Reborn As The Hero's Daughter! Time To Become The Hero Once More!

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Author: Kaburagi Haruka Original Source: Syosetu Word Count: 2579 characters Translator: Aurum English Source: Re:Library Word Count: 995 words Editor(s): Deximus_Maximus

I bought a bouquet and a ring the next morning and returned to the Inn .
Yes, to propose . It’s better to strike while the iron’s hot .
Gadius’ Inn is a normal building with a dining room on the ground floor, Cortina should be there eating right about now .
As I went in and looked around, I spotted her sitting down at a table by the wall slurping some pasta .

Watching her eating with her cat ears standing up straight with her cheeks puffed out like a squirrel, she looks childishly cute .
I clumsily barged towards her table to avoid losing my resolve .

Gadius looked surprised seeing me approaching with a bouquet and serious look .
That’s to be expected, I just made up my mind last night after all .

Cortina stiffened up as she saw me approaching .
She should know what’s about to happen since she can see the bouquet .

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Kneeling in front of her, I presented the flowers to her .

“Tina . Please marry me . ”

I’m not one to beat around the bush . I decided it’d be better to just be direct with her .
Cortina opened her eyes wide as she looked at me .

The other guests were confused by my actions here .

If this were any other adventurer they’d probably be whistling and jeering at them .
But it’s me kneeling here, the famous a.s.sa.s.sin Shadow Wing .
The strongest a.s.sa.s.sin said to rain down deadly threads in the middle of the darkness .
If you make fun of such a guy, what’ll happen… Well anyone can guess .

Cortina waved her hands around as if she was trying to say something . She put down her napkin on the table as she hurriedly wiped her lips in a fl.u.s.ter .
For some reason, after looking around a bit, the look on her face said she was p.i.s.sed .

“Y-you…!”

She clenched her fist until it was trembling .
That’s strange . Things turned out much differently in my head .
I was sure she didn’t hate me .
She raised her fist as if to betray my expectations .

“You! Can’t you learn to read the room a little!?”

At that, she swings her fist down at me, I immediately avoid it but that’s what she was expecting .
Before I evaded, she sent a kick flying at me .
I caught it with my face and rolled onto the floor .

“Gadius! Here’s the bill!”
“Y, yeah…”

She slammed some coins on the table with a smash and her footsteps could be heard as she left the inn .
I was sure she’d give me a positive response . However, I had no choice but to reconsider that a.s.sumption after seeing that reaction .

“She, hates me?”

For some reason, Gadius and the other guests all shook their heads at my monologue .

“That’s not the problem here . ”

Gadius’ comforting words didn’t reach me .
Cortina hated me and I couldn’t get over that fact .
I didn’t know how I was supposed to face her from now on .

I tread to my room with a heavy step and locked myself in .
I was depressed from that day on .
I’d act normally, but put some distance between myself and Cortina .
Then, at night I’d drown my sorrows away with Gadius out of sight of the other guests .

“d.a.m.nit, I hate Lyell, that *******…”
“You’re taking it out on that guy?”

Gadius who is good at socializing despite his threatening face is keeping me company on this day .
That’s why the alcohol keeps flowing .

“Normies should die . ”
“When it’s you saying that, I can’t take it as a joke, please stop . ”
“It’s fine . I’m jealous . ”
“You’re acting pitiful right now . ”

I gulped down my gla.s.s and laid flat on the counter .
I’m a lightweight so this one gla.s.s is enough .

“Please don’t make me keep you company every night . Are you ready for tomorrow?”
“My bad, I’m thinking of making it a habit . ”
“Jesus, you’re annoying . ”
“Tina was pretty distant, did I fail?”
“Something like that . Consider the setting . ”

Yeah, it might have been a bad idea to rush in during her mealtime .
But it’s between me and Cortina, does it really make a difference if she’s got some food in her mouth at this point?
And yet, since she rejected me, I’ve decided it means there’s no hope .
As I was feeling downcast Gadius handed me a piece of paper .

“Huh, will you look at that… I’m popular with the work requests . ”

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“What, you don’t feel like workin’?”

With that said, I scanned over the paper .
On it was a request to inspect an orphanage .

“An orphanage inspection?”
“Originally it was a request I planned on pa.s.sing on to some beginners . ”
“Is that really a job for us adventurers though?”
“It’s not like that, there aren’t many government officials in this country and on the other hand there’re a buncha orphanages . ”
“An aftereffect of the Evil Dragon’s rampage huh . ”
“That’s right . Many people were conscripted into the army for the sake of subjugating the Evil Dragon, but now those soldiers’ children are pouring into the orphanages at a number beyond the government’s ability to administer . ”

The northern countries combined their armies to create a subjugation force to defeat the Evil Dragon and were in turn crushed .
Death and retaliation . The number of dead has climbed beyond comprehension and national strength has reached the peak of exhaustion .
The country may have been rebuilt but there aren’t enough people around to manage it properly .
And the orphanage can’t run without funds .
The request is to go visit one such orphanage and observe if they’re operating properly .

“Go with Cortina and try to reconcile . Go play with some kids for a change of pace . ”
“W, Wot!?”
“What, she doesn’t hate you, y’know . ”
“Is that so?”

I don’t know if what Gadius says is true, but working with her… might not be bad .
I don’t want things to stay like this .
It’d be great if we can return to being friends and pretend that the proposal never happened .

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