The Former Hero Began To Be Re-Evaluated

22 – The Third Hero (5)

“Why on earth do you keep following me?”

That beastman girl clearly followed me around to get food from me.

So I gave her something to eat.

Of course, I didn’t just give it to you, I only gave it to you after asking for it to be simple, but in the end, I gave it to you, right?

Then isn’t the matter over?

I didn’t understand why that beastman girl kept trying to follow me.

So, I looked at the beastman girl with absurd eyes.

“Please.”

When I turned around, the beastman girl came striding towards me.

Then she held out both hands.

Are you asking for something?

I looked at that figure blankly and immediately understood the situation.

‘Are you sure you’re asking me to keep giving you food?’

It’s a guess, but perhaps what I predicted is correct.

You said ‘please give me’ earlier and gave me something to eat, so you’re saying it again, thinking you’ll give me something to eat this time too…

What he was doing was cute but also ridiculous.

“I told you to give it to me. Please give me something to eat.”

When I stood there with a dumbfounded expression and did not give me the food I asked for, the beastman girl held out her hand once again.

He asked me to give him something to eat quickly.

I don’t know if you know the meaning of please…

“No more. Stop going back.”

Of course, there was nothing to eat anymore.

And there was no reason for me to give it.

So even if you keep pestering me, you won’t be able to get food.

I held out both of her hands and let her know that I had nothing.

I noticed that there was no food even though I asked, and I wanted them to go back quickly.

“Ugh…”

The beastman girl looked very disappointed at that fact.

It looked a little pitiful, but what can you do?

I know how you feel, but you can’t eat life raw.

I was about to go back on my way, hoping that although I was hungry, my heart had grown.

“Give me something to eat.”

No, really, why are you like this again?

The beastman girl held out her hand to me again.

You said there is nothing to eat?

I held out my hand once more and hoped that the beastman girl would leave, but she did not leave.

I could tell from the look in his eyes.

I had the expectation that if they followed me around, they might be able to find something to eat.

‘Hmm… Do you think I will raise you if you follow me?’

I can roughly understand why it’s like that.

Such a habit is one of the common instincts seen in young beastmen.

They say they instinctively feel that if they follow this person, they will be able to get what they want.

There may be individual differences in how each prisoner feels this, but considering this child’s characteristics, such a sixth sense was quite strong.

And in fact, it was true to some extent.

I was a former warrior, so I probably have more money than most people.

At least I had enough money to live on.

And even if you don’t have money, you have the ability to get money.

If you feel that I will raise you, at least you will not starve.

Above all, if you follow me, you will be protected.

It means that no life will be lost, and this was quite important.

Because a prisoner’s sixth sense considers safety to be the most important thing.

In many ways, he seemed to think that many good things would happen if he followed me.

‘I can’t help it.’

Anyway, I have no intention of raising you?

Work has become quite annoying.

What should I do?

Still, I know a way to solve this situation.

Thumping.

“Ahh!!!?”

When I suddenly ran, it was a girl from the beastman race who was startled.

It must be a natural reaction because the person who was supposed to raise you is suddenly running away at full speed.

He looked at me blankly for a moment.

But the judgment was quick.

“There.”

I followed at full speed to somehow catch him.

Where are you running away from just a can opener?

But of course I couldn’t catch it.

Will I be caught by you?

No matter how much better the physical capabilities of the beastmen were than humans, I was a human-level human being, a warrior.

No matter how fast the beastman girl runs, the chances of her catching up with me are infinitely close to 0%.

In the end, the distance between me and the beastman girl continued to widen.

When I could no longer see her, I sighed.

‘I will never take in the beast people again.’

Honestly, it’s not that I didn’t think about raising it a little.

People in this world would have hatred towards the beast people, but I was from a planet called Earth and I had no particular hatred towards the beast people.

You can just feed them and let them sleep until they become adults.

It wasn’t that difficult.

If it were me in the past, it would definitely have been like that.

But now I don’t plan on doing that again.

‘Fool me once. ‘Would you fool me twice?’

Once a prisoner is enough.

I felt it very keenly while accompanying Nafira, the warrior party’s prisoner.

