"Light… it's lights," Miura mutters as he opens his eyes, finding himself standing within a glowing circular pattern on the floor.
"MIURA REDBORNE, GET UP!" a loud female voice echoes through the hall.
Miura takes a moment, blinking in confusion, before slowly getting to his feet.
"Wh-, what's going on? Is this heaven? Nah… I'm definitely not in God's good grace, so where…?" Miura monologues to himself, spacing out as he completely ignores the five seated figures looming above him.
"You ought to pay attention to us, Redborne!" a big-breasted woman wearing a white and red robe shouts from one of the high seats above him.
"Last thing I remember is getting shot… now I'm in a strange-looking castle?" Miura continues monologuing, still ignoring the five figures staring down at him.
"You dare ignore me!!" the big-breasted woman shouts angrily.
"Pipe it down, will ya? I'm trying to think—woah, you have really huge breasts." Miura says casually, completely sidetracked.
"Wh-, what did he just say?!" the big-breasted woman blurts out in disbelief.
"He got you there, didn't he, Veldoria?" a blonde man in one of the white robes says with a laugh.
"QUIET, HELOICA! VELDORIA!" a white long-haired man commands sharply.
The entire hall instantly falls silent.
"Woah… just from the sound of his voice, my body's shaking in fear. He must be their leader," Miura mutters, glancing toward the man.
"Miura Redborne," the man begins calmly, "I am Crest. I know you have a lot of questions right now… don't you?"
"Yeah. For starters, where the hell am I?" Miura asks, rubbing the back of his head in confusion.
"You are in the nation of ESTALCIA," Crest replies. "The forefront of magic and adventure."
"ESTALCIA? That doesn't sound like any nation on Earth's map… unless—" Miura's eyes widen in realization.
"I'm right… I've been reincarnated!!" he shouts, horror spreading across his face.
"You have been chosen by the five of us—Esdolte of the Wind, Veldoria of the Sea, Wistoria of the Earth, Heloica of the Flame, and myself, Crest of the Order—to save our nation from the hands of the Homonculus," Crest declares with a grave expression.
"HUH!!" Miura shouts, completely dumbfounded.