I Was Reincarnated Chapter 33

The First Hero

(…..I slept well)

I stretched

It seems to be afternoon right now, there's no one beside me

(How many days have I been sleeping?)

I don't know how long, I only know that I've slept a long time

(Since it's not mealtime, everyone's probably scattered all about)

The presences inside the castle are quite dispersed

It seems there were several visitors while I was asleep, but since I placed a barrier over the garden I thought it was probably fine and didn't get up

I look outside from my room's window

There are voices from the people in the garden so nothing probably happened

Since I bought such a large amount of food, they're probably still alright

(I wonder how they are?)

Shall I go show my face to everyone?

However, they are in different places, it probably fine not to especially show my face

(Perhaps a stroll….)

There is no place [I need] to go

There is no place [I need] to see

Besides, it seems that black hair and eyes are rare in this world

I would probably quickly be recognized

(For my hair, can't I change the color?)

This world's humans all have blond hair and blue eyes

Other races have various hair and eye colors, but even so they do not have black

Within humans, there are guys born without blond hair due to mutations, but even if they have dark colored hair, it seems there is no one with hair dark to the point of black like mine

However, I have always had black hair

Since dying my hair was troublesome

(However, shall I disguise myself?)

No, as long as I take everyone along there's probably no point

Unless I go for a stroll by myself there would be no use [to disguising myself]

"Become blond haired and blue eyed"

I stood in front of the mirror in my room and looked

(…..super weird)

Completely a foreigner

It feels strange

It feels like it's not me

(If it's like this, even I probably wouldn't know [it's me])

The guys who know my face among humans is only that knight

However when that guy called me he said, 'demon G.o.d', so those guys in castle town know that a black haired person is the demon G.o.d

If only the hair color is different, they probably won't realize it's me

I would need to stop wearing the veil and wear clothes in the human's style though

(Right, shall I go for a stroll)

While changing my clothes, once the design came to mind I was wearing exactly those clothes

If it's commercially available clothes then as soon as I used my power they would be shredded, but if it's this it'll probably be fine

(Well, I don't have any place I need to go see though)

While absent-minded, I idly strolled around the town

The place I am now is castle town

Today is my third time [here]

Going to a different town probably would've been fine

As I was just buying food, I heard a familiar voice behind me

"The one buying up all the town's food is you, huh"

Similar to when we first met he has an arrogant way of speaking

It seems he doesn't recognize me

Well, he's only seen me from the back so far though

When I turn around, there are three knights

That knight is in the middle, the two at the sides….I probably haven't seen before

For some reason when they saw my face their breath caught

What's with them, these guys

"Beautiful. Somehow, be my wife―"

"Rather than this guy, be my wife please!"

………while thinking what to say……

"I am a man"

""Eh-!?""

Why are you surprised?

No matter how you look at me I am a man

Even the clothes I'm wearing are for men

Are their eyes rotten?

"…..No, it doesn't matter even if you're a man!"

…….it seems they are mad [weird in the head] beyond my expectation

"Feels disgusting"

Moreover, why am I the wife?

I want to punch these guys

If I punch them they'll probably die though

Without saying anything the governor glared

If I were a woman, this would certainly be s.e.xual hara.s.sment

(Has he recognized me?)

Although I've changed the coloration, my face hasn't changed

"….Am I no good? Since I'm the governor, I won't let you experience any economic troubles"

…….a proposal, huh

Unbelievable

Moreover he doesn't seem to recognize me

"…..I already have a cute wife"

If I say this much they should give up

Moreover to unabashedly propose to a man…..

Not to mention where the townspeople can see

I ignore the guy on one knee and walk away

It seems in this world proposals are done on one knee and holding out your left hand

I can't believe it, to receive a proposal from a man

Moreover a knight

These guys would probably be surprised if they knew they were proposing to the demon G.o.d

However, I've only changed my hair and eye color

This world's beauty standards, I seriously don't understand them

My looks shouldn't be to the extent of causing a proposal at a first meeting

(Shall I buy fruit next)

Everyone likes fruit

Speaking of this world's drinks, [normally] it's either water or macerated fruit

Tea is a high cla.s.s good, but everyone is more used to and prefers drinking to juice over tea

The one who likes tea is Rona

Rona himself doesn't seem to like the overly sweet juice

When I walked to the store, the three knight follow behind

"Following me, huh"

How irritating

A guy I'm not even interested in following me is annoying

The only ones that can follow me are Rune and the others

(Shall I summon Rune)

Since he seemed to be in the courtyard before I Ieft, he's probably practicing with his sword [now]

"Rune, to here"

"uWah-!?"

