe you. Keep walking."
Sigi ciminindi. Crazy woman.
God, what happened to me?
I look around. This place doesn't seem to be Mexico; it looks cleaner. The air smells very good and I don't hear the noise of cars; it's a quiet place. Its atmosphere doesn't remind me of anything I've seen in my country, and that's saying something, since I've literally traveled all over the country. I know it perfectly.
Does magic really exist? It's the only logical option I find for why I'm in this place… or I'm dead… Well, it's also possible that I'm still fainted and dreaming all of this.
"Am I still in Mexico?"
In what part? Possibly in the south.
"Mexico? What is Mexico?"
… Eh? Did she really ask that? Does she really not know what Mexico is?
"T-that's what the country where I live is called."
"Mexico?"
She thinks for a few seconds. She's trying to remember something. How can you stay thinking about Mexico? Anyone knows Mexico!
"No, I don't know that country."
She doesn't know Mexico? Mexico is known practically all over the world. There's no one who doesn't know it! For better or worse, we're known worldwide!
"Eh? Where are we?"
"We are in the country called: 'Zouler'."
...
What?
...
What?!
I don't know that country. Does a country called that even exist?! Maybe it's an African country, but I doubt it!
"Z-Zouler? I've never heard of it… This is getting weirder and weirder."
What continent could it be on…? Did I change continents without realizing?! Mother, I was kidnapped! Your bodyguards are useless!
Mmmm? How strange. I see a carriage leaving the school. It's one of those carriages used before cars were invented, and it's being pulled by normal horses. Well, not so normal because they're pink, but leaving aside their color, they're horses. It's the first time I've seen one in person. How would it feel to travel in one?
"A carriage?"
A small laugh escapes me. Hehe. What a good joke I just thought of. That one does deserve to be said out loud. Come on, bring out your extroverted side!
"What year are we in?" I said, clearly joking.
"In 1534."
"…Eh?"
There is a big awkward silence between us and I get more nervous than before. 1534? D-did I travel in time?!
"1534?!" I shouted in surprise.
"Why are you surprised?"
S-she's not joking. I don't feel like she's joking! What's happening?!
"I come from the year 2019!!"
Elara smiles at me with a normal smile. Ufffff. Thank goodness. I don't think my heart can handle one more diabolical smile. I'm at my limit!
"That makes you an even more special familiar. Follow me."
She pulls me by the shirt and we enter the school. The students in front of us were checked from head to toe, possibly looking for weapons, but they let us in instantly. Is Elara from an important family or is her feat really that impressive? Her proud smile makes it clear that she enjoys being treated better than the others. Ah, why did destiny link me with this crazy woman?
"What is this place?" I said, admiring all this beauty.
Wow. Upon entering, the first thing I see is how elegant the school is. How to describe it? It's like… I don't know, but it's very elegant. Statues of animals and people everywhere, decorations and flowers so beautiful, everything is so beautiful and refined. Not even the most expensive school I've attended compares to this place. Wow. It must cost a fortune to attend this place. Am I in a European place…? No, they speak my language. Spain? I doubt it.
"The 'Green Star' magic school. The best magic school in the country."
Magic? A magic school?! It sounds great, but it scares me… Magic… Real magic?!
"Magic?! Do you know how to use magic?!" I shouted, surprised and scared.
"Of course."
Magic, weird animals, weird people, weird animals, everything weird in general. Ahhhhhhhh!
"T-this… T-this… This is weird!!"
I try to escape again. Magic? That could explain the weird animals I saw before. That could explain why I was summoned. I-I don't want to be here! God, I want to go home! I don't want to be here, please! I want to wake up from this weird dream!! I know I've repeated "weird" a million times, but I can't help it!! This is so weird!!
"Come back, I order you!!" she shouted angrily.
I'm not coming back, crazy woman! I'd rather have a heart attack than be a shitty slave!
I keep running and I feel a great pain in my heart. Ahhhhhhh!! Come on, Ángel, keep moving, ignore the pain!!
