HeroxMaou Chapter 17

“Eeeeeei, why hasn’t Oliver and the demon lord been dealt with yet!!”

too stronk

Early in the morning, the king’s displeased voice could be heard in the palace. He couldn’t hide his frustration that the two of them were still comfortably living right before his own nose.

just post guards and leave them

“What is the hero Sora doing!!”

new gy

Even though a while has pa.s.sed since he has been given the task, Sora still showed no results at all, the king’s anger was about to explode.

Soldiers quickly brought Sora, who had on an extremely reluctant expression.

report~

“……things are exactly as I wrote in the regular report.”

ah…okay

Sora who has just become the hero cannot match Oliver. That is all.

In fact, he has brought gifts to and chatted with Cecilia, but even if they fought, Sora knew it was impossible for him to defeat Oliver.

…..

“I don’t care about the report, I’m telling you to produce results.”

not happening

——That’s impossible.

If he could produce results, he would have produced it on the first day. He could still remember being unable to do anything at all when he met Oliver as if it was yesterday.

trauma?

“Isn’t it because you use that strange thing, that katana, so you can’t win? I told you that a hero should use a sword.”

stereotypes

The fact that Sora is using a katana, a weapon that is not from his country, is a source of dissatisfaction for the king.

Even if told that, Sora is more used to and familiar with it, so nothing can be done about it. But feeling that opposing the king here would cause more trouble, Sora chose to nod obediently.

just act~

“That might be it……I will try to look for a new sword.”

“Ooh, really!? Hurry up and get a sword, then go and get rid of Oliver. If not——no, never mind.”

threats?

——if not?

Sora felt that there was something, but he was told to get out right afterwards and couldn’t probe too deeply into it.

rotten

——Ah, but Oliver-san’s former party members were discussing something.

There might make contact in the near future.

intermission

intermmsion

At a different place, Oliver’s residence.

Having been called out by the king in the morning, Sora was in the middle of complaining, venting his irritation.

just resign

“Heros really have it rough……”

yep

Just that, the role of responding to him fell solely onto Goblin.

poor goblin

“That’s right! And he’s also a fatty so it’s so stuffy!”

….body heat?

If the person in question heard, Sora would be executed for disrespect, thinking that, Goblin looked into the distance. Actually, despite having been told to get rid of Cecilia and Oliver, why has he come to complain to those very people.

But Goblin could only nod and say “yeah.”

take it for Cecilia!

Cecilia was relaxing on the sofa, but hearing their conversation, just as Goblin did, Cecilia said, “Heros really have it tough.”

demon lords have it easy?

“If it gets too tough, don’t push yourself and just ask for better work conditions……”

“Cecilia, that won’t work with the king.”

too innocent

Seeing Cecilia give Sora advice with a serious expression, sitting next to her, Oliver shook his head and said it was impossible.

not every as good

“This king of this country is different from Cecilia and doesn’t listen to the opinions of those below him. He is selfish and a tyrant. If he doesn’t like someone, heads will fly, he’s troublesome.”

“Yeah, he really is!”

like Cecilia

After saying he wants to quickly become independent, Sora let out an “ah.”

rent a room

“Come to think about it, he doesn’t like the fact that my weapon is a katana. Do you have any good swords? Oliver-san.”

“Sword, huh……”

in Oliver’s house

That king certainly would insist on using something from his country. But it is not like Oliver is holding on to any unneeded swords.

no spares?

“Nn……ah, oh yeah. There’s that.”

Cheerfully taking out the notebook laptop, he opened the website for the GobliNet Shopping he had used before. Recalled that there was also swords, Oliver scrolled through the goods.

stop with the tech!

“Even though the site is for goblins only, there are swords for humans?”

“There are goblins specialised in combat whose bodies grow larger. So there’s quite a lot of sizes for weapons.”

level up

Since it is from a dexterous race, better weapons than from some general weapon shop can be obtained.

As he stared at the monitor, he found rows of swords that looked like masterworks. From simple ones to ones with emphasis on elaborate decoration rather than cutting ability. It seems they can be sorted based on intended usage.

ceremony to combat swords~

“Heh……!Since my main weapon is this katana, I guess I’ll pick something focused on design.”

