Chapter 42: Hero Party (Part 2)

When Leticia first suggested that I become a professor and teach the students who are members of the next hero

party, I didn’t know what she was talking about.

I thought the hero party ended with our generation.

I wonder if a hero party is necessary when a peace treaty has been signed, which does not know when it will end, and

there is no need for a war with the demon king’s army.

So I asked.

Is it necessary to create a new hero party when a peace treaty has been signed with the demons?

I said at the time that if we Unnecessarily provoke the demons, it wouldn’t be good for either side.

And Leticia’s answer at that time was like this.

“The hero party isn’t necessarily needed only for fights with demons or the demon king. Dangerous enemies other

than the demon king may appear, and above all, since the next hero has been revealed through the oracle of the

goddess, isn’t the formation of the hero party inevitable, as you well know?”

Leticia said so with a bitter smile on her face.

It seemed plausible at first glance.

But I’m still negative about mass-producing new heroes.

Of course, the fact that dangerous enemies other than the demon king may appear is an uncertain factor, so it may be

unsettling, but I couldn’t send a human’s life to hell because of an enemy that hasn’t even appeared yet.

I know it when I played it as a game and when I watched Leo grow up as a hero.

Leticia knows it well.

How much of a f*cking job being a hero is.

You are called a hero just because you are a human chosen by the goddess, and you receive everyone’s expectations.

On the other hand, a failed hero is treated worse than a human, like an insect, and is gradually forgotten by everyone.

I’ve seen the downfall of such heroes many times.

There were many heroes besides Leo, but in the end, Leo was the only hero who survived physically and mentally.

Leo’s strong mentality played a part in that, but Leo is also human in the end.

If the other party members, including me, hadn’t taken care of his mental health, he would have collapsed too.

Well, the Leo I know isn’t a human who would collapse like that, but you never know what’s going to happen.

Anyway, being a hero is not something a person should do.

It’s a f*cking job.

So I respect Leo while considering him a friend.

Because I know how hard and difficult the path he has walked is.

So I didn’t understand.

Choosing a new hero when the war with the demons is over.

Leo is still alive and well.

Someone might think Leo is dead.

A new hero when he’s still alive and well, even in a female state due to a curse.

It’s something that only makes me sigh.

But even I, who was skeptical about raising new hero candidates, changed my mind, thinking that Leticia’s words

made sense when I thought about the academy attack.

‘Even if the war is over, it’s not completely over.’

How right those words were.

Above all, it will be quiet now that a peace treaty has been signed, but it was unknown when the war would break out

again when the era of the current demon king or emperor ended.

Considering such a situation, I kept thinking that the goddess’s oracle might have been right.

Humans are weak, so they must always be prepared.

Recalling the words of the hero of the old days, I thought of Chloe, who is called the next hero.

She still has a lot of inexperience, but when it comes to sword talent and skill, she was much better than Charle,

whom I taught the sword for the first time, or Leo, who became a hero and first picked up a sword.

Should I say that the basics are solid?

I didn’t ask, but if she trained swordsmanship on her own, it’s a talent that can’t be tied to the word genius, and even

if she has a teacher, it’s still an outstanding talent.

‘…I’m definitely not ignoring the two, but in terms of talent alone, she might be above me.’

It’s not a talent that I, who enjoyed all kinds of cheats by being transmigrated as the character Damian Radius with

the main character specs, can judge arbitrarily.

I thought, looking at the two women who were having tea time as they pleased, sitting on the sofa and drinking tea.

‘If those two find out that our junior hero is a monster beyond imagination, they’ll be turned upside down.’

They are the two who evaluated Leo as having tremendous talent for someone who picked up a sword for the first

time.

It’s obvious that those two will be astonished when they see Chloe.

If Chloe gains a lot of practical experience here, what kind of monster will be born?

Even I don’t know.

Since she has already surpassed the student level, if she is completed, Ryuryeon’s side will have a hard time.

It will definitely be like that.

