Waking up in the morning Naofumi was quickly surprised to see his equipment and money missing. "What the hell everything's gone, the money I got from the king, my chainmail all of my stuff is gone!."
"You're kidding we've been robbed" distressed he ran out of the room and started to bang on the room
"Mein open up we've been robbed!!" continuously banging on the door in distress.
Knights came and saw Naofumi making the stop in their tracks. Naofumi took notice and was relieved to see them.
"Hey your the knights, that's great I've been rob.." his sentence being cut off by one of the knights.
"Shield hero you are under arrest for suspicion of Sexual Assault." Surprising Naofumi.
"What I'm the victim here! My stuff has been stolen!" yelling as he was dragged and put into a Prison Cart and taken to the castle.
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The Rangers had decided to stay in a Tavern to sleep as they didn't need anyone to sneak attack them in their sleep. Suddenly a knock was heard on the Rangers door waking them up and getting them up on their feet.
Walking towards the door Dun opened it carefully to see a Knight.
"Sirs the King has requested your presence in the castle please arrive as soon as you can."
"Alright we'll make sure to be there." Dun responded a bit confused to whats going on, shutting the door behind him and walking towards the other Rangers.
"Hey guys some Knight from the castle said they need us at the castle for some reason might have to do with some of the other heroes or the waves."
"Alright we'll head out as early as we can so pack your gear and lets head out."
"Yes sir!" all the Rangers said to the Colonel.
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Arriving at the castle the Rangers noticed that everyone surrounded the Shield hero, this was very odd to the Rangers because they knew Naofumi was a good kid due to how innocent and naive he was.
"Hey guys why is everyone mad at the Shield kid, he's barely been here for a day." Dun asked his fellow Rangers. "I don't know man but I don't like the stairs they're giving him." One of the pvt's said.
"Keep your weapons on stand by just in case things get heated, we don't need these guys killing an innocent kid just to satisfy their anger."
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"Hey yo King i've been robbed so if we can be quick about this so we can catch the thi..." cut off by the yell of the King.
"SILENCE YOU FIEND!!" the Kings voice boomed through the King's throne room
"Huh!, there must be some kind of mistake, Mein if you explain the misunderstanding to them they might understand." surprised and confused to why the King was mad at him
Mein quickly hid behind Motoyasu pretending to be afraid catching Naofumi by surprise, as well as confusing him even more to what's going on.
"Mein, I'm sorry to ask but tell us what happened." the King asked Mein trying to get her talk.
"Last night the Shield hero broke into my room stinking drunk and forced me down, and..."
"Huh?" Impossible Naofumi thought as he never drunk any type of alcohol.
"I managed to get away and managed to find Motoyasu who came to my aid."
'What the hell is she talking about, What is going on.'
As the Rangers watched everything unfold they could tell there was some BS flying in the air how did no one manage to notice her screams if she was being raped in a tavern with other residents, how did she know Motoyasu was in the same tavern as them as there are many of them in the castle just like the one they stayed in, and lastly she doesn't have very convincing acting to the Rangers as she kept faking smiles and her affection for him. The Ranger were also not convinced due to the peoples distaste in the Shield hero since they arrived in this world by giving him scowls and glares without Naofumi noticing.
"If any of that's true than show me some evidence." Naofumi yelled in hope that it would help clear his name but to no avail. A knight came rushing in a kneeled in front of the King
"Your Majesty we found this in the shield heros room." presenting Meins undergarment to the King.
Mein screamed in fake terror.
"YOU ANIMAL!" Motoyasu yelled at Naofumi in disgust now looking down on him.
"But that wasn't in my room when I woke up." speaking in confusion and sadness as he was being blamed by everyone, as the other heros finally spoke up.
first being Itsuki "I had a feeling that you were here for a different reason than us..." Than ren spoke after "Same here, you probably just confused yourself for being a higher class than you are." and lastly by Motoyasu "I never thought you would be the type to commit a crime!" they spoke angrily at Naofumi. 'Please someone tell them for me...' hoping to be defended. "SOMEONE LIKE YOU... DOESN'T DESERVE TO BE A HERO" Motoyasu yelled angrily as well as disgusted at him.
