Chapter 2 (1/2)

Swamp 2

Let today also be a happy fishi+ng spree~♪

While holdingover to the swamp, I happily hummed my own self-composed melody

Yesterday, the entire toas in a festive “Welcome Hero” mood Because of that, the town itself was ht sold very well It was exactly “Yuusha-sa to the ru to stay in town a little longer

Anyway, let’s go fishi+ng today too and then sell a bunch! Right now is the ideal profit time!

Withrod in hand, I enthusiastically headed deeper into the forest

Then, hus suddenly flashed and the entire forest was covered in light At the sahout the forest As a result of the sound, I fell backwards onto my butt in surprise

What!? What happened?

The birds that had been resting on the trees all flew off at once, creating a strange at explosion somewhere

But, where?

Honestly, I’m scared But, I have to make sure…!

Sos, I headed towards where I had heard the explosion come from, towards the direction of where the sas

Due to not realizing that I had been speed-walking, I started heavy breathing

Although , I had to make sure before I went home

Passing through the trees, I arrived at my destination As soon as I arrived, I felt a sense of discomfort

There stood the beautiful and handsome party companions

Wh-why? Why are people here?

Whileas I questioned myself, the beautiful and handso uy in the party started heading towards me

“What’s wrong? Are you lost? This swaerous so it’s better if you don’t approach this place”

No no no, rather, aren’t you guys erous?

This is the swamp found in the deeper parts of the forest where monsters are said to reside, you know?

A place where people rarely coerous place, you know?

While I stared at the handso to me, I realized

Behind the person approachinglocation was…my relaxation place, the swamp, was…

Gone

Well yeah, there were debris and a giant hole with s out from various places that shohere the explosion had bloay the swamp

Dumbfounded, I stared at the place where the swamp had been The identity of the sense of discomfort I had previously felt was this!

“T-th…the…the swa…the swamp is…”

With a shaking finger, I pointed at the giant hole where the swa to form words

The handsouy nodded with a meek expression and said:

“The swaather so we received a request from the town mayor We annihilated the swamp”

“Ho……”

Unable to suddenly respond, I was hit with a final blow

“But, there’s nothing to worry about anymore We’ve completely annihilated the swamp”

As if he was trying to reassure ave a sparkling s that smile, I:

“How are you going tospot——! My relaxation and hobby place is——! My source of income——!”

Just like that, along withmomentum, I condemned him

“In other words, you’re saying that you often came to this swamp?”

While nodding and crying, I spoke about the situation with one of the partya black robe

“Yes! I never once !”

Perhaps overpowered by y, he didn’t respond back and silently observed me

“But, even if that’s what you say…”

While scratching his face, the uy said:

“In fact, ere given this request based off of an actual witness testimony…”