I Came Back from the Dead, Quit Being a Holy Hero, and Just Wanna Shake My Hips in a Harem

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Chapter 10: A Surprisingly Brave Kind of Shout

“I understand. If you’ll let them go, then… please, do whatever you want with me.”

Lily replied without even blinking.

She lowered her sacred staff and calmly swept her gaze across the villagers, her face as composed as ever.

To her, it wasn’t even a question—if it was her or innocent people, she already knew who she’d choose.

Meanwhile, the villagers pressed their own weapons to their necks, their creepy grins stretching even wider.

“Fuhii! Fuhii! Fuhii! Fuhii!”

“Knew it! Knew it! Knew itttt!”

“Humans are suuuper weaaaak to this kinda stuff!”

Ugh, seriously?!

They’re acting like they’ve already won!!

So smug!!

Lily, though? Cool as ever.

Not even flinching when they laughed at her.

She had nerves of steel—girl didn’t even blink.

“I’ll be this ‘vessel’ or whatever. Just let the villagers go.”

“Of course! Of course! Of couuurse!!”

Yeah, right.

Not an ounce of sincerity in those grins.

There is no way they’re planning to let anyone go.

Wait—

If they’re calling her a vessel… are they gonna try and parasite Lily too?!

If that monster can actually use the powers of whoever it latches onto… then this is bad.

Like, really bad.

Lily’s a priestess of the Grand Goddess Church—aka prime evil possession material.

I tried to stop her.

But then… she leaned in and whispered softly—

I tried to stop Lily, but she whispered to me.

“(Run, Lord Haruya.)”

“(…Huh?)”

“(If they need my body, they won’t kill me right away. I’ll buy you time by keeping them busy around the village.)”

“(So you want me to go call for help?)”

“(Yes. I’ve already sent word to the church—if I don’t return by a certain time, they’ll send out a search party. They might already be in a nearby village.)”

Even without the memories from her past life—

Even with less experience—

Lily had already put together a solid plan.

Of course… she still didn’t include her own life in it.

I remembered the timeline before my death rewind.

Just before we reached the Dark Temple, when that swarm of monsters came at us—

Lily, completely calm, had thrown herself into danger without hesitation, just to buy us time.

“I’ll hold off the horde. Lord Hero, you must go on ahead.”

Back then, I believed she’d survive.

We all did.

But what if…

What if Lily had already accepted she was going to die that day?

I’d never know.

That whole adventure vanished the moment I came back.

And now, a muscular man stepped toward her, flashing a sickening grin.

“Girl! Girl! Girl hosts are the best! I can’t wait to play with you!”

My blood boiled.

Boiled at that parasite scum.

Boiled at myself.

And boiled the most… at Lily—for still being like this.

“Girl! Girl! Don’t move—”

“Whooops! My hand slipped!”

I smacked the muscle-head guy with my hand—

And he went flying a solid dozen meters like a human pinwheel.

Spun through the air like a busted waterwheel and crashed straight into the inn’s wall.

Didn’t get back up.

“Oops. Who am I kidding? That one wasn’t an accident.”

I said it loud. I said it smug. Like I hadn’t done a single thing wrong.

And just like that, the villagers’ creepy grins disappeared.

They pressed their weapons even harder against their own throats.

“Humans‼ Don’t you care what happens to the hostages!? We’ll do it—we’ll kill them, kill them, KILL THEM!!”

“Go ahead.”

“Wait, what?” “Huh!?” “Did he just—!?”

“I said go ahead and do whatever you want‼”

“Why!?” “Why!?” “They’re hostages, you know!?”

Maybe the parasites were shook, because the villagers all started wobbling.

But the one who looked the most thrown off…

Was Lily.

“L-Lord Haruya⁉⁉⁉ What are you doing!?”

Her voice jumped straight into full-on panic.

And that death-glare she hit me with?

Yeah. That was one hundred percent pure scorn.

Good.

That’s fine.

I’m not trying to be some flawless Hero.

I’m just a virgin adventurer who finally snapped at one overly-rigid priestess named Lily Alshiana.

