Chapter 202: Zect's Side, The Escaped Sword Saint
Zect's POV
Still, it is an amazing city.
A city where demons and priests live together.
It is said that the demon tribe has returned to the demon kingdom... so to speak, but since Ceres, who is worshipped as a great demon king and a divine dragon, is here, they seem to be immersing themselves in this country.
And since Ceres, the object of their faith, is here, the popes are naturally immersed in this place.
From my point of view, it's really unbelievable that the "existence that requested the defeat" and the "existence to be defeated" are living in harmony.
But when is Ceres coming back?
I'm afraid that my mother is in a bad mood and I'm going to get dragged into it.
Anyway...
"It's morning, it's the morning of hopeee! Come on, let's go to workkk!"
"It's morning... it's morning..."
"It's morning! Lida-san! Wake up!"
However, this girl doesn't really get up in the morning unless there's fishing or playing involved.
"Ummm... eh, Zect, I don't like it when you try to peek at me in my undignified state."
Well, sure, this girl sleeps in pants and a shirt, which is sexy depending on one's point of view.
But the way she sleeps so sloppily and drools ruins it all.
"It's okay. I've known you since I was a kid, so I'm tired of seeing you like that."
"That's terrible... we used to be in love, you know..."
"Yes, we were... but neither you nor I have such feelings for each other now, do we? And if I was, I wouldn't have brought Marin and Luna."
"That's true, but? Then what are you doing here so early in the morning... I'd rather stay in bed..."
"Hey, what are you going to do with such self-indulgence? We were the Hero (Yuusha) party 'Light of Hope'! And you had your fans, and they called you the 'beautiful sword saint'... they're going to cry, you know."
"Ugh, I understand... but what the hell do you want me to do?"
"That's..."
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"Welcome to the Hako-ness!"
"Hako-ness... welcome!"
"Hako-ness...why do I have to do this kind of thing...?"
"Of course? The Adventurers' Guild offered us a job at this restaurant, so I took it."
"Why don't you take a more serious job?"
"Lida? We're S-class adventurers, we shouldn't take other adventurers' jobs. We should do what others don't want to do or won't do... in my opinion. Especially in a peaceful country like this, where there are few good paying jobs, and we have enough to spare, so we should be modest."
"But then we don't have to work."
"Lida, you know what? The world is at peace thanks to Ceres! There will be no more big defeats! So we have to think about living in this peaceful society from now on. We can only kill low intelligence demons and wild animals at most. So why don't you try your hand at some other things? You'll find something you want to do."
"Yes, but... in a peaceful world, I wouldn't have to work."
"You'd have to earn money."
"No, I don't need money..."
"What about food? You can't eat without money."
"Well, I'll be self-sufficient I'll fish and hunt animals."
"Where will you live?"
"I'll live in a cave."
"What about clothes?"
"Sometimes I buy them with the money I make from hunting."
Tsk, this girl sure knows how to survive.
"Hey, you see..."
"Well, I'm not going to be like that, okay? Ceres and the others wouldn't leave me behind."
Ceres is overprotective, so he certainly wouldn't abandon Lida.
"That's true... but..."
"Well, okay, if Zect wants to work, I'll go with you."
"No, no, I'm here to help you become a real person."
"Zect... don't skip work."
"Zect-sama, stop talking and do something with your hands!"
"Okay..."
Then we worked till dusk, one silver each.
That's not bad work.
"Well then, Lida, we'll see you tomorrow."
"...yes."
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Next day...
"Lida, it's morning..."
That b*stard ran away...
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