"Here you go, take this sword and go slay the evil which threatens the world."
And just like in every good story in which the Chosen One saves the world, instead of doing the main quest you're messing around, throwing chickens in the yard and chatting with pointless NPCs.
Yes, I should start now to come up with something worth reading. But we are "chosen nine" who were selected from 7 times larger group than the first time. And a cat has nine lives. There's no point in messing up with numbers.