The Hero Party Couldn’t Kill Me

Chapter 2: The mistakes of the warrior party (1)

‘You don’t know the world….’

I smiled and looked at the woman.

At that time, he was just one of the prisoners I saved. She was just a passing passer-by, but she became my benefactor like this.

Ah, wasn’t it just an ordinary passer-by 1? In fact, when I attacked Sordon, I heard that several wizards were being held in Sordon.

There was only one woman among them.

“Your name is… Raphaella, is that right?”

“Yes, that’s right! How did you know?”

“I’ve heard of it before.”

“Ah, I am so happy!”

Raphaella smiles broadly. If you get to know her, it’s not a big deal, but since she’s happy, she and I feel better for no reason.

Smart.

At that time, a knock was suddenly heard.

“Ah! Wait a minute!”

Rafaela got up from her seat and opened the door slightly.

My vision was limited, so I couldn’t tell who was at the door, and my voice was so low I couldn’t hear what they were saying.

But I do know that the person in front of the door is a woman.

“… Not now. Please come back tomorrow.”

After Rafaela sent the mysterious woman away, she returned to my side.

It was a little worried expression.

“Tomorrow, the priestess of this city will come back to see Edmund.”

“If you are a priestess… ?”

“Yes, I am also the leader of this city. He will decide whether Edmund can remain in the city.”

“And how do you decide that?”

“He decides by fortune-telling.”

Something feels strong. The memory of being slapped on the back of the head by the saintess comes back to me.

Could it be that she will kick me out with her strange reason?

“Oh, don’t worry too much. He’s not that harsh. And, if I have to, I’ll tell you well.”

“… Still, can you tell me more?”

Rafaela reassured me. I didn’t say more.

“Then, get some rest now. If you need anything, please tell me with this crystal ball.”

I struggled to hold the crystal ball with my right hand. The crystal ball functioned like a cell phone in this world.

“Okay then, I’ll be on my way.”

Rafaela said goodbye to me one last time and went out the door. She didn’t forget to turn off the lights before she went.

“… ….”

After she left, I stared at the ceiling for a moment and thought.

Suddenly, I put the crystal ball in my hand down on the bed and took out the crystal ball I was carrying through the subspace.

It was to check if there was any contact with people from other empires.

Among them, a message from the princess stood out.

– Edmund, if you are alive, please reply to me.

– Be at ease. I do not believe in the goddess’ revelation that you are a great threat to the Empire. I want to relieve Edmund’s resentment.

When I first received the message, I was overwhelmed with emotion.

I’ve been rejecting her courtship for so long, but is she just looking at me until the end?

But soon, my feelings went cold.

‘I can’t believe it yet.’

Perhaps because of the aftermath of being betrayed by the warrior party, she too became suspicious. Because this could be a trap.

No matter how much she was a princess, it was difficult for her to fight the Etoile Church. Especially at the time when the prince’s side became stronger.

But on the other hand, the princess has a relationship of confrontation with Calia. So maybe I’ll be needed to keep Calia in check.

‘… Hold off for now.’

I put the crystal ball back into subspace. Then, holding the crystal ball Raphaella had given her in her hand, she was lost in thought.

First of all, the most important thing right now is to meet the priestess here tomorrow.

In fact, there is no hope if the goddess jokes with you again, just as you were betrayed by the saintess.

But there is some hope in that the priestess is the leader of this city.

If she has the responsibility of being a leader, she may choose a side that benefits her city, even against the will of the goddess.

In that case, I just need to appeal to her for my usefulness. On the contrary, my risk should be packaged as well as possible.

To do so, we had to gather a lot of information. I called Raphaella through her crystal ball.

“Ah, Sir Edmund. Do you need anything?”

“I have a few questions for you.”

And I asked her for some information that might help me survive.

***

“Waaa!!!”

The next day.

The party of warriors arrived at the capital of the empire through a portal that had been pre-installed around the castle.