Suddenly appearing before the knight's eyes, that is pretty surprising, huh

The retreating Rune b.u.mped into me and timidly turned around

And when he saw my face, for a moment he looked fearful, but that quickly disappeared

"Eh……? Wh,why [are you're hair and eyes] such a color!?"

He grabbed my hair, his expression full of sorrow

"I just changed it with magic. Return to original……..hey now, it's back to normal, right?"

The hair in Rune's grip changed from blonde to black

My eye color's probably returned as well

The knights' expressions froze in surprise

To propose to me, is probably the disgrace of a lifetime

"So Rune could still recognize me"

"After all, only the color's changed"

I pat his head and suddenly his hand reached out

"…….What is it?"

A hand is in front of my face

"Ah—….the veil, is this fine?"

I wonder why, it seems he doesn't want me to show my face

When my face was no longer visible due to the veil, he made a relieved face

Is it that unpleasant?

"…..Everyone, they don't know that s.h.i.+n-sama is up?"

"Aah [yeah], since as soon as I woke up I came here"

Rune grabbed ahold of my clothes

Since this time I slept about a half month

It seems he missed me

As expected, I'm glad he was here

We hugged and his arms wrapped around my back

As I thought Rune is cute

"……..Demon G.o.d……."

The knight is dumbfounded with his mouth agape

The two knight beside him are similarly frozen

"To want to make me your bride, do you still have such an absurd thought?"

When I say so, they give a start and the four begin to tremble

(Why Rune as well?)

Suddenly the arms hugging me increase in power, and I realize it's jealousy

"Such a guy that can make me his wife, does not exist in this world. Since before, I had no intention of becoming a wife"

As I tell the befuddled knights so, I walk away like that while holding Rune

Walking like this is a bit difficult

"Rune, walking like this is hard so let go a bit"

After I speak, the arms release and he looks up at me with a face like he's going to cry

"Hey now, wrap your arms around my neck"

What is this………how sweet

Mine

Since the other person is Rune, it can't be helped

He makes a happy looking face, Rune's personality is good

Pampering him with the intention to bluntly refuse him

If that's the case this favor seems excessive [cause he's rejecting him]

….no, is it already like that?

Walking while holding Rune, I continue shopping

When I went to buy up the fruit, I heard a voice

Not talking to me, but to that befuddled knight

However I reflexively looked over [upon hearing] the details

"Are you the governor of Gudoudotelia? I the hero from Nuisants. Where is the demon G.o.d?"

"He,hero!?"

The knight became panicked

He kept glancing over at me

(Hero, huh……how annoying)

Well, he's probably not the real hero

A fake hero

A "hero" the country arbitrarily chose

"s.h.i.+n-sama"

I pat the anxious looking Rune's head

"Since it's me I'll be fine. Do you want to return to the castle first?"

Rune was only summoned by me, he should have actually been in the castle

He shakes his head

It seems he doesn't want to return

"I,I can fight too. I have a sword"

…….the sword, is shaking quite a bit though….

Wanting to fight even when he's so timid, it's too much

"There's no need for Rune to fight. The time when Rune swings his sword, is only when I'm not by your side"

Even if he does nothing, he won't even be injured though

"Hey, let go a bit"

"……I, don't want to be useless"

His face looked like he was about to cry, and even though his body's trembling in fear, Rune's eyes show a steady determination

Even though he doesn't need such a thing

"I can quickly finish it by myself. Besides I don't want Rune to experience fighting. Will you listen to my selfishness?"

When I say so, he reluctantly let's go

"My cloak, come out"

I set Rune down on the ground and wrapped him in the cloak

"Wait just a bit for me"

He's completely wrapped up up to his head and can only move a bit

"Even though s.h.i.+n-sama hasn't done anything, will you only attack whoever's called a demon G.o.d?"

Going by only his face, he unusually shows anger, towards the hero

I don't really care what others think of me though

"The demon G.o.d is not needed in this world. If I can't defeat the demon G.o.d, the peace will be threatened"

"Humans are the ones not needed! You only make other races slaves and easily kill [them], do you not!"

Rune only knows [second-hand] about human's viciousness

When he was in the village, he never saw a human

The ones who should have such thoughts should rather be Dea or Rona

Since their people were killed before their eyes

"Hey, I'll be done soon, stay here"

I pull the cloak back up around him again and head towards the fake hero

"……So? You are a person from Nuisants?"

