The Former Hero Began To Be Re-Evaluated

7 – The Second Hero (6)

“As expected, it’s really nice to have young people around.”

“hahahaha. What?”

“Hans. Won’t you help me here too? Move that thing.”

“Yes, I understand. I’ll move it right away.”

“Wow… He’s very powerful.”

The next day, I followed the village leader and worked hard at farming.

At first, I wondered if I could do well? It was the village people who looked on with worried eyes.

No matter how young you are, farming is never easy.

Will a young man from the empire be good at farming? I was worried.

But those worries were short-lived, as I instantly became popular with the villagers.

It’s hard work… Because being a warrior is what you’re best at in the world.

Due to the nature of farming, which requires stamina and strength, I am bound to be popular.

As a warrior, I had much better physical strength and strength than dozens of adult men.

I was doing well as I was doing what the village people told me to do, naturally receiving compliments and food.

This was the peaceful life I wanted, and I was fully satisfied with it.

‘Ha. As expected, you’re staring again.’

But still, I couldn’t help but feel annoyed.

I’m sick of it…

There’s a girl who keeps looking at me from afar. I guess she was Leah yesterday?

Her eyes never ceased.

He has been looking at me since morning as if some sort of laser was coming out of his eyes.

Have I been staring at you for 6 hours now?

There were absolutely no stalkers.

‘I can’t report that…’

If the person stalking me was a strong adult male, I would have used force to resolve the issue.

I would have told you not to do such a creepy thing.

If not, I would have told the chief and asked him to resolve the matter amicably.

But, the girl stalking me was only a girl who looked about 14 or 15 years old.

Because of this, I was in quite a bit of trouble. I couldn’t solve it by force, and I couldn’t tell the village leader.

What if he continues to stalk me in the future…

Looking at that momentum, I think I’ll keep looking at it for another week and month.

It felt like it would be really annoying.

“Huh… Hero?”

“Let’s talk for a moment.”

I can’t help it.

In the end, when I had some free time, I approached Lia first.

When I approached her, she was surprised.

I took Lia and brought her to my house.

Originally, I tried to ignore it because I thought it would be bothersome if I answered them one by one.

But now that I think about it again, I think it’s certain that if we leave it like this, it will become even more of a hassle.

It would be better to resolve it quickly.

“So what do you want from me?”

After bringing Lia to my house, I immediately asked her the main point.

Why on earth are you following me around like this?

“As I said, you are indeed a hero.”

“I won’t deny it.”

What I said was that I acknowledged that I was a warrior.

Lia was quite happy that I had finally acknowledged that I was a hero.

“I want to make a request to the hero…!”

She then began to talk about why she had been looking for the hero so much.

“I have a request that I would like you to hear, hero.”

It seemed like Lia wanted to entrust the request to me, the warrior she was.

# # #

The Demon World where the Demon King lives.

The demon world is called the so-called land of death.

The eerie magical energy coming from the demon king and the demons made it impossible for most living beings to even survive.

For living beings, just being exposed to demonic energy causes considerable physical and mental pain.

“We decided to search here today, and let’s take a rest for now.”

And it was the same for the warrior parties.

Of course, since they were not ordinary people, they were somewhat resistant to demonic energy, but even so, they were not completely immune.

They had no choice but to be exposed to demonic energy while exploring for several hours to find the Demon King’s Castle.

It wasn’t dark yet, but the warrior party was quite exhausted.

They absolutely had to get enough rest.

In the end, although it was still early, we decided to prepare for camping here.

Herald decided to continue searching for the Demon King’s Castle tomorrow and told the party members to unpack.

‘Not everything can go as planned…’

Herald could not help but sigh as he prepared for camp.

The original plan of the Herald was to go straight to the Demon Castle and kill the Demon King without wasting time in the Demon World.

If we did that, we wouldn’t have to be exposed to demonic energy, and there wouldn’t be troublesome things like camping out like this.

