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

57 – Those who have come to their senses and those who have not yet come to their senses

Duchess Julia Duranthe was the third daughter of a baronet.

My father was a rich man who bought a title with money by making a big splash in the textile business. In fact, there are more people who do not think that a baronet is an aristocrat.

People cringe on the outside because they have a lot of money, but behind the scenes, being criticized as a family with no roots was always a problem for their father.

So, when Julia, who boasted the most outstanding appearance among her children, married the duke, the house blew a trumpet.

wealth and honor now.

money and titles.

Because having both of them in my hands, I can live happily without being ignored by anyone.

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Julia was a model of the upper class that everyone envied.

… Until her son, Gerena, betrayed humanity.

Every day, protesters carrying torches and pickaxes surrounded the mansion, shouting loudly, and occasionally blunt weapons flying and breaking windows.

It was scary to work in a place like this, so all the employees resigned and the Duchess had to do the housework herself.

On the day her husband died, angry people set the mansion on fire, and Julia fled empty-handed with only her young daughter, Serena.

husband and property.

Having lost everything to protect a woman, Julia’s life was hell itself.

After 10 years of eating fruit and drinking rainwater to satisfy her hunger, sleeping in a cave where she could hear the cries of bats, and sleeping in a hut if she was lucky, she finally reached the garbage incineration plant and her health reached its limit. it has reached

“Cool! cool!! Ahh… Serena. call your brother Gerena is good at magic, so she should know how to use healing magic.”

“mom! Brother betrayed… You betrayed us!! My brother is in the Demon Continent! That’s the fuck! ”

“He! If a noble swears, you can’t use it!”

“What is a noble… What kind of nobles are nobles? We… They are living a life that is worse than that of a commoner, no, that of a slave. At least the slaves have their own rooms. big… !”

“Coke! Coke!! Woo-wook!!”

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Julia’s cough didn’t stop. Hemoptysis was the same.

It was clear that something serious was wrong.

“Uh, Mom. mom!! Are you okay mom?!”

“… Ahh… Good luck Serena. To hear that His Majesty the King gave you a title. Since our Serena joined the warrior party, I can go to the market and buy groceries without receiving death threats. In addition, Serena is so proud of her daughter that she even received a title because of her achievements.”

“No mom… That’s what I was talking about when.”

The fact that Serena almost received a title for protecting the holy sword was just a story that had been raised in passing in the past and then quickly faded away, but it seems that it remained very strong in Julia’s mind, like a promise that was sure to come true.

The story that I came up with while wandering between death and death was the awarding of a title that was mentioned by the king once and later included. It seemed that the lingering attachment to the nobility was not abandoned.

“Our Serena… One day I will return to being a noble… happy again… can i live… ji? Cool! Cool!”

“Of course, Mom. That, so you have to get healthy again, Mom.”

“… … … … .”

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Julia’s skin turned pale.

A situation that requires immediate treatment.

Serena had learned combat-oriented magic, so she didn’t know how to deal with this situation.

“I-This is Beatrice’s specialty… Beatrice will be burned at the stake tomorrow… ! This, normal hospitals will never accept us. Be, I have to ask Beatrice to fix my mother somehow… ”

“Oh, there it is, there it is. did i say Those bitches are hiding in the garbage incinerator.”

At that time, a group of clumsy bullies with wooden sticks in their hands approached with smirks.

A bunch of pathetic people who had no job or money, so they were looking for someone they could show off their feelings for. They had heard rumors that a member of the warrior’s party and a traitor clan were hiding here.

“Hey, can a person survive in a place like this?”

“Hey bitches. Do you know why we came here?”

“Isn’t it because of the absurd mistakes you guys made that we live in tents on the street like this?”

“Why, why are you like that? I-I’m busy right now, so please don’t argue with me… ”

Serena trembled as she hugged her already unconscious mother.

The bully, who is the captain, kicked Serena’s thighs and got angry.

“Hey fuck you! If you made a mistake, you should apologize! Is this a very shameless bitch?!”

“Well, what did I do wrong? It’s the first time we’ve met.”

“Wow, are you so arrogant? Why are we so poor? It happened because you bullied bastards who said they were Faust or Chewust. Then you should feel sorry for all of us, right? Yes, no, bitch.”

“… Mi, I’m sorry. please forgive me.”

The words, “Everyone bullies you, but pretends not to be you,” came up to the tip of your chin, but you managed to hold it in.

I didn’t want to waste my time fighting while I had to treat my mother.

However, the gangsters’ mischief continued. It seemed that he had been very determined from the beginning.

“now… If you’re sorry, should you express your feelings with money?”

“Money? Can’t you see we’re living in a dump?’

“Still, he said he was a duke. Then there will be no money left behind.”

“No, there is nothing like that. I’m sorry, but please get out of the way. My mom is sick right now and needs to go get treatment.”

“Ha~ you don’t understand? Hey. Step on these fuckers until they vomit up their emergency money.”

Strong young men surrounded the two women and assaulted them by hitting them with wooden sticks and kicking them with their insteps. Serena was going crazy because she was worried about her mother more than anything else.

There’s no way there’s any stamina left to withstand the assault in a yard that looks like it’s going to die.

She appealed to her human sensibilities, but only received a disappointing response.

“please!! please stop! We have no real money! There is no money for the medicine, so my mother is about to die! Ahh!! Aagh!! please!! please stop! Aagh!!”

In the end, Serena could not even see the prison where Beatrice was imprisoned and was beaten by bullies while protecting her mother all night.

It was a life in which the mind was destroyed before the body.

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King Carlos settled in the village of Al Nain, which was originally just a rural village, and proclaimed it the new capital.