Ahhhhhh! I can't stand it anymore!!
I kneel and start complaining about the pain. Y-you damn shitty magic! I want to ignore it, but I simply can't!
"It will stop hurting if you come with me!!"
Shit, I have no other choice. I want to go to hell, but I can't stand the pain! I have to go back!
I return to her and the pain goes away instantly. Shitty magic!
"You have to do what I tell you from now on. You belong to me," she said while looking at me with disgust.
It's not fair. I'm a free human being. I don't want to be a slave.
"Why?!"
"Because I'm your master."
It's not fair. This isn't fair! Why me, God…?! Uwaaaah!
She pulls me by the ear. At least be a little kinder to me, crazy woman!
"Let's go."
I give up; I can't escape. I have to go along with these crazy people.
"I guess I have no other choice," I said, resigned.
Let's see where this situation takes me.
I lower my gaze and sigh.
"This is really weird."
Weird, weird, weird, weird. I think you're going to become the word that best describes my life from today on.
Mother, come rescue me. I don't want to be here. I want to see you again. I don't want to be in this place… I don't want to.
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While Ángel is being dragged across the ground by Elara, who got tired of his slow walking, an emergency meeting was taking place.
Yes, the reactions of the students and the professor may not have been so exaggerated, considering the unique feat they witnessed, but there is a good reason why they reacted that way: Elara.
Professor Bell meets with an 85-year-old man, but quite young despite his advanced age. The man has a white goatee and a large white mane worthy of an old man, but his face and body are like those of a young man in his thirties. A quite robust and muscular body, despite his advanced age. A characteristic that would define him forever since he was young.
All the school's professors had gathered in an emergency after being informed about the situation. They were all discussing the meaning of the summoning, possible wars, the return of the demons, a new threat was about to appear. They all discussed their hypotheses about Ángel's summoning. Yes or yes, his appearance marked the beginning of a disaster, and he would be key to resolving it. But there was a big inconvenience that had to be resolved first: Elara Churs.
It was well known by all the professors that no one, absolutely no one can mess with her or order her anything. Very few professors get along with her, and the others, including the students, are terrified of her. Her personality and demonic smile scare them, yes, but what defined her bad reputation were her actions. Messing with her is having one foot in the grave… literally speaking.
"Elara Churs was able to use the Heavenly Wall. It's… Well, really surprising. Is there another word to describe it? Because I can't think of any," said the director.
"But her familiar seems to be a simple human being. I couldn't feel any trace of magic in him, not a bit."
"According to the legends, familiars summoned through the Heavenly Wall will be the most powerful sorcerers that have ever existed. There is no reason not to believe that, considering that thousands of years have passed since the last recorded summoning. His magical power must be so powerful that it is impossible to detect for simple mortals like us."
No one complained about that theory. A legendary wall was used for the first time in thousands of years. No one in their right mind would think otherwise. Yes or yes, Ángel must be someone powerful… Although, at this moment, he seems the complete opposite.
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(POV - Ángel.)
A girl's room. A sacred place that many men would like to visit. Sisters' rooms don't count! Much less their cousins, you bunch of sickos.
Ah, but my first time in a girl's room is horrible.
Elara's room is a very messy place. The bed isn't made, there are books and food remains on the floor, and her dirty clothes are everywhere. It's a very disgusting place. And it smells horrible too! How long has the food been on the floor?! Yuck! Do you really live here?! No, the most important thing: what do you want me to do?!
"You're going to do it, son of a bitch!"
"I don't want to, idiot! And my mother is a saint!"
Elara and I are arguing. She is very beautiful, but she's unbearable! So unbearable and hateful that not even her underwear catches my attention in the slightest! At this rate I'm going to turn gay!
"Clean the entire room, quickly!" she said angrily and snapping her fingers.
Damn lazy woman. I don't want to be your slave. I'm a free human being with human rights!
"It's your room, you should clean it!"
"I'm your master. You have to do what I tell you!"
"I don't want to!"
