Heroes Who Can't Fit into the Team and New Encounters

Will I become so cowardly after losing my strength?But it's not surprising, I'm still a farmer, so I'm definitely not as strong as a hero.

Under the arrangement of Kerr's main body, the avatar did not know that he was a fake, nor did he know that the main body had escaped from the Kingdom of Ayers. The avatar thought that he was Kerr himself, so he was able to successfully deceive the rest of the brave team.

Kerr was immersed in the memory of the clone, checking the current situation of the brave team.

When dusk just fell into the night, near the border castle Wiswaz of the Kingdom of Ayers.

Recently, the brave team has gradually retreated.In the previous battles, the Kingdom of Ayres had already pushed the front line out of the border, and the army could directly enter the demon territory, but now it had to retreat to the vicinity of Wiswaz Castle due to the continuous defeat in the battle.

The avatar Kerr woke up from the darkness, and the first thing he saw was the face of his childhood sweetheart, Carol.She gently stroked Kerr's face, which was full of worry.

Kerr stood up quickly, and his forehead happened to hit Carroll's forehead, which was facing Kerr's face.

"ah."

Exclaimed in unison.

Kerr lay down again due to the reaction force, while Carroll looked up at the sky, and subconsciously covered his bumped forehead with his hand

This made Madeleine, who was sitting beside her, laugh.

"Are you awake, little brother Kerr?"

"Kel! You're awake!"

Madeleine's greetings and childhood sweetheart Carol's exclamation sounded. They seemed to be very concerned about Kerr's current physical condition.

"Ah, I am..."

Only now did Kerr realize that she was resting on Carroll's lap.To be honest, this body temperature from her childhood sweetheart made Kerr feel at ease.And now Kerr's whole body is in pain, his muscles are so limp that he can't exert his strength, he can only commit himself to this tenderness.

At first, it was exasperating to know that Kay had been favored by the three girls of the team, but after accepting it, it was unexpectedly relieved.

Even if it can't develop into a relationship between a man and a woman, it doesn't mean that Kerr's contact with them is completely severed, doesn't it?

Perhaps many years later, Kerr will find a girl to fall in love with and marry, and he can still receive the blessings of these former comrades-in-arms, which is actually not bad.

Kerr returned to reality from his wild thoughts.He turned his neck and saw that this was a camp. In the middle of the camp was a bonfire. Something was being cooked on the bonfire, and the bubbling sound of "gurgling" could be heard.

"...Did I fail again?"

"Well, no. We are all brave, this is not your failure alone."

"Carol, you're crying again."

"Isn't that natural! You have suffered such a serious injury. If it weren't for the saintess, you would have died! Why do you have to be so brave? It is obvious that the offensive of the demons is stronger now. What about the front? If you die, what kind of expression should I use to see my father and mother!"

"Well, yes. If I don't work harder to get their biological daughter back to them, I will be ashamed to see them again."

Kerr was an orphan in his hometown, and Carol's parents adopted Kerr.Kerr respected Carol's parents very much, and vowed to protect Carol's safety on the day he set out to be a hero.

"Why are you doing this? Why are you worrying us!"

"It's my duty as a hero, isn't it?"

Carol opened her green eyes wide and could see tears welling up in them.

"Ker...have you never considered us as companions?"

"Eh?"

"You said 'I', not 'we'. The five of us are brave together, aren't we?"

"Yeah, what's wrong with that?"

"That's why...that's why you always rush forward alone and solve everything alone..."

"No, eh? No, I didn't mean that..."

"You can't do this even with the saintess around! Although the saintess can heal all injuries, what if you can't come back! Just like today's situation, in the battlefield full of enemies What were you thinking when you collapsed from exhaustion! You must stop in moderation, you know? If Lady Madeleine and I hadn't rescued you with all our might, you would have died today!"

Madeleine, who was sitting aside, nodded in agreement.The expression she looked at Kerr was both reproachful and sad, very much like the expression of a parent who wants to reprimand their child but is reluctant to part with it.

"No, it's not like that—"

"Keer, you are always like this. You have never considered my mood. I have always been worried about you! Now, the offensive of the demons has become more violent than before. Even if you lose the battle, you still want to stay with me, okay? I I don't want to see victory without you!"

"No, Carol, listen to me."

Kerr, who was pillowed on her childhood sweetheart's lap, stroked her face with her hands, gently wiping away her tears.

"It is precisely because I consider your feelings that I work so hard. If I fail, we all fail, what will happen to us as prisoners? Have you ever thought about it?"

"Even so, I also..."

"Carol, in this world, defeat is a very cruel ending, especially for women. It is because I regard you as important that I will fight to the death. It is precisely because I want to bring you back intact Only in my hometown can I try my best to bear it. I don’t want my adoptive parents to see a daughter covered in scars in the future. As your childhood sweetheart, I want you to marry off happily and beautifully instead of Heaven wields swords and wields swords on the battlefield, and lives next to blood."

"But I don't want my childhood sweetheart to die either."

Kerr's monologue was exchanged for Carroll's firm eyes.

