Is He a Hero? “Yup.” Chapter 2 — The Hero Went Crazy?

Novel: Is He a Hero? “Yup.”
Author: Karumi Ayumu

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Chapter 2: The Hero Went Crazy?

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They gathered in the conference room of Kingdom Cupulm, and the king began explaining the situation.

“Sir hero, I thank you once again for responding to our summoning to save this country from peril. Right now our country is in danger of being destroyed by the armies of the demon king’s followers that have surrounded us. Please look at this map.”

“Alright.”

“Currently there are four dungeons in the vicinity of Cupulm. One in the forest to the north, one in the poisonous wetland overrun by demons in the east, one in the copper ore mountain in the south, and one in the western tower.”

“I see. Can I have this map?”

“Of course, we’ll prepare everything you need for the journey.”

“I need one medicinal plant and 200 gold.”

“Got it.”

Just then, the king thought… ‘this hero really is used to this. To be honest, he looked really weak at first but he must have just weakened due to the faulty summoning we did. No doubt he must have saved some other worlds already.’

“Hehe, I see. You aren’t carrying too much so you won’t get targeted by hoodlums and cause a pointless fuss! But wouldn’t it be a little unpleasant if you didn’t take any armor or weapons?”

“Certainly, I’ve already received enough armor from the maids earlier, these clothes. I’d like something like a stick as a weapon.”

‘Clothes made of just cloth are armor to him?!’ The king had seen gladiators in a Colosseum in a foreign country, and he’d wondered why they looked so strange, naked except for a helmet and loincloth. He’d asked for the reason once. According to a gladiator:

“We don’t wear clothes because they can easily get caught, you know? Armor is the same, if we get held down we can easily get stabbed in between the gaps of the armor. The helmet just protects the head all right. The rest is up to you; some wear gauntlets on their arms since it’s easy to aim for the arm while sword fighting, but I personally don’t since they’re heavy and it gets difficult to lift weapons then.”

He understood their opinion since they were the ones fighting inside the arena with their fellow humans, but just what use had the hero discovered for wearing cloth as armor? As the king thought about that, a maid returned and handed over a bag with the medicinal plant and some coins to the hero.

“Sir hero, here are the items you requested.”

“Thank you.”

The king stopped thinking about it, coming back to his senses only to remember the hero still didn’t have any weapons.

“I’ll show you around the armory. Follow me, sir hero.”

“Alright.”

The king and hero arrived at the armory.

“Well now, sir hero, you can choose whatever weapons you like from here.”

“Hmm…” The hero surveyed the inside of the armory, slowly walking along. He carelessly started lifting up a barrel. “Heave-ho!” He threw it away.

Thud! Thrown away, the barrel fell to the floor and started rolling away. The hero watched that as if mystified, and then said one sentence.

“Huh? It didn’t break…”

“What’s the matter, sir hero?!”

“Nothing, I just wanted to check everything out before I chose a weapon, since this quest will progress if I choose one.”

A rattling sound came from the barrel thrown away earlier, and a voice came from it. “….Ouch ouch ouch, damn you, hero!”

“Who is it?!” the king shouted upon hearing the voice.

“Haaagh!” A demon resembling a flying squirrel jumped out of the barrel, and the king panicked.

“A demon?! Did you get in the palace?!”

“Muahahaha! I heard you were planning to summon a hero. I was trying to deal with it quietly but… Hahaha! Looks like I was a little too late. To think he’d realize I was here just as he entered this room… As expected, a true hero!”

The hero gazed at the demon for some reason, and then answered briefly. “No. It was just by chance.”

“Ohoho! So you got an attitude, huh?! I’ll bury you with this baby king right here too!”

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