"...."
It was already the next day and the party continued their journey within the carriage moving on a mountain ranges.
The people inside was currently making a gentle expression towards a specific young man turning his head on the window to avoid meeting eyes on the others.
*grin* *grin*
One of the girls there did not follow the other sympathetic and gentle gazes, instead was making a teasing grin non-stop ever since the young man had awoken from his sleep.
"Hey hey, Haru~ Right now you must be feeling great isn't it? Saving a village while posing as a great hero of justice you must be having the best time of your life right? Hey hey~"
"...."
The young man, Haruto jerked when he heard what his older sister said.
"Hey hey my best younger brother in the world why don't you say anything~? Look the other girls also waiting for you to give lots of love you know?? Ah right, you're confused to whom you have to do that first isn't it? Pupuh~"
"Stop, please stop!!"
Haruto couldn't take the sinister teasing from the demon sister and clutched his head tightly while he was desperately pushing back the awakened dark memory of yesterday's events back to the pandora box on his mind.
"Ara? Why are you so embarrassed? You're very cool you know? Even the village girls were all looking at you with rosy face back then. I still remember the bitter look from their boyfriends at that time hahaha!"
Asami proceeded to laugh, not caring the damage she inflicted to her poor brother's mind.
"Right, right to think you even try to show off your coolness by giving a performance back then. What is it again? Super Great Saiyaman? Lolol."
"A-Asami-san, I think you should stop there, more than that Haru-kun's eyes already dead right now."
A savior from heaven has came for Haruto in the form of Rikka who was feeling sorry for her bullied boyfriend. She already learned about Growth from Fia and Selianna so she didn't blame him for his yesterday's behaviors.
Yesterday the reborn Haruto-sama was once again posing as Great Saiyaman to get rid of the monsters attacking nearby village, saving the people there.
The monsters were not that strong and many, with the strongest only consist of lower Middle rank. Still, it was too much for a small village without adventurer guild and only few guards available.
In the end Haruto alone could actually slaughter everything effortlessly. The problem was he did a specific performance during his actions.
He put more special attention to young girls by purposefully safe them during the perfect timing when the poor maiden was almost killed and in their most fragile and delicate state.
Haruto proceeded to save the girls' family with a dramatic line like "Don't worry, I'll definitely safe your family even if I have to sacrificed my life" while caressing their cheek gently with his hand and tone full of resolve and decisiveness.
For young girls it was the same as forcing them to let their hearts be stolen by the savior(?), especially if the figure was so gentle and masculine as if he was a true hero.
As a finishing touch he pretended to be struggling before using a clichè line like "Kuh, I can't be defeated here, I still have to save the people in here!!" with a very desperate and dramatic tone that could easily win an Oscar award. Obviously the girls were cheering him up with concern cries and pleas, that's what the wicked boy was aiming for.
Making a villainous grin behind his mask like a certain man possessing a notebook from shinigami as if he was saying "Just as planned.", he then acted like he received miraculous power from the cheers(?) and transformed into Super Saiyan, introducing himself as "Super Great Saiyaman".
His companions were silently watching with faraway gazes as if giving up on everything, except for Asami who was rolling on the ground. To them his post-Growth state was very malicious, at least to young girls.
Kaori also secretly healed and revived the dead victims from afar with her magic to which naturally taken as the Haruto's credit, making him worshipped like a god.
The rest of the events can be left unsaid as he 'coolly' left with the griefing cries from all the young women. He secretly became a legend in a remote village as the golden masked apostle of god.
....
About more than three months later on the same village.
The traces of houses and fields destroyed had almost completely gone with the efforts of the villagers there in rebuilding the village.
It was a normal joyous night as if what happened before when the monsters attack never happened or had long forgotten. The people were making merry from everywhere.
In one of the small tavern where men was chatting and drinking alcohols happily, there's a lone figure sitting alone covered by a long robe and hood, silently drinking a cup of tea, not fitting for the other customers there.
"Hahaha! No way, are you serious?"
The table behind the hooded person was having a talk with one of the men there questioning his companion.
"Fuck, you dare don't believe me. It's your fault for being away for half a year, just ask all the people you met here, they would say the same thing as me."
The bald man sitting across snorted with a red face, continued drinking his mug. The other side man frowned hearing what he said.
"The hell? I mean it's seemed so ridiculous yeah? For someone to save this village, healing and reviving the dead as easy as breathing it's not a story book for god's sake! Even the godly Transcendents would not be able to revive a dead person. And you ask me to suddenly believe that? Fuck your sister."
"Yeah yeah it sure sounds ridiculous but it's the truth, even sometimes I was thinking it was all a dream but it's not."
The bald man nodded, understanding how absurd his story regarding what happened three months ago.
"Not to mention that guy suddenly glowing with his hair turned golden and became fucking strong? Sure that makes the dude seems like a god or whatever but at the same time it also makes it even harder to believe."
The other man grumbled while keep drinking. His companion also did not say any further since he was tired of trying to convince the guy.
"...."
At the same time, the hooded person was reacted from hearing his words the moment he mentioned about hair turning golden and became very strong even though he didn't even bat an eye when he heard about reviving someone from the dead.
"So you know where did that god's apostle or anything went to?" The man asked the bald man.
"Well, it seems he was asking someone for a direction to the port city Meilenne before he left." The bald man held his chin.
"Meilenne? Then he must be heading to the beastman country on the eastern continent huh? Wonder what's he up to? Saving the beastman race next? Hahahahaha"
Both of the men laughed and continued chatting without minding their surroundings.
The hooded person still listened to their conversation till he judged none of the contents were worth hearing anymore. After that he quickly finished the tea before leaving the tavern after he left some money on his table.
"Kukuku.... Kuhahahaha!!"
He walked out of the village while keep making malicious cackle that grow to a completely insane laugh along his way, it was as if he had gone crazy.
His laughing figure quietly disappeared within the shadow of the darkness from the moonless night.
....
- End of Volume 3 -