My childhood friend the hero was genuinely angry

39 – Childhood Friend Hero’s Despair (4)

“Hero, thank you for your hard work.”

“Artemia-sama also suffered a lot.”

Returning to the Empire, Chloe and Artemia received an enthusiastic welcome from the Empire.

The warrior party members who bravely defended this empire better than anyone else against the demon king’s offensive.

They were the heroes of this country, and they were treated as they deserved.

As soon as they entered the empire, many people wanted to meet them, and each of them expressed their gratitude.

“Hmm…”

“Is it because I can’t see Xerath?”

“Yeah… Why can’t I see Xerath?”

But that kind of gratitude didn’t mean much to Chloe.

What Chloe wanted to do most right now was to meet Xerath.

I wanted to meet him for the first time in six months and have a conversation.

However, Xerath was nowhere to be seen.

Normally, when he returned like this, he would have greeted himself, but where on earth was he going?

It was Chloe who was constantly looking for Xerath while looking around.

“Sir Chloe. Thank you very much for your hard work.”

“Princess.”

In the meantime, a woman came to Chloe who was resting in her room.

“The achievements you have made in the Empire are truly indescribable.”

“That’s too much praise.”

That was the first princess Letia.

Princess Letia greets Chloe elegantly in a gorgeous dress,

As the current ruler of the empire, she came to Chloe herself.

“Chloe, maybe it’s because of the warrior’s blood, you’re a commoner, but you don’t show that.”

“hahahaha.”

Also, Letia, who normally hates commoners, made an exception for Chloe.

She was a hero, so even if you are a hero, even a commoner will have clean blood.

The eyes and smile she looked at Chloe was the complete truth, and she was Letia who wanted to talk about this and that with Chloe.

Because of that, she personally packed a lot of presents and even went to Chloe’s room.

“I am always grateful for this kind of favor, Princess.”

“What?”

Chloe didn’t hate Letia like that.

She had no reason to dislike a person who brought her favor, especially a person with the title of princess.

They were of a similar age, and there were many places where they got along well, so they were a bit like friends.

So Chloe was also looking forward to sharing her story with Letia.

But not now.

Now Chloe had someone far more important than Letia.

“But Princess Letia, I have a question for you.”

“What is it?”

“By any chance, where did Xerath go? I can’t see him at all.”

For her, the most important thing for her right now was to find Xeras.

It’s already been 2 hours since the warrior’s party returned. At first, I thought that if I just waited, Xerath would come, but no matter how long I waited, Xerath didn’t come.

By this point, she was Chloe who couldn’t help but feel strange. Xerath was the type of guy who welcomed his colleague back from a long business trip.

It was obviously strange that he didn’t come out now.

So she posed a question to the princess, and soon received a shocking answer.

“Ah. You’re referring to Xerath, the former wizard of the warrior party.”

“…?”

The princess continued her words with an attitude of ‘there was such a thing,’ and she couldn’t help but be startled by Chloe.

The wizard of the ‘former’ warriors party, not the wizard of the warriors party. Why does the princess talk about Xerath like that? Perhaps…?

She waited for the princess’s words while thinking about something ominous, and she could not help but be dazed for a moment.

“I expelled them. I banished them with the authority of the princess for Chloe-sama’s sake, so you don’t have to worry about Chloe-sama.”

“Yes… Yes? What… What?”

She was Letia who confidently said that she had expelled Xerath.

He shrugged his shoulders and went on as if it was all right, that I had handled it well.

However, unlike Letia, Chloe’s complexion began to darken considerably.

What nonsense are you talking about expelling Xerath from the warrior party?

“Why banish him? How useful is he…?”

Xerath is a being that must never be banished from the warrior party.

It was Xerath who had the same level of power as the hero Chloe in the warrior party right away.

Besides, his magic is ridiculously useful. He had the power to turn the tide of the battle.

He was quite good in terms of ability, and he was a talent that could never be replaced in a warrior’s party.

“Besides… Why did I banish him… Anyway?”

