Shield Hero With Barrier Magic

(next day)

(Hiro's POV)

Erhard - So... You are playing with the Queen...

Hiro - If the Shadow was telling the truth yesterday, then yes, I sent a warning to her in the form of a test...

Erhard - Are you crazy ?!! That's the Queen !! The Queen !! You don't just go and start playing a 3D chess with her !!

Hiro - Come on, she won't be a Queen if she didn't even realize that I am testing her... And it will also serve as a warning for her to not mess with my life...

Currently, Eclair and I are in Uncle Erhard's shop and we told Uncle what happened yesterday... And he started lecturing me...

Erhard - Listen well, Mr. Shield Hero !! If that person returned to the country, then there won't be anyone in this country who can go against her !! You need her as an ally at any cost !! And instead of explaining your situation, you go and play games with her ?!!

*Sigh* You don't know her, Uncle Erhard. She's the type who will do anything for the sake of the world... If I don't do this and show her that I also have a brain, she will make me work my a.s.s off for world peace... She even went as far as putting Melty at risk just to lure out the church leaving Melty's protection to Naofumi...

Erhard - *Sigh* What do you think about this, Eclair ??

Eclair who was listening to our conversation till now opened her mouth to voice out her opinion...

Eclair - Well, I also think that Hiro shouldn't have gone that far as the other side might be the Queen but she's clever enough to figure it out... But the main issue I am concerned about is...

Suddenly a huge amount of killing intent got released by Eclair and her eyes became darker...

Eclair - I should be a little careful about that Shadow from now on... Hehehe... If she doesn't meet the conditions I need, I will just have to discipline her... Hehehe...

So cute !! So cute !! So cute !! Alright, don't get hard, you have work after this... Don't get hard... Oh, I almost forgot... Uncle can't take Eclair's killing intent, so I have to hug her to calm her down... But if I hug Eclair now, I will get hard !!

Uncle managed to say the words he wished to... Eclair came back to normal mode and did a 'tee-hee' and apologized to Uncle...

Erhard - Geez... I feel bad for that shadow... What if that shadow turned out to be an enemy ??

Hiro - The place that she has to stay in isn't suitable for an ambush. And it easily gives us more advantages when it comes to fighting...

Erhard - Very well, kiddo... And Eclair, make sure that both of you don't get hurt if she attacked you...

Eclair went back to cute and e.r.o.t.i.c Yandere Mode !!

Eclair - Hehehe... Don't worry, Uncle Erhard, I will make sure to make her suffer hell if she tried to ambush us... In fact, I also wish a little bit that she did... Hehe... Hehe... Hehehe...

This is bad, I am getting hard... Oh, it's time for us to get out of here... I pulled Eclair and went out of there...

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(Hiro's POV)

Hiro - Alright, you know the drill, throw away your weapons and take off your mask and hood...

Shadow - So, it is really like the Queen said... degozaru...

Saying that she threw away all her weapons and removed the hood and mask and showed the same beautiful face without any expression like yesterday...

Hiro - Where is the evidence ??

She gave me a letter... I gave it to Eclair to verify it...

Eclair - This is Royal Seal and her signature... It's verified... Queen is helping us...

The contents of the letter are as follows :

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My humble greetings to Shield Hero, Hiro Iwatani-sama and Knight Eclair Seaetto... I am Mirellia Q Melromarc, the current Queen of Melromarc and, as much as I am ashamed to say, I am also the wife of Aultcray Melromarc and mother of Malty Q Melromarc who caused both of you so much trouble...

Firstly, I would like to apologize to Eclair for not being able to stop you from being imprisoned and would like to offer my deep condolences for the death of your father... He was a good man... If he was still alive, the country won't be in this situation... I still tried to make sure that you are kept alive until I return but my Shadows lost track of you the same day they lost track of the Shield Hero... And the church started using your disappearance as a reason for searching you and the Shield Hero...

So, I used most of my Shadows to search for you and the Shield Hero but couldn't find both of you... I don't know about your hideout but it must be a good one... Anyway, I will do my best to keep both of you safe from now on... Especially from that stupid husband and daughter of mine...

And, I would like to express my gratitude to the Shield Hero Hiro Iwantani-sama for escaping from their schemes and keeping both yourself and Eclair safe... And doing everything cautiously which made a good opinion about you in public and you won't know but you made a considerable amount of damage to the church and they want to try and find you at any cost...

