v1c8-2 - Intermission 3 - Hero Roland is questioned by his party members
“Ms. Ellie. Could you come here for a moment? It’s about the Adventurer’s Certificate you inquired about earlier.”
It seems that Ellie had asked a question to the guild about the Adventurer’s Certificate, and they took her somewhere …… Well, she’ll be back soon.
I waited in the room I was shown.
“Excuse me. Sir Roland …… thank you for inviting me to your party.”
“Oh! Monica. You’re early. The other party members are out right now, so you’ll have to wait a bit.”
Monica, the new party member, arrived right on time.
Fufu …… She still has the same erotic body as before. She’s more exposed than when we met before …… I guess she’s tempting me.
I got rid of Alex, who was in the way, and Ellie and Stella, and Monica, too …… I’m going to make them all mine.
“Sorry for the wait …… wait, Ahh! Um, are you Ms. Monica?”
“Nice to meet you. As you may have heard from Sir Roland, I’m Monica, a Magic Knight.”
“It’s nice to meet you too. I’m Ellie, the Arch Wizard.”
Ellie shook Monica’s hand and I introduced Stella to her.
Now, all we have to do is apply to the guild for a party.
“Now that we’re all here, I’d like to get down to business ……”
“All? I don’t see Master Alex anywhere, though.”
“Master …… Alex? Well, whatever. Alex has left the party this morning.”
“What!? Why!? …… No, you don’t have to tell me why. Anyway, it is true that Master Alex left this party, isn’t it? Then I must hurry!”
What in the world is Monica thinking? I thought she said something I didn’t understand, but then she got up from her seat!?
What is the meaning of this!?
“W-Wait. Monica, where are you going!?”
“Where? The guild’s reception desk, of course. If Master Alex left this party, it means that he’s free now. Then I will form a party with Master Alex.”
“W-What do you mean!? Monica, that’s not what you told me!?”
“I’m not the only one who told things differently, right? Sir Roland. I wanted to form a party with Master Alex. But if Master Alex is not here, I have no use for this party.”
“…… So that’s how it is. Monica, Alex is a Paladin and I’m the Hero, you know!? Are you sure you’re not mistaken!?”
I thought it was odd because she had just called Alex with honorifics, but it seems that Monica thinks my and Alex’s jobs are reversed.
It is I, not Alex, who has been given the special job of Hero, which was given to me by God to use for the mission of defeating the Demon King.
Ellie is my childhood friend, so I call her by her name, and Ms. for Stella, but it’s not bad to be called by a big-breasted beauty like Monica as Master.
Fufufu …… So she’s already in such awe of the existence of the Hero ……
I’m sure it won’t take long for me to make her mine.
When I stood up to take Monica’s hand to help her sit down…
“Don’t touch me with your dirty hands! The only man allowed to touch me is Master Alex.”
She moved with blinding speed and put her hand on the sword at her waist.
“Hey, hey, hey, calm down. Just like I told you before, I’m the Hero, not Alex.”
“Hero? That kind of thing doesn’t matter. I only want to be near Master Alex, the man who saved my life.”
“What? The man who saved you …… How can Monica be ……”
“Sir Roland leaves all defense and coordination of the party members to Master Alex, and just attacks the enemy as he pleases. That’s why you don’t know what’s going on around you in the middle of a battle.”
“W-What the hell are you talking about!? I’m the leader of this party and Alex just can’t avoid the monsters’ attacks ……”
“Then you can just think of it like that. I will go to Master Alex. For the time being, I would like you to treat the party invitation that Sir Roland proposed to me yesterday as if it didn’t happen.”
Monica says this unilaterally and leaves the room.
Why!? Why would such a big-breasted beauty want to party with that foolish Alex!?
I was going to add her to my …… the heroes’ party because she’s so good-looking too, though!
“…… Damn! What the hell is this!”
“Never mind that, Roland. Explain. Alex just left the party this morning, yet you were recruiting Ms. Monica as of yesterday!?”
“T-That’s …… I’m just trying to increase the offensive power of this party ……”
“Hmmm. Why didn’t you explain that beforehand? Did Stella anything about that?”
Asked by Ellie, who has some anger in her eyes, Stella shakes her head silently.
Oh, no. Think …… think!
Ellie is my childhood friend, so I should be able to get out of this! Anyway, I have to keep Stella in check.
“Hey, Roland. Answer me properly.”
“W-Well, that’s because Monica is a great talent and we need to recruit her as soon as possible because she might be taken by another party ……”
“Mr. Roland. Ms. Monica is someone who has been adventuring solo all these years without teaming up with anyone, you know? And yet …… how is it possible that we have to fight for her as soon as possible?”
Ellie, whose eyes aren’t smiling at all, and Stella, whose eyes are glazed over, are pressing me, and I am at a loss for words, but I manage to make some excuse to get through.
Damn it! I’m the Hero, right!? So why can’t things just go well!