An A-Ranked Adventurer’s “Slow-living”

A black-haired man dressed in black clothes.

The wild outline looks strong, probably because of the angular outline and stubble.

The left eye had a black eyepatch on whether I had previously slashed and had blindness, and the remaining right eye had red eyes like blood.

no doubt. That man is Zoac.

"Zoac! @Where did Flora go?"

"... Hmm, this time I can see you properly."

I shout at me, but Zoac snaps and mutters.

Is it saying something appropriate at the time of the dragon killing feast of the royal city?

But now, I want to make sure more than that.

"I came alone. Is Flora safe?"

"... Oh, you're behind you"

As the Zoac in front of me staggered, I saw a flora tied to a tree in the back with a rope.

"-!"

Flora raises a muffled voice as to whether Flora was able to see presence.

Perhaps it is difficult to make a voice because of the gag in the mouth.

As far as Flora is concerned, there has been no evidence of any violence.

First of all, I know Flora is safe, and I breathe out.

"... I understand. What's that face? You used to be a guy who didn't look like that."

Surely. But now I don't think it's bad.

An important person is created, and I know that person is safe and feel relieved. What's wrong with it.

To show such feelings, Zoak distorts his face uncomfortably if he is resolute.

"Is this the Alvared of Avalonia's strongest A-rank adventurer, the dragon killer?"

Flora looks strange, as if I could hear my name and real name.

Looking at that expression, I involuntarily made a bitter expression.

At least if I could tell a secret, I wanted to do it myself.

Zoac grins grinningly, as she understands the bitter look of me and the wonder of Flora.

"What is Aldred? Did you not teach your woman the identity?"

Zoac smiles and slowly descends behind Flora.

My heart was unable to allow Zoac to approach the bottom of Flora, and I was struck by the urge to make an instant cut, but it's faster for Zoak to cut Flora.

I strive to keep my heart warm, while feeling such regrets.

Flora looks frightened whether she was anxious about Zoac approaching.

"I'm sorry to get involved without knowing the reason at all"

Zoac looks mercifully at Flora and removes the gag.

Which mouth is cheating? I squeeze my fists too angry.

"... What does it mean that you did not teach me your identity?"

"Your man's name is not Aldo. His name is Aldred."

"... Huh? Aldred?"

Zolak is said to be flat, Flora raises a suspicious voice.

Stop. Please stop.

"Yeah, but he's the strongest A-rank adventurer in the Kingdom of Avalonia who has killed the dragon."

"Dragon killer? Aldo ?? The strongest adventurer in the kingdom?"

Flora confuses my real name, probably because Zoaac suddenly told me about the past.

And Flora's gaze slowly turned to me to make sure it was true.

I was turned away from my gaze at the innocent eyes that I could not doubt.

I could hear Flora shouting or breathtaking.

If this were the case, it would have been nice to have first disclosed a secret to Flora, as Kurnet had said.

But this is not the case if you regret it and stop.

I switch my mind and explore the purpose of Zoak.

"What is the purpose! Did you tell the aristocrat to take me back?"

"Oh, I was told."

I am confused by Zoak's easy confession.

I thought it would be a little bit more.

"When asked by the nobleman and walking west through the information, I was given a call because my fellow female wizard was there, but that was the purpose of the nobleman, not my purpose!"

Zoak, powerfully, says, pulling out his sword from his waist.

A dark sword appeared from the sheath and slammed.

And slowly turn the jet-black blade towards me.

"--My goal is Aldred, to rematch you and win."

"I would have been able to come alone! If it was, Flora should not matter. Release it!"

"... Sure, this woman is the bait to lure you into comfortably. If you were right, you would have released it."

I feel an unequivocal anxiety to Zoak's strange words.

"But you've fallen after you killed the dragon! You're locked in the inn for a while and don't even shake your sword. Come to the empty countryside at the end of the day and make a woman and live with know-how! I came into the village before the female wizard came? It's too slimy to finally feel strange! "

Zoac, who was in a calm state, turns around and exhales with a daunting expression.

It turned out to be a clear dissatisfaction with me, a word in his heart.

But those words don't really affect my heart.

Certainly, I was shameful that I couldn't detect such a dangerous person beforehand and let it go, but now I have decided to live as a villager.

Don't get angry when you say you understand.

"I'm not Aldread, an A-rank adventurer. I'm Aldo, a villager who lives in Nordende. I can't tell you how I live. So release the flora and go home. ''

Speaking quietly, Zoac looked at her with cold eyes.

"If you're a strong man, you're in the kingdom. If you go outside, you'll have more.

"No, it's not just to be strong. I've noticed in the last few months that I have to be a strong willing person, so I have to be a merciless person. Yes, like me and that night's fight ... slashing, being slashed ... I want to fight again like that time!

Zoak's words were half-crazy.

I'm completely obsessed with me, remembering past battles.

"But now I don't have the strong will of the past."

Once I deny it, the heat draws from Zoak's eyes at once.

"... Oh, I thought you would say that now, so I'll use this woman to give you a reason to fight if you've lost the will to fight."

Zoac says it in a cold voice and approaches Flora.

I scream anxiously, probably because I saw the crazy figure.

"Hey, what do you want to do to Flora?"

However, Zoac ignored my voice and pulled a dagger from his waist.

A purple liquid is attached to the silver blade.

It is probably poison.

"No, don't come!"

Flora raises a loud voice of rejection, probably because of the blade.

"No, don't! Zoac!"

Zoaac smiles at me with a shout from my heart.

But the next moment, Zoac slashed Flora's shoulder with a poisoned dagger.

“—Huh !?”

The voice of agony leaking from Flora.

Along with that, some blood is flying in the air.

Flora is hurt by Zoak's dagger.

The moment you see it, your head turns white as if sparking.

And instantly, a rage of cold anger arose, pushing all emotions and logic.

When I noticed, I was kicking the ground.

A silver sword and a jet-black sword collide with each other, producing high-pitched sounds and sparks.

And Zoac decides to defeat my momentum, or retreats a few meters while shedding momentum.

"... the dagger was poisoned, so I slashed your woman. If you leave it alone, it will turn poisonous in less than an hour and the antidote is me Yes, you know what to do later? "

"Zoac!"

"Come on, seriously. If you don't kill me, your precious woman will die?"