The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases: Volume 2 [Complete] by Shin Kouduki

Author:Shin Kouduki
Language: eng
Format: epub

The Former Hero Laments His Lost Peace

The next morning, a minor commotion arose in the village. It was inevitable that the disappearance of the mayor the day after the festival would cause something of a stir. When it came to who was responsible, Allen and his friends were clear candidates...yet nobody seemed to even suspect them. In fact, the commotion mostly concerned the selection of the next mayor; the question of responsibility was barely raised, let alone the idea of searching for the culprit.

“Is the village really just that peaceful, or do people living on the Frontier just accept that this sorta thing happens sometimes?” Allen wondered aloud.

“I think you’re on to something,” said Beatrice. “I get the impression they’re more concerned with preserving the peace than kicking up a fuss.”

“Is that a good thing, though?” asked Riese.

“I guess it’s not our place to judge,” said Allen.

“I suppose you’re right.”

If the villagers were content to simply accept the mayor’s disappearance, then Allen and the others would have to be content too. This wasn’t a situation for outsiders to get involved in.

Besides, the truth was that it was more convenient this way. Thanks to the villagers’ lack of concern, Allen, Beatrice, and Riese were already on their merry way, once again being gently rocked by the carriage, having left the village earlier that morning after the commotion died down. That had always been the plan, and they had done everything they could in the village. There was no reason to stick around.

The goodbyes had been quick and painless. They hadn’t had much contact with any of the villagers anyway. The woman who had shown them to the mayor’s house had wished them well, and with that they had left the place behind. The group was treated with such an absence of suspicion that Allen almost felt guilty about so easily getting away with it, but he chalked it up to that simply being the village’s way of doing things. He hoped the approach continued to bring them many more years of peace.

He had told Riese and Beatrice that the mayor had been the one pulling the strings earlier that morning. Both had simply nodded in response—it seemed they had already surmised as much. Now the party rode the carriage back to town while bathing in the rays of the sun.

“Oh...” said Allen.

“Hm? Something wrong? Forget something?” asked Beatrice. “I suppose you didn’t really bring anything you could forget.”

“I was just wondering what happened to the lecture you were ready to give us.” Although there hadn’t been time in the morning, they’d had an abundance of downtime since leaving the village. Allen had almost forgotten that she had been preparing to give him a piece of her mind.

“Why did you have to bring that up?” said Riese. “Shouldn’t you be happy she forgot? Or have you been anticipating being told off? Does that get you going?”

“Hey now, don’t go getting the wrong idea,” said Allen. “Of course I don’t want to be lectured, but we were in the wrong.

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