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After carefully studying the royal vault and the royal treasury, the hero secretly took a generous sum for himself. He refrained from taking everything since it would cause a panic. Kazuya still needed to stay at the capital so taking everything would only have put him at a disadvantage.
"(Since I'll most likely won't be able to receive a sponsorship unless I agree to be their hero, I'll help myself and receive some compensation.)" he took some currency but left the artifacts intact. It would have been discovered if those suddenly disappear after all.
Kazuya had gotten word that Elrich's preparation had been completed after he had successfully replaced the hologram of himself that was left in the library. He left with a promise to come back as he bid his farewells politely towards the old librarian.
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