I Became the Hero Who Banished the Protagonist chapter 25

25. Those who leave and those who remain (1)

I received an envelope from Georg. It felt like something different from the summons that had flown to me before. At that time, I picked up the letter knife casually and opened it, but this time I was careful and opened the envelope so as not to damage it. Sure enough, a bibliography written in a different font appeared. I unfolded the three-folded paper and began to read the Queen’s words.

To the warrior Illroy.

Spring in the royal capital passes so quickly that it is disappointing. Summer was so close that it seemed like it could touch you, but they had already passed through spring and entered the place. However, as the queen of Kairos Kingdom and the general manager of sending out the Disaster Attack Expedition, I am delighted with the approaching heat of summer. It means that favorable weather is coming for you to attack the ‘fourth plague’.

Of course, the launch ceremony will be held on the same day as you attack. I thought of a good time, but shouldn’t the raiders make it on a day that is convenient for them? During the beginning of June, write the desired date in the reply so that it can be sent. At that time, we will make all preparations in the palace together.

Evernode is a cold place in the north. It is said that even in summer, there is a boundary line where snowstorms start to blow in the northernmost part. Please, make sure you prepare well. I’ll cut this short.

King of Kairos Kingdom, Agnes Blanche Lumiere.

You are calligraphy, Your Majesty.

The correspondence, which was probably written by the queen himself, was square and dignified, just like its character. I read the letter with the king’s seal on it again and carefully folded it according to the rules and placed it on the desk.

“What did you say?”

While I was reading the letter, Georg, who had been giving me a curious look, asked as if he had been waiting.

“They told me to set the date I want to go out on my own. They told me to pick a date in early June.”

“That’s right, His Majesty also takes great care of me.”

Georg nodded. Since he is the leader of the knights, it must be thrilling to receive a letter from the royal family. Georg then suddenly raised his head again to see Marianne.

“So, what role will he play?”

“Probably similar to the role Arjen played before. A role that stirs the battlefield in front.”

Georg narrowed his brows.

“I mean, it’s that strong. Not as good as Arjen. Well, there is no feeling that there is not enough people, so I don’t think it’s bad to be filled.”

“What is it, now you just leave without saying anything? Do you want to bet like last time?”

“… Great.”

Georg let out a cough. Come to think of it, this bastard seems to be secretly trying to bury the bet he made with me. what did you say last time? Did he say, ‘Then let’s include Daphne Epiphon in the party, and I won’t swear at you again, just shut up and follow her around’? After that, the way he acknowledged Daphne as a colleague was like a father telling him not to bring the dog to the house.

“Anyway, then it would be better to schedule it sometime during the first week of June. I’m going to the north anyway, but I can go when it’s less cold.”

Sigh.

I heard the sound of the door opening timidly. Light pink hair appeared through a crack in the door. Daphne timidly cocked her head, then frowned at Marianne standing next to me.

“… came.”

“Come on. I was just setting the date to go to attack the fourth plague.”

Daphne pursed her lips and then came to stand beside me. Then, looking at the coffee on my desk, I frowned again.

“… I’ll come really early now, so let me make the coffee in the morning.”

Saying that, Daphne turned her gaze to Marianne. I smiled bitterly and nodded.

“Okay.”

Daphne’s sullen expression returned to normal, and I turned my gaze to the Queen’s correspondence.

“Okay, so our departure date is early June. Less than three weeks left.”

Georg and Daphne nodded. Marianne listened quietly to what I had to say.

“I think it’s best to leave as quickly as possible. Let us set out on the first day of June.”

Georg raised an eyebrow.

“Looks like you’re leaving much earlier than expected. I thought you would try to leave late if you could leave as late as possible. Are you ready, what are you doing?”

I shook my head.

“no. Anyway, if we stay longer in the capital, there’s nothing to be gained. At least the skin of a gray bear’s head? Rather, you can go to the north and do more thorough preparation. Arriving in the North won’t leave you immediately hunting for the fourth plague. It would be much better to arrive in a hurry and adapt to the harsh northern environment as soon as possible.”

Right, the holy sword?

“[It’s been a while since you said the right thing. Your training will also make more progress when you reach the north.]”

It took me a while to say, but I smiled confidently with the holy sword’s agreement.

“Does anyone have a different opinion?”

“No, rather, I think I had such deep thoughts for some reason. I was going to tell you that if you asked for a late start, it would be much better to leave early.”

Georg nodded and agreed with me. Daphne also agreed with me, and Marianne… No need to ask, as soon as I turned my eyes, he nodded his head slightly.

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Now, I should have gotten confirmation, there was no reason to delay any longer. I immediately took up pen and began drafting a reply to the royal family. Should I start with ‘To Her Majesty the Queen’? After this, maybe, ‘Illroy the brave is telling me…’ ‘ It would be right to write it like this. To be honest, it would be better for the royal palace to start preparing by receiving a quick reply rather than receiving an elaborate reply that took several days.

I rolled my pen like that and wrote down each sentence one by one. Georg, who was snooping around, intervened from time to time and corrected my sentences and expressions appropriately.

‘So, God wants to set off for the North on June 1st. Please forgive me.’

After completing the last sentence, I poured melted wax and stamped it. I delivered the reply to Georg, and upon receiving the envelope containing the reply, Georg gave an expression of embarrassment.

“I feel like a mail carrier.”

“I can’t go.”

Georg chuckled at my shameless answer, but quietly put the letter into his arms. The reply left my hand. I exhaled through the smoke rising from the glass and closed my eyes.