I stopped writing the report for a moment and looked out the window.

The war with the demons, where countless people died and killed, should have ended with our time.

An era where countless people died and order and safety were messed up.

Me, we lived in such an era for several years.

It was really a moment when order collapsed when a world war broke out.

There were kingdoms that raised knights for peace, traitors who joined the demon king’s army for personal gain, and

there were cases where other human kingdoms destroyed kingdoms that did not participate in the war with the

demon king, confirming them as spies of the demon king through all kinds of alienation.

It was truly an animal kingdom.

Our hero party had to protect people from demons, and we had to protect people from people.

Well, there were guys on the demon king’s side who felt interested in or loved humans and sided with humans, so it

wasn’t strange for humans to side with the demon king.

It was only a few years ago.

It was an era when it wasn’t safe even in the imperial capital.

I smiled bitterly, looking down at the imperial city, which I thought would be filled with a gloomy atmosphere at the

news that the demons had attacked the academy.

At least as a result of the news that the academy attack was excellently prevented.

A peaceful scene unfolded before my eyes, to the point where I couldn’t find any gloomy signs.

Seeing them laughing while buying and selling things to each other, I muttered.

“I wish the guys who died to protect their hometown could have seen this scene too.”

Unlike me, who killed demons or humans thinking it was a game, the knights who died fighting purely to protect

their families, lovers, and country would have been happy to see the current empire, saying that they could finally

stretch their legs and sleep well.

“It’s a shame.”

“What are you saying, whining alone, unlike yourself?”

“Just.”

I turned my head at the voice that suddenly came from behind me, and there was Irinia, leaning on the table with her

arms in a bad way.

It seems that the two of them have finished talking, and I laughed at the sight of Chloe, who took a sip of tea, glanced

at me, and drank tea again.

I briefly said to Irinia’s question.

“Just. I said that because I thought the guys who died would have liked it if they saw the current empire. They died

fighting, saying they would create a peaceful era without war for their children, so I think they would definitely like it

if they saw this scene.”

“……They would like it. Because they are the guys who gave up their lives to protect their hometown. If they were

afraid of their lives, they would have run away the moment they saw the demon king’s apostle on the front lines.”

Apart from the fact that it is a fight to protect, a fight to protect always involves sacrifice.

A situation where you have to give up your life to protect someone.

In such a situation, the knights on the front lines always gave up their lives with their wills in their arms.

Even so, they always smiled.

Even in a hopeless situation, they believed in the hope of a hero, and they protected our side as a sword and shield,

and everyone left.

To the sky beyond reach.

I heard from Leticia that only a very small number of the knights on the front lines have survived.

Even those who survived are said to be living as invalids with half of them suffering from aftereffects.

Irinia scratched her hair with a rotten expression.

“I’m sorry to my junior, but as you said, the job of a hero is really f*cking. Hope of everyone? How hard did Leo have

when one or another’s life disappeared!”

“But we can’t blame the knights, Irinia. They all fought with the hope of Leo, us. If we weren’t there….”

“There would have been no hope for the soldiers.”

Chloe, who had been silently listening to Irinia’s words, nodded her head calmly.

“War shouldn’t happen. Leo, the junior hero, and everyone else are working hard for peace, and if they start a war

again, one of the two will be exterminated.”

I rubbed my arms and said with a wry face, looking at Chloe, who said scary words that one of the two races would be

exterminated with a calm face.

“…It’s a little scary when the saintess says that with a calm face.”

“Oh my. Is the demon who fears even the sky afraid of the saintess?”

“Hey.”

The moment I protested at Chloe’s answer, who spoke in a playful tone with her unique cloudy smile.

I felt a presence outside the door.

A creepy mana (magic)that instinctively makes me feel repulsive.

The mana of a demon, the faces of the three, Chloe and Irinia, harden.

I signaled the two who were reflexively taking a posture to stay still, and I slowly approached the door and opened it.

“The welcome is fierce. The hero told me to wait here.”

And I met red eyes.