Y/n's pov

Once I got to the capitol, I turned off my speed skills and headed to the castle, the guards at the front didn't stop me from entering this time. I made my was down the hall, looking at the new set of skills from whatever had happened during the wave. The [Sin of Pride] gave me the ability to use [Pride boost], an add on skill that can increase the effects of other skills. I was going to try it out until I heard the sound of someone running down the halls towards me. I looked ahead and saw Melty coming over to me "Y/n, you made it back" I nodded "did you doubt me?" She looked away "I didn't I was just... concerned, that's all" I chuckled and nodded "of course Princess." She huffed and glared at me "What did I tell you" I looked at her "You want me to call you by your name, however if you are going to act all formal about your worrying, then I'm going to speak formally to you. princess." She crossed her arms and looked away. "Fine, I was worried about you. happy?" I smirked "of course, thank you for being honest Princess Melty" She pouted and looked at me "Y/n..." I pat her head "come on Mel, lets go get something to eat and drink, I feel like we are about to deal with one major issue soon." Melty looked at me "what do you mean?" we started walking down the hall "Your father ordered that Naofumi come to the castle for some reason, I doubt it's going to end in friendly conversation" She nodded and frowned "Why can't they just get along? Is it really that hard for them?" "your father is stubborn, he believes what he is doing is right. Naofumi has trust issues because of your sister so he doesn't trust anyone, especially not royals. Naofumi wont trust anyone if there is even small room for distrust, which is why he didn't want me in his party anymore."

She stared at me "Why did he have reason to distrust you?" I looked around a bit and used a skill to make sure no one was listening or watching. I rolled up my sleeve to show the bracelet of my chains. She tilted her head a bit and stared at the gem "Why would that make him not trust you" I sighed and walked over to a statue that held a spear on it and grabbed onto the spear, causing electricity to go between my hand and the spear, launching the spear away from me. Melty let out a gasp and stared at me "YOU'RE A-" I quickly covered her mouth and motioned for her to be quiet. "I'll explain more when we are in your room, I don't want anyone listening in okay?" She nodded slowly and we made our way to her room, picking up a tray of food on the way. Once we got to her room I set the tray of food on a table and shut the door, making sure no one would be able to listen in on our conversation. I sat down across from Melty and looked at her "alright, I'm trusting you with this information so you better keep it a secret okay?" She nodded at me "of course, I wont tell a single thing" I sighed and poured 2 cups of tea for us "Alright, to start off, I am not a hero. Not anymore. I used to be known as the Chain Hero" Melty stared at me "I thought there was only the 4 cardinal heroes though" I nodded and sighed "That may be true for this world, but not for other worlds" "you are from a different world?" "yes, this is the 3rd world I've existed in. I was originally from a normal world, but I was summoned as a hero at a young age." Melty nodded, waiting for me to continue "I was trained to be a hero, years before the calamity would come. I studied monster, learned to fight, was taught how to come up with plans, and I was educated on how to be a hero for their world." "so if this is your 3rd world, then the calamity had ended in the previous one?" I frowned "In a way.. yes, it ended."

"In a way?" I sighed "Do you know what the calamity is?" Melty nodded "It's the phenomenon that spawns monsters, and initiates the waves. It keeps going until all the waves are defeated" I shook my head "you are half right" "what do you mean?" I looked out the window to my right and sighed yet again "The Calamity is a war between worlds. The waves are released into 2 worlds, where heroes must defeat the monsters that keep the rifts open. The waves keep going, until one world isn't able to stop the wave. If all the heroes and allies are gone, then the waves end on the other world, but the rest of the waves begin on the other. The energy from the rifts destroys one universe, and allows the other to continue existing until too much energy is built up and another calamity begins. The surviving heroes can leave the world they were summoned to, or stay and live their lives." Melty stared at me "So, since you are in this world, does that mean your other world survived and you chose to leave?" "no. My world was destroyed. because I went into the rift to try to destroy the thing that caused the waves." "I thought you said the world wouldn't be destroyed until the heroes and allies were gone!" I looked at her "I was the only hero. I had no allies since my chains cause collateral damage if i cant control them enough. Since I was out of the world, the calamity destroyed it. Leaving only me." "oh... wait, wouldn't that mean that this world would have been destroyed since the Heroes weren't summoned till the second wave?" I shook my head "Your world probably still has an ally from a previous hero alive, and I arrived on this world during the first wave, so I technically would have counted for the hero criteria."