"I order you!"
"Tsk."
I clench my fists in helplessness. Shit, I have to do it. I think suicidal thoughts are coming back.
"Fine, I'll do it. I don't want to feel any more pain!"
"I'm going to eat. I hope it's clean when I return!"
Go already, I don't want to see you…! Eat? Food? What a stupidity — of course it's food.
I feel a little curious about the food in this place. I start imagining the different types of food that could be here, for example, monster eyes, fried fairies, or Minotaur meat. Will there be orc meat? Would it taste like pork?
It makes me a little disgusted to think that they might serve me strange food, but I'm really very curious.
As my mother says: if you don't try it, you won't know.
"Can you bring me some food? I would appreciate it from the bottom of my heart, my beautiful and sexy master… Uwaaaah!"
And that slap?! Ay, I thought telling her nice things would put her in a good mood. Was it because of the sexy part? Ahhhhhhh! I forgot to think first and then speak! Of course that would make her angry!
"Maybe I will. Get to cleaning."
She turns around.
"Call me only 'master,' ugly insect," she said as she walks away from me.
Ay, my self-esteem. It's not like you're so…! Ah, no, she is very beautiful. But your personality is horrible, witch!
Elara leaves the room. Well, the slap was exaggerated just for calling her that. Ah, women — I don't understand them!
I take out my phone. It still has no signal.
I give myself a small hit on the head. I just realized the stupid thing I said. It's the year 1534, obviously there's no signal.
Ah… I lower my gaze and see Elara's panties. Wow, they're so… simple. I imagined them more elegant and with lace, but I guess she doesn't have a boyfriend to impress. Don't women also wear that kind of underwear for fashion or because it's pretty? Well… I'm a man, I have no idea. I just wear boxers and that's it; I don't care about the design.
Sniff, sniff. I'm not so ignorant as to not recognize this smell. How disgusting!
And well, little friend? Any emotion?
Nope, none. Let's imagine Elara in underwear… Nothing. Naked? Nothing.
Yes, I definitely hate her.
…
…
…
After a few minutes of reflecting, I reached a conclusion.
Am I in another world? Am I in an alternate world? Like in isekai animes. Am I really in another world…? As far as I know, a country called Zouler has never existed in my world. I don't think I traveled in time, because in my world… magic doesn't exist!
I think that would be the most logical option, and wow, it took me a while to think of it. Elara is going to make me even more of an idiot than I already am.
Weird animals, magic, people with colored hair, a medieval setting and without apparent technology… Ah… I'm not going to lose my mind yet.
Mother, I'm not going to lose hope. Just as it was possible to summon me to this world, it's also possible to return. It's just as you taught me: don't lose hope without trying first. I'm not going to start crying. It hurts me to imagine that I'll never see you again, but I won't give up on my first day. I'll return!
For now, I'll be a slave to a shitty crazy woman with delusions of grandeur. I grab a broom and start cleaning.
"I think I'll stay here for a while… Damn!"
If only I had a kind master, but I got a sadistic crazy woman.
I'll change her immediately when I have the chance!
No, even better, I'll escape when I have the slightest chance! I'd rather live in the forest than be a slave to a crazy woman! But first I need to fill myself with knowledge. Leaving without knowing anything is guaranteed suicide, and I already left that life behind.
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While Ángel cleans the mess, Elara is sitting at a table, enjoying the attention she's given.
Dozens of students surround her and congratulate her on her great achievement, while she smiles from ear to ear. Although, that said, everyone keeps their distance, without getting too close to the table. They all praise her, filling her with nice comments and "admiration." Yes, it's a fact that her achievement is legendary, but most of the comments she receives sound forced and fake, as if they don't want to say them but have to. Elara knows it perfectly; she's no fool, but knowing that they are forced to say it makes her feel so superior to all of them, and that fills her with genuine happiness.
"Go on, go on, don't stop," she said while chewing her food.
A great lack of manners that clashes with the place, but which doesn't seem to matter to her in the slightest.
