Boohoo, the Hero Who Hit It and Quit It

“Yubel……, what do you mean, I stole your first time…….”

“Shut up!! You horrible bastard! Sniff…….”

“N-No…….”

The Hero glanced at the woman beside him.

That only made me feel even more exasperated.

“Sniff, hic…….”

I am not a crybaby.

I can say that much for certain.

People often told me I was an emotionally dry child, even when I was little, so I’m probably right.

But the moment the Hero brought in a woman with a veil pulled over her face.

Just.

Simply, for no reason at all.

Tears began to fall before I knew it.

It was like something welling up inside my heart.

Even when I tried to bottle it up and hold it back, it found a gap and seeped out.

Maybe this was what people called being sentimental.

It felt…… a little new.

Wiping away my flowing tears, I looked at the mysterious woman standing by the door.

The woman flinched when our eyes met.

Something about it irritated me.

“Hero! Who is this woman!?”

“Ahaha……”

“……Ah! This is Lady Prea, the Saint, who just joined the Hero’s party. A-And please, clear up the misunderstanding……. At this rate, I—”

What?

She was the Saint?

“Th-This is so unfair! Ah!”

Thud!

I tried to get up, but fell off the bed.

My ankle was broken and swollen up.

On top of that, I had all sorts of little wounds from being beaten by the holy knights. Anyone would think I went around getting beaten up.

“Eek!? Wh-What are those injuries……? L-Lord Se-on? Don’t tell me…….”

“N-No!! I don’t know anything about it!”

What? He didn’t know anything?

Had he really forgotten everything that happened in the mental world?

Y-You piece of trash……!

“How can you say you don’t know! I put up with so much! I did it for you! Y-You stupid idiot!!”

“I-I knew it…… So that’s what happened…… How disgusting……”

“No, please, just listen to me…… F-First, Yubel! Get back on the bed and calm down a little—”

“Don’t come any closer!! Are you trying to make me feel even more pathetic!?”

The Hero came toward me while I lay sprawled on the floor.

I held out a hand to stop him.

I just…… felt so pathetic.

I’d offered up my body to brainwash the Hero, but in the end, none of it had worked.

And the Saint I’d tried so hard to keep out of the party had joined anyway, as if to mock all my efforts.

“I don’t want to do this anymore……”

“L-Lord Se-on…… Please step a little farther away from Lady Yubel……”

“This really is a misunderstanding……. I haven’t done anything……”

I curled up into a ball.

The Hero looked flustered.

I didn’t know why he was acting like this all of a sudden.

He’d been trying to kill me just a little while ago.

[Still, it seems the Hero vaguely remembers what happened in the mental world. Unlike last time, he isn’t thoughtlessly pulling you into his arms. If it were me, I might have rushed over at the sight of your sadistic side. Heh heh heh.]

Vaguely remembers……?

Then was there a chance he might remember it again?

“……”

Now that I thought about it, it didn’t seem like the Hero had forgotten everything.

After all, unlike last time, he wasn’t trying to kill me. He was just standing there, all flustered.

‘Then maybe I just need to make him remember what I did to brainwash him.’

The thought occurred to me.

If the Hero had forgotten what I’d made him do,

couldn’t I remind him and set things right?

‘All right, let’s try it. I’ll do the exact same thing as last time.’

I remembered hearing that one way to treat amnesia was to recreate the patient’s experience exactly.

So I got unsteadily to my feet.

Then I clasped my hands behind my back and approached the Hero.

I kept swaying, but I didn’t care.

‘I wish I were wearing my school uniform, but I’m still stuck in this torn chemise dress.’

And so, I stopped right in front of the Hero.

An intoxicating scent brushed the tip of my nose.

It left me a little dazed, but that was probably because my ankle hurt.

“Uhehe……”

“Y-Yubel?”

The Hero couldn’t hide his bewilderment and stepped backward.

Judging by those wavering eyes, he seemed to be remembering more and more.

‘Now all I have to do is say my lines, and it’ll be perfect…….’

I couldn’t remember them very well.

I thought I’d said something about making him let something out.

Tsk…… What was it?

So I quietly asked someone for advice.

One of the witnesses.

“Hey, do you remember what I said next?”

[Hm? You forgot? You really do have a terrible memory.]

“Enough with the chatter, hurry up……!”

[Then repeat after me. Heh heh……]

Thanks to the parasite, things seemed like they’d go smoothly.

I’d nearly come all this way only to mess it all up.

Then I repeated the words I heard to the Hero.

[Hero, do you not need me anymore?]

“Hero, do you not need me anymore?”

[I still can’t forget the moment you forcibly stole my first time.]

“I still can’t forget the moment you forcibly stole my first time, h-hehe…….”

[You were so rough with me. Whenever I think about it, my lower belly starts trembling…… Why do you think that is?]

“You were so rough with me. Ah, whenever I think about it, my lower belly starts trembling…… Wh-Why do you think that is?”

Is this right?

It seems a little different.

At the mention of my lower belly, I instinctively lifted my skirt.

They say people act on what they say aloud.

It was something like that.

“U-Ugh……. Lord Se-on did that to such a pure girl……. And then he was going to throw her away after using her……. Ugh!”

The Saint behind me started muttering something.

She sounded like she was gagging. Was she all right?

[Heh heh, you’re doing very well, so don’t worry. Look, the Hero’s soul has practically left his body.]

“Oh, you’re right.”

Indeed.

The Hero seemed to be remembering what happened in the mental world.

His eyes were darting around in a panic.

[Now it’s the Hero’s turn to pounce on you.]

“Um, but how do I do that?”

