I Picked Up the Abandoned Hero

78. Pure emotions

“What do you mean, the next hero?”

In some ways, it is like a sudden lightning strike in the dry sky.

When Stella suddenly heard the word ‘next hero’, he was very surprised and asked the girl, Morian.

“You are your colleague, the elf Stella, right? I heard a lot from the drivers! “He can hit a target 10km away with just one arrow!”

In fact, Morian smiled brightly and welcomed Stella.

Arsel and Stella couldn’t help but react with shock at the image that was completely opposite to what they had imagined.

In the first place, it was questionable whether the Holy Sword swordsman and the girl I saw back then were the same person.

When he was ruthlessly cutting down people there, he looked like a reaper who appeared in this world, a murderer with no emotions, but it was truly unexpected.

If you look at your current appearance, don’t you look like a helpless child immersed in heroic stories?

“Water, of course you should, but – no, anyway, just answer the questions quickly. “What on earth is the next hero?”

Stella, a little embarrassed, tried to stutter and asked.

“Is that literally? I am Morian, trained to follow in the footsteps of my ancestors and become a warrior. “I am currently training to become a great warrior like you, following the queen’s words!”

“If you are a queen, then of the Kingdom of Hermod-“

“Yes! “The queen is truly a kind and merciful person!”

It’s a funny story.

I thought I would immediately draw my sword and fight, but instead of being hostile, my opponent only showed the appearance of an excited child.

“When I grow up, I will be like a queen- ah…”

Morian stumbles and falls down.

Furthermore, the injury was so severe that even standing properly seemed difficult.

“…Who inflicted that injury?”

“hahahaha, I don’t show any respect to you… I ran into an unidentified elf and was dealt a bad blow. All my colleagues have dispersed, and I am the only one who managed to survive and take refuge inside. Fortunately, he didn’t chase me.”

This is the high elf that Arcel and Stella saw.

No matter how monster-like he looked and how powerful he was, I thought he would not be able to defeat the Holy Sword swordsman, but it seems that the defeat was more one-sided than expected.

“I have never seen such a monster in my life! No, the shadow swoosh! And it jumps out and plows the ground, plows the trees, and plows everything in front of it!”

I guess it’s that high elf.

Certainly, a being that deals with such a monstrous shadow cannot be easily dealt with from a sword-wielding standpoint.

The only weakness is that it is weak to light as it is a shadow, but considering the nature of the shadow, if the brightness is not enough to brighten up all the darkness around it, but it is at an intermediate level, it can conversely increase its strength.

In particular, the holy sword emits a soft light just by exposing the blade, so it may have been more disadvantageous than expected.

“Anyway, I feel a little relieved to see you… Ah, did you lose too much blood…?”

Sharp!

Eventually, Morian lost her mind and collapsed.

As she said, it seems her bleeding was worse than expected.

Even if a simple first aid treatment was given by tying a cloth around the person, if the injury was that serious, it would have been acceptable for the person not to have died.

“…What should we do with that girl?”

“Well, it’s a lot different than I thought.”

Arsel and Stella worry greatly about what to do with the girl.

If they had been hostile to her from the beginning, it would have been better to just kill her, but it would be difficult to deal with a girl who is so young and appears to be friendly in her own way.

“What are you looking at? “Don’t kill me right away.”

At that time, Alfred, who was quietly watching next to her, opens his mouth.

“But Alfred, this child-“

“Well, it’s a little different from what you think? At first, they looked similar and didn’t seem to have been killing innocent people with a holy sword? But then does that kid’s guilt go away?”

It’s just as Alfred said.

Just because it differs from their thoughts does not mean that the crime committed by the girl disappears.

If they leave the girl alive, what they have done so far will be nothing more than fleeting sympathy and hypocrisy.

“Besides, that guy is your enemy. Even though he is already a worthy hero, he calls himself the next hero and brutally murders your own people.”

“…I hate to admit it, but that demon is right, this guy mercilessly killed our compatriots who barely escaped this hell. Even young elves.”

Stella recalled the scene illuminated by the jewel.

Without any hesitation, this girl cut down the elves who had managed to evacuate and the village that hid them.

That girl called herself a hero, but in reality she was nothing more than a cruel murderer.

“B, but isn’t it possible that, like you, I was forced to follow the Queen’s orders?”

“Acting following orders is ultimately your own choice. Besides, the Queen is nothing compared to the Demon King. Do you think the queen is the same as the madman who ran away to the other side of the world and then chased after her and dragged her away?”

It even seems similar to Alfred, but is completely different.

“…Being ground up alive and put in a glass bottle wasn’t a very pleasant experience, was it?”

Alfred smiled and shook his head.

Stella, who was next to him, stopped imagining things and walked away from Alfred in disgust.

“More than anything, that guy cut my head off out of nowhere?! It seems like nothing happened to you, but I got my head cut off! “If it were you, we would have been in the other world a long time ago!”

Alfred gets angry when he mentions that his head was cut off a while ago.

“Would it be better to draw a perforated line like this on my neck? “If you look at this guy or that guy, they are all psychopaths who like to separate their head from their body.”

Alfred drew a dotted line on his neck with a pen and turned his head with his arms crossed.

It seemed like he was feeling sad.

“Umm…”

Arsel thought while touching his forehead.

To be honest, rationally, Alfred was right.

However, in the end, the girl said that she was the next hero, and seeing that she even handles the holy sword like a hero, it is clear that she is a hero or has powers equivalent to that.

The problem is if the girl was a real warrior.

It is said that when a hero appears in the world, when the world is in danger of destruction or a threat at least equivalent to that of the Demon King appears, he or she is chosen by a being called God.

