Do You Think Someone Like You Can Defeat the Demon King?

"Don't think you can beat the Demon King."

The girl, grabbed and stared at by the legendary wizard, was clearly frightened.

I also know they won't tell me that.

Even the earlier battle with the Demon Clan was completely useless, rather it was just protected and clumped up.

But I'm not patient enough to be unilaterally scolded for “useless” and shut up.

Just a little bit, if you weave your humor and argue - this is different.

The grin that was on his face trying to soothe the air in the field drew, tears in his eyes.

The man laughed with his nose at such a girl, "Ha," he burst out and left the spot.

"Ugh," she said, raising her voice and butting her, but the guys don't reach out as one of them.

My companions leaving with their pity gaze on them.

She held her knees intact, leaned down and rubbed her eyes against her clothes.

"Even I didn't come to a place like this because I like it..."

The girl's name is Fram Apricot.

The announcement of Origin, the Creator, sets one of the heroes who went on a journey with the brave to crusade the Demon King......

By the way, other than the flam,

Gene Intage, the “Wise Man of Tian Chi” who manipulated the four attributes, pushed the flam earlier.

Linus Redianz, the “God-killer archer” with bow arms that even shoot through prey a thousand miles away.

“The Virgin of Mercy” Maria Afengens, healing all wounds and diseases with the power of the heart of mercy and light.

Gadio Lascat, the "star crushed luxury arm” that wields a giant sword with one hand and even crushes an S-rank monster.

Eterna Limbaugh, the “Witch of Eternity" who freezes every enemy from soul to soul with overwhelming magic.

Born to defeat the Demon King, “Savior Brave" Cyril Sweetica, with the power to overwhelm other heroes.

And well, it's a party formed to crusade that demon king, so naturally the faces that come together are just so many celebrities that even Fram, who is just a country daughter (...), has heard the name.

For such a gathering, there is no way that just a town daughter with an unprecedented status in the sense that she has the ability to not even know how to use the word "flip" and yet “all status is 0” can participate and be where she is.

That's why Flam has worked hard to contribute in parts other than combat.

Shred yourself more than the other heroes.

Even if you cover someone and get wounded, 'It's just a waste of magic to heal,' Flam's body is constantly scratched.

Still.

Even if it helps someone, 'Don't do anything extra' will curse you.

Still.

I have to bow my head, 'Please eat', even if someone says I'm hungry for a snack.

Still...

There could have been a paranoid side to the depressed flam.

But obviously, she was unjustly abused, and she often asked herself why she had to fit into such eyes and what she was doing this for.

Until now, I have repeatedly said to myself, "Still," and I have tried my best to be healthy.

... the limit, sooner or later, comes not so far away.

……

Someone was looking down at the flam that sat out.

I should have been there first, but did you come back?

Cold gaze smashes such expectations.

The girl, with her golden hair stretched to the point where her ears were hidden, is not much different in stature from the little flam - but in her eyes, powerful enough for even the Demons to fear.

She was the brave Cyril Sweetica.

From the sight of it, expectations are unlikely, but for once, betting on a glimmer of hope, Flam speaks to her.

"Cyril..."

But before she could finish the name, Cyril turned her back and left in front of the flam.

My heart tightens quickly.

Totally abandoned, I thought so.

When we started our journey, we were close to our generation from the countryside.

As Fram's helpful plenty was exposed, the distance between the two went away.

And now it seems to ignore the depressed flam.

Originally, she had no intention of embarking on a journey without any power.

Still, you can't refuse more than God's announcement has nominated her, and even the people in your hometown say, 'We have a hero out of the village!' And it was something that thrived with great joy, so we completely lost our escape.

What would you think if those people who expected all of that were so useless right now, abandoned by their peers, and saw the frums depressing by themselves?

"You'll be disappointed, guys"

She was even more depressed to imagine the people she had been close to turning a cold glance at herself.

Still, my people move on, they can't sit around forever.

Get up, pay for the dirt on your butt with your hands, and chase them on a small run.

It was a mistake.

Around the world, I felt like I was alone.

◇ ◇ ◇

The southern half of the continent is human territory, while the northern half is demonic territory.

In other words, a line of brave men continued northward towards the castle of the Demon King further north of the territory of the Demon Nation.

That said, it's a biological journey, and the amount of supplies you can carry is limited.

But there is no need to worry about supplies in the line of brave men.

That was thanks to the magical “return” that only Cyril, the brave man, could use.

It is also possible to return to the King's Capital at any time and to the territory of the Demon Nation by using the return again.

Of course there is a limit on the number of times and a constraint on chanting, but by repeating this we can certainly, steadily, approach the castle of the Demon King, which is our destination.

