CH 73

Birth of a Reincarnated Hero

Translated by AmaLynne

TN: Welcome to the new Volume 4, Revenge. Let’s start with some term changes okayy~?

Maybe there’ll be other changes in the future, but now, Enjoy the new chapter and volume!

「…Zeno-kun. Feeling better?」

Someone is knocking on the door and calling out to me.

But I don’t have the heart to meet someone right now.

「…Ah, sorry. Leave the food there.」

「Ok.」

…It had already been a week since Kuroda and the others were confirmed dead.

I was in my room most of that time, but…outside, it seemed like a big mess.

First of all, they told me『that matter』…The death of Julia, an S-rank adventurer.

It seems that poison had been planted in her body, and it was a double trap, a bomb and poison.

It seems that several other countries were attacked by the Demon Army at the same time, and numerous cities were destroyed.

But to me, at least right now, I needed to think about something more important than that.

Yes, that matter that Julia told me about before she died.

The Four Demon Generals of the Demon Army――a mysterious rank for which there is still very little information.

The second seat…The vampire who single-handedly annihilated Kuroda and the hero party, Lean Bloodlord.

――『Umm…! I’m pretty sure it’s……I think it’s……Sen……Yes,『Senjo』……I believe they called it Senjo.』

If Julia’s words are correct, that Lean vampire is…whom I had a crush on in a previous life…It is extremely likely that she is Senjo Yona.

「…Why, a vampire…?」

If she died at the same time as us, why wasn’t she reincarnated as a human?

…No, there’s no point in thinking about God’s circumstances. The first thing to think about is what I would do if Lean = Senjo-san.

Now she is an enemy of humanity. The fact that she slaughtered Kuroda, a Hero, and many others, confirms it.

And I am a human.

What to do? What should I do…

――*Knock knock*

「I am sorry, Zeno-san. Apologies for your poor health. I have new information about the Demon Army. If you feel okay, could you please come?」

……. Could it possibly be about her?

Thinking about it, I couldn’t say no and raised my heavy body.

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Today again, I was taken to the round table conference room, but the situation was a little different than usual.

There was a crystal in the center of the room. Perhaps it was a crystal-shaped magic item that allowed communication with people outside the effective range of telepathy.

「…All of you are here. Let’s get connected.」

As His Holiness said that, the magician who was standing nearby poured magic power into the crystal.

『…Can you hear me, everyone? It’s me, Mia.』

It seems that the person on the other end of the call is Mia-san.

As I recall, she is currently on assignment in the Principality of Mesto.

「I heard that you found out something new about the Four Demon Generals.」

『Yes. The actual situation and its members. First of all, the actual situation. As we predicted, they are the four most powerful and elite members of the Demon Army. The four who were originally named as the executive and semi-executive members of the Demon Army were selected from among those who were strongest among the rest.』

「I knew it. So, who are the members?」

『Yes. First of all, the fourth seat…Incredibly, it is that Gray Christ.』

At these words, most of the audience was astonished.

「Nonsense, Gray Christ is the fourth seat?」

「He was once called the strongest man in the Demon Army!」

『But I believe it is highly credible, since I heard it from a senior soldier whom I had fascinated. It seems that he is now called the Warrior God General instead of the Brave General.』

…The man who was the strongest in the Demon Army has dropped to the fourth rank.

This fact would indeed be surprising.

「…Quiet. We knew that the Four Demon Generals were more than enough irregularities when there was someone in the second seat that we didn’t know…Mia, continue.」

『Yes…The third seat is that breathing disaster,『Wise God General』Sakura Forrester. He’s the most powerful magician in the Demon Army. And this, as you all know, is the second seat, the『Demon God General』Lean Bloodlord. She is a magical warrior, a survivor of the vampire race.』

The moment that name was mentioned, I tensed up, but…Unfortunately, there was no further information.

「I see. So, do you have any information regarding the first seat? If Gray and Sakura were chosen, is that still Rain?」

『About that…』

The first of the Four Demon Generals. The strongest combatant in the Demon Army.

No matter how little information I had about Lean, I can’t go back without hearing this.

However…

『………I didn’t understand.』

「…What? What do you mean?」

『…I got the gist of it, to be precise. The first one is not that Rain…It’s Yomi the War God General, the most powerful swordsman in the Demon Army.』

「Not Rain?」

「What’s going on…? Following the Lean Bloodlord, we’ve got another one with no prior information…」

From the reactions of the people around me, it seemed that no one knew about the existence of the『War God General』Yomi.

「So you didn’t recognize it?」

『Yes, I don’t. I don’t even know who Yomi is. I had no idea of Yomi’s race, appearance, or demeanor. When I asked my captor about it, he was very reluctant to tell me. I thought the enchantment was shallow, so I ordered one of them to die, and it firmly committed suicide. I mean, this…』

「In some way, it is forbidden to say anything about this Yomi person, or…information that should have been kept more secret than death.」

『…One more thing. I threatened to let him live if he would try and break the enchantment of one of them and give me information about Yomi. Instead of giving in, he laughed and said…』

――Even if I don’t tell you, you will see her soon. Yomi-sama is a disaster created by you. If you humans had not made a mistake, she would never have joined the Demon Army. You will die regretting what you have done. I’ll be waiting for you in hell.

『…And with that, he committed suicide.』

…The identity of the most powerful Demon Army is a disaster created by humans?

I don’t get it. Everyone else doesn’t seem to get it either.

「Is this all the information you have?」

『Yes, that’s all the information I have on the Four Demon Generals.』

「Okay. You will continue your mission there.」

『Yes.』

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「That concludes this session.」

…In the end, I got no information on Lean.

Unable to shake off my depressed mood, I tried to go back…

「Hold on, everyone. I need to talk to you.」

I was stopped by Helena, the second in the hierarchy of the Twelve Holy Apostles, the『Treasure Eyes』.

「Yes, Helena.」

「Revels-sama…I have found it at last. A new hero.」

「What?」

A new hero?

If Helena-san, an expert in divination, says so, she must be sure.

And that hero soul…is right here.

Right here…So, is it still among the reincarnated?

All the reincarnated people in the place had anxious expressions on their faces.

Of course, Avis Kuroda, a Hero, died in such a tragic way, who would want to be a Hero…?

《All the prerequisite conditions have been met.》

《The『qualities of a Hero』have blossomed. Thus, the special occupational class『Hero』has been unlocked.》

《The『Hero』occupational class takes precedence over all other occupations.》

《Zeno’s occupation has been changed to『Hero』.》

…ha?

…What was that? Is this some kind of joke?

What’s going on? …Everyone else didn’t hear it? Only I heard it…I mean, that same kind of voice you hear when you level up or something.

I’m the Hero?

Helena-san walked over to me, leaving me confused.

And…

「This is the one…Zeno-sama is the new hero. He is the hope of mankind!」