Disclaimer: I don't own Rokka no Yuusha. Some lines in this story were copied directly from NanoDesu LN translation.

11. Goldof Aurora

"Chamo doesn't care about love! Just tell Chamo when can Chamo kill the cow!" Chamo was close to losing control. If not for Mora's restraining her, she would've thrust the foxtail grass into her throat a long while ago.

"You can't kill her, because Rolonia is innocent!" Adlet moved slightly before Rolonia, who's quivering in fear.

"And how would you know that, meow?" There was a glint in Hans' eyes, as if he had caught onto something. "Perhaps this was a plan you two had formulated. First let us suspect Adlet, then Rolonia would clear our doubt and make us suspect her, thus making us believe Adlet is innocent. And when we let down our guard, he will stab us in the back. Am I right?"

"No!" Adlet was quick to reject Hans' idea. "I haven't met her for years! And I have no intention of killing any of you!"

"Y-yeah! Ad-kun is really innocent! I didn't lie!"

"Rolonia, tell me the truth. Did you lie because you like Adlet?"

"No!"

"Then why did you show up late?" Mora questioned. "According to you, you were at the temple before any of us were. So why did you show up after we suspect Adlet-san?"

"I-I...I was scared..." Rolonia hugged her arms.

"A sob story now? Trying to earn our tears?" Chamo smirked. "This will not work on Chamo."

"I-I-"

"Rolonia, please continue."

"W-well, like I have said, after I snatched the bomb coming towards me and threw it at the lock, causing it to explode, two soldiers came towards me so I defeated them quite easily. Then the woman suddenly turned into a monkey fiend-"

"A shape-shifting fiend," Adlet commented.

"-and escaped. I wanted to chase after it, but the temple was more important so I didn't do so."

"We had heard that part already." Hans was bored. "Fast forward please, meow?"

"O-oh right. W-well, when I stepped into the temple, the sword was already like this." Rolonia pointed at the sword standing on the pedestal. "Then fog rose and I realized that the barrier has been activated. Then I heard footsteps coming. I don't know who did it, but I know if I stayed here any longer, the person would think I had activated the barrier. So I quickly ran outside and hid behind a tree."

"Strange...I had walked around the forest to confirm the barrier, but I never saw you."

"Eh?"

"Or perhaps we had past each other unknowingly." Mora said, "Either way, please continue."

"Because Ad-kun came in right after I left, I believed that the other heroes had suspected him. My belief was confirmed when you all left the temple to check the lock. I know it's all my fault that Ad-kun, who is innocent, is suspected, and I know that I should tell you all the truth, but I'm afraid that you would k-kill me...and believe I had activated the barrier." Rolonia was trembling from head to toes. Nashetania actually felt bad for her. "If I wasn't so stupid as to open the door with an explosion, Ad-kun wouldn't be suspected for carrying explosives. If I hadn't opened the door, the barrier would not be activated! If I had checked, if I had been smarter, if I had been stronger, if I had been more thoughtful, if I had-"

"Can you shut up? You are annoying Chamo."

Rolonia quickly bobbed her head up and down.

"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to! I'm sorry for being so weak and stupid..."

"It's alright, Rolonia. I believe you," Adlet placed a hand on her shoulder comfortingly.

"Ad-kun..."

"Gumeow... You still haven't cleared yourself. Do you have any evidence to prove everything you've just said is the truth, and not something made up to make Adlet seem innocent?" Hans said with a weird laugh.

"Evidence..." Rolonia scrunched her face up as she muttered the word to herself.

Seeing how Rolonia couldn't seem to prove her words, Mora began in a motherly tone, "Rolonia, it's alright. You may have a crush on Adlet, but now isn't the time to make up a lie to bear the blame. As a chosen hero, you shouldn't let your crush get the better of you. If Adlet is the impostor, you have to tell us."

"He is not! Mora-san you have to believe me! Ad-kun is absolutely not the impostor!"

"I'm sorry. But I can't believe you, Rolonia. You don't have any evidence to back up your words, yet Adlet have two people to witness him alone in the temple." Mora then turned to everyone. "So what do you all think?"

"Mora-san!"

"Chamo says kill Adlet!"

"Meowheehee, we should keep him alive to find out his true motives."

"What's here to find!?" Adlet cried.

"Why you would side with the Majin, of course."

"Hans!"

"Stop it!" Rolonia screamed, on the verge of desperation, halting the conversation. "Ad-kun is not the impostor! I'm not lying! And there are no tricks involved!"

"I saw it."

All eyes turned to Goldof.

Did he just talk?

AN: I will be writing this story parts by parts. Not chapter by chapter, because I just couldn't figure out where a chapter should end in a story like this.