“How the hell am I supposed to save anyone if I can’t even save myself?!!”

I’d lost count of how many times I scowled at Lily for lecturing me with her “Be the Hero” speeches.

But more than that…

What really pissed me off—

Was how I never managed to build a real relationship with her back then.

Lily probably won’t change.

And I’m not expecting her to.

But me?

I’ll show her exactly who I am now—

A guy chasing after his dumb, lusty dreams without a shred of shame.

“I’m gonna save myself! And I’m gonna do it overwhelmingly!”

I struck a bold pose with my sword, and the villagers flinched—totally thrown off by the sheer energy radiating from me.

No way I was letting this moment slip.

Time to let it all out.

“I have a dream!”

And what I was about to say—

Was the raw, unfiltered truth.

The one thing that spilled straight from my soul when I was staring death in the face.

No more hiding.

No more lying to myself.

“I wanna build a harem and shake my hips with cute girls every single day!!”

The villagers all looked around at each other.

Like they didn’t quite get what I meant—just gave these awkward little twitches in their creepy smiles.

“Harem!?” “Shake!?” “HAREM!?!?”

Looks like the parasites lost their grip—

The villagers scattered into total chaos.

Fwahaha‼

See that!?

This is what humans are like when you strip away the filters!

“Smash smash smash‼ I wanna go wild in fun, zero-strings-attached relationships!”

“What is wrong with this creep!?” “Scary!!” “Disgusting!!”

“And if possible—totally consensual, absolutely no-responsibility, fully carefree BABY-MAKING FUN‼‼‼”

My words were so raw, so blatantly unfiltered, the parasite freaks were completely stumped.

They had no idea how to react anymore.

Also… I could feel a painfully cold stare drilling into me.

Yep. That’d be Lily.

Those eyes of hers screamed: Enemy of all women located.

Yeah… maybe that “no-strings-attached baby-making fun” line didn’t exactly land well with her.

But do I still wanna do it?

Heck yes, I do‼‼‼

I raised my sword like I was ready to cut down anything standing between me and that sweet, sweet pleasure.

“If you dare get in the way of my super amazing consensual sex—I’ll show you NO MERCY!”

And that’s when the villagers suddenly looked like everything finally clicked for them.

“So that’s why hostage threats didn’t work!” “We get it now!” “This guy!” “This guy!!” “This GUY!!!”

“He’s just total human trash‼‼‼”

I flashed them a wild, unhinged grin.

“Fwahaha‼ This trash is gonna destroy you‼ I’ll turn you into dust—not a single scrap left behind!”

Honestly, even I wasn’t sure who the villain was anymore.

So it made perfect sense when the villagers raised their weapons—

They’d clearly decided I was way too dangerous to be left alive.

But thanks for that reaction, suckers!

Now I know exactly how to escape!

Lily, of course, was still giving me that “I hope you rot in the deepest pits of hell” glare.

So I stepped in close, lowered my voice, and muttered—

“(I’ve neutralized their hostage strategy. You’re welcome.)”

“(…………So that’s what this was about.)”

“(That guy I smacked earlier? He’s fine. Barely a scratch.)”

“(Even so… still…)”

“(You do remember you’re a priestess, right? You’re good at healing.)”

Lily was still glaring at me like, “You seriously couldn’t have handled that any other way?”

Sure, maybe there was a cleaner approach…

But now was so not the time to get into a strategy debate.

(These parasite monsters aren’t exactly geniuses. The second they realized I could hurt their hosts, they panicked. So the damage must carry over to their real bodies.)

Which explains why they hid so sloppily around the village—

Too dumb to even fake a decent disguise.

And if their battle instincts were this bad now, then yeah… if they’d had time to evolve or level up, we might’ve been in real danger.

I turned to Lily, who was now practically radiating disappointment, and asked:

“So… we fighting or what?”

“…Of course.”

She stood up straight, adjusted her sacred staff—

And for the first time in what felt like forever, she stepped up beside me again.

Then, in the faintest whisper—just barely audible—she said:

“Lord Haruya.”

“Yeah?”

“I’ll take your advice to heart.”