Chapter 315 I Felt a Tug at my Heart (1/2)
A night had passed, and after eating a delicious breakfast prepared by Alice, Alice and I were carefreely playing with each other.
[……Ohh.]
[Whoa there, a level up huh. Fufufu, I’ll be catching up with you soon~~]
The pointer of the roulette that Alice turned stopped at 4, and when she moved 4 places, it seemed like she arrived on a level-up square, and Alice brightly smiled.
Currently, Alice and I are playing a game that I’ve seen before in my world…… It was that so-called Sugoroku.
(T/N: Sugoroku is something like Snakes-and-Ladder, just with no snakes and ladders.)
[Even so, this looks really well-made, isn’t it……? “Hero Sugoroku” was it?]
[Yes, the snake-and-ladder game itself was handed down from Kaito-san’s world, but the one that was spread far and wide was the Hero Sugoroku. Nowadays, this has become a staple item that most children have played at least once.]
It seems that this Hero Sugoroku seems to be a reenactment of the First Hero’s journey, and the game isn’t only about advancing your pieces and defeating the Demon King…… A Sugoroku that aims to make Neun-san faint.
Each piece has a level, which is raised by stopping at a level-up square. There are level judgments on monsters and other squares along the way, and if your level is low, you will be sent back, which is quite fun.
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Moreover, it was a bit small, but this game was equipped with a magic crystal that is used to create intricate effects, such as roars of monsters and several light effects here and there.
It’s a great game that both adults and children can enjoy.
[However, seeing it turned into a toy like this makes me realize how respected Neun-san was in the eyes of the public.]
[Of course, she’s the Hero of this world after all. Defeated the Demon King with only a few people and brought peace for the whole world…… She’s the epitome of a Hero.]
[……That reminds me, Neun-san’s party, as I recall, was described in the book as a magician, a spearman…… and an all-around thief but…… There wasn’t much detail about them huh.]
The book, which was previously recommended by Kuro listed the name of Neun-san…… The First Hero, Hikari, but the other party members listed their professions: magician, spearman and thief, but not their names.
I thought it was deliberately written that way because of some reason but…… Since Alice most probably knows about it, I decided to ask her about it.
[……Ahhh, that’s just a political measure. It’s relatively widely known…… but one of the members of the First Hero’s party is the current King Hydra…… So it was kind of a tacit agreement not to mention it, in consideration of the power relations between the countries.]
[Heehhh…… If I remember correctly, King Hydra was a mermaid, right?]
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[Yes, Laguna Dia Hydra…… She was the party’s spearman.]
[…….It was also written in the book about how she “cleaved a raging river in half”……]
[That’s a historical fact. That’s how powerful she is.]
As expected of a party member of the First Hero. She must have been quite a great person.
[……What about the other members?]
[Let me think~~ The Elven Magician, called the “Miracle of the Forest”, the current Elven Elder, Fors-san…… and she, whose true identity is unknown, “The Mysterious Genius and Beautiful Thief”, Hapti-chan!]
[……Eh? Alice accompanied the First Hero’s party on her journey?]
[Come now, what are you talking about? I don’t have anything to do with the Mysterious Genius and Beautiful Thief Hapti-chan~~]
No, it’s definitely her…… Perhaps, she had disguised herself and infiltrated their group as a member. It’s certainly not surprising that Alice would be able to pull off something like that.
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[……Hey, Alice.]
[Yes?]
[I’ve always wondered…… Even though the Six Kings couldn’t carelessly make their move at that time, if it’s you…… Wouldn’t you be able to deal with the Demon King and lay down the groundwork in the Human Realm?]
[……Well, I won’t deny that I could do that. It would be difficult for me to establish a treaty of friendship with the three worlds just like Hikari-san did though…… There were plenty of ways for me to deal with the Demon King’s army. As for disguising it as Humanity’s victory, well, it’s also possible.]
[…………….]
[“Then, why didn’t you do it……?” What I’m about to tell you from here on out, please don’t tell it to anyone else.]
[Alright.]
From now on, she will start talking about things that I…… no, most of the people in this world don’t know. And Alice is telling me upfront, that what she was about to say is a secret.
[……At that time, us, the Six Kings, couldn’t…… no, didn’t touch the Demon King, and there were two reasons for this. The first one, as Kaito-san knows, is our lack of connection with the Human Realm.]
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[…………………..]
[And the other reason is that…… Because the top of the Demon Realm, “Kuro-san was hesitant to do it”.]
[……Kuro was?]
[……The Demon King, you see…… She’s Kuro-san’s “family”.]
[Wha!?]