But I didn’t know that the party members wouldn’t know the way to the Demon King’s Castle.

We have been fighting against the Demon King’s army as a warrior party for over a year, and yet we do not know the geography of the Demon World. It’s so… Even thinking about it again, it’s absurd.

Let’s forget it. Forget.

But what can we do when it has already happened?

Herald sighed and tried to do his best.

“I will be standing guard here, so please prepare tents and meals.”

Unlike the party members who disarmed one by one, the Herald did not disarm.

Then he gave instructions to the party members.

The hero stands guard, and the rest of the party prepares for camping.

The Herald’s judgment was not that strange.

“Hey, Herald Hero.”

“What’s going on?”

But the party members were quite troubled by the Herald’s words.

Did he ask me some strange favor?

Herald had that thought, but he could not find anything unusual about his words.

Why does he make that expression?

“Perhaps… We don’t know how to pitch a tent…”

“Yes…?”

After a while, what the Herald heard was quite shocking.

No… What did you hear just now?

“And… We’ve never even prepared a meal before…”

“What?”

And you can’t even cook rice?

The Herald said he didn’t quite understand what he was hearing.

If the party members in front of you are beginners who have just started their journey, you can understand them to some extent.

If you have ever tried pitching a tent or preparing a meal in your life, how much would you have done?

You might not know it at first, but it was something you had to learn.

However, these are not beginners who have just started their journey.

It was a veteran warrior party that had already defeated countless demons over the course of a year.

I couldn’t understand this situation at all, as such a warrior party didn’t even know the basics of camping.

“Then how did you manage meals and a tent up to this point? It doesn’t make sense…”

It’s definitely not like you haven’t tried camping while traveling for a year.

So how did you solve it each time?

The Herald had no choice but to ask the party members.

“That… Hero Hansu Lee did it all.”

And the answer I heard was shocking.

‘Huh…’

Lee Han-soo, who is no longer around, was saying that he had solved everything.

From tent preparation to meal preparation.

And it seems that Lee Han-soo took care of all the other miscellaneous matters as well.

So, it was okay for the party members to not know how to prepare for camping.

‘So Hansoo Lee did everything?’

But no matter what, it wasn’t right for a warrior to do it all.

As the leader of the knights, he also hears some news about the warrior party.

Usually, party members often handle miscellaneous tasks such as sending letters to the empire, but in the past, Lee Han-su solved all such miscellaneous tasks as well.

So, I expected Lee Han-soo to have contributed a lot to the warrior party to some extent, but I didn’t expect it to be to this extent.

Even so, he has been traveling for a year and doesn’t know a single thing about camping…

Honestly, it was a bit of a headache.

Herald was very eager to argue, but there was nothing he could do about it.

“Okay, then you guys stand guard. I’ll get ready.”

I can’t come now and teach the party members one by one.

In the end, we decided to change each other’s responsibilities.

For now, it would be right to tell the four party members to stand guard and prepare a tent and meals for the five of them.

“Yes, I understand.”

At the Herald’s words, the party members nodded and prepared to stand guard.

And Herald, who was left behind, prepared for camp alone.

‘Whoa… Something seems wrong.’

Herald sighed after making a meal and a tent for five people.

I don’t know the geography of the demon world and I don’t know how to prepare for camping.

He was confused as to whether he was carrying a party of warriors or a piece of luggage.

When I think about it, I feel like I’ve only been disappointed by my party members so far.

Party members are supposed to be helpful to the hero, but instead of helping, they are only hindering…

In my heart, I just wanted to abandon my party members and go to the Demon King alone.

‘No… You just have to be good at fighting.’

But still, the Herald persevered.

Even if I didn’t know the geography or couldn’t prepare for camping, it didn’t really matter anyway.

In the end, those things were just incidental things.

The essence of the warrior party was ultimately combat.

No matter how bad you are at other things, you just have to be useful in battle.

‘It’s sure to be useful…?’

If even that is useless, then the real problem becomes serious.