After My Confession to Eorzea's Greatest Hero Was Rejected, I Just Want to Go Back and Become Elden Lord

I am an utterly ordinary Tarnished in the Lands Between.

I'm pretty bad at this. I often get killed by some rabid dog that suddenly leaps out at me from the roadside. But thanks to the Erdtree's favor, even if I turn to ash, I can still revive at a Site of Grace.

So I grab my weapons and, determined to become Elden Lord, keep getting back up after every setback, only to lose again and again.

I've died a hundred times to Maliketh's blade.

The 101st time, I died again.

But when I opened my eyes once more, I found myself standing on a leafy path.

A friendly-looking big brother smiled at me and asked, "Are you the new adventurer? Mewna is waiting for you at the Witch's Cafe. Go find out what's going on."

Me: "Huh???"

The person I love is the Warrior of Light who saved Eorzea.

He is gentle yet resolute, invincible on the battlefield.

Like me, he isn't much of a talker.

He teaches me all kinds of magic: black magic, white magic, red magic, and blue magic.

I've tried teaching him incantations and sorceries, too, but he never seems to understand my explanations.

He tells me that this spell has a limit on how often it can be used, and can't be cast over and over.

At that, I pull out my Flask of Cerulean Tears and gulp it down until it's empty, then show him my five-star Elden Stars into the sky.

Warrior of Light: ???

After that, I confessed my feelings to him.

The Warrior of Light was deeply moved, but still rejected me.

I'm so hurt.

Eorzea is so vast, yet there's nowhere for me to belong.

Let me go back!! I hereby renounce love forever. I'm going back to become Elden Lord!!!

FF14's official Warrior of Light x an unknown Tarnished woman from the Lands Between

*"Utterly ordinary" is just how she describes herself. The protagonist is the Tarnished controlled by the player.

I don't know when I'll start writing this. Maybe I'll write it on the day the Elden Ring DLC comes out.

I play Elden Ring on the Japanese console version. All information in Simplified Chinese is sourced from the Elden Ring BWiki.

The Tarnished has no name and narrates in first person. Other characters call her Tarnished or A-Tarnished.

The Tarnished transmigrates to Eorzea, and other NPCs have unrequited feelings for her.

That said, it's a happy ending.

Contains spoilers for the 6.0 and Elden Ring main stories, but focuses on FF14.

The timeline is rather jumbled. Episodic stories.

The plot references aren't extensive, but I recommend at least watching a playthrough of Elden Ring and playing FF14 before reading!

Theme: When I fell in love with you, I wasn't a hero