On that day, a line of brave men, whose journey to the scheduled point was completed, returned to the Wang capital.

The destination of the return is commonly known as the "Transfer Room" in the basement of the Royal Castle.

It was a dim, invisible place and was to be assembled in this room as we headed to the territory of the Demons.

"Phew...... yeah, the air tastes better this way after all"

To the air of King's Capital for the first time in a few days, the witch Eterna took a deep breath before saying so.

Actually, it's underground, so there's not even that much clear air, but maybe the reassurance that we don't have enemies makes us think so.

"Well, I can't rest just because the Demons are nearby."

Linus, the archer, approached the consenting Virgin Mary with his hands moving in a twitch.

"Maria, I mean, I don't know if the body's saving is elaborate, if it's good, I'm the masser..."

"I forbid it"

Linus, who smiles and is rejected and drops his shoulder disappointingly.

In the beginning it was something that turned bright red on her face and made her voice absurd, but it was also something that made Maria lukewarm.

But he doesn't screw up.

"Right. So, how's your meal?

Switching to flow, to Linus inviting her on a date, Maria laughed elegantly as she put her hands on her mouth and creaked.

"Hehe, I'll be with you then."

"There you go!

Without even hiding his joy, Linus poses as a gut.

The two left the metastasis room without even saying hello as they were.

Sage Gene looked at their interaction like that and sighed stupidly, "You're not nervous," but he has no right to stop.

Anyway, until the time of assembly the day after tomorrow, we are allowed to move freely.

Each is scattered to prepare and replenish supplies.

The last thing I had left was Cyril and Flam.

When Cyril closed her eyes, the jewellery sword that remained in her hand disappeared into particles and a crest floated up the back of her hand.

And when he looked at the flam for only a moment, he narrowed his eyes to stare and left the room.

They liked sweet things, and when they came back to Wang Capital, they also ate cake and welcomed each other.

Now, I can't even hope anymore.

"I want to go home... Mother, Father, I wonder how you are..."

What I remember is about my hometown, about my family.

I miss it even though it happened only a few months ago.

Every time a warm home comes to my attention, tears overflow.

Flam rubbed his eyes, shook his head and stopped the sentiment, gripping his fist hard and feeling "ok," he headed to the exit of the room.

I don't have time to cry, because I have to replenish my supplies for tomorrow's trip.

Taking the exit of the transfer room, when I went out into the hallway - there stood a man wrapped in black armor, so huge that I had the illusion that it might be twice the size of a flam there.

"Mr. Gadio? Plus, Mr. Eterna!

The armored man was Gadio, the warrior who was supposed to have left first.

If you look closely, there is also the figure of Eterna hiding in its shadow.

She waved flirtatiously as she represented herself in front of the flam.

"You're going shopping, I have business too, so I thought I'd come with you"

"Eterna told me to pack, and I'm not free either."

With that said, Gadio's expression is gentle with his arms together and his back on the wall.

Apparently, he saw a depressed flam and waited for me.

Two more veteran adventurers than the former, I guess I was spotting her dangers.

"Ah... Oh, thank you very much!

Deeply bowing flam.

It was simple, and the troubled ones blew up at that moment, all, feeling like they had been saved.

But in a few hours, I'll know it was all my fault.

◇ ◇ ◇

Fram, having finished his shopping, said goodbye to Eterna and Gadio, who dated him, leaving his luggage at the castle for the inn.

And then she walks into the room and sighs as she looks in the mirror.

Tired of pushing over more, even though the two of us had the luggage.

You can't have heavy objects because you have 0 muscle strength, and you feel fatigued even if you just walk a little bit because you have 0 health.

Flam himself, such an aversion pointed to his own body.

The fact that the status is 0 is not in itself a story that has just begun.

Ever since she was young - more importantly, since she was born.

I know the cause, because of "attributes”.

Human beings in this world reside in their bodies at birth.

Fire, water, wind, earth, light, darkness.

One of these six attributes is chosen, so you can use the magic of your own attributes according to your own amount of magic.

However, exceptions other than the six attributes also exist.

“Nature" can handle, for example, the four attributes of Genius Sage Gene: fire, water, wind and earth.

For example, a "brave man" who can exercise the exclusive magic of the brave Cyril.

These were called “rare attributes” and were basically (...) said to be better than the six attributes.

Regardless, as rare attributes are exceptions in themselves, there are exceptions to this as well.

A specific example of this was the "inversion” of the flam.

Muscle strength, magic, strength, agility, sensation - it's probably the effect of inversion that keeps all her stats at 0 and doesn't grow at all.

Growth is all inverted and the values that are supposed to increase continue to decrease.

And it doesn't go below 0, so it stops at 0.

