After that, I went to the closest city and started living ordinary life. I had to increase my level too, so I always searched for stronger monsters.
There were also times when I almost died.
I mostly lived in the forest. I also came across bandits and other bad peoples, they were mostly after my body. the thing is, I liked encountering them, they gave much more exp than monsters.
4 years after the death of my parents, when I was 13 years old, I heard that hero summoning will happen in a year. I also heard that shield hero is being summoned in our country.
In our country, people will have to join the knights order for a while and prove themselves to join hero's party. Also, no matter how many people join the knights order, only 3 will be selected.
I went to join the knights order. The required age was 15+ and I was only 13 years old. So I lied and told them that I am 16 years old, when they asked for verification told them that all my family is dead and some other sad things so that they would sympathize with me. With this and by a bit of manipulation, I joined the knights order.
Everyone here knew more than 3 sword styles, but I knew only one, which I mostly forgot. But this didn't bother me at all; I mostly fought using my instincts.
Since I wasn't using any sword styles, it was difficult for them to predict my moves. Not a single trainee ever managed to defeat me.
It has been 3 months since I joined knight order. I am sure that I will join shield hero's party. But then, I heard that shield hero has been summoned in melromarc.
I ran away from the knights order.
I wanted to reach malromarc as soon as possible, and I did. But then I heard the rumours about the shield hero.
At first I didn't believe them, but then I understood that shield hero is also a man, there are times when men cannot suppress their urges.
It was good actually. Since everyone here hates shield hero, it'll be much easier for me to join his party and gain his trust.
I started searching for shield hero. I asked about him in several places, I told them that I want to join the shield hero's party and they advice me not to.
Several peoples told me that they tried to join shield hero's party and he beat them up.
I hear that he mostly hunts the orange balloons and sell them in a store. I went to that store and luckily, I found him. He was returning after selling the orange balloons.
I told him that I want to join his party, but he refused and said that he can't let a girl be in his party, he wasn't even looking at me.
I tried to persuade him. But no matter what I said, he didn't listened to me.
I started thinking for other ways to persuade him, but he started walking past me. I held his hand, for the first time in the conversation, he made eye contact with me. His eyes were filled with rage.
"If you don't want to die, get lost"
I let him go, he started going back. I wanted to stop him, but I don't have the courage to do that.
A killing intent was less than a breeze for me, I won't even budge with that. But the person in question was Shield Hero.
Looks like the Shield Hero doesn't need me. But he, for whom I waited so long, don't need me, I don't think living worth anything now.
Which is why, I decided to end my meaningless life and jumped off a cliff.
I thought it was the end, but I found myself in the forest of shieldfreeden. Somehow, I came back in time.
Now I had to go melromarc. There were still 3 months left. Since demi-human are looking down in the malromarc, I learned illusion magic.
Don't worry shield hero, I won't let you go into despair this time.
After reaching melromarc, I waited for the shield hero to be summoned. The people who were going to join the heroes were already decided.
I'll just kill the party members of shield hero.
There was only one girl in shield hero's party. Is this the girl whom shield hero tried to take advantage of? I'm much cuter and beautiful than her.
But from my observation of shield hero in past life, my hypothesis is that shield hero was betrayed. He didn't do that.
They said he did it on the same day she joined his party.
Let's wait for now, if he really tries to take advantage of her, I'll just stop him. After that I will threaten that girl not to tell this to anyone.
I'll make shield hero disband the party with her. After that, I'll party up with him. Wow alna, you're a genius.
But shield hero kicked her from his party and went straight to the training area.
I followed him.
Shield hero headed back straight to the grasslands where those orange balloons were, and stood beside a tree.
"What do you mean, not in vain? You goddamn hypocriite!!" He screamed
Is it something related to his past life?
"I also wanted people I could rely on, I also wanted people who rely on me. I also wanted to be happy. I'm glad that I'm alone again? You goddamn liarr!"
I don't know why this is happening. Shield hero was supposed to take advantage of that girl but he left her. Did the future changed because I came?
He kept punching the tree. I wanted to stop him, but he'll know that I am a stalker.
"From now on, I'm making a promise to myself. No matter what happens..., whatever it takes..., I will make sure that... There will be.. No Regrets!"
He calmed down, so I made my move. But he started bombarding me with questions. I somehow made a fake but realistic story about why I'm here right now.
I tried to assure him, but he just didn't wanted to listen to me.
It is of no use right now.
Maybe I should leave right now. This time I won't try to join his party, but somehow make it seem like he made me join his party.
Since a beautiful girl would be in his party, he just won't be able to control himself. Then when he'll raped me, I'll make him marry me.
And then, my peaceful life with shield hero will start.
I was going to the forest, but shield hero stopped me.
After that, we all know what happened.