The Fake Hero Crashes the Party: Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 4] by Shinonome Kousyaku

Author:Shinonome Kousyaku
Language: eng
Format: epub

The Expulsion

Several days had passed since we’d slain Downburst Gryps the Blastwave. At last, ten years after the Demon Lord Army invasion began, we had finally defeated one of the Eight Warlords.

A great many people in the recovered town had shown us gratitude. The lives lost and the land destroyed would never come back, but we’d freed the townspeople and bolstered their spirits by showing them hope.

“Ouch.”

“Am I hurting you, Sir Hero?”

“Kinda, but I can handle it. It’s nothing compared to what some people have been through. Ow.”

“I’m sorry. This is the best we can do for you until the saint appears.”

While the people were celebrating, I was focused on recovering from my wounds. Without the saint, I had to be treated by a healer, but healers used abilities powered by the patient’s endurance, turning it into a battle against myself. So here I was, groaning in discomfort.

The woman healing me changed the topic in an apparent attempt to take my mind off the pain. “It certainly was impressive, Sir Hero. They say you came up with the plan that saved every resident of Ahterdam.”

The pain made me slow to react to what she said. “...What?!”

✧✧✧

“Yu! Who told everyone that your plan was my idea?! We used your strategy!”

I’d been astounded to learn that everyone thought I’d come up with the plan that let the city’s people escape during my fight against Downburst. They had it all wrong. It was all thanks to Yu. And yet everyone was giving me all the credit.

Feeling as though I had to do something, I tracked down Yu in an out-of-the-way garden where I could give him a piece of my mind.

“Oh, Foyle. What’s up? Weren’t you being healed?”

“I insisted on leaving to find you! Now explain yourself! Why would you give me the credit for your idea?!”

“Well, I was talking to Mary. She said a coward who hadn’t fought alongside everyone else didn’t deserve the credit. She told me to stand back.”

“And you agreed with her?!”

“Yes. As frustrating as it is, I have to admit that I barely did anything during the fight.” Judging by his calm expression, he didn’t actually feel the frustration he was mentioning.

Why? You were amazing. Be proud. Hold your head up high!

“That doesn’t mean—”

“But let me congratulate you, Foyle! You won another award! You really are something!”

That’s when it hit me. I’d finally figured it out. Yu was looking at me with the same eyes as everyone else around me. He was putting me on a pedestal. The people of our village, the priest, and everyone I’d met since being declared the hero had looked at me the same way.

Over time, I’d watched as everyone distanced themselves from me. And now, even my closest friend considered himself far beneath me.

“Knock it off. You of all people shouldn’t look at me like that!”

Yu just looked at me in confusion as I turned and ran off.

I had to escape his gaze, but I didn’t go back to the healer. Instead, I threw myself down on the bed of the high-class room reserved for the hero.

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