The Return of the World's Destructive Hero
Chapter 16: Festival of Heroes
One day before Satoru went to fight the demons in the forest, the palace performed a hero summoning ritual after getting a message from the goddess if the demon lord had started to rise.
The palace magicians gathered together and performed summoning magic that consumed a tremendous amount of magic energy. A large magic circle glowed and called out to the four young men.
One man and three women wearing high school uniforms. The four of them seemed confused by what had happened to them.
"Where is this?" said the man who was called to be followed by the three girls.
The king then stood up from his throne and welcomed the heroes. "Thank you for taking the call from us honourable heroes"
"Hero? you mean us?" said student man.
"Yes, you are chosen heroes and have been gifted by the power of the goddess" replied the king pointing to the 4 sacred weapons shining near them.
Sword, Spear, Stick, and Arrow Bow. The heroes were asked to touch Cristal's ball to see their status.
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...Number : Touya...
...Job : Heroes...
...Age: 15 Old Years...
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...Name : Sena's...
...Job : Wizard...
...Age: 15 Old Years...
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...Name : Sarah...
...Job : Hight Priest...
...Age: 16 Old Years...
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...Name : Akira...
...Job : Wind Archer...
...Age: 15 Old Years...
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They all obtained each one a holy weapon that appeared along with them as a gift from the goddess.
The king explained why they could exist in this world. After 100 years ago the war against the demon king was defeated by the first hero and the world became peaceful again. But the remaining demons began to live secretly and began to rise again to rebuild their strength.
Because of that, the Earshied kingdom performed a hero summoning ritual at this time. The movements of the demons began to appear and the resurrection of the demon king was soon to occur. To fight the soon-to-be rising demon lord, heroes from other worlds with powerful abilities will be called upon to help maintain world peace.
After listening to that explanation, Touya who had a high sense of justice accepted his duty as a hero. Sena interrupted their conversation "What do you think Touya is!? we're gonna fight something terrible you know!?"
"I know it's Sena, but if we can't do it then this world will end..." Touya replied to Sena softly while looking into her eyes.
"Just calm down, for now you will enter a magic academy to increase your strength" Sela the king.
Unlike the other students, the heroes are directly entered without a test first.
Tomorrow will be the day
"Thank you for this very valuable report" said the king.
The king ordered some knights to go investigate the forest and told his advisors to prepare a festival of hero welcome to appease the citizens who had heard rumors that the demon king would rise.
The heroes are asked to gather and wear uniforms that show their strength.
On that day, the capital held a large parade which was welcomed by all residents. The heroes climbed on top of the carriage and waved their hands to all the citizens watching.
While in the middle of the city, they stopped and opened a train containing the corpse of a demon.
A knight stands on the train "Everyone listen! the demon lord will rise soon and it will make the world go back to chaos. But relax, here we already have a hero who is valiant from another world. The demon here is the one who tried to attack the capital and was defeated by the hero!"
Hearing that, all the citizens cheered happily and thanked the heroes. The festival continued into the afternoon and rumors of a hero defeating a demon spread throughout the city.
One week has passed
The heroes are so famous in the academy and so respected by all the students. Not only were they heroes, but their strength was also great. It didn't take so long, the heroes were asked to join the osis.
Satoru still remained inside the guild's dugout and was still unconscious. In his subconscious, he kept running towards the direction he believed in until he finally saw a light.
His eyes slowly opened, looking at the unfamiliar ceiling. "Where is this...?" Satoru woke up from his sleep and looked around in wonder.
The door of the room opened, Airi who was about to enter the room. He was still in front of the door when he saw Satoru sitting awake from the bed.
"A~ Airi-san?" The astonished Satoru saw Airi standing still, trying to call out to him.
Just then, the girl immediately ran to hug Satoru tightly. "Thank God you're sober.. a~I'm really afraid, that you won't wake up again..." In that embrace Airi spoke while crying on Satoru's chest.
Not knowing what was going on and seeing a woman hugging him while shedding tears, Satoru returned the hug and whispered softly in the girl's ear. "Sorry, for having made you worry Airi-san.."
After being quite relieved, Airi let go of her embrace slowly and looked at Satoru who was smiling at her.
"Ee... What exactly happened Airi-san?" Satoru asked Airi awkwardly regarding the situation.
"You've been sleeping for an entire week after being brought back by Jugo's party who found you unconscious in the middle of the forest" Airi answered Satoru's question seriously. "Actually what are you thinking!? fight a demon alone!!!" Airi yelled out her frustration while worrying about Satoru.
Hearing that, Satoru could not reply to Airi's words, considering that he almost died fighting the demon. Satoru rubbed the tears flowing down Airi's cheeks gently.
"Sorry, please don't cry anymore, your pretty face will fade" Satoru jokingly said.
Airi's face instantly reddened, she got up on her feet. "If you can joke like that, then you're okay, right?" Airi directly walked out of the room while restraining her embarrassment.
Satoru was still sitting quietly on the bed while recalling the thing that happened after the fight against the demons in the forest.
After the fight was over I felt my head hurt...
Why did my head hurt so much at the time?
When he thought about that, he recalled his master's words before the farewell heading to the capital. "Remember Satoru, you can indeed make any sword you want. But, you can't make a new sword in the near future, otherwise you're going to have a tremendous headache".
Ah. so the pain was due to the making of a new sword well...
When I created Aerial Spada there was about a week or so that was already missed, then created Metsuma No Tsurugi.
In that case, perhaps each creation of the sword would take a month of its blade?
But if one month one sword...
I don't think there's any harm, I'll try it later...
After he finished pondering, Satoru got out of the bed and walked out of the room. Behind the door of the room, there were already many people welcoming him.
"Congratulations on Satoru's recovery!!!"