Ankoku Kishi Monogatari ~Yuusha wo Taosu Tameni Maou ni Shoukansaremashita~

beautiful black hair that grew to her waist.
It sparkled like jewels in the sunlight.

I felt dejected.
Not because I neglected my beauty as a woman, but because the other party was just too beautiful.
My first love was very short-lived…

The Chiyuki woman looked at me then, and she seemed very displeased.

Her gaze was so cold, it intimidated me.

 

「May I speak with you for a moment?」

「Yes, I don’t mind it at all!」

 

I let out a shrill voice as she stared at me with her beautiful eyes.

 

「There were twelve Orcs attacking you, am I right?」

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「Eeh… I’m not so sure myself.
I didn’t have time to count them since they suddenly ambushed us in the middle of our escort job…」

 

The woman called Chiyuki sighed heavily.

 

「I see… Well, can’t be helped then…」

 

Maybe because she wasn’t interested in me anymore, she turned to Reiji-sama and spoke to him, completely ignoring my existence.

 

「What’s that about the number of Orcs, Chiyuki?」

「There are twelve Orc corpses and they were all killed by you, Reiji-kun.
But it’s strange how there’s no one from a superior species around.」

「Any other signs of living beings nearby?」

「I’ve asked Rino-san and Nao-san to search the vicinity, but they can only find signatures of other demons.
If there’s a superior demon that they can’t find around here, it hid.」

「I see… This might be the event the vice-president of the magician association warned us about.
Maybe once we arrive in Ariadya, we can get a detailed explanation.」

「He definitely owes us an explanation…」

 

The Chiyuki woman agreed with Reiji-sama again.

 

「Next is to count the number of wounded.
Everyone should be okay, we have Sahoko’s healing magic, after all.」

「By the way, is there a woman amongst the wounded?」

「Eh? Um… No., but…」

「I see.
It’s fine.」

 

Similar to Reiji-sama, I’m also relieved to hear that bit of news.

It seemed like my comrade was safe and sound.

 

「Geez, don’t just worry about every woman in the world…」

「Hey, protecting fragile maidens is my job as a hero after all!」

「How amazing… If only that drive to save people worked regardless of gender…」

 

While those two bickered the leader of my escort team, Atlana, approached us.
She was the merchant who had hired us to escort these goods to Ariadya.

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She approached Reiji-sama and bowed.
Atlana-san’s figure as she expressed her gratitude was extremely refined.

 

「My deepest gratitude for saving our lives, Hero-sama.」

「And you are?」

「I am Atlana, the leader of this caravan.
Had Hero-sama not come save us, we’d have been in the greatest danger of our lives.」

「It was no big deal, I’m glad I could protect a beauty like you.」

 

Reiji-sama’s body language was very elegant, too.

 

「Ooh, I’m flattered.」

 

Atlanta-san and Reiji-sama were smiling at each other.

Unlike me, she was an expert.
It’s probably the difference in experiences between us.

The woman called Chiyuki seemed even more put out by their interaction than me.

 

I felt a little out of place standing there, so I left.

It sounded like the conversation would take a while.

 

After moving away from Reiji-sama Big Sis Keyna came to me.

Since she was also a woman, we were in the same situation.

Despite being ambushed by a pack of Orcs, we were saved.
It was a miracle.

 

「Looks like we were lucky, Shisufae.」

「Yeah, Sis… Fortunately, I was spared.」

「Nevertheless… It was incredible how he felled all those Orcs in one fell swoop.
Could that man be the Hero of Light?」

 

「Hero of Light?」

「What, have you never heard of him, Shisufae? I suppose that’s normal.
He isn’t that famous in this region… I heard that he was the strongest person on the eastern side of the continent.
Beyond the central mountain range, you know? Also, I’ve heard rumors that he’s the beloved of Goddess Rena-sama.」

 

As she spoke, Big Sis Keyna stared at Reiji-sama.

I also stared at him.
His strength truly befitted the one hailed as ‘Hero’.