I had just finished one of the best games I have ever played, only to look up and find I was no longer in my room, but kneeling in the bloody sand of a colossal, sun-baked fighting arena.

How did this happen?

How did things go from playing a video game to being transported into the body of a background character within the game, who was exonerated and abandoned due to not having as much magical potential as the rest of the family?

…A character who was doomed to die a very horrible death right at the beginning of the game?

Without taking his eyes off mine, Leon repeated himself in the same serious tone. "I want to join your party, Cedric."


I looked at him in stunned disbelief for a moment, then asked, "Why would someone like you want to join my party?"


"Because I like this party." Leon leaned back, returning to his usual jovial demeanor. "My bond saw you guys building this shelter yesterday. When she told me, I was just really happy that you'd finally arrived. I was like... I need to join these guys."


At that moment, a vein popped in the side of my head. I rubbed my temples and sighed. "This motherfucker is messing with me."


Any other party would have been overjoyed that someone like him had approached them to join. However, I wasn't exactly thrilled and felt the need to be skeptical.


Chapter 132 - Trouble Magnets