I'm Not the Hero!

Once upon a time, there was a middle-aged Japanese salaryman, a schoolgirl, and a speed demon of a truck driver. The man tried to rescue the girl from the truck, and... Well, I bet you can guess what happened next. That man was me, by the way—“was” being the operative word, because the next thing I knew, I came to inside the world of my favorite game, Braves and Blades, as Rex Tauren. Rex is the most powerful character in the early stages of BB, a level 50 jack-of-all-trades who’s got tons of class skills and one huge drawback—Rex is only a minor character, so past the tutorial stage, his growth rate tanks and he’s all but useless. In other words, my quest is now to find BB’s true protagonist and dump all of this saving-the-world stuff on them. I just wanna kick back and... Hold up! Why does everyone keep calling me the hero?!

I’ve got a bit of a confession to make—I’ve been in the world of BB for a few months now, and I still haven’t found the true protagonist. There isn’t a ton of time to lose either, not when we only have three years to prepare to defeat Rasulfi and save the world. Don’t worry though, I’ve got a plan: I’m gonna train Radd and his party of rookies up so they can take care of it all for me! Step one was to have them subjugate their first dungeon, but now it’s time for them to conquer something bigger—Freelea’s coliseum. With the tournament for the title of strongest fighter only a month away, I’ll have to use my game knowledge to the fullest to prepare them for battle! I’ll take advantage of my Analyze skill to check out people’s stats, use items to seize the upper hand against enemies, and even utilize dungeon traps to create the perfect conditions for grinding! But even so, will I really be able to make the kids strong enough to defeat Nirva, the current champion of the coliseum?

Now that the tournament to determine the world’s strongest fighter is over, Rex is on a new mission—recruit some more party members! During his search he comes across two women, the first being the drop-dead gorgeous Lily Harmonix. Lily is a Bard, a class that is incredibly useful for Rex’s purposes, but she also just so happens to be a blackhearted schemer who gave him some serious emotional trauma during a BB playthrough in his previous life. Navigating a relationship with Lily this time around proves equally harrowing, but it’s the death curse hanging over the head of Rex’s second potential party member, Rose, that proves to be his most difficult challenge yet. Unflinching, Rex dives headfirst into a battle against fate, but by saving Rose’s life, will he change the course of BB’s storyline forever?