"Something urgent,' huh? And that is?" I cucked my eyebrow and leaned forward with my skeptical eyes.

Please don't tell me I have to go on a quest to defeat the dark lord. Please don't tell me I have to go on a quest to defeat the dark lord.

"I've requested people outside of Mysteria to take on this task and many feared more for their lives than saving Mysteria, even through begging," Arwen explained while she walked in front of the statue back and forth. "Yet none of them would take this task; there was one man who was brave enough to go on it, yet he was no longer interested in completing it." Sighing, she put her head down. "Such a shame really."

Well, that guy's sure as hell a coward, is he?

"And it's goin' on a quest to defeat the dark lord, is it?"

Arwen turned to me in such amazement. "H-How did you know?"

I knew it!

"Trust me, I know how fairy tales and fantasy stories play out. I'm not stupid."

Arwen chuckled a bit. "Ah, I see now…"

And I couldn't blame people who refused to take the offer, I mean who the hell would want to go on a quest to take out that dark lord? Can you imagine how powerful he is to have to take him down.

"And I'm gonna turn down that offer," I responded.

"But, sir. I-" Arwen puts her hand out forward.

I immediately glared at the woman. "No, not gonna happen. Never gonna happen! I'm not riskin' my life gettin' killed on a quest durin' my long ass journey, and be reincarnated something worse than as a poor, homeless man! Nope! So can you get me the hell out of here already, lady?!"

"But sir, please allow me to teach you how to fight and use spells for your quest against the dark lord."

"Um, I said, 'No!' n' that's final! Now take me back home or you'll see my ugly side. And trust me, you don't want to see my ugly side, do you?!"

Arwen sighed again and turned her smile upside down. "Alright, very well, Mike." She closed her eyes, lifted her head up and raised up her palms in the air. "By the will of goddess Astoria, I hereby send Mike back to Basilia and may the gods be with you."

Finally, 'bout damn time!

With the same white sphere above the stool flashed its light and spreaded it across the room. Everything disappeared and Arwen and I disappeared with it.

Once the white flash disappeared out of sight, I suddenly saw myself in an alleyway. The gray buildings stared down at me and the clouds' tears were still pouring upon me.

With my eyes investigating, I barely saw anyone in sight except a small child, who was only wearing a large, holey shirt and had messy hair, lying against the wall inside a large box, zoning out. No one else was around.

The sound of thunder roared across the sky, echoing my ears. That rainy smell entered my nostrils.

Okay, I'm back in Basilia, right? 'Cause I haven't been to this place before.