Yeah I know there is a quite a delay between chapters but this is my story my rules + I had no motivation yet and stayed bed sleeping lazily. ANYWAY ROLL THE INTRO!- oh wait I don't have an intro... ta hell with it let's just continue

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-Y/N POV-

While Ahri and Raphtalia were changing into some spare clothes Erhard had I told Naofumi some of my special hero specific powers. Insufficent to say that he was suprised that I could do so much compared to the rest of the "heroes". Ahri and Raphtalia come out when I was about to mention the class upgrades and both had very much a simple clothing and some decently crafted armour Erhard, since I was paying.

For Ahri I got some magic cloth clothing that looked very similar to when I saw her old clothing in the memory

ADORABLENESS OVERLOAD!!!

I looked away with bright red face and looked at Erhard with the 'why do you do this to me' look. He started grinning like a idiot when he saw my face... he knew I had no kind of perverted idea they just looked adorable. I then look back a bit composed and see that Naofumi pulled out a balloon from under his cape telling Raphtalia to pop it. She was very reluctant to do so from the fear... most likely a past trauma or memory that scares her Ahri was suprised, but stood bravely against her fear trembleing a bit.

Y/N: *whispering* "I will have to attend to Raphtalia's and Ahri's mental health.... soon"

Erhard look at me with face of agreement while Naofumi managed to get Raphtalia to kill the balloon. I didn't want to strain Ahri's arm so I didn't make her do anything. After that I thank Erhard for helping all 4 of us as I headed with Ahri to the nearest inn. Naofumi seems to do the same when we hear Raphtalia's and Ahri's stomachs grumbling. When we head to the Inn I see a sing saying: "We don't serve to Demi-humans" I click my teeth and give out a small "racists" in the most annoyed tone Ahri knew what I meant as we headed inside anyway. I decide to solve this conflict quietly and pay the waiter extra so he can give Ahri and Raphtalia some food that is ACTUALLY good. When the food was served I quickly checked for any poisons just in case. After that Ahri started digging in while Raphtalia was a bit hesitant until she was told to eat it by Naofumi. Then we leave the castle to get stronger. I used my drone SAINT to protect Ahri as she was defenseless and killed some monsters getting her to level 8 while I stood on level 20. Naofumi seemed happy from venting out his rage on the monsters even if it didn't seem appearent at first.

Y/N: "Hey Naofumi are you ok?!"

Naofumi: *panting* "Y-yeah."

Y/N: *looks at the skies* We should start a camp it is getting dark. We don't want to be caught off guard by nighttime monsters.

We set up a camp by the river and I cook some food on the campfire. After I serve it to everyone I watch their reactions.

Y/N: "forgive me, if the food is not to your liking, but cooking on a campfire is new to me."

It was my first time cooking on a campfire so I understood Raphtalia's cringing face, Naofumi didn't seem to care about the taste... maybe his sense of taste left his with his trust in other people.. Ahri seemed..impressed for some odd reason, then again that was understandable I would be suprised too if I was served fresh food after being imprisoned and enslaved for years.

I then took my gloves of revealing my mechanical hand that looked much better than my old one.

Y/N: "Man it is wierd to feel the things I touch with my right hand again..."

Raphtalia: "umm if you don't mind me asking who are you two?"

Ahri: "I have been asking the same thing and why are you helping us?"

Naofumi and I turn to the two girls and start introductions.

Naofumi: "My name is Naofumi Iwatani and to some I am known as the shield hero."

Both their eyes widen when he mentions the shield hero part.

Y/N: "I am Y/N L/N and I am know as a hero as well, but I certainly wouldn't call myself one"

Ahri: "why not?"

Y/N: "Hero should be a title EARNED not given when the wielders of legendary weapons are summoned."

All 3 seem to follow my logic suprisingly.

-Ahri's POV-

Mr.Y/N seems like a person who prefers logic over gut feeling. I can respect that in some ways... , but there are moments that defy all logic and rely solely on gut feeling.

Flashback:

I tried fighting the monsters myself and that is when I saw my parents right in front of a Chimera falling on the ground. I froze and hoped for help. The Chimera jumped on me and was about to kill me until it looked back to the source of some loud roar from a horn like instrument and started walking away for some reason and that was when the wave ended. Before it escaped I managed to get a complete picture on it it was missing a left eye and it's snake tail was red and blue.

Flashback end:

I didn't even notice it, but I started to shed tears... why did that all had to happen? why...why...WHY!-

My trail of thought was interrupted by Mr.Y/N holding me in a tight comforting embrace. I let all my emotions flow and cried out every feeling I had...

-Y/N POV-

She cried for hours before she passed out from exhaustion... I wondered what past she had that made her suffer so badly. I will not pry into it for now, since it was clearly a touchy subject.

Me and Naofumi stayed awake making potions and looking out for monsters that might want to ambush us. Naofumi still didn't trust me much thanks to the fact that I didn't say anything that would defend him. Suddenly Raphtalia sits up in her sleep screaming. Naofumi took the time to comfort her while I put my guard up in case the scream lured something or someone.

