[T.N: Though, it’s not from me, but I like it. So I’m sticking with it. From here on, I shall call Fake Hero Evil Sadist Racist Son of a Biatch Cunt “Heroshia”! However, during conversations in between characters, I’ll remain with the og “Irushia” translation, otherwise I’d be weirded out reading characters say “Heroshia” to Hero “Irushia” ._.]

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“Today’s the day, my priest. It is truly sad that innocent lives have to be lost, but this is the law. It cannot be helped. Let us at least pray that their souls find salvation.”

“…………”

The priest, while silent, continues to glare at me.
No need to make such a scary face.

The ones who shall receive the death penalty today are the escaped convict’s…… Adofu’s relatives.
This alone should be enough for the church.
After I spread the false rumor of Adofu’s relatives doing suspicious activities, the church planned on doing something about it.
Though, there is one other extra.

“You do know that Ardezia just started liberating their beastman slaves recently! And, to attempt a public execution to one at such a time… it will only sully the church’s name! What were you thinking?!”

I thought he was in a foul mood, but it’s that again.

“It’s fine, it’s fine, we don’t have to say anything to those Ardezia guys. Whatever happens, as long as I’m here, things can’t possibly turn bad in Haranae. In fact, it’s more of a problem if we were to care for the criminals instead of dealing with them. Let’s harden our hearts, priest.”

A female ferris-human, of the beastman tribe.
She is the extra that will be executed along with Adofu’s relatives today.

On my way to exterminate the evil dragon, I protected her when she collapsed in the desert.
When I brought her back to Haranae, I decided to treat her as a slave again and spread rumors that she conspired with Adofu. Those two, who were saved by me, betrayed my trust by poisoning and weakening me, and in turn, attempted to kill me.
When I was aware of the danger, I ended up in a battle against Adofu.
Although I caused a fatal blow to Adofu, he managed to escape.
The injuries I received were also quite severe, and so I abandoned the evil dragon quest.
I was able to capture the beastwoman before retreating back to Haranae.
But, I am not without a kind heart, I asked the church to release the girl.
However, the crime to bear one’s fangs to the hero is heavy. My request was not granted, and she was sentenced to death.
I had no choice since I am honor-bound to the priests for the well-being of Haranae, so I joined them in their contrition rites.

The truth is of course quite different, but that’s exactly how it is being presented to the public.
I have a reputation for being a naive, soft-heartened person with a strong sense of justice.

After that, I went with the priest and glimpsed outside the window, overlooking the town.
There was already a large gathering of people near the execution site.

“See? Isn’t it time to move?”

The priest watches me with a seemingly annoyed look in his eyes.
His forehead was wrinkled. It seems that he doesn’t like this current turn of events.
Conservative and selfish old man. You should lower your head and turn around to prolong your life instead.
However, it’s not like I intend to go out of my way to help him.

But, still…… he’s glaring at me for such a tiny problem, is this really okay?
If all goes well today, that evil dragon might come to Haranae.

I believe I am in a position where I can’t go off as I please due to the church’s current situation.
If the evil dragon rampages in town, the church, who was responsible for putting the subjugation quest on hold even though the hero finally came back, will end up taking the blame for this.
I can’t wait to see the face of those who thought I came all the way here just to take back a slave.
I really cannot wait to see the calm and collected knights, as well as the priest, and the church itself, when their faces turn pale.

Many people may die, but the priests and I can just clean it up.
I won’t likely have a hard time against a mere Rank B monster, but…… I wonder if I can make it a bit more challenging.
I can handle with a handicap.
If it looks like I’m fighting with my life on the line, then that’d look good as well.

Oh Evil Dragon, I’d like it very much if you came.
It is a bit disturbing that it has〖God’s Voice〗and〖Status Inspection〗as well.
If it had already seen my status, then there’s a high possibility that it had already ran away since it thought it had no chance of winning.
Though, there was a time when I could see that it did, in fact, risk its life just to protect that slave.
But, if it wasn’t a fool, then it should’ve had the time to think that its actions were rash.

Well, if it doesn’t come, then that’s that.
But, let me try to provoke it by exposing the corpses to an angle that even those outside the town can see.

I would not like it at all if that dragon evolved into a Rank A, but the level gap for its evolution was quite wide. It would be impossible for it to evolve in less than a week.
As the level rises, the difficulty for gaining more exp points also rises.

I also did a few unreasonable things back in my time and had a few companions die in vain for that.
No, those were failures. I was a beginner back then.

“……… If you move around too carelessly, even I do not know what will happen. You can’t keep expecting the church to clean up your mess every time.”

The church says that to me a lot.
If there was no hero, then the church of Haranae would have no value, so they could never cut me off.

“What a terrible thing to say. In the beginning, Adofu did not receive the prisoner’s stamp now did he? I am the one who is cleaning up the church’s messes. If Adofu’s stamp was indeed properly placed, this wouldn’t have happened in the first place. You should feel bad about that……” (Heroshia)

“That would never happen! Even I, myself, confirmed it!” (Priest)

“Isn’t it better not to speak so loud? If the ones outside hear about this, then the blame will be put on you, priests.” (Heroshia)

The church were the ones who put the Prisoner’s Mark to Adofu’s back.
That mark has the power to limit the actions of the one imprinted.
Because it didn’t fit my story of what happened at all, I argued that “Adofu did not have the prisoner’s seal on him”, and that the church did not put it on him for some reason.

“Have you decided on who’s to be responsible? This case was made to use Adofu to kill me, was it not? Well, I actually nearly died because of that.”

The priest hardened his face more.

There aren’t many people who can handle the prisoner’s mark.
I can’t afford to lose the advantage from this one mistake.
I’m looking forward to seeing who the priest will betray and pass the blame.