Hero And Fighter

by strike445x

Certainly, getting summoned with 3 other Japanese young adults was a surprising thing... but the main question was, why did he keep encountering things that reminded him of the main game he played? (Standard Harem Warning)

6. A Trial Of Farces

A/N: (Note/Disclaimer) All recognizable characters belong to their respective owners. Such as Neopeople for Dungeon Fighter Online(Also known as Dungeon & Fighter) and Aneko Yusga for The Rising Of The Shield Hero

Note 2:

("Human/Speech")

("Thoughts")

(Attacks/Weapon names)

(Other/Foreign/ Speech & Text/Book/Scroll)

(Actions/POV)

(Titles/Flashback/Time/Dates/Place)

(Narration & Everything else)

('Demonic Speech')

("Demonic Thoughts")

Hero And Fighter Chapter 6

Throne Room: ? Castle: Castle Town

5/19/0000: 1325

Third Person: Omni

"No need to be so forceful." Naofumi resisted a push by the guards, if he were not braced for it, he would have met the floor intimately but instead, he just stabilized himself with a few steps.

"Myne, you are okay!" Naofumi stated as he saw the red head stand by the spearman. He could already tell that the woman was pulling on the womanizer like a puppet. She quickly hid behind the hero.

"King, our money got stolen, if I hadn't made sure to hide my armor, I am sure it would have been stolen." He kept his cool while observing the mages, heroes, and king. The king was stone-faced while the spear wielder was angrily staring at the young hero. Naofumi could not see Melina among the mages or the heroes' parties.

"Quiet you scumbag!" The king roared… but Naofumi could already tell that he was angry far before this. Itsuki looked on with a poker face, already knowing that Naofumi prepared something to turn the tides.

"Poor adventure Myne, Please testify before us once again." The king spoke, commanding the retelling of her story.

"The shield hero barged into my room drunk and tore off my clothes while saying the night was still young. I could barely escape him before running to Sir Spear Hero's room." Naofumi could feel betrayal running through his body, and anger of course, despite intellectual knowing that she was going to do this. It still hurt from all her actions the past day.

"If she didn't tell me to wait and call the knights at dawn I would have cut you down myself," Motoyasu stated with barely contained rage.

"Kill them… Avenge Yourself…" Naofumi heard several thoughts in the rage, almost as if something was tempting him, and artificially upping the intensity of the anger he felt. Before the flames could consume his mind and leak from his mouth, he breathed a few times. He felt a thorn settle in his heart.

"To think that the Shield Hero would commit the gravest sin in this country." The king states with his head supported by an open hand.

"The crime of sexually assaulting a woman is punishable by death." One of the officials stated swiftly.

"If you were not a hero, you would be executed immediately" The king stood while pointing at the hero.

"It would seem that only one part of the conversation is being heard. I wonder what the just Queen will do once she returns to listen to the record." The inn owner's daughter suddenly spoke up, surprising the people in the room. Itsuki and Ren both recognized her… it would seem that Motoyasu never encountered her.

"Who might you be miss?" The startled spear man looked over at the pretty tavern lass… All of them looked at her, she was still in her uniform as she accompanied them swiftly.

"My name is Athena Seria Hampton. The manager on shift at Aegis Inn last night and today. I would like to make my testimony of last nights events to clear the shield hero's name. Though I originally accompanied him to report the theft of his money." She stated calmly, her soft voice flowing through the air, reaching all their ears easily.

"I see. Then please testify." The king looked stone cold as he said those words. Naofumi knew that he was angered by the plot being countered like this.

"The shield hero Naofumi Iwatani and his two companions arrived at the inn before the rest of the heroes. They bought our meal set for three people. Miss Myne and Sir Naofumi both were brought glasses of wine by Miss Myne's behest." She states calmly, recollecting it quickly.

"Naofumi did not touch the wine in any manner as he finished his meal and left his two companions to talk. He came up to me to tell me which rooms they would be in and asked whether there are any protections in the room. I told him of our protections as a high-class inn, all rooms have alarm magic on them and are reinforced from attacks due to adventures and high profile merchants staying in the inns."

"He paid for two rooms, one for himself and the other for his two companions to cut back on costs. I asked whether or not he would like a key to his companion's room. He politely refused, stating that "It is far better for their mental health and my own that I don't have access to their rooms. If need be, I can knock on the door to talk to them." I then gave him the key before he pointed out the two companions of his." She finishes the first time that she saw him.

"The Bow Hero then arrived with their party, their party, and began to talk to Melina, Sir Naofumi's Mage, as Myne left to their room. A few minutes later, Sir Naofumi came down to talk with me for a bit about our accommodations and food, complementing our cuisine extensively, before he was dragged into a conversation with the Hero Of The Bow."

