The Devil Does Not Need to Be Defeated

”Did you see that woman called Eudrice next to Leon?” Diere coolly interjected from the side, ”Sheʼs the only daughter of Lamdrionʼs biggest magic item merchant. Ever since two years ago, she had been completely head over heals for that guy. She even ended up becoming an adventurer just for the sake of staying near that guy.”

At that, Shienʼs eyes started twitching too.

So, basically then?

”That party is basically composed of a stalker, a gigolo, and a love-sick fool?”

Shien felt like his image of what an adventuring party should be like was being ruined.

Especially when he thought of Leonʼs elegant, beautiful, and picturesquely handsome face. Shien had never even imagined that party leader, no, that boss, would be so amazing.

Compared to him, all those other boys who lived by mooching off of rich woman back in his previous world were all compete weaklings.

”It canʼt be that he also had his eyes on you guys, right?”

Shien looked at Vivian and group with an uncertain gaze.

Vivian and groupʼs expressions had turned even more strange at that.

Vivian herself even hesitantly let out the following statement.

”I am Leiliʼs childhood friend after all. Itʼs pretty normal for him to want to make contact with Leili through me. Diere is also one of the top prodigies of the entire Kingdom, so he has quite an eye on Diereʼs future potential and always wanted to try to improve his relationship with her. Even Lumia and Melika are people worth connecting with in his eyes. He must have wanted to diversify his portfolio, to invest in them who has the potential to be people of note in the future, right?”

Those words almost made Shien split up blood in response.

At this point, Shien only wanted to say a single statement.

”Whatʼs a Hero? Thatʼs a Hero!”

And itʼs even a hero with a completely worthless starting status. It was really worth freaking mad respect.

At the very lest, Shien felt like his own status as the current Hero was unbelievably weak ass.

However, other than that, Shien had something that he wanted to say even more.

”Is it really fine to let a party like that join in this particular quest?”

Even if that rich boy young master had some talent, and his level shouldnʼt be too low, that party leaderʼs level was far lower than the others here. The love-sick fool remaining is a merchantʼs daughter, and she ended up becoming an adventurer for such a half-baked reason, so her own level probably wasnʼt all that high either, right?

Of course Vivian wouldnʼt have felt that there arenʼt any problems, so she sighed over and over.

”The highest level person in Leonʼs party should probably be young master Markray. However, Leonʼs party isnʼt just made of the three of them. Using Leonʼs abilities, his party has at least another few dozen people. Thatʼs how they managed to become one of the most famed adventuring parties in Lamdrion and was even recognized by Sir Balon, right?”

While she did say so, Vivian still had an expression like she couldnʼt believe it at all.

”This particular quest involves a number of things. Leon and group probably also used certain methods to forcibly join in. Their goal is probably to forcibly steal merits, right?”

The prisoner being escorted this time was a major criminal who was one of those responsible for the plot ten years ago that killed countless nobles and even royalty. The moment that they successfully transport him to the capital, given the grudges that the nobility and royalty have against Jillian, the escorts themselves would definitely be greatly rewarded.

”I think, itʼs because he grasped that particular point that young master Markrayʼs father arranged for his son to join in this particular quest. Leon also couldnʼt have possibly let go of this great opportunity. If he could use this chance to make contact with the women of high nobility in the capital, then he could truly transform in status.”