Crushing Naofumi's hope of being cleared
'Why do I have to be insulted like this' he thought saddened.
In the back Mein smiled catching Naofumi's attention after that the smile was followed by a stink eye. It finally made sense to him he was duped, lied to, and framed for someones own agenda.
Naofumi realized that there was only one last group of people who had yet to judge him, to be surprised it was the Rangers,He looked up to them for hope and desperation of being wronged. The Rangers saw the look of desperation on Naofumis face, so they finally intervened in the pure bullshit of a trial, only using their chance to bad mouth a kid who did nothing wrong.
"Your Majesty or Honor whatever you want me to call you, In all honesty this trial is complete bullshit you haven't even given him a chance to defend himself." Cpl Dunn said to the King.
Catching everyone by surprise as the Ranger spoke against all their judgement on the Shield hero "So much for sticking together, all of us heroes come from an advanced society but can't grasp the idea of a proper trial fucking hell." Shaking his head.
The other Rangers agreed as they saw him innocent considering he was very bad at hiding his intentions as well as being too naive.
"But... how can you defend a rapist, he clearly raped her from the evidence they found on his bed." the Rangers knew that but they had a their own counter argument. "Come on the kids intentions were so obvious that he wanted to be a great hero, he was also pretty naive if you ask me, y'all are too blind to the people that you have just met a day ago."
The other heroes were surprised and dissatisfied with his answer as they had pointed out something that was true but stubbornly they refused to believe it as they thought they were in the right.
Naofumi finally spoke once again "See I didn't do it i'm clearly being framed, Mein only joined my party to steal my gear and money!" Angrily he yelled at them.
The other 3 Heroes didn't believe it all as they thought he was lying only trying to get away with his crime "Pfft, like anyone's gonna believe that you rapist!" Motoyasu screamed out.
'Is it because of this Shield because I can't fight...
why do they look down on me...
just to kick me while im down to make themselves look better...
You are all FILTH!' Naofumi thought clouded in anger.
"Fine... IF YOU HATE ME SO MUCH WHY DON'T YOU SEND ME BACK TO MY WORLD."
'Why do i have come all the way here just to be made feel like this!? THIS WORLD CAN BURN IN HELL FOR ALL I CARE!' his angered feelings taking over as he was wronged.
"While I would very much like to send you back to your world, I can't send you back to your world until the 4 holy saints have died." catching all the other heroes by surprise except for the Rangers.
"The only way I can send you back is if you defeat all the waves."
"What a joke." Naofumi said in a sarcastic voice.
"So long as you serve to fight the waves, I will not impose a punishment ... However all the people of this country will know of what you've done that's punishment enough, Release him!."
finally Naofumi was able to walk away but before that Motoyasu grabbed his hand "what can't you see I need to get stronger for the waves." Naofumi said in a cold voice towards him as he finally left the Kings throne room.
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The Rangers knew how badly they screwed Naofumi but at least they didn't execute him, So in the end they left the Kings throne as it was pure bullshit to what they did to Naofumi. Now they had new objectives being help out Naofumi whenever they can as it's pretty clear that the others will try to screw him.
"Alright boys looks like we might want to cover more ground so we'll split into two group Sgt Foley is in charge under your command is Cpl Dunn, Pvt Ramirez, Pvt Volker and Pvt Wade.
My group will consist of me Col Marshal, Sgt Hirsh, Cpl Aria, Pvt Blumel, Pvt Sandler, Pvt Handler.
I need our groups to head separate ways to help be more effective in defending against the waves."
"Yes sir!" The Rangers gathered into their squads and prepared to head out.
"Alright boys watch your back out there." Sgt Foley said to his fellow Rangers "Back to you Foley, Alright boys lets head out!"
Walking their separate ways to save the world.
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To be Continued
Well i hope ya'll love this chapter i'll update this weekend as I will have time for myself to write. I do this as hobby so please respect when I can't upload as sometimes I am too busy. Anyways hope yall like this Chapter and hope to update once again.