So, I would have advised you to get stronger and come out into the public after that but after listening to the report from my Shadow, I can say that Eclair trained you really well... So, you can go into public in the future and my shadows will make sure that you and Eclair Seaetto are safe... If you want some help from my side... Please convey it to my shadow and I will do my best to help you...

P.S - I would like to have a game of chess with you in the future, Hiro Iwatani-sama...

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Wow... Such an elegance... As expected from that person...

Eclair - Queen is really on our side... And she easily figured that it is me...

Shadow - So, it is really you... I still can't believe my eyes... degozaru...

Eclair - Hahaha... Hiro is a good makeup artist...

Hiro - *Sigh* Alright... Now that's one issue solved... We also have a backer now... She passed the test after all...

Shadow - So you are really testing her Majesty... degozaru...

Hiro - Well, yeah... Just because Eclair trusts her doesn't mean I also trust her, right ?? What did you think when you found out ?? You were surprised, weren't you ??

Shadow - Yes, I was and what I think about that is "This is getting out of the hand, Now there's two of them..."

Hiro - Well, do you really hate working that much ??

Shadow - Shadows are incapable of hate... But we still feel a burden and we should endure all of it no matter what... That being said, I would prefer less burden... But now that the situation has come to this, I have to follow my orders... degozaru...

Her eyes were and are completely expressionless...

Hiro - Well, I apologize for that but you will be working like hell...

Shadow - You don't have to apologize, degozaru... It is my job, degozaru... I am looking forward to your cooperation with our Queen...

Hiro - Well, how about we introduce ourselves once again formally... I am Hiro Iwatani, someone who got came into this world after dying in my previous world... I became suspicious of this world and started looking for clues and found the love of my life... I am currently a carefree harem-seeking guy...

She didn't even care about asking about harem... Eclair held my hand and gripped it tightly and said with a smile to the Shadow...

Eclair - Alright, it's my turn... I am Eclair Seaetto... I used to be a knight until I got falsely accused and imprisoned and until I escaped with the help of my beloved Hiro... I hope we could have a conflict less cooperation...

And suddenly her grip became tighter, her expression became darker and she released a huge amount of killing intent... Shit... She's too close to me... I am getting hard...

Eclair - ANd Let Me MaKe ThIS CleaR... LoVE is ComPLeTely ForBiddeN in OuR MuTuaL CooPeRatioN... OkaY ??

I am hard... I don't know if Shadow noticed or not... But she was expressionless the whole time... I guess she doesn't care...

Shadow - You need not be worried about that, degozaru... Shadows are incapable of love... Useless emotions like Love will be a hindrance to us... degozaru...

Eclair went back to normal mode at once... And gave a bright smile...

Eclair - That's good then !! I hope we will be getting along well from now on !! Introduce yourself too !!

Shadow - I am one of Mirellia-sama's Shadow, degozaru... I used to be Melty-sama's personal Shadow but due to you, I got another task of acting as a bridge between you and Mirellia-sama, degozaru...

Hiro - That's all ?? Ah, I forgot that you don't have a name... What should we call you ??

Shadow - Anything you would like to, degozaru...

I started thinking of a name for her... Hmm... Degozaru... Zaru... Ruza... Ah, I got it...

Hiro - How about Rose ??

Shadow - Rose ??

Hiro - It's the name of a beautiful flower from my world... I don't know if they are in this world too... That flower has different colors and those colors represent different feelings in my world...

She just said with an expressionless face...

Shadow - Giving that as a name to someone who is incapable of feelings... It looks like an irony... degozaru...

Hiro - Well, my name is an irony too... Anyway, are you okay with that ??

Shadow - I am okay with anything, degozaru...

Hiro - Alright, then Rose it is !! Nice to meet you, Rose !!

Rose - Same here, now would you please tell me the things that we would like to know and the things you would like me to convey to the Queen, degozaru...

Hiro - Before that...

I took the cover that I was holding and took some food items and gave them to her...

Hiro - Eat this... You have been running here and there non-stop for 24 hours after all...

Rose's eyes just widen a little but her face is still expressionless...

Hiro - What ??

Rose - You just reminded me of her Majesty, degozaru...

Well, she is also a good person in the end after all... She takes responsibility if she used someone and makes sure that someone is rewarded... I am also like that... If I use a good person, I will take responsibility that comes with it too...