Do Heroes Need Welfare Too? - Chapter 51

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Episode 51

Sometimes Adam acted as if he knew the future, but this was one of the few foolish things he had done.

If someone was his person, he should either not show them outside at all, or not display any familiarity with them—he couldn’t possibly not know this was better.

Especially since the Emperor, who intended to destroy everything Adam possessed, was watching.

Judith looked down at the sleeping Adam, then stood up with the intention of going outside.

“Then I’ll stay by the Hero’s side and watch over him.”

“Alright.”

In place of Judith, his subordinate approached Adam closely.

At that moment, Adam’s fingers twitched. Judith, who was taking off his rain-soaked robe, noticed this and shouted.

“Nain, fall back!”

At Judith’s command, his subordinate quickly retreated.

Where he had been standing, a glass bottle that had been on the table was shattered to pieces.

If it had hit directly, his forehead would have been split open.

He’d be lucky if he just couldn’t move properly for a few days.

Nain felt sweat forming on the back of his neck as he lowered his stance and glared at Adam.

If given the order, he looked ready to wring that ungrateful Hero’s neck immediately.

“Haa, haa…”

His hostility was transmitted directly to Adam.

Thanks to this, Adam couldn’t let his guard down regarding his surroundings even while catching his breath.

Sword, he fumbled at his waist looking for his sword, but the holy sword he had been carrying wasn’t there.

‘How many enemies are there?’

Due to his fever, Adam’s thoughts flowed sluggishly.

He remembered being attacked and losing consciousness, but upon opening his eyes, what he saw was an unfamiliar person.

No, it seemed like he might know them… But more important than that was the current situation.

The first thing he saw was Judith.

As if trying to calm him down after he suddenly bolted upright, Judith called to him in an unusually gentle tone.

“Calm down, Adam.”

“Don’t call me by that name.”

A sharp reaction immediately burst forth.

Judith flinched, but if he hesitated here, there was no telling what Adam might do to his subordinate.

Even in this situation, his eyes were moving as if searching for a weapon.

“I know it’s confusing, but I’m only trying to help you right now.”

“Help me? Ha, then how about you do something about your father who’s rampaging like a mad butcher instead.”

“I’ll try.”

Judith said with a bitter smile.

Adam himself was like a sharply honed sword.

Due to his keen killing intent, even his subordinate didn’t dare think of approaching him carelessly.

Blood was seeping from his wounds due to his urgent movements.

Even though he was clearly a patient, no one in this space could look down on Adam.

The same was true for Nain, Judith’s subordinate who had brought the collapsed Adam.

Seeing him defeated by the Emperor’s knight, he had secretly sneered inwardly.

But the reality was different.

‘This level of killing intent…! He’s even more impressive than what’s known.’

The Demon King’s death had been too simple.

The Hero had killed the Demon King without any particular companions, without anyone’s help.

At the same time, a rumor spread through the Capital.

‘This Demon King wasn’t much, was he?’

‘He was the weakest among all previous Demon Kings.’

He too had believed the rumors.

Unlike previous Heroes who had properly assembled subjugation parties, this one had killed the Demon King all alone.

No matter how outstanding one might think he was, it was impossible with just one human’s power.

There were Demonic Beasts everywhere, and there were even Demons who could use magic far superior to humans—how could he defeat them all alone and reach the Demon King?

Even if he broke through them, his whole body would be battered, so by the time he reached the Demon King, he should have died with just one touch from the Demon King.

So they concluded that the Demon King who died at such a Hero’s hands was weak.

‘Easy, my ass…’

Nain clicked his tongue inwardly.

‘It’s just that this generation’s Hero was exceptional!’

He too was someone the Prince had personally chosen and raised.

Though he wasn’t a nobleman and couldn’t take the knight’s exam, by chance he had received the Prince’s grace and was able to serve at his side, working tirelessly.

If not for his origins, he was skilled enough to even aim for the position of Imperial Guard.

However, Nain’s hands were trembling as he faced the wounded Hero.

‘And what is this strange atmosphere?’

It was hard to see it as simple killing intent.

Rather, it was more unpleasant and ominous…

It was like the aura he had seen when the Demon King was still alive.

Nain raised his head to look at his lord.

Judith, also seeming to know nothing, was signaling him to calm down while maintaining a tense standoff.

“Just calm down and let’s talk. If I had wanted to harm you, I would have killed you while you were asleep.”

“…”

After a moment of silence, it was Judith who spoke first.

Crash!

And the result of that response was Adam holding a shard of broken glass bottle in his hand.

Water dripped down his hand.

Adam’s hand, which had quickly become soaked, had glass shards embedded in it, turning pink as blood mixed with water.

“So you want a word of thanks?”

At Adam’s sarcastic words, Judith finally became agitated.

“I don’t expect thanks, but naturally you should feel grateful, shouldn’t you? First, put that down. It’s not right to treat someone who came to help you like this.”

“How can I trust your petty guilt? If you don’t want compensation, couldn’t it change as easily as flipping your palm at any time?”

“How dare you speak to His Highness the Prince with such insolence!”

“You calm down too.”

Caught between his subordinate and the Hero, Judith frowned as if he had a headache.

Nain, whom he had personally raised, valued his safety more than his own life, and Adam, in his confusion and poor physical condition, couldn’t understand the situation.

If he stepped aside, they would fight each other.

It would be a problem no matter who won.

If Adam won, his subordinate’s life would vanish meaninglessly to the holy sword that had killed even the Demon King in one strike, and if Adam lost…

Sorry as he was to Nain, that couldn’t happen.

He’d rather sacrifice his subordinate.

Judith quickly calculated in his head.

Should he really abandon him?

Then right now…

Your sole deity is worried about your physical condition.

“Ah…”

At that moment, the killing intent that had been strangely surging through Adam’s body subsided.

At the sudden change in atmosphere, Nain tried to leap forward to subdue him, but others entering was faster.

“What’s happening?”

The Healer and Iberis, who had gone to make medicine, returned.

Nain, who had been about to leap forward, hesitated and assessed the atmosphere.

Fortunately, all of Adam’s actions had stopped just before.

His quietly standing figure looked utterly docile.

Still, was it safe enough for people to approach?

Nain tried to get up to block Iberis, who was fearlessly approaching the Hero.

“….”

However, that action stopped at a single gesture from the Prince.

A sign to wait.

Nain remained still, unable to do anything.

She held a glass bottle containing round pills in her hand, apparently having made medicine.

“It seems you’ve recovered enough to sit up.”

Iberis and the Healer, who entered at this tense moment, couldn’t read the atmosphere.

More precisely, it was because Adam had withdrawn all his killing intent just before they entered.

“The Healer and I were very worried earlier. Your fever wouldn’t go down because you got too soaked in the rain.”

Your one and only god lets out a sigh of relief.

“….”

Adam pressed his dizzy forehead, burning with fever.

It was difficult to think properly.

The Sacred Relic glinted near Iberis’s neck. Adam quietly watched that sight.

“It’s fortunate that you’ve regained consciousness, but you should take the medicine first. If you want to return to your residence as soon as possible.”

“That’s right! You heard what the Healer said, didn’t you? Take the medicine first! We worked hard to make it.”

“Yes….”

Adam obediently took the medicine and swallowed it in one gulp without even water.

Iberis patting his head saying “Good boy,” and Adam lowering his head to match the height.

Am I really seeing reality?

Judith looked back and forth between Adam and Iberis with bewilderment.

Where did those eyes that glared as if they would devour him just moments ago go, leaving behind such a docile lamb?

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