Do Heroes Need Welfare Too? - Chapter 32

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Episode 32

“I can hear it.”

“…! What do you hear?”

“I can hear the Hero’s nagging.”

“….”

Oh, well. Since I’m the god who gave the oracle, there’s no way I can hear it.

But I couldn’t tell him the truth, and I couldn’t keep ignoring Adam either, so I was in a bind. I had no idea what he was thinking.

‘Should I just turn on synchronization…?’

At the sudden thought, I shook my head.

‘Nothing would be more dangerous than Adam noticing. I tormented Adam so much.’

To see the hidden route ending, I made the Hero grind alone through tasks that would be difficult even for several companions, let alone having any days off. The reason the Hero was looking for god was definitely to get revenge on me!

“Thanks to the High Priests taking such good care of me and infusing me with divine power, I’m perfectly fine. I don’t hear even the slightest ringing.”

“…I see.”

Adam answered with a voice clearly full of disappointment. I didn’t miss the opportunity and moved closer to ask him.

“So when are we going back?”

“We’ll return tomorrow. I thought something might be different inside the Temple, but that doesn’t seem to be the case either.”

“Wow! Finally I get to eat Ben’s cooking! I was so tired of nothing but greens in the Temple food.”

When I raised both arms to the sky in joy, Adam chuckled softly. Adam muttered quietly while moving his feet quickly.

“Actually, the Temple doesn’t only serve greens. They recommend vegetarian meals, but they don’t forbid meat.”

“What?! Then why was my plate….”

There was nothing but greens on it!

“A bit of insubordination, you could say.”

“What? I didn’t hear you! Hero?”

Insubordination… what did he say? Surely I must have misheard?

But Adam, whom I wanted to ask, had already disappeared as a dot in the distance. I put my questions aside and returned to my room. I was planning to pack my bags first to return to the Demon King’s Castle tomorrow.

“Hmm?”

What stopped my steps was clothing in a style I’d never seen before in the Temple.

Unlike the Temple’s clothes that were mainly white, a man dressed as if wrapped in brilliant golden colors strode boldly across the Temple.

Two High Priests were following behind him, not knowing what to do. However, they couldn’t stop him, nor could they simply let him inside.

“I heard that commoner Hero came to the Temple!”

What a loud voice. In the quiet and peaceful Temple, the unwelcome guest shouted as if he owned the place.

“Hey, kid.”

Oh my, I don’t know who he is, but he looks disagreeable, and the poor kid who got pointed out. I shook my head, praying for the unknown child’s soul.

“Hey! Are you ignoring me? Kid, yes. You.”

“Uh…. Me?”

I unconsciously looked down at myself. Hmm, perfect novice High Priest robes. Since I had no suitable clothes during my stay at the Temple, I was temporarily wearing novice High Priest robes.

The two High Priests behind the Nobleman recognized me and their faces turned pale.

I pondered for a moment, then approached him with quick steps.

“Yes. My lord.”

“Looking at your attire, you seem like a novice High Priest…. Quickly find the Hero and bring him before me. The High Priests who serve god say they can’t go find him directly…. You’ll be fine, right? Since you’re still a novice, you wouldn’t dare disobey my orders.”

“….”

When I glanced over the Nobleman’s shoulder, the High Priest expressed his apology with his whole body. Whoever this person was, it seemed he had made constant efforts to prevent him from meeting the Hero.

“Yes, I understand.”

I decided to play along for now. If I upset this disagreeable-looking nobleman, Adam might get into trouble.

“Then I’ll go look for the Hero.”

I bowed my head and started walking.

Then one of the High Priests tugged at my sleeve while the man had his back turned.

“Pretend to go to the Hero but find the Elderly High Priest instead. He will help you.”

I didn’t answer but quietly nodded slightly.

Still feeling sorry, he bowed repeatedly. Then when the man turned around, he changed to an innocent expression as if nothing had happened.

‘I appreciate the help, but how am I supposed to know where the Elderly High Priest is.’

Even though I was wearing High Priest robes, I hadn’t actually become a High Priest. The ill-fitting clothes became a heavy burden on my shoulders.

‘I’ll just walk around and ask other High Priests when I meet them.’

I played along roughly because I felt the remaining High Priests would suffer if I pretended not to know and ran away, but it seemed like it would become troublesome.

‘The Elderly High Priest definitely follows Adam around, so if I find Adam, I might find him quickly too.’

There were paths Adam had been skillfully using to escape around the Temple. He moved as fluidly as if he had memorized every detail of the Temple’s layout. However, I was also someone who had discovered all the Temple’s secret passages over many playthroughs when Adam came to the Temple. I probably knew more than the current Adam, didn’t I?

I decided to look for Adam first and started walking.

However, I found Adam in an unexpected place. He definitely wasn’t there when I first came out, but I discovered Adam pacing in front of the building. Adam also spotted me approaching from afar and turned around.

“Eve, where on earth have you been?”

“Hero!”

I ran to Adam, planning to ask him to find someone.

“Didn’t you say you were going to pack? Why are you here?”

“Well….”

I was just about to open my mouth to tell him what had happened earlier.

“Oh, my instincts are never wrong.”

“….”

At that moment, Adam’s expression visibly crumpled.

I quickly turned to check who the voice behind me belonged to.

To think there was someone Adam, who looked at everyone equally like rolling dust balls, so openly disliked.

It was that Nobleman I saw earlier. The one the High Priests were struggling with, not knowing what to do.

“Long time no see?”

…So who is he?

“Eve, I told you not to follow strangers.”

“I didn’t follow him, the stranger followed me.”

Seeing him thoroughly ignore the man and speak to me, I also got indignant and protested.

I mean, how was I supposed to know there would be a Nobleman stalking a novice High Priest?

However, the Nobleman’s persistence exceeded my expectations. Even after being ignored to his face, he stubbornly kept picking fights.

“You shouldn’t overlook that I can find you anytime, even if you ignore me now.”

“Phew….”

Adam openly sighed. He was blatantly showing his dislike. The Adam I’d seen so far would smile at people he disliked and hide his true feelings. But for Adam to reveal his inner thoughts so clearly to this person.

I decided to step back and watch, not wanting to get involved at all.

“I greet His Highness the great Prince of the Empire. Do you have business with me, coming all the way here?”

“Are you asking because you don’t know?”

“Yes. I belong to the Temple. Having no connection to the Royal Court, I cannot understand Your Highness the Prince’s deep intentions.”

Adam tilted his head as if he truly didn’t understand.

But having seen Adam express his annoyance with that long sigh earlier, it was disgusting.

Finally, the Nobleman—no, the Prince—exploded.

“You know everything too….”

He stopped mid-sentence and bit his lips. He looked like he wanted to say something, but Adam with his sullen expression seemed uninterested either way.

“Me? I’m just a dull commoner knight who was lucky enough to be chosen by god, so I cannot understand the great Prince’s meaning.”

“Hey!”

Adam, who had turned the man’s insides upside down with a smiling face, irritably swatted away his hand that reached out to grab his collar.

“Still, as someone with the status of Prince, shouldn’t you be reverent inside the Temple?”

“Shut up.”

“Unlike someone, I don’t raise my voice inside the Temple. So when Your Highness says ‘shut up,’ you must be talking to yourself, right?”

Was Adam someone who spoke at such length? Seeing this new side of him today, I gaped just like the man.

Frustrated but unable to refute, he looked around for someone to vent his anger on.

“What are you looking at?”

Unfortunately, the spark flew to me, who had been standing there dumbfounded.

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