With the endless opportunities that could be created with being transported to a new world, somehow everyone who decides to write an isekai story, always lands on a medieval European setting. The only seprating the isekai from the real world being the presence of magic. I always thought that the writers were just being lazy, but now that I am seeing it for myself , it evokes a weird feeling in me.

???: "The air here is so fresh. It's so jarring."

It has now been three days since I had been isekaie'd into this new world. Ever since I had heard the concept of isekai and seen some anime about it, it had always been a dream for me to switch with the main character in those shows. To be extremely overpowered, to be surrounded by a harem of girls, to feel like god amongst men. 

Wishing for these types of dreams, I really am a teenager,huh.

But, after being isekaie'd, it had not taken me a second to regret ever thinking like that. I hadn't really thought like this in the previous world----- no, my world, but now just thinking about the things I had never been able to do, the games which I would never get to finish and worst of all leaving my mundane daily life with my friends and family behind....... it all hurt, damn it.

I had always wanted that 'oomph' in my life, to change up the pace a little. But now that slow, boring life which I hated is what I also want back. And yet, now it seems far, too far. In other words, impossible to reach.

 

???: "I wonder if that's true?"

I guess the quote "You won't know it's worth until you have lost it" is true after all.

Sigh, there's no point thinking about it. For the past three days, I do not know how to feel about this. I have this empty feeling in me now, like some sort of acceptance. If I can't make it back, then isn't it better to just accept my life in this new world? Right after I had woken up, I had snapped at the girl but all the rage from back then has been watered down it seems. I wonder why?

???: "Was it because of the face she made?"

Right after she broke the news yo me--- that I had been isekaie'd and I had discovered that I had lost my leg, I snapped. I couldn't take it. So I lashed out at her. She was standing within arm's reach, so grabbing her shoulders, I demanded she not tell jokes and be serious. I was still in denial after all. I still had hope that she would just come out and say "Yup that was a prank, hahaha", but unfortunately what she had said wasn't a lie at all.

Not only did she deny that this whole situation was a joke she also added "Currently, it's nigh impossible for you to return to your previous world". At that moment I had thought that if she -the bearer of such bad news- would have just disappeared then......... i wouldn't mind it at all.

It was the first time, I had been that angry at someone, being so drowned in rage that I couldn't think rationally. And born out of that irrationality was the desire to make her disappear. If she had disappeared then maybe, just maybe that denial would have become truth. Maybe that was my reasoning at that moment but I can't say for sure, since I don't know nor do I want to know.

I don't ever want to be in that state of mind ever again and by extension any situation which would land me in that state of mind.

"Do you....... h-hate me now?" were the words uttered by the girl in that moment. I still remember how blurry my vision was due to tears overflowing out of my eyes or how are some point in that confrontation, she had resorted to gently try to wipe away my tears and above all the face she had made.

That voice tinged with acceptance and guilt, those eyes on the verge of crying and that smile-that out of place smiie-, not born out of happiness but probably self hatred and regret.

I..... was shocked to say to say the least. I wondered how she would have felt if I had told her to disappear out of my sight, what expression would she have made then? I had a feeling that she would have accepted, maybe even gone through it. But would not have been able to handle herself if I had answered 'yes' to the question posed by her. 

At that moment, knowing whether I hated her or not was probably more important to her than her life. That was pathetic, despicable, truly abhorrent.

Looking at the blue haired man he was also just standing there with a pained expression. 'Come to think of it, wasn't he a knight? So shouldn't he have done something about me, who was touching his liege so shamelessly?' Victor wondered.

Sigh

There was no use thinking about it. The faces they had made had watered down any rage that I had felt at that moment.

'Maybe that evaluation of me was correct, huh. An overly sympathetic idiot, was it?' Victor mused.

After that whole mess, I had requested some time alone to get out of shock, to gather my thoughts and to contemplate sone things over. Of course, they had instantly agreed and quickly and silently left the room.

'And three days later, here I am."

