Chapter 137 - Volume 7 (1/2)

Volume 7, Chapter 7: The Devil’s Temptation, Part 1

The Hero of the North. The Hero of Earth. The Earth Hero.

There were many titles that she’d been called in the dozen years since she had been summoned as the [Hero] of Gamble, the northern country, as a beauty of about 15~16 years old.

She was confused at first. She didn’t cooperate, either. But, as she realized that she could fight in this world as if she was in a “game” world, since she was carrying the power of a Hero, she reached the conclusion she had been chosen as a “protagonist” in this world.

In less than a year, she was called the strongest in Gamble.

Naturally, they were popular with the women since they were strong in ability and had a powerful political position as a Hero.

However, she paid no notice to the women, and even had expressed contempt towards them.

She had been born in an old family in the Tohoku region, and had been the youngest of four siblings…… born as the eldest son with three older sisters.

Raised by their severe parents, their older sisters teased him like they would a pet cat.

Before she had become aware, she had been discretely dressed up in her sisters’ old clothes and had grown up while being treated like a girl, but she had gotten suspicious at some point.

[Why is my body different from my sisters’……?]

By the time she arrived at that question, her first love was an older boy in the neighborhood, and her heart by then was that of a maiden’s, it could be said that in every sense of the word, it was too late.

Her sisters didn’t restrain themselves against this troubled youth. Being told to take care of their “brother” because their parents were busy, they nurtured him into a fine “woman”.

However, unlike what her sisters wished for, she didn’t turn into a “trap”. Exceeding the height of an average adult in her senior years of elementary school, although she became a tall and beautiful youth, but with the appearance of a man and the heart of a maiden she became the exact opposite of a “Trap” and became something like a [Trans-Female] instead.

By the time her parents noticed everything, it was too late.

{App’s Note: Sorry to stop the action for a second, but as a member of the LGBT community, I just need to add a quick interjection that this isn’t quite how gender identity and sexual preferences (Different things) are determined, although I’m sure there are Drag Queens (Another, separate thing) who are cis, to which this origin may apply, thank you for your time}

Her strict parents, who were unable to correct her, gave up completely, and began to treat her as if she didn’t exist.

She suffered. Was it really such a terrible thing to have the heart of a maiden while being born a man?

Why didn’t her parents admit it themselves?

She suffered, with her parents who didn’t even look at her, and with her sisters who had toyed with her to this point…… she came to despise other women.

And then, she was summonsed as a [Hero] in another world.

As she gained strength, and everyone began to both fear and respect her, she realized.

[Oh…… I don’t have to pretend any more…]…

She bought women’s accessories and make-up that she so coveted and began to polish herself.

She didn’t care for what anyone said. Anyone who complained about it, she would silence and get rid of with the power and authority of a [Hero].

And with her spirit freed from repression and her physical ability rising as a Hero, her body grew to more than twice her previous size, and as a result of this, she thickened her make-up further, leaving her appearance craggy like a rock. With her interest in men and appearence, people began to fear her for more than her strength.

“…… Strange.”

More feminine than the average woman, Kanzo lightly tapped her face.

In a way, it was overdoing it, but Kanzo, with a maiden’s heart in a too-masculine body, used the full dialect of a noble lady.

Well, even though she didn’t fancy women, there were manyyoung noble ladies who were attracted to Kanzo’s feminity, and she got along well with them.

Kanzo was walking alone through the underground dungeon in the Dwarf country.

Even though it was called the Dwarf country, it was really just the largest settlement among the many dwarf settlements.

The Dwarves were somewhat like the template, with thick beards and stocky builds like a blacksmith, that’s the kind of race they were. Her first visit, Kanzo had come to order a large sword with a heart pattern on the handle for herself.

However, with her special ability as the Hero of Earth, Kanzo found a dungeon in the basement.

Threatening the Dwarf elders…… Kanzo had ferreted himself into the dungeon, sensually conquered it, and met the dungeon master.

He’d invaded the dungeon again by drilling a hole in pursuit of the [Golden Saint], but hadn’t been able to find her yet.

If the Golden Saint was here investigating the [Zombie Incident] then she should be headed towards the innermost chamber where the dungeon master was. Even though there were a few branch corridors and diversions. if the girl was aiming for the same location as she was, the trail should have appeared already. Kanzo, however, still hadn’t seen even the shadow of the Saint.

“…… Wouldn’t she be the Saint? Still, I think a fair number of people have invaded this place besider her……”

While Kanzo was walking towards the deepest reaches in contemplation, a huge zombie attacked him from the side.

“Ogre Zombie……”

Ogre. A demon-like monster with horns and fangs, with physical power similar to that of a high-ranking magic beast.

Its muscles were eye candy for Kanzo, but it stank from rot. Still, she wouldn’t dislike the smell of a more living man.

“Hmph.”

[Guoooooooooooooooohhhhhhh]

Kanzo grasped firmly to the Ogre Zombie and folded its back with her well-trained strength, snapping it in half and finishing it off.

Disgusting…… as the ogre zombie collapsed to the ground, Kanzo sighed.

“It’s just fake muscle…… As expected, “that person” is different.”

The profile of a particular man stuck in Kanzo’s mind.

The hero of wind, Fortellis.

The first person that Kanzo had given her heart to after coming to this world.

He wasn’t bothered by Kanzo’s lifestyle, and treated her sincerely, fostering a friendship as fellow Heroes protecting the world together.

But Kanzo wasn’t satisfied. She wanted to be in a relationship with him.

Kanzo who had her desperate desires rejected gently, didn’t hate him for it. However, she could not stand the thought of him becoming another woman’s, and killed him off to keep him for herself for all eternity.

He didn’t know what the other heroes’ motives were. Everyone just happened to want to kill Hero Fortellis, and so they conspired.

“…… That butt was more than any other woman deserved.”

If the hero who had been reincarnated to earth heard this, it might have stirred up his desire for revenge again.

Anyway, Kanzo managed to reach the dungeon master without ever meeting the Saint.

He had planned to embarrass the Saint who had received positive evaluations from everyone and place a curse on her that even she couldn’t remove with the [Hero’s Secret Arts]. This was the vigilante justice for women that Kanzo didn’t like, and in the past many of those cursed had taken their own lives.

Kanzo wasn’t some outrageous “villain”, and if she liked someone she could socialize normally, but she was a person who couldn’t help her “selfishness”.

“It’s Kanzo, open the door.”