Chapter 11 - The Hero, the Rapist, and the Humiliating Defeat
"What was that voice!?"
"Ah, Serina-neechan, what's wrong?"
It seems that Keiji-kun and Erwin didn't hear the woman's scream, but I didn't have time to explain.
Regardless, I quickly jumped into the bushes and went out the other side.
I thought the woman was being attacked by a monster, but there were only two people there.
A young woman and another hero that I recognized - Alec.
Alec was in the process of approaching the woman with his hands out in front of her, as if he was about to attack her. The woman seemed to be trying to escape and was on her butt on the ground.
That's decisive.
"That's enough!"
I pulled out my sword and stood around in front of Alec.
"W-Wait a minute, it is misunderstanding, you know"
When Alec sees me, he gets flustered and makes an excuse.
"How is it a misunderstanding? Let's go to the soldiers' quarters and find out."
The woman was clearly frightened, and the fact that he was approaching her in such a poorly lit and deserted place meant that he must have been planning to r*pe her. It's really disgusting that a middle-aged oldman would bare his sexuality just because this is a different world. It's because of men like him that the number of train molesters will never go away.
"Huh, isn't that's Uncle Alec? What are you doing here?"
"Alec-san ......? This is......"
Keiji-kun and Erwin came too.
"This guy was going to attack that woman."
I explained to them as I pointed my sword at Alec.
"What?"
"Are you sure?"
"You're wrong! I didn't do anything to her."
"Yeah, of course you did. You were just about to attack her."
"That's not what happened. Listen to what I'm saying. This woman was just attacked by two other men. ......"
"There's no such man anywhere."
I looked around, but there was no one else besides us.
"No, they were here a while ago."
"Anyway, you're safe now. I'll walk you back to town."
I put my sword away and let the woman stand.
"T-thank you very much."
"Erwin and Keiji-kun... can you go turn this guy in to the soldiers' quarter?"
"Okay! I understand!"
"Oi, I told you it wasn't me."
"I don't need to hear your side of the story. I've got a victim here, so let's have him questioned properly at the quarter."
"Ummm ...... If that's the case, let's all go to the town anyway. There might be some monsters here."
Erwin was not so keen on the idea, but he seemed to accept it.
Alec still insisted that it wasn't him, but he didn't put up any resistance and quietly walked along with us.
"Uhm, thank you very much!"
After arriving in town, I gave her a ride home, and the victim kept bowing to me.
"No, we're both women, we should help each other in times like this. Please don't worry about it."
I tried my best to smile cheerfully and left her.
"Now, let's go to the soldiers' quarters."
I decided to meet up with Keiji-kun and Erwin, so I headed to the quarters. I don't know where it is, but it's probably at the castle, and I can ask someone there.
I went to the gate of the castle and found the gatekeeper I saw this morning.
"Hello."
"Oh, you said you were Serena, the hero one, and your companions told me to wait for you at the tavern."
It seems that Keiji-kun and the other are not here. I hope they brought Alec in properly.
"No, my name is Serina. I see, thank you for telling me."
I thanked the guard and headed to the tavern.
"Huh? They're not here. ......"
The tavern was deserted in the afternoon, probably because it was past lunchtime. There were only a few customers poking at their spaghetti with wooden forks. There were no two people I knew among them.
I'm hungry, too.
"You there!"
I was taken aback when someone suddenly stood in front of me and pointed at me.
"Y-yes!?"
"You're the hero with long red hair, red eyes, and a reputation for having unnecessarily large breasts, right?"
What's with her, she's being so rude and obnoxious.
This woman in the gilded armor also seemed to have rather large breasts. She has gorgeous vertically rolled blonde hair and blue eyes that make people look like idiots.
I was tempted to protest to the woman about many things, but before I did.
"My eyes, they're supposed to be dark brown. ......"
"Aara~, have you never looked in a mirror? The common people are pathetic. Take a good look at yourself, look at your face."