"Before he left with the two, I asked him why he would not drink the wine, he just stated that alcohol did not work on him before he was dragged away." She finishes the second occurrence of his speaking with her.

"After a few minutes later, the Bow hero was dragged away by their party. The two-party members talked for a bit before coming over. Melina asked for the key to her room. I asked what they would be doing before Naofumi stated that he had to speak to Melina about magic in his room before they retired for the night."

"An alarm went off for an unauthorized person in Sir Naofumi's room. The spear hero and Miss Myne never got into contact with me about Sir Naofumi's supposed assault." She reported the relatively quiet night.

"The next day, Sir Naofumi reported to me about the theft before the guards arrived to take the hero the castle, I accompanied them to give my testimony." Myne steadily paled at the words coming out of the tavern worker's words contradicted hers in multiple ways.

"Can you tell us where Miss Melina is?" The king asked, shifting his body into a pondering posture.

"Some guards asked for her presence in something an hour before Naofumi descended from his room. She had all the bags from the party with her, she then stated that Naofumi gave them to her for safekeeping in case something were to happen." She quickly answered his question.

"Does anyone know where she is?" The king asked while looking at the guards, some of which were starting to sweat in their armor.

"I am here now king," The large doors into the throne room were kicked open with an ample amount of force. Standing in the doorway was the battle mage in her transformed glory, having all save for one none the wiser of her actual race and age. With a spear and bag in hand, she quickly stepped into the room with a grin on her face.

"I see, where were you before?" The king asked in a surprised tone.

"Well just before this, I was in your dungeons, I got out easily enough though. But when I left the inn, I penned a letter to the queen and gave it to one of her agents." She laughed while quickly walking forward with a hop in her step. The heroes besides Naofumi felt the strange wording.

"Why would you pen a letter to the queen?" Itsuki asked with a pondering expression, she knew that the counter trap developed by the two of them was about to trigger.

"It is a matriarchy, my heroes. The king is not to have any power and the trial today is without the queen's permission. As this country summoned the heroes without the consent of other countries, she is busy with diplomatic missions to not set off a war. I know especially well that another country would accept the Shield Hero in a heartbeat if he was exiled."

She spread her hands out for everyone to focus on her. Melina took a glance at the shadows on the second floor, though no one caught it.

"I say that all these false charges brought upon the hero lay at Miss Myne's feet." Naofumi still felt the rage from the earlier accusations and betrayal building, it was an outside source that was doing something. He closed his eyes to focus on cooling down the flames, trying to turn it into ice like some of his light novels taught him. If anything, the cold rage was far deadlier for enemies than burning rage.

The nobles were talking animatedly with one another, it looked far more like women gossiping than lords conversing. Naofumi felt the rage abate, but he would have to do some stuff to smother the fire.

"Sir Shield Hero… I apologize for the false accusations. Have these coins as compensation." The king looked at a mage for a few seconds before saying anything. The mage just shook his head, it would seem that he is the head mage of the king. He quickly looked directly at the falsely accused hero.

"Just give me some silvers, it would seem that she has rejoined his party." Motoyasu looked confused at everything that had happened, looking at the young woman at his side, and the three others that had conflicting evidence. He couldn't decide who to trust.

"Right, Thank you for accompanying me for this Athena…" He quickly bowed to the young woman who just smiled in a warm manner. He accepted the coins from the official who looked a bit disgruntled.

"Let's go, Melina… We need to grind more after all." Naofumi started his walk out of the castle, his emotions blank as the footsteps rang out of the hall. Melina was quick to mockingly bow for the officials and quickly rushes after him.

"Let's talk again sometime… Ren, Itsuki, Motouasu." Naofumi waved goodbye to them as the pair walked out of the room, the large doors closing behind him.

_(DUNGEON FIGHTER ONLINE)_

"So what are we going to do now? The good queen won't be arriving for a while, and you know they will be after your blood." Malina said as she caught up to his hastened steps.

"Right now… I need to cool off before I become a 'zerker." Naofumi said aloud while walking past the gates once more. Many people quickly move off to the side when he arrives, it looks rumors of him being a rapist have spread before the final decision could even come about.

"Right then, and having you become like Jin is a horrible idea" She puts her arms behind her head while looking at him. They both knew that their teammate prospects were grim if they looked officially. It might be the easiest option to buy a slave or two.

"Yo, Shield Kid, come ere for a sec." The blacksmith looked angry, it would seem that even he knew of the rumors. Naofumi just motioned for Melina to go on ahead without him before walking into the ally with the muscled man.

"I heard what you did to that girl… you deserve a punch to the face." Naofumi silently stood as the man slammed him into the wall. A fist raised to do just what he said, it would seem his anger didn't abate even after seeing the Mage walk beside him.