‘If a new Demon Lord or a greater threat is about to appear…’

If I made a mistake and dealt with this girl, she might not be able to deal with it.

He was embarrassed to even honestly call himself the Holy Sword Hero.

Even if you can use the holy sword, you end up just holding it and swinging it, and it’s just a matter of having an incredibly sharp sword.

In this state, if a being similar to the devil from the past appears, will she be able to save the world once again?

Honestly, no.

What Arcel was worried about was the threat to the future.

“Besides, this guy, I feel bad. “At that time, she felt similar to that demon lord.”

“…That’s probably because they used the same sword.”

The holy sword that Morian held was the same as the sword she had seen at the auction house and the sword that the Demon King had pulled out at the end.

A holy sword said to have been used by a warrior from her own squadron.

Like other holy swords, it went missing and fell into the hands of the Demon King, then in the Demon’s territory, and finally into the hands of a new hero, a girl.

“The devil used a holy sword?”

Alfred asked as if he was surprised.

“Yes, he pulled out that sword at the end.”

“…Surprising, I thought I would never use it again.”

“So what are you going to do? I want to repay the pain my people suffered from this guy right away.”

Stella said, aiming her bow.

Actually, there was a part of me that was soft-hearted because of his very similar appearance to Arcel.

Moreover, it felt like she was seeing Arcel from Morian’s past, so if it had not been for Alfred’s words, she might have easily shown mercy.

It’s obvious that it’s a stupid thing to do.

“But actually, I don’t care what happens, my head wasn’t cut off once or twice anyway. “I don’t care about the circumstances of demons or humans.”

After finishing everything he had to say, Alfred slipped away.

Originally, Alfred was like that.

When I went into battle, I would always give my allies or enemies a choice and then just watch from afar as they chose one of the two.

It won’t be much different now than it was then.

“I will follow your choice, because no matter what other humans say, you are my only hero.”

Stella left the choice to Arcel.

“…I hope you make a wise choice.”

Of course, I could tell which way his mind was leaning without having to say anything.

†††

“Honestly, I expected it to be like this, after all, I had the personality to save my life without any hesitation.”

“You don’t know how much we fought among ourselves back then, but Arcel alone decided not to dispose of you.”

“Knowing that, you passed the choice over? After all, do ears have no learning ability?”

Alfred shrugs his shoulders and talks to Stella.

Looking at the content of the conversation, it seems like he had already anticipated what Arcel had chosen and what choice he would make.

“The treatment is over. “Let’s leave it alone for now.”

Arsel opened the door to the empty room and came out.

“Are you sure it’s okay? “I might regret it later.”

“That too was my choice. “I may have regrets, but I have no regrets.”

Her hands were covered in blood, but it was from the process of treating her wounds, not from cutting Morrían’s throat.

Although all we did was disinfect the wound, stop the bleeding, and apply a bandage, the warrior’s vitality alone would be enough to recover.

Just like Arcel himself did.

“Yes, if that guy is really a hero, it would be difficult for you to make your own decisions. “It is a common story that a hasty decision leads to destruction.”

Alfred smiled and took out a cage from his pocket.

“But I don’t think it’s a bad idea. Shouldn’t I have done this too?”

“At that time, the situation was urgent, so I couldn’t waste my magic power.”

“Well, this type of magic doesn’t suit you guys well.”

The size of a finger, too small to be a birdcage.

It wasn’t a real bird cage, but a necklace decorated with a bird cage.

“Then seal it right away? “It’s not particularly difficult to solve, but if you’re sealed, you’ll never be able to solve it on your own.”

The choice Arcel made was not very complicated.

-Treat the wound, and hold on to it just in case.-

After Arcel treated Morian so that he would not die, he decided to seal him so that he could not offer much resistance.

If you don’t want to kill him right away, just don’t kill him.

But if it is too difficult to leave it alone, it is okay to not leave it alone.

So the choice I made was sealing.

“But how did you come up with all this? “Normally, I would either save him while he was in a daze or firmly cut his throat.”

Alfred asked as if he was surprised.

“That’s because I’ve been seeing and thinking a lot about seals recently.”

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As long as you seal it properly, you can make a decision later.

Rather than making a hasty decision and regretting it later, the best thing was not to do anything I would regret.

“But in the end, it’s the same as deciding to let him live. Why did you make that choice?”

Stella, who was still a little dissatisfied, narrowed her eyes and asked.

“First of all, information collection is important. “When I looked at the situation, it seemed like the girl was facing that elf.”

“What about that ghostly devil?”

“When we saw him, it was only for a moment. “It is important to obtain as much information as possible in case you encounter it again.”

“That’s right, maybe that elf is more dangerous than we think. Anyway, he defeated the Holy Sword swordsmen and seems to be one of the elders from the past.”

Stella nodded her head as if she understood.

Especially when Alfred is not healthy.

Up until now, Alfred had mostly taken matters into his own hands, but now he couldn’t do it that easily.

In times like these, you need to be more careful, but you need to be careful not to make judgments that are too slow.

“Then I will seal it, because although my body has become younger, my brain is still the same. “For me, a genius, this is nothing.”

Alfred smiled broadly and unfolded a magic circle.

“It’s going to blind you, so close it for a moment.”

Dismissal!!

The bright light of the world filled the surroundings for a moment, but soon cleared up along with a light smoke.

“Seal completed. I’ll give this to you as a gift. “If I hang it around my neck, I might drop it.”

Alfred handed over the cage in which Morrian was kept to Arcel.

“…I understand. “Be careful and keep it with you.”

Arcel looked at his necklace with a cold gaze.

Honestly, I don’t think Arcel and Morian look pretty.