“…………”

….

Cecilia peeked in from the side and was impressed at the variety of weapons being sold. She had thought it was better to go to a store and have a custom made one that fits yourself, so this was a revelation for her.

While thinking about asking Goblin to show it to her next time, she leisurely watched Sora choose one.

nothing to do~

“Okay, I’ll go with this design.”

click

She thought he was going to choose a gaudy design, he clicked on a thin, simple sword. Sora said that it would be troublesome to carry around if he chose something too big.

It seems he didn’t consider the cutting ability at all, but since goblin-made goods are at least of a certain quality, there should be no problem.

just for show

“Oh, there’s magic items too! Nice!”

“The variety of goods is quite good.”

everything

He clicked on another page to take a look and found rows of magic stones and potions. Saying that it would be convenient to have them, he clicked through them.

who is paying

“There’s so much……”

every thing

Since she fundamentally doesn’t fight, Cecilia doesn’t needs magic items like these. Even if she needed something, Goblin or the other demonia would prepare it for her.

But after being kidnapped by the hero…….Cecilia has changed bit by bit. Even though she has not gone out, she had clothes made for her by the tailor that came and looked at the online catalogue.

so?

The things she that she likes, has taken form. Thinking like that, it felt like her world has gotten just a little bit wider.

(T/N: I don’t get this part, should not be a translation error, 自分が好きだと思うものが、形になってきた。そんな風に考えて、自分の世界がほんの少しずつだけど広がっているような気がした。. I just directly translated this, but I don’t understand how it fits in. ???)

“Nnn, there’s also food! There’s dorayaki! This is definitely delicious, let’s buy it.”

“Dorayaki?”

fooood

Looking at the food that Sora was clicking on in high spirits, Cecilia tilted her head, never having seen that shape before. She knows cakes and cookies, but this is the first time she has seen a type of food wrapped in light brown batter.

is it that weird?

“It’s a food that’s popular in my home town, there’s red bean past inside. I’ll order demon lord-chan’s share too!”

yes ty

Saying that, he clicked and added a lot of dorayaki into the shopping cart.

who is paying

“Ah, demon lord-chan likes these right?”

cream cake?

Sora pointed at some cute j.a.panese sweets.

Oliver peered into the screen with Cecilia and seemed to be deeply interested, “First time I’ve seen these.” The variety of colours is similar to desserts like cake, but the details are of a different level and they are beautifully made.

The art of sweets, it made him think that it could be called that.

….right

“It’s beautiful, it seems a waste to eat them. Does Sora like these?”

“If I have to choose, I guess I like them.”

bias

While saying that he had ate them often, he went on to click and threw more sweets into the shopping cart.

Feeling that he was starting to buy too much, Cecilia stopped Sora’s hand.

stahp

“You are buying too much.”

“Okaay.”

good

Finding him to be like a troublesome younger brother, Cecilia smiled wryly.

DETA!!!

“……!?”

“Cecilia!?”

“Eh……?”

what

The instant they saw Cecilia’s bashful smile, Sora blushed and Oliver grabbed Cecilia, hugging her to himself.

let go!

“Aah, why do you show such a cute expression to Sora!”

“…………”

jealousy~

What is this hero saying, Cecilia was dumbfounded. Cecilia felt that she wasn’t making a particularly cute expression, just a normal one.

normal is cute

“It’s, just normal.”

“That was not normal, that was super cute.”

fan it

Cicilia tried to escape from Oliver who was hugging her tightly, but that was difficult with her weak strength. She looked towards Goblin, asking for help, but he just powerlessly shook his head.

the flames of jealousy

“Aah, demon lord-chan is so cute.”

“Sora, you’re banned from this house.”

“Wha, please don’t say something like that, Oliver-san.”

rip

While saying that it’s because they all love Cecilia, he continued to click for the bill.

Pretending to not see that the payment information has Oliver’s name, Sora said thanks in his mind.

end

Good job Sora, all for maou-chan!