He Didn't Want to Be the Center of Attention, Hence, after Defeating the Demon Lord, He Became

Lotte told me that Shelley was about to wake up and I got a little nervous and went into the tent.

"... good morning, Dick."

"Good morning. How are you? I've just woken up and I don't know what to ask."

"I'm fine... I'm fine. I'm sorry I worried."

Shelley now has the power of the Spirit of the "Snake", but it doesn't seem to be particularly manipulated.

Can you use the power of the Snake at the price of blood - that means the Snake wants a sacrifice? Or is it that snakes are like spirits and help contractors, but the main body also has different intentions?

Shouldn't we let Shelley know, or should we upset her until we find a way to free her from the spirit?

I'm lost, but I chose to let the two sisters know. If something happens to Shelley when she's manipulated by spirits, it changes dramatically between knowing the cause of the change and not knowing it.

"Sherry, calm down and listen. It's hard to remember, but do you remember the wounds from Clive's attack?

"... you're losing consciousness from there. But Clive isn't here anymore... so I'm not afraid. Thanks, Dick."

Lotte told me about Clive, and Shelley looked at me quietly and said.

"... I'll ask the Prime Minister and the Duke about it later. If the enemy gets mixed up in my family, it won't be a conversation."

"I think something went wrong. Clive Garland should have been in jail... if he had wanted to escape from the SS ranks, but that would certainly make a big deal of noise."

In other words, Clive was secretly pardoned and released. There are only a limited number of people with that authority who are involved in the Snake crusade.

"Dick, don't think too much. This problem is all about the people of King's Landing. All Alliances work together to help Dick and the others move forward. I think that's the ideal shape."

"... I see. Shelley will stay on the labyrinth quest."

"Adventurers sometimes risk their lives in dangerous missions. It's not fragile enough to break just once in danger. Lotte will be there."

"Onee-sama...."

Shelley slowly woke up and hugged Lotte, who moisturized her eyes and clogged her voice. Lotte trembles and cries as she strokes her back.

"... Sherry, please be careful with your condition. The wound was probably healed thanks to the power of that altar."

"Ah... Dick, what does that mean...?"

"That altar was meant to calm the spirit of the snake. When Shelley fell over the magical formation written on the altar, perhaps at that time... but for now there seems to be no problem." Snakes are enemies, but that's not necessarily what I think. "

As Lotte slipped away, Shelley put her hand on her chest. That's where the snake pattern was floating.

And she says with her eyes down. It's like confessing your sins.

"... I hated Clive from the bottom of my heart. I may be the one who turned him into a monster. I really hate men as much as Lotte. They see us only as something to satisfy their own desires. I didn't want to be hurt by someone like that anymore...."

Sherry and Lotte are one year older than me. I became an Alliance Master two years later than I did, but they were treated as talented beauty sisters, no different from being young Alliance Masters.

But I've never met anyone who knows their childhood. The red twin pavilion's predecessor, the Guild Master, is also the parent of the two - she disappears before and after Sherry and Lotte become Guild Masters.

Even imagining what kind of past there is, I thought it would be a nervous inquiry. That's why I dared not touch it.

How did they acquire the power to fight? Why did you have to be strong?

I kept thinking I shouldn't touch the reason - but I'm just a coward to pull here.

"... why do you hate men so much?

"... because they were kept by people who didn't see humans as humans. We were sold. As a slave fighting in the arena for the entertainment of the nobles....."

Swordsmen. Those who have been forced to fight beasts and monsters to entertain the audience in a fieldless arena.

Darkness in King's Landing. A nobleman who is bored every day gambles to bet money on the life or death of a swordsman without risking his life.

― ― But it was abolished due to the emergence of the Demon King and the urgency of needing soldiers at all.

But until the Demon King Crusaders were formed and left King's City a year ago, the Swordsman did exist.

Sherry and Lotte. They were there before we went on our journey to defeat the Devil King.

"... our mother raised us by herself, but we died of an epidemic when we were ten. My relatives' house, which I took over, has been disrupted by the epidemic and has become neglectful of us. And the truth is... it was supposed to be sold to a whorehouse."