She quickly pulled out a hand mirror from somewhere. When I looked at it, I saw that my eyes were indeed red.
"What is this ......?"
When I was washing my face with water from the well, I thought my eyes reflected in the water were a little red. But at that time, I thought it was just the color of the tub that made it look different. I didn't have a mirror in my room at the inn. ......
『Serina-san, even if you don't have a mirror, you can use [Mirror Vision]』
Heruko taught me this skill, but what the heck, I can use it. But still, my figure had red eyes. Even with these eyes, I can see the outside as a normal color, and I don't feel any discomfort in my senses, so it's probably not colored contacts.
"*giggle*, Were you shocked because you thought you were more beautiful by any chance? That's a terrible thing to have done, even if you didn't know it. I beg your pardon."
"No, it's not like that. So what do you want from me?"
I'm a little annoyed, so I decide to question her about her purpose. It seems like she knows what I look like, so she's talking to me.
"I don't really have any business with you. It's not that I'm not a good person, but I'm just trying to find out how good this year's heroes that the king has summoned are. Well, your level and equipment don't look like much at all. Mmm! Kuh, I can't see your skill composition! That's ridiculous. you should still be low level. ......!"
The expression on the face of the person who said the words is very impressive. ...... It seems that it is not a big deal, so I'll just ignore her here.
"I see."
"What is your name? No, I think I should tell you my name first. I'm Isabelle von Archibald, a legitimate daughter of the Marquise family."
She stroked her vertically-rolled hair with a fuss, and then said her name.
"Sigh, I'm Shiraishi Serina."
"Yes, you're called Cerina.
"No, don't stretch it, just Serina. The accent should be R, not L."
"I don't care what your name is, a commoner's name. Or was it nobility?"
"No, I'm not."
"I'm sure you are, with the way you're dressed. ......Pfff"
Isabelle looked me up and down, then snickered as she blew it out.
I'm pissed off! I was pissed off at the scorn and the laugh of "I won!" I was pissed off at her laugh. Alright, now that I've made some money, I'm going to pay a little more attention to fashion and get back at this woman.
"Well then, sorry to bother you, Serena-san."
She seemed to have corrected her pronunciation a little, but it was still wrong as ever, and Isabelle left the tavern.
"All right! I can't stay like this, I'm going to clothing store!"
I hurried to the clothing store on the main street of the capital.
"Hmm, I need some more fancy colors. ......"
I went to several clothing stores, but I couldn't find anything that inspired me. They were all plain.
"Oh, good. Um, Serina-san, I know this is not much, but I'd like to thank you."
"Eh? Oh, the one just now."
It was the woman I had saved from Alec's clutches in the bushes. Apparently, she was looking for me.
She tried to take some money out of a sachet, but I refused.
"No, I don't want it. I'm a hero, and I'm on the side of justice."
The word "hero" didn't ring a bell, but I'll say it proudly here.
"What? Ah, the one that king summoned. ......"
"Yes, yes. But, hmm, he was a hero, too. ......"
Alec should have been one of the six heroes like me. Well, he didn't seem to be aware of that, did he?
"What, that Alec guy is one too?"
"Yeah. ......"
"This is terrible! I'll go to the soldier square and explain."
She flipped herself around and ran.
"Eh, Uhm! ...... Oh well."
She's a victim, so she'll have to explain at the station. If the soldiers are nearby, Alec will not be able to do anything crazy.
"Ah! She's here! Heey, Erwin! There's Serina-neechan!"
Keiji-kun and Erwin came over, but they seemed to be looking for me.
"Oh, I'm sorry, you two. Oh, by the way, you were waiting for me at the tavern."
I totally forgot about my clothes.
"That's right. You didn't show up, and I looked everywhere for you!"
"Well, I'm glad we found you. It's getting late, so let's have dinner at the tavern."
"That's right. I'm starving too."
I patted my rumbling stomach and chuckled, feeling sorry for myself.
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