The Former Hero Began To Be Re-Evaluated

24 – The Third Hero (7)

“Give me something to eat.”

The girl who was a dog beast spoke to me in a sorrowful voice.

His eyes were full of anticipation, and his ears and tail were waving softly, showing off his talent.

Did you instinctively realize that if you did that, I would give you food?

Honestly, I was also very hesitant when I saw that.

Just like I added Nafira to the warrior party in the past, should I just say that I want to take this girl with me and take care of her… I felt a little like that.

But, I shook my head to get rid of that thought.

I will never raise a child like Nafira again.

Betrayed once. Betrayed twice?

I never had any intention of raising him.

So I decided to completely ignore it.

“…”

I ignored the prisoner girl and continued on my way.

I continued to pretend not to see the girl who was a prisoner circling around me, to pretend that she wasn’t there.

“Hey…?”

Looking at me like that, the beast girl tilted her head.

I didn’t know why I was doing this.

So I decided to wave my hand in front of my face and spin around in circles.

In many ways, I repeated things that interested me more.

But I still ignored it.

‘Stay away.’

Even so, I had no intention of giving him any attention.

I continued to spend time just hoping that you would leave me.

‘Hmm… Was it successful?’

The girl’s activity level has decreased significantly compared to before.

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Furthermore, he had a rather despondent expression.

It was still following me around, but it was certain that if things continued like this, it would end soon.

Now it’s starting to reach its limit. Now I waited, hoping that he would leave me quickly.

However, something unexpected happened.

Sharply…

“No. Why did you collapse there?”

The girl, the dog that was following me, suddenly collapsed.

When I turned my head, I saw that I had collapsed on the street, quite exhausted.

Seeing that, I placed my hand on my forehead and sighed.

No, why are you chasing me until I collapse?

He usually leaves me and gets something to eat before he collapses.

It was absurd to follow him until he was on the verge of collapsing like this.

‘Ha… Really.’

Anyway, I couldn’t ignore the beast girl anymore.

No, if left like this, it was certain that he would die, either from starvation or from being eaten.

Even if you die, I hope you don’t die in front of my eyes.

I eventually went over to the girl who was a puppy dog and laid her down in her proper place.

Then, I started putting some water in her mouth.

“Ugh…”

“Ha.”

Luckily, I opened my eyes quickly.

It was probably a mild fainting.

The puppy girl opened her eyes and looked at me intently.

Looking at her like that, I couldn’t help but sigh.

You must not mistake this.

I only saved her because she was afraid of dying, and it was absolutely not like I was taking her with me or anything like that.

“I don’t plan on raising you. Go somewhere else.”

I spoke clearly.

Stop giving up and go your own way.

“… I don’t like it.”

However, that was simply rejected.

It seemed like this girl was planning on following me around.

Even if I fall again.

“Why are you obsessed with me when there are so many other people?”

“… Feeling.”

“Huh.”

Besides, why me?

There were many other people in the world.

Of course, there are good people and bad people among them, but at least that is not a reason to follow me around.

Also, it was not necessary to live together with humans. Prisoners can live among themselves.

Napira clearly created a suitable place for the oppressed beast people.

I heard that the prisoners are living happily there these days.

Wouldn’t it be much happier to live among the beasts than to follow me around?

“Go back to where the beastmen live.”

“I can’t go back there anymore.”

“…? What’s the matter?”

“…”

Huh…? What is this sound?

Is there something wrong with the beastmen’s base created by Nafira?

The dog girl in front of me looked quite embarrassed at my words.

I don’t know what the situation was, but it seemed like a very bad situation.

“So. Are you planning on following me around?”

“Yes… I’ll listen carefully. Let me follow you.”

Anyway, this girl’s will to follow me around was very clear.

I couldn’t do anything about this will.

“Ha. Just one month… One month?”

In the end, I raised the white flag.

Really just one month.

Let’s just keep her together for a month and then break up with her.