I heard their earlier conversation, so there's no mistake

Even if there is a mistake, I don't really care

"That, so what. I won't let you conquer the world"

"……..were you not listening at all? Didn't I tell them that far from the hero being able to kill the demon G.o.d, you won't even be able to injure me?"

"Such a joke, as if I'd believe it"

For me, this guy's the joke

"Aren't you a 'fake' hero"

As I thought he's not a hero

Why do I know?

That is somehow or other [I just do]

Because I'm a demon G.o.d?

After all without doing 'search', normally you wouldn't know

"I am the hero recognized by Hash-sama!"

Just recognized by one country's king

Such a thing doesn't make you a hero, why don't they get it…..

The fake hero as expected has blond hair and blue eyes, and beastman, elf, and spirit companions

With only the appearance of a mature adult

However, as I thought, these guys don't recognize reality

What kind of person the hero is, what relation the three have with him

Who they are attacking

The hero's fate

The one called the "hero", probably not even their name will be remembered afterwards

Desiring to attack the demon G.o.d in spite of that is ridiculous

"If you want to die, attack. If you don't want to die, immediately leave"

If they attack, they will be immediately eliminated

And then the fake attacked

Although he cut out with a sword it did nothing to me

The sword stopped without injuring my body, their surprised expressions gathered toward me

"Done attacking yet?"

"-, not yet!"

He cut out again

The other three are wearing slave collars, and they seem to be unwillingly following this guy's orders

Their master seems to be someone else and they were lent to this guy who became the hero

While that may be true, I don't let it trouble me

They keep attacking me like that, even so, they see I'm uninjured and their attacks stop

"Hah….hah….wh,why do the attacks have no effect!?"

"…..next is my turn, pierce"

Explaining again is too much trouble, I finish it in an instant

I'm keeping Rune waiting after all

The four bodies are restrained and something pierced them, there is a hole

Blood spurts out and they collapse

"Trash, to Nuisants' King's castle. Cleanup"

I send off the corpses and clean the blood dirtied street

I immediately go to Rune and undo the cloak

"I'm done…..what's wrong?"

He's making that face like he wants to cry

"….just because you are a demon G.o.d, why does s.h.i.+n-sama have to be attacked? Even though you haven't done anything-!"

It seems he's still upset

Even so, for his face to look like crying……

"I won't be injured though?"

"I don't like s.h.i.+n-sama being attacked! Even though you're not doing anything like world conquest"

Tears escape from Rune's eyes

I'm vexed he's been upset to the point of crying

Even though there's no need to get upset and cry for my sake

"For me as long as Rune and the others are there it's enough. To me such guys are nothing but annoyances. If Rune desires it, even destroying humanity is fine"

I hug him close and he clings to me crying

As I thought Rune is the absolute cutest

"……destroy humanity!? Se,seriously?"

The knight interrupted

Annoying

"You humans go and destroy other race's villages. If someone said they didn't like it and wanted it to stop would humans listen? Even if he wishes for your destruction you'd deserve it. Humans are resented by other races to that degree after all"

Although his face became a pale blue, it has nothing to do with me

"As long as Rune and the others know about me then it's enough"

I don't care whether or not other guys understand

Though that doesn't mean I've told them everything

I haven't even told them everything about this world's past

However, that [knowledge] is unnecessary for Rune and the others

The ones who need that information are the humans who believe they can defeat the demon G.o.d

"Didn't you tell the other countries that the legend was falsified?"

If they told [them], wouldn't that annoying guy not have been here?

"We reported that, they probably didn't believe it"

Seriously, how stupid

"Even though the hero hasn't even been born in this world"

"…..what does that mean?"

The knight grabs onto the words I unintentionally spit out

"The ancestor of that guy who calls himself the king killed off the clan of the guy who exterminated the evil demons (ak.u.ma)……the Barren country royalty"

Right, the hero is not the 'hero'

He's the Barren country's prince

In order to protect his country, together with the other race's future kings, he subjugated the evil demons

That is the truth

The other races each have a king

Rather than calling him a king, it seems they're more like mediators though

"-……such a thing……demon G.o.d just how much do you know [about this]?"

"Everything"

I should have told him the information was bestowed on me when I was born

"The one called the hero in the legend is the Barren country's prince, Fuerdan Eidelrei. And then— just before being killed, he cursed this world. As a result of being betrayed, so you guys will be swallowed by darkness, he said 'even if another evil demon is born, in this world there will be no person born with the power to oppose it'"

The knight froze in shock

Watching him is boring, I return to the castle together with Rune