Melty nodded, frowning "So, how did you come to this world? were you summoned by someone?" "No, I was brought here by the thing that causes the calamity. It was a sort or punishment and reward for what I had done." Melty nodded again "So what are you going to do?" I stared at her blankly "I already told you what I will be doing" "huh?" "I'm going to be staying with you, as a companion and protector. I will follow where you go until I find a new way I have to go. You definitely need it with how things are going in this country" Melty frowned "Are you saying I can't protect myself?" I shook my head "No, I'm saying that you are going to need someone to fight by you." Melty nodded and sighed "It seems nice to have someone that will stay by me, but I'm not even sure what I'm going to do" "Then we can figure it out as we go, but the first thing we need to do, is try to keep your father and the shield hero from killing each other." Melty nodded and stood up "You said earlier that the shield hero would be coming here to speak with my father. This should be the perfect chance to talk to them" I stood up and nodded "Let's not act too quickly, wait to see where their discussion leads before stepping in." Melty frowned but agreed, looking down a bit "when should we go then?" I looked out the window to gauge what time it was approximately "how about this, I need to get changed into a new set of clothes and armor. once I'm done with that we can begin walking to the throne room" Melty nodded and stared at me "Where will you be changing?" I looked around a bit before looking at an area hidden by a partition "over there, it shouldn't take too long, but you better not try to peek" Melty's face flushed a bit "I would never think of such a thing!" I chuckled and went over to the area "just saying it, just in case"

I changed into a set of light armor made out of adamantine alloy. The alloy was a blue-violet color and had a red gem set in the center. I wore a white under suit under the armor, with a blue cloak over the armor. I wore simple black pants with armor pads build into them. After finishing I stepped out and looked at Melty, giving her a nod "Let us get going now." Melty nodded and we began walking down the halls, heading to the throne room. While we walked, we could hear commotion coming from our destination, then the sound of the king yelling "accursed shield". I sighed and looked down at Melty, who was frowning. "it seems their discussion didn't end well hm?" Melty nodded "I hope it wont be too late to get my father to stop this pointless dispute" I nodded and looked ahead as we continued to walk in silence. We arrived at the doors to the throne room after a while and entered. I walked a few feet to Melty's side, and a little ways behind Melty stopped a distance away from where the king sat. I stopped as well, standing a few feet away. The king stood up from his throne smiling "Oh, Melty. What can I do for you?" Melty stood straight with a poker face on "I heard that you spoke with the Shield Hero just now."

The kings face dropped as his eye twitched, however Melty kept talking "An also that your talk ended in a very hostile manner." The king sat back down on the throne, looking down with his eyes closed, letting Melty continue "Father, If you remain at odds with the Shield Hero, we may lose out means to fight the Waves, which would threaten our country's safety. Please try to reconcile" The King slammed his fist against the arm of the throne, yelling out "Reconcile with that swine?!" Melty let out a noise of shock, flinching back a bit in surprise. The king immediately stopped and held his hands out in a strange sort of groveling "O-oh, I'm not angry at you" Melty composed herself a bit and spoke "Why do you hate the Shield hero so?" The king looked away, his face downcast as he spoke "well... If I let him and the demi-humans do as they please, I'll yet again lose my family." Melty stared up at him in confusion "Father?" Suddenly doors slammed open and shut as Malty walked in, approaching "Your Defiance is an affront. With the queen away, the king's word is final. And even we princesses cannot overturn it." Melty frowned as Malty walked past "sister..." Malty had walked up to the King's throne and stood beside it, leaning against the throne beside it "Our father is the king, Whether you understand his decisions or not,they're all for the betterment of our country. I know you're still at an age where you want him to baby you, but you should learn to hold back a little, Melty" She had a smug look on her face as she spoke more "Just a word of advice as your older sister" Melty smiled and spoke back "I appreciate your concern, but this is none of your business. Just like Mother and Father, I want the best for our country, too. And it is my job as crown princess to see to it." Melty put her hand over her chest as she spoke looking up at Malty, who had a grimace on her face as she tried not to glare too much "Melty, you little..." The king panicked, looking between them quickly, not knowing what to do. I decided to give the poor bastard a little help "I apologize for the interruption, but we must be on our way. There are other important matters to attend to" Melty nodded and bowed "We'll take our leave now, Father." Melty turned around and started walking out. I bowed a bit to the king, making sure Malty knew that I had less respect for her than the garbage on the throne, before I turned away as well and followed Melty.

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A/n:

hello again, another shortish chapter has been released. I might be working on this a bit more since I am extremely bored and have nothing else I'd want to do. I will try to do longer chapters but I cant promise anything unless I have a long while of content that flows properly with how slow fast my writing style can be.

Anyways, I have a few decisions that I need made, and I have decided to take any commenters thoughts into consideration. I'm considering adding Fitoria into the frey of people that might be with y/n. Next, I need to decide whether to have Y/n make his own party of people since he wont be in Naofumi's party any time soon. Finally, a not so original idea, I'm wanting to add another character into the story, probably from another anime. But I keep thinking that anyone that I'd add might be a loli, or a bad idea to have in this fan fic.

on another note; Rifana, Filo, Melty, and possibly Fitoria? I'm creating a new Lolimancer, aren't I?