"But my aunt said that if we went to the whorehouse, it might be easier for the rich to buy us... and she sold us out to take care of the swordsman in the arena. I was asked to take care of the beast and taught how to use the whip. Lotte...."

"I... was given a weapon to defeat the fleeing swordsman... and we were given to fight as swordsmen one day."

I thought so when I used a distinctive weapon. Whips and flails are rarely chosen by adventurers as predominant weapons.

"... maybe they both fought as swordsmen. But you were released before that."

"Yes... because the demon king appeared. Someone in the kingdom told me to send a swordsman to the front."

"It was a few days ago when we fought in the arena as swordsmen. The Alliance requested by the Kingdom entered the arena... in no time. Everyone in the arena watching us was taken. I thought we'd be sent to the front as swordsmen... but that's where Mother picked us up."

"Mother" here would be a different person from the birth mother.

Red Twin Pavilion's predecessor Alliance Master, Bloody Mum.

She is said to have been an adventurer specializing in melee combat and defeating the opponent without suffering.

No matter how much blood you take back, be kind to everyone outside of the battlefield, and it's exactly like a mother of mercy to an Alliance member.

Sherry and Lotte have two mothers - one is the mother of the child. And the other is the previous Alliance Master.

"I wanted to survive being a swordsman. I practiced handling weapons desperately to protect my sister. It may have been because of that, Mother... our ancestors raised us as successors."

"Some gods abandon, others pick up, and she laughs. That smile always saved us... but it never made us sweet. My mother suddenly disappeared one day. Leave a note saying we'll take care of the guild."

Their excellence would have reassured their predecessors. I don't know what the Mother of Heaven is missing for - but I think she's still alive somewhere.

"... I really didn't want you to hear this story. Dick is a bright walker."

"That's not true. If I made one mistake, I might still be in the back of the mountain by myself, forgetting even how I missed you, just waiting to die. It's strange that I can be here. I wanted to create an alliance because I couldn't do a big thing alone."

"That's not true... because you can use so much magic and use your sword..."

"Still, there's nothing you can't do. I've been discovering it since I came to this labyrinth. You can't use whips or flails like the two of you. I might be able to practice."

"Hmm... I'm troubled if you use it so easily. If you want me to tell you, I'll tell you that...."

Girls sold as swordsmen. Compared to these girls, the feeling of alienation I experienced as a child is not a big deal.

Not as great as the unfortunate. Once upon a time, now. There's only one thing I think...

"I'm glad they're safe. Ah, but that means you don't like men... why don't you just ask?"

"... no, that's not true... Nothing happened....."

"Onee-sama and I couldn't eat very much, so... we were so thin. Until I went to my mother's, my meal consisted of water and a slice of bread, occasionally containing vegetable scrap and pieces of dried meat."

--Listening to that, I wanted to drag the head of the arena out.

I never thought I'd feed a growing girl a crappy meal. You have to tell him how hard it is to get hungry.

However, if there are parts where Shelley and Lotte were saved because they were skinny, I can't say anything.

I always think when I hear such stories, when they're in unreasonable sight, I could have helped them if I were there. At the same time, I think it's an arrogant idea.

"... but when you grow up, you'll definitely become a bit feminine. I was so scared."

"If we had been in the arena a a little longer, we would... have never been able to get out of there alive. The monsters who were supposed to fight us weren't the right people to fight us... so the men thought we were going to die, and before that... that's what they were going to do to us."

They were rescued before it was carried out. I don't know what would have happened if I had been a few days late.

How much fear did the two men who had been subdued taste while being targeted by the men around them all along? It is impossible to say that you don't like men.

"... I wasn't sure what I was thinking about Dick at first, so I was scared. The leopard didn't change... that's what I used to think."

"Dick... is a respectable person. As an Alliance Master or Adventurer. There were times when I thought I shouldn't think about men like that, and I shouldn't trust them. I apologize for that. I'm sorry for all the rudeness....."

"At first, I was bitten and I wondered if my first impression was that bad. But if that's the case, maybe you can tell the old me. They were both cold at first, but there was a reason for that."

