Shield Hero With Barrier Magic

(next day)

(Third Person POV)

??? - Hahahahaha...

The person who is laughing is Mirellia Q Melromarc, Queen of Melromarc, a fair-skinned beautiful woman with purple hair tied up in a bob with long bangs. She is normally in her intricately-decorated royal gown, with what appears to be a bronze b.r.e.a.s.tplate. But the usual serious expression on her face was gone...

??? - Mother, could you please not laugh that hard ??

The little girl who tried to stop her mother is Melty Q Melromarc, the crown princess of Melromarc. She has an overall blue color design. She has blue eyes and hair. Her hair is tied in two curly pigtails by two blue ribbons. She wears fancy frilly clothes that merit her royal status which is also blue with various areas in white.

Mirellia - Ah... I am sorry, Melty... But after knowing what happened in the capital... I couldn't contain myself...

For the first time in a few days, Mirellia laughed like that and the reason being Hiro...

Melty - But Mother, this is no laughing matter... Father and Sister tried to frame the Shield Hero... Again...

The moment Melty said it, Mirellia's expression turned to that of an angry one... Melty got scared at her mother's expression...

Mirellia - If they have even a little bit of common sense, they won't try to do something as foolish as this again... But I don't know if I should thank them or get angrier at them for taking this stupid decision... Their action benefitted us after all... Thanks to the Shield Hero...

Melty - How, Mother ??

Melty didn't understand why the action benefitted them... Mirellia chose to keep quiet about it... Melty is already sad about what her father and sister are doing... And telling about the Three Heroes Church to Melty won't do any good... So, Mirellia decided to tell her partial truth...

Mirellia - Due to the incident, people will come to know that Shield Hero is not a bad person... He will be considered human instead of a demon... And we need people to trust in all the four heroes...

Melty - Oh... But Shield Hero quit from being a hero...

There is also that matter... The Waves must be fought by all the four Heroes... But due to the hatred and how the shield is considered weak, it allowed the Shield Hero to quit easily and fortunately, it also helped the Shield Hero to escape from Malty's and Aultcray's scheme... Mirellia was sure that they schemed something when she learned how the events of the throne room went...

Melty - As you wish, Mother...

Melty understood that her Mother is going to get serious from now and start scheming on what to do next... So, she left the room...

Mirellia - Shadows !!

The next moment, three shadows appeared in the room and kneeled in front of Mirellia...

Shadow1 - Yes, Your Majesty...

Mirellia - What is the status of Eclair Seaetto ??

Shadow1 - We are ashamed to say that we still didn't find her...

Mirellia - *Sigh* That girl already lost her father and she was imprisoned with false accusation... The least I could do to repay her father is to keep her safe... I thought of keeping her alive in the prison with your help till I go back but it seems she disappeared without a trace... Where did she escape to ?? Or is she really with the Shield Hero as the rumors say ?? What about the Shield Hero ?? Did you find where he is ??

Shadow2 - We are ashamed to say that we didn't find him just like Eclair Seaetto, degozaru...

Mirellia - *Sigh* Thanks to his stunt, the church can't frame him anymore with those dummy shields... I am pretty sure that the Church is putting all of its efforts to search for him... We can't let them get their hands on the Shield Hero... We need to find him before they do...

Shadow3 - Should we start searching for him again, Your Majesty ??

Mirellia - Yes, you can stop searching for Eclair Seaetto for the time being... No matter what, I need you to find the Shield Hero before the Wave... My intuition tells me that he is still in the capital... After what happened, that's the best choice for him... So, all the three of you, search the capital for him at once...

Shadows - As you wish, Your Majesty...

And the next moment, the shadows disappeared from the room... Mirellia went to her daughter's room to take Melty along with her to the next diplomatic talk...

Mirellia - I am sorry, Melty. I think your personal Shadow has to stay away from you some more time...

Melty - Mother, why are you going as far as using even my personal shadow to search for the Shield Hero...

Mirellia - Think about it, Melty... Even though the Shield Hero quit from being a hero, he disappeared knowing that something is wrong with his position, And he hid with expertise that even my Shadow couldn't keep track of him... And the way he does things and how cautious and wise he is... He has a lot of qualities that a Hero should have... The only thing stopping him from being a hero is a lack of motivation... So, I need him to fight the Waves no matter what... And the first step for that is to make him register on the Dragon Hour Glass...

Melty - How are you going to make him register if he doesn't want to fight, Mother...

Mirellia - It seems that your foolish father told Shield Hero that he will be transferred to the Waves at the time of Waves... Common people don't know about the registration process... And if my guess is correct, the Shield Hero must be thinking that he will be transferred and training to get stronger...

Melty's eyes widened in surprise...

Melty - Don't tell me, Mother, you will...

Mirellia - Yes, once a Shadow finds where he is, I am going to manipulate him to go to the Church to find how much time is remaining so that he can be prepared... Once he checks the time, he will be registered...

Melty - But that would be deceiving the Shield Hero...

Mirellia - Desperate times, desperate measures, Melty... The current Shield Hero, of whom the public has a good opinion about and does things wisely, can be considered a great asset to the country and also the world... We can't afford to lose him... No matter what...

Melty felt a little bit pity for the Shield Hero... He is completely submerged in everyone's schemes... She wondered what the person in question is doing right now with all the schemes and conspiracies going around him...

Meanwhile, Hiro is soundly sleeping with Eclair after their wild night session while hugging each other n.a.k.e.d and holding hands...