The Demon King’s Seal Has Been Broken

22 – Empire being invaded [Heroes heading to the Empire] – 2

“Hmm… Will the warrior party be able to defeat the Demon King?”

While I was living my last years comfortably in my hometown, I received some really unexpected news.

The news that the warrior party has departed to unseal and defeat the demon king I have sealed.

To me, who was still, it was like a thunderclap.

“No matter how much I think about it, I don’t think I can defeat it…”

To be honest, I can’t help but worry.

I had already concluded earlier that I had no choice but to believe it, but I can’t help but worry about it.

That would be the case, since the opponent is the opponent, and the target to defeat him is the target, so it felt like I had a lot of thoughts about this and that.

“No… the imperial family isn’t completely mindless, so there must be something.”

Of course, I couldn’t rule out the possibility that I was worrying unnecessarily.

It was clear that the imperial family, who had made all these decisions, made this decision because of course there was something.

At least there will never be people who make a crazy choice to break the seal of the demon lord without any basis.

There must be something more on the side of the warrior party that I don’t know about.

Some kind of special power awakened, there must have been something like that.

So, at this moment, I know it is absolutely the right thing to believe.

‘Just… Shall I depart for the Empire?’

However, the constant insecurity really bothered me.

I just felt like I wanted to go to the empire and check all of this once.

I wanted to ask why the demon lord was unsealed and how strong the warrior party was.

‘No, I’m not even a hero anymore.’

But in a way, it’s too vague.

Right now, I was deprived of my position as a warrior. Not even a hero, just an ordinary citizen.

Even if I asked for such information, of course there was a high possibility that he would not give it.

Especially if you think that the imperial family is not very friendly towards me.

‘Besides, if I go and nothing happens, I’ll just embarrass myself.’

Also, even if I give the information, it will be quite embarrassing if there really is no problem.

If I went to visit him for no reason and again, it’s nothing, and if I really defeated the demon king, I’d be bullied there again.

In any case, under the assumption that this was the case, embarrassing was something I had to be prepared for.

Was there any reason why I had to go to the Empire after preparing for such a thing?

‘If something happens, something will come to me.’

After thinking about it for a bit, I decided to put my body on the side that didn’t visit.

Living comfortably here, there is no reason for me to visit the empire again, and it is obvious that if something really happened, you would have come to me already.

But seeing that it hasn’t come to me yet, it’s probably right to judge that nothing really happened.

‘yes. It’s useless. let’s forget forget.’

For no reason, I felt like I was losing money because I was suffering from headaches all day and couldn’t do anything.

So I just decided to forget it easily.

“Brother. Are you like this today? Why are you like this since yesterday? Is there something wrong?”

After clearing my mind to some extent, I felt my sister staring at me.

Lily looked at me with a slightly worried look.

Perhaps from yesterday, when I showed a strange reaction due to the issue of the warrior party and the demon king, he seemed worried.

“Um… no no. It’s over now. Come to think of it, it didn’t really matter.”

I told Lily that it was okay.

I’ve just finished organizing my thoughts, and I won’t have to think about this any more.

Now it was time to stop making a fuss and go back to my normal routine.

“Really?”

“Yes. Really.”

I even confirmed to Liri, who wanted confirmation, and only then did Liri put on a relieved expression.

I guess I’ve been a bit weird all day…

To make him look worried like that, as an older brother, I felt a little bit of self-reflection.

“Then brother, will the blacksmith take a day off tomorrow?”

“Yes. It’s my day off.”

“Then why don’t you go to the Imperial City tomorrow with me?”

Anyway, after finishing this matter, Lily made me an unexpected suggestion.

Tomorrow is the day the blacksmith doesn’t open the blacksmith’s shop for a while, so I’m taking a break accordingly.

How did you know that, it was Lily who asked me to free up time tomorrow.

“Huh? It doesn’t matter. Why is the Imperial Stream?”

“Yeah, I’ve never been to the Empire before.”

Well, I don’t have anything to do either, and I don’t think it’s too bad going out with Lili.

But why is it the downtown of the empire? I looked at Lili, wondering if something was going on, but the reason was obvious.

Lily always told me she wanted to go to the Empire. For Lili, a country girl, the city must be an object of great admiration.

Seeing Lili asking for a favor with her twinkling eyes, I decided to listen.

“Is that so? Shall we go out together this time?”

