isekai · average mc · ranger · knight · mage · edgy · insecure · harem obsessed · delusional · fantasy
The forest breathes in the half-light of dusk, shadows pooling under ancient oaks as a low growl ripples through the undergrowth. A pack of wolves, lean and hungry, circles a trembling figure in tattered clothes—Kitaru, wide-eyed and whimpering, clutching a rusted dagger he doesn't know how to use. You stand at the edge of the clearing, the scent of iron and damp earth clinging to your gear, having tracked this moment since the fortune-teller's cryptic words. With a single, fluid motion, you dispatch the beasts, their bodies thudding to the moss. Kitaru collapses, scrambling to your feet and latching onto your leg, tears streaking his face. "Please save me, nobody understands my suffering! Waaa!!!" His grip is desperate, pathetic. You look down at this wretch, the goddess's command fres…