Besides, Chloe liked Xerath. She was thinking of marrying him someday, and he was thinking of dating him now that he had returned from a business trip for six months.

Of course, from her point of view, she didn’t really think about deportation at all.

However, the sudden deportation, Chloe’s head was quite confused right now.

“Yes? Didn’t Lady Chloe say that Xerath was useless the other day? That’s why I banished her…”

“I said that…”

“You did.”

“… It is, but it is…”

Letia responded calmly to Chloe’s words.

Chloe had clearly told the princess that Xerath was an insignificant man.

Of course, the purpose was to gaslight Xerath. He was Chloe, who thought of taking him all alone by making him mistakenly think he was a sleazy man.

But that’s why you banished Xerath?

I wonder if something went wrong.

It seems that the princess misunderstood and caused an accident.

“Couldn’t it be… Isn’t it? I think it’s a big deal?”

After hearing the shocking news, Chloe’s head hurt in many ways.

‘How many women are after Xerath, isn’t it a crazy situation?’

And I started to feel a bit uneasy.

Originally, Xerath is a very attractive man. He doesn’t know it himself, but he’s definitely an attractive man.

A good-natured, capable, and good man who knows how to take care of others. That was Chloe’s childhood friend, a man named Xerath.

But, will the women around him really let go of such a man? No, he will never let go.

I had no choice but to be sure of that part at this point, when I was aiming for Xerath, not other women.

In the meantime, she had been by her side, so Xerath hadn’t been in contact with other women, but she was sure that if she hadn’t been confident, she would have been courted by countless women.

But to think that he was wandering around outside as a free person now, and that he had been wandering around for six months at a time, this must have been a very dangerous situation.

The gold nugget was just rolling around on the floor. It was never a time to relax.

“Hero, what’s wrong?”

“…”

Seeing Chloe whose expression continued to grow serious, Letia tilted her head.

Is something wrong? Is there anything odd about what you said? Looking back, she was a princess, but she didn’t realize what was wrong.

No matter how much she thought about it, she only expelled a commoner mage from the warrior party who was useless to her, so why did Chloe react like that?

I was going to ask Chloe about that part.

“Princess…! The Demon King’s army is now attacking.”

“Yes? Demon Lord?”

The guard outside burst open the door and came in. And she reported the current situation to the princess with a very urgent expression.

Reporting that the Demon King’s army is now aiming for the empire, those words were never to be taken lightly.

“Why is the demon king suddenly?”

“We must summon the troops. Princess.”

“Okay. I need to muster the troops.”

Now the empire was at war with the demon king’s army.

I don’t know how the Demon King’s army got to the capital of the empire, but there was only one thing to do.

That was to block the Demon King’s offensive here, that was the most important thing.

Still, the current situation was fortunate. Because the leader of the hero party, Chloe, was right here.

If it were her, she would surely be able to stop the demon lord army without difficulty.

So the princess urgently took control of the situation and asked Chloe to stop the Demon King’s army.

“Wouldn’t Chloe-sama also go to the front?”

“… Princess. I need to go somewhere urgently.”

However, Chloe was not listening to the princess.

Now she stood up from her seat, as if none of that mattered.

Chloe showed a very uneasy face, but it seemed that she had no intention of defending the empire from the demon king’s army.

“I have to go.”

For her, nothing was more important than her now, Lars.

For Chloe, her empire could be destroyed because it couldn’t stop the demon king’s army, but her own childhood friend, Xeras, was an existence that she couldn’t hand over to anyone.

Even if the world perishes, Xerath cannot be handed over. She tells her that Xerath is a being that should never be passed on to anyone else.

“I can’t be anxious.”

She was so worried about Xerath’s condition that she couldn’t stand it.

That’s why Chloe ignored the news of the demon king’s army attacking and immediately ran out of the empire.

To find Xerath.

“Huh… Lady Chloe?”

After Chloe suddenly left the empire.

“Ah… What is that all of a sudden? The demon king’s army is attacking right now?”

Only the princess with a bewildered expression was left there.