—

An inn in a city three days away from the capital by carriage.

Quite a bit of time has passed since we left the party. Isis, who went to a warrior party with the determination to go with Arjen, had been wandering the streets for weeks with a note left by Arjen, as if asking her to come find her if she could find her. How many days had it passed since I traveled by carriage and sometimes on foot, following the city and its people? Isis could barely hear the news of Arjen in one city.

Isis drank the water from the wooden cup with her hands shaking little by little. Today was the day to finally meet Arjen again. Arjen’s base, which he found with difficulty by asking the adventurer’s guild and passers-by. The innkeeper said that he would probably be late today because he was hunting monsters.

“Arjen… I’m waiting now.”

The string of the rosary ran down the chest of the saintess as she muttered. The saintess let out a small sigh as she held the rattling rosary with both hands. If I were to join him, I don’t know what to say first. You think you can’t possibly stay in the hero’s party? You think you won’t be able to stand next to that hero?

“I do not know. Did I just have the thought that I wanted to follow you?”

Isis, who was quietly sipping water, heard people’s conversations infrequently.

“Have you seen this time?”

“Look, what else are you looking at?”

“Fourth Disaster Attack. An announcement has been made that the launching ceremony of the warrior party will be held soon.”

Isis’s eyes twitched. She tried to listen to the stories of the adventurers by sharpening her hearing. A few weeks ago, after hearing the news that the hero had been summoned to a hearing at the palace, she had hardly been able to hear the news of the party. I tried my best not to pay attention, but I couldn’t help but be concerned.

“yes? I heard that there was a scolding for calling a warrior in the palace. What happened to that?”

“I don’t even know exactly. Only the nobles of the royal palace would know. Still, judging from how he proudly shows himself in public, it seems to have been resolved.”

that the hearing was well resolved. Isis frowned. It seems that he just sent Arjen away, and he picked only people who fit his taste and formed an expedition.

“What is the date? I want to go and see the warrior’s face.”

“Did you say it was the first day of June? We will have to leave tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.”

“That story.”

At that time, a new voice broke through the adventurers’ conversation. Isis widened her eyes, and the adventurers looked at the outsider who intervened in their conversation with puzzled expressions.

“Could you do it one more time?”

Arjen Elmion. A mercenary with messy black hair appeared before I knew it and stood at the edge of the adventurers’ table. The adventurers exchanged glances with each other with dumbfounded expressions. As soon as Arjen began to radiate momentum little by little, the adventurers were startled and opened their mouths in a scramble.

“That, the hero passed the hearing safely this time… .”

“Sooner or later, they will be leaving to attack the fourth disaster, but they say the date for the launching ceremony has been set.”

A shadow fell over Arjen’s nose. With an expression as if he was chewing on something, Arn turned his back and slowly headed towards the stairs leading to the second floor of the inn.

“… Arjen!”

Isis hurriedly got up from her seat and called Arjen. The mercenary stepped on the stairs and turned around at the familiar voice. Arjen’s eyes, which had been sharpened nervously, turned to amazement as soon as he saw Isis’ blue eyes shining through the hood.

“Isis… .”

Before Arjen had time to react, Isis ran and hugged Arjen. Arjen looked down at the Isis clinging to him, then wrapped his arms around her shoulder and patted him.

“… You came.”

Isis buried her face in Arjen and nodded. Arjen felt the attention of the people around him and took Isis upstairs. Arjen, who had Isis sit in the room he was staying in, sat on the chair across from him and looked at her.

“Did you come out of the warrior party?”

“Yes. After learning that I had kicked you out, I immediately went to the hero and argued with him, but I couldn’t get a reasonable explanation. There’s no way you didn’t know that you were the real support for the party… .”

Isis blurted out her words. The mercenary bit his lip and recalled the days at the last warrior party. A warrior who ignored his origins and refused to listen. The hero who was harassing the saintess. A wizard who sided with such a hero, denounced Isis and ignored himself.

“… no. I decided not to care anymore. Because it seems wrong that I decided to join their ragtag expedition in the first place.”

Arjen said that in a firm voice. Isis clasped her hands together.

“They won’t be able to save the world. Rather, I thought that the way you become stronger might be closer to saving the world.”

It wasn’t that Arjen didn’t want to save the world. Just differences in methods, personalities, and abilities. It seemed that if I stayed with an incompetent hero, I would either die before I came close to saving the world, or kill the hero.

“What are you going to do now? Are you going to join the mercenaries again?”

“no. Mercenaries don’t do it anymore. I want to wander around the world as an adventurer for a while and see a world I haven’t been able to see before.”

At Arjen’s words, Isis slowly nodded. If she could practice her own salvation by wandering around the world, helping those in need, that would be fine too. In the room where silence fell for a moment, Arjen knocked on the chair and spoke first.

“I heard that the Expedition of Seven Plagues departs on the first day of June.”

Arjen said with a sigh.

“Before I leave, I must see with my own eyes what will happen to them. Aren’t you like that too?”

Arjen said with some kind of anger. Isis looked at Arjen’s black eyes and nodded. She, too, had to make sure that the hero could still arrogantly claim that he was the savior of the world. I wanted to see if the kingdom would still foolishly recognize that hero, or if the kingdom would still recognize him as a hero.

“… Yes.”

Arjen and Isis’ eyes met. It was the moment when it was decided that the mercenary and the saintess would return to the capital for a while.