Chapter 1 (1/2)

Chapter 1: Prologue, part 1

– A flash of light

Countless beams of light wrapped around the entire world with enough brightness to illuminate everything in the world. Some people were crying tears of joy, and some people opened up the windows in their houses and looked up at the night sky that was as bright as midday. People’s exclamations of joy resounded throughout the land.

The Demon King had been defeated.

Inside the castle of the largest country on the continent, the Weizland Kingdom, everyone was full of vigor. All the guards were dressed up and playing musical instruments, and all the girls were wearing fluttery dresses like flowers and having fun without any worries. In front of the castle, real flowers had been scattered about, and all the merchants were having the busiest time they’ve ever had this year. In every single street and every single country, it was as if a festival was going on, things weren’t like this only in this country.

Suddenly, from the people gathered around the castle, exceptionally loud cheers could be heard.

“It’s the Hero-sama!”

“It’s the Hero-sama and his party that defeated the Demon King!”

Someone raised their voice, and everyone’s eyes turned in their direction.

In front of a horse-drawn carriage that five young people were riding on were soldiers clearing a path through the people for the carriage to proceed. The person in the middle was standing up through a removable part of the carriage’s roof, and people could see him clearly. There were soldiers all around the carriage, and in an outer circle around the soldiers, dancers dressed in beautiful costumes were dancing as they proceeded.

“Hero-sama! Banzai!”

“Hero-sama, Hero-sama, Hero-sama!”