After being betrayed by Nafira, he swore that he would never associate with the beast people again.

If you try to raise it anyway, it will betray you, so what’s the use?

When I think about what I really did to Napiri, I still feel dizzy.

Ah… Of course, Napi is a cat beast, and the girl who was the beast just now is a dog beast, but it wasn’t a big deal anyway.

“Should we just go camping soon?”

Anyway, it’s starting to get dark now.

There doesn’t seem to be any city nearby, so I guess I’ll have to spend tonight here whether I like it or not.

It was time for me to prepare for camping.

“Heh heh…”

I saw a beastman girl running from afar.

“How did you follow me…?”

“With the smell…”

Wow… This is really gross.

# # #

Luna, who followed Alex, had a lot of worries.

The hero named Alex was one of the most dangerous warriors I had ever met.

If you do something wrong, you could end up in really big trouble.

And, not only Luna had that thought, but other party members also had the same thought.

“What should I do Aila?”

Napira, the leader of the warrior party, continued to look worried at Eila.

She joined the warrior party for the independence of the beast people.

Of course, I had no intention of betraying the empire or anything like that.

“I… I’m so anxious.”

If something goes wrong and the beastman people suffer even more severe persecution rather than becoming independent…

It was a terrible future to even imagine.

Even now, discrimination against the beast people is rampant…

It was worth keeping a worried look on his face.

Still, wouldn’t Pyrrha or Aila be reminded of her wise actions? She asked thoughtfully.

“First… Let’s kill the demon lord and then think.”

Of course, there was no suitable solution for Eila.

Even though it was somewhat dangerous, she had no choice but to endure it for now.

“If you don’t defeat the devil, there will be no porridge or rice.”

First of all, the most urgent goal is to overthrow the Demon King.

It was absurd to think about other things before doing that.

“Let’s think positively… Nothing is set in stone. Whatever it is, there is something important to us… Let’s go with the flow as much as possible.”

“… That’s right.”

Also, I shouldn’t say this, but isn’t there a possibility that it could work out?

The party members were seeking compensation from the empire, not being loyal to the empire.

It didn’t matter who ruled the empire as long as they received what was due from the empire.

From that perspective, there was no particular problem for them even if Alex became emperor.

Let’s think positively. Good.

“Still, you still have the will to defeat the Demon King, right?”

“That’s right…”

There were a lot of things that made me anxious, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t things that made me feel reassured.

This hero is at least trying to do his job, right?

At least the hero named Alex had a clear will to defeat the Demon King.

It seemed like they were planning to kill the Demon King first, no matter whether they started a rebellion or something else.

That is the most important thing.

I thought that once I could defeat the Demon King, it didn’t matter at least for now.

That was the reason to follow Alex.

The party members had mixed feelings, but they still followed Alex.

‘Huh…? Where are we going? ‘Isn’t this the direction to the demon world?’

But now I’m starting to realize that the direction Alex was heading to was a little strange.

You have to go outside the Empire to go to the Demon World, but the place Alex was going was not outside the Empire.

Rather, it was going deep into the center of the empire’s capital.

What…? Do you have anything to buy before you leave?

I thought I was going to a commercial district in the center of the empire, but that wasn’t the case.

No… There is no need to purchase any more potions or equipment…

The warrior party had already been traveling for a year, so they lacked nothing.

Where on earth is Alex headed?

The party members just followed along with doubts.

“Everyone, please prepare quickly.”

As a result of following along, the place Alex arrived at was truly absurd.

Because this was the entertainment district of the empire.

When we arrived at the entertainment district, there were people dressed up in various costumes.

When those people saw Alex, they welcomed him.

Maybe those people were hired by Alex.

It wasn’t that the party members didn’t know that.

Party members are not fools either. Although the party members had some idea of what Alex was thinking, they still had no choice but to ask.

“What the hell is this place…? Aren’t you going to the demon world?”

“Ah. I’m going to go to the demon world. But before that, we have to have a grand parade.”

As expected…

Parade before the hero party defeats the demon lord…?

What kind of bullsh*t is that?