"I only summoned a saniek toad!"
"And your familiar is a human; that had never happened in this school!"
"You're incredible!"
"I know, I know, keep going."
Everyone goes along with her and the positive comments keep coming, but there is one student who had the idea of saying something stupid.
"The crazy woman's fame has already gone to her head," said a boy, whispering, on the other side of the dining hall.
Silence flooded the place instantly and they turned to look at him. Do they all have great hearing? No, but Elara does, especially when she feels they're talking about her. Her gaze full of hatred and fury focused on him, and the students who were in the way moved aside so she could see him. Everyone felt her bloodlust and turned to look at the person receiving all that anger.
"Repeat it."
The student was so paralyzed with fear that he didn't move at all. When he received that look, his body stopped responding to him. He wasn't breathing, he wasn't moving, he wasn't even thinking, but he kept feeling, and that's the worst part of all.
Ángel was treated badly by Elara, yes, but it was gentle considering how she normally is with people. She controlled herself a lot because she knows he is a very important asset; she doesn't want to damage him. But she did get angry, and she finally found a way to vent.
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(POV - Ángel.)
After 30 minutes, I finished cleaning the room and wipe the sweat from my forehead. The room is spotless. I have more than 10 years of experience cleaning, after all. It's just as my mother says: a clean place is a comfortable place. And wow, it's cozy. A great room for a wealthy person. Yes, sir, now I'll be able to sleep well; it no longer smells like shit. Although there is something that disturbs me.
I look out the window. A few minutes ago, when I was going to close the window (I had opened it so the smell and dust would go out), I saw a crowd tying a poor boy, naked and covered in blood, to a wooden post. The crowd left, but the boy is still there, without making any noise. I-it scares me to think that I might be looking at a corpse. Is this world that savage?! Why don't the professors do anything?!
I throw the broom to the floor. Better not think about that. The less I know, the better. Anyway, I don't plan to stay in this place for long. When I gather the necessary information, I'm getting the hell out of here.
I lie down on the bed and sigh.
How will I return? Why am I here…? Why me…? Why did I end up in this world?
… I miss my mother.
Was I the only idiot who touched that sphere? I regret that.
"Mother… Uncles…"
I will miss my mother and uncles. They will be the only people I will miss. Why me? I don't want to be here.
"I don't want to."
A few minutes pass and Elara enters the room, accompanied by her friendly and always sweet attitude.
"Did you finish?!"
It's not like you're so hot that I would finish just by looking at you. Hahahahaha! Well, yes you are sexy, but… Ah, better leave the jokes for another day.
"Yes, I finished."
"Get off my bed!"
Damn crazy woman. At least thank me.
I get up from the bed and yawn. I made a great effort; I ran out of energy. It's time to rest! Traveling to another world and becoming a slave left me exhausted.
I highly doubt she'll let me sleep with her in her bed. Is there a guest room in this school?
"Where will I sleep?"
"On the floor." She said it with that damn diabolical smile.
Ahhhhhhh! That smile is not normal!
I can also smile like that. Eye for an eye!
I smile as evilly as possible and laugh sarcastically.
"Haha, yeah, seriously. Where will I sleep…? Ay!"
She kicked me in my right side! You almost broke a rib! Ay, ay, it hurts! I'm your magic familiar without magic; treat me with affection!
"On the floor!" She said it while pointing at the floor and looking at me with that damn smile.
"Seriously?"
"Yes!"
I sigh and accept. I hate you. I won't be the typical protagonist who falls in love with his master. When I have the chance to leave, I'll leave immediately. I don't care about your sad past or whatever made you what you are now; I won't feel sorry for you!
"Fine."
I lie down on the floor and she kicks me in the stomach, knocking the wind out of me. What did I do now?! I lay down on the floor just like you asked!
"But not here. You'll sleep on the floor, but outside my room!"
Idiot, you pointed at your own floor! That kick had no justification! Ahhhhhh! If you were a man, I'd punch you in the face!
"Why outside?!"
