Living Next Door to the Hero

Several years ago, there was a hero who saved the world from the shadow of Nyx, the God of Destruction, who sought to engulf the world. He defeated Thanatos, the King of Death who appears before the end, saving the Kingdom of Ayman. He sealed the evil dragon Tiamat, and in the divine sanctuary of Asgard, he received the blessings of the gods and was acknowledged as the rightful wielder of the holy sword Grandias. Together with his companions, he climbed the Tower of Destruction and, after a fierce final battle, drove Grandias into Nyx’s neck, thus preventing the world’s end. The world rejoiced, and there was no one left who didn’t know the names of the hero and his companions. Afterward, the hero held a grand wedding with Aegina, the princess of the Kingdom of Ayman and also his companion and lover. Everyone believed he would become king of Ayman. But he declined the throne. To grant Princess Aegina’s wish to live freely, he returned to his hometown village. My name is Anak. I am that hero’s companion, and the one who has lived next door to him since childhood to this very day.