Currently, I was sitting in the garden of that girl's mansion. Looking towards the blue expanse above, it had become a hobby of mine to watch the various clouds drift by.

'This is what no phones does to a teenager.'

I had come to terms with many things within my small time in this world. But my leg was not one of them. The simplest way to explain it would be that i had everything below my right knee amputated and removed. Instead these people had fixed a prosthetic leg and joint in place of my leg.

If I remembered correctly, they had said that this happened due to a mistake in the 'summoning ritual'. But that was a load of crap. I don't know the specifics of how I got summoned, but this was not the first time I was experiencing this world. I was sure of that. I had met all these people and somehow lost my memory of all of them. Despite how much they tried to hide it, there reactions gave it away.

For god's sake, the girl literally said the word ' isekaie'd '. Even a toddler would have figured it out by now at this point. Oh yeah, I've been referring to them as girl and man till now.

The girl had later introduced herself as Felicia. She seemed to be a hotshot around here. If it wasn't clear enough how much money she had then allow me to explain.

Currently I was residing in her mansion or to be more accurate I was currently residing in one of her mansions. Separated by 5 km on both sides, she had two other 'supplementary houses' that she also owned. Of course the main one (the one he was currently residing in) was the biggest among the three she owned. So judging by her wealth, it was safe to say that she had some social standing in this world.

The blue haired man was named Crass. I had thought that he was some kind of servant to Felicia. I was half right. He was her knight, assigned to protect her from danger.

He also seemed to be pretty high-ranking but that i wasn't sure about that. Speaking of Crass, his daily routine included going to a Colosseum like infrastructure near here (which was apparently also a part of Felicia's land) and go to train the newbies there.

Out of boredom I had asked Crass whether I could visit that arena alongwith him. Anything to keep me away from thinking about the important things. At first, Crass had agreed. Judging by the face he had made, me talking to him was probably akin to give a kicked puppy a treat. But in the end he hesitated a little and just decided to take me to one of the rooms in the mansion from where I could see the arena.

I thought he was joking, since I could barely see the arena from here, let alone the actual fighters. They would appear as dots on a screen instead. Not exactly an enjoyable experience. The air in this world was not polluted so I could see further than I could in my world but that didn't really help in this situation. But I should have expected better, because just with one touch on the side of the window, the scenery came closer or I guess it would be better to describe as a zoom effect. Like a picture being zoomed in, the scenery of the arena came closer and closer until I could properly see it.

In fact not just see, I was also able to properly hear what was happening there. It was like watching a TV. I hurriedly asked Crass how he was able to do this and he simply just replied with "It's magic".

Of course, what did I expect? Well I'll tell you. I expected to hear how this was a modern science innovation made by a collaboration between the greatest of minds. But 'magic' was a simpler and not at all absurd explanation. Why didn't I expect it?

This was starting to look just like a generic isekai now. I could make a bingo card out of it. In fact, I did just that. I made a bingo card on the predictions of what will happen in the future of this isekai. Right now, I had already crossed off four categories and just needed one more to complete the right diagnosis. If my prediction was right, there should be an 'event' taking place soon. A flag which would kickastart my story in this world. Maybe I would become extremely overpowered after this 'event' took place.

If it is not gonna take me back home, then treating me like a generic isekai protagonist is the least this world could do. But I had a feeling that it wasn't going to be that easy.

???: "Lord Victor, Lady Felicia had called for you. If you may please follow me."

Heaving a sigh, I got up to follow the maid. It seemed that my little game was going to end a little bit early. Walking towards our destination in silence, I was once again taken aback by how good the prosthetic was. It felt just like a real leg. But now matter how good it was it did not make up for the loss of my real leg.

Reaching a double door, the maid opened it and stood to the side. I silently entered and took my seat opposite to Felicia.

Felicia: "Victor, we may have just found a way for you to get back home."

Well this counted, didn't it? This was a big 'event', right? Well what can I say except

'BINGO!!'

Chapter 2: Bingo!!

Phase 1: Introductions

Arc 1: Climb