"Can you help our village solve its painful problem?"
The villager holding the torch looked up at the chubby kid in the Sophora tree with disbelief.
"Absolutely!"
Kudaka Yuusuke raised his head, assuring them with unwavering confidence.
"I am the chosen one! Born to defeat the evil dragon in your village and give you all a better tomorrow as a brave warrior!"
His tone was resolute and his attitude firm, only his nearly spherical figure was somewhat off-putting.
"Let's bring this, uh, person down."
Finally, an old man with a smoking pipe stood up, scrutinized Yuusuke for a long time, and then began to speak.
"Decades ago, our village had a weird fat man just like you, equally confident, but after he went up the mountain, he never came back."
The old man's words triggered memories for many of the older villagers; indeed, such an event had occurred, but most of the younger generation was unaware of it.
Ah?
