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Defiled Hero Chapter 049

Chapter 049:

Defiled Hero

Comedy Of The Dead

「The grave of the hero?」 (Izayoi)

My own grave is before me. It was created quite splendidly, I wonder if I should be happy. Although there's n.o.body inside the grave, I wonder if Anya believes that the me of the past is in there.

「The hero was kind, and always tried hard, having fun and smiling along with everyone else, and tried his hardest for everyone's sake... Ah, that's right. Do you want to hear something interesting about the hero?」 (Anya)

「Is there an interesting story about the hero?」 (Izayoi)

Which story? I don't remember anything about being laughed at.

「Umm, the hero liked to see everyone smiling, and trained the hardest to become strong to fight against the monsters and protect those smiles. He only fought, but I told him, fighting isn't the only way to protect everyone's smiles. There are many ways to make people smile, and working too hard is no good I said,

『Then I, in order to let everyone be happy, will become the first comedian in the land.』

I said, but after working with Grey to become a comedy act, the first live act was held.」 (Anya)

Anya spoke happily while giggling.

Though I don't understand how the story is funny, Anya seems to think it's amusing.

「So, how were they as actors?」 (Izayoi)

「Well, yes, I did not understand very well, but the people that went were incredibly happy... Rather than laughing at the jokes, Grey and the hero performing the act were laughed at.」 (Anya)

「...I see.」 (Izayoi)

I wonder if I played the fool too much. Well, no use worrying about the past. I was still immature in those days.

「The direction was a little bit off, but it was fine because it was lively. It exploded among the young people, and there are more and more people today who try to become actors. If you want to become an actor, it is said you have to greet the hero at his grave.」 (Anya)

「What a strange initiation.」 (Izayoi)

「Even if you say it's strange, well, I like it a lot. It's interesting, isn't it?」 (Anya)

As she said so, she smiled happily.

I really don't understand Anya's main point after all.

「Even though it was interesting, Grey said, 『Please. Stop repeating that story. You're making a joke of the knight order. It hurts my dignity,』 with an unpleasant face.」 (Anya)

「Of course. If the leader of the knights of legend were made fun of, there would be people talking about him behind his back. However, what doesn't exist in the past cannot be handed down. It's not running away, but I'm the only one necessary for the story.」 (Izayoi)