Ex-Hero, Now Freeloader

ter this and that, it was decided that the other five, who had already attained their abilities, would raise me.

While I wouldn’t say that my life in the orphanage was a happy one, it wasn’t as bad as the path to becoming a Hero that was severe enough for me to hate it.

『That’s true but… wait, you weren’t just thinking about how much you didn’t need me, right? Could you…could you stop thinking such things?』

The holy sword sounded like she was sobbing slightly.

「I’m not thinking that at all.」

『Really? If you really do throw me away, I’ll turn into a cursed sword, you know?』

While dealing with the slightly threatening sounding holy sword, I proceed without being particularly vigilant.

I cut down the lookouts who obviously didn’t surrender and invaded the cave.

The inside of the cave turned into an uproar as a wave of Orcs rushed towards me.

『I won’t cut down those that surrender and throw away their weapons!』

The holy sword shouts that instead of me.

The holy sword’s voice echoes within the cave, but none of them complied.

Guess I have no choice.
I cut down those who approached me and pierced the sorcerers with magic arrows made of wind.

「Man… It would’ve been better if there were someone here who understood what I was saying a little.」

『I’m sure they think you’re underestimating them since you look like a weak little pretty boy.』

There are demons who can measure an individual’s mana levels to an extent, but the Orcs seem slow in that aspect.

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I defeat all the Orcs who attacked me, then I proceeded deeper into the cave, following the signal of the strongest being in the cave.

The Swordmaster taught me how to sense ki.

I can’t sense it if it’s too far away, but I can within a cave.

This is why I was able to simply slash the Orcs who were wise enough to ambush me from hiding spots or hide in blind spots.

「…」

『We’re almost there.』

「I know.」

I guess I’m used to it…or rather I had to get used to it…

Even though they are demons who hurt people, even though they refused to surrender and still attacked, I still don’t like seeing their corpses.

It’s not about right or wrong.

I just don’t like the feeling of taking a life.

Taking a nap on grassland with a pleasant breeze, eating a hot meal after working up an appetite after a workout, falling asleep while feeling the nice and warm sensation of a hot bath.

Those are the things I love.

「There are two strong ones…」

One of them is probably the leader here.

Several times stronger than the Orcs that I have defeated so far.

The other one is…considerably strong.

Possibly as strong as one of the Six Saviors.

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…I was told that the illegal slave trade was done by a group of intelligent Orcs…

But if there’s someone as strong as the Six Saviors involved, there may be a larger organization hiding behind them.

In such a case, it would be better to capture them alive, but that’s so much harder to do than just killing them.

Well, at least I don’t have to kill them all, so that’s good.

That’s just what I feel.

I step into the space that I thought was the leader’s room and…tilted my head.

「…So, you were truly alone in all this? I understand.」

Having said that, the considerably strong one decapitated the Orc leader with a sword.

「A warrior from the human side? Rest assured.
I am only here to protect the illegal slaves from the Demon Realm.」

She says without turning to me.

It seems she noticed me.

The considerably strong one was a woman.

A mythically beautiful woman with long silver hair and blue eyes.

There aren’t many with mana levels as strong as this.

I can only think of the Sage or Saint.

In terms of demons that humans have encountered, she seems to be on the level of the Big Four, a general, or one of the Twelve.

She doesn’t seem to be hostile for now.

Hmm… What should I do?