Of course, because magic is 0, magic cannot be used, and you cannot even benefit from the rare attributes because of it.

"The villagers were all sweet after all."

No one abused Flam and the adults treated her on an equal footing with the other children.

Neither did friends of the same generation look down on her as one.

Now that I think about it, that would have been a lot more unusual.

On his journey, Flam was thrown into a normal world, and reminded of reality.

It was a wall to hit sooner or later, just because that's the present or the future... I guess Flam's life was packed at the time he was born with this power.

Cursing the power to dwell on herself, Flam rolls over to the bed in her room and hugs her pillow.

When I lay down and closed my eyes, my whole body was enveloped by a comfortable meltdown.

I'm tired, too, and when I'm upset about falling asleep like this - Concon, someone knocked on the door.

"Who is it?

Half asleep, she asks in a distracted voice.

"It's Gene, I need to talk to you about something important"

As soon as he heard the voice, Flam rose up quickly and rushed to the door in a great panic.

I sprinkled in a place where nothing was once, rubbed my knee off, but I tolerated the pain and unlocked it, twisting the knob.

There stood the wise man on the top of the Buddha.

"Duh, what's wrong, Mr. Gene?"

"Come here."

The option of defying is not available to the flam.

She hastily grabbed the key to the room she had left on the shelf, tightened the door and chased Jean's back.

Leaving the inn and walking down the street, he does not try to turn around in any way.

As if you hadn't assumed from the start, such as that Flam wouldn't come after you.

Rather than trust, they see it as "natural to listen to your orders”.

Gene turned the street and went into a narrow alley.

On that unpopular path, people with no place to live, staring eyes sitting on their knees, pulling a cloth on the ground and lying down.

One flam would be a place where you would never step in.

Just getting anxious, she asks Gene.

"Um, where are you headed?

……

Of course, no reply came back.

Flam, who gave up, remains silent and follows Gene.

Eventually as I passed the winding road, I went out to an open place.

As usual, the surroundings are dim and the air is bad, which I don't think is in the king's capital - but it's not strange to have a place like this, one of the kingdom's greatest giant cities, said to be dozens of other towns.

"Is this your destination?"

Once again Flam asks, Gene turns to her and reaches - eagling the hair on the top of her head.

Keep dragging and take him to the man who stands forward.

"Ouch, it hurts! Please don't, Mr. Gene. Whoa!

The sad cry of a girl just sounds vain and not in anyone's heart.

"Hehe, are you sure, sir? Get me a ball like that."

That said, the man lowered his hips and rubbed his hands with a feminine look.

"Oh, I don't mind. It's just trash."

Gene literally throws the flam in front of the man so he can throw the trash away.

"Agoo!

She was slammed to the hard ground.

The knee wound attached when dragged is painful, lying neatly on the cold ground as it is.

I have no idea what's going on.

When Fram looked up at Gene with a frightened look, he was staring at her with a cold look sometime.

"If you're not a noble blood muscle, you don't have the strength you deserve. Honestly, just being together seemed like a revulsion. I want to praise myself for what I've put up with so often."

That's what Gene throws up.

"Gene,...?

"Don't let the garbage call my name lightly!

"Hih!?

Stone crushes flammed and flew as they echoed Gene's wrath.

Released like an arrow, it blushes her left cheek and draws a thin, red line.

Tiny pain.

When Flam touches her own cheek, blood wets her hands.

Seeing the red liquid on her finger, she leaked an even more "hiss" frightened voice.

"No, sir, it's for sale."

"Sorry, hang tight. But just fine, isn't carving that a scratch place good enough?

"Well, if it's that much scratch, leave it alone and it'll go away, and then you can do whatever your husband wants."

That said, the man handed Gene the iron stick he had prepared.

The tip of a stick about 20 cm long has a chunk like a ruler stuck to it.

Gene put his hands close there and activated "Heat" and the magic of fire.

Then the iron mass attached to the tip of the rod develops heat from the inside (...) and turns red.

"Look, Fram, from now on, I'm gonna tell you what you deserve."

"It... what?

"It's a sign of slavery, you've seen it. Slaves in the kingdom, parts of their bodies, where they can always be seen, must be marked to reveal their identities. This is it. There are easier ways to do this, but I chose the baking mark with the meaning of letting my body know. What do you say? You're sweet, I am."

In other words, he pushes that red-hot mass of iron against Flam's face, trying to engrave the mark of a slave.

The man who was waiting in the square was a slave trader, who has already prepared the tools for disinfection after finishing the burning mark around the preparation.

"Yes, I don't like it... I don't want to be a slave!

"I have no right of veto"

"That's crazy! Why, why do I have to be enslaved!

