chapter 1
The fake warrior is too strong
prologue
There was a public execution in the estate where I lived as a child.
Most death row inmates wouldn’t do such a shocking event, but that prisoner was special.
A heinous criminal who committed dozens of serial murders over the course of seven years in the estate.
The motive for the murder was also because of a personal hobby that is not understood by common sense.
Everyone he encountered wanted to see his death with their own eyes.
The lord ordered that a special public execution site be prepared in consideration of the public opinion.
And it was declared that anyone who wants can ‘watch’ his death.
“Made. I will go soon.”
My mother didn’t want to be a spectator of such a brutal event, but now in the manor atmosphere, ‘I hate to see you.’ If I said that, it was the perfect thing to do to be stoned to death.
It was no exception for me, now seven years old.
Because there were victims of him in the village where I lived.
“You are blindfolded behind your mother.”
“yes. Mom.”
So we took an unwilling step.
The execution ground was so crowded that I wondered if there were so many people in our estate.
In the seat of the lord himself, the executioner slowly recited the man’s crime.
“Iza came from another estate seven years ago and got a job in a butcher shop. According to my own words, there are only six people who ‘slaughtered’ there, and the victims are as follows.”
He slowly said the names of the victims.
Shouts, swear words, and sobbing erupt from those around them, whether they were acquaintances or family members of the victims.
“At the lumber mill that has moved to the next location…”
But I could no longer concentrate on the judge’s voice.
‘yes? What is that?’
blur.
It was because there was something written on the head of the death row prisoner whose face was piled up on the sacks and wriggling.
It is not physically written as a joke with the pen.
As if scrawled with blood on a transparent plate, the letters were dripping down.
At the first bizarre scene I’ve ever seen, I grabbed my mother’s hand.
“Made. are you okay. Your mother is by your side.”
“Mom, can’t you see that?”
“It’s because you don’t see it.”
I pointed to the blood on the death row prisoner’s head, but my mother thought it meant a death row prisoner and covered my eyes.
I quickly got out of my mother’s arms and said,
“Can’t you really see it? Am I the only one seeing you?”
“What is he talking about?”
The writing was exactly like this.
-Crime against Maiken Knahl and 31 others.
What does that mean?
And why did it suddenly appear in my eyes?
Then the officer’s voice was heard again.
“Also, Iza got a job as the lord’s gardener and even murdered the maids and butlers. The victims are: Eisen Thrall, Darkus Miem, Maiken Knall, Selé…”
“ah! Miken!”
Suddenly, the death row prisoner made a loud noise from inside the sack.
The executioner frowned and shouted.
“Be quiet!”
“It’s Miken. It was the most thrilling moment for me. Did you guys approach me looking for clues from his corpse?”
“I told you to be quiet.”
“yeah. You’re too tight on someone who’s going to die soon.”
Hearing the arrogant man’s words, a woohoo shout was heard around him.
But I focused on something else.
‘Miken Knall, that’s the name written on top of that head.’
Perhaps?
I focused my whole mind on the writing on the death row prisoner’s head.
Whoops.
Then, like a lie, the transparent plates grew bigger.
And instead of the ’31 other people’ part, the full names of many people were shown.
-Drian Layla
– Hans Pawn
-Rian Dick
– Aizen Thrall
-Darkus Miem…
I suddenly realized
‘These are the names of the people he killed!’
Because the names of the victims that the judge had just recited were written right there.
That was then.
Quang.
The lord slammed the armrest of the chair he was sitting on and said as if shouting.
“It’s over. Execute your sentence!”
“Yes, old!”
“uh? Am I really going to die?”
Druck.
A string hangs around his neck.
The floor cracked open and the guy groaned in pain.
how long has it been
His mother’s voice was heard as his body drooped like a piece of meat.
“Whew. It’s really hard to see. Maid, are you okay?”
“Yes.”
I was going to tell you about the weird pigtail I just saw.
But my mother spoke first.
“Wow, I should have had your father more than me now.”
“……”
“The more times like this, the more I feel the void in him. No, I’m just saying something in front of him.”
My father was a hunter.
It is said that he had good skills in his own way, and at one time he made a name for himself in the village where I live.
Unfortunately, he was torn to death by a bear in the last hunt.
Dad’s name is clear.
“Now let’s go. Do you not want to be here anymore?”
“Uh, Mom.”
“Why.”
“On my mother’s head…”
-Sin against Arald Mohan and 7 others.
That red name written in blood.
The name floating above her mother’s head.
That was my father’s name.
20 years have passed.
The fifth demon king descended on the continent.
