Chapter 74 – [Hero] It Is Visible to Good People
How are you here?
No, more than that, why in a place like this!
“Up, danger… !”
The magic shot out of the staff he was holding once again.
The searing heat hit the center of Ruella’s torso precisely and warmed her.
… But isn’t that Seria’s staff?
“… It has no effect.”
Louella’s mouth opened as she began to recover.
Tuong! Empty!
The two nobles fell again.
“What?”
Jeren looked at her body, which suddenly started to recover, and looked at the fallen nobles, leaving only her bones, in bewilderment.
“My body belongs to a weak human being, but I will not die if my body is destroyed. By eating the bodies of the people around you, you can recover as much as you like.”
Luella, who had returned to her original state, looked at him and sneered.
“What bullshit, fuck.”
No matter how embarrassing the situation was, a harsh curse came out.
“… Lee, it’s Richie! That person is the Four Heavenly Kings!”
Seria hurriedly shouted.
Oh, by the way, did Seria use honorific words for him?
“Wow, fuck… You got in the wrong way.”
Upon hearing this, Jeren was taken aback and took a step back.
She is carrying her staff.
Why not… Why is he holding this?
It’s no big deal in this urgent situation, but I was madly concerned about the trivial thing.
“Whoa… Just go back I’ll pretend I didn’t see one of you. I’m not the type of person who would be knocked over by mere stolen magic.”
Luella gestured for her to turn off as if she was annoyed.
He took a step back, as if he really intended to run away, and stepped on the fallen nobleman’s corpse near the entrance.
“Oh, sir, it’s a surprise.”
“Are you running away too?”
Seeing him openly trying to pull her feet away, Arin forgot her own situation and said something absurd.
However, when Jeren’s eyes met, she hurriedly hid behind Seria, perhaps realizing her situation.
“… It’s okay, Mr. Jeren. We’re going to do something together… Run away…”
Yuni bit her lip and took a step forward.
Do we not want to increase the number of innocent victims anymore?
I felt the same way.
We couldn’t subdue her either, and she was at a loss, but adding him didn’t seem to change anything.
“…”
Seria didn’t say anything.
The way she looked at him was rather subtle.
Affection? Regret?
… It can’t be, so it must be my mistake.
“For a moment.”
He was about to run away, but he paused as if he realized something.
“No matter what I do…”
Perong!
He aimed the staff again and melted her face again.
Seria winced and lowered her body, but his behavior was so embarrassing that she didn’t have time to look at Seria.
“… Does that mean she won’t die? And then…”
Empty!
At the same time as one corpse stretched, he fired his magic again.
“… What do you think?”
Tuong!
It was only then that another person fell, and Luella’s expression hardened.
“What, you say you won’t die?”
Jeren grinned.
It was a very evil laugh, but strangely reassuring.
“… I don’t die, but can’t you see the corpses are increasing around you?”
“Oh, it looks good. Why don’t you keep reviving?”
What are you thinking?
Even if I did that, it would only increase the number of corpses…
The nobles around them had stiff faces and could only move their eyes, but if they could have made an expression, they would probably have a pale expression.
“Are you insane? Are you going to let them die?”
“Why, is it troublesome if everyone dies?”
“Kuh…”
At those words, Louella’s expression distorted as if she had been bitten by an insect.
“I see… Wouldn’t you be in trouble if they died?”
“… It’s none of your business.”
When Seria asked, glaring at her as if realizing something about her, Luella coldly shot at her.
“Shall we continue? Until all the people sitting here are skeletons?”
Only then did I understand the situation.
I see
Luella didn’t kill them on purpose, but rather paralyzed them by magic or poison.
If you just want to kill the human leaders who get in your way, you can’t do such a troublesome thing. It has a purpose.
And for that, all the humans here shouldn’t have died.
If Mr. Jeren says it’s none of my business and shoots her magic at random, she has no choice but to kill more humans to recover her body.
Then, her goal goes back to failure.
