Do Heroes Need Welfare Too? - Chapter 100

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Chapter 100

Be quiet, my heart!

Though it really shouldn’t stop beating.

Iberis held her breath with a gasp as he brought his face close to hers.

“You shouldn’t say such things to others so carelessly.”

“Good grief…”

If you’re going to nag that this won’t do and that won’t do, then what exactly am I supposed to do?

“I’ll talk to Kyril myself.”

Having had enough fun, Adam released her cheek as he spoke.

Though it didn’t hurt, Iberis touched both cheeks where his hands had been.

“Can you trust Kyrillos, Adam?”

“Yes. He is trustworthy.”

His answer came unusually quickly.

Hadn’t Adam desperately tried to get rid of Kyrillos when they first met?

Iberis felt pleased by his changed attitude.

In contrast, Adam’s expression became somewhat gloomy.

“…Eve, don’t give your affection to strangers so quickly.”

“I didn’t give him any affection though?”

Of course, she had given him plenty.

He was friends with our Adam, would become friends, and was someone to be friends with, so why wouldn’t she give him affection?

However, compared to the affection she showed Adam, it was quite minimal.

“And why is Kyrillos a stranger? Adam knows him, and I know him too!”

As she held up two fingers and spoke proudly to Adam, he chuckled as if he couldn’t win against her.

“I still don’t like it.”

“Then I won’t give him any. Is that better?”

However, Kyrillos had an appearance that made it impossible not to give him affection.

Honestly, even while telling Adam reassuringly, she couldn’t help but think of Kyrillos. There weren’t many handsome men beautiful enough to make her head turn automatically. Even to her eyes, accustomed to Adam, Kyrillos was a different type of beauty.

“Aren’t you thinking about Kyril again right now?”

“Huh, no?”

…Can he read minds or something?

Just in case, she habitually touched the Sacred Relic.

She had turned off the synchronization a few days ago. It was actually fortunate.

“Why do you think I’m thinking about Kyrillos? I could be thinking about the Hero!”

“…”

Adam pondered for a moment like someone who had heard something unimaginable.

“It’s different.”

“What’s different?”

“The face you make when thinking about me is different.”

“…?”

I tilted my head, completely unable to grasp what he meant.

“What kind of face do I make when I think of the Hero?”

Adam just looked at me and smiled without answering.

I could only put a question mark on my face, unable to understand the meaning of that enigmatic expression.

But in the end, Adam didn’t give me a clear answer to my confusion.

He just gestured toward the window and said.

“They say even monsters come when you mention them. Kyrillos is here.”

“Ah, but I’m not mentally prepared yet!”

“…Why does Eve need to prepare mentally?”

Again, again.

I flicked his frowning brow and left the room first.

“Adam, come quickly too!”

And like a squirrel, I dashed out of the room.

“Maid, Hero! I’m here!”

A cheerful voice could be heard nearby.

‘There he is, the source of my worries.’

After chasing away the Imperial Guard, Kyrillos’s visits to the Demon King’s Castle had completely stopped.

It was probably to report on the incident.

Thinking of the Emperor’s face when he received the report that the real culprit of this incident was someone who seemed to be following orders from someone high up, and that the Hero was merely framed, made me feel quite pleased.

Seeing the welcoming faces, Kyrillos raised his arm and waved.

“Hello, Maid!”

He entered the Demon King’s Castle as if it were natural.

The Demon King’s Castle, which had been a bit uncomfortable at first, became as light as visiting a friend’s house once he knew who lived inside.

“Did you finish all your reports?”

“Of course. I even got a vacation as a reward.”

Kyrillos puffed out his chest proudly as he spoke.

It was understandable, as what he had accomplished was very significant.

The children’s kidnapping incident in the Capital, and the monster attack incident.

He was the one who simultaneously solved the most troublesome and talked-about incidents.

“Do nobles need to get permission for vacation to rest?”

