Kiryuu

By: Kiryuu

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Vol 2: Chapter 15: My name is....

An emotional reunion (second time)

And it's short.


The Saint and the Hero of Salvation

My name is....


--Whoosh! The hero's sword was swung down and landed on Reno.

This blow takes Reno's life in instant, and at the same time, the only person who knew the secret of Hayato's skill disappears. And now, she will just be a corpse in a dead-end alley in the slums in the middle of the night.

Even if Reno's body was discovered, it would probably be dismissed as the work of a thug. Hayato's perfect crime was now complete.

All Hayato has to do is pretend not to notice and take Chris, who has lost Reno and is even weaker mentally. And then, Hayato's wish will be completely fulfilled.

Hayato was victorious!

...Or so it should have been. But the reality was different. Hayato's Hero Sword was hit by a hard object thrown by someone, and was knocked off his hands by the force of the impact.

The Hero's Sword was knocked away and stuck into the ground a short distance away. Next to it was a shining sword, even more magnificent than the Hero's Sword... The sword that knocked Hayato's sword away was the holy sword Arondight.

Behind Hayato, who had a look of shock on his face, footsteps could be heard coming from the entrance to the dead-end corridor.

The sound of footsteps echoed loudly. Few people knew that something like this had happened in this place before.

Out of the darkness, a man appeared. A handsome man clad in silver-white armor, he aimed a cold, steely gaze at Hayato.

--There was the hero of salvation, the fierce man who had annihilated the threat of the Demon King's army in various cities.

"Good evening, hero. What are you doing with my party members in a place like this, this late at night?"

The hero of salvation continued to smile brightly... but his cold gaze remained the same as he asked Hayato.

"He ...hero of salvation... this is..."

Hayato was at a loss for words. In front of him was Reno, whose face was swollen and her nose was bleeding profusely. He couldn't think of any excuse. However, as if Hayato's words were unnecessary, theHero began to speak.

"Ah, it's okay. I understand. You're still the same as always... I just managed to confirm that you haven't changed, Hero-sama."

"Eh? Hero of salvation. What on earth are you talking about...?"

Hayato couldn't hide his confusion at the sudden change in the hero's attitude. He had never met him since they'd greeted each other at the inn, so he had no idea what he was saying.

"So... that's what it was. The sudden change in the three of them, Reno's strange behavior... and also Chris's monologue in her room. It all connected. Hero-sama... no, Hayato."

"Eh, hero? What are you talking about? I don't know what you've been talking about."

"You don't understand? You are the one who took everything from me... Are you trying to tell me you don't understand...?"

"Wh, what are you talking about?! I don't understand anything from the beginning! We only met at the inn for the first time! If you've been listening to me for a while now, you've been babbling away as if you know me. What is going on with you?!"

"I see, you still don't get it. Hahaha... hahahaha... kuhahahaha!!"

"What are you laughing at… are you crazy?! You may be called a hero, but to think you have such a broken personality. The people who have you as their hope would be heartbroken if they saw you like this!"

The hero who was laughing like a broken man, and the hero who was blaming that hero with fear and contempt. It was still unclear who was truly to blame. But that was no longer the case.

"Haha... sorry. I'm pretty much broken as well. I can't control my emotions well. I'm sorry for not seeing you for a long time."

"As I said! The first time we met was at the inn! You suddenly got all familiar with me… you’re really disgusting!"

"Don't say such sad things. We've been traveling together for half a year, right?"

"...Huh? What are you talking about?"

Hayato's confusion reaches a fever pitch. He has no memory of traveling with such a man...

"When I first traveled with you, I thought I could travel together with you, the hero, and my childhood friends."

"Huh..."

"But then suddenly, my childhood friend started treating me badly. And the hero I wanted to be friends with stole my precious fiancée from me."

Traveling with a man like this...

"In the end, I was just a miserable man who was pushed off a cliff by the woman I loved... That was the end of it for me with you, right?"

"Ahh... Ahhh... You, you, you... No way! No way...! It's impossible!"

"Chris was alive, so how could you imagine I was dead... such a happy thought?"

"Ah, ah...!"

Hayato knew this man...or rather, he finally remembered.

The man he had taken everything from. The man he had made love to the women he loved right in front of his eyes, making them hate him. The man who should have just been a loser.

"It seems you remembered. Well then, let's say hello again, Hayato. I'm known as the hero of salvation, and my name is--"

The hero smiled again and told Hayato his name...the name he had been hiding.

"My name is Aleph. It's been a while, Hayato... from the bottom of my heart, I missed you."


I just wanted to do the title!

Kiryuu

Author's Note

The Holy Sword ... just used as a thrown object?! Anyway, I always forgot to mention this, but although Aleph and Hayato are both hero, the way people refer them is different. For Hayato it's 勇者 (yuusha) while Aleph is 英雄 (eiyuu). Better late than never. Though I'll still say that I'm sorry.

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