"Because I…!"
"I know."
I interrupt her. I already know what she'll say. I want to avoid orders!
"I know. 'Pirqui ti li irdini.' Fine."
My stomach growls. Ay, I'm dying of hunger. I missed dinner time! I wonder what she brought me from… Eh?
I see that Elara doesn't have any food with her.
Did she keep it in something like a magic bag? Please tell me you kept it in a magic bag.
"Did you bring me something to eat?"
"No, I forgot. You eat tomorrow."
But… I… I'm hungry. You're supposed to take care of me, but you don't care about my well-being.
That's quite cruel, but I guess there's nothing I can do about it. Complaining will only bring me pain.
"Yes… Fine." I say it with my head down.
I try to leave the room on my own, but Elara slammed the door hard, pushing me and hitting my face against the floor. Another unnecessary action!
"Shit…"
I lie down on the floor. A cruel master without reason. It's so exaggerated that it even seems like a joke!
This isn't fair. I have to do what she says, because if I don't, my heart starts hurting. It's not fair; I didn't ask to be her familiar.
Ah… It was my fault for touching the white sphere.
I put my right arm over my face and breathe deeply.
"Why am I in this place? Why me?"
I try to sleep, but the floor is very uncomfortable. The floor is made of wood and it's very uncomfortable to sleep like this. At least you could have given me a pillow!
"I want to go back."
"Excuse me, are you okay?"
I hear a sweet voice. Ay, it scared me to feel something that wasn't anger in this world. Are there good people here?
I open my eyes and see a student with black glasses and long red hair. Wow, glasses. In what year were glasses invented? Those glasses look like the ones from my world. In what aspects are they advanced? Now that I notice, the lighting also looks like lighting made by light bulbs, but I don't see anything generating it. How strange.
And the strangest thing is… that a girl is talking to me!
She looks at me with curiosity, not with hatred or disgust. A normal girl! And wow, her hair is an intense red. Great!
"Even the hair is different in this world."
"This world?"
I get up from the floor. Ah, anyway it's not a secret.
"Yes, I come from another world where magic doesn't exist, but now I'm trapped in this world because Elara summoned me."
The girl gets too close to me and looks me in the eyes very excitedly. That expression is so adorable! Hehe. It's a good thing I let slip that I'm from another world. I caught a girl's attention!
Sniff, sniff. And she smells very… weird. Like sweat and… I don't know what. It doesn't smell nice, but I wouldn't say it smells bad either. It smells… interesting.
And parts of her body are dirty, as if she hadn't bathed in days. It would give me some disgust, but it's a girl who is talking to me, so I'll ignore that. A girl is talking to me!
"Incredible! Can you tell me more?!"
What an adorable reaction. I wouldn't say this girl is pretty; she's average, really, even below average. Chubby and tall, my height. What an exotic combination. I love it!
But there is something that catches my attention: she has a big scar on her throat, as if it had been cut in the past. Better not ask her anything about it.
"Y-yes, no problem."
Ay, I forgot that I'm not used to talking to women, or to men… or to anyone really. Time to improvise!
Eh? Ay…
My stomach growls and I get even more nervous than I already was. How embarrassing — she heard my stomach demanding food! I'm very hungry.
"S-sorry."
"Are you hungry?"
"A little. Elara didn't give me food."
"Let's go to the dining hall. I'll buy you something."
What?
Eh? Ahhhhhhhh! My eyes! So much light!
What do I see? A beautiful shining angel? Hehe. You match me, little angel. Wink, wink.
"Really?!"
"Yes, let's go."
"Thank you!"
"In exchange, you'll have to tell me what your world is like."
I would even give you my virginity, baby. I'm an easy guy to conquer. Ah, I wish I were as extroverted in real life as I am in my mind.
"Sure, with pleasure."
I won't go to bed with an empty stomach…! I-I mean… I won't go to the floor with an empty stomach!
(Author's note: There will be some changes regarding the story, all good and necessary. Leave comments c:)