I was so engulfed in fear that people would die that I hadn’t even thought about that.
… It was an excruciatingly brutal tactic.
It was just as effective, though.
“Ha… Don’t you feel any guilt when people like you are dying?”
“What are you saying, fuck. I am more important.”
“… Aren’t you a member of the Hero party?”
Louella asked, frowning her as if it were absurd.
Hearing that, Mr. Jeren smiled.
“Sorry, I’m just a porter.”
“… Oops!”
Ruella glared at him as if he would kill him at any moment.
… For a moment. It’s certainly a good strategy, but it’s too risky.
Certainly, it would be difficult for her and her if all the nobles died, but wouldn’t it be enough if Mr. Jeren himself died before that?
Could it be that he gambled even risking his own life?
He said that he lived in a gambling house all day until he became a porter.
You must be used to risky bets like this!
He, who has nothing to do with it, exerts his special skills to the fullest and presses the Four Heavenly Kings, who are closest to the demon king.
I felt like I was moved by the noble spirit of sacrifice.
“A magic that just stole someone else’s anyway. Do you know that I can tear you apart in a second?”
“… That, whatever.”
I think that somehow frightened him, but probably not.
Because he stood here prepared to die!
“Ha… Do you know this or do you not know?”
Louella scratched her head in annoyance.
“Great. Back off.”
Won!
His gamble paid off!
I don’t know why she doesn’t kill him, but the important thing is that she gave up.
“Also you…”
Luella looked at Mr. Jeren and tried to say something, but shut her mouth.
She looked at me instead and said.
“You are too weak. Don’t forget that you were able to beat him by sheer luck.”
When she had said that, she broke her window and jumped outside of her.
Wouldn’t that height kill you instantly?
I was taken aback for a moment, but since that wasn’t the main body anyway, it probably didn’t matter.
It was a really creepy tactic.
Even if you fail anyway, the only thing you lose is your body.
There is no damage to her body.
… How the hell am I supposed to defeat an opponent like this?
As soon as she disappeared, her paralyzed nobles began to move one by one.
Thud! Quadang!
“Uh, ah!”
“Prince! What the hell is this!”
It was a real mess.
Some urinated awkwardly, while others shed tears at the sight of dead bodies.
But most of them trembled and waited for the prince’s answer.
“… Hmm.”
The prince seemed to have a lot to say, but he didn’t show an unsightly appearance, perhaps because the nobles were already doing all sorts of indecent things.
He pondered for a long time before speaking briefly.
“First of all, I’ll put on that priest’s clothes.”
“Huh, huh…”
Arin covered her body with Seria’s cape.
***
Naturally, the dinner party was immediately called off.
The royal palace was overturned, and thanks to that, we were also held longer.
No matter how many of them are the Four Heavenly Kings, the palace’s guards were breached by only one of her.
Her life was saved because her purpose was elsewhere, but it was a major incident that would have dried up the whole royal family and nobles if she went wrong.
After a thorough investigation, the wizards concluded that Luella had used powerful binding magic.
It was a powerful magic that bound the palace guards as well as the nobles and crown princes attending the banquet at the same time.
It was certainly not at the level of magic that a mediocre human could handle, and as Seria said, she turned out to be a lich.
I don’t know what was discussed above because of this, but it is said that due to the royal family’s very strong protest, anti-demon barriers will be installed throughout the palace from now on.
According to Seria’s words, she said it was a measure for old elder mages who had a hard time moving without magic, but it was no longer a situation to be considerate of such things.
Honestly, could he have stopped Luella just because he had that barrier? I feel like doing it, but it’s better than nothing.
In fact, from our point of view, Mr. Jeren was more of a problem than him, but aside from how he knew and showed up, he was quite talkative about his treatment.
It’s true that her Luella was abducted thanks to him, but a few more of her nobles died because he attacked her.
The bereaved family raged that he should be punished.
I was at a loss what to say about this.
I feel like they wouldn’t have died if I had handled them well, but at the same time, was there any other way? The thought kept running through my head.