"Keer, let us fight side by side. We are all swordsmen, and we will surely bring everyone victory. You say I am important, but you are also my most important person, my most important childhood sweetheart."

"What are you talking about? Didn't we fight side by side for four years? Starting from the city of Ayers, the capital of Ayers, through the Great Plains of Misa, over the mountains of Feston, and to the present Wiswaz Castle, haven't we all been fighting together?"

"But I feel like you've been avoiding me recently. Since Lady Saint and Madeleine joined, haven't we spent less time together?"

"It's an illusion. And didn't you keep staring at Kay when he joined?"

"No! Where is it!"

The two who were arguing did not notice Madeleine sitting aside.

Kerr would be very surprised if he saw Madeleine at this time.

Because she has been acting as the older sister in the team, her eyes are full of jealousy and haze.And in front of her line of sight were Kerr and Carol, who seemed to have a better relationship.

No.17 The love of the brave, to whom?

The brave team of the Kingdom of Ayers has five people in total.

Kerr, Carroll, Madeleine, Falian, and Kay constitute the members of the brave team.

Due to the battle with the demons, Kerr was seriously injured. Although he was treated by Falian, he still didn't wake up until now.

Kay went to the frontier castle Wiswaz to report, and Falian went to treat other soldiers.

After talking with Kerr as a childhood sweetheart, Carol trotted to find Falian, and she said that she would ask Falian to check Kerr again to avoid any accidents.

Now only Madeleine and Kerr are left guarding the bonfire.

The dim bonfire illuminated the faces of the people present and blended the surrounding scenery into one.In the light of the fire, the two of them stared at the flame quietly, silent but not embarrassed, as if they had a different kind of tacit understanding.

"Brother Kerr."

"Ok?"

"Brother Kerr?"

"what happened?"

"I say--"

Madeleine got up and sat next to Kerr, her shoulders were tightly pressed against her shoulders, and the distance between the two was so close that as long as Kerr lowered her head, Madeleine's chest would open.

"Ker, Falian and Carol, which one do you like?"

"Which one... do you think?"

The summer nights were a bit hot, but Kerr didn't find it annoying to be so close to Madeleine.

After thinking about the matter between her and Kai, Kerr felt that nothing was wrong.Because if the Demon King can be successfully defeated, Kerr, who is a former farmer, will not meet a few other people, and their lives will not have any intersections.

Then, only for now, a little bit of intimate contact is not too much.

As for the question of which one to prefer, does it make any sense which one I prefer?Obviously all three of you like Kay.

"Ah—I hate your calm expression. Kerr used to blush, but now she's not cute at all."

"I've grown up, and I'm no longer the kid who followed Madeleine's sister."

"Ugh--"

Madeleine sighed deeply, and she leaned her entire upper body on Kerr.Kerr didn't dodge or dodge, and still maintained his original posture staring at the campfire.

Obviously it was Kerr who used to dodge immediately.In the past, whether Kerr hugged his back or held his hand, he would run away blushing.But don't know why, it doesn't anymore.

Obviously, I chose Kay because of your attitude of running away, but why are you so unpredictable now?Now you are not like the incomparably powerful and aloof brave man before, but more like an ordinary person, an ordinary person who will get hurt and fall down.

Why am I so unhappy to see you and Carol talking familiarly?

"...Sister Madeleine, there is something I want to apologize to you."

"what is it then?"

"Before, when I quarreled with Kay, didn't I say that you were incompetent...I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

"You can't say that in the future. Maybe Carol won't be angry, but I think Kay and Falian must be angry."

"Um……"

"Carol has lived the longest time with you, she won't care so much."

Madeleine remembered that at that time, only Carroll stayed with Kerr.But Madeleine didn't know that it was Kerr who held Carroll to prevent her from leaving.

"What about you, are you angry too?"

"Me? Me...I think what you said is the truth. Every time you and Carroll come back from injury as forwards, what can I say as a defender to cast magic in the rear?"

"Magicians are supposed to shoot magic from the rear. It would be better to say that the forward who allows the enemy to touch the rear is not qualified at all. And isn't magic the longer the spell is, the stronger it is? The more time Carol and I buy, Mad The more enemies Lin's magic can annihilate."

Kerr was right.Although Kerr always rushed to the front to destroy the opponent's commander, but the defeated enemy did not mean that he could be captured or eliminated immediately.In terms of numbers alone, Madeleine may be the hero who wiped out the most enemies.

"I know. But I'm not angry. Why should I be angry with a child who is a year younger than me?"

"but……"

Kerr remembered that it was Madeleine who got up and left first.

"I can't be underestimated. Especially in front of Kay and Falian."

"My Lady of Saintess?"

"If you and Carol were the only ones present, I would have stayed and taught you a lesson. But it's different when Falian is here. If I don't get angry when you underestimate me, I will be considered soft-boned. "

"Eh?"

"Interpersonal relationships are such a troublesome thing. It takes words, deeds, and actions to emphasize your position. I think you are right. Emphasize your importance at that time, and even bluff is better than silence."