“F-Father...?”
“Haha, my dear Aria. It seems you’ve grown so much!”
Upon hearing the news that her father had woken up, Aria immediately rushed into the family head’s room.
There, she saw her father sitting on the bed with a bright smile on his face.
“Father...”
“Yes, it’s me. Come here and give me a hug.”
“...”
“Aria?”
Abraham, who was about to embrace Aria, looked puzzled when she didn’t move.
“Why are you crying all of a sudden?”
“It’s just... Sniff, sob...”
“By the way, where is Frey?”
“...!”
The atmosphere in the room froze instantly at the mention of Frey’s name.
“Isn’t it because our Frey defeated the Demon King that I woke up? Can you take me to him?”
“...”
“What’s wrong? Why aren’t you taking me to him... Huh?”
Not understanding the situation, Abraham struggled to get up and noticed something strange.
“Why are there so few servants here?”
“That’s because...”
“Are they on vacation? If that’s the case, don’t bother calling them back. I’d love to see their faces after so long, but I can’t interrupt their break.”
Scratching his head with an innocent expression, Abraham spoke.
“Oh right, that’s not important. Hahaha...”
A proud smile spread across his face.
“My son, our son, has saved the world. This isn’t the time for this. I need to go see him immediately...”
“F-Father...”
“...Wait.”
“Uh...”
Aria, who was reaching out with a sorrowful expression, saw Abraham’s face suddenly freeze.
“Who did this?”
Abraham’s gaze turned icy as he looked at the wall of the family head’s room, where the names of the Starlight family’s past heads were inscribed.
“Who dared to do such a vile thing?”
The spot where Frey’s name had been was now blackened and burnt, with desperate scribbles around it as if someone had tried to rewrite something.
“Who did this?”
Abraham asked, his face grim.
“...”
“I’m sorry, but this cannot be overlooked. To try to erase the name of the Hero who saved the world... Even if it was a joke, it’s gone too far...”
With no answer, Abraham’s discomfort grew.
“...What’s that?”
Finally, he turned to look out the window.
- Frey is the Hero, you say! How can this be!!
- Where is he now? We must secure him...
- Explain more clearly!!
In the sky outside, a giant projection displayed the conference of ruler.
“What is...”
Abraham’s face slowly turned from puzzled to cold as he watched the projection in the sky.
Scenes of Frey’s horrific, sorrowful, and brutal moments, recorded by Glare, Roswyn, and the helper system, began to play out.
Among these were scenes of Aria attacking Frey, the servants leaving the mansion, and false testimonies given by the traitorous servants.
- Thud...!!!
“Where is he?”
Having watched enough, Abraham finally spoke, his gaze fixed on the scene of Frey stabbing his own heart.
“Dad, well, um...”
“Where is my son right now?”
No one dared to answer.
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“To summarize, Frey is actually the Hero?”
“And Ruby, who was called the Hero, is actually the Demon King?”
“And both of them had unavoidable circumstances on why they did all this farce?”
After a lengthy explanation from Vener and the Hero Party, a few rulers cautiously asked questions.
“...Yes.”
Vener nodded with a pained expression, and the atmosphere grew tense.
“That rascal was the Hero?”
“False Evil? Pretender? How absurd...”
“This complicates things.”
“No, nothing has changed.”
In the midst of murmurs, Limia spoke up.
“We need to contact Frey immediately.”
“...What?”
“Anyway... Frey is the Hero, right? So, to deal with the newly become Demon King, Aishi, we need him.”
Vener looked at Limia with a bewildered expression.
“He should be at the academy... Oh.”
Finally remembering the resignation letter she had personally received, Limia began to sweat nervously.
“Frey hasn’t appeared in public since he submitted his resignation to you.”
“Well, that was... unavoidable, wasn’t it? But do you know where he is? The fate of the empire, no, the world is at stake here.”
Limia’s voice grew more desperate as Vener’s calm response weighed on her.
“...I know someone who knows his whereabouts.”
“What?”
But the tense atmosphere was short-lived.
“What’s going on?”
“Look outside the window!”
At the urgent shout from the soldier who had rushed into the conference room, a ruler sitting by the window pulled back the curtains with a puzzled expression.
“...Gasp.”
The rulers, including the one who had opened the curtain, were stunned, their faces turning pale.
“Is that...?”
- Is that...
Displayed in the sky was a giant system window, broadcasting the conference live.
“It’s appearing worldwide. And not just that, it’s also showing all of Frey’s various incidents...”
“Oh, no.”
- Oh, no.
The rulers, including Limia, began to turn as pale as ghosts.
“Operation successful...!”
Watching them with a triumphant expression, Glare made a call and whispered into it.
“Stop that thing!”
“First, we need to handle the media...”
“
The true identity of the Hero had finally been revealed to the world, heralding the dawn of great chaos.
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“Good job, Glare.”
- Love you! Hero!
“...It’s Clana.”
Meanwhile, in a secluded cabin by the harbor.
- Click...!
“That should fool the Demon King’s Army, right?”
Clana, having ended her call with Glare, sighed and headed back to the bed.
- Snap...!
- Puff!!
As she reached the bed and snapped her fingers, the invisibility spell on the bed unraveled with a puff.
“Frey, the call is over...”
- Swoshh...!
“...”
Just as she reached out to the bulging blanket, Kania suddenly dashed out from under it, running into the living room.
“You thieving cat!”
Clana stared in shock for a moment before her eyes blazed with fury, she was about to chase after Kania, but Frey’s voice caught her attention.
“Um...”
Watching them, Frey murmured in a slightly forlorn voice.
“Could you untie me now...?”
He was bound tightly to the bed.
“...If I untie you, you’ll just disappear again and then mope around like a pitiful cat.”
“I-I won’t.”
Frey, struggling against his bonds, felt a pang of guilt at Clana’s words and mumbled defensively.
“It’s written all over your face.”
“But–”
“Kania!! Where did you go?!”
Watching Clana chase after Kania, Frey lay back on the pillow with a small smile.
“...Oh, right.”
Then, he murmured with a grin.
“Today is the day Ruby comes.”
Thinking happily about spending the day with Ruby, Frey smiled even wider.
“Ugh?”
Suddenly, a chill ran through his entire body.
“...What is this?”
Frey was suddenly overcome with an inexplicable sense of crisis, causing him to break out in a cold sweat.
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- Flutter, flutter...
Meanwhile, at that moment,
“Finally I found my true body.”
Ruby, who had been away from the cabin to find her original body, was flying at full speed with a noticeably more mature appearance.
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The books she had read over and over again during her journey were fluttering in her arms.
“Of course, my first time should be... with my true body.”
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“Prepare yourself, Frey. I’m coming for you.”
As she smiled and caressed her belly, the harbor came into view.