Kiraware Yūsha ni Tensei Shitanode Aisare Yūsha o Mezashimasu!

[Hated Hero and the Last Party Member]

The academy was abuzz with talks about the ball.

However, the same happened every year, so it wasn’t exactly unusual. The problem was the content.

“I heard there was a fearsome monster.”

“I wonder if the academy is really safe…”

“But Mr. Walter said Barrett, Jarvis, and the Demon Sword wielder took it down in an instant.”

“That’s amazing…”

“The two nobles, sure, but the Demon Sword wielder? No way. He always has bad grades.”

Under Mr. Walter’s instruction, the fact we defeated the monster that appeared near the ball venue last night was made public. As a result, I’d been receiving gazes of admiration wherever I went… I personally was glad that my image had improved. Of course, other students’ opinions of Raul—the first victim of the berserk incident—had gone up too; well, mostly.

The originally already highly popular Jarvis’s reputation also rose even higher—especially among girls. No one could surpass Jarvis in terms of popularity.

…Good.

The boy—no, the girl named Jarvis Lekrust… rather than be a bad guy committing evil deeds following the (former)Barrett’s will, she was more suited to be the cool girl waving her hand to the loud cheers she was receiving from other female students on the way to school just like right now.

“Jarvis is popular as always.” Tayte, walking next to me, was amazed by Jarvis’ incredible popularity—but quickly she slightly puffed up her cheeks and said, “But Barrett fought hard too…”

It appeared that seeing girls squealing at the sight of Jarvis made her dissatisfied with the large difference in their attitude towards me, who had also fought the monster.

“Well, Jarvis is already popular, to start with.”

“That may be so, but…”

“In that case, let’s say that girls give cheers to me like they do to Jarvis—”

“! T-that will be a problem!” Tayte reacted strongly.

Needless to say, even if that happened, my feelings for Tayte would not waver even one millimeter.

“You don’t have to worry. That’s not going to happen.”

“Uuu…”

Well, yes, this incident may have improved my image, but I doubted that I’d ever receive cheers like Jarvis. I mean, the girls would never see me the way they see her.

—There were still many uncertain points regarding Jarvis.

That was what worried me.

The most pressing issue was “Why was Jarvis attending the academy as a boy?”

In 【The Rise of the Weakest Holy Swordsman】, it was mentioned that Jarvis was the only child of a minor noble house.

What if the head of the Lekrust House—or in other words, Jarvis’s father, had forced him to pretend to be a boy so she could inherit the house… piecing all the information I had on the house, I couldn’t say that the possibility could be ruled out.

Was Jarvis really pretending to be a boy to protect her house?

Regardless, a pretend was still a pretend.

No matter how perfect her act was, someone would catch on to it one day.

Even so, judging from the way she had said to me she’d do anything I told her to, I could tell how desperate she was to keep the secret from getting out.

I personally would like to support her.

There was one other matter… concerning the last party member of the hero party.

I hadn’t heard 《her》 name being mentioned so far, but from the information in the original storyline, there was a possibility she became acquainted with the members of the hero party during their school days. In other words—she may be somewhere in this academy.

I would like to meet up with《her》as soon as possible.

Tayte, Jarvis, and Raul… the members of the original hero party were currently growing at a rapid pace. Excluding Tayte, I had already fought alongside the other two, and judging from the flow of the original storyline, we’d likely have more opportunities to fight alongside each other again in the future.

However, I had yet made any contact with the last party member, so I couldn’t help but feel slightly anxious.

“…I guess I should try looking for her.”

As I entered the classroom and took my seat, I decided to use my own information network to gather information on the last member of the hero party.