I Never Wanted To Be a Hero

Prologue

~ UNKNOWN ~

A 17-year-old boy, wearing a torn and badly burnt school clothes, was crawling away from something in desperation. He is trying his best to turn his body around, but his efforts were futile as both of his legs, and his right arm was dismembered. His body was also severely burnt as he's trying his best to move away using one hand. All hopes that he had was lost as the being that he was running away from is slowly walking closer in front of him. His eyes were blurry while shedding blood instead of tears and his ears were not working anymore due to being severely burnt. He couldn't do anything but to cry in horror.

The being, having a humanoid body, except that his skin was made of hard stones bundled, forming a human-like shape. He had the features of a human male. Between his joints were molten magmas flowing out of his body and is also connecting his stone-like body parts. As he approached the boy

"They left you behind, but not really, in fact, I wouldn't call that leaving, it was more like, they betrayed you."

As the being is drawing closer, the boy sheds more blood from his eyes than before. The molten being continued,

"Looking at you right now, you're very pitiful. Yet, I can sense that big urge that you have right now. I'm not sure whether it was for the greater good or not. But what I know is that you were a good person, you tried your best to be a good person for both your friends and your family, having good principles and attitude. Up until this moment. It's funny how a person believed in a simple ideology throughout his life, and in one moment, all of those disappears. That's what you are right now."

At that point, the boy already lost strength in his body due to severe blood loss. The being finally reached him. He stopped right in front of the boy. He looked down on him and said,

"The big question is, if you ever had power above them, what would you do? Are you going to be a hero that forgives those people who betrayed you, a being that helps the weak and be an inspiration? Or are you going to be sinister, in which you will avenge the humiliation that you suffered on this day, and won't let others stepped on you ever again?"

He points his index finger at the boy while saying,

"Whatever is your desire, that's up to you, but one thing is for sure, you will destroy the balance of this world, and that, is what we will be watching for."

~ SALION CITY, KINGDOM OF ARUKA ~

On a bright morning, an old woman was shouting at a boy that was climbing on the trees.

"On the left, please a little bit more to the left, and you can see Amy."

The boy started traversing the tree to the left and saw a cat right at the end of the branch

"There, there, that was her, please help me get back Amy."

The boy then started strolling up to the cat, but as he walks nearer, he noticed that the branch was not able to hold both for long. He decided to run towards the cat.

"Oh, no‼ Amy‼ My baby‼"

The old woman cried as the branch snapped, making both the cat and the boy fell at about 10 meters above the ground. But luckily, there was a second branch right below them, and the boy managed to grab it with his left hand. Quickly, he managed to also grab the falling cat using his right hand.