My Protect skill can take my life but it can also help me flirt and make love with cold beauties!
Chapter 2: Am I the hero?

I had put the broom in there earlier, thinking it was just an ordinary locker. But now, I found myself in a stone temple-like hall, with a fluttering fairy figure floating in front of me.

The creature was perfectly described as a fairy - a small body of about thirty centimeters with green wings like a butterfly, growing from the back of a red dress with a large opening.

She had been talking to me since earlier, and her voice pulled me back to the present.

"Hey, Hero-sama! Are you really listening to me?" she asked.

"Huh? Oh, sorry. I didn't hear you," I replied, taken aback.

The fairy let out a sigh and hung her head exaggeratedly. Her short green hair, just like the feathers on her back, swayed lightly.

"Sigh~ Are you really the hero? From your looks, you are more like an orc..."

This girl just said something rude.

"Ah, this is my first time seeing a fairy. So, I was stunned there for a while."

"Is that so? There were no fairies in Hero-sama's world?"

“I’m not sure, but what do you mean by ‘Hero-sama’s world’? I just entered the locker and…”I trailed off as I turned around.

I had completely forgotten that I was fleeing from a group of girls. Behind me, there was nothing but another stone wall, similar to the one in front of me. The science lab had disappeared.

"Hey, do you know where the entrance or exit that I came from is?" I asked.

The fairy seemed to be lost in thought. "Hmm? Are you talking about the mystical portal connecting to another world? If so, then it has already disappeared."

“Disappeared? Then, how am I supposed to go back?” I asked incredulously.

"You wanted to go back? But you can't anymore," she said matter-of-factly.

My head spun at the thought. "What do you mean I can't go back?" I asked.

"It means exactly what I said. You cannot go back," the fairy replied.

But soon I remembered. Even if I could go back, there was hell waiting for me.

Staying is hell, and returning is hell too...wait a minute. The fairy in front of me called me hero. She definitely did. If that's the case, staying might not be hell after all.

“Hey, am I the hero?” I asked the fairy.

“Huh? Since you were summoned here, I believe you are the hero.” she answered.

“You believe…? On yeah, where the hell am I anyway?” I asked.

“You’re in the hero summoning room.” she reploed.

Where the hell is that? Talking to this fairy is exhausting.

As I spoke to the fairy, Elle, I couldn't help feeling frustrated. This whole situation was bewildering, and my mind was racing with questions. "Okay, what should I ask you then?" I asked, trying to keep my tone civil.

"You can ask anything you want! Elle will answer anything!"

Elle was eager to please, and she puffed out her chest proudly as she offered to answer anything. I didn't want to take advantage of her offer, but I couldn't resist asking all the questions that came to mind.

Elle, while making a face that was sometimes exasperated, answered all my questions more or less.

As Elle answered my questions, I tried to piece together the information in my head. I learned that I had been summoned as a hero in a world called "Edin," where humans and demons were locked in a power struggle.

I was summoned as a hero on the side of humans, and there is no doubt that I am a hero because I was summoned.

The one who summoned me is Elle's master, but she doesn't even know if her master is a man or a woman, or even human. Furthermore, she is even unaware of where her master is right now.

And obviously, she also doesn’t know why her master summoned me.

That's it.

To put it bluntly, I didn't get much information.

The fatal problem is that I don't know why her master called me.

At the very least, it would have

"Is that all you want to ask?" she asked, sensing my disappointment.

"On the contrary, I have more things I want to ask... Ah, that's right. Since I am a hero, what kind of power do I have?"

"Power?"

"That's right, the power of a hero. I mean, if you're a hero, you must have some amazing cheat ability, right?"

"Cheat?"

"Cheat is, um, an unfairly outrageous strong power bestowed upon hero, you know?.”

“Hero-sama is already a hero, so you already have an unfairly strong power, don’t you?”

“Huh?”

“Huh?”

“What?”

“What?”

What did you say? I can't get any power? Then how can a literary nerd like me become a hero?"

“Oh, come to think of it!”

At the moment of despair, Elle suddenly remembered something. Ah, there was something after all. I leaned forward.

"Master said that, Hero-sama who was summoned through the gate will have an incredible healing power."

"Healing power?"

“Yes, that’s right. Even if it’s just a small injury, it will heal in an instant, and it seems that summoned heroes will have body that won’t die unless they encounter a really serious injury.”

"Umm, is that all?"

"If hero-sama has a body that won't die unless something serious happens, then that alone is incredible! It's like cheating! Oh, but if something really serious happens, you might die, so be careful!"

Haha, what a cute creature. She's overestimating me.

No… wait! More than that, she is overestimating this ability too much!

If I had a body that didn't take damage, that would be one thing, but a body that could heal even if it was damaged... that's impossible! And if I take a lot of damage, it seems like I'll die, so that's useless too!

"Ah, but I can't go back to my original world anymore, can I?"

“Master might know how to send you back to your original world. But, master entrusted everything to Elle and went on a long journey.”

At that, Elle puffed out her chest again. I can't believe that her master entrusted everything to this silly creature. At this rate, I might not be able to expect much from her Master.

"Didn't your master say something? Like if the hero comes, tell them to go somewhere?"

“Master didn’t say anything.”

Elle puffs out her chest proudly. On the contrary, I had an expression that was completely the opposite of Elle's proud face.

This is a problem. I'm stuck before I even go on an adventure. What a crappy game…

Anyway, for the time being, the situation doesn't seem to improve even if I stay here. First, let's go outside.

"Hero-sama, are you finally leaving?"

"I can't wait here when I don’t even know when your master will return to this place.”

Then take this," Elle replied, her hand disappearing behind her. With a swift movement, she produced a sizable leather bag.

My curiosity piqued, I asked, "What is this?"

"It is a magic bag," she said with a smile.”It can hold much more things than how it looks.

"That's convenient. So what's inside?"

With a sense of wonder, I plunged my hand into the bag, discovering to my amazement that there was far more space within than it appeared. The first item that emerged was a smaller bag filled with unfamiliar coins of silver and copper. The next was a short sword, evoking images of a daring adventurer's quest. Then came the enigmatic wooden tags, adorned with white stones and inscribed with red ink.

And the last thing that came out was a piece of paper, its contents written in unfamiliar letters. However, despite seeing the letters for the first time, I knew what was written there.

"To the Adventurer's Guild...?" I murmured, the implications of the single sentence sinking in.