When they arrived at the plaza in the center of the capital through the portal, the people surrounded them and cheered.

Calia waved her hand at them with a look of her thrill.

How much did she suffer in the meantime?

After losing her first battle with the Demon King, she suffered from numerous criticisms.

After Edmund joined the warrior party, he had to be told that Edmund should have become a hero.

Now, public opinion of her has turned in her favour.

Calia is a warrior who defeated the demon king, and as a hero, she stood at the front of the triumphal procession.

She

She And She Walked out proudly, cheered by the people who got out of the way on both sides.

“Me, the hero.”

As we were marching, feeling her popularity for a while, a child suddenly ran up to Calia’s side and asked.

Before the child’s parents grabbed him and took him away, the child asked with innocent eyes.

“Why did Edmund become a bad person?”

The moment Calia heard that, her breath caught in her throat.

Edmund. That unlucky alien.

Even though revelations about him spread, does anyone still support him even after he was excommunicated?

And that was just the beginning.

“Did Edmund really want to betray the Empire?”

“Wasn’t killing him too harsh?”

Such questions erupted from the sparse crowd.

Of course, this was only a small number, and it was immediately buried by the cheers of the other people, but Calia’s mood was completely taken over.

“… Solve your face. People will look at you strangely if you do that kind of expression here.”

The saintess behind Calia whispered quietly.

Only then did Calia manage her expression as much as possible and continue her procession.

***

After the unpleasant procession, the party of warriors entered the imperial palace.

Aristocrats and their escort knights were scattered on either side of them. And at the end of them, the princess was sitting on a chair in front of the throne.

Classic long purple hair. Two red eyes shining like rubies. Clean, pure white skin and clear features.

And, as if he was letting his whole body know that he was a member of the imperial family. An unapproachable aura.

Calia couldn’t look into her eyes at the majestic appearance of the princess, and her saintess was a little bit intimidated.

“Meet Her Highness, the Princess.”

Although he was not officially the emperor, he was in charge of acting emperor, so the entire warrior party greeted the princess with respect.

“… Everyone worked hard.”

The princess, who was looking at the warrior party with an expressionless face, greeted them with a slight smile.

But from Calia’s point of view, her smile looked awkward.

“You have defeated the most powerful demon king in the 600-year history of the Solus Empire. Even though there was a loss, your performance can be said to be the most splendid among all the warriors’ parties.”

Then the princess began to praise the hero’s party.

She prepared her words for quite some time, but it occurred to her that Calia was not feeling the sincerity of her princess’s words.

To put it more bluntly, it was not loaded with emotion like reading a book.

It has to be. In this way, the more Calia is proudly recognized as her hero, the more threatened her status as the princess will be.

Clap clap clap clap!!!

Once or not, the applause was loud enough to fill the entire palace.

“Now then, everyone else, please leave. Please leave the escort knights too. I have something to say about the warrior party.”

Soon after, the princess bit everyone else.

‘Looks like he’s about to take off his mask.’

Calia guessed. She glanced at the saintess.

The saintess was looking at her princess with a gentle face as usual.

Soon, only the princess and the warrior’s party remained in the large hall.

“When did you first hear about the revelation about Edmund?”

Then the princess asked in a voice so cold that it was incomparable to the moment before.

“About a month ago.”

“Then why didn’t you tell me about it beforehand?”

“Sorry. But I thought it was the first thing to not know about this fact until Edmund defeated the Demon King. So she didn’t want to create a variable.”

“… Under.”

The princess with a cynical smile. Calia and Iris winced at the chill she exuded.

Only the saintess kept her expression.

“Okay, let’s get past that.”

Unexpectedly, at the moment of desperate situation, the princess quietly withdrew.

Calia secretly swallowed her saliva.

But even for a while, the princess pressed the warrior party again.

“So, was there any evidence that Edmund would pose a major threat to the Empire?”