[ WP ] You are a `` hero '' in a fantasy world , but as you `` adventure '' , you are slowly realizing YOU are the antagonist .

“ Stop, villain! ” I shouted, as I sprinted towards the ruffian. He was dressed in judicious finery, his silk shirt contrasting with his scarred and pitted face. A fencing sword hung from his waist, but by his posture I could tell that he preferred knives. He gasped at the sight of me, turning to run down the cobbled alleyway, but he was too slow. 
 
 I smashed into him and tackled him to the ground. He groaned. Justice is swift. I looked around. The cobbled street was full of people attempting to enter and leave nearby storefronts, with thatched roofs bellowing smoke every few seconds like fat golden dragons. No sign of the princess yet, but I would rescue her from these monsters. I glanced back towards the man, angry at the thought of what he'd done. 
 
 “ Where is she? ” I slapped the man, hard. I couldn ’ t falter, even for an instant, against people like this. A moment ’ s weakness would be enough for them to kill me, perhaps with a hidden knife. All in the name of their disgusting ideology. “ Where is she? ” I slapped him harder. A tooth spun out of his mouth and merrily danced across the cobblestones like a ballerina. 
 
 “ I don ’ t know ” he gasped, eyes brimming with tears. I stood up. Mary finally caught up to me, breathing heavily. Exercise was not her forte. Extracting information was. She was dressed in a black, form-fitting dress, her ice-blue eyes dissecting everyone and everything around her, as though we were currently languishing in her dungeon beneath the castle. 
 
 “ Does he know anything, Drake? ” she asked, one eyebrow delicately quirked. 
 
 “ I don ’ t think so, I only recognised him from the traitors we saw during the abduction ” I spat on the man. He curled into a foetal position, sobbing. 
 
 “ Please sir, I don ’ t know anything of use. Spare me, great one ” he begged, curled up like a dying spider. Mary eyed him with disgust. 
 
 “ Do you want me to take him down to the cells? I ’ m sure I can extract something from him ” she asked me, smirking. Her eyes shone with an eerie light. I shuddered internally. This man was a monster in human form, but I wouldn ’ t let her grab more victims if I could help it. 
 
 “ Please sir, please don ’ t let that…thing near me ” the man locked eyes with me. If I tried to stop Mary from taking him in now, she would likely raise all kinds of hell with the king. I sighed, and raised my hand towards the man, facing palm out. 
 
 “ *Heigolt* ” I muttered, and the man simply exploded. I was splattered, but somehow Mary was completely untouched. She glared at me. “ Oops, sadly he resisted arrest ” I smirked at her. 
 
 “ He was mine, you oaf! ” her eyes promised revenge. I shrugged nonchalantly. She growled, and spun on her heels. “ When you ’ re finished with your little hide-and-seek game, you may join me at the castle! ” 
 
 I gave her the finger when I was sure she wasn ’ t looking. Spinning around, I realized that the entire street had stopped to watch this little drama play out. I raised my hands outward, facing away from my body. 
 
 “ Nothing to fear good citizens, only justice being brought to those traitorous terrorists from Kashun ” I boomed, smiling reassuringly. A women nearby clutched her baby closer to her chest, her eyes wide with fear. Splattered blood dripped from her clothes. The baby started crying. I winced. Not a good start to the day. 

