Defiled Hero Chapter 035
Defiled Hero
A Day With Lilia
It"s been two days since we became friends with the water dragon.
I"ve become completely accustomed to my comfortable daily life. If there was something I wasn’t happy with, it would be that the other people living here are noisy.
However, it wasn"t very noisy this morning.
If I had to say why, it would be because I"m the only one in the house right now. To be more precise, I"m the only one in this room in the house.
The others are in the area outside in the front.
「...*Fununu*」 (Tear)
「*Kukeke~~*」 (Rigolo)
「*Ngu~~*」 (Uri)
「*Ngungu*」 (Reri)
「*Hawawa,* That"s not it! It needs to feel more, more like *furyarya*!」 (Fiere)
「Hey, are you doing it again today?」 (Izayoi)
Opening the window, I spoke to the four outside.
With eyes closed and bodies shaking, Tear, Uri, Reri, and Rigolo held their tightly clenched fists in front of them. They were lined up, following the lead of Fiere.
「*Hawawa,* Oniichan! We"re working on body strengthening, no b.u.t.ting in!」 (Fiere)
「Even if you train, I don"t think you"ll suddenly be able to do it.」 (Izayoi)
Looking at her face dyed red as she trembled, it seemed as if she was trying to endure something.
Has my thought process changed since I"ve been defiled?
「...We need, power. Try hard every day, become like Ichayoi.」 (Tear)
「What the heck are you aiming for, Tear?」 (Izayoi)
「...Hero, sama.」 (Tear)
「Then don"t try to become like me. It"s not wrong to say that I have the ability to fight... but I"m different. I am, I have practically stopped being human. You can’t compare me to normal people.」 (Izayoi)
When I was summoned, I was but a normal boy, and was changed by the holy sword. My ability was different from the average person"s to begin with.
「If you"re trying to get on my level, it"s impossible.」 (Izayoi)
「...But, have not seen, Hero-sama.」 (Tear)
「In other words, because you"ve not seen the hero fight, you don"t know what it looks like when someone strong fights. So now you"re imitating me because I"m close by.」 (Izayoi)
「...Yes.」 (Tear)
No matter how hard you try, there will be a place you cannot reach. Tear does not yet understand that.
Tear doesn"t understand her own strength very well either. And above all else, she doesn"t have enough experience. There is too much in this world she isn’t aware of.
There"s no helping it, but can anything be done about it? It would be good if she aimed at a target that wasn"t so far out of reach. Speaking of which, I don"t know anyone like that. Even though I say that, each of them has some kind of superhuman ability.
Uri and Reri nearby are good at making strategies for a.s.sa.s.sination and concealment magic.
However that doesn"t fit her style.
If so, then is the most suitable one the guildmaster?
「Don’t use how I fought monsters as a reference. You just have to remember what I told you.」 (Izayoi)
「...But, Ichayoi no work, resting.」 (Tear)
「...I know. So do what you want. Don"t push yourself too much.」 (Izayoi)
「...Yeah.」 (Tear)
If you want to do something, then it’s okay to.
As Tear said, today is a rest day. There"s nothing in particular to do.
Now, what should I do.
...There"s, nothing.
Thinking about it, there"s not a single thing to do. It"s not bad to spend time lazing around, though I have no idea why I don’t feel that way.
How do I put it, I can"t calm down unless I do something. What did I do before when I had free time?
I stared blankly out of the window as Tear and the rest resumed their practice following Fiere"s lead.
Even if I wanted to, there"s nowhere in particular to go. I don"t know much about the town, and I"ve got no interest in "entertainment" either.
When I think about wasting time, I can"t think of anything aside from doing work.
Work... work? There"s work at the guild. Speaking of which...
「Should I go mess with Lilia?」 (Izayoi)
「Hey, I was thinking of going to the guild. Are the rest of you going to keep practicing?」 (Izayoi)
「...Practice.」 (Tear)
The others were in agreement.
「Is that so. I"m not sure when I"ll get back. Rigolo is in charge while I"m gone. Take care.」 (Izayoi)
「*Kuke!*」 (Rigolo)
Straightening his posture, Rigolo saluted with a wing.
「And so, here I am Lilia.」 (Izayoi)
「Please don"t come here when the guild is at its busiest! I don"t have free time to deal with you. Hey, don"t prepare your salty seasoning.」 (Lilia)
「Salty seasoning? That"s not it. How shallow, Lilia.」 (Izayoi)
「Not all people are shallow you know?」 (Lilia)
「I don"t use the same thing twice.」 (Izayoi)
「But you"re doing generally the same thing.」 (Lilia)
「Then I"ll prove it to you now. This isn"t salty seasoning, but—」 (Izayoi)
Taking out what I had in my chest pocket, I showed it to Lilia.
「This is a knife covered in salty seasoning. Its name is 【Lilia"s Last Stand ~~ Slightly Salty Edition】.」 (Izayoi)
「Isn"t that just a normal weapon? And what"s with that name? Slightly Salty? Didn"t you say it was salt, not salty flavoring? Didn"t you say you brought salt? Aren"t you being overly precise?」 (Lilia)
「That is, rather than saying salt, it felt better to call it salt flavored, though I didn’t think I’d drag the joke on this far. Just saying salt is fine though.」 (Izayoi)
「Please stop thinking about things like that! If you don"t have any business in particular then please leave! Look behind you. There"s a line of people!」 (Lilia)
When I looked behind, there were several people lined up.
「Everyone else has come here to take quests! You"re an adventurer aren"t you?」 (Lilia)
「Ah, I was once upon a time.」 (Izayoi)
「Then you understand! The guild is busy!」 (Lilia)
「I understand the reasoning, but I went through the proper procedure to be here in front of you now. They have no right to complain.」 (Izayoi)
「That"s not it! Do you see me? People have been standing in line in front of me for about 10 minutes, and then you got in line, you know?」 (Lilia)
「Yep.」 (Izayoi)
「You don"t get it! What is that? Did you line up for 10 minutes just so say that!? Are you stupid? You"re an idiot!」 (Lilia)
「I just thought you were lamentable since you were all by yourself, so I wanted to give you some time to relax. And now you call me an idiot? You"re the idiot, Lilia.」 (Izayoi)
「You are the idiot here! What"s that? I"m the bad one?」 (Lilia)
「Aren"t you the wrong one here?」 (Izayoi)
「Is that it? Then, what did you come here for?」 (Lilia)
「What for, I came here to show you the slightly salty edition.」 (Izayoi)
「Idiot. You"re an idiot.」 (Lilia)