It was because Alnine was far from the capital, so it was less damaged by the great destruction.

Of course, compared to Auren City, the old capital, the infrastructure was so underdeveloped that there was only one medical facility, the Royal Alnine Hospital.

Naturally, the hospital did not have the manpower to handle the crowds.

Even a bed is not provided unless you are seriously injured.

However, there were also people who were shunned even though they were seriously injured.

It’s Alice Friends.

He was a knight of the party of warriors who was directly attacked by Faust and lost near death.

“Mr. Alice Frangers. If you come to your senses, please leave quickly. It’s a waste.”

“Ah, the wound hasn’t healed yet.”

“Oh yeah? It would be better if you salivate. Anyway, please leave today.”

“… I just woke up this morning, isn’t it too much to ask you to leave right away?”

“Is it too much? under! Protesters riot every day in front of the hospital asking why they treat people like you, and the doctor who treated you took a leave of absence because he was terrorized. If you have the time to speak out, please leave immediately. Come on.”

The nurse treated the critically ill patient who had just come to his senses after being in a coma for weeks.

In fact, Alice almost died several times during the treatment. If Beatrice hadn’t desperately cast a healing spell on her, she would have actually died.

The medical staff might have wished Alice had died. However, Alice managed to survive thanks to her superhuman resilience.

“I barely opened my eyes, ha ha… I would have been better off dead. Whoa… How do you live now? We are so hated. Is not it? Tiffania.”

“… Yeah.”

After confirming that the nurse had left, a creature with large ears slid out from under the bed.

It was Tiffania, a fellow member of the hero’s party.

“If I get out of here, I will be captured and sold to the slave market right away? I heard slave traders are looking for me with their eyes on.”

“What do we do? To be honest, I also got a letter of excommunication from the Knights Templar, so I have nowhere to go. No, I think I’ll be caught and lynched by protesters the moment I go to the hospital. Oh really… How did our situation come to this? We were the proud warrior party.”

“… It must be because of Faust.”

“Faust… That traitor child.”

Alice grabbed the cut on her shoulder and said with a frown.

“Because of that bastard, our lives were completely screwed up. When we meet again, I will cut him down with my own hands.”

“Yeah right. All because of Faust. But aren’t people funny? When they were harassing Faust, they had fun harassing us, and now they pretend not to be.”

Alice’s eyes lit up as if inspired by Tiffania’s passing words.

“… That’s right, Tiffania.”

“? what?”

“What people love most is to bully the people they all hate.”

“uh? By the way?”

“I’ve found a way to turn public sentiment around.”

Alice cut the curtains and blankets in the hospital, roughly made props, and prepared a short one-act play.

It was a play to be shown to the people waiting outside the hospital to catch Alice when she came out.

Tiffania wrote “Faust” on the pillow cover and put it on her face. She was the role of Faust.

“—Oh, where is the stable? I have to clean up horse manure. If you don’t clean up the manure, you’ll be beaten!”

Tiffania ran out of the hospital while reciting lines in a clumsy but humorous theatrical tone.

Even though people reacted with ‘what is this?’, they backed away.

“This bastard! Faust, where is the guy who should be in the stable walking around!”

Alice chased after her with a model sword made out of a rolled blanket and hit Tiffania on the buttock. Tiffania rolled on the floor in exaggerated pain.

“oh my! Stop hitting!”

“Faust, you bastard. You have to clean up the horse manure well. Why are you acting stupid?”

“I’m sorry, driver. It’s because he’s stupid and hasn’t learned anything.”

Tiffania, wearing a Faust mask, put her hands together and prayed.

Now people are starting to notice what they are looking at now. They are people who gathered because they had nothing to do.

Even if it was a third-rate play that suddenly started, any drama that provided vicarious satisfaction was always welcome.

They now became spectators and began to watch the two’s one-act play.

Alice swung her sword repeatedly, and Tiffania screamed in pain.

“Hey. what? revenge on mankind? The red half is also a lot of money, so who wants to take revenge on whom? Ji did something wrong, you stupid bastard.”

“Oh, I heard that. I had a resentment. Rather, I apologize to the people and King Carlos for destroying the capital and ruining the country. Please forgive me~”

“I can’t forgive you, you idiot. I’ll suffocate you by sticking your nose in horse manure.”

“ah! that’s good Isn’t that Faust’s favorite horse dung? So I worked at the stable. Am yo am yo.”

“hahahaha!!!”

The onlookers cheered and blew whistles.

Finally, when Alice pretended to cut her throat and Tiffania lay on her back, cheers erupted.

“Hey, you guys, this is really fun. Wow~ can you do this again?”

The captain of the protesters who had led the people to kill Alice said while grabbing the boat.

“Tomorrow we will hold a festival to coincide with the burning of the witch Beatrice. How about doing the play you did today at the opening ceremony again? People will love it.”

“ah. That’s good. Just leave it to me.”

“Keukkeuk. Yeah ah~ your play is really funny. Play Faust more like an idiot tomorrow. You know what I mean?”

“Yes Yes! Don’t worry about that!”

Alice raised her thumb to announce the success of the operation and, together with Tiffania, confidently walked out of the protesters like a triumphant general.

“It is also a success! I think I can strengthen my bond with people by making fun of Faust in the future!”

“Oh~ Faust is useful for things like this? Let’s set up a play tomorrow and come up with a scenario!”

The two spent the night practicing making a script for a simple play in which Faust joked that he would seek revenge, and then got scolded by humans, especially the warrior party and the sage.

I went to sleep with a proud heart when I thought that this was the result that the people who flocked to the opening ceremony of the festival tomorrow would be satisfied with.

—It was the scene just one day before Faust led the Demon King’s army and invaded Alnine.