The Former Hero Began To Be Re-Evaluated

11 – The Second Hero (10)

“You’re going to the Kingdom of Artes?”

“Yes, that’s right. Something came up for a moment. And I’ll help you find Lia’s relatives.”

“Hmm. That’s right, be careful.”

A week later, I told the village head that I was leaving the village for a while.

Now, we were trying to bond a bit, but the village chief was a little upset when we heard that he was leaving the village.

However, I did not leave completely.

I was planning to leave for a short time due to special circumstances, but after I said I would be back, the village chief also understood.

“hehehe… Chief. I’ve been indebted to you for so long.”

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“Yes, Lia. I hope you can go to the Kingdom of Artes and find the person you are looking for.”

“Yes. I will come again next time I have the chance.”

And Lia also exchanged greetings with the people of the village.

Unlike me, Lia had to leave the village completely this time, and the villagers saw her off.

Although she came to the village as an orphan, Lia still seemed to be quite popular in the village.

When I heard that this time I was going to find new relatives and go there, the village people congratulated me, but they also expressed a little disappointment.

Everyone in the village gave Ria gifts and wished her well, telling her that she should get along well.

But, maybe we’ll meet again someday.

Leah said she was not going to be able to see each other forever, but she was separated from the villagers as she did so.

“Then I’ll leave.”

“Goodbye. Chief. Uncle. Aunt.”

With so many villagers seeing off, the carriage departed.

‘Is this the first place we go to the Kingdom of Artes in almost a year? If you think about it, you met Aila there, right?’

From now on, on my way to the Kingdom of Artes in earnest, I couldn’t help but think about the Kingdom of Artes for a moment.

The Kingdom of Artes… It’s been a really long time.

Artes Kingdom, this is a place I went to because I heard that Lia’s relatives were there, but in fact, it wasn’t a place that had anything to do with me at all.

This is one of the many kingdoms I briefly visited during my time as a warrior, but in fact, it is a kingdom that is nothing special.

But the reason I remember this kingdom was because it was here that I met one of my warrior party members.

Apprentice nun, Aila. Although she is now a saint, Aila was clearly an apprentice nun until a year ago.

In the past, when she found out that I was a warrior, she asked me to take her too.

She said she definitely wanted to become a saint, and she had asked for a chance to defeat the Demon King.

Well, there was no need to take her, but it seems like she had no reason not to take her.

I don’t really need it, but when I heal others, I might need her, right?

That said, she had no intention of recruiting a really great healer, and thought it was a good idea to recruit her to her warrior party.

‘Huh… You suddenly got angry.’

Really, why on earth did I recruit him?

It is said that memories of the past undergo memory correction to become beautiful memories, but this was not my case.

After she recruited Aila, she and I clashed over everything.

They started treating me like some kind of pagan satan because I didn’t believe in the Goddess religion.

No, it’s my freedom to believe in religion or not, but you’re not going to say anything about it, right?

She didn’t like her very much, and she worried a lot about expelling her because she felt like it.

Still, I did not banish her, thinking that even though I hated her, I still loved her.

But later, when I was expelled from her position as a warrior, she said that if Aela saw what she was doing, she would have just kicked her out.

An ungrateful b*tch who doesn’t even know the grace of taking me with her…

“Hero brother. What are you thinking?”

“Dirty thoughts.”

“Yes?”

“It’s nothing. So why are you calling me?”

As I was in the middle of chewing on her former colleague, Leah suddenly stuck her face out.

I guess I was worried because I was making a bad expression and thinking bad thoughts.

I told him not to worry and that it was nothing.

It was already in the past.

I just remembered it for a moment and got angry.

“Hmm… Really?”

In response to my reaction, Lia didn’t bother to ask me what I was thinking.

I’m sure Lia knows that it’s rude to ask.

“Hero brother. I’m bored, can you tell me something interesting?”

“I don’t have anything interesting to talk about.”

Instead, it was Lia who kept talking to me.

What do you keep asking me to tell you?

I treated Lia as if I was slightly annoyed, but she continued to insist that she talk to me.

“Ah. There are a lot of them. I think it would be really interesting just to hear the stories about your activities as a warrior. I’m bored right now, can you tell me something?”

“Hmm…”

A story about a warrior party…?

It was clear that, as she said, it would be a boring journey ahead.

The road to the Kingdom of Artes is long enough to require a carriage ride without a break for a week.

It would be difficult to wait without saying anything.

I don’t think it would be that bad to tell the story of the warrior party.

“Okay. What should I tell you?”

“Wow. Are you really going to do it? I have so many questions.”

