The fate which the final maiden had, was a pitiful one.
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In the parallel world, Llena Nefia the princess in disguise, on her way to the kingdom waa attacked by a powerful orc.
The orc was devastating enough to kill many of the brainwashed trained soldier of Midom Kingdom.
Saving her at the last moment, was a hero shining on a metal breastplate, as it was the beginning of his journey, his equipment was shabby but in the eye of Llena Nefia, he looked much more wonderful than anyone in the world.
Befallen to his heroic acts of saving her from the danger, Llena Nefia thinks of numerous ways to keep him in her as long as possible and the answer she reached was to take him to her kingdom.
The hero, Akihito Hiro was a pushover, who had an unworthy temperament despite his overwhelming power.
No matter how adapting human was, being transferred into [The World]'s Iseekai Continent, not too long ago, it wasn't that easy to get used to it.
Accepting her invitation, they ride in the carriage heading to the Midom Kingdom.
As the timing was conveniently on spot, when they arrived at the kingdom, the royal palace was rowdy as the sound of metal colluding could be heard.
The timing was worse as one of the [Resistance] members, took hostage of Llena Nefia in hope that Dion would let them escape unharmed.
However, inside the carriage, Akihito Hiro and Llena Nefia's relationship was deepened enough that he will be sad if Nefia was to get hurt.
The small action of the [Resistance] members sealed the fate of their and, the true king and the i prisoned princess would never get to see the light of the day.
Later, the imprisoned princess would get sold to the Niema Kingdom for 35,000,000 Gold.
In the end, the most crucial part of the maiden, her virgin blood was tasted by the king, granting him an eternity of youth.
As for the rest; blood, saliva, sweat, urine, and organs were used as alchemy ingredients, and as she gave her body for the 'greater good of humanity,' the more she broke and it only increased their craving for her.
At the end, when the king was sick, the kingdom decided to offer the maiden's heart to him. To grant him the body which can't be caught with illness
Many opposed this but they could do nothing in front of authority and power. In the end, the maiden's corpse was stored in the most secure place, only to be eaten soon enough due to the king's greed for power.
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There are many scenarios where she wasn't sold to the Niema Kingdom but in the end, pushed off a cliff, assassinated when she was born, offered as a sacrifice to win against the impossible enemy...
There wasn't a single scenario where Ceri Nefia lived.
In short, Ceri Nefia's death was an 'absolute point' and it was the fate of her and every single of her parallel self shared.
Only by Ceri Nefia dying, could the story begin.
Only by Ceri Nefia dying, could the story reach the end of the first arc.
Ironically, being the closest to the god, she was hated by the world.
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5 days before Ceri Nefia was rescued in the underground prison...
"Llena-san, I will head outside a bit." Akihito Hiro, unable to hold the silence inside the carriage, called her out to head outside.
"Okay, don't fall too behind, and delay our time," Llena only said a little sentence uninterested.
'Thank goodness, she permitted it.' the atmosphere inside the carriage wasn't something he could hold on to, being a former Japanese.
Not to mention, her sudden change of attitude honestly made him uncomfortable.
In that way, running along with the horse was more comfortable to him.
[10x Boost]
Increases any hidden values you get by 10x.
This includes Mana Point Regeneration, Health Point Regeneration, Stamina Point Regeneration.
Experience Points (EXP), Skill Point (Skill EXP), Proficiency Points (Non-Skill EXP)
Stats Experience Point (SXP).
This was his unique skill and it helped his growth a lot. In the beginning, when he was transferred to this world, all he needed to do was run 50 meters to increase his agility by 2.
Similarly, he only needed to kill the goblin once to level up by three times.
His biggest discovery was despite not learning the [Sword Mastery] skill, he was better than some who've learned it.
This was because he accumulated enough Proficiency Points.
This feeling of every action of his being calculated into 'numbers' even if it isn't a system-related action made him uncomfortable a bit but there was nothing he could do.
Even now, despite how weird it may sounds, Hiro was feeling that he was getting better at 'running.'
5 days later, after arriving in the Midom Kingdom, the two headed straight to the place where the king was struggling.
Inside it, was chaos, as Hiro heard from outside.
The smell of blood shimmered in the air and even now, the lives was lost, it wasn't a scenery which a normal could bear watching.
"Princess Llena, what are you doing here?" contrary to the soulless knight that has followed her, the knight fighting the [Resistance] had eyes that 'lived' as they surprisedly shouted to Llena.
"What is this all about? I've returned to see my father so why am I not getting celebrated for my return?" just as Llena finished shouting angrily, someone from [Resistance] swiftly took hold of her.
Panting exhaustedly was Reinhardt, "I have taken ahold of your princess! If you want her life, let us leave unharmed! If I ever to see a single injury in my subordinate, this blade of mine will stab deep inside the princess' throat."
A simple action from Reinhardt momentarily stopped the fights as they silently stared at him.
In contrast to the speech from above, the Llena princess had from before, now that her life was endangered she couldn't stop shivering from fear, "all of you, drop your weapons at once. I- I may die!"
"T-that's right! Protect me, hero-sama! You are stronger than this measly knight, right?" in hurry, Llena searched for something that will reduce the chance of her getting killed.
"And who are you? I've never seen someone like you in my knight division. You don't seem to be brainwashed as well." Reinhardt spoke curiously.
"I'm someone who's involved. Can you tell me the situation? What do you mean by brainwashed?" Unable to judge the situation and which is good and bad, Hiro asks him.
"Yeah, everyone in this kingdom except for my knight division which is the closest to the king, has been brainwashed. Some have their whole memory erased. Some have their whole memory altered to Dion's convenient" Reinhardt genuinly explained in hope to increase his ally even by one.
Hiro looked around the battlefield. Among the [Resistance] members, many have befallen. However, on the Midom Kingdom's side, mysteriously, there wasn't even one that had died. Only injured to the point of being unable to move.
'Were Reinhardt and the others protecting their former friends while fighting them?' Of course, even seeing this, Hiro couldn't entirely believe into them.
...Until a sentence entered his mind [She's a little strange. It won't harm you to be careful of around her.].
It was a word from the man that resembled himself when he first arrived in this world. Unaccustomed to fighting, yet fool enough to throw his life to protect others.
'It'd definitely feel good to believe in this man rather than fight for the princess.' Hiro thought as he nodded to Reinhardt.
"Alright. I will help you, what should I do from now?" Hiro asked Reinhardt.
"You should protect our exhausted men in the case when they're attacked. It will take a little time for the knight to inform their king, so it will not be so soon for the king to judge the importance of [Resistance] members' life than his daughter."
"When that time comes, the kingdom will resume their attack... Loid, I will leave this princess to you," Reinhardt gave the sword and the princess to his nearby men while taking the dagger sheathed in him.
"Reinhardt, where are you going?" in a word that the princess can't hear, Loid whispered to Reinhardt.
"I am going to save our princess," Reinhardt whispered back to him.
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Thus from then on, another 5 days passed as the story began to divert greatly from its original track.
[You have accumulated 11 agility through intense training]
Rein panted, feeling great as the number in his agility stats increases.