Vol 2: Chapter 14: Crazy Hero

The Saint and The Hero of Salvation

Crazy Hero

After Chris left for her room.

Tension spread between the remaining hero and Reno. The hero was confused, and Reno was filled with anger. The two stared at each other for a while, but it was the girl who broke the silence first.

"Hero ...-san. I'd like to talk to you for a bit... is that okay?"

"Do you want to talk? Whatever... I'm happy to talk to you about anything."

"Well then, shall we leave the inn for a bit and move somewhere else? If you're okay with it here, Hero-san, then I don't mind. We've got an important conversation to have about your skills, okay?"

"...Okay. Then let's go to a deserted place. I don't know what your purpose is though."

"Thank you... Shall we go then?"

At Reno's half-threatening suggestion, the hero and Reno leave the inn. It is already dark outside, probably because it is late at night. Reno and the hero Hayato move to a back alley in the slums where people rarely come.

They arrived at the dead-end corridor where Reno had been attacked.

If something were to happen here, no one would notice until morning.

"--So, what do you want, Reno-chan? What are you thinking, saying such threatening things to me?"

Hayato threw away the polite and gentle tone he'd used when speaking to Reno at the inn and spat those words out as if he was speaking to something detestable.

“What do I want, huh…? I already know that you planted that horrible heart in me….The one who invaded my heart and made me hurt Onee-chan was you… the hero!!”

Reno becomes enraged and denounces Hayato. With eyes filled with hatred and anger and a heart filled with sadness, the girl loses her composure and confronts the hero.

This is only natural, as Reno's feelings for Chris, which were everything to her, had been trampled on and tarnished.

"...Hmm, so you did notice after all. You've been acting strange. My charm didn't seem to have any effect at all, so what exactly is this trick?"

"It's all thanks to Onee-chan... She gave me the strength to survive your dirty, filthy contamination. That's why I'm still by her side."

"I see, a blessing from the goddess... I guess. Oh dear, how troublesome. I wish you had stayed captive to me."

"Who would want to be slave to a worthless man---"

The moment Reno said that to Hayato, a tremendous impact hit Reno's face and she was blown away. Hayato had punched Reno in the face.

Of course, they were holding back so as not to kill her, but for a young Reno, it was a powerful blow that left her unable to get up for a while.

Reno remained crouched for a while, but when she finally got up, her nose was bleeding and her left cheek was swollen, giving her otherwise cute face a painful disfigurement.

This may be the first time Hayato has committed such physical violence against a woman.

“…I’m sorry, I’m sorry. Even though I’m always kind to ladies, I couldn’t bear your abusive language just now… I’m sorry for punching you in the face, but compared to the pain you’ve caused me, that was still a better injury, you know?”

Hayato apologized for the appearance, but his face was filled with sadism, and his lips were in a twisted smile. It was the face of someone who was tormenting the weak Reno. He felt pleasure while hitting her.

“Even if you apologize with that face… it makes me sick. You’re the lowest scum…”

"Maybe I didn't discipline you enough...? Do you want to see your other beautiful cheek become a disaster too?"

Hayato approaches Reno, who has been punched and sent flying. Reno steps back, putting some distance between them and Hayato, as they continue their conversation, barely able to breathe. Reno's mind has calmed down a little due to the pain of the punch.

"Why did you do that to me? Are you after my body?"

"Pfft! Your body? That poor, tasteless thing? Haha... hahaha! Don't make me laugh too much, you're quite good at joking."

"I'm... I'm not joking, I've never heard anything like this."

"Hukuku. Sorry, sorry. Ah, what was my purpose in charming you? That's something you should be able to figure out if you just think about it for a moment. But come on, Reno-chan, you're not that stupid, are you? Hahahaha!"

Hayato points his finger at Reno and mocks her, and once again Reno feels hatred and anger in her. Was he trying to destroy her life like this, half-jokingly?

Reno felt like killing the scumbag in front of her.

"Don't make fun of me. Please answer me. Why did you do that to me..."

"Of course it's because I'm after Chris, right? She's the woman who will become one of my wives."

"...Eh...? You're after Onee-chan...?"

"My skill is called Charm Eyes. This skill allows me to make any women mine, it's like a reward given to me by God. But, Chris, I don't know if it's because she's a saint or a noble woman, but she can withstand my charm, you know? It looks like it's painful. She's amazing!"

Hayato begins to blather on about his feelings and desires to Reno. He probably started this conversation because he plans to kill Reno. The filthy man's confession continues.

“In the end, when we were traveling together, I accidentally let her go before I could get her. With feelings that had been smoldering for a year, I spent my time here in the royal capital charming women as I pleased. No, rather than playing around… should I say I was rotten?”

