Only the Party Members Returned, Not the Hero

5. What happens when a hero is a commoner (1)

5.

“Ellen, are you sleeping?”

Growling.

“… Ellen, aren’t you sleeping?”

Drool.

“I know you don’t sleep.”

Loudly.

Kiki.

The warrior’s door, without a lock, opened sloppily.

Thanks to that, I had to face Tania in an awkward position, sitting on a chair and snoring only through my mouth.

With long, red hair that feels soft to the touch, large magenta eyes, and casual clothes that are like pajamas instead of armor, she took a few steps into my room.

“… What are you doing?”

“Imitate snoring.”

“Why are you doing that?”

“Don’t come in.”

“I know you don’t snore when you sleep.”

“… How did you know that I don’t know?”

“Other people know better about sleeping habits….”

After returning strangely, Tania only speaks the truth.

I get up and throw myself onto the soft bed.

Her rocking and moving up and down her bed soon became quiet, and I lay on her side with my back to her with the blanket pulled over her and put her forehead on the wallpaper in her room. Applied

“Why are you acting like a pouting child….”

Tania skillfully took out the chair I was sitting on, put it beside her bed, and sat on it.

Softly, softly. The sound of soft cloth rubbing against furniture replaced my eyes.

“Aren’t we close enough that we can even get angry?”

“… I didn’t mean that, but it seemed like he was trying to force himself out of the seat.”

“I didn’t forcefully avoid it. Because my head hurts.”

“Does it hurt a lot? Where does it hurt?”

Tania reaching her own hand to her forehead within her.

Her white hand penetrates into my field of vision, which was filled with walls.

On the pretext of touching my forehead, I pulled my body, which had been lying on my back, and made me lie upright.

Tania’s rather cold hand touched her forehead.

“Hmm, I don’t think you have a fever?”

“No, it’s not that I’m really sick…. I’m really sick….”

Now I’m tired of trying to grab my hair, which seems to be really pounding.

I lay down defenselessly and stared at Tania at her.

Hesitating, wiggling her fingers.

Sensing my gaze, Tania removed her hand and began to look at me again.

“You know, Ellen, I know you don’t like us, and even worse, you hate us. I don’t know why I made up the reason, and I haven’t even apologized properly yet.”

I stared at her as if to say more.

“But I can’t live with a bad relationship like this. Anyway, our relationship will get better in the future, and the earlier it gets better, the smoother the demon you want to be treated.”

“Is this a threat?”

“Where is this threat?”

No matter what you do, things will get better in the future.

Maybe it’s a romantic word.

If it’s normal to have a bit of a fight.

But from my point of view, I couldn’t say anything more terrible than that.

I also think about what the future me who accepted all of that is, a hunk.

“Okay, let’s clean things up.”

I closed my eyes and slowly began to work out the facts.

“First, our expedition team failed to defeat the Demon God.”

“Yes.”

“Second, the three women of our expedition returned to yesterday by regressing.”

“Yes.”

“Third, if this continues, our expedition will fail again.”

“Yes.”

“Fourth, in order not to do that, Ellen must cooperate with the women.”

“… Yes.”

“The fifth, no, well, there are all these dog-asshole expeditions. Then am I a warrior? Are you the mercenary you hired?”

“Oh, it can’t be helped. Since you’ve returned, it’s true that you should get as much as you can from the future and prepare fully to deal with the Demon God.”

“… That’s right.”

You are not wrong.

No matter what my relationship with the girls is like right now, it’s true that I have to do my best to deal with demons.

You may think that it is the right way to get rid of the past and get what you have to gain here.

But can I?

“Seeing you say that, it seems you have something to say.”

I got up from my seat and sat cross-legged on the bed, looking at Tania.

“Yes. We came to organize what to say to you in our own way. Can you listen?”

“It’s okay to curse at me and run away as usual.”

“… Hmm, hmm. I’ll find out with your permission.”

Tania cleared her throat for a moment before continuing.

“As expected, we returned through the pocket watch. But never stolen or stolen. Because you gave it to us yourself.”

I guess so. You guys know what it is and you took it away.

“The thing I couldn’t tell you earlier is that our choices could change the future. I want to avoid that as much as possible.”

“Is the future changing?”

“Yes. As a fragmentary example, an old merchant was originally supposed to visit today.”

It must have been before the return.

However, unlike before the return, the merchants would not have been able to enter.

No matter how shameless you are, you would have thought that even if you were a small merchant, there was a high probability that you would explode if you set up a stall while three women and a man were looking at each other with serious expressions.

“Even though it was trivial, our actions changed the future. It’s fortunate that there’s nothing more different than just one merchant, but…. It shouldn’t be like this when it’s important.”

“Yes.”

“That’s why I’m thinking of saving information to you as much as possible. I want to advance the future only within the range we remember without any other variables.”

“Um.”

I am lost in my worries.

