Chapter 1: Oh No...

Joseph Pov

Hello, I'm Joseph, Joseph Adamanthos, a former salaryman, Classical Art Fan, and a big fan of Explosive and Burning things.

I'm actually in a serious problem.

'As? How did this shit happen?!' I think with concern as I look at my new body in the mirror in front of me.

Facing me was the image of a man of short stature, the size of a Dwarf, with medium-length hair, as well as wearing a ridiculous hat on his head and red clothing, which was the same color as the hat.

The man in front of me was the disgrace of Lord Farquaad from the movie Shrek, the famous tyrannical feudal lord who had an inferiority complex because of his height and wanted nothing more than to hunt down every Fairy Tale and Magical being that existed in the world. his territory.

And now... I'm him.

How did that happen?! I didn't know any God or R.O.B to give some cheats, I don't even know if I died and my soul just went to this body or if someone took my soul out of my original body and put it in this damn Half-Dwarf.

3rd pov

'Okay, calm down Joseph, calm down' Joseph thought as he took a deep breath and closed his eyes, trying to calm down.

When he finally calmed down, he tried to see if he had the memories of at least the body he inhabited, but he couldn't do anything, which made him sigh in annoyance.

'Ok...I have to find a way to stop the future of this new body of mine.' Joseph thought seriously while fixing the ridiculous hat that was on his head.

"I will not accept dying for a Dragon! If I die, let me be laid in a bed and die peacefully!" Joseph declared with conviction in his voice.

Joseph then goes to the door of the room where he was and opens the door, facing 2 Guards in armor, all using were holding Halberds and were in position.

Joseph tried to appear as calm as possible as he walked past them, giving the Guards a curt nod.

However, when he was going to move forward, he stopped and remembered a very important thing, he didn't know where Lord Farquaad's office was, which was where his objective was.

When he was about to turn around and order the Guards to help him find the location of his office, under the excuse that it was a "Test to see if they were fully awake and ready", he saw a character who appears in the Shrek 1 movie. , the Captain of the Guard.

"Mi'lord, you woke up early today, I hope you are well that day" Said the captain as he bowed to Joseph, who nodded.

"Aaah, Captain, just who I would look for, I need to talk about certain State Affairs with you involving the security of Duloc" Said Joseph while looking seriously at the Captain of the Guard, who upon hearing this nodded.

"Let's go to my office to talk about it, lead the way" Joseph said in an authoritative tone as the Captain nodded and bowed before turning around and starting to head in a certain direction down a hallway.

Joseph is following the Captain of the Guard, memorizing all the way, during this he saw that there were some windows in the corridor, he also took the opportunity to see the view of Duloc.

However, unlike the beautiful city he expected, he was seeing an extremely horrible city, with several rotten wooden houses, etc. But he also saw various construction sites, people demolishing certain places, and starting to build other things.

'What the fu-? Did I take over Farquaad's body when he had just recently taken power?' Thought Joseph, while on the outside he showed a serious look, on the inside he was jumping with happiness and laughing nonstop.

It would help him a lot, he could ensure that the horrible future that awaited him was totally changed.

Joseph and the Captain of the Guard walked for a while longer before finally standing in front of a door, which had 2 Guards protecting it, and when Joseph, they stood straight and attentive, with one opening the door for the Captain of the Guard and Joseph to enter.

When they both walked in, Joseph looked at the office for a while before taking a seat in the chair at his desk.

"Captain, how many Guards do we have in Duloc? Have there been any reports of crime recently? And in case you can't tell me exactly how many Guards we have, can you give me an approximation" Said Joseph as he looked at the Captain.

"Yes Mi'lord, we currently have about 150 Men as members of the Duloc City Guard, crime unfortunately has been high in the eastern area of the city, with some bandits there heavily armed, approximately 30" Said the Captain while reporting everything that could.

"Hmmm...I see...Captain, prepare your best men and hunt these criminals, kill most of them, but leave 5 of these Scum alive, it's time they pay for their crimes" Ordered Joseph seriously as he looked at the Captain, who nodded.

"Of course, Mi'lord! The Guards will be prepared to deal with this quickly!" He declared the Captain as he tapped the pine on his breastplate.

Joseph then dismissed the captain and was left alone in his office, causing Joseph to breathe a sigh of relief.

He then opened a drawer in his desk and saw that he had some parchments and letters, which he immediately picked up and tried to read, which was easy, after all, it was just English written in a fancy way.

He then saw on his desk that there were some papers that he would have to sign, this made him sweat a lot because he knew that his life as Lord would involve a lot of paperwork, which made his hands shake a lot.

'As I walk out of my salaried life...the paperwork still follows me' Joseph thought with tears welling up in his eyes and almost falling.

But he took a deep breath and calmed down, he then took the papers, a quill that was close to him, and put it in a small pot of ink that was on the table.

'I'll have to create a Professional Governing Body to help me, there's no way I'm going to suffer alone against a paperwork that is clearly going to keep on increasing' Thought Joseph as he started to read some papers and signed the ones he needed.

"I also have to find a way to deal with this other problem of mine" Joseph said quietly to himself as he looked at his legs.

He would have to see if a certain Fairy Godmother was already selling her famous potions or not, Joseph needed to deal with this height problem as soon as possible, there was no way he was going to accept being small.

But of course, this would be done after he saw that Duloc was developing in the right way, he couldn't be selfish during that time of change in Duloc, not wanting to cosplay of a French King.