She Becomes The Hero In Another World 165 She Gets Scolded

"W-w-w-why, Her Majesty, Queen Ayva! W-w-w-what a surprise!" The stunned guard quickly crossed his arm over his chest in a salute.

"I don't recall hearing tha answer ta my question?" Ayva inclined her head and tapped her foot patiently.

"...Ah! Yes, o'course ye are!" Malcolm's face stiffened awkwardly. If even Her Majesty Queen Ayva was not a high enough authority, Malcolm wouldn't have been stuck guarding this pets play area for ten years.

"Good. Open tha gates to all who would come, and have the animals returned to their homes for now." Ayva ordered.

"Right away, Yer Majesty!" Malcolm bowed, then hurried off to do Ayva's bidding.

"Hohoh. The queen, huh? What a prestigious position~" Robin teased.

"Ach! Hush ye!" Ayva laughed. "S'just a t.i.tle. Ah'm jus' 'Ayva' tah mah friends. But, Ah admit, t.i.tles are pretty useful in situations like this."

"I a.s.sume Gerard brought you here?" Robin nodded.

"Aye, him and his little friend there. Yer a motley crew, aren't ye?" Ayva laughed.

"Indeed. Sometimes I can't help but wonder at it." Robin shook her head. She glanced up, her eyes following her companions, pausing on Christian last of all.

"They're all incredibly good people." Robin sighed. "How they came to follow me like this, I kinda wish I knew."

'Is this the isekai plot armor in effect? Or the mc halo, perhaps? Ah, that's why I suddenly became popular! It was the halo effect!So it was onlt thanks to the halo that I was able to become friends with them...' Robin pondered internally. The idea that her companions had gathered because of Robin herself, never even crossed her mind.
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Ayva chuckled for a length of time, thinking it was a great joke. But her laughter petered out when she observed Robin's expression.

"Wait...yer serious!? Ya weren't joking?" Ayva asked dumbfounded. Her eyes widened as she looked at Robin like seeing a rare creature.

"How mean! I was completely serious." Robin hmmphed as she sent Hiker to heal up the first batch of people.

Ayva pinched the spot in between her forehead. "...How can this be! Are ya not even aware of yerself!?" She suddenly started scolding.

"Eh?" Robin recoiled a bit, surprised at Ayva's sudden outburst. "What are you talking about?" She asked.

"Listen closely..." Ayva scowled at Robin as she began her lecture.

"What do ya think attracts someone ta someone else, huh?"

"A force of attraction which neither can control." Robin replied, thinking of the halo effect.

"Is that how it is in yer world? Ya can't choose ta follow someone on yer own?" Ayva scowled. "Don't speak nonsense!"

"...Sorry.." Robin lowered her head.

"Is there no concept of friendship or comrades? Sure, ya mighta been forced together by circ.u.mstances, but that dinnae mean that ya'd get together as well as ya do! The fact that they're helping here means they are sincere in cooperatin, despite there being no visible or logical benefit ta them. They aren't asking fer gold or favors are they?"

"...No." Robin replied.

"That kinda cooperation means they approve of somethin in ye. They see something that they like or look up ta in ya. That's a bond not between allies, but friends." Ayva pointed out.

"So, what made 'em decide ta take that extra step?" Ayva asked.

"I don't know!" Robin replied bluntly.

"Did ya do something for them that was above and beyond the call of duty? Something that no one would consider a person of your stature being able to do? Something that might be common enough in your world that you've overlooked it entirely?" Ayva asked, stepping up closer to Robin, whose face was getting more and more awkward.

"Umm..." Robin shyly scratched at her jawline. "Something a hero wouldn't usually do...no way, it was that!?"Her eyes widened in shock.

"Yah've gotten somethin?" Ayva grinned.

"Yeah...I cooked recipes from my world." Robin replied, a strange expression on her face. "I also showed them how to cook them..." Internally, Robin was panicking.

'Da Heeeck!??? Was that the reason!?? Craaaap! I know the saying goes that the best way to a man's heart is his stomach, but daaang! Earth's food must be poisonously good to be able to make friends with everybody like that!'

Once again, Robin had missed the point entirely. But she felt slightly relieved that this wasn't due to some otherworlder halo effect.

"But, isn't that what anyone would do? Like nice aunts swapping cookie recipes at the market or something...?" Robin asked.

"A natural airhead." Ayva facepalmed in despair. "See here, you: n.o.body shares recipes like that unless they're sellin or they want somethin'! Recipes are protected by law, so if they share anythin, it would be tha cookie itself, not tha recipe....I kinda get tha feeling I understand now why ya have so many friends..."

Ayva was now certain: Robin was an absolute darling. I f Robin's friends didn't follow along to guard her, Robin would be wholly taken advantage of by a devious individual!

'She'd probably help tha kidnapper count tha money from selling her, without even realizing it.' Ayva shook her head.

"Robin...never go off alone without yer friends, okay? If not, I'll be very worried about ya..." Ayva requested earnestly.

"Hmm? But I can take care of myself. Is it that dangerous to walk around alone here?" Robin asked, thinking of cut-throats in darkened alleyways.

"Fer others, no. But, fer ya it's definitely a yes!" Ayva announced, imagining some unscrupulous villain tricking her to losing all her belongings.

"...Ah! Okay then!" Robin nodded.

'It probably has something to do with me being the hero. Is the hero not welcome here now?'

With Nodd and Hiker, the two king slimes, dealing with the parasites en ma.s.s, the number of cured people began to skyrocket. The healed, in turn, also joined in on helping to gather the ill. After all, it wouldn't do to leave a hidden source for the parasites to return from again.

As Nodd and Hiker kept eating parasites, Nodd once again split off into another slime. This one Robin decided to call Wave, because it liked to wave at people. It waved people over. It waved at them to stop. It waved in farewell, and so on...

With the three large king slimes here, everyone could be a.s.sured of getting healed without a scratch or scar. Things actually got a bit tense for a while because a dwarf who was proud of his battle scars didn't want then removed. In the end, though, Robin found that the king slimes would leave the scars alone if they were requested.

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The last place Chelsea and Liam visited was a roadside food stall, where they sat to eat a kind of funnel cake drizzled with honey. A nearby carriage blocked their sight of the road behind them as they ate.

This time, Liam was confused. the stall owner looked healthy with not a bruise on him. Were they stopping just for Chelsea to have a snack? But, his conjectures were shattered soon afterward.

Once again, Chelsea brought up the topic of the miracle doctor. And Liam, though confused, still played along. After leaving the stall, Liam asked her.

"Why did you speak like that back there? I'm pretty sure the stall owner was in no need of healing."

"Oh no, that wasn't for the stall owner!" Chelsea laughed. "It was for...someone else who likewise is in no need of healing." The corners of her mouth turned up into a slightly bitter smile.

Liam did not understand. Back across from the booth, the curtain of the carriage window was slightly raised to let the occupant watch them leave. 'A Miracle Doctor, huh?...This is not good.'

"Here you go, sir! The last box of cakes from Turleys Bakery." A servant announced after returning to the carriage. "Where do you wish to go next, sir? Do you wish to return home?"

"...No...."

"...Sir?" That was strange. This person always returned home after acquiring cakes from Turleys Bakery. There had never been a time when he hadn't done so.

"Head to the Companions green." The voice inside the carriage ordered. "I wish to see what faker has decided to arrive upon my turf!"

"Right away, sir!" The servant whipped the carriage horses to get them moving, and turned the carriage about.