The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases: Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 4] by Shin Kouduki

Author:Shin Kouduki
Language: eng
Format: epub

The Banished Former Hero Reunites With His Former Betrothed

Riese had been prepared to lose her life. That was not to say she didn’t care whether she lived or died. She was, after all, a royal. Even if she had been so inclined, she had immediately understood Beatrice’s intentions and thus knew that she had no choice but to go on living.

Well, so long as she could go on living. The door that was her only escape route had been warped by the shock of the carriage being overturned and wouldn’t budge an inch. Riese might have been Level 2, but at 0 Strength, she had no chance of breaking the door down. And the odds of rescue as she lay there helpless were slim to none. If Beatrice had stood any chance of defeating that wolf-like thing in battle, she would have fought it from the start. There was no hope of survival other than escape, yet her escape route was sealed.

In such a situation, there was good reason to be prepared to die—but she didn’t want to die. Nobody would want to die a helpless death in a place like this. But more than anything, Riese simply wanted to live. Even so, with her royal upbringing, she couldn’t bring herself to cry out. All she could manage was to curl up and await the death that would surely come soon.

Perhaps it was because she had recently been thinking about him that thoughts of him floated into her mind at a time like this. She chastised herself for being so frivolous in such a situation. But...

“If only I could see him one more time before I—”

“Lady Riese!”

“Hnh... Beatrice?”

Riese reflexively looked upward toward the sound of the voice she had expected never to hear again. The door rattled, shook violently, then flew away as Beatrice’s face appeared in its stead. Riese barely understood what was happening as Beatrice grabbed her by the arm and pulled her from the carriage...and her confusion was instantly dispelled, replaced by shock at her incredible stroke of luck when she had thought she was already dead.

Then she realized that he was standing in front of her. He’d gotten taller, more mature-looking since back then, but he was still unmistakable. There stood her former betrothed, Allen, wearing the same smile as always.

***

“Um...Allen, what are you doing here?”

As Riese looked over at him, Allen saw that there was no deeper meaning reflected in her eyes. It was a simple question, without a shred of ridicule. It seemed like she hadn’t changed either.

Riese was another person who had continued to interact with Allen despite his difficult circumstances. In fact, it might be more accurate to say she was the first—or perhaps only—person, but that was good enough for now.

Regardless, looking straight at Riese in that moment, Allen felt a true sense of surprise. That Beatrice’s attitude towards him hadn’t changed was not particularly remarkable. She had, after all, already been an adult when he had last seen her. But when Allen had last seen Riese, she had been ten years old.

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