I Became the Hero Who Banished the Protagonist chapter 5

5. Daphne Epiphone (3)

5. Daphne Epiphone (3)

“… Sleepy.”

The top of this five-story building was the home of the warrior party, and the fourth floor below was the home of the hero. I woke up, showered myself, changed my clothes, and went upstairs.

jump.

The office was still chilled with the chill of a chilly spring day. Georg didn’t come to work today. Since it was also a vacation period, he left a message that he would go to the knights he originally belonged to to reflect on his face for a while. It was the first full morning after falling into the world of <I’ll Never Go Back>. I rubbed under my eyes and sighed heavily as I sat down at my desk in the office. The road to go was Taishan.

First of all, it was successful in capturing one of the leading roles, but it was close to half success. Daphne must still be in a state of psychological instability, and she must be in need of someone’s help. It was necessary to break down her psychological barrier and lead her to grow normally.

“… You can’t be in a hurry.”

For anyone who has been traumatized since being kicked out by their family, these are your psychological issues, let them fix them. If so, can I fix it right away? Well, in the original work, the trauma is shaken off within a week by the development of awakening to save the main character in crisis, but I can’t just throw my life away believing in that. I was always a hero, and I wasn’t the main character in this work.

The fundamental problem she has is the fear of being rejected by someone. So for the next three months, I need to somehow convince her that she can be with us.

“So, I had to go to work today.”

There was no room to complain. I had a mountain of work to do besides turning Daphne into one serving. I turned my gaze to the side of the desk, recalling the information in <I’ll Never Go Back> that I had been carefully organizing over the past week. The tip of the pure white sword hilt was visible.

… I need to check this out too.

I tapped the holy sword with my finger. If you are a hero, you must be destined to fight without rest, but I have never experienced a proper battle yet. At best, he had only taken out a knife in his room alone and swung it around a few times.

I couldn’t tolerate sitting in a room and just rolling my head while I had a clear goal of becoming stronger. There must be an opponent who will be with me in moderation, and today is finally the time for my first real battle. I recalled the plan I had made and grabbed the hilt of the holy sword I was tapping with my fingertips. Someone’s presence was approaching the office.

smart smart

There was hesitation in the knock on the door. When you hit it for the first time, it’s strong. The second time you tap, keep a little distance and be timid. The third is as fast as running away. The door was then carefully opened. I smiled as I watched Daphne poking her head out through the crack in the open door.

“weight… I went to work.”

“Good morning, Daphne.”

Daphne entered the office stiffly closing the door. Her eyes turned to my hand gripping the hilt, wondering. I gently lifted the holy sword and showed it.

“I’m sorry from the first day of work, but Daphne in the actual battle, let’s go hunting nearby monsters to check how you are.”

Daphne’s expression flinched at the word actual combat. There are probably two things that come to mind. Even if you don’t like it, what you have to do is social life, Daphne. I said those words to myself and got up from my seat.

“Now, wait a minute, hero.”

As I was about to go out without thinking, Daphne threw the hoodie she was wearing in a panic. Daphne’s hood flew in and the scent hit me. It wasn’t a fancy scent like perfume, it was more like a warm body scent. I held onto her hood and stared at Daphne, who belatedly blushed and explained.

“If you go out unprepared, you’ll get too much attention… . It can be difficult in the guild… .”

In fact, after being possessed, I had never gone out for a proper outing, let alone in actual combat. Even when posting job postings, I asked the staff to put them up in the early morning when there were no people around. The hero has a fairly well-known face, so if he goes out without taking action, he will be surrounded by all sorts of people. It’s like being a celebrity.

“I almost forgot. thanks.”

As I put the hood over my head and said, Daphne nodded with a blushing face. Illroy of the original work probably enjoyed the attention and attention poured into him. Thinking that I should buy a similar hood later, I opened the door and walked out. Perhaps, it was originally written by Daphne herself, but I decided not to ask why.

“I… warrior,”

“Call me Illroy.”

The word warrior was hard to hear. It’s not like I fell into the game. I’m not a warrior, you guys. It was very sad that I couldn’t say that.

“Illroy, the rest… .”

“Today Georg is resting. And, you know, there’s one more wizard… The friend is on vacation far away right now. I wonder if I’ll come back before I go on an expedition.”

The voice he exhaled was bitter. Daphne followed me and bowed her head solemnly. No, come to think of it, he always has a solemn expression on his face. trudge. I walked into the guild with Daphne as if I had just been cut off from work.

“Let’s quickly get permission to enter the danger zone and get out. It feels like I’m simply trying to match the actual combat sum, because I’m not going to do a special mission.”

Daphne nodded her head nervously. Even after entering the guild, people didn’t seem to care. There are five other people besides me who are wearing hoods in order to hide their identities in the first place. Even the holy sword hid the hilt and changed the scabbard, so there was nothing to draw more attention to.

I stood against the wall and stared at Daphne’s back as she was getting her permit at the reception desk. Her long light pink hair swayed little by little with each movement.

“I have an entry permit.”

The receptionist’s voice was heard, and Daphne hurriedly returned to me after holding a pass in each hand. The eyes, which seemed to hesitate somewhere, twinkled little by little. It looked like a puppy waiting for praise, so I laughed out loud. Just as she was handing the pass and was about to say thank you, someone’s shrill voice came from behind Daphne.

“Oh, isn’t that Daphne?”