“My job is essentially a sinecure position anyway. Weekdays and vacation are the same for me. I just… came out because I didn’t want to be in that place knowing it was someone from the Imperial Palace who did it. This is a secret I’m only telling you, Maid.”

I burst into laughter hearing his secretive whisper.

Wasn’t that someone from the Imperial Palace probably fuming right now after giving Kyrillos a vacation?

Considering they sent him away because they were afraid their true nature would be exposed if they gave him work.

They probably assigned this job to Kyrillos thinking that with his bad reputation and being a high-ranking noble in name only, he would slack off and waste time without doing the work properly.

But Kyrillos was Adam’s colleague.

He showed his true ability when it came to important matters that Adam would acknowledge.

“You say it’s a secret, but I can hear it too.”

“Oh, the Hero was here too!”

As we approached the reception room, Adam was standing at the door waiting for him.

His face looked somewhat sulky.

I couldn’t understand why he was suddenly showing such a pouty attitude.

When trying to win Kyrillos over to our side, even a good face wouldn’t be enough!

I hid my body so Kyrillos couldn’t see and smacked Adam’s back.

Adam drooped his eyebrows as if wronged.

However, as if I wouldn’t be fooled by his pitiful act anymore, I firmly shook my head.

Finally, Adam opened his mouth with a small sigh.

“Yes. I also have something to discuss with you.”

“Ah, with me? For the Hero to speak to me first, it’s an honor for my family!”

“If you didn’t attach such flowery language to everything you say, I would speak to you first more often.”

“Then I’ll keep my mouth shut!”

Kyrillos playfully pretended to seal his lips tight.

Adam gave a deflated laugh, then startled and composed his expression.

Seeing his attitude, Kyrillos also removed his smile and properly arranged himself.

Adam’s explanation was straightforward.

Without exaggeration or lies, he recounted the events as if recalling them.

His monotone voice, like reading a fairy tale, was strange.

Thinking about why it was strange, I realized Adam was speaking about his own experiences from too much of a third-person perspective.

Kyrillos listened to his story until the tea in his cup was completely empty, then closed his eyes as if organizing his thoughts.

“Hmm. So Erwin actually glimpsed part of a plan the Emperor was secretly proceeding with, and because of that, His Majesty is looking for the child? And His Majesty tried to kill the Hero multiple times… No, that assassin was actually the Emperor’s Imperial Guard? No wonder he used Imperial Palace swordsmanship…”

Kyrillos repeated the same words as if he couldn’t believe it. Whether he would truly believe it was uncertain.

The die with fifty-fifty odds had already been cast.

There was no taking back words that had already been spoken.

It would be even more torturous to laugh and smile while suggesting we become friends in front, while thinking about how to betray him from behind.

I fidgeted with my fingers while watching Kyrillos’s expression.

His troubled, furrowed expression relaxed after a moment of silence.

“Then I’ll try believing in what the Hero says. Well… The Hero I’ve observed so far doesn’t seem like someone who would dare do anything harmful to the world.”

Looking at Kyrillos’s expression as he spoke in a deflated tone, it seemed he had gone through much hardship and deliberation to reach this conclusion.

His rigid expression, still showing signs of contemplation, hadn’t completely relaxed yet.

However, he leaned back comfortably in his chair and muttered as if to himself.

“…And somehow I feel a sense of longing too… Though it’s strange to say this since we met just last month! Haha.”

What kind of emotion was Kyrillos feeling toward Adam?

He wasn’t a companion from this cycle among the countless cycles I had challenged.

Thinking that this was a past that no one else could remember, that only I could remember, made me feel a bit choked up.

Kyrillos smiled brightly and extended his hand to Adam as if asking for a handshake.

“Anyway, my intuition is accurate, so it’s trustworthy! I’ll trust my judgment about the Hero I’ve observed so far!”

Adam showed a somewhat ambiguous expression.

It was a face that looked like he might cry or might smile.

Though I couldn’t see myself in a mirror, I probably had a similar expression.

Trust, faith, affection.

The emotions that Adam had never received were pouring out from Kyrillos.

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