Do Heroes Need Welfare Too? - Chapter 191

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Part 2, Chapter 58

Adam could no longer move.

Aphene sat back down and swirled his glass.

‘Aria told you?’

There was no way she, who had already become part of the world, could mention it directly.

What was the reason Aria couldn’t directly execute Aphene herself.

However, even now it seemed like her presence was watching over him.

Aphene clicked his tongue briefly.

But Aphene simply thought it was something Adam said to unsettle him.

Enduring would only be a loss for himself.

What Aphene had was time, and in a few hours Adam would lose his sense of self.

And he would fall to become his amusing toy.

“It would have been better if something like you had never been born!”

“Why do we have to take care of such a useless brat…”

“Everyone will hate you.”

“People died because of you!”

“I shouldn’t have chosen Adam as my Hero.”

The curse took shape and whispered endlessly in Adam’s ear.

Probably inside his head, it was already stealing away his sense of self, continuously recreating the worst situations he could imagine.

Until he gave up.

This was the first time he had driven someone this far except for Nermia, so he would give him a reward.

Playing with him for about a hundred years should be enough.

Eventually, before long, Adam’s arm lost its free will and dropped with a thud.

Aphene smiled with satisfaction.

He smiled brightly like a child who had gotten a new toy.

An empty wine bottle rolled across the ballroom hall.

He would be consumed by the curse anyway.

He had said he was different from other Heroes, but in the end wasn’t he just dancing in his palm.

Aphene smiled with satisfaction.

His fate had been decided from the moment they first met.

Unless someone deliberately interfered with destiny, it was a predetermined sequence.

“So let’s wait for our guests.”

There should be spectators to watch the Hero’s final moment.

Aphene liked flashy things.

He despised being inferior more than anyone, and had to be above everyone else.

That was Aphene.

Without such desires, he wouldn’t have become the Demon King either.

Aphene suddenly remembered someone with an “Ah.”

That child who gave off an unpleasant atmosphere similar to the Saint.

“It would be nice if that insolent maid were here too.”

Flinch.

At that moment, Adam’s hand twitched.

* * *

This was the first time Adam had disappeared at dawn.

Somehow she had a bad feeling.

Iberis immediately left the bedroom and wandered around the mansion.

It might have been needless worry. Adam might have just stepped out briefly.

Perhaps urgent correspondence had come from the Temple or Imperial Palace, or there were documents that needed urgent processing.

However, it felt even more unsettling right after having the Saint’s dream.

No, it could hardly be called just a dream.

It was a warning.

A warning from the Saint whose affection was twisted, but whose care for the Hero was certain.

Had Adam shown any unusual behavior right before this?

‘No, nothing…’

They had eaten normally and conversed normally.

Under normal circumstances, she could have thought it was just an ordinary outing, but the Saint’s last words were still vivid in her ears.

【So please save him. Even now…】

A voice that seemed to cling desperately.

It was such an earnest voice that she couldn’t dismiss it as needless worry.

‘Adam…!’

In the end, she had no choice but to admit it.

Adam had disappeared.

Without saying a word.

‘Could Adam be trying to die?’

Her heart pounded violently.

The Saint, who had watched the Hero who inherited her power wither away, wished for the Hero’s happiness.

That’s why she had even done something like bringing Iberis to this world.

So there was no way the Saint would toy with Adam’s life.

‘But why would Adam suddenly?’

She couldn’t find anything strange about Adam, who had seemed normal. The curse seemed to remain, but he could endure it by taking suppressants…

Suddenly she remembered a time when his behavior had been strange.

The way he would suddenly press his face firmly with his hands as if sensitive and wait to calm down.

It was similar to the behavior he showed when he was about to lose his mind due to the curse while at the Demon King’s Castle.

“Could that also be because of the curse…”

Iberis gritted her teeth.

It was a mistake to trust him and keep the synchronization with the Sacred Relic turned off.

‘No, Adam knows about the Sacred Relic, so he might not know even if I turned on synchronization…’

That’s when it happened.

The butler had been quietly behind her, though she didn’t know how long he’d been there.

“It’s a good morning, isn’t it?”

The butler who appeared from somewhere smiled warmly, showing the wrinkles around his aged mouth.

Iberis looked at him while patting her startled chest.

The butler said he was taking a walk because he couldn’t sleep, but Iberis didn’t believe him.

Iberis caught her breath that had become rough from running, then finally opened her mouth to ask.

“Butler, have you perhaps seen Adam?”

“Of course. I always serve my master.”

The butler said with a gentle smile.

Even though what she was asking wasn’t really whether he had seen Adam.

However, Iberis asked again.

“Did you see Adam leave?”

“Well, Lady Iberis.”

The butler lowered his eyebrows as if troubled.

He looked like someone who knew the answer.

Since the butler didn’t sleep well at night, he might have discovered Adam sneaking out in the middle of the night.

As if fulfilling her expectations, the butler continued speaking.

“Certainly my master told me to keep quiet about seeing him, but it should be fine with Lady Iberis.”

The butler said with a chuckle.

It was completely opposite behavior from the butler’s actions so far, who regarded Adam as his master and faithfully carried out his orders.

“Where did Adam go?”

Iberis asked with urgency mixed in her voice.

If she had told the butler, it probably wouldn’t be as dangerous as she thought.

“I asked Iberis the same thing. He answered that he was going to see the end.”

“…The end?”

Iberis repeated his words as if chewing them over.

How many cases would there be where Adam would see the end?

No matter how much she thought about it, only the worst-case scenarios came to her mind.

The Demon King.

A fate connected to the Hero through thick enmity.

“Usually, people with that kind of look in their eyes can’t be stopped. But if Iberis is going, I won’t try to stop him. I’m satisfied with him as my master.”

After taking the lantern she was holding, the butler turned his body.

As if telling her to leave, he opened the door and stood beside the main gate.

“So if you’re going to look for him, it would be best to leave now.”

The anxiety that had grown poured down on Iberis like a storm.

She had to head to Adam immediately.

Her deliberation wasn’t long.

A Hidden Quest has arrived for you.

A Hidden Quest has arrived for you.

A Hidden Quest has arrived for you.

A Hidden Quest…

Iberis glanced at the messages that had been filling her vision since earlier.

Her body trembled slightly at the ominous messages.

She didn’t know exactly what had happened, but she knew something bad had happened to Adam.

If the Saint was the one sending the messages, her desire to save Adam would remain the same.

‘Adam, what on earth is happening…’

The Sacred Relic rattled in her palm.

She anxiously touched the ring, but when she sent a message, only one response came back.

Your Hero is being ■■ized.

‘What does this mean?’

The text was broken and black, making it impossible to read properly.

However, what was certain was that Adam’s condition was not normal.

The messages that had been continuously showing warnings suddenly stopped.

That was even more frightening.

Iberis reflexively checked the Quest window in the upper left.

‘Adam is… still okay for now.’

If there was no Quest target, the Quest couldn’t exist.

It would definitely show an error and disappear.

But the Quest was still intact.

Everything led back to the Demon King.

Nearly dying at Iblith’s hands was also because of the Demon King, and Adam’s stress constantly fluctuating was also due to the Demon King’s curse.

Then, to completely finish the Quest, it seemed she had to kill the Demon King.

That was what the Saint who had given this Quest wanted.

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