Hayato continues to talk in a self-deprecating manner, which is unusual for him. During the past year, he had been sleeping with many women and his sexual desires had been satisfied, but for Hayato, who has a high self-esteem, it was not a very satisfying life.

"As I continued to use Charm, I realized that the more mentally unstable a woman was, the more susceptible she was to my skill, so I got better and better at using the skill. Well, for the sluts in the royal capital I didn't use any tricks, they just fell for me when I used the skill."

Hayato shrugged and spoke in a shocked voice. It was hard to believe that he was the one who had used his skills to ruin those women's lives, as if it was someone else's problem.

"Being with women like that all the time, I was on the verge of becoming corrupted as well... but, just at that time, Chris came to see me! I was so happy! She was so much more beautiful than when I saw her a year ago! Just one glance and I could tell she still had her virginity, with that pure and innocent aura...! For me! For me, she! She kept her virginity!! For me!"

Hayato, letting his emotions get the better of him, keeps on bombarding Reno with delusions that are unbearable to listen to. Reno's eyes, staring at him, have become cold, as if she is looking at something more filthy and disgusting than filth.

"……disgusting."

“Say whatever you want, you little brat. I’m no longer have any use of you. Chris will soon be my slave, you know?”

"What are you talking about? You think Onee-chan will lose to someone like you?"

"Huh? When you stopped me earlier, you knew what was going to happen, right? Chris, she has always managed to avoid my brainwashing, but just now..."

"...No way, no way! Towards Onee-chan..! To My Onee-chan?!"

"I cast the brainwashing on her. And it worked. Even I was surprised. The truth is, I wanted to brainwash you with Charm, since you seemed like someone Chris cared about, and then make you completely deny Chris' existence, weaken her mind, and then slowly cast my skills on her."

"What! You, someone like that... you're trying to make me do something like that... Her heart?!"

Hayato's methods are not the kind of thing a human would do. He destroys the bonds between people, toys with them, and even takes advantage of them to further destroy lives...these are the acts of an inhuman being.

"But it was a success. ...Maybe because of you, Reno-chan?"

Hayato bombards Reno with questions that seem to delve into the horrible events that she regrets the most.

"--Did you say something? Something terrible... Something that would weaken Chris' mind."

"――――"

Reno's expression disappeared. It was as if, for just that moment, there was no sadness, anger, or hatred.

Yes, she had a hunch. Chris had been able to fend off Hayato's skills with her strong willpower up until now, so why had she fallen into Hayato's trap just today?

In truth, she had known from the moment she heard Hayato's story that she, Reno, was the cause of it all.

The ugly words she'd hurled at her at church, rejecting the woman she loved, had weakened Chris' mind to the point that she was susceptible to charms.

--My existence had invaded Chris' heart. I had allowed this beast to invade her heart.

Intense self-loathing, intense anger towards oneself...but eventually it is directed towards others rather than oneself.

Towards the beast in human skin in front of her that had made her do that...

"You, don't say that... You made me do such a horrible thing... I don't want to hear such things from you!"

"Oh dear, so you're blaming someone else for something you did? Poor Chris. It must have been really painful for her to have someone she loved say such horrible things to her. What a terrible person you are."

Chuckling, Hayato showers Reno with reproachful words.

"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! I'll kill you! You made me do that to Onee-chan! You scum, you should die!!! Die! Die right now!!"

"...You use such foul language, you're truly a vulgar child. A vulgar person like you doesn't look good around Chris, does it?"

"The dirty one is you... you rotten bastard."

The two of them exchange verbal abuse, their emotions reaching a level where conversation is no longer possible. However, the balance is upset when Hayato pulls out the Hero's Sword from his waist.

"Well, let's stop chatting now... Shall we take a rest now, Reno-chan? It's okay... I'll take over Chris and take good care of her."

Hayato pointed his sword at Reno and began to slowly approach her.

Although Reno had a look of frustration on her face, she understood that she was no match for Hayato and stepped back.

But before long, Reno's back hits the wall and she can no longer move away. Game over. The hero wins.

"Is your walk time over? Come on, Reno. It's about time you went to sleep. Don't worry, as a final mercy, I'll finish this in an instant so you won't even feel any pain, okay? Hehehe..."

"You... I..."

"You'll be killed by someone like me. Because you're weaker than me. The weak are destined to lose everything. You'll lose Chris, your bonds, and even your life, and disappear like trash."

Hayato spoke to Reno with amusement, then slowly.

He swung the Hero's Sword down at Reno.

By the way, the reason why God bestowed the charm skill on Hayato was because they thought it would be interesting...