Chapter 49 – Hermes

Hermes is a dangerous city.

Maybe that’s why there weren’t that many people who rode the magic circle there.

Basically, magic circles are expensive enough for rich people, at least nobles, to ride them lightly, so not many people ride them.

Even if the place where the magic circle is heading is none other than Hermes, the most dangerous city in the world, of course the line is bound to be short.

So why am I explaining this?

“Wow..”

Cecilia looked around her with her eyes wide open.

Ruril also seemed busy looking at the city he was seeing for the first time.

The hero hadn’t been there before, so he didn’t look so amazed, but he had an expression as if he had returned to his hometown somewhere.

Since he said he had returned, it must have been because he had been there before.

Anyway, then you will start to wonder why I was explaining about the magic circle and Hermes until now.

If I had told you this far, I think you would have noticed why I brought it up even if I didn’t explain it.

I thought it would be a long trip, but since I arrived at Hermes in less than an hour after arriving at the magic circle station, I felt something strange.

It’s good that I don’t have to be homeless outside and I’m not dangerous, but I’m worried that I won’t be able to grow up even if I want to grow up like this.

Although it was a game, there was also a system for growing characters because it was a game with enough RPG elements.

So… I was worried that if I moved around in a magic circle like this, it would be difficult to deal with an enemy who had become too powerful.

However, those worries disappeared like snow melting as soon as he recalled the warrior’s inaction he had shown before.

Regression means that he released the Holy Sword to the end anyway… It is highly likely that he did it on purpose to hide the fact from me that he couldn’t slash the tentacle at once last time.

Wouldn’t it be absurd common sense to show up just like that in the first place, defeat the enemy, and save me?

I can’t explain it other than that I was saved by deliberately waiting not to be discovered, and when I thought I was really in danger.

Well, I have no intention of blaming such a hero.

If you can save me without revealing your identity as much as possible, then it would be the right thing to do.

Still, I was really scared when that big thing came to attack me.

Something has been bothering me lately.

More than anything, I’ve felt it since the last time, but it seems like I’m only thinking about the hero.

Now that I’ve entered the city, I should put aside my thoughts about the hero and start thinking about what to do with the request.

If you ask me why I’m suddenly talking about the request, it’s because the information I get from Hermes is very important. To be precise, it is because of one quest that is wanted here.

He was the hero who informed me and the other kids that he had returned, so the other kids thought there must be a reason why the hero who knew about the future came to this place and followed him without a doubt, but I knew why the hero came here. There is.

The quest to receive here is nothing other than a quest to solve a dungeon.

In the game, it is a quest that continues until you receive it, but it seems that you intend to finish it quickly because the longer it is delayed, the more dangerous it becomes.

The reason you have to accept the request is that you must be an adventurer who has received the request in order to go to the place mentioned in this wanted letter.

It is a place that is thoroughly recognized as a dangerous place and is sealed off.

“Do you really want to do this request?”

What was originally written was a simple request to find out what was going on through reconnaissance, since recently a strange energy has been felt in this place and people have been missing.

Because it is too dangerous.

Yagem special.

Most of the monsters that come out of dangerous places are raped as if they were female characters, and then eat them or use them as seedlings for the rest of their lives.

As the saying goes, most people who want to see a hard bad ending go to this place.

If you go here, you can see a clear and hard bad ending.

There is no such thing as a chance.

If you die there, you will go straight to the bad ending as long as there is no potion or something.

Of course, if you can defeat the demon king’s army secretly working here, you can get a huge reward, but one of the biggest rewards is that the demon’s army is weakened.

In-game, the specs have been described as being weaker, but I’m not sure how it will be here.

However, the hero probably came because he thought that he had to do this request more than anything else.

Judging from the character of the hero I’ve seen so far, I think I’ll accept this request because people disappear. As for the in-game settings… No, I don’t think I need to mention in-game settings anymore.

I think the warriors I’ve seen will come out right away when people say they’re disappearing.

People say that people are disappearing, but what if the hero did not step up?

Sure enough, the hero accepted his request.

If it was natural, it was natural.

After accepting the request, we moved to the corner of the inn in the Adventurer’s Branch at the words of the hero that he had something to say.

I don’t know why I’m here to talk about it when I should have just said it.

Is it a story that should not be known?

“Why are you here to talk?”

Cecilia also seemed to be wondering why she had to come all the way here to talk.

The hero, who had been silent for a while, looked back at us and opened his mouth with a determined expression.

“I will go alone.”

…

What?

What bullshit is he talking about?

What on earth was he thinking when he told a party member that he would complete the quest by himself?

Of course, it’s not that I don’t understand it at all.

Cecilia and Ruril, who don’t know how dangerous the place we’re going from now on, may not understand what the warrior is saying, but since they’ve already experienced it through the game, they know how difficult it is and how dangerous it is.

In fact, it’s safe to say that it’s the hardest place to go in the beginning.

The warrior also said that he had returned, so he should know it well.

“It is too dangerous here. Because I can do this request alone…”

Look at that.

I knew it would be like that.

I’m thinking of leaving it there and going alone and cutting it all up.

Of course, since he is a hero who can unlock the power of the holy sword to the end, this might be right.

Because it has such a strong power that we don’t have to worry about it.

However, no matter how much they tried to protect us, trying to take on everything by themselves didn’t look very nice. I said it was a difficult area, but it’s not an area that can’t be broken, it’s just more difficult than other areas.

This place was real, so it was natural that even if we didn’t know what would happen, it would be much safer to go together. That won’t happen, but what if something happened to the hero while we waited here?

If it’s like this, why don’t we all go on a trip together?

“Are you saying that?”

“That’s… It’s not once or twice that we all went to this place together and almost died before returning, so I stopped without realizing it..”

Then I’d rather not go.

Did you think of going alone because you had to go, and you didn’t want to endanger us?

Seeing what he was talking about, I was very confused.

I sighed inwardly.

Still, it was a plate that should be considered fortunate that the hero answered at least.

I glared at the hero.

The warrior who felt my gaze trembled his body.

A little angry, no, a lot.

It’s not that the warrior’s heart is incomprehensible.

If you said you almost died when you went before, it’s worth reacting to that extent.

Admit that

But what about those of us who hear it?

I wonder if it’s because they don’t trust us as co-workers, that they don’t see us as co-workers, but as people to protect.

– Warrior. We are not so weak that you just have to protect us. Don’t you trust your co-workers?

I spoke to the hero telepathically with a serious expression on my face.

Not only the hero, but also Cecilia and Ruril could hear it.

Hearing my telepathy for the first time, I was surprised, but given the situation, I wondered if he would ask me later, agreeing with my words and glaring at the warrior together.

Cecilia… Doesn’t seem like it, but Ruril is pretty strong too.

The only reason he was almost killed by the goblins was that he ran out of arrows and that he was pushed back by the amount of goblins due to a large number of goblins flocking to the unit level, but Ruril’s skill itself is amazing.

Otherwise, you won’t be able to join the hero party.

– If you say that one more time, I’ll hit you.

With magic too.

I put on a cool expression and pointed at the hero with the rod Cecilia had given him. The hero bowed his head, perhaps realizing that he had made a big mistake.

“I didn’t mean to say that… I’m sorry everyone. My heart is too far ahead.”

I just need to know

I turned my head around.