We got to know each other through a job, and Shelley recognized me to some extent from that time, but Lotte was still a tight guy.

I couldn't imagine what would happen if Lotte's attitude softened - but since the calm Sherry was attractive, so was the bright Lotte.

"... even if you try to get along with Dick from now on, don't make me evil?

"Oh, I won't. From now on, get along with everyone, not just me. Our guild is full of sweethearts."

"... only Dick can still be close to a man."

"Ah, ahh... well, what's wrong? Both of you. Is there something on my face...?

The two sisters stared at me and noticed that I was grabbing the sleeves of my clothes. Even in a tent that's not so wide, it's not so close.

Sherry with long hair and lotte long enough to reach her shoulders. Although the impression was different, the twins with the same face stared at me without saying anything.

"... just Dick. If you feel the burden, you can just watch."

"That's what happens... Dick doesn't want to attract attention, but that's impossible. I just acted a little together to see how much the party cares about Dick and how adventurous he is. All I know is who I am, and that's what this is about."

Are you mad at me? - No, no. Rather, Lotte is easier to understand than Shelly.

"No, no... I'm such an impossible one. That's not enough to say....."

"... aren't you just trying to guess that way? I've noticed from the beginning. I'm sorry, but Dick is just doing it deliberately, and the truth is...."

It was Shelley who reached out to my hair, not Lotte.

Less conspicuous means less impressive faces. My hair is always about the length of my eyes, and I am often told that I can't shave it, but it will be caused by this hair - I know and I do it.

However, during the demon king's crusade, when Eileen cut his hair a little by a monster who spits on the flames, there was a time when everyone at the party changed their eyes.

"... my eyes are big and powerful. I feel like I'm always asleep, but always when I'm fighting... I want to chase you with my eyes."

"I'm really sorry about Dick... but he's cool. Why do you always pretend to be drunk? I work as an Alliance Master, but I don't think it's a good idea to get noticed by women."

"I'm not working, I really just want to drink delicious alcohol with ease...."

"... you've never been drunk before?

I can't argue with the stabbing. That's right, I'm not drunk at the store. Lotte is right, and she works as if she were drinking - admitting it, she's not smart or anything.

"... even when I'm not fighting, I really want to see it. Seriously, Dick is nice, but I can only see a little."

"... onee-sama and I seem to have similar hobbies. It's no wonder you're a twin, right?

What do they want me to do - let Shelley do what she wants? She is sick, and I am not too afraid to make her evil.

Rather, she wants to know my possibilities that she praises so much. It is best for the opposite sex to judge whether or not you are attractive as a man.

"... I think it would be better if I didn't hide my eyes, but what would change?

Shelley nodded, looked nervous, and began to straighten my forehair.

"... wow. I knew it....."

"Ah... you know, sister, you shouldn't show it to everyone. Dick will be in trouble if he is conscious...!

"Well, what do you mean...?

The two of you start in a hurry. Does one hair change that much? If I can clearly show my face, maybe I can flush it all behind me. I don't really like the hairstyle that nobles like to go to night clubs.

----I felt my gaze, and I looked back at Shelley's hairstyling.

"... eh, who?

"Nh...!?

"Ah... look, everybody, Dick, just like that time...!

"... I haven't seen you in a long time. I'm really scared because I'm going to change my hair one by one... Dick."

"No, no... wouldn't that change if I didn't cut my hair fundamentally?

I'm going to say the most obvious thing, but I wonder if Miralka's plump or something means she's gaining a reputation.

"... that's fine. Why do you always have wild hair on purpose? Keep it short in the future, you'd be overwhelmingly better off... no, relatively... no, that's right. It suits you better."

"Ah... Dee-kun, cute... ♪ I wish I could always do that"

"That's right, Master... seeing Master's true appearance doesn't move. I've seen it in my sleep, but I'm sorry because I can't usually see it. Either Lord Sherry or Lord Lotte, it's a great feat."

I've always known it, but I didn't dare say it, so I finally have to believe it.

Apparently, there's one more thing to do when you get back on the ground - cut your hair. Eileen, or do you want me to ask my old master to think about it later?