-THE NEXT DAY-

I was waking up from my sleep and cooked some breakfast. I was still tired from the monsters that Raphtalia lured by accident when she cried out in the night. I think I did a bit better on this dish since it had quality rating: Decent while the last one was: not tasty

COOKING RATING:

-3 DISGUSTING

-2 NOT TASTY

-1 EDIBLE

0 DECENT

1 GOOD

2 GREAT

3 MASTER CHEF

We headed to the city sell what we managed to collect through out the entire yesterday the merchant were not afraid of us selling items that could be flawed, but some did give the stink eye to Naofumi. I was happy that the traders seem to give fair prices for some items we had. I knew that Naofumi was carrying balloons, but only as a self defense since he couldn't deal damage well. After that we asked some people merchants what would be profitable to do and one of them said that there was a cave that was overrun by monsters, but people who manage to get materials from there recieve a good coin. I remembered the cave I was in the first day I left the city limits and asked the merchant if he meant that one and I was appearantly correct so we gone on the journey to the cave. On the way I knew Ahri was getting really tired from walking so I gave her a piggyback ride. At first she was reluctant, but eventually complied with a hint of happiness in her expression.

When we reached the cave I showed Naofumi the rope and Pickaxe and make him absorb both. He appearantly recieved a skill AIRSTRIKE SHIELD, I though it was a skill that could be used by Naofumi offensively, if he fired it as a large projectile even if it wouldn't do much damage the pain from having a fast moving object hit you would be slightly diorientating. I didn't want to tell him now though since it certainly would make Naofumi a bit more bold about his strategies + he seemed to figure that trick out anyway. I make my hand into a drill and create a few mining drones and send them throughout the cave/mineshaft system. we then split up into 2 groups going to mine in different places. Few minutes and I start singing We All Lift Together (From "Warframe") by Keith Power

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COLD. the and water flowing.

HARD. the land we call our home.

PUSH. to keep the dark from coming.

FEEL. the weight of what we owe.

THIS. the song of sons and daughters.

HIDE. the heart of who we are.

making peace to build our future.

strong, united, working till we fall.

(Ahri, Raphtalia, Naofumi join in and we all sing together)

COLD. the and water flowing.

HARD. the land we call our home.

PUSH. to keep the dark from coming.

FEEL. the weight of what we owe.

THIS. the song of sons and daughters.

HIDE. the heart of who we are.

making peace to build our future.

strong, united, working till we fall.

AND WE ALL LIFT WERE ALL ADRIFT

TOGETHER!, TOGETHER!

THROUGH THE COLD MIST TILL WERE LIFELESS

TOGETHER!, TOGETHER!

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After our small time of singing we slowly got so quiet that only the noise of pickaxe and drill hitting the rocks remain breaking the complete silence or atleast until Raphtalia screams from fear and Ahri grabs on to me tightly. Both of us look at their scared faces and then we look at the thing scaring them and it was a 3 two-headed dogs that attacked us or atleast were keeping a safe distance bettween us. I think the reason I was put up with the 2 is because they knew I was here and wanted to get revenge for death of their brother?

Y/N: "Ahri you should always forget about your fear and sadness and think of only 1 thing... survive. The world is unforgiving and the people who died will never come back, but you can prevent others from going through the same pain you did. Keep your head high and become an inspiration for others. Be strong, be clever and most of all show kindness or respect to everyone, even your enemies."

I stood in a defensive stance holding my shotgun with rubber bullets (I like to give my enemies warning first before actually hurting them), both dogs were reluctant to come close, but I could sense the bloodlust aimed at me. From the corner of my eye I saw Naofumi trying to motivate Raphtalia while fighting the dog on his own, even going as far as to use the slave crest. Eventually he just tells her to run. She refused and gathered all the courage she had and started fighting their enemy.

The dogs seem to notice me being distracted and decide to try take their chances, but I managed to dodge them carrying Ahri with my cat-like reflexes. All who saw that were shocked by my spacial awareness.

Y/N: "hah you think you can catch a ex-soldier off guard." then my voice turn really serious "think again."

I shot the first dog with my shotgun that now had live ammo and the second one was cut in half when I turned my hand into a claw that I got from the first 2 headed dog I killed 1st time I was here. Ahri look at us with stars in their eyes like a bunch of kids that see a mountain of sweets for some reason.

Naofumi and I decided to call it a day and colleced our spoils of battle and work. The mining drones got alot of resources as well as the four of us gathered good quantity of minerals. Naofumi unlocked alot of shields thanks to the variety of materials as we headed back to the city to sell our loot. In the end we managed to get about 5 gold coins and 650 silver coins. I decided to give Naofumi and Raphtalia 4 gold and 500 silvers while I kept with Ahri 1 gold and 150 silvers. He probably took it as a pity cash, but kept it anyway. I got us a good food, a room for Raphtalia and Naofumi and a room for me and Ahri at the inn and some high quality herbs. After Ahri fell asleep I spent a little while trying to make higher quality potions, since quantity will not mean much during a wave when you need a quick heal. After a while I left my work sealing the potion so they don't rot over night before going to sleep as well ending this interesting day.

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Forgive me if this chapter feels rushed, but this part of the anime is the one I enjoy a bit less and also sorry for my updates being inconsistent. I write my stories base on ideas I get of the top of my head.

Btw should I give Y/N cursed or blessed series?

Cursed: Lust (for knowledge and power...get your head out of the gutter guys and gals). Demon kings punisher (shotgun) and Death's arm

Skill: Poisoning Dispair: (somewhat similar to Naofumi's Wrath Flame it gives a curse that damages and debuff's target for a long time)

Blessed: Judgement (he will become a messenger of gods and judge everyone fairly when using this mode). Justice (the shotgun) and Angel's hand

Skill: Karmic Retribution: (people who commited crimes and moraly bad things get hurt more at the cost of damage being reduced to 1 to targets that didn't do anything wrong

I WILL THINK ABOUT THE SUPER ULTRA MEGA CHAIN SKILLS LATER (by that I mean something similar to Iron Maiden and Blood sacrifice)