But what is certain is that if it were me, I would never have chosen that method.
Sarah was very angry.
She wasn’t angry with Mr. Jeren, she was angry with the nobles.
She went through the situation one by one and said in front of the nobles that this was the best thing she could do at the time.
Surprisingly, it was the crown prince who gave strength to her somewhat unexpectedly desperate defense.
He also agreed with Seria’s opinion and promised to give sufficient compensation to those who died responsibly.
I don’t know if there was a political calculation of their own, or if they really thought that way, but thanks to that, both Seria and Jeren ended without much damage.
In my short impression, I think it was probably not sincere.
“Aren’t you angry, Eric?”
Seria, still upset, sat on her bed and tapped her feet.
“Main… Mr. Jeren is also our colleague. I thought, of course, that you would help me.”
“That… Sorry.”
Maybe she’s right.
Anyway, thanks to Mr. Jeren, wasn’t the case resolved amicably?
Dead people may not agree, but honestly, I don’t think it would have worked out better if we had stepped out.
I am… Because I almost gave up.
There seemed to be a strange power welling up for a moment before he appeared, but I couldn’t figure out what it was because it ended without doing anything.
“… Eric, aren’t we precious?”
“Oh no! All of you are valuable comrades!”
“Then why didn’t you help him?”
“Eww… That…”
I hesitated and couldn’t answer her words.
It wasn’t that I didn’t have anything to say honestly.
Wasn’t she the one who insisted that when she first rescued the porter, since he wasn’t a member of our party, she had to draw the line?
Even so, she gave him a gift of her own staff she said was precious to him, desperately defended him, and considered her a member of the same party.
Of course, since I kept throwing parties with him, I must have naturally become attached to him.
I also didn’t want to throw him out completely.
Still… Is this what I should be condemned as a sinner?
“Whoa… Well, that’s okay Anyway, it ended safely. Although honestly I think he should be rewarded, not punished.”
“… That, right.”
I looked her in the eye and only gave her a few compliments.
Now, for some reason, she seemed genuinely angry, so I was a little scared.
“So, Eric. Why did I call you today?”
“Uh? … Wasn’t it because of this?”
Yes, the reason I’m in her room right now is because Seria called me.
Today is our last day in the capital.
It is also the last day to stay in the palace.
On such an important day, she invited me to talk alone.
“Did you forget?”
“Uh… Uh, wait a minute…”
Seeing her sullen expression, I desperately looked back at my memories.
What? Did you promise anything?
“You forgot too.”
“That… Sorry!”
I tried to roll my head a little more, but eventually apologized honestly.
“Are you okay. I quickly apologized, so I’ll let you go this time.”
“Thank you.”
It feels strange, but anyway, if I forgot the promise, it’s my fault.
“I do not remember? You and Arin did strange things back then.”
“Ugh…”
Thanks I remembered
That time when Arin showed off her own dress to me.
Even though I wondered if this was so wrong, I somehow couldn’t be proud.
I don’t know what I’ve done wrong, but I feel like I’ve done something wrong anyway.
What did Seria say at that time?
‘I’m not just going to get over it. This pervert.’
No way… Are you trying to take responsibility for that?
“Anyway, I think Eric is too revealing about women.”
“… Huh?”
That… Is it?
“You tried to do something strange to Arin. No?”
“No, that… Eww…”
To be honest, wasn’t Arin the one who showed it first?
But for some reason, if I said this, the arrows of criticism would not fly to Arin.
He must have been quite shocked by what happened at the dinner party, but I didn’t want to pour oil on it.
“… No, that’s right… It’s my fault.”
I closed her eyes and decided to sacrifice myself for her sake.
“… Hehe. It was like that too. This pervert.”
“Ugh…”
Why?
When she cursed at me, she flinched slightly.
“I think Eric’s sexual desire is also the problem.”
“Oh, that, that…”
Seria crossed her arms and looked down at me.
“So, in the future, I will help you not to think like that. Get your pants down.”
