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Chapter 8Vol. 2 - .6 - Legend of the True Champion (6)
(I-It's done! He did it! Lord Hero has obtained victory!)
The statue of the goddess made with Zhaviest's aura exploded and vanished from the Miremia Plains without leaving a trace of its original form.
"Y-You…"
Excella's body trembled with fear as she heard Zhaviest's voice filled with resentment.
A distance from the Excella, Zhaviest was lying on the ground, his arms and legs bent in strange directions. Just before the statue of the goddess exploded, the shoulder collapsed down the arm, and Zhaviest fell to the ground.
Zhaviest's bloodshot eyes glared at the hero, but in the next instant, he vomited out a mouthful of blood and lost consciousness. Falling from tens of meters high, he suffered bruises and compound fractures all over his body.
"Capture him! Capture Zhaviest! Immediately!!"
At Serphiano's command, the strongest fiends of the Demon Lord's Army surrounded the unconscious Zhaviest and bound him.
(I-Is it over…? With this, everything is…)
Excella looked again at the hero. A figure standing in the Miremia Plains, composed, commanding ——— no, it was a cute figure.
He wore a pink outfit with a frilly skirt. Yet the hero appeared to Excella more rugged and dignified than any soldier.
"Lord Hero…!"
As Excella tried to approach the hero, the demons began to make a commotion.
"Suzuki has won!"
"The Thunder-Lance Charge's Suzuki has defeated the insurgents!"
Kiru, with a proud look on his face, poked the shouting soldier with her elbow.
"It is Lo-rd-Su-zu-ki! He is our commander's adjutant!"
Then Kiru, with a grin on her face, glanced at Nephira, who was wiping the corner of her eyes with her hands.
"Oh my oh my? Could it be that... Lady Nephira, you're crying?"
"I-I'm not crying–!"
Witnessing these demons boiling over with excitement like that, Excella was overcome with emotion. Along with her excitement, she also became filled with resentment toward her own small heart.
Excella clenched her fist and bit her lip.
(I'm an idiot! The Champion Hartline and Lord Hero are totally different types of heroes! And yet, all along, I kept trying to make them the same…! NO! The power of Lord Hero, who asks for no compensation, is far greater than Hartline's! I can't believe I didn't even realize that!)
Near Excella, Duma had regenerated her body, and was laughing with a "Kikekeke."
"Ah… C-Cute… A-And strong…! T-That's why I like Suzuki so much…! I-I knew it... I still want to transform him into my personal doll…!"
Excella nodded her head in agreement with Duma's words.
(I was mistaken! A hero is not a mere figure! A hero is one who, for the sake of the world, will cast away even his pride ———one who possesses such a noble spirit. That is... the hero!)
Suddenly, the book in her traveler's tote bag seemed annoying and filthy. Excella took out the book of The Legend of Hartline and smashed it violently to the ground with a bang.
Nephira, who was nearby, wrinkled her brow.
"Uhm? Excella. What the hell are you doing? That book, what is it?"
"It is a SHITTY kind of book! This kind of thing! This kind of thing–!"
In her self-resentment, and as an apology to the hero, Excella stomped down on the picture book with a thud "dosu dosu," disheveling her clothes and hair.
"H-Hey… Excella?"
"Ora–! Ora–!! ORAAAAAAAAA–!!"
"Eh…! Wai- What's going on? What's wrong with this child? Scary–…!"
Even Nephira became frightened by Excella, who became heated and kept stomping on The Legend of the Champion Hartline.
The hero walked up to those two. The hero looked at Nephira with his usual gentle smile.
"Nephira. Are you safe?"
"Fu-Fuun. Naturally. About before… Well done. You did well."
Next to Nephira, who had replied to him casually, Kiru showed a big smile on her face.
"Suzuki is, truly awesome! With this, we don't need to take care of feeding and cleaning up after you poo anymore—!"
"Like I said, I didn't want that from the beginning!"
The hero exclaimed in a rush. Excella became amused and chuckled. The surrounding Thunder-Lance Charge's demons also laughed as if enticed by it.
In the midst of all this, Aina unsteadily walked closer to Excella. Although she had wounds all over her body, her face looked refreshed. Aina gazed at the smiling Suzuki, surrounded by Nephira and the others.
"One man alone stopped a war… This is... the power that Lady Leelou entrusted the world to…"
"YES! Lord Hero will surely guide this world towards true peace ———that's what I believe!"
"That's right! Me too! From today forward, that is what I would believe!"
Suddenly, the hero turned around over his shoulder.
"Excella! Let's go home! To Leirune!"
"Yes–!"
Excella responded with a big smile to the hero, and at that moment———
"Kaka–! KAKAKAKAKAKAKAKA!!"
Suddenly, the peaceful atmosphere in the Miremia Plains was disrupted by the evil sound of laughter.
Zhaviest, who had been bound, seemed to have regained consciousness. A Cyclops, who was restraining Zhaviest, spoke with a perplexed expression on his face.
"What's with this guy? As soon as he woke up, he started laughing."
"Let's just kill him quickly!"
Zhaviest, who was being held down and restrained so that he could not move, stopped laughing and glared at the hero with a fierce expression that had changed drastically from his usual demeanor.
"So you're posing as a Champion and even feeling pretty good about it, huh? Really thinking you'll get your 'Happy Ending,' don't you? Shitty brat…"
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