Shield Hero With Barrier Magic

(The morning after the river incident)

(Hiro's POV)

I woke up while embracing Eclair... Well, after we cleaned ourselves in the river yesterday, we picked some herbs and made some medicine and went back to the town... We sold them and went to the weapons shop... I had to re-apply dye to Eclair's hair as it came off yesterday in the river... I asked the same question if I should apply dye down there and this time I got the answer "What do you prefer ?" with a flushed face... As expected, I got hard just with that but controlled myself as we were still in the weapons shop... Anyway, we decided to shave it... We went out of Uncle's shop and bought the shaving kit and we did it here in the hotel... And after that, we did everything again except real s.e.x... If we keep doing this often, there might be a problem with our progress... Or that's what Eclair thinks... Anyway, I can't wait for the day we do the real thing...

I keep staring at Eclair's sleeping face while brushing her dyed hair... Eclair slowly opens her eyes and I greet her with a smile...

Hiro - Good Morning, my beloved knight...

Eclair smiled and greeted me back...

Eclair - Good Morning, my beloved Hiro...

And we kissed each other... And after a while, we break the kiss...

Hiro - Want to take bath together ??

Eclair - No...

Eclair answered back with a flushed face...

Eclair - Isn't that obvious ?? We... We won't be able to control ourselves if we did. I don't want to reduce today's training as well...

And she ran into the bathroom saying that to hide her embarrassment... Haa... My cute lover really knows how to make my heart go doki doki...

After that, Eclair and I prepared ourselves and went downstairs to have some breakfast... We greeted the owner of the hotel and she served us breakfast...

Old Lady - There is good news for you couple...

Hiro - What is it, madam ??

Old Lady - It seems that the Three Heroes are coming back to the capital today...

That's not good news, madam... Well, this is the reason we gave for her so no wonder she thought that it's good news for us but this news is not good for me as I got another issue to care about...

Anyway, I put on an excited expression on my face...

Old Lady - Oh, I don't know that but this is what I heard... "The heroes returned to the capital to take rest after completing some quests"...

Hiro - Thank you, Madam... We will find out where they are !! Right, Claire ??

Eclair - Yes !!

Old Lady - Fufufu... You must really be a fan of the heroes... Come to think of it, there still isn't a word from the fourth one... And there are also rumors about him being killed by a former knight of the kingdom... Could that be true ??

Eclair and I looked at each other...

Hiro - Who knows ??

Old Lady - Well, if that happened, I would feel bad for that child... Of course, he chose to quit being a hero but I can't say that what he did was wrong when he chose to be human rather than a hero...

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(At the weapons shop)

Erhard - Welcome, I got some news for you couple...

Eclair - We already heard... The Heroes returned to the capital...

Erhard - Rumors sure spread fast...

Hiro - Uncle, do you have any information regarding where they are staying ??

Erhard - I know where Spear Hero is staying but I have no information about the other two heroes...

That's good... If Motoyasu is separated from Ren and Itsuki, then I won't come into contact with Bitch...

Hiro - Then we have to know where they are...

Eclair - Why, Hiro ?? Then, they can easily find that we are in the capital...

Hiro - No, they will find that the Shield Hero is still in the capital but not Eclair Seaetto... This can easily cut down all the rumors linking you and me... And you also know that we can't keep hiding forever as we need to fight together in that wave coming in about three weeks... And it would be a huge mess if I girl without identity appeared from nowhere to fight along with the shield hero...

Hiro - I will explain my circ.u.mstances for hiding... They will all be lies though... I will make them think that I am afraid of the kingdom... After that, I won't need to hide really... First, they can't try to attack me when I am in the capital and it's a public place... Second, they will hold back on attacking because the rumors are invalid now and if they kill me, the heroes would definitely start doubting the kingdom especially Ren...

Erhard - Everything about this plan is fine but how will you bring Eclair into the picture ?? She is still an identity-less girl... Well... Eclair needs to register in the guild as a newbie adventurer... Well, it can also be an adventurer who lost her identity...

Eclair - So, according to your story, I will be a newbie adventurer who wants to support Shield Hero... So, I joined your party...

Hiro - Yeah, that's all we can do about your identity... It would still raise some suspicion among them because you appeared out of nowhere... But we could at least take the name Eclair Seaetto out of the picture...

Well, there is actually a better way to completely take the suspicion away but I don't want to do it...

Eclair - So, the first thing we need to do is to find the whereabouts of the remaining two heroes... So, today's priority will be information gathering... *Sigh* Here I thought that we would be able to train properly today...

Hiro - Yeah... So, I think you need to stay here... I will gather the information required and come back mostly by afternoon... And we will decide what to do next...

Eclair - Okay...

And so, I went out to the 'so-called' information gathering... I don't really need to know the locations of Ren and Itsuki... I will just teleport to a random location while covered in the invisibility barrier... My luck will take me to the place I need to...

But my current objective is not their location but I want to observe Bitch's plans... And I transported to where she is and surprisingly I found her in the castle with Trash planning to put a false **** accusation on me... *Sigh* Why can't they just let it go ?? I can understand that Bitch is incorrigible but Trash could have at least stopped her... He was a wise guy once but now, he is just a clown... He would only change after he saw Atla... But I am not going to let that happen... If he changed back into a good guy, I can't steal the queen after all... Well, that also depends on Eclair though... I can't have a harem unless I can convince her after all...

Anyway, after hearing their plan, I devised a plan myself and found the locations of Ren and Itsuki... Surprisingly, both idiots are in the same inn... I thought of using Ren but I got Itsuki as a bonus... Man, Infinite Luck is really something... Whenever the author wants to do something absurd, he can throw it all onto luck...

Anyway, I went back to the weapons shop in the afternoon...

Erhard - Welcome back, kiddo... Got the information you need ??

Hiro - Yeah, I got the info about where Ren and Itsuki are staying. They are in the same inn luckily...

Eclair - So, how are you going to meet them, Hiro ?? Sneak into their rooms during the night ??

Hiro - What the hell are you talking about ?? Tonight is going to be a publicity stunt...

Eclair/Erhard - What ??