I Don't Want to Be the Savior!

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Eighteen years after the previous hero failed to defeat the Demon King, a new hero takes up the banner and sets out on the path of a hero: to defeat the Demon King.

The Great Sage prophesies that a beautiful world is coming, and its savior will be... the hero. No, not the hero, but the previous hero's mage companion.

Mage Ignatus, who spends his days drowning in alcohol and hanging around every tavern: "Seriously, dude?"

He was minding his own business, drunk in a bar, when the responsibility of saving the world dropped onto his shoulders out of nowhere. Ignatus firmly, very firmly, refuses.

The new hero is twenty years old, young, brash, and full of spirit. Proud and arrogant, he can't accept the Great Sage's prophecy, but has no choice but to bring Ignatus along.

He's determined to show the world who the real savior is.

Rumor has it that Ignatus is a peerlessly beautiful man. The previous hero failed because he was bewitched by his beauty, fell in love, and lost interest in fighting monsters. As a result, the party suffered a crushing defeat at the Demon King's castle, and everyone but Ignatus went to heaven.

The new hero scoffs. So what if he's beautiful? He's not the sort of man who gives in to lust.

The tavern door was kicked open. Drunk and bleary-eyed, Ignatus looked up and saw the hero's party standing there, stunned.

The entire hero's party: Wait, nobody told us someone could be this beautiful!!!

The mage, who was forcibly dragged along, discovers that every member of the party is a little odd. The leader, the hero, sleepwalks, acts like he owns the place during the day, then clutches a teddy bear and cries at night.

The priest is a bishop whose life motto is, "Follow the money, make more money." His eyes light up at the sight of cash. You'd think he was a dragon.

The thief really is a thief, but she prefers stealing hearts to stealing money. She's greedy for beauty, beauty, beauty, and the moment no one's watching, her hand finds Ignatus's slender waist.

The warrior is a masochist who gets excited when he gets hit. If nobody hits him, he's as dull as a plank. It takes three whacks to get more than a few words out of him.

And then there's him, a drunken mage who knows nothing but drinking.

So, the Great Sage says he's the savior. Can a drunken failure really save the world?

A gloomy, can't-live-without-wine, stunning widower bottom vs. a proud, blond, younger hero top (he's blond, so we can call him Blondie).

1: The bottom is not pure, not pure, not pure. The bottom is not pure, but the top is. To be clear, only the top is pure!!! The bottom had a late husband, the previous hero, who is the top's uncle. They're uncle and nephew, and their family is full of heroes.

2: The bottom has no will to live. After his former companions died, he sometimes closes his eyes and waits for death when faced with danger. But the new hero's companions will make him long for beautiful things again and give him a new lease on life.

3: A short story, expected to be around 150,000 words. It focuses on the ensemble, and each party member will get plenty of development. This is a short story about a group of young men saving the world!!!

Theme: Keep striving toward the future!