I haven’t taken him with me in the meantime, and I couldn’t take him with me because I was young, but it wouldn’t be bad to take him once this time.

Well, it’s not like I don’t have money or anything like that, it’s a long-awaited day off, so I think it’s okay to give me a little time.

I accepted Lily’s offer.

“Hurray!!!”

Lily was very pleased with my words.

Lili jumped up and down, then hugged me and liked me.

If I knew I would like you this much, would I have taken you away sooner?

“Ah. That’s right. Brother.”

“yes?”

“Arne’s older sister came to see her older brother, isn’t something wrong?”

Anyway, while I was so happy, Lily looked at me as if she had finally remembered.

The fact that Arne came to see me earlier.

He tilted his head and told me that he didn’t know why he had come and that he had just come.

‘Hmm… Why did he come?’

Did Arne ever have a reason to visit me?

No matter how much I thought about it, it didn’t seem like there was anything.

I didn’t know why, so I couldn’t help but tilt my head.

“Lily. Then I’ll go see Arne for a while.”

“Yes. I’ll be preparing dinner in the meantime.”

You can just go and ask for something that won’t take long anyway.

I put on my coat appropriately and got ready to go out.

Lili saw me off, and I headed to where Arne was, leaving behind Lili who went into the kitchen and started preparing dinner.

“Arne. Did you find me earlier?”

“Oh!? Uh. Yes. Ah. Hello?”

As expected, Arne at the training ground, as always, she was practicing magic at the training ground at this time before dinner.

I approached Arne and greeted him, and soon Arne found me.

She was startled at first, but then greeted me with a calm and haughty expression.

If you just look at him, you’re surprised every time he sees me these days?

I’m not sure why,

“Arne. He said he came to my house today.”

I smiled in my heart at Arne’s slightly cute expression and asked.

About why you came to my house today.

“Ah… yes. To ask if you’re off work at the blacksmith’s house tomorrow.”

“Well, since the uncle said he has work tomorrow, I’m taking a break.”

The reason Arne came, for some reason, was Arne who said the same thing as Lili.

Why are my sister and childhood friend so interested in me taking a day off from blacksmithing?

I don’t know why, but I told you the truth.

“That…then…”

“then?”

Hearing my words, Arne hesitated and stammered as he continued.

Like saying something very embarrassing to say.

Looking at Arne like that, what the hell am I trying to say, I’m not saying something strange, right?

For some reason, I felt a little scared as I waited for her words.

“That… I… Would you like to go to the Empire with me?”

Well, that wasn’t really a big deal.

As Lily said, it was Arne who wanted to go to the empire with me.

“Uh… Well, it doesn’t matter. Why?”

Arne asked me to go to the empire, I had nothing to do with it.

I was going to go to the empire with Lili anyway, and Arne should go with me.

I said it didn’t matter because it didn’t matter at all.

“That… I need a magic wand!!!”

At those words, Arne was somehow delighted with a slightly uplifted expression.

When I said that I was going to buy a little magic wand, for some reason, I couldn’t meet my eyes and said it as if I was looking around.

Perhaps Arne’s words are true.

“I see. Okay. Let’s go to the Empire together.”

‘Because a wand is essential to enter the magic academy.’

Arne is an academy student who will enter the Royal Academy from next year.

Among them, he entered the magic department, and the wand was a much more important element than he thought.

Since the wand Arne is using right now is old and not very good, he must be thinking of buying a new one.

But… Come to think of it, do I really need to go with you?

“We’ll be leaving around 11 o’clock tomorrow and having lunch at the Empire, so you have to come on time.”

“yea, I got it.”

I was a bit suspicious, but I don’t think it’s bad to go with the feeling that we’re childhood friends and we’re going to hang out together after a long time.

And surely Arne made the offer to me with that kind of heart?

Anyway, I made a promise to go to the empire with Arne, and soon broke up with Arne.

“Hmm… Empire.”

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My business with Arne is over, and I’m on my way home again.

I thought about empire for a moment.

“I’m not very happy…”

In fact, I didn’t have a very good impression of the empire.

Because when I was a warrior, something happened every time I went to the Empire.

For some reason, I felt like something was about to happen again, but…

“Ah… is there something special?”

But, well, I’m no longer a hero, but a normal person, so it shouldn’t matter.

It seems that you should go with the mindset of a simple vacation.