After making that decision, I decided to go together.

“hehehe.”

“So. What’s your name?”

“Nothing.”

Anyway, there is no name?

You can’t call a dog a girl.

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to give it an appropriate name here.

“Then from now on, I’ll call you Aji.”

“You know?”

“Yes.”

“Yes… I know.”

Aji looked quite happy after receiving her name.

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“Thank you for your hard work.”

There were many twists and turns, but the parade was over.

Alex, who announced his existence to many people in the empire, looked satisfied.

“The parade is over, are you going to leave now?”

Of course, they were not party members at all.

This parade was of no interest to them.

The party members wanted to quickly defeat the Demon King.

They wanted to quickly defeat the Demon King, achieve their desired goal, and get as far away as possible from the hero who was trying to start this rebellion.

So, I encouraged Alex and asked him to please go catch the demon lord.

He warned me not to waste any more time.

“Yes, we should leave.”

I don’t know whether Alex noticed that or not, but he didn’t intend to waste too much time either.

Because, as a hero, he had no intention of not defeating the Demon King.

Now that the parade is over, he agrees with the party members and says that he will also leave.

“Before that, there is one last thing I would like to ask the saint.”

But he said there was just one thing to do.

He informed me that once that was over, he would leave right away.

“What is that?”

What on earth are you trying to ask for?

Aila’s annoyance welled up in her head, but she held back and asked.

It is said to be the last request, but since it is the last, all you have to do is endure this.

He listened to what Alex was going to ask, with the intention of quickly listening to whatever it was.

“I want you to baptize me. The saint herself.”

“Yes…?”

And what I heard was truly shocking.

No… Is this sane right now?

“Sir, do you know what that means?”

Baptism is usually an act in which a believer of a goddess religion sprinkles holy water on a believer.

In the process, believers become complete believers of the Goddess religion.

This is a typical goddess baptism.

However, asking a saint to do that is a much different story.

There were no cases where a saint performed baptism herself, and the reason was because the baptism she performed was so special.

The baptism of a saint is a more noble and glorious act, and is accepted a little differently in the goddess religion. No, you have to accept it.

How should I explain this?

If I had to explain it, being baptized by a saint does not mean ‘this person is a believer who serves the goddess’… It can be seen as meaning ‘this person is favored by the goddess’.

So, for the Goddess Church, which worships a being called a goddess, the baptism of a saint is an extremely glorious act.

So the saint does not perform her baptism on anyone, and she never dares to ask the saint to baptize her.

Although a saint can baptize, there has never been a case in the Goddess Church where a saint personally baptized.

But now, this warrior was asking to be baptized directly.

Are you sure you are saying this without knowing what it means?

Aila looked at the hero as if she were dumbfounded.

“Yes, I know. At least the baptism performed by the saint is special.”

But, Alex also knew clearly.

The saint’s baptism is very special.

Because he knew her, he asked her to baptize her.

“Still, I’m a warrior and I’m going to defeat the devil, so wouldn’t you baptize me?”

Later, when you revolt.

It would certainly be helpful to have been baptized by a saint.

At least the countless followers and believers of the Goddess religion must support Alex.

Alex continued to force her saint.

I guess I have no choice but to do it?

Alex already knew almost everything about her saint.

I knew that Aila was in her warrior party in order to maintain her status as a saint.

“…”

Aila was really embarrassed.

If you baptize him, you will become an accomplice who cannot even cheat with Alex.

If she doesn’t say yes, she might be kicked out of the warrior party.

If that happens, she won’t be able to maintain the title of saint.

Let alone going back to being an apprentice nun, she might be expelled from the Goddess Church.

Failure to defeat the Demon King meant something to Aila.

It may be a reasonable decision to grant Alex’s request.

“I don’t like it.”

But, this wasn’t it.

This is an act that has crossed the line.

Aila rejected Alex’s request.

“Hmm…”

Alex, who heard those words, looked quite displeased.