I'm Not the Hero! Volume 3 [Parts 1 to 10] by Usber

Author:Usber
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 5: The Rose Manor

As we reached the main hall, someone called out to us from a side hallway. “Ah, welcome back everyone. You’re not hurt, are you?”

“Rose,” I said, turning to the person who’d greeted us. She had long white hair and gentle eyes. She was also the owner of this mansion. “We cleared out all of the monsters on the first few floors. There shouldn’t be any climbing out now at least.”

Rose gave me a surprised look, then smiled and said, “Thank you very much,” with a small bow. “You adventurers are truly amazing. Not only did you find the hidden door leading to the dungeon immediately, you even defeated all of those terrifying monsters.”

There was a hint of longing in her expression.

“That’s our job, after all,” I replied.

In truth, I’d known where the door was from the start thanks to my game knowledge; I’d just pretended to sleuth it out using reasoning skills. So, it felt kind of bad to be praised for it.

As I awkwardly averted my gaze, Prana puffed her chest out and said, “That’s right, Rex is amazing.”

“But I must say, I’m surprised. I never imagined the mansion I was living in had monsters dwelling in its basement...”

“Do you have any idea why that secret door might have been made, Rose?” Nyuuk asked, his eyes glimmering with curiosity.

But Rose just shook her head and replied, “I inherited this mansion from my uncle, so I don’t know too much about it, unfortunately.”

She didn’t look like she was lying, and Nyuuk nodded and said a despondent, “I see.”

“While it was a shock to learn monsters are living in my basement, I’m glad I was able to meet all of you. As you can see, this mansion is a little too big for just one person,” Rose said, looking a little lonely.

“Oh, Rose...” Mana tried to find some words to comfort her, but couldn’t.

Seeing Mana’s expression, Rose immediately plastered on a smile and said in as cheerful a voice as she could muster, “Why not have some tea before you go, everyone? I’d love to hear stories of your many adventures.” We nodded, unwilling to leave her alone again so soon.

***

By the time we’d finished our tea and been seen off by a very sad-looking Rose, the sun had completely set.

As we navigated our way back by the light of the streetlamps, Radd stretched and said, “We’ve really gotten a lot stronger, haven’t we? We wouldn’t have stood a chance against those bandaged freaks a few weeks ago!”

“Nyuuk’s support magic has been really helpful! I never knew how powerful adding elemental properties to people’s weapons could be!”

“That’s why I went out of my way to learn this class’ skills. Though if a certain someone wasn’t so reckless all the time we wouldn’t have had as much trouble with them.”

“I-I already said I was sorry!”

I smiled as I listened to Nyuuk poke fun at Radd, but after a few seconds I stopped in my tracks and turned back to look at the mansion we’d left.

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