A young man, clad in the uniform of a modern-day student, stepped through the harsh light with no idea where he was.
No magic circle.
No summoning ritual.
No voice from the heavens.
Just a barren, open field—empty and endless.
And he whispered to no one in particular, as if someone might still hear:
“The hell is this place...?”
…
He walked a little further, until a small town came into view.
A rotting wooden sign stood at the edge, carved with one name:
“Rimbloom”
He followed the sound of life until he reached a building that stood out
A wooden structure, half tavern, half factory.
A bold sign out front read:
“Adventurers’ Guild Rimbloom Branch”
[Soft bell chimes.]
He pushed open the door. Inside, the place buzzed with people in strange attire.
Some carried weapons.
Some had animal ears.
Some were... far too tall to be human.
[A professional female voice greets him.]
“Welcome! How can the Guild assist you today?”
[Narration:]
Behind the counter stood a young woman in guild uniform, her smile gentle, hands expertly sorting through papers.
She had seen countless first-time adventurers—so many that words became unnecessary.
The protagonist:
“…I don’t even know where this place is.”
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[A pause.]
That question
It was like a key.
A forbidden question.
And yet… he asked it.
Her smile held, but her eyes… shifted.
The woman:
“…Where you are?”
[The atmosphere changes. The wooden floor creaks faintly.]
The woman (her voice rising, intensity building):
“You really don’t know!?”
This world
It used to be flat! Yes, flat, right to the edge!
Water fell off the sides in eternal streams, and yet—
The seas never ran dry!
Lord Thosakorn…
The Great Demon King!
He killed the innocent god!
And with two hands no, with ten
He forged this round world anew!”
[Narration:]
Her voice surged like a sermon, fast and fervent, like prayer before a sacred idol.
Each word soaked in devotion, glowing with strange belief.
The woman:
“…And this place?”
[She bursts into laughter.]
“This is… Censored Eden!!!”
[She spreads her arms, gazing skyward. Her body glows faintly, unnaturally.]
[Laughter, unhinged.]
“Ahahahahahahaha!!”
[Narration:]
Not a single person in the guild looked up.
They kept to their drinks, their cards, their chatter
As if this madness was just… part of the greeting process for newcomers.
[Camera cuts to the young man’s face his foot shifts back half a step.]
He staggered slightly, unsure why.
“What… the hell?”
[End of Episode 1]
[Whispers of the Universe:]
Record Title: “No One Called Him”
"In one universe, a human awoke in an empty field.
No god summoned him.
No grand prophecy awaited.
He simply… walked."
"And when he asked, 'Where is this place?'
The voices of faith exploded not to answer,
but to warn:
That question was never meant to be asked."
"In this world, faith isn’t something you believe.
It’s something repeated loudly, endlessly
until even the ordinary surrender to it as truth."
"That man stood in the guild not to register
but to witness a world that laughed maniacally in his face."
And in that moment, he said perhaps the most human words in the universe:
“What the hell…”
[End transmission.]
(Laughter echoes across the sky.)
Filed by: The Voice of Nava