[Pull the Hero onto the bed and scream, ‘I’m going to be raped again!’ That’s what you did last time, too.]

As expected.

I had a good parasite after all.

I immediately put its advice into action.

“E-Eek!?”

Thump!

“Ah! I-I’m going to be raped again!”

Perfect.

Now all that was left was for the Hero to remember……

Huh? Why was this guy sweating so much?

Was he sick?

***

This is bad.

By the time I came to my senses, it looked like I was pouncing on Yubel.

To make matters worse, she’d made it sound like I’d raped her.

If I’d actually done it, I wouldn’t have felt so wronged.

“Wh-What on earth are you doing……!?”

“Prea, just calm down……. It’s all a misunderstanding……”

“Ahaha……. You’re disgusting. You brought me here to show me something like this……”

Ugh.

She looked like she didn’t believe a word I said.

In Prea’s eyes, I’d stolen Yubel’s first time even though I’d never done so.

I’d treated Yubel—whom I’d introduced as an innocent girl—roughly, raped her, and then tried to throw her away.

Somehow, I’d become a piece of trash who’d done all that.

I didn’t know how it had come to this, but Yubel’s limping leg, the wounds she still had, and her tears only made the misunderstanding worse.

‘H-How do I clear this up?’

I didn’t have many options.

First, I wanted to calm Yubel down, since she was the one causing the misunderstanding.

But if I tried to use my pheromones to pull her into a hug, Prea might throw me in the underground prison.

But I couldn’t pretend I didn’t remember what Yubel had said, either.

Then I’d become a scumbag who stole someone’s first time and forgot all about it.

‘Then all I can do is talk things through with Yubel directly…….’

“Wh-Why aren’t you pouncing on me like before……?”

I felt like I was going to lose my mind.

Apparently, after I kept leaving her behind, Yubel’s trauma about being abandoned had flared up.

She seemed to be trying to keep me by using her body.

From Yubel’s perspective, she’d woken up in the Holy Nation to find no one she knew around.

Then, by chance, she’d been branded a heinous criminal and beaten by the holy knights.

In the end, she’d been dragged to the underground prison, tormented by a demon in the underground sewer, and brought back to the infirmary.

Thinking about it that way, even the rather risqué lies she’d told me made sense.

She must have been scared the whole time.

I gently stroked poor Yubel’s cheek and murmured quietly.

“It’s okay……. I won’t abandon you……”

“U-Uh, really? Hehe, it worked.”

Only then did Yubel give me a gentle smile.

The anxious expression she’d worn just moments ago was gone without a trace.

Was she really that happy to hear I wouldn’t abandon her?

For some reason, my heart swelled.

Ah, how could she be so ador—

‘Ugh!’

Damn it.

Being so close to Yubel made my filthy desires rear their heads again.

I had to fight with all my might so I wouldn’t be swallowed by them!

I’d finally gotten a chance to clear up the misunderstanding!

I spun around!

First, I turned to look at Prea.

“……”

When I said I wouldn’t abandon Yubel, Prea’s serious expression had softened a little.

I breathed a sigh of relief.

Then I felt a finger poke my cheek.

I turned my head toward it.

Yubel was striking a sensual pose.

She hesitated for a moment, then looked straight at me and asked,

“So we don’t need the Saint anymore, right? Hm? You only need me.”

It sounded like she was wary of the Saint.

Did she think I’d abandon her if the Saint was around?

I wondered why, but—

“……No. We have to bring Prea along.”

At my firm refusal, Yubel’s smile slowly faded.

Even so, I couldn’t give in on this.

Prea was absolutely essential, even if only to keep me from being swept away by my desires and hurting Yubel.

At first, I’d recruited Prea in case Yubel got injured.

Unfortunately, Yubel’s body repelled holy power, so that wouldn’t work.

Damn it. That accursed demon.

“B-But……”

Yubel didn’t seem to like my answer, and her face fell.

It made my heart ache.

‘It’s okay. I won’t abandon you, even if Prea comes along.’

I was too embarrassed to say it out loud, so I repeated it to myself.

“Mmm……”

She looked like she was thinking about something.

Had my thoughts reached her?

But a moment later.

I heard an answer that was a little shocking and nothing like what I’d expected.

“I guess…… I’ll have to go as far as almost getting pregnant……”

“Whaaat!?”

“Wh-What am I listening to……? Gulp……”

At Yubel’s sudden declaration that she’d get pregnant, Prea went pale and staggered.

I felt just as dizzy.

Where had she even learned to say something like that?

‘Ah, I want to cry.’

It seemed like it was going to take a long time to clear up this misunderstanding.

***

Meanwhile, in the snowy mountains near Baelogia.

An ominous magical energy swelled inside the ice palace there.

The owner of that magic.

The Demon King's Four Heavenly Kings, the Ice Witch ‘Glayeas,’ had finally run out of patience.

“Lord Demon King. Eat this.”

Glayeas scooped up a handful of shaved ice and offered it.

To a statue shaped like the Demon King.

“Are you being picky again? ……You naughty Demon King.”

Clang!

She dropped the spoon in front of the motionless statue.

Once again, she’d failed to have a meal with Lord Demon King.

Then Glayeas headed to her private room.

“I won’t let you get away this time……”

Inside was a huge birdcage, along with

Ice statues of the Demon King in all sorts of different outfits.

And Glayeas touched each and every one of those statues, waiting for Lord Demon King, who still hadn’t come to visit her today.

“I love you, Lord Demon King.”

Finally, she stroked the Demon King statue holding a mysterious ‘Pure White Sword’ and whispered softly.