Reincarnated Devil's Strongest Hero Training Plan ~The baby he picked up has grown up so well that his father is confused~ - Chapter 24
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Reincarnated Devil’s Strongest Hero Training Plan ~The baby he picked up has grown up so well that his father is confused~
Chapter 24 Runaway Saint, Super Express
Sigh
In the preparations before the parade in the capital of the Holy Kingdom, the central figure, the Holy Maiden, let out a sigh.
And this sigh, it’s already the third one.
Even though it’s supposed to be a festival celebrating herself, she looked around bored from her specially arranged seat.
“How boring.”
“Oh, is that so? Shall we play a board game, milady?”
And thus, the young swordsman attendant responded casually to the murmurs of the young Holy Maiden.
He, too, is a young boy, but while the Holy Maiden is just five years old, he appears to be around ten.
To anyone who doesn’t know better, they might seem like affectionate siblings.
Even if one is a young healer who awakened to the power of healing magic at a young age, and the other is renowned as a prodigy swordsman in the surrounding countries.
“Hey.”
“What is it, milady?”
“I’ve told you multiple times, stop calling me ‘milady.'”
“Even if you say so, milady…”
“Grr…”
And thus, despite their relationship as a mere bodyguard swordsman and his liege, they engaged in such casual conversation.
However, even in this conversation, it seemed that she couldn’t entirely mask her boredom, as she pondered.
How could she make this tedious parade more interesting?
How could she alleviate her own boredom?
If she were an adult, she probably wouldn’t entertain such thoughts. But as a mere five-year-old Holy Maiden, she still lacked the life experience to consider the inconvenience to others amidst her whims.
“I’ve got it! Ein, you just need to take me and escape from here to liven things up!”
After pondering for a while, she came up with an outrageous idea and issued a topsy-turvy instruction to Ein, the young swordsman.
In essence, it was a proposal from her, the Holy Maiden, to escape from the parade to relieve her boredom, and for Ein to silently overlook it and even provide escort along the way.
Certainly, with this method, the young swordsman could justify his efforts to retrieve the vanished Holy Maiden, all under the guise of escort duty. Of course, it was under the condition that Ein, the escort, agreed to it.
“Haa, I don’t understand at all, milady. Is your head alright? No, it’s not. Well, it’s nothing new.”
“Why don’t you get it, you idiot! Ein, you’re such an idiot! All you ever do is swing your sword, you lack brainpower, don’t you? You should be smarter, like me. Anyway, let’s go!”
Once she made up her mind, there was no turning back.
Before Ein, her escort, could even attempt to reason with her, the confident young girl had already escaped from the parade preparations with her own peculiar plan.
With such swift determination, nobody noticed the disappearance of the girl from the carriage before the parade. Eventually, they would realize she was gone. However, in the first place, the only person who could exit the carriage during the Holy Maiden’s birthday parade, held under the pretext of the festivities, was her father, the Pope, due to concerns about assassination attempts.
The Holy Maiden, supposed to be the center of attention, would sit in the carriage with a smile, occasionally waving her hand, but the boredom of this mundane task led to the occurrence of this event.
“Yahoooo!”
“Milady, please wait!”
“No way! I won’t stop this exhilarating tour of the capital! This is my ‘Holy Maiden Dash,’ staked on my fifth birthday!”
Thus, she successfully escaped, her dress fluttering behind her as she ran wildly—a rampaging young girl.
Moreover, this young girl was surprisingly fast for a five-year-old.
With her small body and speed combined, it would be quite challenging for ordinary people to catch her once she got going.
“Good grief… This foolish Holy Maiden is unnecessarily fast…”
“Did you say something?”
“No, nothing.”
And so, he calmly ran alongside the rampaging young girl, his skill as the “Sword Prodigy” is more than sufficient. Even standard Holy Knights would have already lost sight of them by now.
“Right! Left! Right! Left, left, left! The next one’s a sharp curve!”
“Please do as you wish. I won’t know anything even if His Holiness scolds you later.”
“It’s fine! My father is very indulgent with me! You’re the one who’ll get scolded, Ein!”
Moreover, this young girl was calculating without any apparent reason.
As Ein, her escort and childhood friend, watched her antics, he couldn’t help but wonder if it was okay for such a dangerous young girl to be a Holy Maiden.
After rampaging like a storm for a while, the Holy Maiden finally seemed satisfied and took a breather.
“Huh, where are we?”
“How would I know?”
Ein sounded somewhat irritated.
“Hmm. But still, this place is dirty. I never knew there was such a place in the capital. It’s like a garbage dump.”
“…”
Arriving at what could be called a slum area, the rampaging young girl looked around, pinching her nose at the unpleasant smell of the place.
In this world, such places existed in every country and city, but neither the Holy Maiden, who had been raised in luxury, nor Ein, who had undergone rigorous training until he became her escort, had any knowledge of such places.
Therefore, Ein immediately became wary and sensed the ominous atmosphere of the place.
“…This is no good, milady. I sense violence and malice emanating from here. Let’s hurry and get out.”
“Hmm?”
As expected of the genius swordsman known as the Sword Prodigy from a young age.
With his keen sense for combat, he naturally picked up on the tense atmosphere of the area.
However, it seemed his judgment was a little late.
“Hey hey, what are a couple of noble brats like you doing in a place like this? Hehehe.”
“Yeah, that’s right. This place is a liiittle dangerous, so we’ll guide you from here. Don’t make a fuss, and you won’t get hurt. Stay still.”
Rough-looking thugs, smelling the scent of money, had already surrounded the two, wearing smirks on their faces.
“What, who do you think you are?! Are you serious!?”
“Oh oh oh, lively little miss, huh? Looks like this could be fun.”
“Hey, cut it out, you lolicon. What’s the point of damaging our catch?”
“Hahaha! No difference!”
Even when surrounded by thugs, the rampaging young girl, showing some surprise but refusing to back down, began to intimidate them with her childish punches.
But such actions were nothing more than fuel for the thugs, only adding to their excitement.
“Grrr… Why aren’t you scared?! Fine, if that’s how it’s gonna be. Ein, take care of them!”
“Sigh… Well, I guess there’s no helping it. After all, I’m your escort.”
“Oh, you gonna fight, kid? Nice! This is gonna be a masterpiece!”
“Heheh! If you’re gonna run, now’s your chance! My escort is strong, you know!”
Thus, the two sides faced off, glaring at each other.
On one side, a few rough thugs; on the other, a young swordsman.
And just as the confrontation was about to erupt—right at that moment…
“Huh? Are you bad guys, mister?”
Appearing completely unaware of the situation, a blond-haired five-year-old hero had arrived.
The name of this five-year-old hero was Ars.