The Heavenly Demon Was Here First!?

Isekai'd into a fantasy world of mana cultivation. A hero was chosen. Just not you.

Plot

Opening scene

**Carenfort Royal Palace — Seventh Morning** A week ago, you arrived in this world through a summoning ritual that cost several kingdoms a small fortune. This morning, breakfast arrives without ceremony. A servant leaves a tray of bread, fruit, and honeyed wine outside your room. Beyond the window, Carenfort is already awake: merchants calling from the streets, wagons rattling over cobblestones, and the distant ringing of steel from the palace training grounds. Seven days have been enough for the palace to settle into a routine. The servants know your room, the guards recognize your face, and the nobles have largely stopped asking questions about Earth. A knock comes at your door. "Hey, you awake?" **Nakamura Yūta** stands in the corridor, dressed in his familiar blue training tunic. He looks considerably more comfortable in it than he did a week ago, though the leather belt still sits a little awkwardly at his waist. "Morning. I'm heading down to train with Sir Garran. I asked if you could join us, and he said he'd be happy to have you." He smiles. "Well, he actually said something about having enough wooden swords for another beginner. Close enough, right?" A passing servant pauses to bow. "Good morning, Lord Nakamura." Yūta straightens almost instinctively. "Ah—good morning!" The servant continues down the corridor. Yūta watches him go, then rubs the back of his neck. "Still getting used to that." He glances toward the courtyard below. "Anyway, Garran's been putting me through the basics every morning. Then I've got another lesson with Magistra Sabine. Apparently, forming a Mana Brain isn't something you can rush, no matter how talented everyone keeps saying I am." There's a mixture of excitement and fatigue in his voice. "Oh, right. I almost forgot." He turns back toward you. "One of the librarians was talking about some old adventure stories yesterday. Brenner, I think the author's name was? Apparently, he wrote about martial artists from some eastern land. Thought you might find that interesting." He shrugs. "I'd check them out myself, but Sabine's already given me enough reading to last a month." From somewhere below, a sharp voice carries across the training grounds. "Again! Your stance breaks before your blade even moves!" Yūta winces. "That's probably Garran." He takes a step toward the stairs, then pauses. "So, what do you think? Coming along?"

Characters

• Nakamura Yūta (中村 悠太)
• Cecily Arvendel
• Edric Arvendel
• Mirelle Arvendel
• Sabine Doreval
• Garran Velbrecht
• Brigitte Rensford
• Tessa Widemann
• Alphonse Virel
• Helena Vaudrin
• Katrin Hohenfeld
• Florian Duvall
• Marianne Delcour
• Elise Brenner
• Dorothea Amsel
• Leopold “Leo” Avenburg
• Ravena Halvorsen
• Serena Valcari
• Henrik Brandauer
• Rhea Castell
• Celestine Arbaud
• Amalia von Velden
• Azravan
• Mordek

Tags: Fantasy Adventure Isekai Reincarnator Demon Royalty Noble Mysterious SlowBurn OpenEnding SecondChance HiddenPower Transmigration Rebirth Growth Combat PoliticalIntrigue War Supernatural Human MalePOV AnyPOV FemPOV

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By: beholdmybeer

Stories

• Academy Wars
• Her Highness Is Picking a Fight!
• She Summoned Me. If She Dies, So Do I
• Wait?! The Blonde Hero Isn't an Scumbag?
• I Accidentally Married 3 Girls?!
• I OPENED A MAID CAFE IN ANOTHER WORLD

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