New chapter of Reincarnated Hero is out! (6/10 chapters)

 

 

It Has Been a While, Hasn’t It?

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“…” (Henriette)

“You have quieted down.” (Leon)

By being cut away from her arm along with the sword, Henriette stopped moving as if her previous rampage were a lie. Leon stepped on the sword lying on the ground and picked up only the severed wrist.

“Heal.” (Leon)

He pressed the cut surface and cast a healing spell, and it quickly reattached.

“D-Did you defeat her…?” (??)

“We’re saved…” (??)

“To think that such a child was all alone…” (??)

The still-able disciples, released from tension, bent weakly at the waist.

“Area Heal.” (Leon)

Since there were many injured, Leon used a wide-area healing magic.

“W-What? The injuries…?” (??)

“Is that also that boy…?” (??)

Leon spoke to Silvia, who was drifting nearby.

“There might be injured people outside this range as well, so go find and heal them.” (Leon)

“Leave it to me!” (Silvia)

Having healed everyone in visible range, they left the rest to her.

“Henri!” (Kanae)

“Are you okay?” (Tina)

“Is Henri-dono safe?” (Filia)

“She’s fine. She’s just sleeping. That said…” (Leon)

Leon looked down at the sword he was stepping on.

“Yes, this is truly a good sword if it weren’t cursed.” (Leon)

The sword was believed to be made of Hihiirokane. It was a sword forged in this country, single-edged, with a slightly curved blade. Compared to the ultra-high-performance weapons Leon had equipped in his previous life, it was certainly no worse.

“My sword has become unusable again… Could I use this one?” (Leon)

“W-Wait, Leon-han! If you get cursed, there’s no helping it!” (Kanae)

Sensing the uneasy atmosphere, Kanae hurriedly warned him. However, Leon ignored it and said…

“Well, it’s probably okay, I guess? See.” (Leon)

“!!?” (Kanae)

Casually, he picked up the sword. Leon, who had mastered many Class III jobs, had astonishing resistance to status ailments. He completely nullified curses, to the extent that in his previous life, he equipped cursed weapons without any drawbacks.

“Wait, huh…?” (Leon)

Suddenly, his consciousness began to drift away. His vision gradually darkened.

“Leon-han!?” (Kanae)

“Leon-dono!?” (Filia)

“Hey, are you okay!?” (Silvia)

Hearing the shouts around him faintly, Leon…

“…Where is this place?” (Leon)

He found himself standing in complete darkness. He felt as if his feet were not touching the ground, a strange, floating sensation. It was as if he were inside a dream.

“It has been a while, hasn’t it, degozaru?” (??)

A voice spoke from the darkness. Slowly appearing was a young female samurai clad in the traditional “hakama” clothing unique to this country, her long black hair tied back in a single ponytail.

“…Who are you?” (Leon)

Leon tilted his head.

“You don’t remember me, degozaru!?” (??)

“Umm…?” (Leon)

Had he met her somewhere before? Unfortunately, he could not recall at all, but this pattern had happened several times recently, and Leon found himself staring off into the distance.

“Maybe you’re mistaking me for someone else?” (Leon)

“That’s not a mistake! From that day onward, I have never once forgotten you… that humiliation, Hero Leon, degozaru!” (??)

It was the usual thing… Leon wondered how little awareness he had had in his past life. Still, hoping against hope, Leon pretended not to know.

“Hero-sama? Hmm, as you can see, I’m still just a child… The Hero-sama died a hundred years ago, right, Onee-chan?” (Leon)

“A child? What part of you is a child, degozaru?” (??)

“Eh?” (Leon)

He looked at his own body. What he saw was not the short limbs of the child he had recently gotten used to.

“This is… my previous life’s body…?” (Leon)

Although he could not see his face, the shape of his hands and length of his legs, as well as his muscle definition, were clearly those of himself as the Hero in his previous life.

“This is the spirit world. This is your soul, degozaru.” (??)

It seemed there was no denying it.

“Hero Leon! You must not say you forgot the disgrace you dealt me, degozaru!” (??)

“…I’m sorry. I really don’t remember at all.” (Leon)

“You…! Do you insult me again, degozaru!?” (??)

She was furious, almost drawing the Hihiirokane sword at her waist to strike. Whether she could actually slash in the spirit world was uncertain.

“Not only did you defeat me, you refused me to accompany you on the Demon King’s subjugation journey. How much you have tarnished my honor as a samurai, degozaru …” (??)

So, this was the pattern, Leon thought.

“After that, cursing you, I performed seppuku, degozaru!” (??)

“Why would you do seppuku for something like that…?” (Leon)

“But my grudge attached itself to this sword. It possessed many swordsmen’s bodies and fought relentlessly in pursuit of the strongest swordsmanship. Unfortunately, about fifty years ago, it was sealed in a shrine, degozaru.” (??)

Apparently, this female samurai before him was her residual will, left behind by her death by seppuku. She was similar to the ghost Silvia, but since she was driven by grudges, she was rather troublesome.

“However, I never thought I would meet you again, degozaru.” (??)

“Huh?” (Leon)

At that moment, a sword appeared in Leon’s hand. It was identical to the sword Leon had wielded in his previous life.

“Now, fight me again! This time, I will win and surely prove that I am the world’s strongest swordsman, degozaru!” (??)

The vengeful female samurai raised her sword.

In response, Leon said…

“Anti-Curse.” (Leon)

He cast a dispel curse magic.

 

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