Year 399 of the Holy Calendar - Zounen continent - The Demon King's Wasteland
(Esperia POV)
The dirt is gray, the plants are dead and all kinds of demons roam free everywhere within sight.
"We are finally here" Hiwatani
This is the place where the leader of the demon army resides.
"The land is crying" Kirrily
The elf of the party caresses the ground with a serious face on her face.
"It is sad" Rieka
The silver demihuman little girl clings to the waist of Hiwatani.
"It is fine" Hiwatani
He pats her head.
"This will end today!" Hiwatani
The small squad of sixteen girls readies their weapons.
"..." Esperia
What I am doing here?
Every single girl is a genius in their own fighting style, they don't need me to defeat anything.
To bring support to my childhood friend?
He didn't speak to me in days, If it weren't for me criticizing his lustful actions he may even forget that I am around.
Is it for peace or justice?
Hiwatani himself said that he does not fight for those things... and his actions in favor of child slavery and the welfare of corrupt nobles really show it.
"..." Esperia
I follow the Isekai Hero even though I don't have any reason to do it because I can't help it.
Because I can't help to love him.
......
...
The final fight between the Demon King and the Isekai Hero inside the dark castle started.
"You won't lay a finger on him!" Sareena
"We won't let you pass this point" Relty K Melromarc
All the girls that came here with him are now fighting the demon generals outside the building.
"Wind storm!" Esperia
I at most can defeat the occasional lesser demons that come closer.
"..." Esperia
Leaving me with some time to analyze the battlefield.
"...?" Esperia
And I realize something strange.
They do have an older appearance, but those Demon Generals look a lot like them.
"Is it a coincidence?" Esperia
Even their weapons and skills look a lot like the ones the girls facing them are using.
"Wind Cutter!" Esperia
My wind blade cuts the lesser demons approaching in half.
"..." Esperia
Maybe I am overthinking it, after all no demon general looks like me.
...
......
The demon castle is blown into a thousand pieces.
"Hiwatani!" Girls
Our voices blend into one indistinguishable voice.
"..." Girls
We all wait for the dust screen created by the explosion to vanish.
"!!!" Girls
And in the center of the newly created, only his figure appears.
"I... won" Hiwatani
He collapses in that same place with all his clothes destroyed.
"He did it!" Girls
All the girls run at him, but I can not avoid using the skill he taught us to make sure he is okay.
"Appraisal" Esperia
I activate the skill, but something goes wrong.
"Ugh!" Esperia
I feel a strange discharge in my head and when I manage to open my eyes...
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Lv: ∞
Pedigree: Favorite toy
Title: Isekai Shounen Hero
Adventurer Rank: S+
Affinities: All elements
HP: -
MP: 1000000/∞
Physical Force: Variable input
Physical Defence: Variable input
Magical Force: Variable input
Magical Defence: Variable input
Charisma: ∞
Luck: ∞
Condition: Still interesting
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An unusual red screen appears in front of me.
"What is... this?" Esperia
The floating red window immediately changes to a normal one with normal stats.
{Don run away from it, how long are you going to ignore the obvious?}
The female voice that I hadn't heard in a long time sounded in my head.
...
......
One year has passed since the defeat of the traditional Demon king.
Hiwatani Souma Melromarc has accended to royalty and has given his own territory to rule.
"..." Esperia
New inventions that make life easier appear day by day thanks to the hero.
The land is bountiful.
People are happy.
...But I can share that sentiment, the more time passes the more secure I am.
"I am here" Esperia
I knock on the bedroom door in front of me.
"Enter" Hiwatani?
A month after the massive marriage he went with all the girls she meet on his journey, and I finally meet my husband.
There was a fair draw about it and only one girl could warm his bed each day, no one could skip her turn under no circumstances.
That man is always busy dealing with work or inevitably finding new wives if I miss this chance to talk to him, who knows when I'll meet him again.
"With His Majesty's permission, I oblige" Esperia
I open the door and see the half-naked Isekai hero waiting for me.
"You don't have to be that formal, we are childhood friends aren't we?" Hiwatani?
I close the door behind me and look at the man walking closer to me.
"Are we?" Esperia
He stop the right hand that was about to touch my left cheek.
"Eh, of course we are" Hiwatani?
I push his hand away with the back of mine.
"STOP LYING, YOU IMPOSTOR!" Esperia
Hiwatani was left-handed, this person is right-handed
"!!!" Impostor
Hiwatani used to bring his hand to his chest when surprised, this person does not.
"I..." Impostor
This person bites his lower lip when nervous, Hiwatani never did that.
I should have realized a long time ago, that this person isn't him.
"It is true that I am not Hiwatani..." Esperia
I feel something in my chest seeing him tearing.
"But I love you" Hiwatani?
I feel...
"I..." Esperia
...the infinite Charm stat numbing my body and mind, wanting to force me to forgive everything and just jump into his arms.
So I unsheathe one dagger from my waist.
"!!!" Impostor
And slice my left hand with my own dagger to maintain my danger sense.
"I don't feel anything for you" Esperia
His right-hand starts shining and slowly reaches for my wounded hand.
"My love, don't do this to your perfect body" Impostor
I slap his face with my bleeding hand.
"And what about the body of my childhood friend? Where is your concern for him?!" Esperia
I try to kick him far from me, but the difference in our stats throws me away from him, making me destroy the door behind me.
"Are you okay? Let's just talk over this in the bed" Impostor
I ignore his lust for my body and ask what was haunting me for a year.
"Where is the friend with whom I shared my dreams about the future?" Esperia
Under the eyes of an omnipotent being looking at me as a capture target.
"Where is Hiwatani?!" Esperia
My body lying on the ground is only filled with anger towards him.