There is no logical flaw in her words. The future is something that must happen, but only under the premise that ‘the past does not change’ becomes ‘something that must happen’.

If that is the case, it is right that we must guard against needlessly ‘changing the past’.

“Do you think that will help me?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

It’s a headache.

“Hi-go.”

I groan a little.

It wasn’t that I didn’t understand. It wasn’t even that it made no sense.

It turns out that the three of them had regressed, so it was wiser to use that advantage as much as possible.

The problem is, thanks to that, I can’t immediately figure out why my future self made that choice.

“The three of you made an agreement like that.”

“Yes, Ellen.”

If so, I respect you.

Not because I trusted them.

This is because even if they press ahead and forcibly extract the information, the integrity of the information will have to be questioned again.

“Instead, I also have a request.”

I decided to keep the details of the pocket watch a secret from them.

It’s hard to explain, and there’s nothing good for them to know.

“In the past, no, in the future…. What should i call it Anyway, I don’t know what I looked like to you guys before the return. I don’t know what happened. To me right now, you guys are one, two, three girls with a bad temper, nothing more, nothing less.”

Nodding.

Tania’s head shakes without much worry.

You know, your personality was dirty.

“I can’t get rid of the memories you already have, but I hope you will come to me with time. To be honest, it’s burdensome and I can’t get used to it. Even if you suddenly treat me like an irreplaceable lover.”

A one-beat slow nod.

The words, “It’s burdensome and I can’t adapt to it,” Were words that I’ve refined quite a bit.

To be honest, I just wish it wasn’t there.

I’d rather be alone in the expedition.

A novice swordsman who has just learned his first sword, a novice mage who has just completed the first mana spell, and an herbalist who can only heal with herbs.

If you are willing to exchange the three of us for our expedition, I will gladly agree.

The expedition is the kingdom’s property, not my property, so I can’t change it or get rid of it.

Only the heart says so.

“… Is that really okay? Anything more to ask?”

“What are you doing by asking? Please pass it on to others.”

“Aren’t you confused?”

“Confused. But there’s no way. Rather, I think it turned out well.”

“Sorry, I had to say this.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay, so let’s talk about what we need right away.”

I let out a small sigh.

“So, what should I do first?”

I met Tania’s eyes.

“I want to let you rest too…. I have work to do in at least a week.”

It wasn’t very comfortable to see him still looking at me, looking at me with glances, sending eyes that were a mixture of sorry, kindness, and guilt.

“It is to participate in the subjugation of the Caulcasus, but as you know, we have to get a permit….”

“Corcasus? That wolf-like monster?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“Isn’t he a monster strong enough to be recruited even before subjugation?”

“Yeah, by the way, once a year, on the night of a long full moon, a new entity called ‘Moonlight Caulcasus’ is summoned. And we need the rewards that can only be obtained from that object.”

Caucasus.

It refers to a large, black, wolf-shaped monster.

“By the way, Tania.”

“Yes.”

“If it goes to the level of subjugation, you have to officially apply for participation as a guild level.”

“Yeah, it’s not a monster with a low level of difficulty.”

“… I don’t like it, but that’s it.”

Tania saw my pensive expression on her face, and she quickly repeated her words.

“Even if it’s a knight class monster…. Actually, it’s tricky and not dangerous. It may still be too much at your level, but it’s okay because I’m there.”

It seems that Tania thought I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to catch a knight class monster.

But I’m not worried about the monster’s difficulty.

She frowned on her arrogance because she didn’t like training the mutt to go around getting a permit.

Warriors Expedition.

Of course, there are various perks.

Even though there are only four members of the expedition, one of the perks is that they are treated like knights.

But, that’s also a story when a hero is trusted.

If you become an unprecedented commoner warrior like me, various administrative procedures that are only cosmetic will immediately become shackles and begin to entwine your limbs.

The expedition is the property of the nation!

So, the royal family should give generous support to the expedition!

I asked.

Does that apply to me too?

Yes, but you have to get a tight permit along with a plan. Then, we will approve the expedition through screening.

Didn’t you say support? Why are you suddenly asking for a permit?

If you are a son of an aristocrat who has been educated since childhood, you don’t need permission, but if you are an uneducated commoner, wouldn’t it be because you could waste the country’s precious resource, the expedition?

I think about that sometimes.

Are the nobles the ones who are researching how to make their words more f*cked up?

Anyway, at that time, fortunately, I did not go to probation.

Now that I’ve matured, I just massaged the face of a noble aristocrat with my middle finger and walked right through the front door.

So, you have to go get that dirty permit.

That’s what I really hate.

“Yes, I can’t help it, well….”

“Don’t worry too much. There is EL, and there is also Elish.”

“Haaa…. I really hate it….”

I lay flat on the bed with the blanket wrapped around me like a chrysalis.

“… Because I will protect you….”

Leaving behind Tania’s incomprehensible voices that kept trying to soothe me.