Cover of The Requisite Records of a Misplaced Hero: An Isekai Romantic Fantasy Adventure

The Requisite Records of a Misplaced Hero: An Isekai Romantic Fantasy Adventure

Envy Mercury

romantasy(33)

A mediocre addict is summoned to a fantasy world as a beloved lord — with no memory of who he's supposed to be.

Character Archetypes
Microtropes
Representation
reverse harem/why chooseM/F
Content Warnings
addiction

Description

Summoned to another world. He must save them all.Beck has been coasting through a life filled with mediocrity and addiction. Then, suddenly, he is summoned to a life and time of which he has no memory. As the returned "Lord Rezner," will he earn the trust and devotion of the beautiful, powerful women who adore him and become the hero they believe he is? Or will he succumb to his beleaguered past and fail his life's most important test?

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