I’m a Hero, but I Gave Up Saving the World

41 – The identity of the thesis thief finally revealed

“Oh, ho-ho-ho. What do you mean by Crescent? I am the daughter of Viscount Grand Sherd… ”

“Dina Grand Sherd. The name behind it is Crescent, right? I know everything, so there is no need to act useless.”

“… how?”

Dina could not hide her embarrassment when her identity, which she had thoroughly hidden even from her parents, was revealed in vain.

No matter how much I think about where the hell the secret leaked, I can’t pinpoint anything.

“How did you know who I am?!”

“There is a way to know everything. I won’t tell you.”

In fact, Faust only knew her setting and identity by reading the strategy guide.

It was interesting to set up stealing just because I wanted to draw attention, so it was memorable to carefully look at the character remarks section.

“Sheesh… ! can’t do it Since my identity has been revealed, I will take the holy sword by force!”

Dyna is confident that she won’t lose to anyone in the world when it comes to fast legs.

She was the one who boasted that she would run away even if the demon king chased her from behind.

But her proud legs suddenly stopped moving, as if they were stuck to the ground.

No, it actually stuck.

“What, what is this?!”

“I’m not a great wizard, but when I read a book and see a useful spell, I memorize it. The lawn you are standing on now will be turned into a swamp of highly adhesive glue. Escape is impossible unless you cut off your ankle.”

“Keugh… ! You cheated! Cowardly!”

“It won’t come out of your mouth.”

“What are you going to do by locking me down! Seriously, are you trying to rape me?! aaagh! help!!

“Stop acting useless and listen carefully, Dina. From now on, I would like to recommend you as a thief for the warrior party.”

“Sigh?! warrior party? You mean that group of tax thieves? why me?”

“Because no one can surpass you with the talent of a thief.”

… Rather, it was just to protect the love affair story.

“Keugh! Hate! I don’t want to go to a warrior’s party! than you! You’re not even a hero, so why are you holding a holy sword! Actually, aren’t you a thief too?!”

“I am a friend of the warrior. I borrowed the holy sword for a while to carry out the operation to capture you.”

“now I get it! You’re the one who imitated me and moved the treasures I had to rob in advance!”

“It’s also quick-witted. Yes, that is me too.”

“It’s great… ! How dare you pretend to be me?! How many struggles have I put in to promote this concept, but I’m going to eat it?! I can’t forgive you! I can’t forgive you! I can’t forgive you!! Look who’s going to join the hero’s party!!”

“Why do you hate the warrior party so much?”

“Don’t you know?! The warrior party is the worst group of thieves who steal money from one country to another under the excuse of having to kill the devil! Tax sucker hippo! tax thief! To be part of such a dishonorable group!”

“… No, since you’re a thief in the first place, it doesn’t matter.”

“? Oh yes.”

In this way, Dyna’s membership in the warrior party was confirmed.

… I’d like to say that, but in fact, Dina has made a secret proposal.

“Why don’t you and I work together to fight rabbits with holy swords? You’re going to be the worst thief couple in human history. cool isn’t it Isn’t it thrilling?”

“No at all.”

“why not? Just think! Our names will go down in history! Kids will learn about us in 100 years! Are you sick?”

“be not interested in.”

be not interested in? To Dinah, who was a fiercely interested species, those words were a significant blow to her pride.

“Stop being childish and use a little of your talents for the good of mankind.”

If you refuse to join the party anyway, the only future awaits you is going to prison or starving to death here. Dina joined the party half of her own will.

But she still had no loyalty to Lucy.

Dyna would go to Faust whenever he could and begged him to have a match.

“Let’s compete, Faust! See if you can catch me once more!”

“take no interest.”

The answer, always the same, made me very sick of it.

The pathetic eyes that seemed to treat her like a child made her even more inflamed.

‘Let’s see how long you can ignore me like that.’

Dyna’s inferiority complex was so severe that she would pull off any aggro to get Faust’s attention.

Eventually, she comes to touch Faust’s thesis written with great care.

The anti-crime magic in the academy was no different from an open meadow with nothing blocking it to Dina.

Using her kleptomaniac talent, she infiltrated Faust’s room and found the finished thesis in the second drawer of the desk.

“… Lucky♡ Now you want to get this back, so you’re going to cling to me ignorantly, right? Whoops. Please ignore me this time.”

Dina, who was about to run away with the thesis, heard a loud chatter outside the door and held her breath.

‘Has Faust returned?’

‘Nope. It’s not just one person, but several people are making noise’

‘Besides, it’s a woman’s voice… Do you think I’ve heard of it somewhere?’

Breaking the thief’s rule of never revealing herself to anyone until the cleanup is over, Dina opened the door and confirmed the owner of the voice.

Tiffania and Serena stood there with shocked expressions on their faces.

“Dina! Did you come here with the hero’s instructions too?”

“Didn’t the hero say that Beatrice and Dina were excluded from the operation because they couldn’t be trusted?”

“… Operations? instruction? What are you talking about?”

Those who had already stolen and those who were trying to steal met.

“The hero said ‘Steal Faust’s thesis’. If you complete this mission, you can give Faust one final blow and kick him out of the academy? He said that if I steal the thesis, he will recognize me as the hero’s aide. Then you won’t have to point fingers at me as a traitor’s blood.”