Daphne’s shoulders twitched. Daphne’s eyes, which were looking at me, lost their focus and froze. I glanced up and looked in the direction the voice was coming from. one woman and two men. The woman had a lizard-like smile on her face, and the two men held her as if they were their masters. Seeing them arguing with each other subtly saying that they would step forward first, it was clear how the party was going.

“Looks like how did you find a new party? The other day I went around alone.”

Daphne didn’t look back. However, she was only trembling little by little with her whiter face.

“What, are you not even pretending to know that you’ve got a new party? Sorry Siri.”

My ears are itchy. The female adventurer came closer with staggering steps. Daphne slowly turns her head. Daphne averted the adventurer’s eyes, and the adventurer bent his head upward as if intimidating her. What you can see in those eyes is obvious hostility and superiority. The adventurer lowered his voice.

“Looks like you’ve found a new parasite. Nasty.”

“I… .”

The female adventurer raised her head and looked at me. It was not an impressive face. A face that will be forgotten after a day or two. It was a shame to even call him a villain.

“You must be from another city? Most adventurers on the royal road should know what kind of person this woman is.”

The female adventurer smiled. There are two guys who fell for that kind of laughter. A ball of sigh caught in his throat and was about to burst out.

“May I tell you? What did that woman do at the party she went through?”

“I’m not curious.”

I frowned under the hood. Arjen, whom I kicked out, could come up with a smarter way to feed candy at a time like this… .

“Ah, looking at it, it’s unfortunate that I think I’m being deceived. I won’t get any money… .”

“And, it smells like shit, so shut up.”

I’m not that smart, and I’m not that patient.

The woman’s eye smile cracked and hardened into a sound. I twisted the corner of my mouth and took a step closer to them. The two male adventurers who stood behind the woman like bodyguards stepped forward to block the female adventurer.

“You- just.”

“It smells. didn’t you hear It smells like shit, but you can’t smell it, right?”

The male adventurers set out. He put his hands in his pockets awkwardly and glared at me with his slit eyes rolling. At times like this, being a warrior was really good. Illroy’s eyes saw all their flaws and told me how to move.

“Did this bastard bite a rag in his mouth? Even with nice words-”

“Looks like the mop is behind you. Shall I ask you?”

“It’s a pierced mouth-“

The male adventurer’s face was distorted. A hand goes up. It was probably a hand gesture to grab him by the collar. I grabbed the hand of the adventurer coming up from below and took off the hood.

“Stop it.”

The entire guild, which was watching the fight with excitement, fell into silence. I pushed back the adventurer holding my hand in an awkward position and looked around. The adventurers hurriedly turned their heads to avoid eye contact with me, or looked away.

width.

I put the hood over Daphne’s head. Not yet. Until Daphne was able to overcome her past experiences, I had to stand by her side and help her. Daphne’s purple eyes returned to focus under the hood I put on her.

“Daphne, let’s go.”

I grabbed Daphne’s wrist and walked out of the guild building. Daphne, still staring at me with a blank expression, accelerated her pace to match my stride.

“… Why did you do that?”

Outside the royal road, on the way to the dangerous area inhabited by monsters, Daphne looked at Illroy, who was walking slowly beside her, and asked.

“What, you didn’t hear about what happened in the past?”

“You really didn’t know?”

“No, I know.”

Daphne narrowed her brows.

“Nevertheless… .”

Daphne squeezed the hem of the hood that wrapped around her shoulders. When Daphne was trying to find something to say, Illroy spoke first. Judging from the look of embarrassment on her face, it seems that she has read Daphne’s mood. Illroy stopped two steps from Daphne and looked back at her. Illroy’s gray hair was blowing in the wind. Occasionally, people passing by checked the hero’s face and glanced away.

“Because you became a member of our party. As the party leader, you have to take responsibility for that.”

“… I’m not even sure why I was chosen. Illroy, especially if you knew what rumors were attached to me.”

have said

Daphne let out the words and bit her lip in regret. Meeting a former colleague at the guild reminded Daphne of a memory she didn’t want to recall. It seemed to me that it would be much more comfortable to be rejected now than to go along with Illroy, pretending nothing was wrong.

“When I conducted the interview, all I saw was your resume.”

It wasn’t consolation, reprimand, or encouragement. Illroy’s words strangely settled into Daphne’s heart. Because that hero’s eyes didn’t waver at all, because he didn’t doubt himself, because he seemed to be trusting Daphne straight.

“Don’t get caught up in the rumors of others. I picked you as my new party member, and I have no intention of letting you go out again.”

How can you be so confident? Where did his trust come from?

“I don’t trust people. Including myself.”

Daphne once again chose to evade. Illroy let out a bitter laugh.

“It’s okay if you don’t believe me.”

Illroy grabbed both ends of Daphne’s hooded hood and lowered it to reveal his face.

“I will believe you. And, I will wait until you finally believe in yourself.”

The purple gaze and the turquoise gaze crossed. Illroy grinned, showing his teeth.

“You said you wanted to change yourself?”

“That, that.”

“I wouldn’t be lying.”

It was strange. That person’s words seemed to stab Daphne deep inside. Daphne said that and looked at Illroy, who had started walking ahead. Illroy took a few steps before turning his head to Daphne.

“What are you doing?”

Daphne nodded. And just in case Illroy would walk first again, I ran lightly and followed him.

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  1. time traveller says:

    I hope she becomes yandere. psychologically a character who pursues other people’s affection if he finds someone who can accept it, most of his thoughts are distorted

  2. Extra says:

    This is wholesome. I’m looking forward to her character growth.

  3. huehue huehue says:

    She’s afraid of rejection, take responsibility in your words Illroy 🧐

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