After many twists and turns, I was in the state of participating in the war as a member of the heroic party of the hero who opposes the demon king.
One night with only the final battle remaining after all the forces of the Demon King were dealt with.
“Maid, wake up. It’s your turn.”
“Only Auntie.”
“Call me sister. How many times do I have to tell you to understand?”
I clicked my tongue once and got up.
My head hurt as if it was because of a pretty dirty old dream.
My colleague and party member of the hero who woke me up, Neryl Slaine, sat down next to me.
“It must have been a nightmare.”
“I have bad memories. It feels cheap to have a dream like this the day before I met the Demon King. I must get out of the battle tomorrow.”
“Actually, it might be good for the unity of party members.”
I laughed out loud at her words.
Neryl looked at me with soft eyes and continued.
“It’s because you’re the one who roams around alone. Everyone will turn away from you.”
“I’m stalking everyone.”
“It’s a great mental victory. It is also an accurate expression. You don’t trust any of our party members.”
it’s bound to be
And that includes you.
I glanced over Neryl’s head.
– Mei Enerika and other 287 people guilty.
The maniac executed on our estate is an overwhelming number to make into a shy kid.
In fact, it’s not just Neryl.
As for the party members who will save the world, the names and numbers floating on their heads negate that fact.
Well, everyone has their own circumstances.
However, those numbers were too annoying to hear the beautiful story of “Trust Your Colleagues” straight away.
Meanwhile, Neryl continued to speak.
“Who likes a guy who doesn’t show his faith like that in the first place?”
“Anyway, we are united out of necessity. If you kill the Demon King, they will be scattered.”
“The other guys seemed to stay together even after the quest was over. I am not.”
“Actually, your sociability is just as bad as mine.”
Neryl only shrugged.
She gently brought her body closer to me.
I asked, tilting my head.
“I’m telling you in advance just in case, so don’t suddenly confess.”
“Are you not awake?”
“Then what is it? So set the mood.”
“I want to talk to him.”
She beckoned to one of the party members who had been away to dreamland for a while.
Champion Caled Wake.
The fifth hero in the history of the continent who must appear when the Demon King descends.
Neril’s expression looking at such a hero was rather cold, and he was a little surprised.
“Is your expression cold? You don’t like Kayle?”
“Well.”
“That’s an ambiguous answer.”
“At first, as I lived for a long time, a lot of people’s emotions were weathered and faded. Likes or dislikes are not very important to me. What matters is performance.”
“……”
“Maid, I recognize your skills. I know that even before I joined this party, my name was blown up as a mercenary. You are a wanderer, but if you had settled in a guild, the guild leader would have already taken over.”
“huh.”
“On the other hand, from an objective point of view, Cald didn’t show much of the qualities of a warrior.”
I chuckled.
An aunt who speaks the opposite of the reputation of other party members.
“Are you going to say that now? The day before the last battle with the Demon King?”
“Because it’s before the last battle, I feel like I should consider it a little more calmly.”
“……”
“You didn’t trust anyone in your party, but you’ve shown a few times that you don’t trust Kayle especially. Because of that, the already narrow position has shrunk even more. I thought I was stupid before, but maybe you were looking at the same thing as me.”
I was silent for a while.
Neryl opened her mouth as she picked up a branch and drew a strange picture on the floor.
“What do you not believe in Kayle?”
“I’m a bit quick-witted.”
“So, what did you see in Caled with those eyes?”
I licked my lips several times, but in the end didn’t say anything.
I never told anyone about this ability.
Of course, to my mother too.
Neryl waited a little longer, then suddenly stretched.
“Well, what’s the use of saying this now? After all, tomorrow will come to a conclusion.”
“right. So go to sleep, aunt.”
“Fufu. As you get older, you lose sleep.”
“……”
“And if you say ‘Ajumma’ one more time, will you kill me?”
No, he said he was old first. Do you want me to call you grandma?
After she went to bed, I was alone in my thoughts.
The final point of that thought was, of course, Caled.
Surely I see the sins of people.
So if there is my name or the names of my stakeholders, I start to get nervous.
And definitely dig it out.
Make sure you pay for your sins.
‘But that guy can’t…’
I looked at his peacefully sleeping face.
To be precise, the red blood letters that appeared on the guy’s head.
– Bion Kunze and other 148,304,291 people committed a crime.
About 148 million people.
……
As far as I know, the population of this continent will be that much.
huge number.
He didn’t even dare to find out what crime he must have committed.
I searched and searched, but couldn’t even find out if my name was in there.
‘What the hell have you been doing? That child.’
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