Shield Hero With Barrier Magic

(Rino's POV)

Rino - "Hahaha !! Serves you right, assholes !! Hahaha !!"

I couldn't stop laughing... I want to do the same thing to those bitches... I want to kill them in the same manner... I will do whatever it takes for that to happen... After a while, I stopped laughing and looked at my saviors... They can see me but I can only see their silhouettes... Two silhouettes... One of a man and other of a woman...

The man came forward and put his cloak around me to cover my n.a.k.e.d body covered with blood... Then, I saw his face... This person... He is the same person who chose not to be a hero that day in the throne room...

Rino - "Shield Hero..."

He smiled at me...

Shield Hero - "You are the mage girl in Motoyasu's team, right ?? Can I know your name ??"

Rino - "R... Rino..."

Shield Hero - "Well, Rino... You already know this anyway... I am Hiro Iwatani, the one with the legendary shield..."

He didn't call himself Shield 'Hero' even now... The one who boasts about being a hero ignored my call for help... The one who chose not to be a hero is the one who turned out to be the hero who saved me... Hahaha... What an irony...

And another silhouette appeared in the room... Going by the outline, it's a short fat guy with a stick and a hat... The fat man looked at the bodies of the dead people...

??? - "I am used to seeing dead people as a slave trader but looking at these bodies, even I am having a hard time holding back my urge to vomit... You can be really brutal if you want to, Mr. and Mrs. Iwatani..."

Wait... That's his wife ?!! He married ?!! When ?!! How ?!! Shield Hero is really mysterious... While I was thinking that, the female or the Shield Hero's wife speaks up...

Mrs.Iwatani - "Be glad, if you were involved with Seyaette, that would have been your situation too..."

Seyaette... She already said that she is doing it for demi-humans in her territory... Immediately, I remembered the rumors about Shield Hero... Could it be... Eclair Seaetto ?!!

The fat guy analyzed all of the slaves...

??? - "Well, there aren't many and they aren't that damaged... That's to be expected... The ones used in prostitution shouldn't be damaged... If they are damaged, they would be thrown away immediately..."

Shield Hero - "Good, then there isn't any need for medicine then..."

The female cut down my chains with her sword... I saw her face... She isn't like the Eclair Seaetto I heard in rumors... Maybe illusion magic ??

They took all the slaves out of the cages and made us line up... Hiro-sama raised his voice like he is making an announcement to all of the slaves...

Shield Hero - "As the girl out there just called me, I am called the Shield Hero... Well, I am not a hero though just a guy who does what he wants..."

You are still saying that after you saved us like a hero ??

Shield Hero - "Anyway, Listen well, I don't know the reason why you people became slaves and I don't care... You get to decide what's going to happen with you next... This guy here is Beloukas... a slave trader, a good one by the way, unlike the one I just tortured... If you have a home, we will try to send you back... But on a condition that you won't be saying anything about what happened here... And if you don't have a home, as most of the demi-humans here, the slave trader will be taking care of you... Rest assured, he will take good care of you... But no one should talk about what happened here..."

And the fat guy started talking...

Beloukas - "Now to make it easier, form two groups... The ones who want to go back home to the right and the ones who don't have a home to the left..."

Going home huh... Yeah, I have a home... The one left to me by my late mother... I can go back to being a small-time adventurer... But that's not what I want... I want revenge... I want to see the despair in their eyes... Those bitches and that asshole...

Other slaves split into two groups... Some went to the left and some went to the right... But I stayed in the middle... That's right, I decided...

Rino - "Please make me your party member and let me fight with you in the Waves, Shield Hero..."

That's right... The first step is this... I want to see that buffoon's face when he finds out that the girl he flirted with chose someone other than him...

Rino - "I will do anything you want... Even if you want to use me for s.e.x, I am okay with that..."

That's right... If they didn't save me, I would have lost my v.i.r.g.i.n.i.t.y to some random guy who wanted to break me... I would rather lose it to this person... If that's the price I have to pay for revenge...

Suddenly, the wife of Shield Hero released a lot of killing intent at me... She pointed her sword at me... I stood up... All the other slaves started shivering while I just looked into her eyes...

Mrs. Iwantani - "Don't seduce my husband in front of me, okay ??"

Rino - "It seems you misunderstood... The Shield Hero can still be your husband and be in love with you... What I said was that I am okay with it even if he just wants me as his s.e.x.u.a.l outlet... I just want to be his party member and I will accept any terms for that..."

And suddenly the killing intent disappeared...

Mrs. Iwatani - "Why go that far ?? You realize that you have just been saved from becoming a s.e.x.u.a.l outlet, right ??"

Rino - "Hahaha !! Revenge !! I want to see the face of that buffoon Spear guy when he finds out that I chose the Shield Hero instead of him !! Hahaha !! And I can also get stronger like this !! And once I do, it will be that Bitch's turn... Hahaha !! I will do anything for that !!"

Mrs. Iwatani - "You are broken..."

Rino - "Hahaha !! Am I ?? Maybe I am... I don't care... Now, what will it be, Shield Hero ?? If you don't want to make me your party member, you better kill me... Because once I am outside, I will expose the identity of your wife and this incident..."

No, I won't... This is a bluff... My revenge will be harder if he rejected... I hope he would take it... What are you feeling, Shield Hero ?? Fear ?? Anger that I am making you agree ?? I looked at him... He is smiling at me with a complicated expression...

Shield Hero - "Unfortunately for you, I can tell when someone is lying... And you, Rino... are a good person..."

He saw right through me...

Shield Hero - "Beloukas, take others outside..."

The slave trader took the remaining slaves outside...

Shield Hero - "Let's say I help you with your revenge... What would you do after that ??"

Rino - "Who cares ?!! All I care about is revenge !!"

He sighed and looked at me with pity... Why is he looking at me like that ?? I didn't understand... He looked at his wife... She looked at me...

Mrs. Iwatani - "Are you legal ??"

Rino - "I agree that I have a child-like body but I won't be an adventurer if I am not legal, will I ??"

Mrs. Iwatani - "Then I have one rule for joining our party... Love is forbidden..."

Rino - "Rest assured... I won't make moves on your husband... But as I previously said, I won't reject if he wants to use me to relieve his s.e.x.u.a.l frustration..."

Mrs. Iwatani - *Sigh* "It's fine... Hiro won't have s.e.x unless there is love... Hiro, I am okay with her..."

Shield Hero turned towards me and asked...

Shield Hero - "What are your qualifications ??"

Rino - "I am an LV 25 wind mage... I am the type who can do better magic with staff... I also have an affinity for dark elements... So, I can create small illusions... And I am good at support, I can supply mana to others and I can also make a barrier as a defense..."

Shield Hero - "Fighting skills ??"

Rino - "None at the moment, but I swear that I will learn anything you want me to..."

Shield Hero - "What is your next step in revenge ??"

Rino - "Get stronger... Strong enough to beat that Bitch... no, the Spear buffoon..."

Shield Hero - "You're in..."

A smile formed on my face and I kneeled in front of him again...

Rino - "Thank you Shield Hero-sama !!"

Shield Hero - "Don't call me that... I am not a hero... Call me Hiro instead..."

Rino - "As you wish Hiro-sama..."

But I don't care whether you consider yourself a hero or not... And you are not the hero I dreamt of... But you are the hero I need... No matter what you say, you are my hero, Hiro-sama...