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

Author:Shin Kouduki [KOUDUKI, SHIN]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2024-07-02T00:00:00+00:00

Enter Madness

Craig took a summary glance at the report in his hands and snorted. Noticing Brett’s curious gaze, he handed the document to his son, who soon responded with a snort of his own. The contents of the report were appalling.

“Again?” said Brett.

“Indeed, I feel the same,” said Craig. “But to be precise, this is different from last time, is it not?”

“True, but even so...just how incompetent can they be?”

“Again, I feel the same. But let us remember that it is thanks to our alliance with the demons that we enjoy our current position.”

“That is certainly true, father,” said Brett, mustering a nod despite his discontent. He read over the contents of the black parchment once again.

Put simply, the report detailed the failure of an experiment to enable a dead man to exist alongside the living. Contact had been lost with a village essential to the conducting of the experiment. It seemed that, considering the circumstances, the party responsible had decided this could only mean it had failed.

In truth, this was not a matter of great import. Perhaps if it had been ten days prior... But no, even then he would have felt the same. Although the responsible party may have failed to fully complete the task assigned to them, they had succeeded in accomplishing the original goal. True, it seemed they had ultimately been discovered, but considering what was to come, they had done more than enough. Besides, it was easy to guess why they had failed.

“For them to suddenly fail after coming so far, the Saint must be responsible, no?” asked Brett.

“Indeed. I cannot conceive of any other possibility,” Craig agreed. He snorted haughtily. “How covetous, to seek to acquire another pawn at this point. I suppose they were eager to apologize for their past failures.”

“I suppose it depends on who shoulders the blame for the matter with the dragon,” Brett replied. “If we ignore that, they only failed once before. And they did do well in spreading those rumors and bringing the Saint to them. Alas...”

Alas, then they had been done in by those they had been tasked with destroying. The report also detailed the success of luring in the Saint, for what little that was worth at this point. Presumably they were eager to show that they had succeeded in accomplishing the bare minimum—and the bare minimum it certainly was. No matter how Craig and Brett hurried, they would not make it in time to deal with her.

“At least we now understand that the Saint is our greatest problem,” said Craig.

“Indeed,” Brett agreed. “By the way, something in this report concerns me.”

“What’s that?” asked Craig. He hadn’t noticed anything particularly concerning after reviewing it twice. He looked at his son with great interest.

“The report says the Saint’s party numbered three people.”

“Yes, that’s right. The Saint, her personal guard, and a young man of the same age as the Saint herself, wasn’t it?”

“Yes. And that young man has me curious.”

“Mm. I do wonder where he came from, but I imagine it was a townsperson they picked up along the way.

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