Chapter 292: Takatsuki Makoto Reunites 2 (2/2)

“Asking just in case, but…are you going to go back to being a Country Designated Hero? I promise that your status in the Water Country is already the highest there is. Glory and fortune will be given to you as you wish.” (Sofia)

Princess Sofia asked me this with an upward glance.

“Hmmm, are there inconveniences with staying as a Honorary Hero? Whichever the case, I will be fighting the Great Demon Lord, you know?” (Makoto)

“……Listen here, there’s no need to force yourself to fight the Great Demon Lord, you know? You are not a Hero on active duty after all.” (Sofia)

She said almost the same thing as Ira-sama.

But the answer is already set.

“I came back to the present to fight the Great Demon Lord again.” (Makoto)

“This man… Got it. I will go through the procedures to bring you back to being a Country Designated Hero. We have explained to the people that you can’t even move your body, so please stay put for a while.” (Sofia)

“Okay~.” (Makoto)

Looks like I won’t be able to go to this so-called Frontline Base immediately.

I was a bit interested though.

At that moment, I remembered something.

“You spread the word about Noah-sama in Rozes, right?” (Makoto)

“Yes. I got the permission of Eir-sama, and…most of all, it is the Goddess that Hero Makoto worships and has been accepted officially as the 8th Goddess by the Goddess Church. I can’t just not do anything.” (Sofia)

“Thank you very much.” (Makoto)

I give her my sincere thanks.

“I haven’t done anything to warrant thanking. By the way, have you spoken to Noah-sama already?” (Sofia)

“About that, not yet.” (Makoto)

I ended up letting out a slightly dissatisfied tone.

I thought for sure we would be able to talk immediately after returning to the present.

“I see. This is what I was told by Eir-sama, but…there’s something she wanted me to tell the Hero and Oracle of Noah-sama.” (Sofia)

“The Hero and Oracle that Noah-sama chose?” (Makoto)

I was so shocked I even heard the *gan* sfx ringing.

But I see.

Now that she has become a Goddess accepted by the country, she will obviously be choosing a Hero and Oracle.

I am an Apostle, so that’s a different position.

In the case of the Water Goddess, Prince Leonard is the Hero.

Princess Sofia is the Oracle.

…The Hero and Oracle that Noah-sama chose, huh.

Will I be able to get along with them?

I wouldn’t like it if our personalities didn’t mesh.

“That’s not it, Hero Makoto. Noah-sama isn’t choosing a Hero and Oracle.” (Sofia)

“Isn’t choosing?” (Makoto)

“Yeah… Eir-sama was somewhat angry that she isn’t fulfilling her duty as the 8th Goddess.” (Sofia)

“What are you doing…Noah-sama…” (Makoto)

Was she that much of an airhead?

No, that Goddess acts as if she is airheaded, but actually isn’t.

She is different from a certain Goddess.

(Who is this ‘certain Goddess’ you are talking about?) (Ira)

Not about you, Ira-sama.

(Don’t lie! I saw my face surfacing in your mind!) (Ira)

I profusely apologize for my rude comment.

“I leave it to you, Hero Makoto.” (Sofia)

“Okay, leave it to me.” (Makoto)

I will ask about that when I meet her.

The expression of Sofia changed at this moment.

“By the way, have you heard about the achievements Lucy-san and Aya-san obtained after you left?” (Sofia)

The topic changed.

“No, I was instantly assaulted by them right when I met them after all.” (Makoto)

“Haah…is that so. The Water Country was in a gloomy mood from losing one Hero, but Lucy-san and Aya-san were working as adventurers. Right now Aya-san is Orihalcon Rank and Lucy-san is a Platinum Rank and a Saint Rank Mage. They have become a famous party known by everyone in the continent.” (Sofia)

Princess Sofia said proudly.

“Eh…? Orihalcon and Saint Rank Mage…?” (Makoto)

In just one year?!

“Judging from your face, it looks like this is the first time you have heard of this. Their names have reverberated in the Water Country as the number one adventurer party, the Crimson Fangs.” (Sofia)

“Crimson Fangs…” (Makoto)

S-So cool.

That’s super different from the nickname I got when I was at the water city.

At that time, I was called the Goblin Cleaner!

Can they let me join the Crimson Fangs…?

(Aren’t you the party leader?) (Ira)

But my adventurer rank is low…

And I am not an active adventurer anymore…

“…Uhm, why are you making a gloomy expression?” (Sofia)

“I was thinking how everyone has become so great in the time I wasn’t here.” (Makoto)

“What you achieved is far more outstanding though… Do you even get that?” (Sofia)

Princess Sofia comforted me, but the desire to get back to being an active Hero and work a whole ton welled up in me.

I want to get a nickname like Crimson Fangs as well!

(Crimson Fangs is the party name, not a nickname, you know?) (Ira)

The small details don’t matter.

Even so, both Lucy and Sa-san rose up, huh.

At that moment, a certain party member’s face surfaced in my mind.

“Now that I think about it, Princess…Furiae-san, is she doing well?” (Makoto)

She wasn’t together with Lucy and Sa-san.

She is most likely focusing her all in restoring Laphroaig.

She must be working hard as a Holy Maiden.

Princess Sofia looked meaningfully at me when I asked that question.

“If you are surprised about Lucy-san and Aya-san, you will be even more surprised when we talk about Furiae-san.” (Sofia)

“What do you mean by that?” (Makoto)

“That’s…” (Sofia)

Just when Princess Sofia was about to say something..

“Makoto-san!”

“Takatsuki-kun!”

At the same time as my name was called, I was pushed down.

(You are one man that gets pushed down a lot…) (Ira)

My Physical Strength stat is 3, you know…

(That’s not the stat of someone in their late teens…) (Ira)

Isn’t it your fault that my stats are so low, Destiny Goddess-sama?

(It is not my fault. You were unlucky.) (Ira)

So horrible!

I can’t believe you, the one called the Luck Goddess, is saying that!

While I was having that chat, I looked up.

The ones looking down at my face were two handsome people.

A pretty boy with tears in his eyes, and a handsome man in tears as well.

Looking at it like this, the tears of a man really are heavy.

“I am back, Sakurai-kun, Prince Leonard.” (Makoto)

I reunited with my colleague Hero and my childhood friend Hero.

■Comment Response:

>Makoto is purposely letting himself be kissed and pushed down, right?

-Yes.

>The Great Sage-sama didn’t say it tasted bad, so that means Makoto-san is still a virgin? Or maybe his blood is tasty even when not a virgin?

-This is important, so I will be properly writing about this later.

■Author’s Comment:

I feel like the reunions will be continuing for a while. Next would be the explanation of the current era.

The developments are going slow? This is the last arc, so I want to take my time writing it.

The illustration is the scene where the Scorching Hero Olga-san and Makoto+Sa-san meet (7th Arc)

The weapon she is holding is the Holy Sword Balmung.

The Holy Sword that Anna-san swung around and got bent.

I have published an illustration of Noah-sama on twitter of the 7th Volume.

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