I don’t usually talk about things like this, but I wrote it with my heart.

I asked Lia what she wanted to hear from me, and she was very happy.

It was a rare opportunity for her to hear the story of the hero’s party directly from the hero, so she couldn’t help but be happy.

Leah was worried about my words telling her to ask anything.

She racked her brain for a while with an expression on her face that said she didn’t know what to ask first.

“As expected, I’m most curious about this.”

After thinking about it like that, she began to ask the question she was most curious about.

“Hero brother. What kind of being was the Demon King?”

It was Lia who asked me to tell her about the Demon King.

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“This is the Demon King’s Castle.”

The warrior party was able to find the Demon King’s Castle not long after defeating Nepenthes.

Herald was convinced when he saw the black castle in the middle of the empty demon world, the source of the creepy magic energy.

There is probably a being called the Demon King here.

Now it was finally time to meet the Demon King.

The Herald adjusted his sword.

She calmed down and prepared to fight the devil.

“I’ll go alone from now on. You guys can all leave.”

And before that, the Herald spoke to the party members.

I want you to go back now.

While Herald was searching for the Demon King’s Castle, he thought a lot, and this was a decision that came out of those thoughts.

No matter how much I thought about it, it was obvious that the warrior party members would not be of much help in battle.

There is no way that party members who cannot fight properly against Nepenthes will be able to fight well against the Demon Lord.

It’s probably just a nuisance and a hindrance.

Considering that the scariest thing on the battlefield is not a capable enemy but an incompetent ally, his decision was a reasonable one.

From now on, Herald was planning to defeat the Demon King alone.

“Herald Hero… That doesn’t mean you’re abandoning us or anything, does it?”

Hearing the Herald’s words, the party members began to get upset.

And then each person looked at the Herald with a very anxious face.

“I must defeat the Demon King at the warrior party.”

“Me too.”

“…”

The women said they also wanted to follow the Herald.

They asked the Herald if they were going to expel them from the party now and asked them not to do that.

‘Well… These are all people who came in for a reason.’

The Herald did not know why they had such anxious expressions.

Party members who joined the warrior party each had something they wanted.

Herald, who had been in the empire for a long time, also knew their situation to some extent.

The beastman, Napira, joined the warrior party for the independence of the tribe.

The beast people are currently oppressed by the empire. In order for them to become independent, Naphira must join the warrior party and make a feat of defeating the demon king.

When they did that, they were promised by the empire that the tribe would be given autonomy.

The elf, Kirne, had to defeat the Demon King to protect the World Tree.

The elf forest is gradually being destroyed and the spirits are losing their power.

The ones who could restore them were the wizards of the Magic Tower in the empire.

In order to receive help from the magic tower, the elves had to join the warrior party and complete a deal with the empire to defeat the demon lord.

As a saint, Aila had to defeat the demon king in order to maintain her status as a saint.

Her Apprentice What could have been the reason that she started out as a nun and was able to rise to the rank of saint?

She was able to take her current position as a saint because she joined the warrior party and worked hard in her activities.

Of course, if she was kicked out of the warrior party, she could no longer be a saint.

No, she might be excommunicated.

Wizard Luna was also a wizard who joined the warrior party in order to be recognized in the magic tower.

In order to become the lord of the magic tower, she had to defeat the devil lord as a warrior party.

Each of the party members had their own reasons why they could not back down.

Because of this, she couldn’t help but be quite embarrassed by the Herald’s words that she would go alone from now on.

That was the reason why he was giving me such sad eyes right now.

“Don’t worry too much. I don’t mean to kick you out of the warrior party.”

Well, of course, it wasn’t that the Herald didn’t know that, and he had no intention of interfering with what the party members wanted.

“I’m just saying I’ll go alone. I think I’ll be enough to defeat the demon lord on my own.”

He intended to be somewhat considerate.

Herald was not a villain who particularly enjoyed the pain of others. Although his time was short, he was a man who believed that as a warrior, he should do good deeds.

The Herald did not intend to expel the warrior party members from the party.

However, since they were of no help at all, we are just sending them back.

That was the only problem.

“I see… I see.”

“Thank goodness…”

At those words, the faces of the party members turned bright colors.

They were relieved because their worries were not true.

“Anyway, I’ll go to the Demon King’s Castle alone. You guys go back.”

“I understand. Please defeat the Demon King. Herald Hero.”

Leaving behind those party members, Herald headed to the Demon King’s Castle.

The party members watched the Herald and each cheered.

‘Whoa… I’m finally meeting the devil.’

Now the time has finally come.

With a face full of tension, he opened the door to the Demon King’s Castle.