Is He a Hero? “Yup.” Chapter 7 — The Hero’s Adventure Has Already Begun

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

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Chapter 7: The Hero’s Adventure Has Already Begun

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The hero left the castle, heading towards the north gate. But…

“Why are you coming with me, Cynthia?”

“I’m going to supervise your actions. Since you’ve been summoned from another world, we have to make sure that you can adapt to our society.”

“I see.”

The town was peaceful at a glance, but lurking in it was a demon disguised as a human, aiming for the hero.

“Muahaha, your adventure’s gonna end by my hand before it even starts, hero!”

The demon waited for its chance, hiding a dagger behind its back.

“Well, it’s just a formality. There won’t be any problems if you act naturally…. Huh? Sir Hero?” Cynthia lost sight of the hero.

“–!? No way, did he notice me?!”

The hero ignored the maid beside him, approaching where the demon was.

The demon panicked for a moment, wondering if its true form had been exposed. But then it thought, ‘Nah, he’s not lookin’ at me. Probably just sensed that something’s here, but he doesn’t know which one of the people here is the enemy. I still got a chance to kill him!’

Trudge, trudge…

“…!” The demon was nervous, taking a step back as the hero slowly trudged towards it. Then it bumped into a well from behind, dropping its dagger into the well.

Splash!

The demon desperately held back a yell, internally shouting,  ‘Shit———!’

“Here I come!” The hero shouted, leaping forward.

‘Crap! He’s gonna kill me!’ Right as the demon resolved himself…

Splash!

The hero dived into the well with a splashing sound.

“Aaaah!”

“Someone jumped into the well!!”

Glug, glug…

“I just told you——!” Cynthia pulled the hero out of the well.

“Hm, that was dangerous. To think that the water in the well would be so deep…”

“It’s a well, of course there’s water inside! You weren’t trying to run away by going through underground waterways, were you?!”

“Wait, so it’s not normal here for there to be a small space in the well, where items fall?”

‘I’m safe,’ the demon thought in relief. Just then, a nearby human began talking to it.

“Hey, that guy called ‘hero’, maybe he was trying to get back that thing you dropped in the well?”

“W-well?! N-no, I ain’t lost anything!” The demon lied, patting its pockets in a checking gesture.

“That so? Oh no, what if it’s my wallet…” The person anxiously checked his pockets.

The maid looked stunned at the hero. “Just what kind of structure do the wells in your world have…? Wells are just there to draw water from, there’s no secret space underground. Well, I used to think that when I was a child… Sir Hero?!”

The demon thought, ‘Well, I still have weapons hidden in this town in case things like this happen. There’s some deadly poison in a jar nearby here.’

Then, a frightening scene happened.

“Well, if barrels are impossible to break, then do jars break? Heave-ho!”

The hero lifted up the jar, and was about to throw it in the demon’s direction.

The demon held back a scream, yelling internally, ‘Not that jar——!’

“Please stop throwing jars whenever you feel like it!” Cynthia stopped the hero’s movements.

“I’m just trying to check if there’s something inside.”

“Still, please stop trying to throw and break them! Look, you’ve frightened this person!”

The hero looked at the demon, lowering his head. “Oh, I’m sorry.”

“N-no, it’s nothing, I was just a bit surprised.”

Wiping the sweat off of its forehead, the demon thought, ‘Can’t make light of this hero… Guess I’ll return to the hideout for now,’ and left that place.