“For me too, being acknowledged by the hero is the most important thing for the freedom of the elves.”

“… Are only me and Beatrice excluded? Why Beatrice?”

“Even though they broke up, the fact that they were Faust’s ex-lovers must have held them back.”

Serena said.

“Then what about Alice? Did you refuse the order?”

“no. He went to train as a driver to make an alibi.”

“? You can’t steal your thesis if you take the training, right?”

“He’s an idiot.”

“ah.”

Dina nodded as if she understood.

Serena said with the idea that even if she couldn’t score a goal, she would at least become an assist.

“Anyway, Dyna, give that thesis to the hero.”

“What? why me? I stole it for myself. To piss off Faust for ignoring me.”

“So, what could be more upsetting than if the hero published a thesis written by Faust?”

Come to think of it, that was right.

Faust always looked down on Kwak Dong-soo as a fool, but if he was stigmatized for plagiarizing the idiot’s thesis, he would go beyond anger and into a frenzy.

Dina handed over the thesis to Kwak Dong-soo because she only wanted to attract aggro.

What follows is as everyone knows.

Dina, who wants to get attention, said that the reason she hid the fact that she was a thief was because she was scared because things were bigger than she thought.

Finally everything was revealed under one hundred days.

There is nothing more to wonder.

No, the truth is, from a long time ago, it was just a surface that no one cared about the theft of papers.

It was just an obsession to relieve Faust’s insignificant discomfort.

“nice… Kkeukkeuk… I’m a fool… Hey, Misha.”

“Yes? Did you call me, Master?”

Misha stopped stepping on Beatrice and ran to me.

“In the world I lived in, there were three religions: Christianity, Islam and Buddhism. Unfortunately, I didn’t have any particular belief in God.”

“? Please?”

I focused on my words, thinking hard about what Misha meant.

I looked up tastefully at the blue sky, no different from the earth.

The clouds that should be slow are passing by busily.

It seemed to me that I could hear what the clouds were saying.

“Ah, I’m bored so I can’t see it”

“Keuk… I’m sorry.”

“? Who are you talking to, Master?”

“Someone in heaven.”

“??”

“Have you ever thought of that, Misha? The idea that the God who made this world is looking down on us.”

“Well… For elves, the world tree is a god. Ah, but to Misha right now, the owner might be almost a god?”

“I thought about how frustrating it would be if that god was looking at me.”

Long, long, blame your own stupidity Faust.

The premise was wrong from the start.

How the obsession with finding the thesis thief slowed down the obvious progress.

“I was a fool. All I could do was just kill them all from the beginning… ”

“Lord, Master… !!”

Mischa is shocked to see the ominous aura gathering like a whirlwind on my palm.

Now I can generate enough magic power to make even the queen of elves nervous.

“Everyone be careful!!”

Even the great sage, who is probably the strongest among humans, is nervous with a serious face.

The warrior party and the professors of the academy prepare for battle half a beat late.

“It’s really absurd that this is the result of waiting and waiting, searching and finding again. Is this the conclusion? huh? You fucking things.”

I slowly floated up into the sky with Misha, then dropped the condensed energy mass to the ground.

“You’re saying all of you were bitches!!! All of you crazy bitches!!!”

It was the outbreak of an event that would later be engraved in the history books as the “Aurelia Explosion”.

The energy projectile penetrated the earth’s crust, touched the outer core of the mantle, and exploded.

Auren City, which boasted of prosperity, was completely ruined.

It was such a thorough destruction that Aurelia, the richest nation in Pangea, would never regain its original national power.

Most of the buildings collapsed neatly, leaving no trace of their skeletons, and the palace, which had supported the royal family for over a thousand years, also evaporated without leaving any traces.

In the meantime, surprisingly, thanks to the defense shield spread by the great sage, the warrior party and the academy members were safe.

I looked down at them from the sky with Misha. Looking down from a high place, humans looked like ants.

The great sage, breathing heavily, exclaimed as if scolding, perhaps because of the barrier he had just deployed.

“Fah, Faust! At least 10,000 people just died in that attack! Have nothing to say about this devastation!”

“? Is it a reason to be blamed for taking out a lot of trash?”

After cleaning, the remaining dust is bound to annoy people.

The party of warriors who were exhaling filthy breath inside the shield was just such dust.

If you see dust, brush it off.

“Everyone be careful! Faust is coming!”

“too fast! Can’t you see?!”

“Dina! I’m behind you!!”

By the time Beatrice’s advice passed through the thief’s cochlear, I was already holding on to that bitch.

“Oh no Dina. that i’m fast Are you going to be faster than four legs that broke into my room and stole my thesis without a mouse or a bird knowing?”

“… big… !!”

“Come to think of it, you’ve wanted to compete with me since the old days. Alright, let’s fight now. From now on, I will break the Achilles tendon of your proud legs, so if you endure without screaming, you will win.”

“Kiyaah ahhhhh!

“… You lost, Dina.”

I just grabbed the tendon and pressed it a little harder, and then there was the sound of a balloon bursting and Dina fell over.

Seeing her holding her ankle and rolling around made me feel relieved.

I should have done this from the beginning

What did you do to find the thesis thief in him? It’s all a bitch anyway.

I’m sorry for the celestial gods looking down on me. I mean, it’s boring.

As an apology, let’s start the banquet from now on.

A banquet called annihilation.