"I thought that you were going to punch me." Naofumi was cold now, his emotions frozen over as this world revealed where it's depths were. The blacksmith had looked the young man in the eyes before letting off on him. The green eyes of the younger were filled with frosted rage and a hint of acceptance.

"No, I changed my mind. I want to hear your side of the story before I make any judgments." Looking at his face reminded the blacksmith of all the impressions he had of the young man… and none of them screamed rapist.

"The one you know as Myne originally chose to go the Spear Hero's party but came into mine after no one chose me on the first go-around. She ended up betraying me last night, trying to frame me." Naofumi brushed off his shoulders, his tone polite with the older gentleman, a contrast to the warm one he used when haggling with him.

"Wait a second." Naofumi tried to leave the ally way before the day could get any shorter, but the call of the blacksmith stopped him. The man went into his shop and brought out a green hoodless cloak.

"Take this, despite that armor of yours, it is good to have something to keep yourself warm." The blacksmith started with a cold expression, he would give the young man a chance, one that was created by their interactions before this debacle.

"How much." Even with his colder personality to keep his rage down, he still knew about money.

"It is a parting gift, I'll say it was on clearance and is only 5 copper." He states with a passive tone. Naofumi nodded, he still doesn't have the money on him and would rather not deal with the large number of copper coins he would receive.

"I'll pay you back later." Naofumi covered his form with the cloak, hiding the shield was much more feasible now with the cloak. His tone emotionless by design, if any emotion were to stain it only rage would be felt.

_(RISING OF THE SHIELD HERO)_

Ballon Meadows

5/19/0000: 1400

"You know you could have just ignored him right." The conversation between the two started after he destroyed a few of the balloons, the sky starting to darken due to the overcast weather.

"I know he is not an unfair guy," Naofumi stated while aggroing another set of balloons that were swiftly popped by the spear and chasers that she sent out. She returned her regularly from once they got out here, mainly so that she can save on SP, this world's mana.

"So, how are we going to get some party members?" Melina stated while dodging an attack of one that aggroed onto her, with him catching it and spiking it into the smallest point of the shield. She knew that at this level, she was a liability when her SP ran out.

"I am probably going to be in the seedier parts of town." They rested while he used half of the ruptured balloon skins on the shield, the other half going into a rucksack.

"Ho, you can't get trust worth allies like that." She remarks while leaning back onto the tree. And she did have a point.

"I get the feeling that there will be slaves…" Naofumi stated while they rested under a tree. The place started to have light rain, how thematic of the world to do it in this situation...

"Ho… my father is such a bad person to use slaves." She said with a teasing grin, she knew that it was the only option as everyone in the country mistrust the hero. Besides, he would be a far better master than any other, if a bit of a taskmaster.

"So what are our lodgings for tonight." She asked with a smile, whether they go back and try for an inn or stay out here for the night was the question. She is no stranger to ruffing it after all.

"You take a majority of things to Aegis Inn… I really don't want for rumors to start on them so I will be ruffing it." He was already starting to think that this world was after him… for good reason.

"How thoughtful." She said with a smile as she got closer to him, using the cloak on his figure as a raincoat.

"I want to let the heat die down a little, after all, a sudden change in the decision does not usually settle well with the people," Naofumi said with a tired yawn, all his rage away for a moment… but he could feel it under the surface, waiting for a chance to tempt him.

"Why are you keeping some of the balloons on hand?" She asked after noting him putting a ball of the stuff into his cloak.

"I want to try negotiations with the monster material merchants." He said with a devious grin on his face, already imagining the scare that prejudiced merchants will feel.

"So I will be going back into town and doing nothing?" She said with an eye on him, her experience already telling her that he will have her doing something.

"Contact the queen's agents, have them get a message from the queen so we know international affairs." Naofumi would probably be going an all-nighter while she was sleeping in the inn.

"Have a good night, Naofumi." Melina looked back at the resting young man, it stopped raining a bit ago, allowing her to move freely. He just nods warmly as she leaves him to the wilderness.

Word Count: ~2900 Words

Date Completed: 12/13/2020

Note: Hope you all enjoy it… I have no idea when this creative binge will end, but I will work on it as much as my time and muse allow.

Comment Cove:

FFN:

darkstel: So you don't even have any girls added? Sigh* what nonsense, the Prospect of this story keeps falling and falling.

Response: Well that is entirely wrong and I have no idea how you even got that from not just my Comment Cove Segment, but the actual details of the story. I won't rush the story to ham fist the girls into the spotlight.

Dcraus: Naofumi has already accepted his new reality has the Shield Hero and thus the plot begins in the Rising of the Shield Hero

Response: He is the shield hero, like it or not, and knows that he has to save the world or die trying. A lot of things will change and many more stay the same as he has no control over those situations.

AO3:

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