"Why...?

Jean's expression distorted into anger at Fram's words.

"You don't - you don't understand how much trouble you've been causing!? Without you, the Demon King crusade would have gone as planned! Because you were there, you just pulled my leg, and the perfect plan I made broke down! You're a civilian! You have no talent, you bastard! You know how sinful that is. Come on!

- That statement was too irrational.

No, but from Gene's point of view, I guess Flam's very existence was unreasonable.

Because the uselessness of status 0 is mixed with the party that should have gathered all the extravaganza without a stranger in the kingdom.

"... ho, does anyone else know? I said it was useless, and I'm one of the chosen ones, so if you do this on your own, you shouldn't just be sorry!

"I know, of course."

"It's a lie... absolutely a lie! Mr. Eterna, did you not stop Mr. Gadio!?

I didn't think the two of them shopping together until earlier would shake their heads vertically.

But Gene runs out.

"Yeah, they bothered me a little, but they eventually agreed. I can't help it, it's for the Demon King crusade. Besides, I thought it would be the two most burdensome things about your existence."

That's true, indeed.

Eterna and Gadio were the two people who cared most about Flam, but for that matter, I always thought Flam himself was sorry that I was straining him.

I don't believe it, don't believe it, even though I think so, the hunted down Flam's heart shakes.

"Mr. Linus, what about Maria?!?

"He said it didn't matter. That's the thing, the connection was thin from the beginning, wasn't it?

I can't help it there.

Two people I hardly remember communicating with, there would be no reason to cover.

"So... Cyril, what?

Sure, it's been cold lately, but until a while ago, we were friends.

If it were her, I wouldn't accept the absurdity, such as enslaving Flam.

But Gene made the most laughable statement today.

"You were the first to agree with me, it was a double reply. I don't think I need to look at that face."

"Ah... oh... no... lying, wow..."

Flam you don't try to believe.

But for Gene, it doesn't matter what she wants.

"Believe it or not, it's your freedom. Either way, the reality remains the same, you will be sold off as a slave. And it turns into funds for us brave men. I'm glad you could contribute to us."

"Return me... Return me to the village. Yes... Huh!

The only thing I can count on anymore than losing an ally is my own family and friends waiting in my hometown.

Gene said, distorting his expression, I guess it was unpleasant that Flam still didn't give up and try to hit something.

"I'm afraid I can't do that, if I return trash like you, it won't do the villagers any good."

"Father... oh, sir..."

"I wonder if those parents are singing about a life without my daughter by now. Anyway, he's gone grain crushing less than garbage to no avail whatsoever, and hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

"Uhhhhhhhhhhhh!

No matter how much you groan or scream, Gene won't let her get away.

Flam crawled on all fours and tried to get away from him, but he was immediately caught with his hands and legs in an arm made of dirt that he had removed from the ground, and was restrained in a state of

In retreat, I give thanks for trying to escape, but there is no way I can destroy the magic created by the wise man with her fragile flesh.

Gene laughed and approached the tearful and frenzied flam, pressing - Joo, - red iron on its cheek.

"Ahhhhhhhhh!

From Flam's throat, a crouched scream overflowed.

Tears overflowing from the eyes touch the iron and evaporate and disappear.

Even wielding his neck and resisting, an arm of further stretched dirt restrained his head, which was not even hostile.

"Ahhhh, ahhh! Ahhhhhh!"

Even if the voice plunders, the screaming never ends.

Seeing the suffering flam, Gene said,

"Ha ha, karma! Ha ha ha ha ha!

And I was in a good mood.

For him of high pride, she was a companion to the habit of incompetence, that's all she couldn't and shouldn't be admitted to.

"Oh, oh, oh, oh, gi, gi, gi, gu... but ah-"

My voice, it interrupts.

Sweat flowed from all over his face, his whole body cramped, and the incontinent flam, where he was finally able to let go of consciousness.

Gene looks at her fainted and peels a chunk of iron off her face as she gradually loses heat.

Pepper... and the burnt skin and meat were somewhat sticky, but there he forcefully let go.

And he threw down the burning mark, and turned to the slave trader.

"It seemed like a lot of fun, Mr. Gene."

"Well, given all the hard work I've been through, it's not enough."

But please don't do this any more, because you're going to die.

"I'm not a beast enough to kill you, either. Then I'll take the money as promised."

"Hey, over here"

The merchant handed Gene a hemp bag full of gold coins, shaking gently and squeaking gently.

Upon receiving the bag, to its weight, he smiles in a good mood and leaves the square.

Dropping off that back, the merchant began disinfecting Flam's face with the tools available.

- This is how she lost her right to live as a human being and her dignity as a person.